Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Ito
Tomoaki Ito 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: 20240077515Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a speed measurement device with which it is possible to accurately identify the highest travel speed of a work machine using the result of measurement by an acceleration sensor. The speed measurement device according to the present invention: detects, from within a record of the travel acceleration of a work machine, a change point at which the work machine transitions from an accelerating state to a steady travel state; and identifies the highest travel speed from a record of the travel speed in a period later than the change point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Hiroki ITO, Tien Trien LE, Shogo KUNIOKA, Tomoaki SHINPO, Hiroshi TSUKUI
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Patent number: 11919697Abstract: An air cushioning material includes: a first module including a first air cell containing air, a second air cell containing air, and a first belt-like part connecting the first air cell and the second air cell to each other; a second module including a third air cell containing air, a fourth air cell containing air, and a second belt-like part connecting the third air cell and the fourth air cell to each other; a coupling part that couples a part of the second air cell and a part of the fourth air cell in a second direction, where a direction from the second air cell toward the first air cell and a direction from the fourth air cell toward the third air cell are defined as a first direction, and a direction intersecting the first direction is defined as the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Yuichi Ando, Masato Shimokawara, Hiroaki Takada, Tsuyoshi Tamaru, Masato Shinomura
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Patent number: 11851726Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes the texture aligned with Goss orientation. In the grain oriented electrical steel sheet, when (?1 ?1 ?1) and (?2 ?2 ?2) represent deviation angles of crystal orientations measured at two measurement points which are adjacent on the sheet surface and which have an interval of 1 mm, the boundary condition BA is defined as |?2??1|?0.5°, and the boundary condition BB is defined as [(?2??1)2+(?2??1)2+(?2??1)2]1/2?2.0°, the boundary which satisfies the boundary condition BA and which does not satisfy the boundary condition BB is included.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shuichi Nakamura, Yusuke Kawamura, Shingo Okada, Tomoaki Ito, Shinya Yano
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Publication number: 20230275310Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery cell; a pack case that accommodates the battery cell and that is provided with an opening; and a valve structure provided to open and close the opening. The valve structure includes a valve member having a valve body portion fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the opening, and a biasing member provided inside the pack case. When an internal pressure of the pack case is increased, the valve member is moved to an outer side of the pack case so as to form a clearance between an outer peripheral surface of the valve body portion and the inner peripheral surface of the opening, and the biasing member biases the valve member toward an inner side of the pack case.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventor: Tomoaki ITO
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Publication number: 20220340742Abstract: A material for 3D printing includes a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic elastomer, and a filler. The filler includes talc. A content of the filler is 5% by mass or more and 70% by mass or less with respect to a total mass of the material for 3D printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki KONDO, Tomoaki ITO, Fumito TAKEUCHI, Pingfan CHEN
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Publication number: 20220161302Abstract: There is provided a method for efficiently taking out a metal part coated with a thermosetting resin from an electrical appliance which is no longer needed. Included are a step in which the electrical appliance is exposed to an atmosphere filled with superheated steam to carbonize the thermosetting resin, a step in which an impact is applied to the thermosetting resin which is made fragile by carbonization to cause destruction and a step in which the metal parts are separated from the destroyed thermosetting resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventor: Tomoaki ITO
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Publication number: 20220024668Abstract: A pneumatic cushioning material includes: a first air cell part including at least one air cell containing air; a second air cell part including at least one air cell containing air; a third air cell part including at least one air cell containing air; a first connection that connects the first air cell part and the second air cell part together; a second connection that connects the first air cell part and the third air cell part together, wherein the first connection is bendable by a first rotation axis, the second connection is bendable by a second rotation axis, and an angle at which a line segment obtained by extending the first rotation axis and a line segment obtained by extending the second rotation axis intersect is at a range of greater than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Masato SHINOMURA, Tomoaki ITO, Yuichi ANDO
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Publication number: 20210323747Abstract: An air cushioning material includes: a first module including a first air cell containing air, a second air cell containing air, and a first belt-like part connecting the first air cell and the second air cell to each other; a second module including a third air cell containing air, a fourth air cell containing air, and a second belt-like part connecting the third air cell and the fourth air cell to each other; a coupling part that couples a part of the second air cell and a part of the fourth air cell in a second direction, where a direction from the second air cell toward the first air cell and a direction from the fourth air cell toward the third air cell are defined as a first direction, and a direction intersecting the first direction is defined as the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Tomoaki ITO, Yuichi ANDO, Masato SHIMOKAWARA, Hiroaki TAKADA, Tsuyoshi TAMARU, Masato SHINOMURA
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Publication number: 20210273278Abstract: In order to prevent induction of thermal runaway with a simple structure, a battery system incudes battery stack (2) formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells (1) and cooling plate (3) thermally coupled to battery cell (1) of battery stack (2). Heat insulating material (6) is disposed between battery cells (1) of battery stack (2), which are adjacent to each other, and heat insulating material (6) insulates heat between battery cells (1) adjacent to each other. In addition, cooling plate (3) cools battery cell (1), is used in combination with an endothermic material having heat capacity to absorb thermal runaway energy of battery cell (1), and prevents induction of thermal runaway.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: NAOTAKE YOSHIDA, TOMOAKI ITO, TAKUYA EGASHIRA
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Publication number: 20210246524Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes the texture aligned with Goss orientation. In the grain oriented electrical steel sheet, when (?1 ?1 ?1) and (?2 ?2 ?2) represent deviation angles of crystal orientations measured at two measurement points which are adjacent on the sheet surface and which have an interval of 1 mm, the boundary condition BA is defined as |?2??1|?0.5°, and the boundary condition BB is defined as [(?2??1)2+(?2??1)2+(?2??1)2]1/2?2.0°, the boundary which satisfies the boundary condition BA and which does not satisfy the boundary condition BB is included.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shuichi NAKAMURA, Yusuke KAWAMURA, Shingo OKADA, Tomoaki ITO, Shinya YANO
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Patent number: 10912341Abstract: A knee supporter, including a tubular supporter main body including: a knee anterior surface part; a knee posterior surface part; a femoral side anterior surface part; a femoral side posterior surface part; a tibial side anterior surface part; and a tibial side posterior surface part, wherein elastic moduli, in an axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, when stretched by 80% in the axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, satisfy the following Formula (1) to (3): Formula (1): 0.7?knee posterior surface part/knee anterior surface part; Formula (2): 1<femoral side anterior surface part/femoral side posterior surface part; and Formula (3): 1<tibial side anterior surface part/tibial side posterior surface part.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Aya Takeuchi, Kenji Iida, Motoyasu Yasui, Shiori Ito, Kazuoki Nakai, Fumihiko Kokido, Fumiaki Saikawa
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Patent number: 10864101Abstract: A garment, containing a tubular joint supporter section, the section including: a central region in an axial direction of the tubular joint supporter section, which includes a wear pressure applying region for applying wear pressure to a joint site of a body, a one-end side region positioned at one end, and an other-end side region positioned at another end side, in which the wear pressure of the wear pressure applying region is higher than an average wear pressure of the one-end and other-end side regions, and regions other than the wear pressure applying region in the section include a concave-convex structure region formed from a concave-convex structure; and a knee supporter, in which an average wear pressure A of the knee support section is higher than an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Kenji Iida, Motoyasu Yasui, Shiori Ito, Kazuoki Nakai, Fumiaki Saikawa
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Patent number: 10656110Abstract: A temperature control system includes first and second temperature control devices. In the first temperature control device, a refrigeration circuit of a refrigeration device, which is positioned downstream of an expansion valve and upstream of an evaporator, and a brine circulation path of a brine circulation device, which is positioned on a heating unit, constitutes a refrigeration capacity adjustment mechanism, and cooling is performed by the evaporator of the refrigeration circuit. In the second temperature control device, a refrigeration device includes an injection circuit that bypasses a condensed refrigerant upstream of a compressor, and a hot gas circuit that bypasses a compressed high-temperature refrigerant upstream of a compressor. A part of the brine circulation path of the brine circulation device and an evaporator of the refrigeration device constitute a heating capacity adjustment heat exchanger, and heating or cooling is performed by a load unit of the brine circulation path.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunari Higashida, Hirofumi Komori, Yoshiyuki Okamoto, Hideaki Furumoto, Tomoaki Ito, Hiroki Mori, Go Shiotsuki, Kouji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200129682Abstract: A supporter for body (1) to be attached to a skin of a body includes a pad base member (10) which is made of an elastic member and has a curved shape at least locally, and an adhesion layer (11) which is provided in a surface of the pad base member (10) on a side being adhered to the skin. The adhesion layer (11) is adhered to the skin with the curved shape of the pad base member (10) being stretched along a shape of the body, and holds the skin in a state in which the skin is drawn up, using a restoring force of the pad base member (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Aya TAKEUCHI, Fumito TAKEUCHI, Tomoaki ITO, Kazuoki NAKAI, Kenzo KASE
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Patent number: 10625174Abstract: To provide a fresh water-generating apparatus that does not require large amounts of heating energy as in the past, also does not require maintenance such as replacement of reverse osmosis membranes, and is simpler and inexpensive.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: ONEWORLD CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoaki Ito
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Patent number: 10330556Abstract: An environmental testing apparatus includes a chamber, a cooling unit including a cooling apparatus of a brine that cools the inside of the chamber, a heating unit and a control apparatus. The cooling apparatus includes: a high temperature side cooling circuit including a high temperature side compressor, condenser, high temperature side expansion valve and cascade condenser connected in this order to circulate a high temperature side heating medium; and a low temperature side cooling circuit including a low temperature side compressor, cascade condenser, low temperature side expansion valve and evaporator connected in this order to circulate a low temperature side heating medium. The low temperature side heating medium is cooled by the high temperature side heating medium in the cascade condenser, while the brine is cooled by the low temperature side heating medium in the evaporator. The control apparatus controls a temperature inside the chamber to between ?67.5° C. and 127.5° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Furumoto, Tomoaki Ito
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Patent number: 10245893Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a pair of circumferential grooves, a plurality of lateral grooves, and longitudinal grooves communicating between the lateral grooves on the outsides, in a tire width direction, of the circumferential grooves. Each lateral groove includes a lateral groove first portion, a lateral groove second portion disposed further outward, in the tire width direction, than the lateral groove first portion, and a lateral groove step portion connecting the lateral groove first portion and lateral groove second portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Ataka Takei, Yuki Watanabe, Tomoaki Ito
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Publication number: 20190037937Abstract: A knee supporter, including a tubular supporter main body including: a knee anterior surface part; a knee posterior surface part; a femoral side anterior surface part; a femoral side posterior surface part; a tibial side anterior surface part; and a tibial side posterior surface part, wherein elastic moduli, in an axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, when stretched by 80% in the axial direction of the tubular supporter main body, satisfy the following Formula (1) to (3): Formula (1): 0.7?knee posterior surface part/knee anterior surface part; Formula (2): 1<femoral side anterior surface part/femoral side posterior surface part; and Formula (3): 1<tibial side anterior surface part/tibial side posterior surface part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Tomoaki ITO, Aya TAKEUCHI, Kenji IIDA, Motoyasu YASUI, Shiori ITO, Kazuoki NAKAI, Fumihiko KOKIDO, Fumiaki SAIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190017949Abstract: A temperature control system includes first and second temperature control devices. In the first temperature control device, a refrigeration circuit of a refrigeration device, which is positioned downstream of an expansion valve and upstream of an evaporator, and a brine circulation path of a brine circulation device, which is positioned on a heating unit, constitutes a refrigeration capacity adjustment mechanism, and cooling is performed by the evaporator of the refrigeration circuit. In the second temperature control device, a refrigeration device includes an injection circuit that bypasses a condensed refrigerant upstream of a compressor, and a hot gas circuit that bypasses a compressed high-temperature refrigerant upstream of a compressor. A part of the brine circulation path of the brine circulation device and an evaporator of the refrigeration device constitute a heating capacity adjustment heat exchanger, and heating or cooling is performed by a load unit of the brine circulation path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTDInventors: Kazunari HIGASHIDA, Hirofumi KOMORI, Yoshiyuki OKAMOTO, Hideaki FURUMOTO, Tomoaki ITO, Hiroki MORI, Go SHIOTSUKI, Kouji SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20180217019Abstract: An environmental testing apparatus includes a chamber, a cooling unit including a cooling apparatus of a brine that cools the inside of the chamber, a heating unit and a control apparatus. The cooling apparatus includes: a high temperature side cooling circuit including a high temperature side compressor, condenser, high temperature side expansion valve and cascade condenser connected in this order to circulate a high temperature side heating medium; and a low temperature side cooling circuit including a low temperature side compressor, cascade condenser, low temperature side expansion valve and evaporator connected in this order to circulate a low temperature side heating medium. The low temperature side heating medium is cooled by the high temperature side heating medium in the cascade condenser, while the brine is cooled by the low temperature side heating medium in the evaporator. The control apparatus controls a temperature inside the chamber to between ?67.5° C. and 127.5° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki FURUMOTO, Tomoaki ITO