Patents by Inventor Takashi Tokunaga

Takashi Tokunaga 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: 9091566
    Abstract: A differential amplifier generates an offset correction signal based on a rotation detection signal from a rotation detector apparatus and an offset signal. A comparator compares the offset correction signal with a threshold voltage, and outputs a binarized signal representing the comparison result. An average value signal generator circuit generates an average value signal representing the average value of the offset correction signal. The offset signal generator circuit generates the offset signal so that the signal voltage of the average value signal has a voltage value between a threshold voltage and a threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Tsukamoto, Kazuyasu Nishikawa, Takashi Tokunaga, Hideki Shimauchi, Yoshinori Tatenuma, Yuji Kawano, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150194702
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of satisfying, in a well-balanced manner, standards for input characteristics, safety, and storage durability. A lithium-ion secondary battery includes a wound electrode body formed by winding a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator interposed therebetween, and an electrolyte solution provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. A negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material is formed on the surface of the negative electrode. The average particle diameter of the negative electrode active material is not smaller than 5 ?m and not larger than 20 ?m. The fine powder amount which is the cumulative frequency of the negative electrode active material having a particle diameter not larger than 3 ?m is not less than 10% and not more than 50%. The electrolyte solution contains not less than 0.1 M and not more than 0.4 M of an oxalatoborate-type compound and not less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Tetsuya Waseda
  • Patent number: 9074270
    Abstract: A sintered cermet and a cutting tool are provided which have high toughness and high anti-chipping. The sintered cermet comprises a hard phase composed of one or more kinds selected from carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides of one or more metals selected from metals belonging to Groups 4, 5, and 6 of the periodic table, each of which is composed mainly of Ti; and a binder phase composed mainly of Ni and Co. When the crystal lattice constant of the binder phase is measured by Pawley method, two kinds of binder phases having two kinds of crystal lattice constants B1 and B2 exist in the interior of the sintered cermet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Hideyoshi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20150162640
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode having, on a surface thereof, a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material, a thickening agent and a binder, and a separator. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are coiled together with the separator therebetween. The negative electrode active material has an average particle size of at least 5 ?m and not more than 20 ?m and has a fines content, defined as the cumulative frequency of the negative electrode active material having a particle size of 3 ?m or less, of at least 10% and not more than 50%. The thickening agent has a 1.0% aqueous solution viscosity of at least 4,980 mPa·s. The negative electrode mixture layer is in an unpressed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Waseda, Takashi Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 9012054
    Abstract: A secondary battery including: spirally wound electrode body in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated via separator and spirally wound, wherein the positive electrode includes an inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer while including a single side active material layer formation region, the ratio A/(A+B) of an area density A of the inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an area density B of the outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer, an inner diameter C of the coil opening portion, and the ratio D/E of a thickness D of the positive electrode and a thickness E of the positive electrode collector satisfy the relationship expressed in Formula 1, and a length F of the single side active material layer formation region satisfies the relationship expressed in Formula 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Hironobu Fukahori
  • Publication number: 20140227053
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a cutting tool which is formed from a cermet sintered body that is reduced in deformation due to firing and has high strength. [Solution] A cutting tool (1) which is composed of a cermet sintered body (6) that is configured of a hard phase (11) which is composed of two kinds of hard phases, namely a first hard phase (12) and a second hard phase (13), and a binder phase (14) that is composed of Co and/or Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Hideyoshi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20140080362
    Abstract: A connector includes contacts and a housing. The contacts constitute two differential pairs. Each contact has a first portion, a second portion and a coupling portion. The first portion is press-fitted into and held by the housing. The first portion has a contact portion to be brought into contact with a mating connector. The second portion is to be connected with and fixed on a board. The coupling portion couples the first portion with the second portion. The first portions are arranged in a single row while the second portions are arranged in two rows. The first portions are larger in width than the second portions and the coupling portions. The second portions of the contacts constituting one differential pair belong to the rows different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukiko SATO, Takashi TOKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 8580376
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting tool which comprises a sintered cermet having high toughness and thermal shock resistance. The cutting tool, namely a tip 1, comprises a sintered cermet comprising: a hard phase 11 comprising one or more selected from among carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides which comprise mainly Ti; and a binder phase 14 comprising mainly at least one of Co and Ni. The tip 1 has a cutting edge 4 lying along an intersecting ridge portion between a rake face 2 and a flank face 3, and a nose 5. The hard phase 11 comprises a first hard phase 12 and a second hard phase 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyoshi Kinoshita, Takashi Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20130002242
    Abstract: A differential amplifier generates an offset correction signal based on a rotation detection signal from a rotation detector apparatus and an offset signal. A comparator compares the offset correction signal with a threshold voltage, and outputs a binarized signal representing the comparison result. An average value signal generator circuit generates an average value signal representing the average value of the offset correction signal. The offset signal generator circuit generates the offset signal so that the signal voltage of the average value signal has a voltage value between a threshold voltage and a threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Tsukamoto, Kazuyasu Nishikawa, Takashi Tokunaga, Hideki Shimauchi, Yoshinori Tatenuma, Yuji Kawano, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8313842
    Abstract: A Ti-based cermet 1 includes at least one of Co and Ni, at least one of titanium carbide, titanium nitride and titanium carbonitride including at least one selected from the metal elements of groups 4, 5 and 6 of the periodic table, and Ru.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyoshi Kinoshita, Takashi Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20120204932
    Abstract: A thin-film solar battery module that can avoid a decrease in power generation efficiency caused by influences of meandering of a wiring material, relax a stress due to a difference in a thermal expansion coefficient between a substrate material and the wiring material, and suppress warpage of a substrate and separation of a joined part of an electrode and a wiring. The thin-film solar battery module includes a thin-film solar battery device including serially connecting a plurality of thin-film solar battery cells to each other and a bus bar wiring provided at a positive-side end and a negative-side end of the thin-film solar battery device. Additionally, the bus bar wiring couples a plurality of conductive members to each other in a partially superimposed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyo Endo, Jun Fujita, Takashi Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20120145428
    Abstract: A secondary battery including: spirally wound electrode body in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated via separator and spirally wound, wherein the positive electrode includes an inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer while including a single side active material layer formation region, the ratio A/(A+B) of an area density A of the inner circumference side positive electrode active material layer and an area density B of the outer circumference side positive electrode active material layer, an inner diameter C of the coil opening portion, and the ratio D/E of a thickness D of the positive electrode and a thickness E of the positive electrode collector satisfy the relationship expressed in Formula 1, and a length F of the single side active material layer formation region satisfies the relationship expressed in Formula 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Hironobu Fukahori
  • Publication number: 20110177934
    Abstract: A sintered cermet and a cutting tool are provided which have high toughness and high anti-chipping. The sintered cermet comprises a hard phase composed of one or more kinds selected from carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides of one or more metals selected from metals belonging to Groups 4, 5, and 6 of the periodic table, each of which is composed mainly of Ti; and a binder phase composed mainly of Ni and Co. When the crystal lattice constant of the binder phase is measured by Pawley method, two kinds of binder phases having two kinds of crystal lattice constants 31 and 32 exist in the interior of the sintered cermet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Hideyoshi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 7972409
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cemented carbide comprising 5 to 10 mass % of cobalt and/or nickel, and 0 to 10 mass % of at least one selected from a carbide (except for tungsten carbide), a nitride and a carbonitride of at least one selected from the group consisting of metals of groups 4, 5 and 6 of the Periodic Table, the balanced amount of tungsten carbide, a hard phase comprising mainly tungsten carbide particles, and containing ? particles of at least one selected from the carbide, the nitride and the carbonitride, and the hard phase being bonded through a binder phase comprising mainly cobalt and/or nickel, wherein a mean particle size of the tungsten carbide particles is 1 ?m or less, and the cemented carbide having a sea-island structure in which plural binder-phase-aggregated portions composed mainly of cobalt and/or nickel are scattered in the proportion of 10 to 70 area % based on the total area on the surface of the cemented carbide. The cemented carbide is excellent in wear resistance and fracture resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Fujino, Takashi Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20110129312
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting tool which comprises a sintered cermet having high toughness and thermal shock resistance. The cutting tool, namely a tip 1, comprises a sintered cermet comprising: a hard phase 11 comprising one or more selected from among carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides which comprise mainly Ti; and a binder phase 14 comprising mainly at least one of Co and Ni. The tip 1 has a cutting edge 4 lying along an intersecting ridge portion between a rake face 2 and a flank face 3, and a nose 5. The hard phase 11 comprises a first hard phase 12 and a second hard phase 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyoshi Kinoshita, Takashi Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 7951491
    Abstract: A positive electrode includes a collector and a positive electrode mixture layer formed on the collector and containing a polyacrylonitrile based resin-containing binder and a positive electrode active material. The polyacrylonitrile in the positive electrode mixture layer is crosslinked and carbonized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tokunaga, Yoshiaki Obana, Toshikazu Nakaura, Hiroyuki Akashi
  • Patent number: 7925395
    Abstract: A rollover judging device adjusts the magnitude of an angular velocity component ? of a vehicle in a direction of a rollover, which is measured by an angular velocity sensor 1, by using an ? adjusting unit 3c on the basis of an acceleration component of the vehicle in its rightward or leftward direction or in its upward or downward direction, which is measured by an acceleration sensor 2, calculates an angle component ?o by integrating with respect to time this adjusted angular velocity component ?o by using an integrator 3d, carries out predetermined multiplication and addition processes by using a judging means 4 on the basis of this angle component ?o and the measured angular velocity component ?, and, when the result of this addition process exceeds a preset threshold Th, outputs a signal indicating judgment of occurrence of a rollover to an air bag control device 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yamashita, Shinichi Harase, Satoru Inoue, Takashi Tokunaga, Takashi Furui
  • Patent number: 7909905
    Abstract: A cermet comprises a binding phase made of a binding metal including Co and/or Ni. The binding phase is 5 to 30 mass %. The cermet further comprises a plurality of hard particles bound each other with the binding phase. The hard particles comprise core-containing structure particles having cores and shells both including TiCN. The core-containing structure particles comprise first core-containing structure particles of which shells contain the binding metal and second core-containing structure particles of which cores and shells both contain the binding metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 7811683
    Abstract: A cutting tool having a substrate and a coating layer for coating the surface of the substrate, the coating layer being composed of Ti1?a?b?c?dAlaWbSicMd(CxN1?x), where M is at least one selected from Nb, Mo, Ta, Hf and Y, 0.45?a?0.55, 0.01?b?0.1, 0.01?c?0.05, 0.01?d?0.1, and 0?x?1. The cutting tool has excellent wear resistance and fracture resistance. The cutting tool may be further provided with a layer composed of at least one selected from carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides of Al and the elements of the groups 4, 5 and 6 of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: YaoCan Zhu, Hideyoshi Kinoshita, Takashi Tokunaga, Kenji Noda, Tatsuyuki Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 7797091
    Abstract: A rollover judgment apparatus includes a threshold change functional unit 5 for changing a determination threshold on the basis of a roll angular velocity ?, a tilt angle ?v of a vehicle which is acquired by integrating the roll angular velocity ?, a lateral direction acceleration Gy, and a steering wheel angle ?s, an ?×? map judging unit 6 for judging whether or not the vehicle will roll over on the basis of the determination threshold changed by the threshold change functional unit 5, and the tilt angle of the vehicle, a safing functional unit 7 for detecting a tip-up of the vehicle in relation to a motion of the vehicle, and a curtain air bag deploying unit 9 for controlling expansion of a curtain air bag on the basis of an output of the ?×? map judging unit 6 and an output of the safing functional unit 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Inoue, Katsuaki Yasui, Takashi Tokunaga, Ryoutarou Suzuki