Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Tsuda

Yoshihiro Tsuda 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: 20240136636
    Abstract: A plate-shaped member includes a flat surface portion, a flange portion, and a transition portion, the flange portion being provided at an end portion of the plate-shaped member, the flange portion protruding from the flat surface portion in the first direction, the transition portion continuously transitioning from the flat surface portion to the flange portion. The flat surface portion, the transition portion, and the flange portion are provided to be arranged side by side in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TSUDA, Kosyo ABE, Tomochika TERANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240136622
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side in a first direction, each of the plurality of battery cells having a prismatic shape; and two restraint members that restrains the plurality of battery cells along the first direction, each of the two restraint members being provided to be arranged side by side with the plurality of battery cells in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Each of the two restraint members includes a plate-shaped portion extending in a plane direction including the first direction and a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. The plate-shaped portion is constituted of a metal member having a rolling line along the third direction, and the plate-shaped portion is provided with an opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TSUDA, Kosyo ABE, Takahide TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240136635
    Abstract: A first imaginary arc is defined with a first imaginary point as a center, the first imaginary arc including three points that are a center and both ends of a third portion in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction, the first imaginary point being located on a fourth portion side with respect to a first imaginary straight line that connects the both ends of the third portion in the first direction. A second imaginary arc is defined as a center, the second imaginary arc including three points that are a center and both ends of the fourth portion in the second direction, the second imaginary point being located on the third portion side with respect to a second imaginary straight line that connects the both ends of the fourth portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TSUDA, Kosyo ABE
  • Publication number: 20240136638
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side in a first direction, each of the plurality of battery cells having a prismatic shape; two restraint members that each restrain the plurality of battery cells along the first direction, each of the two restraint members being provided to be arranged side by side with the plurality of battery cells in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a coupling member in a form of a strip, the coupling member extending in the second direction at an intermediate portion in the first direction to couple the two restraint members to each other. The coupling member has a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion that are respectively engaged with the two restraint members in directions of sandwiching the two restraint members along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TSUDA, Kosyo ABE, Tomochika TERANAKA, Takahide TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240136637
    Abstract: An end plate includes a plate-shaped member. The plate-shaped member has an uneven shape including an abutment portion and a recess, the abutment portion being in abutment with the stack in a first direction, the recess being located in a direction away from the stack with respect to the abutment portion. The recess includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a flat surface shape, the first portion constituting a bottom surface of the recess, the second portion having been through a process for forming the uneven shape. A pressing process has been performed onto the plate-shaped member at a region overlapping with the second portion when viewed in the first direction so as to form a flat surface continuous to the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TSUDA, Tomochika TERANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220220616
    Abstract: An ornament includes a base material; and a silver particle layer containing silver particles and disposed on the base material, wherein the silver particle layer has surface resistivity of 104?/? or more, and the silver particles are stacked in the silver particle layer in a thickness direction of the silver particle layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Masumi MORIHARA, Masahiro IWANAGA, Toshiki SHIRAHAMA, Hiroaki FUJINO, Hirofumi SHIOKAWA, Kentarou WATANABE, Shingo HANAWA, Yoshihiro TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220184897
    Abstract: A resin formed article, comprising a main body that includes a first resin; a functional layer that is disposed at at least a portion of a surface of the main body and includes a fiber and a second resin; and a projection that is disposed on the functional layer and includes the first resin and the second resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Noriyuki YOSHIDA, Yu MASUZAWA, Yoshihiro TSUDA
  • Patent number: 9234295
    Abstract: The method of forming an oxidation resistant coating layer is for forming an oxidation resistant coating layer containing aluminum on a surface layer of a member (A) formed of metallic material. The method includes a plating treatment step (S1) of plating aluminum on a surface of the member (A) in a solvent, and a heat treatment step (S2) of heat-treating the member (A) whose surface has been plated by the plating treatment step (S1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Sato, Yoshihiro Tsuda, Hiroaki Iwata, Akira Tateno, Hiroki Yoshizawa, Tetsuji Hirato
  • Publication number: 20130008799
    Abstract: The method of forming an oxidation resistant coating layer is for forming an oxidation resistant coating layer containing aluminum on a surface layer of a member (A) formed of metallic material. The method includes a plating treatment step (S1) of plating aluminum on a surface of the member (A) in a solvent, and a heat treatment step (S2) of heat-treating the member (A) whose surface has been plated by the plating treatment step (S1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Akihiro Sato, Yoshihiro Tsuda, Hiroaki Iwata, Akira Tateno, Hiroki Yoshizawa, Tetsuji Hirato
  • Patent number: 8242235
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a purification process that enables Pd and P to be removed effectively, and to provide an electroluminescent material and an electroluminescent device obtained by employing the process. The present invention relates to a process for purifying an electroluminescent material, the process involving treating, with an oxidizing agent and then with a column, an electroluminescent material that contains Pd and/or P as impurities so as to remove the Pd and/or P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., Maxdem Incorporated
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tsuda, Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Seiji Tai, Yousuke Hoshi, Shigeaki Funyuu, Matthew L. Marrocco, III, Farshad J. Motamedi, Li-Sheng Wang
  • Patent number: 8075943
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a purification process that enables Pd contained in an organic electronics material to be removed effectively, to provide an electroluminescent device middle layer material purified by the process, and to provide an electroluminescent device employing the middle layer material. The present invention relates to a process for purifying an organic electronics material, the process involving treating, with a phosphorus-containing material, an organic electronics material that contains Pd as an impurity so as to remove the Pd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignees: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., Maxdem Incorporated
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tsuda, Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Yousuke Hoshi, Shigeaki Funyuu, Farshad J. Motamedi, Li-Sheng Wang
  • Patent number: 8008418
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a copolymer containing a metal coordination compound that has blue phosphorescence emission with excellent color purity and, furthermore, to provide a copolymer containing a metal coordination compound that has luminescence of various colors from blue to red and a long operating life. The present invention relates to a metal coordination compound-containing copolymer that contains a metal coordination compound monomer unit represented by any one of Formulae (1) to (12): and at least one type of monomer unit selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted quinoline monomer unit, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene and/or heteroarylene monomer unit, a substituted or unsubstituted branched monomer unit, and a substituted or unsubstituted conjugated monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Yoshihiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7955716
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a phosphorescence-emitting material that emits light in a wide visible light range from blue to red and has excellent color purity and reliability, etc. The present invention relates to a metal coordination compound represented by any one of Formulae (1) to (6), B: >NR, >O, >S, >C?O, >SO2, >CR2 (in the formulae, M is Ir, Rh, Ru, Os, Pd, or Pt, and n is 2 or 3; when M is Ir, Rh, Ru, or Os and n is 2, another bidentate ligand further bonds to M; ring A is a cyclic compound containing a nitrogen atom bonded to M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoyuki Nomura, Yoshii Morishita, Yoshihiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7714099
    Abstract: High quantum yield luminescent monomers, oligomers, and polymers, comprising benzotriazole repeating units and derivatives thereof have been discovered and utilized in optical devices and components therefor, including electroluminescent devices, light emitting devices, photoluminescent devices, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), OLED displays, sensors, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., Sumation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Yoshihiro Tsuda, Seiji Tai, Matthew L. Marrocco, III, Farshad J. Motamedi, Li-Sheng Wang, Yongchao Liang
  • Publication number: 20090163743
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, inexpensively and safely, a luminescence system, a method of luminescence, and a luminescent substance based on a novel luminescence mechanism that luminesces at high efficiency. The present invention relates to a luminescence system, wherein a first chemical substance changes into a second chemical substance having a chemical structure that is different from that of the first chemical substance and thereby luminesces. The present invention preferably relates to the luminescence system, wherein the second chemical substance turns back into the first chemical substance after luminescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Yousuke HOSHI, Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Yoshihiro Tsuda, Shigeaki Funyuu, Hiroshi Ikeda, Hayato Namai
  • Patent number: 7507351
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a purification process that enables Pd to be removed effectively, and to provide an electroluminescent material and an electroluminescent device obtained by employing the process. The present invention relates to a process for purifying an electroluminescent material, the process involving treating, with a phosphorus-containing material, an electroluminescent material that contains Pd as an impurity so as to remove the Pd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., Maxdem Incorporated
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tsuda, Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Seiji Tai, Yousuke Hoshi, Shigeaki Funyuu, Farshad J. Motamedi, Li-Sheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20090036623
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a conjugated polymer that enables a significant shortening of the reaction time. A process for producing a conjugated polymer according to the present invention is a process for producing a conjugated polymer by Suzuki coupling, wherein the process uses microwave irradiation. The conjugated polymer is preferably a polymer used as an organic electronics material, and is even more preferably a polymer used as an electroluminescent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tsuda, Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Yousuke Hoshi, Shigeaki Funyuu
  • Publication number: 20070275628
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a purification process that enables Pd and P to be removed effectively, and to provide an electroluminescent material and an electroluminescent device obtained by employing the process. The present invention relates to a process for purifying an electroluminescent material, the process involving treating, with an oxidizing agent and then with a column, an electroluminescent material that contains Pd and/or P as impurities so as to remove the Pd and/or P.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicants: HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., MAXDEM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tsuda, Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Seiji Tai, Yousuke Hoshi, Shigeaki Funyuu, Matthew Marrocco, Farshad Motamedi, Li-Sheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20070159069
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a purification process that enables Pd contained in an organic electronics material to be removed effectively, to provide an electroluminescent device middle layer material purified by the process, and to provide an electroluminescent device employing the middle layer material. The present invention relates to a process for purifying an organic electronics material, the process involving treating, with a phosphorus-containing material, an organic electronics material that contains Pd as an impurity so as to remove the Pd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tsuda, Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Yousuke Hoshi, Shigeaki Funyuu, Farshad Motamedi, Li-Sheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20070138945
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, inexpensively and safely, a luminescence system, a method of luminescence, and a luminescent substance based on a novel luminescence mechanism that luminesces at high efficiency. The present invention relates to a luminescence system, wherein a first chemical substance changes into a second chemical substance having a chemical structure that is different from that of the first chemical substance and thereby luminesces. The present invention preferably relates to the luminescence system, wherein the second chemical substance turns back into the first chemical substance after luminescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: HITACHI CHIEMICAL CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Yousuke Hoshi, Yoshii Morishita, Satoyuki Nomura, Yoshihiro Tsuda, Shigeaki Funyuu, Hiroshi Ikeda, Hayato Namai