Patents by Inventor Takashi Nakabayashi

Takashi Nakabayashi 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: 12213249
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dielectric sheet, includes the steps of extrusion molding a mixture including powder polytetrafluoroethylene and spherical silica at a temperature lower than or equal to a melting point of the polytetrafluoroethylene, and calendering a sheet body obtained by the extrusion molding. A mass ratio of the silica with respect to the polytetrafluoroethylene is 1.3 or greater. An average particle diameter of the silica is 0.1 ?m or greater but 3.0 ?m or less. A reduction ratio of the extrusion molding is 8 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Shingo Kaimori, Takashi Ninomiya, Motohiko Sugiura, Yasuhiro Okuda, Hideki Kashihara, Satoshi Kiya, Makoto Nakabayashi, Kentaro Okamoto, Chiaki Tokuda
  • Patent number: 12190602
    Abstract: Provided is a working vehicle capable of operation and driving that includes a plurality of image capture devices 4 that capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle body; a direction detection unit 51 that detects an advancement direction of the operation and driving; an image selection unit 52 that acquires, as a detection image, a surrounding area image captured by one image capture device 4 of the plurality of image capture devices 4 capturing a front advancement direction detected by the direction detection unit 51; and a detection unit 53 that analyzes the detection image acquired by the image selection unit 52 and detects an obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Toshiki Watanabe, Shunsuke Edo, Shunsuke Miyashita, Kenichi Iwami
  • Publication number: 20240317605
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery which combines high capacity with favorable charging/discharging cycle characteristics. In this positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the average value of the particle diameters of the primary particles evaluated with a scanning electron microscope is 50-550 nm, and the R value is greater than 0.420 but less than or equal to 0.460, the R value being calculated by formula (2) as follows: (2) R value=(I006+I102)/I101 on the basis of the intensity I006 calculated from the height of a peak identified as the 006-plane of an ?-NaFeO2 type layered structure in X-ray powder diffraction measurement, the intensity I102 calculated from the height of a peak identified as the 102-plane, and the intensity I101 calculated from the height of a peak identified as the 101-plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Shuichi Takano, Hisato Tokoro
  • Patent number: 12083961
    Abstract: A harvester includes an image compositing unit and a display unit. The image compositing unit generates a composite image showing a vehicle body and the vicinity of the vehicle body based on shot images generated by a front camera 21, a rear camera 22, a first side camera 23, and a second side camera 24 and vehicle body data stored in a storage unit. The display unit displays the composite image generated by the image compositing unit. The front camera 21 is provided on a front part of a driving section 8, the rear camera 22 is provided on a rear cover part 14, the first side camera 23 is provided on an outer side part of the driving section 8 in a left-right direction of the vehicle body, and the second side camera 24 is provided on an outer side part of a threshing device 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Sotaro Hayashi, Takashi Nakabayashi, Kazushi Sako
  • Patent number: 12048261
    Abstract: A vehicle speed control system that controls a vehicle speed of an agricultural vehicle that performs work using a work device while traveling using a traveling device, the agricultural vehicle performs work travel a plurality of times with non-work travel interposed therebetween, the vehicle speed control system including: a control unit configured to perform work travel control in which a vehicle speed is set according to a load on a motive power source that drives the traveling device and the work device; and a storage unit in which a vehicle speed that is set during the work travel is stored as an optimum vehicle speed, the control unit performs initial work travel control in which a vehicle speed at a time when the work travel is started after the non-work travel is set using the optimum vehicle speed that is stored during the work travel performed before the non-work travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Tomohiko Sano, Osamu Yoshida, Shotaro Kawahata, Masayuki Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20240158260
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, the method including: a step for firing mixed powder in which metal nickel powder, a compound containing Li, and a compound containing a metal element M other than Li and Ni are mixed to yield a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material having a layered structure, wherein the amount of Ni in the total amount of metal elements contained in the positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery is equal to or greater than 60% in terms of the atomic ratio, and the nickel powder is at least partially oxidized or a step for oxidizing said powder is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Hisato Tokoro, Shuichi Takano
  • Patent number: 11895937
    Abstract: A slip determination system is provided that is capable of providing appropriate control information to a traveling vehicle when the traveling vehicle has proceeded to an area where a slip is likely to occur during automatic travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Sano, Osamu Yoshida, Tetsuya Nakajima, Takashi Nakabayashi, Satoshi Maruo, Kazuhiro Takahara
  • Patent number: 11897333
    Abstract: A harvester includes: a crop tank that stores a crop harvested by a harvesting device; a weight detection unit that detects a storage weight, which is a value indicating the weight of the crop stored in the crop tank; a maximum weight calculation unit that calculates a maximum weight, which is a value indicating the weight of the crop at the maximum storage amount of the crop tank; a unit harvest weight calculation unit calculates a unit harvest weight that indicates the weight of the crop harvested per unit of harvest-travel distance; and a maximum travel distance calculation unit that calculates a maximum travel distance, which is the maximum distance that can be traveled during traveling harvesting before the amount of the crop stored in the crop tank reaches the maximum storage amount, based on the storage weight, the maximum weight, and the unit harvest weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Sano, Osamu Yoshida, Satoshi Maruo, Takashi Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11764356
    Abstract: Making a positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries includes: weighting and mixing lithium carbonate and a compound containing respective metallic elements other than Li in a composition formula Li?NixCoyM21-x-y-zM2zO2+? so as to have a metallic constituent ratio of the formula to obtain a mixture, and firing the mixture to obtain a lithium composite compound. Performing, on the mixture, a first heat treatment at 200° C. to 400° C. for 0.5 to 5 hours to obtain a first precursor. A step of performing a heat treatment on the first precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 450° C. to 800° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours, and reacting 92 mass % or more of the lithium carbonate to obtain a second precursor, and a finishing step of performing a heat treatment on the second precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 755° C. to 900° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours to obtain the lithium composite compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisato Tokoro, Takashi Nakabayashi, Shuichi Takano, Akira Gunji, Tatsuya Tooyama, Shin Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230282819
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material having high capacity and exceptional coatability due to comprising both an oil absorption amount and powder physical properties suitable therefor. This positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery comprises a lithium transition metal composite oxide powder represented by compositional formula (1), having primary particles and secondary particles in which the primary particles are aggregated. In the positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the oil absorption amount, based on JIS K5101-13-1, of NMP (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone) per 100 g of the lithium transition metal composite oxide powder is 19-30 mL/100 g, and the sphericity represented by the ratio AB of the short axis A and the long axis B of the secondary particles measured from an SEM image is 0.88?A/B?1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisato Tokoro, Shuichi Takano, Takashi Nakabayashi, Shin Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11665999
    Abstract: A harvester capable of autonomous travel in a field includes: a harvesting unit that harvests a crop from the field; a conveyance device that conveys, toward the rear of a harvester body, a whole culm of the harvested crop harvested by the harvesting unit; a detection sensor that detects a drive speed of the conveyance device; and a clog determining unit that determines a clog of the harvested crop in the conveyance device on the basis of the drive speed. The clog determining unit outputs a vehicle stop command that stops the harvester body when the drive speed becomes lower than a pre-set first threshold during the autonomous travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Masayuki Horiuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Toshiki Watanabe, Takanori Hori
  • Patent number: 11581534
    Abstract: A positive-electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium complex compound that is represented by the formula: Li1+aNibMncCodTieMfO2+?, and has an atomic ratio Ti3+/Ti4+ between Ti3+ and Ti4+, as determined through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, of greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 20. In the formula, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Zr, Mo, and Nb, and a, b, c, d, e, f, and a are numbers satisfying ?0.1?a?0.2, 0.7<b?0.9, 0?c<0.3, 0?d<0.3, 0<e?0.25, 0?f<0.3, b+c+d+e+f=1, and ?0.2???0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Gunji, Hisato Tokoro, Shin Takahashi, Tatsuya Toyama, Hiroshi Haruna, Daiko Takamatsu, Takashi Nakabayashi, Shuichi Takano
  • Patent number: 11432464
    Abstract: A harvesting machine includes a harvesting part provided forward of a machine body, and harvests crops in a farm field; and a plurality of crop sensors provided in the harvesting part at intervals in a left-right direction, and detect the presence of crops upon coming into contact with the crops. The harvesting machine may also include a harvesting width detector that detects a harvesting width corresponding to crops harvested through harvesting work that has actually been performed, included in a workable width within which harvesting work can be performed by the harvesting part; and a travel transmission unit that changes the travel speed of the machine body. The harvesting machine may also include a speed controller that shifts the travel transmission unit to a lower speed as the harvesting width increases, and shifts the travel transmission unit to a higher speed as the harvesting width decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Sotaro Hayashi, Mao Kitahara, Takashi Nakabayashi, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Shoma Deguchi, Sadanori Hida, Kazuhiro Takahara, Naoki Saito, Masayuki Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20220210971
    Abstract: Provided is a harvester configured to effect a work-performing traveling for harvesting agricultural products in a field while traveling in the field autonomously. This harvester includes a traveling device effecting the work-performing traveling, a machine body supported to the traveling device, a harvesting section supported to a front portion of the machine body and harvesting the products in the field, an imaging device provided at a front portion of the machine body and at a position higher than the harvesting section so as to view down a product present in an un-worked area located forwardly of the harvesting section, a detecting section detecting abnormality in the field from an image imaged by the imaging device, and a controlling section executing an abnormality situation control as a control in accordance with the abnormality detected in the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke Edo, Kenichi Iwami, Shunsuke Miyashita, Takashi Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20220212602
    Abstract: A harvester includes an image compositing unit and a display unit. The image compositing unit generates a composite image showing a vehicle body and the vicinity of the vehicle body based on shot images generated by a front camera 21, a rear camera 22, a first side camera 23, and a second side camera 24 and vehicle body data stored in a storage unit. The display unit displays the composite image generated by the image compositing unit. The front camera 21 is provided on a front part of a driving section 8, the rear camera 22 is provided on a rear cover part 14, the first side camera 23 is provided on an outer side part of the driving section 8 in a left-right direction of the vehicle body, and the second side camera 24 is provided on an outer side part of a threshing device 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Sotaro Hayashi, Takashi Nakabayashi, Kazushi Sako
  • Publication number: 20220207882
    Abstract: Provided is a working vehicle capable of operation and driving that includes a plurality of image capture devices 4 that capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle body; a direction detection unit 51 that detects an advancement direction of the operation and driving; an image selection unit 52 that acquires, as a detection image, a surrounding area image captured by one image capture device 4 of the plurality of image capture devices 4 capturing a front advancement direction detected by the direction detection unit 51; and a detection unit 53 that analyzes the detection image acquired by the image selection unit 52 and detects an obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Toshiki Watanabe, Shunsuke Edo, Shunsuke Miyashita, Kenichi Iwami
  • Patent number: 11317557
    Abstract: An automatic steering system for a work vehicle includes: a steering travel apparatus for performing leftward turning based on a leftward steering amount with respect to a straight-forward direction and performing rightward turning based on a rightward steering amount with respect to a neutral position; a subject vehicle location calculator for calculating a location of a subject vehicle; a locational shifting calculator for calculating locational shifting from the travel route and the location of the subject vehicle; a vehicle body direction calculator for calculating a vehicle body direction that indicates a direction of a vehicle body; a directional shifting calculator for calculating directional shifting from the travel route and the vehicle body direction; a steering amount calculator for calculating a first steering amount, which is a steering amount for correcting the locational shifting and the directional shifting, based on the locational shifting and the directional shifting; and a steering amount l
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Sano, Osamu Yoshida, Satoshi Maruo, Takashi Nakabayashi, Tetsuya Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20220087092
    Abstract: A vehicle speed control system that controls a vehicle speed of an agricultural vehicle that performs work using a work device while traveling using a traveling device, the agricultural vehicle performs work travel a plurality of times with non-work travel interposed therebetween, the vehicle speed control system including: a control unit configured to perform work travel control in which a vehicle speed is set according to a load on a motive power source that drives the traveling device and the work device; and a storage unit in which a vehicle speed that is set during the work travel is stored as an optimum vehicle speed, the control unit performs initial work travel control in which a vehicle speed at a time when the work travel is started after the non-work travel is set using the optimum vehicle speed that is stored during the work travel performed before the non-work travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Tomohiko Sano, Osamu Yoshida, Shotaro Kawahata, Masayuki Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11197405
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a travel operation unit that is configured to be manually operated and includes a mode operation tool for switching between automatic driving and manual driving, a manual travel control unit that includes a manual travel mode in which manual driving is performed based an operation signal received from the travel operation unit, and an automatic travel control unit that includes an automatic travel mode in which automatic driving is performed, a temporary stop mode in which a vehicle body is temporarily stopped during automatic driving for transitioning from the automatic travel mode to the manual travel mode, and a check mode in which whether a state of the travel operation unit satisfies a manual driving transition condition required for starting manual driving is checked in transition from the temporary stop mode to the manual travel mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Sano, Osamu Yoshida, Takashi Nakabayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Masayuki Horiuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Satoshi Maruo
  • Publication number: 20210344007
    Abstract: Making a positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries includes: weighting and mixing lithium carbonate and a compound containing respective metallic elements other than Li in a composition formula Li?NixCoyM21-x-y-zM2zO2+? so as to have a metallic constituent ratio of the formula to obtain a mixture, and firing the mixture to obtain a lithium composite compound. Performing, on the mixture, a first heat treatment at 200° C. to 400° C. for 0.5 to 5 hours to obtain a first precursor. A step of performing a heat treatment on the first precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 450° C. to 800° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours, and reacting 92 mass % or more of the lithium carbonate to obtain a second precursor, and a finishing step of performing a heat treatment on the second precursor under an oxidizing atmosphere at 755° C. to 900° C. for 0.5 to 50 hours to obtain the lithium composite compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisato TOKORO, Takashi NAKABAYASHI, Shuichi TAKANO, Akira GUNJI, Tatsuya TOOYAMA, Shin TAKAHASHI