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).
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Publication number: 20240372204Abstract: 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 joiningType: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Koki MAEDA, Takuma KAWAI, Shun SASAKI, Yasuyuki IWASHIMA
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Publication number: 20240274947Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Koki MAEDA, Yasuyuki IWASHIMA, Atsuyuki KONISHI, Takuma KAWAI
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Publication number: 20240258653Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Shun SASAKI, Atsuyuki KONISHI, Takuma KAWAI
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Patent number: 11837857Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichi Washihira, Takashi Shiraki, Yuji Miyamoto, Takanori Kawai, Takuma Kawai
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Patent number: 10976392Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hidekazu Tanaka, Takuma Kawai, Yoshitomo Sakakura, Motohisa Yokoi
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Publication number: 20210083463Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichi WASHIHIRA, Takashi SHIRAKI, Yuji MIYAMOTO, Takanori KAWAI, Takuma KAWAI
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Patent number: 10668887Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Takamichi Komura, Masato Kunisada, Hiroyuki Nagura, Takuma Kawai, Takayuki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10408905Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuyuki Soejima, Haruki Nakamura, Takuma Kawai, Kazuya Okamoto
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Patent number: 10391966Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Kunisada, Hiroyuki Nagura, Takuma Kawai, Takayuki Iwakawa
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Publication number: 20190257901Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hidekazu TANAKA, Takuma KAWAI, Yoshitomo SAKAKURA, Motohisa YOKOI
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Patent number: 10377337Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Kunisada, Hiroyuki Nagura, Takuma Kawai, Takayuki Iwakawa
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Publication number: 20190162605Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takuya MATSUSHIMA, Koyo OZAKI, Takuma KAWAI, Kiyohiko GONDO
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Patent number: 10164258Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignees: WASEDA UNIVERSITY, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishide, Kenichi Oyaizu, Takuma Kawai, Satoshi Nakao, Takuji Yoshimoto
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Publication number: 20180222435Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Osamu FUKAWATASE, Takamichi KOMURA, Masato KUNISADA, Hiroyuki NAGURA, Takuma KAWAI, Takayuki SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20180106878Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Kazuyuki SOEJIMA, Haruki NAKAMURA, Takuma KAWAI, Kazuya OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180022308Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato KUNISADA, Hiroyuki NAGURA, Takuma KAWAI, Takayuki IWAKAWA
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Publication number: 20180022309Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato KUNISADA, Hiroyuki NAGURA, Takuma KAWAI, Takayuki IWAKAWA
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Patent number: 9871253Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignees: WASEDA UNIVERSITY, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishide, Kenichi Oyaizu, Takuma Kawai, Takuji Yoshimoto
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Patent number: 9857445Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Inventors: Kazuyuki Soejima, Haruki Nakamura, Takuma Kawai, Kazuya Okamoto
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Patent number: 9829551Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Kawai, Makoto Kato, Sadanori Tomiha