Patents by Inventor Takao Mukai

Takao Mukai 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).

  • Patent number: 11631515
    Abstract: A filter device includes a first filter including series resonators and parallel resonators, a first inductor connected in parallel between a first terminal and the first filter, a second inductor provided in series between the first filter and a second terminal, and a third inductor provided in series in a channel connecting the parallel resonator and ground, the third inductor is incorporated in a multilayer substrate, the first filter is mounted on a main surface of the multilayer substrate and incorporated in a filter chip, and the first inductor and the second inductor are chip inductors including coil conductors and are mounted on the main surface of the multilayer substrate beside the filter chip so as to be adjacent to each other and such that coil axes thereof are orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takao Mukai
  • Patent number: 11527365
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for an electrolytic capacitor contains: an electrolytic solution additive for an electrolytic capacitor (B) containing a polymer (A) that has a (meth)acrylic monomer (a) as an essential component; an organic solvent (C) having a hydroxyl group concentration higher than 10 mmol/g; and an electrolyte (D), the electrolytic solution for an electrolytic capacitor being characterized in that the content of a (meth)acrylic monomer having a hydroxyl group (a1) is 60-100 wt % of the total monomers constituting the polymer (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Tanabe, Takahiro Shiba, Yoshihiko Akazawa, Takao Mukai
  • Publication number: 20220133665
    Abstract: The object is to provide a method for inducing pili formation in bacterium of genus Bifidobacterium and a method for promoting intestinal colonization of the bacterium. 3-Phenylpropionic acid and/or 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid are an active ingredient of a composition for inducing the pili formation in the bacterium of genus Bifidobacterium and a composition for promoting the intestinal colonization of the bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, THE KITASATO INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kanetada Shimizu, Ro Osawa, Keita Nishiyama, Nobuhiko Okada, Nobuhiro Koyama, Takao Mukai, Hiroshi Tomoda
  • Patent number: 11309136
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrolyte solution for an electrolytic capacitor which has high withstand voltage. The electrolyte solution for an electrolytic capacitor that is used contains: an organic solvent; an acrylic polymer which has hydroxy group and/or carboxy group; and an electrolyte. A concentration of hydroxy groups included in the organic solvent is 10 mmol/g or less with respect to the weight of the organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Tanabe, Takahiro Shiba, Yoshihiko Akazawa, Takao Mukai
  • Patent number: 11258426
    Abstract: An extractor includes a band pass filter and a band elimination filter. One filter of the band pass filter and the band elimination filter includes at least one serial arm resonator and at least one parallel arm resonator that are each defined by an acoustic wave resonator. Any one of the at least one serial arm resonator and the at least one parallel arm resonator includes, among a divided resonator group divided resonator including a plurality of divided resonators coupled in series to each other, a first divided resonator group that is a largest in number of the divided resonators coupled in series and a smallest in capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takao Mukai
  • Publication number: 20210193394
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrolyte solution for an electrolytic capacitor which has high withstand voltage. The electrolyte solution for an electrolytic capacitor that is used contains: an organic solvent; an acrylic polymer which has hydroxy group and/or carboxy group; and an electrolyte. A concentration of hydroxy groups included in the organic solvent is 10 mmol/g or less with respect to the weight of the organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyuki TANABE, Takahiro SHIBA, Yoshihiko AKAZAWA, Takao MUKAI
  • Patent number: 10979029
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a filter arranged in a first path, a filter arranged in a second path, and a filter arranged in a third path, in which a frequency of intermodulation distortion (IMD) generated from a transmission signal in a pass band of the filter and a transmission signal in a pass band of the filter is included in a pass band of the filter. The filters includes one or more series arm resonant circuits arranged on the first path and one or more parallel arm resonant circuits arranged in a path connecting corresponding nodes on the first path and the ground, in which at least one resonant circuit among the resonant circuits closest to a common terminal in one or more series arm resonant circuits and one or more parallel arm resonant circuits is defined by a divided resonator group defined by multiple divided resonators connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takao Mukai
  • Publication number: 20200412333
    Abstract: An extractor includes a band pass filter and a band elimination filter. One filter of the band pass filter and the band elimination filter includes at least one serial arm resonator and at least one parallel arm resonator that are each defined by an acoustic wave resonator. Any one of the at least one serial arm resonator and the at least one parallel arm resonator includes, among a divided resonator group divided resonator including a plurality of divided resonators coupled in series to each other, a first divided resonator group that is a largest in number of the divided resonators coupled in series and a smallest in capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Takao MUKAI
  • Patent number: 10879009
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrolyte solution for electrolytic capacitors and an electrolytic capacitor, in which the electrolyte solution has high sparking voltage and good heat resistance and does not readily solidify even at low temperatures, so that the electrolytic capacitor can be driven even in cold areas. The electrolyte solution for electrolytic capacitors of the present invention contains a solvent (C); and an electrolyte, the electrolyte consisting of a salt of a diprotic acid component (A) and a base (B), the diprotic acid component (A) containing two or more diprotic acids, wherein the two or more diprotic acids are characterized such that a mixture (E) of two or more acid anhydrides corresponding to a diprotic acid mixture containing the two or more diprotic acids is a liquid at 50° C., with the molar ratio of the acid anhydrides being the same as that of the diprotic acids in the diprotic acid component (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Shiba, Fumiyuki Tanabe, Yoshihiko Akazawa, Takao Mukai, Hideki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200153411
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a filter arranged in a first path, a filter arranged in a second path, and a filter arranged in a third path, in which a frequency of intermodulation distortion (IMD) generated from a transmission signal in a pass band of the filter and a transmission signal in a pass band of the filter is included in a pass band of the filter. The filters includes one or more series arm resonant circuits arranged on the first path and one or more parallel arm resonant circuits arranged in a path connecting corresponding nodes on the first path and the ground, in which at least one resonant circuit among the resonant circuits closest to a common terminal in one or more series arm resonant circuits and one or more parallel arm resonant circuits is defined by a divided resonator group defined by multiple divided resonators connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Takao MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20190326062
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for an electrolytic capacitor contains: an electrolytic solution additive for an electrolytic capacitor (B) containing a polymer (A) that has a (meth)acrylic monomer (a) as an essential component; an organic solvent (C) having a hydroxyl group concentration higher than 10 mmol/g; and an electrolyte (D), the electrolytic solution for an electrolytic capacitor being characterized in that the content of a (meth)acrylic monomer having a hydroxyl group (a1) is 60-100 wt % of the total monomers constituting the polymer (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyuki TANABE, Takahiro SHIBA, Yoshihiko AKAZAWA, Takao MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20190131051
    Abstract: A filter device includes a first filter including series resonators and parallel resonators, a first inductor connected in parallel between a first terminal and the first filter, a second inductor provided in series between the first filter and a second terminal, and a third inductor provided in series in a channel connecting the parallel resonator and ground, the third inductor is incorporated in a multilayer substrate, the first filter is mounted on a main surface of the multilayer substrate and incorporated in a filter chip, and the first inductor and the second inductor are chip inductors including coil conductors and are mounted on the main surface of the multilayer substrate beside the filter chip so as to be adjacent to each other and such that coil axes thereof are orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Takao MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20190108946
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrolyte solution for electrolytic capacitors and an electrolytic capacitor, in which the electrolyte solution has high sparking voltage and good heat resistance and does not readily solidify even at low temperatures, so that the electrolytic capacitor can be driven even in cold areas. The electrolyte solution for electrolytic capacitors of the present invention contains a solvent (C); and an electrolyte, the electrolyte consisting of a salt of a diprotic acid component (A) and a base (B), the diprotic acid component (A) containing two or more diprotic acids, wherein the two or more diprotic acids are characterized such that a mixture (E) of two or more acid anhydrides corresponding to a diprotic acid mixture containing the two or more diprotic acids is a liquid at 50° C., with the molar ratio of the acid anhydrides being the same as that of the diprotic acids in the diprotic acid component (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIBA, Fumiyuki TANABE, Yoshihiko AKAZAWA, Takao MUKAI, Hideki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10128815
    Abstract: A branching device that separates signals of different pass bands increases attenuation characteristics outside the pass bands, and increases isolation characteristics. The branching device includes a duplexer including a transmission filter and a reception filter electrically connected to an antenna terminal, and a filter electrically connected to the antenna terminal. An inductor is electrically connected between the antenna terminal and a ground potential. The transmission filter is a ladder filter including serial arm resonators and parallel arm resonators, and each includes a polarized inductor electrically connected between the parallel arm resonators and a ground potential. The inductor and the polarized inductors inductively couple with each other, and a distance between the inductor and the polarized inductors is shorter than a distance between the polarized inductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takao Mukai
  • Publication number: 20170194939
    Abstract: A branching device that separates signals of different pass bands increases attenuation characteristics outside the pass bands, and increases isolation characteristics. The branching device includes a duplexer including a transmission filter and a reception filter electrically connected to an antenna terminal, and a filter electrically connected to the antenna terminal. An inductor is electrically connected between the antenna terminal and a ground potential. The transmission filter is a ladder filter including serial arm resonators and parallel arm resonators, and each includes a polarized inductor electrically connected between the parallel arm resonators and a ground potential. The inductor and the polarized inductors inductively couple with each other, and a distance between the inductor and the polarized inductors is shorter than a distance between the polarized inductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Takao MUKAI
  • Patent number: 9523135
    Abstract: In cold-rolling a steel sheet coil, when a tail end portion of a steel sheet coil (7) is wound around a tension reel (3) prior to second-pass rolling after the completion of first-pass rolling, the tail end portion is heated to a temperature within a range of not lower than 50° C. nor higher 350° C. with a heater disposed between a rolling stand (1) and the coil tail end-side tension reel (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mimura, Takao Mukai, Kazuhiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9271400
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a frame-shaped supporting body including a heat-curable resin and surrounding a functional unit on one main surface of a substrate and so as to be separated from a periphery of the substrate on an inner side and in which a lid member is fixed to the supporting body such that an opening of the frame-shaped supporting body is sealed. The frame-shaped supporting body includes a frame-shaped supporting body main body, a first protrusion that protrudes toward an inside from the supporting body main body and a second protrusion that protrudes toward an outside from the supporting body main body at a portion where the supporting body main body and the first protrusion are continuous with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kai, Shintaro Nakatani, Mitsuyoshi Hira, Takao Mukai, Hisashi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150101383
    Abstract: In cold-rolling a steel sheet coil, when a tail end portion of a steel sheet coil (7) is wound around a tension reel (3) prior to second-pass rolling after the completion of first-pass rolling, the tail end portion is heated to a temperature within a range of not lower than 50° C. nor higher 350° C. with a heater disposed between a rolling stand (1) and the coil tail end-side tension reel (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mimura, Takao Mukai, Kazuhiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8943868
    Abstract: In cold-rolling a steel sheet coil, when a tail end portion of a steel sheet coil (7) is wound around a tension reel (3) prior to second-pass rolling after the completion of first-pass rolling, the tail end portion is heated to a temperature within a range of not lower than 50° C. nor higher 350° C. with a heater disposed between a rolling stand (1) and the coil tail end-side tension reel (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mimura, Takao Mukai, Kazuhiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8920927
    Abstract: Resin particles which are excellent in electrostatic property, thermal storage stability and thermal properties, and have evenness of particle diameter are to be provided. The resin particles are core-shell resin particles (C2) each comprising one or more film-like shell layers (P) comprising a first resin (a) and a core layer (Q) comprising a second resin (b). Core-shell type resin particles (C2) each comprising a film-like shell layer (P) in one or more layer structure comprising a first resin (a) and a core layer (Q) in one layer structure comprising a second resin (b), wherein the weight ratio of (P) and (Q) is in a range of (0.1:99.9) to (70:30), the content of volatile components of (C2) is 2% by weight or lower, and (a) has an initial softening temperature of 40 to 270° C., a glass transition temperature of 20 to 250° C., a flow temperature of 60 to 300° C., and the difference of the glass transition temperature and the flow temperature in a range of 0 to 120° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Takao Mukai, Tsuyoshi Izumi, Natsuki Nakamichi