Patents by Inventor Yoji Kobayashi
Yoji Kobayashi 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: 11940401Abstract: A sulfurization detection resistor makes it possible to detect a degree of sulfurization accurately and easily, and a manufacturing method for such sulfurization detection resistor. A sulfurization detection resistor includes an insulated substrate having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a first front electrode and a second front electrode formed at both ends on a main surface of the insulated substrate, multiple sulfurization detecting conductors connected in parallel to the first front electrode, multiple resistive elements connected between the sulfurization detecting conductors and the second front electrode, and a protective film formed to partially cover the sulfurization detecting conductors and entirely cover the resistive elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: KOA CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Otsuka, Yoji Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11920966Abstract: It is an object to provide a flow rate sensor device having improved sensor responsiveness compared with the prior art. The present invention is a flow rate sensor device including a sensor element that detects a flow rate; a unit body including a sensor unit in which the sensor element is mounted, and a case accommodating the unit body, wherein the sensor unit is supported away from a bottom surface of the case. In this way, the sensor unit is supported to float upward from the bottom surface of the case, and a space is provided between the sensor unit and the bottom surface. Therefore, heat caused in the sensor unit can be separated from outside, and good sensor responsiveness can be maintained.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KOA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuyuki Katase, Yoji Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11795062Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electron or hydride ion intake/release material comprising a lanthanoid oxyhydride represented by the formula Ln(HO) (in the formula, Ln represents a lanthanoid element) or an electron or hydride ion intake/release composition comprising at least one kind of lanthanoid oxyhydride; a transition metal-supported material wherein a transition metal is supported by the above electron or hydride ion intake/release material or electron or hydride ion intake/release composition; and a catalyst comprising the transition metal-supported material. The electron or hydride ion intake/release material or electron or hydride ion intake/release composition according to the present invention has a higher ability for intake/release of electron or hydride ion than that of a conventional hydride-containing compound, and can be used effectively as a catalyst such as a catalyst having excellent ammonia synthesis activity by supporting a transition metal thereon.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Yoji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kageyama, Hiroki Yamashita, Thibault Broux
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Publication number: 20220291029Abstract: An object is to provide a flow sensing device improved in weather resistance and insect resistance. A flow sensing device includes: a cover member; a cap member disposed below the cover member; a foreign-body intrusion prevention net surrounding a space between the cover member and the cap member; a light emitting element disposed in a housing space surrounded by the cover member, the cap member, and the foreign-body intrusion prevention net; and a sensing element disposed inside the foreign-body intrusion prevention net in the housing space, the sensing element including a thermosensitive resistive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: KOA CORPORATIONInventors: Koji UENOYAMA, Shigeo GOTOH, Yoji KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220091058Abstract: A sulfurization detection resistor makes it possible to detect a degree of sulfurization accurately and easily, and a manufacturing method for such sulfurization detection resistor. A sulfurization detection resistor includes an insulated substrate having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a first front electrode and a second front electrode formed at both ends on a main surface of the insulated substrate, multiple sulfurization detecting conductors connected in parallel to the first front electrode, multiple resistive elements connected between the sulfurization detecting conductors and the second front electrode, and a protective film formed to partially cover the sulfurization detecting conductors and entirely cover the resistive elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: KOA CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi OTSUKA, Yoji KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220026460Abstract: The visibility of light is improved. A flow rate sensor device includes a substrate, sensor elements electrically connected to the substrate, light emitting elements positioned in a rear part of the sensor elements and disposed on a surface of the substrate, and light-transmissive cases internally accommodating the light emitting elements between the light-transmissive cases and the substrate. The light-transmissive cases have light diffusion members projecting from ceiling sections toward the light emitting elements, the light diffusion members have light incident surfaces facing the light emitting elements and wall surfaces connecting the light incident surfaces and the ceiling sections, and at least a part of the wall surfaces has a tilting surface having a dimension between the opposing wall surfaces, the dimension gradually increasing from a side close to the light incident surface toward the ceiling section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: KOA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoji KOBAYASHI, Tomokazu IKENO, Yasuyuki KATASE
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Publication number: 20220011145Abstract: It is an object to provide a flow rate sensor device having improved sensor responsiveness compared with the prior art. The present invention is a flow rate sensor device including a sensor element that detects a flow rate; a unit body including a sensor unit in which the sensor element is mounted, and a case accommodating the unit body, wherein the sensor unit is supported away from a bottom surface of the case. In this way, the sensor unit is supported to float upward from the bottom surface of the case, and a space is provided between the sensor unit and the bottom surface. Therefore, heat caused in the sensor unit can be separated from outside, and good sensor responsiveness can be maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: KOA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuyuki KATASE, Yoji KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10969408Abstract: Provided is a current measuring device for measuring current, including a conductor adapted to pass current therethrough, at least a pair of voltage sensing terminals arranged apart from each other on the conductor in the current flowing direction, and a substrate to which the voltage sensing terminals are connected. The substrate is long in the current flowing direction, and connection portion of the substrate that are connected to the voltage sensing terminals are arranged closer to one end side of the substrate in the lengthwise direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: KOA CORPORATIONInventors: Soya Miyajima, Ryo Osawa, Yoji Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210002142Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electron or hydride ion intake/release material comprising a lanthanoid oxyhydride represented by the formula Ln(HO) (in the formula, Ln represents a lanthanoid element) or an electron or hydride ion intake/release composition comprising at least one kind of lanthanoid oxyhydride; a transition metal-supported material wherein a transition metal is supported by the above electron or hydride ion intake/release material or electron or hydride ion intake/release composition; and a catalyst comprising the transition metal-supported material. The electron or hydride ion intake/release material or electron or hydride ion intake/release composition according to the present invention has a higher ability for intake/release of electron or hydride ion than that of a conventional hydride-containing compound, and can be used effectively as a catalyst such as a catalyst having excellent ammonia synthesis activity by supporting a transition metal thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Yoji KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi KAGEYAMA, Hiroki YAMASHITA, Thibault BROUX
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Publication number: 20190162757Abstract: Provided is a current measuring device for measuring current, including a conductor adapted to pass current therethrough, at least a pair of voltage sensing terminals arranged apart from each other on the conductor in the current flowing direction, and a substrate to which the voltage sensing terminals are connected. The substrate is long in the current flowing direction, and connection portion of the substrate that are connected to the voltage sensing terminals are arranged closer to one end side of the substrate in the lengthwise direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Soya MIYAJIMA, Ryo OSAWA, Yoji KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10017395Abstract: The ammonia synthesis catalyst of the present invention, comprises: a powder of a perovskite oxyhydride having hydride (H?) incorporated therein as a support; and a metal or a metal compound exhibiting a catalytic activity for ammonia synthesis, supported on the support, and the perovskite oxyhydride is represented by ATiO3-xHx (wherein A represents Ca, Sr, or Ba, and 0.1?x?0.6).Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Hiroshi Kageyama, Yoji Kobayashi, Naoya Masuda, Hideo Hosono
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Patent number: 9902623Abstract: Provided are a macroporous titanium compound monolith and a production method thereof, the macroporous titanium compound monolith having a framework that is composed of a titanium compound other than titanium dioxide, having controlled macropores, and having electron conductivity, the titanium compound being oxygen-deficient titanium oxide, titanium oxynitride, or titanium nitride.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hiroshi Kageyama, Kazuki Nakanishi, Yoji Kobayashi, Atsushi Kitada, George Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9776866Abstract: The method for producing a perovskite metal oxynitride of the present invention, comprises: a hydrogenation step (A) of forming a perovskite oxyhydride in which an oxide ion (O2?) and a hydride ion (H?) coexist, by reducing a perovskite oxide through a reductive oxygen elimination reaction using a metal hydride; and a nitriding step (B) of forming a perovskite oxynitride containing a nitride ion (N3?) by heat-treating the perovskite oxyhydride in the presence of a nitrogen source substance at a temperature of 300° C. or higher and 600° C. or lower and exchanging the hydride ion (H?) for a nitride ion (N3?).Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Hiroshi Kageyama, Yoji Kobayashi, Kohei Aizu, Wataru Yoshimune, Hideo Hosono
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Publication number: 20170088433Abstract: The ammonia synthesis catalyst of the present invention, comprises: a powder of a perovskite oxyhydride having hydride (H?) incorporated therein as a support; and a metal or a metal compound exhibiting a catalytic activity for ammonia synthesis, supported on the support, and the perovskite oxyhydride is represented by ATiO3-xHx (wherein A represents Ca, Sr, or Ba, and 0.1?x?0.6).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi KAGEYAMA, Yoji KOBAYASHI, Naoya MASUDA, Hideo HOSONO
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Publication number: 20170073229Abstract: The method for producing a perovskite metal oxynitride of the present invention, comprises: a hydrogenation step (A) of forming a perovskite oxyhydride in which an oxide ion (O2?) and a hydride ion (H?) coexist, by reducing a perovskite oxide through a reductive oxygen elimination reaction using a metal hydride; and a nitriding step (B) of forming a perovskite oxynitride containing a nitride ion (N3?) by heat-treating the perovskite oxyhydride in the presence of a nitrogen source substance at a temperature of 300° C. or higher and 600° C. or lower and exchanging the hydride ion (H?) for a nitride ion (N3?).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi KAGEYAMA, Yoji KOBAYASHI, Kohei AIZU, Wataru YOSHIMUNE, Hideo HOSONO
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Patent number: 9440228Abstract: [Problem] Many oxide-ion conductors exhibit high functionality at high temperatures due to the large weight and charge of oxide ions, and it has been difficult to achieve the functionality at low temperatures. [Solution] A perovskite oxide having hydride ion conductivity, at least 1 at % of the oxide ions (O2?) contained in a titanium-containing perovskite oxide being substituted with hydride ions (H?). This oxide, in which negatively charged hydride ions (H?) are used for the ionic conduction, has both hydride ion conductivity and electron conductivity. As a starting material, the titanium-containing perovskite oxide is kept together with a powder of an alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal hydride selected from LiH, CaH2, SrH2, and BaH2 in a temperature range of 300° C. or higher and lower than the melting point of the hydride in a vacuum or an inert gas atmosphere to substitute some of the oxide ions in the oxide with the hydride ions, resulting in the introduction of the hydride ions into oxygen sites.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Hiroshi Kageyama, Yoji Kobayashi, Mikio Takano, Takeshi Yajima
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Patent number: 9112341Abstract: A cable fixing member is provided including a pair of bracket members that hold a cable therebetween and a fitting part that fits into the pair of bracket members. The fitting part includes a convex portion having an arc-shaped cross sectional face formed in one bracket member of the pair of bracket members; and a concave portion formed in the other bracket of the pair of bracket members and having an arc-shaped cross sectional face with which the convex portion is fitted, wherein the pair of bracket members are rotatably formed with the fitting part as a rotation center, so that facing surfaces of the pair of bracket members that hold the cable can be opened and closed.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Eshima, Yoji Kobayashi, Hideki Horikoshi, Haruhiko Sugai, Satoshi Murata
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Publication number: 20150037236Abstract: Provided are a macroporous titanium compound monolith and a production method thereof, the macroporous titanium compound monolith having a framework that is composed of a titanium compound other than titanium dioxide, having controlled macropores, and having electron conductivity, the titanium compound being oxygen-deficient titanium oxide, titanium oxynitride, or titanium nitride.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Hiroshi Kageyama, Kazuki Nakanishi, Yoji Kobayashi, Atsushi Kitada, George Hasegawa
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Patent number: 8872033Abstract: A cable with less residual bend includes a sheath as an outermost layer; and a thread for correcting a residual bend. The thread is provided inside the sheath and disposed in parallel with a center axis of the cable along a longitudinal direction of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Fumihito Oka, Hirotaka Eshima, Yoji Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8800940Abstract: A cable clamp includes a single metal plate shaped along an outer periphery of three cables that are triangularly arranged when viewed in cross-section, a mounting flange portion formed with both end portions of the metal plate overlapped each other, and a cable support member inserted between at least two of the three cables so as to support the at least two cables between itself and the metal plate. The cable support member is inserted between two horizontally arranged cables in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction as well as perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the two horizontally arranged cables. The cable support member has a tapered shape on an end side in an insertion direction thereof for facilitating an insertion thereof into a gap between the two horizontally arranged cables.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka Eshima, Yoji Kobayashi, Hideki Horikoshi