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).

  • Patent number: 12111481
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Kahara, Masato Hasegawa, Toshihiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12037319
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Ito, Tsukasa Yoshida, Toshihiro Tai, Hitomi Tamaoki, Satoru Sumimoto
  • Publication number: 20230420734
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: NGK INSULATORS, LTD., NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yosuke SATO, En YAGI, Satoshi OZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA, Mizuki HIROSE, Reona MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11855254
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Nagoya Institute of Technology, NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Reona Miyazaki, Toshihiro Yoshida, Satoshi Ozaki, Yosuke Sato, Yuji Katsuda
  • Patent number: 11837699
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Yura, Yukihisa Takeuchi, Yosuke Sato, Toshihiro Yoshida, Yuji Katsuda
  • Patent number: 11515570
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihisa Takeuchi, Iwao Owada, Yukinobu Yura, Yosuke Sato, Toshihiro Yoshida, Yuji Katsuda
  • Publication number: 20220163698
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori KAHARA, Masato Hasegawa, Toshihiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11313914
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yoshida, Yuki Nakanishi, Kazuhiro Sugie
  • Patent number: 11282266
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Teppei Aoki, Yasushi Uemura, Toshihiro Yoshida, Teruyuki Kojima
  • Patent number: 11262127
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kato, Hiroki Matsui, Toshihiro Yoshida, Naoto Waku
  • Publication number: 20210408584
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Harunobu ONISHI, Satoshi OZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA, Yosuke SATO, En YAGI
  • Publication number: 20210408583
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte which is identified as 3LiOH.Li2SO4 by diffractometry. The solid electrolyte further contains boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicants: NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Reona MIYAZAKI, Harunobu ONISHI, Satoshi OZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA, Yosuke SATO, En YAGI
  • Publication number: 20210096190
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuki NAKANISHI, Kazuhiro SUGIE
  • Publication number: 20210082175
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei AOKI, Yasushi UEMURA, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Teruyuki KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 10847809
    Abstract: 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 area
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Hiraiwa, Takahiro Higashino, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Masatoshi Majima, Toshihiro Yoshida, Kazunari Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20200343585
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Reona MIYAZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Satoshi OZAKI, Yosuke SATO, Yuji KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200266494
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihisa TAKEUCHI, Iwao OWADA, Yukinobu YURA, Yosuke SATO, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200266451
    Abstract: 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 area
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro HIRAIWA, Takahiro HIGASHINO, Hiromasa TAWARAYAMA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Kazunari MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200259217
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu YURA, Yukihisa TAKEUCHI, Yosuke SATO, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA
  • Patent number: 10693143
    Abstract: 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 t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Hiraiwa, Takahiro Higashino, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Masatoshi Majima, Toshihiro Yoshida, Kazunari Miyamoto