Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Kaneko

Tetsuya Kaneko 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).

  • Magnetic tape device and head tracking servo method
    Patent number: 9978414
    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes: a magnetic tape; and a servo head, in which a magnetic tape transportation speed of the magnetic tape device is equal to or lower than 18 m/sec, the servo head is a magnetic head including a tunnel magnetoresistance effect type element as a servo pattern reading element, the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, non-magnetic powder, and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer includes a servo pattern, and a tilt cos ? of the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder with respect to a surface of the magnetic layer acquired by cross section observation performed by using a scanning transmission electron microscope is 0.85 to 0.95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kaneko, Norihito Kasada, Eiki Ozawa
  • BATTERY PACK
    Publication number: 20180138487
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of unit cells, each including an electrode body having a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are stacked, and a busbar that electrically connects a positive electrode terminal to a negative electrode terminal between the unit cells. The unit cells are stacked adjacent to one another in the same direction as a direction in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the electrode body are stacked. The busbar electrically connects the unit cells disposed apart from each other among the unit cells excluding the unit cells disposed adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato KAMIYA, Masaru ISHII, Takayuki HOJO, Tetsuya KANEKO
  • Magnetic tape device and head tracking servo method
    Patent number: 9972351
    Abstract: The magnetic tape device including: a magnetic tape; and a servo head, in which the servo head is a magnetic head including a tunnel magnetoresistance effect type element as a servo pattern reading element, the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer includes a servo pattern, and logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.050.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kaneko, Norihito Kasada, Eiki Ozawa
  • ASSEMBLED BATTERY
    Publication number: 20180131032
    Abstract: An assembled battery disclosed here includes a plurality of single cell array units each including single cells that are arranged in a lamination direction of a positive electrode and a negative electrode of an electrode body as an arrangement direction. The single cell array units are disposed parallel to each other such that arrangement directions of the single cells constituting the units are parallel to each other. Then, in the assembled battery, none of the single cells included in each of the single cell array units is directly electrically connected to adjacent single cells in the same unit, but is directly electrically connected to any one of the single cells constituting another single cell array unit through a bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaru ISHII, Masato KAMIYA, Takayuki HOJO, Tetsuya KANEKO
  • ASSEMBLED BATTERY
    Publication number: 20180131035
    Abstract: There is provided an assembled battery including a plurality of single cells and a plurality of bus bars connecting the plurality of single cells in series. The plurality of single cells is arranged such that a pair of flat side surfaces faces each other. The single cells each include a battery case, a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet, a positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode terminal, an electrical resistor disposed in a conductive path between the positive electrode sheet and the positive electrode terminal, and a pressure operative type current interruption mechanism disposed in a conductive path between the negative electrode sheet and the negative electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki HOJO, Masaru ISHII, Masato KAMIYA, Tetsuya KANEKO
  • STEERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180127019
    Abstract: Provided is a steering system in which an elastic support portion is prevented from falling off a subassembly. A steering system includes a ball nut, a driven pulley provided on the ball nut so as to be rotatable together with the ball nut, a housing that houses the ball nut and the driven pulley and has a first locking surface and a second locking surface, a bearing including an outer ring provided so as to be movable between the first locking surface and the second locking surface, a first elastic support portion provided between the first locking surface and one end face of the outer ring, a second elastic support portion provided between the second locking surface and the other end face of the outer ring, a retaining member configured to lock the first elastic support portion, and a guide portion configured to lock the second elastic support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi YAMAGUCHI, Tetsuya KANEKO, Shuhei YAMASHITA
  • Adhesive composition and laminate
    Patent number: 9951259
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive which, in a metal foil-containing laminated composite film used in a high temperature sterilization treatment, is resistant to the effects of moisture in the air during curing, has good workability when used as a solvent-free adhesive, and exhibits excellent adhesive strength and acid resistance. Provided is a method for producing an adhesive composition, the method including: a step of obtaining an alcohol-added isocyanate (E) by reacting a trifunctional or higher isocyanate compound (C2) and a monofunctional alcohol (D) at an equivalence ratio of isocyanate groups in the trifunctional or higher isocyanate compound (C2):monofunctional alcohol (D)=100 mol %:25 to 65 mol %, and a step of mixing a polyisocyanate (A) containing a trifunctional or higher isocyanate compound (C1) and the alcohol-added isocyanate (E), and an alcohol (B) having an acid value of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO-MORTON, LTD., TOYOCHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Natsumoto, Toru Oya, Yoshitaka Tone, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Tetsuya Kaneko, Tadashi Someda, Yoshihiro Sato
  • EXHAUST-GAS-PURIFICATION CATALYTIC HEATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180087429
    Abstract: In an exhaust-gas-purification catalytic heating device that houses a current heater in a conductive metallic housing where a catalytic unit is housed, the current heater being arranged at an upstream side of the catalytic unit along a distribution direction of exhaust gas, the current heater has a negative electrode directly coupled to the housing electrically coupled to an external ground wire, the current heater has a positive electrode with which a rod-shaped terminal is continuous, the terminal passing through the housing in an electrically insulating state so as to be electrically coupled to a power line outside the housing, and the terminal has a portion protruding from the housing, the protruding portion being covered with a terminal cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro NAKAMURA, Ryosuke IBATA, Daiji KAWAGUCHI, Hirotaka SATO, Tetsuya KANEKO
  • MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170372740
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape in which the total thickness is equal to or smaller than 5.30 ?m, the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, a magnetic layer surface Ra is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, the magnetic layer includes fatty acid ester, a full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before performing vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, a full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured after performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, and a difference between a spacing measured after performing the vacuum heating and a spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki OZAWA, Tetsuya KANEKO, Norihito KASADA
  • MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170372726
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a magnetic layer having ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support, in which a total thickness of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 5.30 ?m, the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, one or more components selected from the group consisting of fatty acid and fatty acid amide are included in the magnetic layer, and a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is equal to or greater than 45 atom %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KASADA, Tetsuya KANEKO, Eiki OZAWA
  • MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170372744
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape in which the total thickness of a non-magnetic layer and a magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 ?m, the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, the magnetic layer includes fatty acid ester, a full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before performing vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, a full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured after performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, and a difference between a spacing measured after performing the vacuum heating and a spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki OZAWA, Tetsuya KANEKO, Norihito KASADA
  • MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170372727
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer, in which the total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 ?m, the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, and logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.050.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KASADA, Tetsuya KANEKO, Eiki OZAWA
  • MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170372743
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer, the total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 ?m, the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, one or more components selected from the group consisting of fatty acid and fatty acid amide are at least included in the magnetic layer, and a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is equal to or greater than 45 atom %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KASADA, Tetsuya KANEKO, Eiki OZAWA
  • MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170372736
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic support, in which the total thickness of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 5.30 ?m, the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the magnetic layer includes an abrasive, and a tilt cos ? of the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder with respect to a surface of the magnetic layer acquired by cross section observation performed by using a scanning transmission electron microscope is 0.85 to 1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANEKO, Norihito KASADA, Eiki OZAWA
  • MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170372742
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer, in which the total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 ?m, the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the magnetic layer includes an abrasive, and a tilt cos ? of the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder with respect to a surface of the magnetic layer acquired by cross section observation performed by using a scanning transmission electron microscope is 0.85 to 1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANEKO, Norihito KASADA, Eiki OZAWA
  • MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170358318
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer, in which the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, one or more components selected from the group consisting of fatty acid and fatty acid amide are at least included in the magnetic layer, and a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is equal to or greater than 45 atom %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KASADA, Tetsuya KANEKO, Eiki OZAWA
  • ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND LAMINATE
    Publication number: 20170355891
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive which, in a metal foil-containing laminated composite film used in a high temperature sterilization treatment, is resistant to the effects of moisture in the air during curing, has good workability when used as a solvent-free adhesive, and exhibits excellent adhesive strength and acid resistance. Provided is a method for producing an adhesive composition, the method including: a step of obtaining an alcohol-added isocyanate (E) by reacting a trifunctional or higher isocyanate compound (C2) and a monofunctional alcohol (D) at an equivalence ratio of isocyanate groups in the trifunctional or higher isocyanate compound (C2):monofunctional alcohol (D)=100 mol %:25 to 65 mol %, and a step of mixing a polyisocyanate (A) containing a trifunctional or higher isocyanate compound (C1) and the alcohol-added isocyanate (E), and an alcohol (B) having an acid value of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO-MORTON, LTD., TOYOCHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NATSUMOTO, Toru OYA, Yoshitaka TONE, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Tetsuya KANEKO, Tadashi SOMEDA, Yoshihiro SATO
  • MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170355022
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a magnetic layer having ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder having an activation volume equal to or smaller than 1,600 nm3, and an edge shape of the timing-based servo pattern specified by a magnetic force microscope observation is a shape in which a difference (l99.9?l0.1) between a value l99.9 of a cumulative frequency function of 99.9% of a position deviation width from an ideal shape in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and a value l0.1 of the cumulative frequency function of 0.1% thereof is equal to or smaller than 180 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANEKO, Norihito KASADA, Eiki OZAWA
  • STEERING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170349205
    Abstract: A rack housing and a reduction drive housing accommodate a ball screw mechanism and a reduction drive. Within the rack housing and the reduction drive housing, a gap is provided between the left end of a nut and the rack housing, and a gap is provided between the right end of the nut and the rack housing. A groove serving as a communication path in communication with the gaps on both axial sides of the nut is provided in the outer circumferential surface of the nut. The groove is provided so as to avoid a recirculation path provided in the nut. The groove is provided axially and rectilinearly from the end of the nut that is located on the side opposite to a flange, to the flange and is provided along the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANEKO, Masayoshi ASAKURA, Satoshi FUJITA, Ryuji SHIBATA, Masashi YAMAGUCHI
  • Magnetic tape and magnetic tape device
    Patent number: 9837116
    Abstract: The magnetic tape has a timing base servo pattern on the magnetic layer, wherein the centerline average surface roughness Ra on the surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 1.8 nm, the magnetic layer contains a fatty acid ester, the full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry on the surface of the magnetic layer before and after vacuum heating the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 7.0 nm, the difference of spacing measured by optical interferometry on the surface of the magnetic layer after and before vacuum heating the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 8.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Tetsuya Kaneko, Norihito Kasada