Patents by Inventor Takuya Murata

Takuya Murata 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: 12296762
    Abstract: A wire harness including an electric wire; a cover that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire; and a clamp for fixing the electric wire to a vehicle body, wherein: a surface of the cover that is provided on a side opposite to the electric wire includes an uneven surface with a plurality of irregularities, and the clamp includes: an elastic member that is made of an elastic body and is brought into contact with the uneven surface; and a fixing member that presses the elastic member against the uneven surface and is fixed to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Murata, Yuji Nishi
  • Publication number: 20250132475
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a power storage module includes: a placing step of placing an electrode laminate on a restraint member so that a laminating direction runs along a vertical direction; a connecting step of connecting a first connection part so that a connecting portion of a second connection part with respect to a connected part is positioned on an upper side in the vertical direction than an opening; a supplying step of connecting a distal end part of a supply pipe for an electrolytic solution to the second connection part, and supplying the electrolytic solution to a space; and a conveying step of removing a recessed part of the supply pipe from the second connection part, and conveying a cell stack placed on the restraint member in a state in which the opening is connected to the first connection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takuya MURATA, Shinya ASAI, Ryota ISOMURA, Takashi FUKUDA, Nobukiyo ITO, Yushi KONDO, Yusuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240413505
    Abstract: A battery includes: an electrode stack including a stack of electrodes, each including a current collector and an active material layer divided with channels in between; a sealing body that forms internal spaces holding electrolyte solution between current collectors and seals the internal spaces; and injection ports formed in sealing body and communicate internal spaces to the outside, wherein the internal spaces are formed by channels and uncoated regions around active material layers where active material layers are not provided, internal regions sealed by sealing body have polygonal shape when viewed from stacking direction of the electrode stack, the channels extend between divided regions of the active material layers from the side where the injection ports are in the opposite direction thereof, and cross-sectional area of regions of the uncoated regions that face surfaces where the injection ports are formed is larger than a cross-sectional area of the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeru Hara, Takuya Murata
  • Publication number: 20240413506
    Abstract: A battery has an stack of electrodes including collectors and active material layers that are divided and between which grooves are provided; a sealing body forming, between the collectors, internal spaces in which electrolytic liquid is accommodated, and sealing the internal spaces; and injection ports in the sealing body and communicating the internal spaces and an exterior. The internal spaces are formed by the grooves and, at peripheries of the active material layers, uncoated regions at which the active material layers are not provided. An internal region sealed by the sealing body is a polygonal shape when viewed from a stacking direction of the electrode stack. The grooves extend from an injection port side in a direction opposite thereto, between the active material layers. At least grooves A and B having different widths are provided as the grooves, and groove A width is wider than groove B width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeru HARA, Takuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20240387076
    Abstract: A grommet unit according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a first grommet, a second grommet, a first bracket, and a second bracket. The first bracket is attached to a body panel so as to cover an opening. The first bracket has a first through-hole through which the first grommet is inserted and a second through-hole through which the second grommet is inserted. The second bracket is attached to the first bracket so as to cover the second through-hole. The second bracket has a third through-hole which is provided at a position that overlaps with the second through-hole and through which the second grommet is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kentarou FURUYA, Tomohiko ENDO, Yusuke TOKUYAMA, Takuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20240356087
    Abstract: A restraining jig includes: a first unit configured to apply a restraining load in the Z-axis direction to an electrode laminate via a pair of restraint members disposed at both ends in the Z-axis direction of the electrode laminate; and a second unit including a flow channel part communicating with a space by being connected to an opening, and a base part supporting the flow channel part. The second unit is disposed to be freely attached to or detached from the first unit. When the base part is fixed to at least one of the pair of restraint members by fixing parts configured to regulate movement in the X-axis direction of the second unit with respect to the first unit and fix the second unit, the flow channel part is liquid-tightly connected to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takashi FUKUDA, Shinya ASAI, Takuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20240162649
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a feature making it possible to curb relative rotation of an inlet and a grommet. This grommet comprises: a main body that covers an inlet installed in a vehicle and a wiring member extending from the inlet; and a locking part for locking with a locked part provided to the inlet. Formed on the main body are a connection opening into which a connection portion of the inlet connecting with an external charging connector is inserted, and a lead-out opening into which the wiring member is inserted. The connection opening opens in a first direction. The locking part is provided so as to be able to lock with the locked part along the circumferential direction of an axis of rotation when the inlet and the main body have rotated about the axis of rotation which extends in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: Takuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20240162668
    Abstract: An object is to provide technology that can reduce the thickness of an inlet assembly. A grommet includes a main body portion that covers an inlet installed in a vehicle and a wiring member extending from the inlet. The main body portion includes a connection port through which a connecting portion of the inlet to be connected to an external charging connector is inserted and an outlet port through which the wiring member is inserted. The connection port is open in a first direction, and the outlet port is open in a second direction that intersects the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya MURATA, Takao SUGA, Yoshimi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240153677
    Abstract: A grommet unit includes a grommet that partially covers a connector and a wiring member mounted in a vehicle, and a barrier member that is molded separately from the grommet. The grommet has a main body part that covers the connector 20 and the wiring member and a tubular drain part that is continuous with the main body part and drains water inside the main body part. The main body part has a connection port that is open in a first direction and into which a connection part of the connector is inserted. The tubular drain part extends in a second direction that intersects the first direction. The barrier member is attached to the inside of the tubular drain part and partially blocks a drain path in the tubular drain part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Takuya MURATA
  • Patent number: 11721361
    Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk, the aluminum alloy substrate including an aluminum alloy including 0.4 to 3.0 mass % of Fe and the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities, in which second phase particles having a longest diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and less than 2.0 ?m are dispersed at a distribution density of 5000 particles/mm2 or more; a method for producing the same; and a magnetic disk using the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Kitawaki, Takuya Murata, Makoto Yonemitsu, Yu Matsui, Yasuo Fujii, Ryo Sakamoto, Takashi Nakayama, Wataru Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20230079073
    Abstract: A wire harness including an electric wire; a cover that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire; and a clamp for fixing the electric wire to a vehicle body, wherein: a surface of the cover that is provided on a side opposite to the electric wire includes an uneven surface with a plurality of irregularities, and the clamp includes: an elastic member that is made of an elastic body and is brought into contact with the uneven surface; and a fixing member that presses the elastic member against the uneven surface and is fixed to the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya MURATA, Yuji NISHI
  • Patent number: 11482251
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk including an aluminum alloy containing 0.1 to 3.0 mass % of Fe, 0.005 to 1.000 mass % of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000 mass % of Zn, with a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, wherein in an outer peripheral surface thereof, the number of holes having maximum diameters of 10 ?m or more is 200/mm2 or less, an aluminum alloy base disk for a magnetic disk and a magnetic disk, using the aluminum alloy substrate, and methods for manufacturing these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Murata, Kotaro Kitawaki, Makoto Yonemitsu, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Ryo Sakamoto, Hiroki Ota
  • Patent number: 11270730
    Abstract: A magnetic disk substrate is composed of an aluminum alloy substrate, a base plating layer on a surface of the aluminum alloy substrate, and a boundary region between the aluminum alloy substrate and the base plating layer. The boundary region includes a specific boundary region (D(1)I(50-84)) having Al emission intensities equal to 50% to 84% of an average Al emission intensity in an interior region of the aluminum alloy substrate in glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy in the depthwise direction from the surface of the magnetic disk substrate. The specific boundary region (D(1)I(50-84)) has a maximum Fe emission intensity (I(1)Fe(max)) higher than an average Fe emission intensity (I(1)Fe(ave)) in the interior region of the aluminum alloy substrate in the glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Murata, Kotaro Kitawaki, Makoto Yonemitsu, Yasuo Fujii, Ryo Sakamoto, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Sadayuki Toda
  • Patent number: 11208710
    Abstract: Provided are: an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk, including an aluminum alloy including 0.4 to 3.0 mass % of Fe with the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities; a method for producing the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk; and a magnetic disk in which an electroless Ni—P plating treatment layer and a magnetic layer formed thereon are disposed on a surface of the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Kitawaki, Takuya Murata, Makoto Yonemitsu, Kouichiro Takiguchi, Takashi Nakayama, Kimie Imakawa, Yasuo Fujii, Hideyuki Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 11211088
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic disk and a method of fabricating the magnetic disk. The magnetic disk includes an aluminum alloy plate fabricated by a process involving a CC method and a compound removal process, and an electroless Ni—P plating layer disposed on the surface of the plate. The aluminum alloy plate is composed of an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter abbreviated simply as “%”) of Fe, 0.1% to 3.0% of Mn, 0.005% to 1.000% of Cu, 0.005% to 1.000% of Zn, with a balance of Al and unavoidable impurities. In the magnetic disk, the maximum amplitude of waviness in a wavelength range of 0.4 to 5.0 mm is 5 nm or less, and the maximum amplitude of waviness in a wavelength range of 0.08 to 0.45 mm is 1.5 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Murata, Kotaro Kitawaki, Makoto Yonemitsu, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Takashi Nakayama, Ryo Sakamoto, Hiroki Ota
  • Patent number: 11203201
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles from which ink is ejected, a memory, and one or more hardware processors coupled to the recording head and the memory. The one or more hardware processors are configured to: determine, for each of the plurality of nozzles, whether a position of the corresponding nozzle is a position to eject ink; determine whether a successive ejection operation is necessary for a nozzle out of the plurality of nozzles, whose position is determined as the position to eject ink; and cause ink to be successively ejected at the position to eject ink at a predetermined successive ejection frequency from the nozzle that is determined to have the necessity of the successive ejection operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Shiori, Takuya Murata, Takahisa Koike, Hiroyuki Kiguchi, Ko Tokumaru, Yuji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210358520
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk including an aluminum alloy containing 0.1 to 3.0 mass % of Fe, 0.005 to 1.000 mass % of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000 mass % of Zn, with a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, wherein in an outer peripheral surface thereof, the number of holes having maximum diameters of 10 ?m or more is 200/mm2 or less, an aluminum alloy base disk for a magnetic disk and a magnetic disk, using the aluminum alloy substrate, and methods for manufacturing these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya MURATA, Kotaro KITAWAKI, Makoto YONEMITSU, Hideyuki HATAKEYAMA, Ryo SAKAMOTO, Hiroki OTA
  • Patent number: 11102373
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device and circuitry. The image forming device is configured to form an image on a medium. The circuitry is configured to detect a position of the image forming device relative to the medium. The circuitry is further configured to control the image forming device based on the position of the image forming device detected and image data. The circuitry is further configured to control a system state of the image forming device based on the position of the image forming device associated with movement of the image forming device relative to the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Takuya Murata, Ko Tokumaru
  • Publication number: 20210151077
    Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk, the aluminum alloy substrate including an aluminum alloy including 0.4 to 3.0 mass % of Fe and the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities, in which second phase particles having a longest diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and less than 2.0 ?m are dispersed at a distribution density of 5000 particles/mm2 or more; a method for producing the same; and a magnetic disk using the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Kotaro KITAWAKI, Takuya MURATA, Makoto YONEMITSU, Yu MATSUI, Yasuo FUJII, Ryo SAKAMOTO, Takashi NAKAYAMA, Wataru KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 11006016
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is configured to form an image on a recording medium by scanning of the image forming apparatus by a user. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device and processing circuitry. The image forming device includes a plurality of image forming arrays. Each of the image forming arrays includes an image forming portion configured to form the image. The processing circuitry is configured to set an image forming array to be used to form the image, according to a use mode of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ko Tokumaru, Jun Shiori, Takuya Murata, Yuji Tanaka, Takahisa Koike