Patents by Inventor Takashi Morimoto

Takashi Morimoto 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: 7931999
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method for an electrode-membrane-frame assembly in a fuel cell, a first frame member and an electrolyte membrane member are arranged in a first mold for injection molding such that the edge of the electrolyte membrane member is arranged on the first frame member, a second mold is arranged to form a resin flow passage for forming a second frame member which is in contact with the first frame member by interposing the electrolyte membrane member, and a part of the edge of the electrolyte membrane member is pressed and fixed to the first frame member by a presser member mounted on the second mold and a molding resin material is injected into the resin flow passage to form a second frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Norihiko Kawabata, Mitsuo Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7905715
    Abstract: a First gap (15) in a thrust direction between teeth bottoms of a fixed mirror plate (2b) and teeth tips of an orbiting lap (4a), and a second gap (16) in the thrust direction between teeth bottoms of an orbiting mirror plate 4b and teeth tips of a fixed lap (2a) are formed such as to gradually increase from an outer peripheral side to an inner peripheral side of a scroll compressor, the first gap (15) is made greater than the second gap (16). Contact surface pressures of the laps (2a) and (4a) are kept low with respect to pressure formation, contact pressure of the teeth tips of the fixed scroll part (2) and the teeth bottoms of the orbiting scroll part (4)are equally maintained. With this loads applied to the scroll parts (2) and (4)are equally received by a thrust surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Hiwata, Yoshiyuki Futagami, Teruyuki Akazawa, Noboru Iida, Kiyoshi Sawai, Hidenobu Shintaku, Takashi Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20110059380
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack comprising: a cell stack body having stacked single cells and a manifold for supplying or discharging a fluid to the stacked single cells, the single cell including a membrane electrode assembly and a separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly; an end plate stacked onto the cell stack body and having a through-hole along the stacking direction of the cell stack body; and a fluid tube body inserted detachably into the through-hole so as to pass through the end plate, the fluid tube body being connected to the manifold, wherein a part of the outer surface of the fluid tube body opposite to the inner surface of the through-hole is separated from the inner surface of the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Matsumoto, Yoko Yamamoto, Takashi Morimoto, Mitsuo Yoshimura, Kenji Arai, Yoshiki Nagao
  • Publication number: 20110012932
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed which is capable of suppressing characteristic changes due to a long period of conduction, thereby achieving high-quality video display, and also to provide a drive method therefor. In at least one embodiment, while sequentially activating n first scanning signal line groups G1(1) to G1(n), a predetermined voltage, which is the same as a voltage for turning off a thin-film transistor included in each pixel formation portion in that the polarity thereof is negative and is at a higher level than that voltage, is applied simultaneously to n second scanning signal line groups G2(1) to G2(n). Thereafter, while sequentially activating the n second scanning signal line groups G2(1) to G2(n), the predetermined voltage is applied simultaneously to the n first scanning signal line groups G1(1) to G1(n). By repeating this, charges accumulated in the vicinity of the thin-film transistors are eliminated, thereby suppressing changes in off characteristics thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7833673
    Abstract: Elastic members that are integrally joined to a frame member are placed between an outer edge of an electrode unit and an inner edge of the frame member, and in the assembled state of the single cell module, the elastic members are elastically deformed in the thickness direction of a membrane-electrode-frame assembly so that the gap between the membrane-electrode-frame assembly and the separator is sealed in a tight contact state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Norihiko Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20100283717
    Abstract: A display device for performing image display by irradiating light from a light source to a display panel includes a transparent EL sheet which is disposed at aback surface side of the display panel and kept transparent in a non-luminous state, a reflection sheet which reflects the light from the light source to the display panel, a display control unit which controls the image display on the display panel, and a light emission control unit which controls light emission on the transparent EL sheet, wherein when the light emission control unit brings at least a part of a surface of the transparent EL sheet into a luminous state corresponding to the image display on the display panel controlled by the display control unit, an emitted light is irradiated to the display panel together with the light from the light source and the light reflecting from the reflection sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Hidekazu Oka, Takashi Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20100248087
    Abstract: In the method of the invention for producing an electrode-membrane-frame assembly, its principal part is formed by laying a first catalyst layer onto one of surfaces of an electrolyte membrane, arranging a first gas diffusion layer onto the surface of the first catalyst layer and inside the circumferential region of the electrolyte membrane, laying a second catalyst layer onto the other surface of the electrolyte membrane, and arranging a second gas diffusion layer onto the surface of the second catalyst layer and inside the circumferential region of the electrolyte membrane so as to make the position of the outer circumference of the second gas diffusion layer different from that of the outer circumference of the first gas diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yoichiro Tsuji, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Takashi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7794864
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing a fuel cell module having a small number of molding processes and favorable productivity, the edge of a polymer electrolyte membrane (44) exposed at the outer periphery of an electrode section, which is formed by providing an anode electrode (46a) and a cathode electrode (46b) on the polymer electrolyte membrane (44), is placed on the upper surface of one frame (47a); and another frame (47c) is molded on the upper surface of the one frame (47a) by injecting a resin material having a smaller Young's modulus than the one frame (47a), and a seal section (49) made from the same material as the other frame (47c) is simultaneously molded on the lower surface of the other frame (47a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Norihiko Kawabata, Mitsuo Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7794892
    Abstract: A MEA-frame assembly is arranged in a mold for injection molding to form a first flow passage arranged so as to extend along the outer periphery of an electrode between the outer periphery of the electrode and the inner periphery of a frame, a second flow passage arranged so as to extend along an inner elastic member between the inner periphery and outer periphery of the frame and a plurality of connecting flow passages which communicate the first flow passage with the second flow passage. An elastic resin is injected into the first flow passage to fill the first flow passage with the elastic resin and to fill the second flow passage with the elastic resin through each of the communicating flow passages, thereby an elastic member which hermetically seals the space between the MEA-frame assembly and the separator is integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Norihiko Kawabata, Atsushi Murata
  • Publication number: 20100223948
    Abstract: A lap (201) of an orbiting scroll (21) and a lap (202) of a stationary scroll (22) are meshed with each other to form an inner wall side expansion chamber (203a) on the side of a lap inner wall (201a) of the orbiting scroll (21) and an outer wall side expansion chamber (203b) on the side of a lap outer wall (201a) of the orbiting scroll (21). The volumetric capacity of the inner wall side expansion chamber (203a) and that of the outer wall side expansion chamber (203b) are equal to each other when suction is completed, and different from each other when discharge starts, and their expansion ratios are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanobu Wada, Takashi Morimoto, Akira Hiwata, Akira Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7790329
    Abstract: A MEA-frame assembly is arranged in a mold for injection molding to form a first flow passage arranged so as to extend along the outer periphery of an electrode between the outer periphery of the electrode and the inner periphery of a frame, a second flow passage arranged so as to extend along an inner elastic member between the inner periphery and outer periphery of the frame and a plurality of connecting flow passages which communicate the first flow passage with the second flow passage. An elastic resin is injected into the first flow passage to fill the first flow passage with the elastic resin and to fill the second flow passage with the elastic resin through each of the communicating flow passages, thereby an elastic member which hermetically seals the space between the MEA-frame assembly and the separator is integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Pansonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Norihiko Kawabata, Atsushi Murata
  • Patent number: 7771885
    Abstract: A MEA-frame assembly is arranged in a mold for injection molding to form a first flow passage arranged so as to extend along the outer periphery of an electrode between the outer periphery of the electrode and the inner periphery of a frame, a second flow passage arranged so as to extend along an inner elastic member between the inner periphery and outer periphery of the frame and a plurality of connecting flow passages which communicate the first flow passage with the second flow passage. An elastic resin is injected into the first flow passage to fill the first flow passage with the elastic resin and to fill the second flow passage with the elastic resin through each of the communicating flow passages, thereby an elastic member which hermetically seals the space between the MEA-frame assembly and the separator is integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Norihiko Kawabata, Atsushi Murata
  • Patent number: 7760249
    Abstract: An image recording and playing system includes: an image pickup unit that takes an image; a processing unit that performs an image processing of the image data obtained by the image pickup unit; a display unit that displays an image based on an image processing result; and a memory that stores an image data based on the image processing result, wherein the processing unit includes: a dissimilar image extracting element that determines whether the each extracting objection image data preliminarily read is a dissimilar image data to the image data obtained by the image pickup unit and extracts image data determined as the dissimilar image data; a data storing element that stores the dissimilar image data; and a thumbnail image creating unit that extracts image data similar to a typical-pattern image data extracted from among the dissimilar image data, and creates thumbnail image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaya Tsujiuchi, Takashi Morimoto, Yoshifumi Takayama
  • Publication number: 20100143819
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method for an electrode-membrane-frame assembly in a fuel cell, a first frame member and an electrolyte membrane member are arranged in a first mold for injection molding such that the edge of the electrolyte membrane member is arranged on the first frame member, a second mold is arranged to form a resin flow passage for forming a second frame member which is in contact with the first frame member by interposing the electrolyte membrane member, and a part of the edge of the electrolyte membrane member is pressed and fixed to the first frame member by a presser member mounted on the second mold and a molding resin material is injected into the resin flow passage to form a second frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Norihiko Kawabata, Mitsuo Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20100122040
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an access control apparatus that can improve responsiveness to an access request of a processor compared with a conventional technology. The access control apparatus, which receives access requests from one or more regular masters and a irregular master and sequentially selects an access allowable target, calculates an amount of unused resources based on an amount of resources used by a regular master which makes an access request during a unit period and a maximum amount of resources to be used given to the regular master and manages it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Koji Asai, Takashi Morimoto, Ryuta Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7709123
    Abstract: There is provided a film electrode assembly for a fuel cell capable of preventing a polymer electrolyte film from being exposed. The film electrode assembly includes: a main body portion of a film electrode assembly having a polymer electrolyte film, and a pair of electrode layers having catalyst layers placed on the two surfaces of the polymer electrolyte film on the inner side from the peripheral edge portion thereof and diffusion layers each having a peripheral edge protruding from the catalyst layer, which are laminated on one another, with a gap being formed between the protruding portion of the diffusion layer and the peripheral edge portion of the polymer electrolyte film; a frame member that sandwiches the peripheral edge portion of the polymer electrolyte film between the paired electrode layers with a gap therebetween, and is formed so as to surround an outer edge of the polymer electrolyte film; and gaskets made of a thermoplastic resin, which are placed on the two surfaces of the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiko Kawabata, Hiroki Kusakabe, Takashi Morimoto, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Masatoshi Teranishi
  • Publication number: 20100098989
    Abstract: In a solid polyelectrolyte fuel cell, with a frame including a frame body main part placed along a peripheral edge portion of a membrane, a plurality of first retaining portions which are arrayed so as to protrude from an inner edge of the frame body main part and which retain the front surface side of the membrane, and a plurality of second retaining portions which are arrayed so as to protrude from the inner edge of the frame body main part and which retain the back surface side of the membrane, the first retaining portions and the second retaining portions are so arrayed that retaining positions of the membrane by the first retaining portions and retaining positions of the membrane by the second retaining portions are alternately placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Norihiko Kawabata, Mitsuo Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20100042751
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit ensures to reserve a required memory bandwidth at low cost. A memory bandwidth monitoring unit 1210 calculates a required memory bandwidth, monitors the usage condition of the memory, and outputs the following information to a reconfiguration control unit 1120. The information is necessary to reconfigure a reconfiguration unit 1110 into a logic unit and a temporary buffer both of which are scalable depending on the usage condition. According to information, the reconfiguration control unit 1120 controls the reconfiguration unit 1110. The buffer is for storing data accessed to or from the memory by each bus master. The logic unit acts as a bus master that only uses a portion of the memory bandwidth that remains unused during the time no access request to the data storage unit 1002 issued by a bus master unit having a higher priority level is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Kouichi Ishino, Takashi Morimoto, Koji Asai
  • Publication number: 20100023736
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reconfigurable circuit that comprises a plurality of reconfiguration cells and changes a configuration of a computation processing unit included in each of the reconfiguration cells. Here, each of the reconfiguration cells further includes: a computation storage unit operable to store a result of a computation performed by the computation processing unit; a flag holding unit operable to hold an initialization flag indicating whether an initialization of the computation storage unit is required; and an initialization control unit operable to, during the configuration change of the computation processing unit, control the initialization of the computation storage unit based on the initialization flag held by the flag holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Shinichiro Nishioka, Koji Asai
  • Publication number: 20090309407
    Abstract: An armrest, has a stationary shaft rotatably supporting an armrest body against a seat frame. The stationary shaft is inserted, so as to have fastening tolerance, inside a coil lock spring and to have a stationary-side hook and a free-side hook. A diameter of the coil lock spring is reduced or enlarged according to a normal or a reverse rotation, respectively, of the armrest body, so as to prevent or permit, respectively, the rotation of the armrest body. One of the inside diameter of the lock spring and the outside diameter of the stationary shaft is tapered in said shaft's axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Makoto Saito, Takashi Morimoto, Yoshiharu Kitamura