Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Yoshida
Toshihiro Yoshida 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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Patent number: 12111481Abstract: There are provided a lens having excellent mechanical strength, as well as an optical component employing the lens. The lens is a lens having a circular shape when viewed in a plan view, the lens having a thickness of not less than 1 mm and not more than 11 mm at a lens center, the lens having a lens diameter of not less than 2 mm and not more than 50 mm, the lens having a curvature of not less than ?0.5 mm?1 and not more than 0.5 mm?1 at the lens center.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Kahara, Masato Hasegawa, Toshihiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 12037319Abstract: Provided is a curable compound having a low melting temperature, having excellent workability as a result of having good solvent solubility, and being capable of forming a cured product having excellent heat resistance. The curable compound according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the following characteristics (a) to (e). (a) Number average molecular weight (calibrated with polystyrene standard): 1000 to 15000. (b) Proportion of a structure derived from an aromatic ring in the total amount of the curable compound: 50 wt. % or greater. (c) Solvent solubility at 25° C.: 1 g/100 g or greater. (d) Glass transition temperature: 280° C. or lower. (e) 5% Weight loss temperature (Td5) measured at a rate of temperature increase of 10° C./min (in nitrogen), for a cured product of the curable compound: 300° C. or higher.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Ito, Tsukasa Yoshida, Toshihiro Tai, Hitomi Tamaoki, Satoru Sumimoto
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Publication number: 20230420734Abstract: A solid electrolyte is composed primarily of a component expressed by a composition formula of Lia+dMbXcAeOf by using values a to f that are greater than 0, where M is an element serving as a trivalent cation, X is a halogen element, and A is a sulfur element or a phosphorus element, wherein 0.8c?(a+3b)?1.2c and 1.6f?(d+n×e)?2.4f are satisfied, where when A is a sulfur element, n is 4 or 6, and when A is a phosphorus element, n is 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicants: NGK INSULATORS, LTD., NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yosuke SATO, En YAGI, Satoshi OZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA, Mizuki HIROSE, Reona MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 11855254Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte which contains a composition expressed by 3LiOH·Li2SO4. The solid electrolyte has a lithium ion conductivity of 0.1×10?6 S/cm or more at 25° C. and an activation energy of 0.6 eV or more.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: Nagoya Institute of Technology, NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Reona Miyazaki, Toshihiro Yoshida, Satoshi Ozaki, Yosuke Sato, Yuji Katsuda
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Patent number: 11837699Abstract: Provided is an all-solid lithium battery including: a low-angle oriented positive electrode plate that is a lithium complex oxide sintered plate having a porosity of 10 to 50%; a negative electrode plate containing Ti and capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions at 0.4 V or higher (vs. Li/Li+); and a solid electrolyte having a melting point lower than the melting point or pyrolytic temperature of the oriented positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate, wherein at least 30% of pores in the oriented positive electrode plate is filled with the solid electrolyte in an observation of a cross-section perpendicular to a main face of the oriented positive electrode plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukinobu Yura, Yukihisa Takeuchi, Yosuke Sato, Toshihiro Yoshida, Yuji Katsuda
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Patent number: 11515570Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including: a positive electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a positive electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 ?m or more; a negative electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a negative electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 ?m or more; and an inorganic solid electrolyte, the secondary battery being charged and discharged at a temperature of 100° C. or higher.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yukihisa Takeuchi, Iwao Owada, Yukinobu Yura, Yosuke Sato, Toshihiro Yoshida, Yuji Katsuda
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Publication number: 20220163698Abstract: There are provided a lens having excellent mechanical strength, as well as an optical component employing the lens. The lens is a lens having a circular shape when viewed in a plan view, the lens having a thickness of not less than 1 mm and not more than 11 mm at a lens center, the lens having a lens diameter of not less than 2 mm and not more than 50 mm, the lens having a curvature of not less than ?0.5 mm?1 and not more than 0.5 mm?1 at the lens center.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akinori KAHARA, Masato Hasegawa, Toshihiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 11313914Abstract: An energy storage system includes a lead-acid battery, a battery management unit. The battery management unit defines, based on an open voltage of the lead-acid battery, a first amount of change in a capacity of the lead-acid battery from a reference state, correlating with the open voltage of the lead-acid battery and caused by a first deterioration factor and defines, based on the first amount of change in the capacity and an amount of change in overall internal resistance of the lead-acid battery from the reference state, a second amount of change in a capacity of the lead-acid battery, not correlating with the open voltage and caused by a second deterioration factor. The battery management unit defines, based on the first and second amounts of change in the capacity, at least one of a battery capacity of the lead-acid battery or an amount of change in the battery capacity from the reference state.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Yoshida, Yuki Nakanishi, Kazuhiro Sugie
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Patent number: 11282266Abstract: A three-dimensional shape data generation apparatus includes: a processor configured to obtain two-dimensional shape data representing a two-dimensional shape corresponding to a three-dimensional shape of a target to which attribute information is to be assigned, obtain the attribute information of the two-dimensional shape, and assign the obtained attribute information to at least some three-dimensional elements among plural three-dimensional elements representing the three-dimensional shape to generate three-dimensional shape data.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Teppei Aoki, Yasushi Uemura, Toshihiro Yoshida, Teruyuki Kojima
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Patent number: 11262127Abstract: Air is taken out from a drying oven 1 for drying a coating film of a work piece 2, and the air is cooled such that each of at least part of moisture and at least part of a VOC which are contained in the air is condensed to be removed from the air. The air after the cooling is heated, and is returned into the drying oven 1. A heat pump 3 whose heat absorption source is the air taken out from the drying oven 1 and whose heat radiation source is the air after the cooling is provided. By using the heat pump 3, cooling and heating of the air are performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hidekazu Kato, Hiroki Matsui, Toshihiro Yoshida, Naoto Waku
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Publication number: 20210408584Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state secondary battery including a solid electrolyte which is identified as 3LiOH.Li2SO4 by X-ray diffraction. The solid electrolyte further contains boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Harunobu ONISHI, Satoshi OZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA, Yosuke SATO, En YAGI
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Publication number: 20210408583Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte which is identified as 3LiOH.Li2SO4 by diffractometry. The solid electrolyte further contains boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicants: NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Reona MIYAZAKI, Harunobu ONISHI, Satoshi OZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA, Yosuke SATO, En YAGI
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Publication number: 20210096190Abstract: An energy storage system includes a lead-acid battery, a battery management unit. The battery management unit defines, based on an open voltage of the lead-acid battery, a first amount of change in a capacity of the lead-acid battery from a reference state, correlating with the open voltage of the lead-acid battery and caused by a first deterioration factor and defines, based on the first amount of change in the capacity and an amount of change in overall internal resistance of the lead-acid battery from the reference state, a second amount of change in a capacity of the lead-acid battery, not correlating with the open voltage and caused by a second deterioration factor. The battery management unit defines, based on the first and second amounts of change in the capacity, at least one of a battery capacity of the lead-acid battery or an amount of change in the battery capacity from the reference state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2018Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuki NAKANISHI, Kazuhiro SUGIE
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Publication number: 20210082175Abstract: A three-dimensional shape data generation apparatus includes: a processor configured to obtain two-dimensional shape data representing a two-dimensional shape corresponding to a three-dimensional shape of a target to which attribute information is to be assigned, obtain the attribute information of the two-dimensional shape, and assign the obtained attribute information to at least some three-dimensional elements among plural three-dimensional elements representing the three-dimensional shape to generate three-dimensional shape data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Teppei AOKI, Yasushi UEMURA, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Teruyuki KOJIMA
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Patent number: 10847809Abstract: A solid-oxide-electrolysis-cell-type hydrogen production apparatus includes a cell structure including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer, a gas diffusion layer disposed adjacent to the first electrode, and a gas channel plate disposed adjacent to the gas diffusion layer, in which the gas diffusion layer is formed of a porous metal body having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, the gas channel plate includes a first region including a first channel, a second region including a second channel, and a third region including a third channel, the first channel includes a slit extending from the center of the gas channel plate toward its outer edge at the boundary surface between the first region and the second region, letting the total area of the first channel at the boundary surface be a first opening area S1, letting the total area of the second channel at the boundary surface between the second region and the third region be a second opening area S2, and letting the total areaType: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Hiraiwa, Takahiro Higashino, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Masatoshi Majima, Toshihiro Yoshida, Kazunari Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20200343585Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte which contains a composition expressed by 3LiOH.Li2SO4. The solid electrolyte has a lithium ion conductivity of 0.1x10?6 S/cm or more at 25° C. and an activation energy of 0.6 eV or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicants: NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Reona MIYAZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Satoshi OZAKI, Yosuke SATO, Yuji KATSUDA
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Publication number: 20200266494Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including: a positive electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a positive electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 ?m or more; a negative electrode plate composed of an inorganic material containing a negative electrode active material in an oxide form and having a thickness of 25 ?m or more; and an inorganic solid electrolyte, the secondary battery being charged and discharged at a temperature of 100° C. or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukihisa TAKEUCHI, Iwao OWADA, Yukinobu YURA, Yosuke SATO, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA
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Publication number: 20200266451Abstract: A solid-oxide-electrolysis-cell-type hydrogen production apparatus includes a cell structure including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer, a gas diffusion layer disposed adjacent to the first electrode, and a gas channel plate disposed adjacent to the gas diffusion layer, in which the gas diffusion layer is formed of a porous metal body having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, the gas channel plate includes a first region including a first channel, a second region including a second channel, and a third region including a third channel, the first channel includes a slit extending from the center of the gas channel plate toward its outer edge at the boundary surface between the first region and the second region, letting the total area of the first channel at the boundary surface be a first opening area S1, letting the total area of the second channel at the boundary surface between the second region and the third region be a second opening area S2, and letting the total areaType: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Chihiro HIRAIWA, Takahiro HIGASHINO, Hiromasa TAWARAYAMA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Kazunari MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200259217Abstract: Provided is an all-solid lithium battery including: a low-angle oriented positive electrode plate that is a lithium complex oxide sintered plate having a porosity of 10 to 50%; a negative electrode plate containing Ti and capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions at 0.4 V or higher (vs. Li/Li+); and a solid electrolyte having a melting point lower than the melting point or pyrolytic temperature of the oriented positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate, wherein at least 30% of pores in the oriented positive electrode plate is filled with the solid electrolyte in an observation of a cross-section perpendicular to a main face of the oriented positive electrode plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukinobu YURA, Yukihisa TAKEUCHI, Yosuke SATO, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA
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Patent number: 10693143Abstract: A fuel cell includes a cell structure including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer, a gas diffusion layer disposed adjacent to the first electrode, and a gas channel plate disposed adjacent to the gas diffusion layer, in which the gas diffusion layer is formed of a porous metal body having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, the gas channel plate includes a first region including a first channel, a second region including a second channel, and a third region including a third channel, the first channel includes a slit extending from the center of the gas channel plate toward its outer edge at the boundary surface between the first region and the second region, letting the total area of the first channel at the boundary surface be a first opening area S1, letting the total area of the second channel at the boundary surface between the second region and the third region be a second opening area S2, and letting the total area of the third channel at the boundary surface between tType: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Hiraiwa, Takahiro Higashino, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Masatoshi Majima, Toshihiro Yoshida, Kazunari Miyamoto