Patents by Inventor Takashi Kato

Takashi Kato 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: 20210265647
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of inspection for erroneous assembly of a fuel cell stack which allows for determination of whether the fuel cell stack has been properly assembled without depending on the appearance of the fuel cell stack. The erroneous assembly inspection method inspects for erroneous assembly of a fuel cell stack that is produced by stacking power generation cells and dummy cells in proper power generation positions and proper dummy positions. The erroneous assembly inspection method measures a pressure difference in anode gas passages and cathode gas passages when gas is supplied at different pressures respectively to an anode gas inlet and a cathode gas inlet of the workpiece to determine whether or not the workpiece is in a third erroneous assembly state including a first abnormal cell in which a dummy MEA and a power generation separator are assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi KATO, Toru IKEDA, Naohiro KAWAKITA, Keiichi IIO
  • Patent number: 11101472
    Abstract: A resin film equipped MEA of a power generation cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and a resin film. An inner peripheral end of a first frame shaped sheet of the resin film is positioned outside an outer peripheral end of a cathode, and faces the outer peripheral end of the cathode so as to be separated by a gap. An inner peripheral portion of a second frame shaped sheet is held between the anode and the cathode. A first metal separator facing the first frame shaped sheet is provided with protruding support structure configured to support an inner peripheral portion of the first frame shaped sheet and an outer peripheral portion of the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Yutaka Ebato, Takaaki Shikano, Takashi Kato, Sho Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11093032
    Abstract: A sight line direction estimation device includes: an imaging unit that captures an image of a head portion including an eyeball of a person; an apparent sight line direction derivation unit that derives an apparent sight line direction connecting a center position of the eyeball and an apparent pupil center position on a surface of the eyeball corresponding to a pupil center position based on the image captured by the imaging unit; and a sight line direction estimation unit that estimates an actual sight line direction of the person based on a predetermined corresponding relationship between an actual sight line direction and the apparent sight line direction and the apparent sight line direction derived by the sight line direction derivation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Kojima, Takashi Kato
  • Publication number: 20210241718
    Abstract: A display device for displaying image data includes: a gradation conversion circuit that converts a gradation of input image data; a display panel that displays the image data with the gradation converted by the gradation conversion circuit; an illuminance sensor that detects illuminance of an environment where the display device is placed; and a gamma characteristic corrector that controls a gradation conversion circuit so as to convert the gradation by use of a gamma characteristic corresponding to the detected illuminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Masaki TSUBOKURA, Takao IMAOKU, Takashi KATO
  • Patent number: 11067755
    Abstract: Provided is an optical module comprising a substrate, a holder, and a spacer. An optical waveguide is formed in/on the substrate and end parts thereof are protruding from one surface of the substrate. The holder holds an optical fiber and exposes one end part of the optical fiber in such a manner that the one end part of the optical fiber can be optically connected to the end parts of the optical waveguide at a side of one surface of the holder. The spacer is held the one surface of the substrate and the one surface of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: KOHOKU KOGYO CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Jun Yamamoto, Takashi Kato, Youichi Sakakibara, Yuki Atsumi, Tomoya Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210205481
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an 11C-labeled catechol derivative having sufficient radioactivity to obtain an imaging image by a PET apparatus, a PET probe of a phosphorylated tau aggregation inhibitor using the same, and a method for producing them. The 11C-labeled catechol derivative of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (a) (wherein R is a substituent having an isopropylamino group, and the carbon at the 2-position of the isopropylamino group is labeled with 11C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY
    Inventors: Masaaki SUZUKI, Kengo ITO, Takashi KATO, Hiroshi IKENUMA, Hiroko KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11048952
    Abstract: An occupant monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by imaging a region in which there is a probability that a face of an occupant is present in a vehicle; a determination unit that determines whether the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit corresponds to at least a first image not including a feature portion of the face of the occupant but including at least a part of a body of the occupant or a second image not including the body of the occupant; and a processing unit that monitors a state change of the face of the occupant based on the captured image, and switches whether or not an occupant parameter set for monitoring the state change of the face of the occupant is to be reset according to a determination result in the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Osuga, Takashi Kato, Yuya Yamada, Tetsuya Hattori, Yoshiyuki Yamada, Yuta Kawai
  • Patent number: 11021839
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a recovery method for an organic acid. The recovery method makes it possible to efficiently recover an organic acid that is included in a deactivating aqueous solution that includes excrement. This recovery method has the following features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Takashi Kato, Yoshihide Ishikawa, Noritomo Kurita
  • Patent number: 10989955
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a first liquid crystal layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, a third glass substrate, a fourth glass substrate, a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the third glass substrate and the fourth glass substrate, a first polarizing plate formed on the first glass substrate, a second polarizing plate formed on the third glass substrate, and a bonding layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the third glass substrate. In planar view, the bonding layer is disposed outside the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the first glass substrate, and a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the third glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Pasona Knowledge Partner Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yasui, Takenori Yaguchi, Takaaki Kitada, Kazuhiko Tsuda, Takashi Kato, Hidenori Kikuchi, Naoki Terasawa, Katsuji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210102076
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a treatment liquid and a treatment method that are capable of enhancing the corrosion resistance of a net material. This object is achieved by, after forming a chemical conversion treatment film on the surface of a metal material, forming a film using a film-forming treatment liquid, the treatment liquid comprising: a silicon compound containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of alkoxysilyl, alkoxysilylene, and a siloxane bond; an organometallic compound; and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: OKUNO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taro Konuma, Teruhiko Kagehisa, Masafumi Nozaki, Katsumasa Shimahashi, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 10946904
    Abstract: In a vehicle body structure including a pair of side sills (2) and a battery case (51) joined to the side sills via respective brackets (56), each side sill includes an outer panel (21), an inner panel (22) defining a closed cross section structure jointly with the outer panel, a first stiffener (25) extending in the fore and aft direction in a space defined between the outer panel and the inner panel and having a lower edge joined to the lower edges of the outer panel and the inner panel, and a second stiffener (26) formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in the inboard direction, the second stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge attached to an outboard side of the first stiffener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Satoru Kawabe, Ken Yasui
  • Publication number: 20210036339
    Abstract: A frame equipped membrane electrode assembly includes a membrane electrode assembly and a frame member having a first frame shaped sheet provided on an outer peripheral portion of the membrane electrode assembly over the entire periphery. An outer peripheral portion of an electrolyte membrane is provided between a cathode and the first frame shaped sheet, stacked on an outer peripheral portion of the cathode, and joined to an inner peripheral portion of the first frame shaped sheet through an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is filled in an area surrounded by an inner peripheral end of the first frame shaped sheet, an anode, and the electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yutaka EBATO, Satoru TERADA, Takashi KATO, Matthew J. BEUTEL
  • Patent number: 10901197
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medical observation device to achieve improvement in functionality resulting from switching of optical elements and miniaturization of the device. The medical observation device includes: an imaging optical system configured to capture an image of a subject; an image sensor configured to photoelectrically convert the image of the subject captured by the imaging optical system; and an element holding frame configured to hold a plurality of optical elements and to be capable of being rotated around a rotation shaft. An axial direction of the rotation shaft is set to a direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction that is a direction of a line from the imaging optical system to the image sensor, and the element holding frame is rotated and thus at least one of the optical elements among the plurality of optical elements is positioned on an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuhei Azuma, Hiroshi Mashima, Takashi Kato, Takashi Terai, Shintaro Miyatani, Daisuke Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10900721
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a heat-exchanger core which includes flat fins each having a plurality of cuts arranged on one side of each flat fin and allowing heat transfer tubes to be inserted into the cuts, and which has a recess on the other side of the flat fins; and a heat-exchanger core having protrusions which fits in the recesses. The heat-exchanger core also includes flat fins each of which has a plurality of cuts allowing heat transfer tubes to be inserted into the cuts, and also each of which has protrusions on a side of the fin; and a heat-exchanger core having recesses which allow the protrusions to fit in the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Ikeda, Teruaki Konagayoshi, Ryohei Kawabata, Takashi Kato
  • Publication number: 20210018693
    Abstract: Provided is an optical module comprising a substrate, a holder, and a spacer. An optical waveguide is formed in/on the substrate and end parts thereof are protruding from one surface of the substrate. The holder holds an optical fiber and exposes one end part of the optical fiber in such a manner that the one end part of the optical fiber can be optically connected to the end parts of the optical waveguide at a side of one surface of the holder. The spacer is held the one surface of the substrate and the one surface of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: KOHOKU KOGYO CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Katsuhiro IWASAKI, Jun YAMAMOTO, Takashi KATO, Youichi SAKAKIBARA, Yuki ATSUMI, Tomoya YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10864816
    Abstract: A structure for a lower portion of a vehicle body includes a right side sill (14), a right floor frame (17), a right cross member (68), and a muffler. A fuel tank is provided on an inner side of the right floor frame (17) in a vehicle width direction. The right cross member (68) spans between the right floor frame (17) and the right side sill (14) and extends in the vehicle width direction. Furthermore, the muffler is provided in a region enclosed by the right side sill (14), the right floor frame (17), and the right cross member (68). The right cross member (68) has an upward deformation guiding part (77). The upward deformation guiding part (77) is formed to be able to be deformed upward due to an impact load (F2) input to the right side sill (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Masaaki Yamane, Satoru Kawabe, Takenobu Haga, Ken Yasui
  • Publication number: 20200388860
    Abstract: An electrically insulating resin frame is provided on an outer peripheral side of a power generation section of a membrane electrode assembly forming a fuel cell of a fuel cell stack. A seal bead protruding toward the resin frame is formed on a metal separator. A metal sheet is provided in a portion of the resin frame overlapped with the seal bead as viewed in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Satoru Terada, Takaaki Shikano, Takashi Kato, Yutaka Ebato, Takuma Yamawaki, Marina Kawano
  • Publication number: 20200378066
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method which, in the process of manufacturing recycled pulp fibers from a mixture of pulp fibers and a high water-absorption polymer, enables efficient manufacturing of the recycled pulp fibers while properly removing the high water-absorption polymer from the pulp fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Takashi Kato, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20200378007
    Abstract: Improved plating is provided. The present invention provides a plated product which comprises a base, a deposit layer formed by plating on a surface of the base, and a silica-compound-containing coating layer formed on the surface of the deposit layer. The coating layer has a thickness of 0.1-100 ?m, preferably 0.1-20 ?m, more preferably 0.1-10 ?m, even more preferably 0.1-5 ?m. The coating layer may contain a dye and/or a pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yasushi ARIMITSU, Kazuyuki OKANO, Katsumasa SHIMAHASHI, Taro KONUMA, Takashi KATO
  • Publication number: 20200379179
    Abstract: In a wavelength selective filter, an optical fiber collimator, an interference filter, and a reflective plate are arranged in this order from front to rear along a z-axis. The collimator has a collimator lens disposed on the rear side of an optical fiber that is opened. The interference filter includes light incident and emitting surfaces, opposed with their xy-planes rotated about a y-axis at a predetermined rotation angle. The reflective plate has a front reflective surface having a normal direction along a z-axis direction, and reflects, toward the front, light incident from the front through the interference filter, to be incident onto the interference filter. The optical fiber collimator causes the input light propagating through the optical fiber from the front to be incident onto the interference filter, and converges the reflected light transmitted through the interference filter to the optical fiber and outputs the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi KATO, Toshihisa OKUBO