Patents by Inventor Takashi Kubo

Takashi Kubo 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: 20220209291
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte material includes Li, Ca, Y, Gd, and X wherein X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A battery uses the solid electrolyte material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: TAKASHI KUBO, KENTA NAGAMINE, KEITA MIZUNO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220194470
    Abstract: A travel control system for a vehicle equipped with a steering device includes: an imaging device for acquiring images in front of the vehicle; a vehicle speed sensor; and a control device configured to control the steering device. The control device includes: a travel lane detection unit configured to recognize a lane shape of a travel lane on which the vehicle is currently traveling from the images acquired by the imaging device; a lane keeping planning unit configured to set a steering timing for steering the vehicle such that the vehicle travels on the recognized travel lane; and a lane keeping execution unit configured to control the steering device to steer the vehicle at the steering timing set by the lane keeping planning unit, the lane keeping planning unit being configured to change the steering timing based on the recognized lane shape and the detected vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Takashi KUBO
  • Publication number: 20220102755
    Abstract: A solid-electrolyte material includes Li, Y, X, O, and H. X is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, YUSUKE NISHIO, TAKASHI KUBO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220102754
    Abstract: A solid-electrolyte material includes Li, Y, O, and X. X is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. O is present in a surface region of the solid-electrolyte material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: YUSUKE NISHIO, KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, TAKASHI KUBO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11268003
    Abstract: Provided is a heat storage device (10) of the present disclosure comprises a heat storage material (12) containing sodium acetate trihydrate; a first electrode having a surface which is in contact with the heat storage material and formed of at least one selected from the group consisting of silver, a silver alloy, and a silver compound; a second electrode in contact with the heat storage material; an inorganic porous material contained in the heat storage material; and a power supply (14) for applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode. The inorganic porous material has an average pore diameter of not more than 50 nanometers. The present invention provides a heat storage device capable of releasing heat by releasing a supercooled state by voltage application. The heat storage device can be used repeatedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Motohiro Suzuki, Hironobu Machida, Shinsuke Takeguchi, Kentaro Shii, Naoyuki Tani, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11238046
    Abstract: An information management device includes a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to convert said spatio-temporal information in storage object information into a one-dimensional bit string, split the converted one-dimensional bit string into an upper bit string and a lower bit string, and cause a storage target node to store at least the split upper bit string in a key and to store the split lower bit string and said associated data in a value of that key, and convert a range condition of spatio-temporal information of an object to be retrieved into one-dimensional bit string, split the converted one-dimensional bit string into an upper bit string and a lower bit string, retrieve a key from a search target node using at least the split upper bit string, and retrieve a value corresponding to the split lower bit string from values of the retrieved key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Isomura, Takashi Kubo, Ichibe Naito, Masayuki Hanadate
  • Publication number: 20220024996
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to identify an enzyme having activity of synthesizing dihydrotentoxin that is a tentoxin precursor and an enzyme having activity of synthesizing tentoxin using dihydrotentoxin as a substrate. The present invention concerns a tentoxin synthesis-related gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16 and having activity of nonribosomal peptide synthesis of dihydrotentoxin and a tentoxin synthesis-related gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18 and having activity of converting dihydrotentoxin to tentoxin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KUBO, Masayuki MACHIDA, Tomonori FUJIOKA, Shigenari YAMAGUCHI, Kiyoshi KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11230475
    Abstract: A hydrophobic treatment method is used in which at least one sheet filled with a gelled silicic acid is tilted at least two degrees with respect to a horizontal direction in a hydrophobizing solution, and the gelled silicic acid is hydrophobized. A manufacturing method for a sheet-like member is also used. The manufacturing method includes: a sol preparing step of adjusting the pH of a water glass aqueous solution to obtain a sol solution of silicic acid; an adding step of adding the sol solution to a fiber; a gel step of polymerizing and gelling the sol solution; a hydrophobic treatment step of hydrophobizing the gel with the hydrophobic treatment method; and a drying step of drying the hydrophobized gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Taichi Nakamura, Shigeaki Sakatani
  • Patent number: 11230726
    Abstract: This invention is intended to identify a gene cluster involved in biosynthesis of a cyclic peptide compound produced by a filamentous fungus of the Curvularia species and to establish a system for synthesizing such cyclic peptide compound. The gene is composed of a first module to a tenth module and encodes a protein having activity of synthesizing a nonribosomal peptide constituting a basic peptide backbone of a cyclic peptide compound produced by a filamentous fungus of the Curvularia species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Masayuki Machida, Maiko Umemura, Keietsu Abe, Akira Yoshimi, Tomonori Fujioka, Shigenari Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20210398943
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structures is provided. The method includes forming a first hybrid bonding layer over a first wafer having a logic structure, forming a second hybrid bonding layer over a second wafer having a first capacitor structure, bonding the first wafer and the second wafer through a hybrid bonding operation to connect the first hybrid bonding layer and the second hybrid bonding layer, thereby obtaining a first bonded wafer, and the first capacitor structure is electrically connected to the logic structure through the first hybrid bonding layer and the second hybrid bonding layer, and singulating the first bonded wafer to obtain a plurality of semiconductor structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: WENLIANG CHEN, JUN GU, MASARU HARAGUCHI, TAKASHI KUBO, CHIEN AN YU, CHUN YI LIN
  • Publication number: 20210391594
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solid electrolyte material having a high lithium ion conductivity. The solid electrolyte material according to the present disclosure includes Li, Zr, Y, M, and X. M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta. X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cl and Br.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI KUBO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210391595
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solid electrolyte material having a high lithium ion conductivity. The solid electrolyte material according to the present disclosure consists essentially of Li, Zr, Y, M, and X. M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In, Sc, and Bi. X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cl and Br.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI KUBO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210391593
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solid electrolyte material having a high lithium ion conductivity. The solid electrolyte material according to the present disclosure includes Li, Zr, Y, W, and X. X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cl and Br.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI KUBO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11200945
    Abstract: A plurality of memory cells are arranged along a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of word lines. A sense amplifier is connected to each of the bit lines. Arranged along each bit line are at least four memory cells including first to fourth memory cells that are either connected to or disconnected from one of the bit lines by means of first to fourth switching elements according to an active or inactive state of first to fourth word lines. The first memory cell stores a first bit value, the second memory cell stores a second bit value, and the third and fourth memory cells each store a third bit value. A memory cell array control circuit activates and then deactivates the third and fourth word lines, subsequently activates the first and second word lines, and then activates the sense amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: ZENTEL JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Masaru Haraguchi, Takeshi Hamamoto, Kenichi Yasuda, Yasuhiko Tsukikawa, Hironori Iga
  • Publication number: 20210371960
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy thick plate is formed of an aluminum alloy including Mg of 2.0 to 5.0 mass %, and has a plate thickness of 300 to 400 mm. A is 700 pieces/cm2 or less and B is 1.3 times or more as large as A, where (i) A (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of crystallized products with a maximum length of 60 ?m or more per unit area in each of positions located at a center portion in a thickness direction and at positions of 0.39 Wa to 0.48 Wa in a plate width direction; and (ii) B (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of crystallized products with a maximum length of 60 ?m or more per unit area in each of positions located at the center portion in the thickness direction and at positions of 0.12 Wa to 0.30 Wa in the plate width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Tatsuya Yamada
  • Patent number: 11174297
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to identify an enzyme having activity of synthesizing dihydrotentoxin that is a tentoxin precursor and an enzyme having activity of synthesizing tentoxin using dihydrotentoxin as a substrate. The present invention concerns a tentoxin synthesis-related gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16 and having activity of nonribosomal peptide synthesis of dihydrotentoxin and a tentoxin synthesis-related gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18 and having activity of converting dihydrotentoxin to tentoxin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Masayuki Machida, Tomonori Fujioka, Shigenari Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20210300469
    Abstract: A travel control system for a vehicle equipped with a steering device includes: an imaging device for acquiring images in front of the vehicle; a vehicle speed sensor; and a control device configured to control the steering device. The control device includes: a travel lane detection unit configured to recognize a lane shape of a travel lane on which the vehicle is currently traveling from the images acquired by the imaging device; a lane keeping planning unit configured to set a steering timing for steering the vehicle such that the vehicle travels on the recognized travel lane; and a lane keeping execution unit configured to control the steering device to steer the vehicle at the steering timing set by the lane keeping planning unit, the lane keeping planning unit being configured to change the steering timing based on the recognized lane shape and the detected vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Takashi KUBO
  • Publication number: 20210296693
    Abstract: A solid-electrolyte material includes Li, Y, O, and X. X is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: YUSUKE NISHIO, KAZUFUMI MIYATAKE, TAKASHI KUBO, TETSUYA ASANO, AKIHIRO SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11124862
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy thick plate is formed of an aluminum alloy including Mg of 2.0 to 5.0 mass %. The aluminum alloy thick plate has a plate thickness of 300 to 400 mm. A is 160 pieces/cm2 or less and B is 1.15 times or more as large as A, where (i) A (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of porosities with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 ?m or more in each of positions located at a center portion in a plate thickness direction and at positions of 0.39 Wa to 0.48 Wa in a plate width direction; and (ii) B (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of porosities with an equivalent circle diameter of 50 ?m or more in each of positions located at the center portion in the plate thickness direction and at positions of 0.12 Wa to 0.30 Wa in the plate width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Tatsuya Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210269325
    Abstract: A production method for producing a halide includes heat-treating, in an inert gas atmosphere, a mixed material in which LiCl and YCl3 are mixed. In the heat-treatment, the mixed material is heat-treated at higher than or equal to 200° C. and lower than or equal to 650° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI KUBO, YUSUKE NISHIO, AKIHIRO SAKAI, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI