Patents by Inventor Takuma Kawai

Takuma Kawai 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: 20240372204
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus including an energy storage device and an outer case in which the energy storage device is accommodated, wherein the outer case includes a first outer case and a second outer case which are disposed side by side in a first direction and are joined to each other, the energy storage device is interposed and restrained between the first outer case and the second outer case in the first direction, the first outer case and the second outer case include a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion which are disposed on outer peripheral portions of the first outer case and the second outer case and are joined in a state of being in contact with each other when viewed from the first direction, and a third connecting portion and a fourth connecting portion which are disposed more inside than the outer peripheral portions and are joined to each other when viewed from the first direction, and the third connecting portion and the fourth connecting portion are joined by a joining
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki MAEDA, Takuma KAWAI, Shun SASAKI, Yasuyuki IWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240274947
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device including a case, an outer case in which the energy storage device is accommodated, and a plate-shaped first plate-shaped member aligned with the energy storage device in a first direction and disposed along the outer case, in which the case includes a case body and a case lid body that are joined to each other, the case body and the case lid body are disposed and aligned in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and the first plate-shaped member includes a plate-shaped member protrusion that protrudes in the first direction and extends toward an end edge of the plate-shaped member in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki MAEDA, Yasuyuki IWASHIMA, Atsuyuki KONISHI, Takuma KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20240258653
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device, an outer case that accommodates the energy storage device and includes a wall in which a through hole is formed, and a bus bar penetrating the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun SASAKI, Atsuyuki KONISHI, Takuma KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11837857
    Abstract: A cover-side peripheral wall includes an inner wall, which serves as a first wall, and a bent wall. The inner wall is located between an inner wall and an outer wall of a body-side double-wall. The bent wall extends inward and downward from an inner surface of the inner wall. The bent wall has a proximal end that is located upward from an upper end of the inner wall of a body-side peripheral wall. The bent wall further includes a portion between a distal end and the proximal end that is located inward and downward from the upper end of the inner wall of the body-side peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Washihira, Takashi Shiraki, Yuji Miyamoto, Takanori Kawai, Takuma Kawai
  • Patent number: 10976392
    Abstract: A gradient coil according to an embodiment is configured to generate gradient magnetic fields along a plurality of axes in an imaging space in which a subject is imaged. The gradient coil includes a coil corresponding to at least one of the plurality of axes, wherein an electrically-conductive member of the coil is formed so as to be partitioned in a thickness direction by a plurality of electrically-insulative layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tanaka, Takuma Kawai, Yoshitomo Sakakura, Motohisa Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20210083463
    Abstract: A cover-side peripheral wall includes an inner wall, which serves as a first wall, and a bent wall. The inner wall is located between an inner wall and an outer wall of a body-side double-wall. The bent wall extends inward and downward from an inner surface of the inner wall. The bent wall has a proximal end that is located upward from an upper end of the inner wall of a body-side peripheral wall. The bent wall further includes a portion between a distal end and the proximal end that is located inward and downward from the upper end of the inner wall of the body-side peripheral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi WASHIHIRA, Takashi SHIRAKI, Yuji MIYAMOTO, Takanori KAWAI, Takuma KAWAI
  • Patent number: 10668887
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with a side airbag device includes: a gas generating device attached to an inner side of an outer side frame in a vehicle-width direction, which is disposed in a side portion on an outside of a seat back in the vehicle-width direction; a side airbag which inflates and deploys to expand over the outer side frame from a vehicle front side of the outer side frame in the vehicle-width direction by receiving gas from the gas generating device accommodated in the side airbag; and an inflation width expansion portion which is provided in the side airbag and causes an inflation width of the side airbag in the vehicle-width direction to be greater outside a side surface provided on an outside of the outer side frame in the vehicle-width direction than inside the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Takamichi Komura, Masato Kunisada, Hiroyuki Nagura, Takuma Kawai, Takayuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10408905
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus provided with a plurality of transmission channels includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit acquires a radio frequency magnetic field emitted from each of the plurality of transmission channels through a receiver coil mounted on an object and measure a phase of the radio frequency magnetic field. The control unit determines a phase difference between the plurality of transmission channels based on the phase of the radio frequency magnetic field of each of the plurality of transmission channels measured by the signal processing unit. The control unit controls a phase of a radio frequency pulse inputted to each of the plurality of transmission channels, based on the phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Soejima, Haruki Nakamura, Takuma Kawai, Kazuya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10391966
    Abstract: A vehicular occupant restraining device, that includes: an inside air bag arranged on an inner side, in a vehicle width direction, of a side frame in a side section, the inside air bag receiving a gas supply from a second inflator, the inside air bag deploying by inflation in the side section earlier and at a higher pressure than a side air bag, and the inside air bag pressing a seated occupant to an inner side in the vehicle width direction. The inside air bag is configured so as to deploy by inflation in a region more to a vehicle upper side than a second-from-bottom rib of six ribs provided in a torso of an AM50 type international standard side collision dummy, in a state in which the dummy is seated in the vehicular seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Kunisada, Hiroyuki Nagura, Takuma Kawai, Takayuki Iwakawa
  • Publication number: 20190257901
    Abstract: A gradient coil according to an embodiment is configured to generate gradient magnetic fields along a plurality of axes in an imaging space in which a subject is imaged. The gradient coil includes a coil corresponding to at least one of the plurality of axes, wherein an electrically-conductive member of the coil is formed so as to be partitioned in a thickness direction by a plurality of electrically-insulative layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu TANAKA, Takuma KAWAI, Yoshitomo SAKAKURA, Motohisa YOKOI
  • Patent number: 10377337
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraining system includes plural occupant restraining devices that are disposed in a side support portion of a seat back of a vehicle seat and is configured to, when activated, restrain an occupant; and a control device that is configured to staggers the activation timings of the plural occupant restraining devices so that a load that acts on the occupant simultaneously from the plural occupant restraining devices is made to be equal to or less than a maximum value of a load that acts on the occupant individually from the plural occupant restraining devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Kunisada, Hiroyuki Nagura, Takuma Kawai, Takayuki Iwakawa
  • Publication number: 20190162605
    Abstract: An output device for a heat flow sensor includes an offset value calculation part configured to calculate an offset value for each gain magnification regarding a plurality of gain magnifications, an amplification part configured to amplify an output value of a heat flow sensor by a first gain magnification among the plurality of gain magnifications, an offset part configured to subtract the offset value corresponding to the first gain magnification from the amplified output value, and an A/D converter configured to convert the output value after subtraction thereof into a digital value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya MATSUSHIMA, Koyo OZAKI, Takuma KAWAI, Kiyohiko GONDO
  • Patent number: 10164258
    Abstract: A fused-ring quinone-substituted polynorbornene has recurring units of formula (1) and/or (2) below. In formulas (1) and (2), A1 is independently a substituent of formula (3) or (4) below, n is an integer from 1 to 6, and A2 is a substituent of formula (5) or (6) below. In formulas (3) to (6), each X is independently a single bond or a divalent group, and Ar1 and Ar2 are each independently an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an oxygen atom or sulfur atom-containing aromatic heterocycle that forms together with two carbon atoms on a benzoquinone skeleton. This polymer has charge-storing properties and, when used as an electrode active material, is capable of providing a high-performance battery possessing high capacity, high rate characteristics and high cycle characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: WASEDA UNIVERSITY, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishide, Kenichi Oyaizu, Takuma Kawai, Satoshi Nakao, Takuji Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20180222435
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with a side airbag device includes: a gas generating device attached to an inner side of an outer side frame in a vehicle-width direction, which is disposed in a side portion on an outside of a seat back in the vehicle-width direction; a side airbag which inflates and deploys to expand over the outer side frame from a vehicle front side of the outer side frame in the vehicle-width direction by receiving gas from the gas generating device accommodated in the side airbag; and an inflation width expansion portion which is provided in the side airbag and causes an inflation width of the side airbag in the vehicle-width direction to be greater outside a side surface provided on an outside of the outer side frame in the vehicle-width direction than inside the side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Osamu FUKAWATASE, Takamichi KOMURA, Masato KUNISADA, Hiroyuki NAGURA, Takuma KAWAI, Takayuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180106878
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus provided with a plurality of transmission channels includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit acquires a radio frequency magnetic field emitted from each of the plurality of transmission channels through a receiver coil mounted on an object and measure a phase of the radio frequency magnetic field. The control unit determines a phase difference between the plurality of transmission channels based on the phase of the radio frequency magnetic field of each of the plurality of transmission channels measured by the signal processing unit. The control unit controls a phase of a radio frequency pulse inputted to each of the plurality of transmission channels, based on the phase difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuyuki SOEJIMA, Haruki NAKAMURA, Takuma KAWAI, Kazuya OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180022308
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraining system includes plural occupant restraining devices that are disposed in a side support portion of a seat back of a vehicle seat and is configured to, when activated, restrain an occupant; and a control device that is configured to staggers the activation timings of the plural occupant restraining devices so that a load that acts on the occupant simultaneously from the plural occupant restraining devices is made to be equal to or less than a maximum value of a load that acts on the occupant individually from the plural occupant restraining devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato KUNISADA, Hiroyuki NAGURA, Takuma KAWAI, Takayuki IWAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180022309
    Abstract: A vehicular occupant restraining device, that includes: an inside air bag arranged on an inner side, in a vehicle width direction, of a side frame in a side section, the inside air bag receiving a gas supply from a second inflator, the inside air bag deploying by inflation in the side section earlier and at a higher pressure than a side air bag, and the inside air bag pressing a seated occupant to an inner side in the vehicle width direction. The inside air bag is configured so as to deploy by inflation in a region more to a vehicle upper side than a second-from-bottom rib of six ribs provided in a torso of an AM50 type international standard side collision dummy, in a state in which the dummy is seated in the vehicular seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato KUNISADA, Hiroyuki NAGURA, Takuma KAWAI, Takayuki IWAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9871253
    Abstract: A ion-conductive fused-ring quinone polymer includes recurring units of formula (1) and/or (2) below wherein each X is independently a single bond or a divalent group, and A1 and A2 are each independently an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an oxygen atom or sulfur atom-containing aromatic heterocycle that forms together with two carbon atoms on a benzoquinone skeleton. This polymer is a material having charge-storing properties which, when used as an electrode active material, is capable of providing a high-performance battery possessing high capacity, high rate characteristics and high cycle characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: WASEDA UNIVERSITY, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishide, Kenichi Oyaizu, Takuma Kawai, Takuji Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 9857445
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus provided with a plurality of transmission channels includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit acquires a radio frequency magnetic field emitted from each of the plurality of transmission channels through a receiver coil mounted on an object and measure a phase of the radio frequency magnetic field. The control unit determines a phase difference between the plurality of transmission channels based on the phase of the radio frequency magnetic field of each of the plurality of transmission channels measured by the signal processing unit. The control unit controls a phase of a radio frequency pulse inputted to each of the plurality of transmission channels, based on the phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Soejima, Haruki Nakamura, Takuma Kawai, Kazuya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9829551
    Abstract: An RF coil unit of an embodiment includes a plurality of first coil elements each having a first main loop which receives a magnetic resonance signal and a plurality of second coil elements each having a second main loop and a sub-loop protruding from a portion of the second main loop. Any combination of two coil elements chosen from the plural first coil elements and the plural second coil elements is arranged in an overlap area where areas surrounded by one and another one of the two coil elements overlap in such a way that the overlap area is located in an area surrounded by the first main loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Kawai, Makoto Kato, Sadanori Tomiha