Patents by Inventor Tomohiro YOKOYAMA

Tomohiro YOKOYAMA 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: 11450840
    Abstract: A method of producing a wet mixture includes a stirring and mixing process in which lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having surplus lithium compounds on the surface and crystalline ferroelectric ceramic particles are dried, stirred and mixed to obtain a mixed powder; and a solution mixing process in which a lithium conductor forming solution is mixed with the mixed powder to obtain a wet mixture containing coated lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having a coating which is made of an amorphous lithium conductor and in which the ferroelectric ceramic particles are dispersed on the surface of the lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokoyama, Ryuta Sugiura, Daisuke Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20220252116
    Abstract: A floating-type disc brake, including: an inner pad and an outer pad; a pressing device to press the pads against a rotor and including one or more first and second pressing members; a housing; a driving member axially movable relative to the housing, wherein the housing holding the pressing device and including a first housing portion and a second housing portion that extends from the first housing portion to an outer side of the rotor and that includes a pair of rods circumferentially spaced apart from each other, extending axially, and including circumferentially facing portions, each rod including an axially extending rail portion provided at the facing portion, wherein the outer pad is held by the rail portions so as to be axially movable relative to the rail portions, and the rail portions respectively have torque receivers configured to receive a torque that acts on the outer pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11396918
    Abstract: A disc brake includes: an inner pad and an outer pad respectively located on opposite sides of a rotor; a pressing device that presses the inner pad and the outer pad against the rotor; and a housing holding the pressing device. The pressing device includes: at least one first pressing member movable toward the rotor and at least one second pressing member movable away from the rotor; and a driving member movable relative to the housing in an axial direction parallel with a rotation axis of the rotor and configured to be moved by movement of the at least one second pressing member to press the outer pad against the rotor. The housing is provided with a torque receiver that receives torque acting on the outer pad in operation of the disc brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokoyama, Kazuya Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11387448
    Abstract: A positive electrode plate of a lithium ion secondary battery includes a current collector foil, an active material layer including positive electrode active material particles containing lithium oxide on the current collector foil, and a protective conductive layer that does not include the positive electrode active material particles and includes a conductive material and a binding agent on the active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11359683
    Abstract: A disc brake of a disc-brake apparatus includes an inner pad and an outer pad, a pressing device, and a housing. The pressing device includes: a first pressing member movable toward a rotation disc; a second pressing member movable away from the rotation disc; a frame; and an electric actuator that moves the first pressing member and the second pressing member. The electric actuator includes: a two-axis motor including a stator having coils and having a substantially cylindrical shape, an inner rotor, and an outer rotor; a first motion converter that converts rotation of the inner rotor to linear movement to transmit the linear movement to the first pressing member; and a second motion converter that converts rotation of the outer rotor to linear movement to transmit the linear movement to the second pressing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11292438
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus includes: a motor unit configured to apply a rotational driving force to a wheel of a vehicle and including a drive motor and a speed reducer that reduces a speed of rotation of an output shaft of the drive motor; and a friction brake that reduces rotation of the wheel. The friction brake includes: at least one rotation disc provided so as to be rotatable integrally with the output shaft; a housing that is a non-rotatable member; at least one friction plate held by the housing so as to be movable relative to the housing in the axial direction such that rotation of the at least one friction plate relative to the housing about the axis is restricted; and a pressing device that presses the at least one friction plate against the at least one rotation disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11229945
    Abstract: The brake disc includes two first members and at least one second member. Each of the first members has a sliding surface, and has almost a disc shape or an almost annular plate shape. The second member has a plurality of fins and a fin holding part. Each of the two first members and the at least one second member is manufactured by pressing. The brake disc is manufactured as the two first members and the at least one second member manufactured by pressing are joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11221050
    Abstract: A disc brake includes an inner pad and an outer pad, a pressing device, and a housing. The pressing device includes: at least one first pressing member movable toward a rotor and at least one second pressing member movable away from the rotor; and a frame held by the housing movably in an axial direction and configured to be moved by movement of the at least one second pressing member. A point of action of a resultant force of at least one pressing force applied from the at least one first pressing member to the inner pad is located on a trailing side of a centroid of the inner pad, and/or a point of action of a resultant force of at least one pressing force applied from the at least one second pressing member to the frame is located on a leading side of a frame central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokoyama, Kazuya Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210323520
    Abstract: A stoke simulator operable by an operation of a brake operation member that is operated by a driver, including: a housing: a movable member held by the housing so as to be movable relative to the housing, the movable member being connected to the brake operation member; a volume change chamber disposed forward of the movable member in the housing; and a plurality of elastic members disposed in the volume change chamber and capable of generating an elastic force in accordance with a movement of the movable member, at least one of the plurality of elastic members being a rubber-like member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11114664
    Abstract: A method for producing positive active material particles includes a contacting step of bringing a phosphate compound solution prepared into contact with untreated positive active material particles, the phosphate compound solution being prepared by dissolving phosphate compound into a first dispersion medium. The phosphate compound is at least one of inorganic phosphoric acid, a salt of inorganic phosphoric acid, organic phosphoric acid, and a salt of organic phosphoric acid. The method further includes a particle drying step, after the contacting step, of drying contacted-undried positive active material particles wetted with the phosphate compound solution to obtain positive active material particles each formed with a coating that contains phosphorus at each particle surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20210249652
    Abstract: A positive electrode plate of a lithium ion secondary battery includes a current collector foil, an active material layer including positive electrode active material particles containing lithium oxide on the current collector foil, and a protective conductive layer that does not include the positive electrode active material particles and includes a conductive material and a binding agent on the active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11078976
    Abstract: A disc brake of a floating type includes: an inner pad and an outer pad respectively located on opposite sides of a rotor rotatable with a wheel; a pressing device configured to press the inner pad and the outer pad against the rotor; and a housing mounted on a non-rotating member and holding the pressing device. The pressing device includes: a first pressing member movable toward the rotor; a second pressing member movable away from the rotor; and a frame having a substantially frame shape and including (i) a first side portion opposed to the second pressing member and (ii) a second side portion engaged with the outer pad and movable together with the outer pad in a direction parallel with a rotation axis of the rotor. The disc brake includes a return spring provided between the frame and one of the housing and the inner pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20210204334
    Abstract: Provided is a system, comprising: a control plane device; and a plurality of user plane devices, wherein the control plane device including: a request receiving unit for receiving a session generating request transmitted by a mobility management device, which has received a connection request from a user terminal; a user plane device selection unit for selecting a user plane device corresponding to the user terminal from the plurality of user plane devices, based on the session generating request; an address acquiring unit for obtaining an IP address assigned to the user terminal based on the session generating request; and a response transmission unit for transmitting a session generating response including the IP address assigned to the user terminal, identification information and IP address of the user plane device selected by the user plane device selection unit, and IP address of a PGW-U.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi WATANABE, Kazuya TABUCHI, Atsushi MIYAIRI, Tomohiro YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10991941
    Abstract: A method of producing a composite material for a lithium ion secondary battery disclosed here includes a step of preparing a mixture which contains a positive electrode active material and an inorganic phosphorus compound constituting a composite material and in which the solid content is 90 mass % or higher (a mixture preparing step S10); and a step in which the mixture is stirred at a predetermined stirring rate or higher, and a coating made of lithium phosphate from at least a part of a lithium compound present on the surface of the positive electrode active material and the inorganic phosphorus compound is formed on the surface of the positive electrode active material (a coating forming step S20). Here, the composite material includes the positive electrode active material and the coating formed on the surface of the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10913433
    Abstract: A disc brake includes: an inner pad and an outer pad; a pressing device configured to press the inner pad and the outer pad against a rotor, the pressing device including a first presser member and a second presser member that are movable parallel to a rotational axis of the rotor, and a frame that is a frame-shaped rigid body and is movable in the direction parallel to the rotational axis; and a housing mounted on a non-rotating body, the housing holding the pressing device, the housing including a pad pin that hold the inner pad and the outer pad so as to be movable in the direction parallel to the rotational axis, the pad pin being held by the housing at both ends of the pad pin in the direction parallel to the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10883556
    Abstract: A disc brake of a floating type includes: an inner pad and an outer pad located on opposite sides of a rotor; a pressing device that presses the inner pad and the outer pad against the rotor; and a housing holding the pressing device. The pressing device includes: a first pressing member movable toward the rotor; a second pressing member movable away from the rotor; and a frame held by the housing via engageable portions movably relative to the housing in a direction parallel with a rotation axis of the rotor. The engageable portions are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the rotor. The frame is moved with movement of the second pressing member to press the outer pad against the rotor. Each of the engageable portions has a labyrinth structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20200388821
    Abstract: A method of producing a wet mixture includes a stirring and mixing process in which lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having surplus lithium compounds on the surface and crystalline ferroelectric ceramic particles are dried, stirred and mixed to obtain a mixed powder; and a solution mixing process in which a lithium conductor forming solution is mixed with the mixed powder to obtain a wet mixture containing coated lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having a coating which is made of an amorphous lithium conductor and in which the ferroelectric ceramic particles are dispersed on the surface of the lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiro YOKOYAMA, Ryuta SUGIURA, Daisuke HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200388886
    Abstract: A method of producing a wet mixture includes a solution preparation process in which a lithium conductor forming solution using N-methylpyrrolidone as a solvent is prepared and a solution mixing process in which lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having surplus lithium compounds on the surface are stirred and the lithium conductor forming solution is mixed with the lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles to obtain a wet mixture containing coated lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having a lithium conductor coating directly formed on the surface of the lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles without a lithium reduction layer therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10816053
    Abstract: A hydraulic brake includes: an inner pad and an outer pad located to sandwich a rotor configured to rotate with a wheel between the inner pad and the outer pad; a wheel cylinder including a cylinder body including a cylinder bore, a hydraulic pressure chamber formed in the cylinder body, and a first piston liquid-tightly and slidably fitted in the cylinder bore and configured to be moved by a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic pressure chamber so as to press the inner pad against the rotor; and a drive member configured to be moved, by the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic pressure chamber, in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first piston moves, so as to press the outer pad against the rotor. The cylinder body includes a fragile portion at a portion corresponding to the hydraulic pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20200325945
    Abstract: A disc brake includes: an inner pad and an outer pad respectively located on opposite sides of a rotor; a pressing device that presses the inner pad and the outer pad against the rotor; and a housing holding the pressing device. The pressing device includes: at least one first pressing member movable toward the rotor and at least one second pressing member movable away from the rotor; and a driving member movable relative to the housing in an axial direction parallel with a rotation axis of the rotor and configured to be moved by movement of the at least one second pressing member to press the outer pad against the rotor. The housing is provided with a torque receiver that receives torque acting on the outer pad in operation of the disc brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yokoyama, Kazuya Hamaguchi