Patents by Inventor Takanori Yokoi

Takanori Yokoi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240066886
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a storage section that stores a liquid between a first surface and a second surface, and a flexible printed substrate for detecting a remaining amount of the liquid in the storage section, in which the flexible printed substrate includes a first wiring portion having an input electrode provided on the first surface, a first detection electrode provided on the second surface, and a second wiring portion having a second detection electrode provided on the second surface and a third detection electrode provided on the second surface, and an area of a first region of the input electrode overlapping the first detection electrode is smaller than an area of a second region of the input electrode overlapping the second detection electrode, and an area of a third region of the input electrode overlapping the third detection electrode is smaller than the area of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takanori YOKOI, Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240066885
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a first storage section that stores a liquid in a space between a first surface and a second surface, a second storage section that stores a liquid in a space between a third surface and a fourth surface, a first flexible printed substrate including a first wiring portion including a first electrode provided on the first surface and a second wiring portion including a second electrode provided on the second surface, and a second flexible printed substrate including a third wiring portion including a third electrode provided on the third surface, the second wiring portion has a first shield electrode that is located between the second electrode and the third wiring portion for shielding the second electrode, and the third wiring portion does not have a shield electrode for shielding the third electrode between the third electrode and the second wiring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takanori YOKOI, Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA
  • Patent number: 11746017
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube aggregate includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, a metal compound, and an oxide of the metal compound. The metal compound is contained in a space inside of each of the carbon nanotubes and/or in a space defined between the plurality of carbon nanotubes. When the metal compound is added inside the carbon nanotube aggregate, the metal compound is oxidized by reacting with oxygen or the like during or after a production process of the CNT aggregate, and the oxide is formed in the opening of the space to which the metal compound is added, so that the metal compound is capped with the oxide. Since the metal compound inside the CNT aggregate is shielded from the atmosphere, separation of the metal compound and reaction between the metal compound and oxygen and water in the atmosphere are suppressed, increasing heat resistance of the carbon nanotube aggregate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jyunichi Naruse, Arisa Inoue, Takanori Yokoi, Katsuma Ishino
  • Publication number: 20230158799
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; and a flexible printed substrate fixed to the storage section, in which the storage section includes a first positioning portion, and the flexible printed substrate includes a first electrode provided in a first wall among the plurality of walls, a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls, a first wiring coupled to the first electrode, a second wiring coupled to the second electrode, and a second positioning portion that is coupled to the first positioning portion to determine a position of the flexible printed substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI, Motoki YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230158803
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls, a first electrode provided in a first portion of a first wall among the plurality of walls, and a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls. The first portion is thinner than a second portion which is at least a part of the plurality of walls other than the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20230158806
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the walls; and a flexible printed substrate fixed to the storage section, in which the flexible printed substrate includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first terminal that is electrically coupled to the first electrode, a second terminal that is electrically coupled to the second electrode, a third terminal that is electrically coupled to the third electrode, and a plurality of constant voltage terminals held at a constant voltage, one or more constant voltage terminals are arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal, one or more constant voltage terminals are arranged between the second terminal and the third terminal, and one or more constant voltage terminals are arranged between the third terminal and the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI, Motoki YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230158805
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls, a first electrode provided in a first portion of a first wall among the plurality of walls, a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls, and a first support portion supporting the first portion and a second portion among the plurality of walls. The first portion is thinner than the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20230158807
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the walls; and a flexible printed substrate including a non-conductive first cover film layer, a non-conductive second cover film layer, a non-conductive base material layer provided between the first cover film layer and the second cover film layer, a conductive first conductor layer provided between the first cover film layer and the base material layer, and a conductive second conductor layer provided between the second cover film layer and the base material layer, in which the first cover film layer is provided between the second cover film layer and the storage section, the first conductor layer includes a first electrode provided in a first wall and a second electrode provided in a second wall, and the second conductor layer includes a constant voltage wiring held at a constant voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI, Motoki YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230158800
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; a flexible printed substrate including a first electrode provided in a first wall among the plurality of walls, and a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls; and a double-sided tape including a base material, a first adhesive layer formed on a first surface of the base material, and a second adhesive layer formed on a second surface of the base material opposite to the first surface, and adhering the flexible printed substrate to the storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20230158808
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; a first electrode provided in a first portion of a first wall among the plurality of walls; and a second electrode provided in a second portion of a second wall among the plurality of walls, in which the first portion includes a first outer surface on which the first electrode is provided and a first inner surface opposite to the first outer surface, the second portion includes a second outer surface on which the second electrode is provided and a second inner surface opposite to the second outer surface, and the first inner surface of the first portion and the second inner surface of the second portion are subjected to a water-repellent treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20230158804
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; and a flexible printed substrate including a first electrode provided in a first wall among the plurality of walls, a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls, a first wiring coupled to the first electrode, and a second wiring coupled to the second electrode, in which a width of the first wiring in a first direction, which is a direction in which the object decreases in the storage section, is smaller than a width of the first electrode in the first direction, and a width of the second wiring in the first direction is smaller than a width of the second electrode in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20230038617
    Abstract: There is provided an auxiliary brake of a passenger conveyor that can be easily released. The auxiliary brake of the passenger conveyor includes: a braking wheel comprising a groove on one side face, the groove being depressed in a direction of a rotation axis and having a face parallel to the rotation axis on one end, and the braking wheel being provided so as to rotate synchronously with a main axis of a sprocket of the passenger conveyor; and a pole having a shape of a rod and provided being movable in the direction of the rotation axis of the braking wheel, the pole being displaced between a first position of coming into contact with any face of the groove and a second position of not coming into contact with any face of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takanori YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20220033264
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube aggregate includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, a metal compound, and an oxide of the metal compound. The metal compound is contained in a space inside of each of the carbon nanotubes and/or in a space defined between the plurality of carbon nanotubes. When the metal compound is added inside the carbon nanotube aggregate, the metal compound is oxidized by reacting with oxygen or the like during or after a production process of the CNT aggregate, and the oxide is formed in the opening of the space to which the metal compound is added, so that the metal compound is capped with the oxide. Since the metal compound inside the CNT aggregate is shielded from the atmosphere, separation of the metal compound and reaction between the metal compound and oxygen and water in the atmosphere are suppressed, increasing heat resistance of the carbon nanotube aggregate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: JYUNICHI NARUSE, ARISA INOUE, TAKANORI YOKOI, KATSUMA ISHINO
  • Publication number: 20220033263
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube aggregate includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, a metal compound added to inside and/or outside of each of the carbon nanotubes, and an oxide film that is made of an oxide of the metal compound, and covers an outer periphery of the plurality of carbon nanotubes to define an outer surface of the carbon nanotube aggregate. Since the metal compound is shielded from the atmosphere by the oxide film, separation of the metal compound and reaction of the metal compound with oxygen or water in the atmosphere are suppressed, increasing heat resistance of the carbon nanotube aggregate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: JYUNICHI NARUSE, HAJIME SHINGAI, TAKANORI YOKOI, KATSUMA ISHINO
  • Publication number: 20010037341
    Abstract: To provide an information providing system which can easily and quickly provide information about suppliers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kimoto, Sadao Ito, Yoshihide Nanbu, Takanori Yokoi, Naka Ito, Ikuo Fuchi, Kazuyuki Tandai, Hitoshi Tomita, Atsushi Takasawa, Mitsuo Suita, Hirofumi Sato, Shogo Mihara, Atsushi Matsunawa, Nobu Matsui, Tsugunao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20010029473
    Abstract: To provide an information providing system which can easily and quickly provide various information about procurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Sadahiko Yamaoka, Shunkichi Kaneko, Osamu Ueda, Sadao Ito, Hiroaki Wakamatsu, Atsushi Okada, Junichi Motoyoshi, Yoshihide Nanbu, Takanori Yokoi, Naka Ito, Mitsuo Suita, Atsushi Matsunawa