Patents by Inventor Toru Abe
Toru Abe 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: 20240132186Abstract: In a ship control system of one embodiment, a route command unit outputs a route command including a target ship position and a target bow direction of a ship. An information detector detects ship information including an actual ship position and an actual bow direction of a ship. An external force vector estimation unit estimates an external force vector received by a ship, using the ship information and a hull motion model related to a hull motion of the ship. A control command unit controls both rotational frequency of a main engine and a rudder angle of a ship, based on the route command, the ship information, and the external force vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Toru KAWATANI, Hiroki TANAKA, Takatsugu SAKAKIBARA, Naoyuki KAWASAKI, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Hironobu UETAKE, Naoki SHIMADA, Kenta ABE
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Publication number: 20240132187Abstract: A ship monitoring system includes: a shipboard information processing apparatus and including a shipboard communication unit and an information acquisition unit; and a support information processing apparatus and including: a support side communication unit capable of communicating with the shipboard communication unit; a time lag identification unit; and a state prediction unit. The time lag identification unit identifies a time from transmission of the ship motion information from the shipboard communication unit to reception of the ship motion information by the support side communication unit as a reception time lag. The state prediction unit inputs the ship motion information and the reception time lag to a ship motion model related to the ship motion of the ship to predict a motion state of the ship ahead of a motion state of the ship indicated by the ship motion information by a period of time based on the reception time lag.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Toru KAWATANI, Hiroki TANAKA, Takatsugu SAKAKIBARA, Naoyuki KAWASAKI, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Hironobu UETAKE, Naoki SHIMADA, Kenta ABE
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Publication number: 20240133414Abstract: A fastening member in an embodiment consists of a bolt and a nut. A hard layer made of a metal nitride is formed on a surface of a threaded portion of the bolt or a surface of a threaded portion of the nut.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shun OINUMA, Yasutaka KAWADA, Takashi MIURA, Hidekazu MIYAJIMA, Toru ABE, Kazuki KURODA
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Publication number: 20240134377Abstract: In a ship control system of one embodiment, a main engine controller performs, when controlling the rotational frequency of a main engine based on a target ship speed of a ship, feedback control of an actual ship speed of the ship to perform ship speed control for bringing the actual ship speed closer to the target ship speed. A turning judgment unit judges whether or not the ship will turn. A control change unit performs, when the turning judgment unit has judged that the ship will turn, lowering processing for lowering the responsiveness of the ship speed control.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Toru KAWATANI, Hiroki TANAKA, Takatsugu SAKAKIBARA, Naoyuki KAWASAKI, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Hironobu UETAKE, Naoki SHIMADA, Kenta ABE
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Publication number: 20240093029Abstract: To provide a poiyamide type composition excellent in impact resistance. A composition comprising a polyamide and a fluorinated polymer, wherein the fluorinated polymer has a glass transition temperature of less than 30° C. and has no melting point, and the fluorinated polymer is dispersed in the polyarnide, and the average dispersed particle diameter of the fluorinated polymer is less than 12 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masatoshi ABE, Toru SASAKI, Eiichi NISHI, Masahide YODOGAWA
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Publication number: 20240067795Abstract: To provide resin compositions excellent in electrical conductivity and flexibility. A resin composition comprising a fluororesin and a carbon nanostructure, wherein the carbon nanostructure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes that are branched and share a common wall with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Masatoshi ABE, Toru SASAKI, Masahide YODOGAWA
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Patent number: 11374281Abstract: A battery module disclosed herein includes a plurality of submodules, and a housing that houses the submodules. Each of the plurality of submodules includes: a cell group in which single cells are arranged; and a constraining member exerting a constraining pressure in an arrangement direction of the plurality of single cells. Inside the housing of the battery module disclosed herein, there is a region where the temperature is likely to be relatively low when charging-discharging of the plurality of submodules is performed, and among the plurality of submodules, a submodule arranged in the region where the temperature is likely to be low has a lower constraining pressure than those in the other submodules.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahisa Matsuta, Ayumi Iijima, Toru Abe
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Patent number: 11299600Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a methacrylic resin having an amount of a terminal double bond of less than 0.012% by mole and an amount of a bonded sulfur atom of preferably less than 0.25% by mole; 5×10?6 to 9×10?3 part by mass of a metal element having an atomic number of not more than 20 (preferably lithium element and aluminum element); and 0.025 to 0.50 part by mass of a hindered phenol antioxidant such as 2,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methylphenol, wherein the methacrylic resin composition, when being exposed to a nitrogen gas atmosphere at 290° C. for 15 minutes, has a thermogravimetric retention of not less than 98% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutaka Hiraoka, Toru Abe, Taketomo Yamashita, Takuro Niimura, Atsuhiro Nakahara
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Patent number: 11287744Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus is an apparatus to generate extreme ultraviolet light by irradiating a target with laser light, and may include a target supply unit configured to output the target, an actuator configured to shift a trajectory of the target, a first trajectory sensor configured to detect the trajectory of the target in a first direction, a second trajectory sensor configured to detect the trajectory of the target in a second direction being different from the first direction, and a control unit configured to perform trajectory control including controlling the actuator to cause the second trajectory sensor to be capable of detecting the trajectory of the target when the trajectory of the target has been detected by the first trajectory sensor and has not been detected by the second trajectory sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventor: Toru Abe
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Patent number: 11229112Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include a target supply unit configured to output a target; an actuator configured to change a trajectory of the target; an illumination device configured to illuminate the target; a first trajectory sensor configured to detect the trajectory in a first direction; a second trajectory sensor configured to detect the trajectory in a second direction; and a processor configured, when the trajectory of the target is detected by the first trajectory sensor but is not detected by the second trajectory sensor, to perform a first search and determine whether or not to repeat the first search based on a signal intensity of the first trajectory sensor, the first search including changing the trajectory of the target into a third direction by controlling the actuator, and then determining whether or not the second trajectory sensor is capable of detecting the trajectory of the target.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventor: Toru Abe
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Publication number: 20210349400Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include a target supply unit configured to output a target; an actuator configured to change a trajectory of the target; an illumination device configured to illuminate the target; a first trajectory sensor configured to detect the trajectory in a first direction; a second trajectory sensor configured to detect the trajectory in a second direction; and a processor configured, when the trajectory of the target is detected by the first trajectory sensor but is not detected by the second trajectory sensor, to perform a first search and determine whether or not to repeat the first search based on a signal intensity of the first trajectory sensor, the first search including changing the trajectory of the target into a third direction by controlling the actuator, and then determining whether or not the second trajectory sensor is capable of detecting the trajectory of the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventor: Toru Abe
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Publication number: 20210333716Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus is an apparatus to generate extreme ultraviolet light by irradiating a target with laser light, and may include a target supply unit configured to output the target, an actuator configured to shift a trajectory of the target, a first trajectory sensor configured to detect the trajectory of the target in a first direction, a second trajectory sensor configured to detect the trajectory of the target in a second direction being different from the first direction, and a control unit configured to perform trajectory control including controlling the actuator to cause the second trajectory sensor to be capable of detecting the trajectory of the target when the trajectory of the target has been detected by the first trajectory sensor and has not been detected by the second trajectory sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventor: Toru ABE
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Publication number: 20210083242Abstract: A battery module disclosed herein includes a plurality of submodules, and a housing that houses the submodules. Each of the plurality of submodules includes: a cell group in which single cells are arranged; and a constraining member exerting a constraining pressure in an arrangement direction of the plurality of single cells. Inside the housing of the battery module disclosed herein, there is a region where the temperature is likely to be relatively low when charging-discharging of the plurality of submodules is performed, and among the plurality of submodules, a submodule arranged in the region where the temperature is likely to be low has a lower constraining pressure than those in the other submodules.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahisa Matsuta, Ayumi Iijima, Toru Abe
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Publication number: 20200377688Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a methacrylic resin having an amount of a terminal double bond of less than 0.012% by mole and an amount of a bonded sulfur atom of preferably less than 0.25% by mole; 5×10?6 to 9×10?3 part by mass of a metal element having an atomic number of not more than 20 (preferably lithium element and aluminum element); and 0.025 to 0.50 part by mass of a hindered phenol antioxidant such as 2,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methylphenol, wherein the methacrylic resin composition, when being exposed to a nitrogen gas atmosphere at 290° C. for 15 minutes, has a thermogravimetric retention of not less than 98% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutaka HIRAOKA, Toru ABE, Taketomo YAMASHITA, Takuro NIIMURA, Atsuhiro NAKAHARA
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Patent number: 10633497Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition that has high transparency and a small phase difference in the thickness direction, and is easily stretched is provided. A methacrylic resin composition according to the present invention includes a methacrylic resin and a polycarbonate resin, in which the polycarbonate resin has a viscosity-average molecular weight larger than 15,000 and smaller than 32,000, a content of the polycarbonate resin based on 100 pts.mass of the methacrylic resin is no less than 1 pts.mass and no greater than 4 pts.mass, and a total amount of the methacrylic resin and the polycarbonate resin based on the methacrylic resin composition is 80 to 100 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: KURRAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsuhiro Nakahara, Toru Abe, Yusaku Nomoto
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Patent number: 10526430Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition comprises not less than 90% by mass and not more than 100% by mass of a methacrylic resin [A] having: the total content of a structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate of not less than 90% by mass; a molecular weight MA of not less than 30000 and not more than 100000 in terms of polystyrene corresponding to the retention time indicating the value of the maximum strength in a chromatogram obtained by gel permeation chromatography; the area SgA of a region enclosed by an approximate curve obtained by fitting the data of a range indicating the strength of not less than 70% relative to the value of the maximum strength to a Gaussian function by the method of nonlinear least squares and the base line of the chromatogram of 45 to 80% of the area SA enclosed by the chromatogram and its base line; and the ratio MwgA/MngA of a weight average molecular weight MwgA to a number average molecular weight MngA of not less than 1.01 and not more than 1.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhiro Nakahara, Toru Abe, Toru Takahashi, Hiroshi Ozawa
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Patent number: 10407524Abstract: A copolymer comprising a structural unit (I) derived from a phosphonate monomer (1) such as diethyl methacryloyloxymethyl phosphonate and diethyl 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphonate, a structural unit (II) derived from a radical polymerizable monomer (2) such as methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, 8-tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decanyl methacrylate, and t-butyl methacrylate, and a structural unit (III) derived from methyl methacrylate, the content of phosphorus atoms derived from the phosphonate monomer (1) being not less than 1.0% by mass and less than 2.0% by mass relative to the mass of the copolymer, and a formed article comprising the copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Abe, Atsuhiro Nakahara, Hiroshi Ozawa
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Patent number: 10196510Abstract: A methacrylic resin [1] having a triad syndiotacticity (rr) of not less than 65% and a methacrylic resin [2] having a triad syndiotacticity (rr) of 45 to 58% are melt kneaded in a mass ratio of the methacrylic resin [1]/the methacrylic resin [2] of 40/60 to 70/30, and further melt kneaded preferably with a polycarbonate resin in a ratio of 1 to 10 parts by mass of the polycarbonate resin to the total 100 parts by mass of the methacrylic resin [1] and the methacrylic resin [2] to obtain a methacrylic resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Atsuhiro Nakahara, Hiroshi Ozawa, Toru Abe, Yusaku Nomoto
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Patent number: 9964669Abstract: A film obtained by molding a methacrylic resin composition, the methacrylic resin composition comprises: a methacrylic resin having a triad syndiotacticity (rr) of not less than 50% and a weight average molecular weight of 80000 to 200000 and comprising not less than 92% by mass of a structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate, and a polycarbonate resin having a melt volume-flow rate of 130 to 250 cm3/20 min at 300° C. and 1.2 Kg, in which a mass ratio of the methacrylic resin to the polycarbonate resin is 91/9 to 99/1, and the total content of the methacrylic resin and the polycarbonate resin is 80 to 100% by mass. The film is layered to at least one surface of a polarizer to give a polarizing plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhiro Nakahara, Toru Abe, Yusaku Nomoto, Wataru Tsuji, Yuuki Takasuka, Takao Hoshiba
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Patent number: 9856342Abstract: A copolymer comprising a structural unit (I) derived from a phosphonate monomer (1) such as diethyl methacryloyloxymethyl phosphonate, diethyl 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphonate and the like, and a structural unit (II) derived from a radical polymerizable monomer (2) such as methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, 8-tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decanyl methacrylate, t-butyl methacrylate and the like, wherein the content of phosphorus atoms from the phosphonate monomer (1) is 2.0 to 6.0% by mass relative to the mass of the copolymer. A formed article comprising the copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Abe, Atsuhiro Nakahara, Hiroyuki Konishi, Hiroshi Ozawa