Patents by Inventor Yoichiro YOSHII

Yoichiro YOSHII 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: 20230212446
    Abstract: Please replace the Abstract of the application as filed with the following replacement A coolant composition containing the following substances: a) an alcohol; b) water; c1) a triazole compound; c2) an imidazole compound; d) a phosphate ion; and e) a metasilicate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JAPAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Kusano, Masao Watanabe, Taiki Nakamura, Takumi Otsubo, Yoichiro Yoshii, Nobukazu Takagi, Yu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11459938
    Abstract: An internal combustion system includes a control device having an accumulated amount of time measuring unit that measures an accumulated amount of time by measuring an amount of time when the temperature of the coolant measured by a temperature sensor is equal to or higher than a defined temperature and accumulating the amount of time measured, an exchange determination unit that determines that the coolant needs to be exchanged when the measured accumulated amount of time reaches or exceeds an upper-limit accumulated amount of time, and an upper-limit amount of time setting unit that sets the upper-limit accumulated amount of time for determination by the determination unit in accordance with the type of metal forming the flow channel where the coolant flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kodama, Yoichiro Yoshii, Masayuki Nagasawa, Shinichi Ogura
  • Publication number: 20220195911
    Abstract: An internal combustion system includes a control device having an accumulated amount of time measuring unit that measures an accumulated amount of time by measuring an amount of time when the temperature of the coolant measured by a temperature sensor is equal to or higher than a defined temperature and accumulating the amount of time measured, an exchange determination unit that determines that the coolant needs to be exchanged when the measured accumulated amount of time reaches or exceeds an upper-limit accumulated amount of time, and an upper-limit amount of time setting unit that sets the upper-limit accumulated amount of time for determination by the determination unit in accordance with the type of metal forming the flow channel where the coolant flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuaki KODAMA, Yoichiro YOSHII, Masayuki NAGASAWA, Shinichi OGURA
  • Patent number: 11108102
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery coolant for an electric vehicle that has a low conductivity, a low ion elution performance, a low viscosity at a very low temperature, and a cooling performance equivalent to that of an aqueous coolant composition in a driving temperature range. The present disclosure relates to a battery coolant for an electric vehicle containing at least one kind of carbonates selected from the group consisting of propylene carbonate and butylene carbonate in an amount of 90 mass % or more with respect to a total mass of the coolant and water in an amount of 3 mass % or less with respect to the total mass of the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Arai, Yasuaki Kodama, Masayuki Nagasawa, Yoshimichi Umehara, Yoichiro Yoshii, Yu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10913883
    Abstract: A coolant composition includes a viscosity improving agent and a base. The viscosity improving agent includes at least one nonionic surfactant and at least one anionic surfactant represented by the following Formula (1) of R1O—(R2O)m—SO3M. The base is formed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether. R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms or a linear or branched alkenyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group, m represents an average addition molar number of R2O which is a number of 0.5 to 10, and M represents a cation or a hydrogen atom. A shear viscosity of the coolant composition is 8.5 mPa·s or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mPa·s or lower at 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kodama, Shogo Kamenoue, Kazuhito Yaeda, Yoichiro Yoshii, Masayuki Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 10899952
    Abstract: An automotive engine coolant composition includes: a non-silicone surfactant; an anti-foaming agent containing a mineral oil and silica; and a base, in which the base includes at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether and/or water, a kinematic viscosity is 8.5 mm2/s or more at 25° C. and 2.0 mm2/s or less at 100° C., and with respect to 100 parts by mass of the coolant composition, a content of the mineral oil is 0.01 to 0.4 parts by mass and a content of the silica is 0.003 to 0.1 parts by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kodama, Tomoyuki Nakano, Takato Sakurai, Kazuhito Yaeda, Yoichiro Yoshii, Yosuke Kishino, Masayuki Nagasawa, Shogo Kamenoue
  • Patent number: 10883031
    Abstract: An automotive engine coolant composition includes: a surfactant as a viscosity index improver; a rubber swelling inhibitor; and a base, in which the rubber swelling inhibitor is at least one selected from a compound expressed by a following formula (1) [in the formula, R1 is hydrogen, a methyl group, or an ethyl group] and a compound expressed by a following formula (2) [in the formula, R2 is hydrogen, a methyl group, or an ethyl group], the base includes at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether and/or water, a kinematic viscosity is 8.5 mm2/s or more at 25° C., and a content of the rubber swelling inhibitor is 0.03 parts by mass or more and 0.9 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the coolant composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kodama, Kazuhito Yaeda, Yoichiro Yoshii, Yosuke Kishino, Tomoyuki Nakano, Masayuki Nagasawa, Shogo Kamenoue
  • Publication number: 20200308464
    Abstract: A coolant composition includes a viscosity improving agent and a base. The viscosity improving agent includes at least one nonionic surfactant and at least one anionic surfactant represented by the following Formula (1) of R1O—(R2O)m-SO3M. The base is formed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether. R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms or a linear or branched alkenyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group, m represents an average addition molar number of R2O which is a number of 0.5 to 10, and M represents a cation or a hydrogen atom. A shear viscosity of the coolant composition is 8.5 mPa·s or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mPa·s or lower at 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki KODAMA, Shogo KAMENOUE, Kazuhito YAEDA, Yoichiro YOSHII, Masayuki NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20200153061
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery coolant for an electric vehicle that has a low conductivity, a low ion elution performance, a low viscosity at a very low temperature, and a cooling performance equivalent to that of an aqueous coolant composition in a driving temperature range. The present disclosure relates to a battery coolant for an electric vehicle containing at least one kind of carbonates selected from the group consisting of propylene carbonate and butylene carbonate in an amount of 90 mass % or more with respect to a total mass of the coolant and water in an amount of 3 mass % or less with respect to the total mass of the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JAPAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ARAI, Yasuaki KODAMA, Masayuki NAGASAWA, Yoshimichi UMEHARA, Yoichiro YOSHII, Yu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190194516
    Abstract: An automotive engine coolant composition includes: a surfactant as a viscosity index improver; a rubber swelling inhibitor; and a base, in which the rubber swelling inhibitor is at least one selected from a compound expressed by a following formula (1) [in the formula, R1 is hydrogen, a methyl group, or an ethyl group] and a compound expressed by a following formula (2) [in the formula, R2 is hydrogen, a methyl group, or an ethyl group], the base includes at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether and/or water, a kinematic viscosity is 8.5 mm2/s or more at 25° C., and a content of the rubber swelling inhibitor is 0.03 parts by mass or more and 0.9 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the coolant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki KODAMA, Kazuhito YAEDA, Yoichiro YOSHII, Yosuke KISHINO, Tomoyuki NAKANO, Masayuki NAGASAWA, Shogo KAMENOUE
  • Publication number: 20190177591
    Abstract: An automotive engine coolant composition includes: a non-silicone surfactant; an anti-foaming agent containing a mineral oil and silica; and a base, in which the base includes at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether and/or water, a kinematic viscosity is 8.5 mm2/s or more at 25° C. and 2.0 mm2/s or less at 100° C., and with respect to 100 parts by mass of the coolant composition, a content of the mineral oil is 0.01 to 0.4 parts by mass and a content of the silica is 0.003 to 0.1 parts by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki KODAMA, Tomoyuki NAKANO, Takato SAKURAI, Kazuhito YAEDA, Yoichiro YOSHII, Yosuke KISHINO, Masayuki NAGASAWA, Shogo KAMENOUE
  • Publication number: 20190085230
    Abstract: A coolant composition includes a viscosity improving agent and a base. The viscosity improving agent includes at least one selected from an anionic surfactant represented by the following Formula (1) of R1O—(R2O)m—SO3M and at least one selected from the group consisting of a cationic surfactant represented by the following Formula (2) and an amphoteric surfactant represented by the following Formula (3) or Formula (4). The base is formed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether, in which a shear viscosity is 8.5 mPa·s or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mPa·s or lower at 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki KODAMA, Shogo KAMENOUE, Kazuhito YAEDA, Yoichiro YOSHII, Masayuki NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20190031938
    Abstract: This invention provides a coolant composition for an automobile engine which achieves retained thickening effects of a surfactant as a viscosity, and a concentrated coolant composition for an automobile engine used to obtain such coolant composition. Such coolant composition for an automobile engine comprises: (A) a silicone-based oil compound; (B) polyether-modified silicone; (C) a non-silicone-based surfactant; and (D) an aqueous base, wherein the silicone-based oil compound (A) comprises: (A1) at least one selected from among organopolysiloxanes represented by General Formula (1); and (A2) a filler, and the polyether-modified silicone (B) is at least one member selected from among polyoxyalkylene-modified organopolysiloxanes represented by General Formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki KODAMA, Takato SAKURAI, Kazuhito YAEDA, Yoichiro YOSHII, Ryota MAKINO, Masayuki NAGASAWA
  • Patent number: 10160895
    Abstract: A coolant composition includes: a viscosity improving agent; at least one alkali metal compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts and alkali metal hydroxides; and a base composed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether, wherein the viscosity improving agent is a compound represented by a formula of R1O—(R2O)m—SO3M, where R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group, m represents an average addition molar number of R2O and a number from 0.5 to 10, and M represents a cation or a hydrogen atom, and a kinetic viscosity of the coolant composition is 8.5 mm2/sec or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mm2/sec or lower at 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KAO CORPORATION, JAPAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kodama, Kazuhiro Miyajima, Ryota Makino, Shogo Kamenoue, Shinichi Ogura, Kazuhito Yaeda, Yoichiro Yoshii, Tomoyuki Nakano, Masayuki Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20170369756
    Abstract: A coolant composition includes: a viscosity improving agent; at least one alkali metal compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts and alkali metal hydroxides; and a base composed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether, wherein the viscosity improving agent is a compound represented by a formula of R1O—(R2O)m—SO3M, where R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group, m represents an average addition molar number of R2O and a number from 0.5 to 10, and M represents a cation or a hydrogen atom, and a kinetic viscosity of the coolant composition is 8.5 mm2/sec or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mm2/sec or lower at 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KAO CORPORATION, JAPAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki KODAMA, Kazuhiro MIYAJIMA, Ryota MAKINO, Shogo KAMENOUE, Shinichi OGURA, Kazuhito YAEDA, Yoichiro YOSHII, Tomoyuki NAKANO, Masayuki NAGASAWA