Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Kojima

Toshiyuki Kojima 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).

  • Publication number: 20240123458
    Abstract: A powder layer composite includes a base and a powder layer having a thickness of 100 ?m or less and disposed on the base. An average of a total value of a number of powder aggregates having a long diameter of 500 ?m or greater and a number of pinholes having a long diameter of 500 ?m or greater, in any of a plurality of different regions of 20 mm×20 mm on a surface of the powder layer, is 0.2 pieces/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro OKOCHI, Akihiro HORIKAWA, Toshiyuki KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11959766
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select at least one candidate camera from plural cameras based on position information of each of the plural cameras; a reception unit configured to establish communication connection with the candidate camera selected by the selection unit and to start to receive video captured by the candidate camera; and a display control unit configured to display the video received by the reception unit in response to a predetermined display condition being satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Shinichi Shiotsu, Tomoe Ohtsuki, Toshiyuki Moribayashi, Motoki Kojima, Hiroshi Yanagi
  • Publication number: 20240103495
    Abstract: Feedback is provided, based on an actual drive amount of an actuator, to a command to a subsequent actuator. A control system includes a memory configured to store a program configured to generate a command related to a working position, a controller configured to execute the program, a first output unit configured to output a drive signal to a first drive portion, a second output unit configured to output another drive signal to a second drive portion, and a measurement unit configured to measure a drive amount of the first drive portion. The controller is configured to extract a low-frequency component included in the command, transmit the low-frequency component to the first output unit, correct a high-frequency component included in the command based on a signal indicating the drive amount of the first drive portion, and transmit the high-frequency component to the second drive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji YAMAMOTO, Toshiyuki KOJIMA, Yuto YASUI
  • Patent number: 11888142
    Abstract: A powder application apparatus includes a transport device, a powder supplier, a squeegee, and an ultra-high frequency vibration generator. The transport device is configured to move a sheet in a predetermined direction. The powder supplier is configured to supply powder on a surface of the sheet. The squeegee is positioned at a distance from the sheet, and the powder supplier is configured to adjust a thickness of the powder supplied onto the surface of the sheet. The ultra-high frequency vibration generator is configured to vibrate the squeegee at a frequency of 2 kHz or more and 300 kHz or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kojima, Motohiro Okochi, Shunichi Matsuno, Akihiro Horikawa
  • Patent number: 11878320
    Abstract: A powder layer composite includes a base and a powder layer having a thickness of 100 ?m or less and disposed on the base. An average of a total value of a number of powder aggregates having a long diameter of 500 ?m or greater and a number of pinholes having a long diameter of 500 ?m or greater, in any of a plurality of different regions of 20 mm×20 mm on a surface of the powder layer, is 0.2 pieces/cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motohiro Okochi, Akihiro Horikawa, Toshiyuki Kojima
  • Publication number: 20230405627
    Abstract: A squeegee is to be relatively moved in a certain direction while a desired gap is being formed with respect to a base material to uniformly level a thickness of a powder layer including powder supplied on the base material, and includes: a first portion that vibrates in contact with the powder on an upstream side of a relative movement direction of the base material with respect to the squeegee; and a second portion that vibrates in contact with the powder on a downstream side of the relative movement direction of the base material with respect to the squeegee, a vibration direction of the first portion being different from a vibration direction of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: AKIHIRO HORIKAWA, TOSHIYUKI KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230405632
    Abstract: A powder coating device including: a powder feeder that feeds powder onto a surface of a base material; a squeegee that is disposed to form a gap with respect to the base material and has a surface in contact with the powder fed onto the surface of the base material, the squeegee being configured to adjust a thickness of a powder layer composed of the powder fed onto the surface of the base material by the powder feeder and move relative to the base material in a state where an inclination angle of the surface of the squeegee with respect to a normal direction of the surface of the base material is changeable; a powder inclination angle detector that detects an angle between a surface of the powder layer and the base material; anda first controller that adjusts the inclination angle of the surface of the squeegee in contact with the powder based on the inclination angle of the powder layer detected by the powder inclination angle detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: AKIHIRO HORIKAWA, TOSHIYUKI KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230093941
    Abstract: A powder layer composite includes a current collector, and a powder layer formed on the current collector and having a film thickness of 50 ?m or more. The powder layer contains a powder made of at least one type of particle material. A concentration of a solvent contained in the powder layer is 50 ppm or less. A variation in a weight per unit area of the powder layer is 10% or less in an optional region with 30 mm×30 mm in the powder layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: TOSHIYUKI KOJIMA, AKIHIRO HORIKAWA, SHUZO TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220416251
    Abstract: A positive electrode layer is to be used in an all-solid-state battery, and includes a positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode junction layer including at least a conductive agent and disposed on the positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode material mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode junction layer and including at least a positive electrode active material including a plurality of particles, a solid electrolyte having ion conductivity, and a plurality of conductive fibers. The plurality of conductive fibers include a conductive fiber that is positioned to connect adjacent particles of the positive electrode active material. A concentration of a binder included in the positive electrode material mixture layer is 100 ppm or less, and a concentration of a solvent included in the positive electrode material mixture layer is 50 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kojima, Shuzo Tsuchida, Akihiro Horikawa
  • Patent number: 11444319
    Abstract: An all-solid battery includes a positive-electrode layer, a negative-electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The positive-electrode layer includes a positive-electrode current collector, a positive-electrode bonding layer containing at least a conductive agent comprising non-metal and formed on the positive-electrode current collector, and a positive-electrode mixture layer containing at least a positive-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte and formed on the positive-electrode bonding layer. The negative-electrode layer includes a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode mixture layer containing at least a negative-electrode active material and the solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive-electrode mixture layer and the negative-electrode mixture layer and contains the solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kojima, Akihiro Horikawa, Motohiro Okochi, Kazufumi Miyatake
  • Publication number: 20220199973
    Abstract: Positive electrode layer 20 is used for an all-solid-state battery. Positive electrode layer 20 includes positive electrode active material 2 and solid electrolyte 1. A filling rate of positive electrode layer 20 is 85% or more. A porosity of positive electrode active material 2 is 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: TOSHIYUKI KOJIMA, AKIHIRO HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220199974
    Abstract: Positive electrode active material 2 is used for positive electrode layer 20 of all-solid-state battery 100, and contains plural secondary particles 2b in each of which plural primary particles 1a are aggregated. Plural of secondary particles 2b contain impregnation particles, the impregnation particles each being a secondary particle having a region impregnated with solid electrolyte 1 in a gap between plural primary particles 1a. The region impregnated with solid electrolyte 1 is a region in which solid electrolyte 1 is impregnated in a distance of 1 ?m or more from an outer periphery of the impregnation particle toward an inside of the impregnation particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: TOSHIYUKI KOJIMA, AKIHIRO HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220080434
    Abstract: A powder layer composite includes a base and a powder layer having a thickness of 100 ?m or less and disposed on the base. An average of a total value of a number of powder aggregates having a long diameter of 500 ?m or greater and a number of pinholes having a long diameter of 500 ?m or greater, in any of a plurality of different regions of 20 mm×20 mm on a surface of the powder layer, is 0.2 pieces/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: MOTOHIRO OKOCHI, AKIHIRO HORIKAWA, TOSHIYUKI KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11270821
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder that can exhibit desirable soft magnetic characteristics. A dust core using the soft magnetic powder is also provided. The soft magnetic powder includes: a soft magnetic powder layer of an unoxidized soft magnetic material; a second oxide layer as an oxide with iron or boron residing around the soft magnetic powder layer; and a first oxide layer of an iron oxide residing around the second oxide layer. The first oxide layer and the second oxide layer reside in a region of 20 nm or more and 500 nm or less from a surface of the soft magnetic powder, and are absent in a region of more than 500 nm and 1,600 nm or less from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Maede, Kazuto Fukuda, Toshiyuki Kojima, Mitsuo Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11195646
    Abstract: Provided herein is a soft magnetic alloy powder that can exhibit a high saturation flux density and desirable soft magnetic characteristics. A dust core using the soft magnetic alloy powder is also provided. The soft magnetic alloy powder is an Fe-based nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy powder of a crystallized Fe-based amorphous soft magnetic alloy powder, and has a DSC curve with a first peak that is 15% or less of a first peak of the Fe-based amorphous soft magnetic alloy in terms of a maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kojima, Masato Maede
  • Publication number: 20210351393
    Abstract: A powder applying apparatus includes a transport device, a powder supplier, and a squeegee. The transport device moves a sheet in a predetermined direction. The powder supplier supplies powder on a surface of the sheet. The squeegee has a distance from the sheet, and the powder supplier adjusts the thickness of powder supplied onto the surface of the sheet. The squeegee vibrates at a frequency of 2 kHz or more and 300 kHz or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: TOSHIYUKI KOJIMA, MOTOHIRO OKOCHI, SHUNICHI MATSUNO, AKIHIRO HORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11130404
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus 200 includes: a projection optical system 30 that projects a virtual image; an environment monitor portion 72 as an object detection part that detects an object present in a detection region and detects a distance from the projection optical system 30 to the object as a target distance; an arrangement change apparatus 462 as a projection distance change part that periodically changes a projection distance of a virtual image from the projection optical system 30; and a main control apparatus 90 and a display control portion 18 as an image addition part that adds a related-information image as a virtual image by the projection optical system 30 to the detected object at timing when the target distance substantially matches the projection distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Norihide Yamada, Junji Hashimura, Osamu Tannai, Toshiyuki Kojima, Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20210265088
    Abstract: Provided herein is a soft magnetic alloy powder that can exhibit a high saturation flux density and desirable soft magnetic characteristics. A dust core using such a soft magnetic alloy powder is also provided. A soft magnetic alloy powder is used that includes an amorphous phase, and an ?Fe crystalline phase residing in the amorphous phase. The ?Fe crystalline phase has a crystallite volume distribution with a mode of 1 nm or more and 15 nm or less, and with a half width of 3 nm or more and 50 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Masato MAEDE, Toshiyuki KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11037711
    Abstract: Provided herein is a soft magnetic alloy powder that can exhibit a high saturation flux density and desirable soft magnetic characteristics. A dust core using such a soft magnetic alloy powder is also provided. A soft magnetic alloy powder is used that includes an amorphous phase, and an ?Fe crystalline phase residing in the amorphous phase. The ?Fe crystalline phase has a crystallite volume distribution with a mode of 1 nm or more and 15 nm or less, and with a half width of 3 nm or more and 50 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Maede, Toshiyuki Kojima
  • Patent number: 11005119
    Abstract: In an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, having nanofiber unwoven cloth buried in an electrolyte resin, the nanofiber unwoven cloth is disposed being exposed only from one face of the electrolyte membrane. The fuel cell includes a MEA having an anode electrode disposed on one face of the electrolyte membrane and having a cathode electrode disposed on the other face thereof, and a pair of separators holding the MEA by sandwiching the MEA therebetween. Thereby, the electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, the manufacturing method of the electrolyte membrane, and the fuel cell are provided with which the electric power generation property and productivity are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kojima, Masahiro Mori, Shinya Kikuzumi, Yasuhiro Ueyama, Yasushi Taniguchi