Patents by Inventor Takeshi Nomura

Takeshi Nomura 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: 12266990
    Abstract: In an axial gap motor, a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a rotor base, and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a stator base, and coils wound around the stator cores. End faces of each of the rotor cores and end faces of the corresponding stator core are opposed to each other while being exposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Kazuaki Haga, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Mayumi Takazawa, Takuya Nomura, Shinya Sano, Takeshi Tomonaga, Hisanori Koma, Yasuhide Yagyu, Kensuke Komori, Tatsuhiko Hirano, Masaaki Ito, Hiroaki Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 12255329
    Abstract: This positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprises a lithium-transition metal composite oxide and a surface modification layer. The lithium transition metal composite oxide contains at least Al and 80 mol % or more Ni with reference to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li, and the surface modification layer contains at least Sr and is formed on the surface of primary particles of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Inoue, Takeshi Ogasawara, Yoshinori Aoki, Shun Nomura
  • Publication number: 20250068111
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection element and a hardware processor. The detection element includes a receiving section that receives a specific signal and an output section that outputs a predetermined output value based on the specific signal received by the receiving section. The hardware processor determines in accordance with a status of an output from the output section, a state of deterioration that leads to a state in which the detection element needs to be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhide Sakai, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20250046259
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KASAI, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20240429797
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rotor includes filling magnet housing holes, which accommodate magnets, with plastic that has been heated to a specified temperature to be molten, thereby heating a rotor core with heat of the plastic, arranging an end plate on one end face in the axial direction of the rotor core, thereby heating the end plate with heat of the heated rotor core, and welding the end plate to the rotor core. The welding the end plate includes welding the end plate to the rotor core in a state in which, during decrease of temperatures of the rotor core and the end plate, the temperatures of the rotor core and the end plate are lower than the specified temperature and within an operational temperature range for use of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240429798
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a rotor, when “Lm” represents a length of a magnet in an axial direction before a resin material is injected into a magnet housing hole, “Lr” represents a length of a closing portion in the axial direction when the magnet is heated by the resin material in the magnet housing hole and shortened, “?” represents a negative coefficient of linear expansion of the magnet in the axial direction, “?” represents a contraction rate of the resin material, and “?T” represents a difference between a temperature of the magnet that is heated by the resin material in the magnet housing hole and shortened and a temperature of the magnet when the resin material is cooled and solidified, the length Lm of the magnet and the length Lr of the closing portion are set to satisfy an inequality Lm·?·?T?(Lr·?)/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 12165602
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasai, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20240380263
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a cylindrical rotor core, a housing hole extending through the rotor core in a direction of a center line of the rotor core, a permanent magnet that is fixed while being accommodated in the housing hole, and a fixing member made of a plastic that fills a gap between an inner surface of the housing hole and an outer surface of the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet is split into two segments such that division surfaces extend in the direction of the center line. The permanent magnet is disposed such that a distance between the two segments decreases from a first end to a second end of the segments in the direction of the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke HOMMA, Takeshi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11984732
    Abstract: A contactless electric power supply device of the present invention is provided with: multiple supply coils and an alternating current power source arranged on a fixed section; multiple receiving coils and a receiving circuit provided on a moving body; and a face-to-face power supply section provided for each of the multiple supply coils and configured to supply alternating current power from the alternating current power source to the supply coils only when detecting a face-to-face state between the supply coil and the receiving coil; wherein separation distances and lengths in the moving direction of the multiple supply coils and multiple receiving coils are set to satisfy face-to-face conditions, and a receiving circuit converts alternating current power received by at least one of the receiving coils in the face-to-face state and generates a receiving voltage at least equal to a driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Oki, Shinji Takikawa, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20240071322
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KASAI, Takeshi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11842697
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasai, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20230260467
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KASAI, Takeshi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11702368
    Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition including a first component and a second component. The first component comprises an oxide of Ca of 0.00 mol % to 35.85 mol % an oxide of Sr of 0.00 mol % to 47.12 mol %, an oxide of Ba of 0.00 mol % to 51.22 mol %, an oxide of Ti of 0.00 mol % to 17.36 mol %, an oxide of Zr of 0.00 mol % to 17.36 mol %, an oxide of Sn of 0.00 mol % to 2.60 mol %, an oxide of Nb of 0.00 mol % to 35.32 mol %, an oxide of Ta of 0.00 mol % to 35.32 mol %, and an oxide of V of 0.00 mol % to 2.65 mol %. The second component includes (by mass) at least (a) an oxide of Mn of 0.005% to 3.500% and (b) one or both of an oxide of Cu of 0.080% to 20.000% and an oxide of Ru of 0.300% to 45.000%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHOEI CHEMICAL INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nomura, Yukari Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11688354
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasai, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20230026639
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KASAI, Takeshi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11524923
    Abstract: Provided is a dielectric ceramic composition including a first component and a second component, wherein the first component comprises an oxide of Ca of 0.00 mol % to 35.85 mol % an oxide of Sr of 0.00 mol % to 47.12 mol %, an oxide of Ba of 0.00 mol % to 51.22 mol %, an oxide of Ti of 0.00 mol % to 17.36 mol %, an oxide of Zr of 0.00 mol % to 17.36 mol %, an oxide of Sn of 0.00 mol % to 2.60 mol %, an oxide of Nb of 0.00 mol % to 35.32 mol %, an oxide of Ta of 0.00 mol % to 35.32 mol %, and an oxide of V of 0.00 mol % to 2.65 mol %, and the second component includes at least (a) an oxide of Mn of 0.005% by mass to 3.500% by mass and (b) an oxide of Cu and/or an oxide of Ru.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHOEI CHEMICAL INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nomura, Yukari Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11508321
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasai, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20220284866
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KASAI, Takeshi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11424662
    Abstract: Cooling member 142 for cooling linear motor 56 includes heat collector 150 provided inside movable element 102 for absorbing the heat of the movable element and heat dissipator 152 extending from heat collector 150 to the outside of the movable element and dissipating the heat absorbed by heat collector 150, wherein heat dissipator 152 of cooling member 142 protrudes from a portion of movable element 102 on the moving body 50 side, and extends to the back side of the pair of stators 100 through a space between one of the pair of stators 100, that is, stator 100a and moving body 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 11355072
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasai, Takeshi Nomura