Patents by Inventor Yoshiki Nakamura

Yoshiki Nakamura 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: 11935801
    Abstract: An electronic component built-in wiring board includes a substrate having a cavity, an electronic component accommodated in the cavity of the substrate and having pads on a surface of the component, a coating insulating layer formed on the substrate such that the insulating layer is covering the component and has via holes, via conductors formed in the via holes such that the via conductors are penetrating through the insulating layer, and a resin coating formed between the component and the insulating layer and having through holes such that the through holes are partially exposing the pads in the via holes and that the coating has adhesion to the component that is stronger than adhesion of the insulating layer to the component. The via conductors are formed in the via holes and the through holes such that the via conductors are connected to the pads on the surface of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Tomohiro Futatsugi, Yuichi Nakamura, Yoshiki Matsui, Keinosuke Ino, Tomohiro Fuwa, Seiji Izawa
  • Publication number: 20230380678
    Abstract: An information processing device including a calculation unit that calculates an evaluation function using a visibility threshold of a test subject obtained by performing a visual acuity examination on the test subject and using a parameter related to a visual object, and a spectral transmittance optimization unit that optimizes a spectral transmittance of a filter having a spectral transmittance to light from the visual object using the evaluation function when passed through the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., VISUAL TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY INC.
    Inventors: Daiki ITO, Taizo NISHIMOTO, Kenji SUZUKI, Shoko MATSUMURA, Noriaki ASADA, Yoshiki NAKAMURA, Minao YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11129523
    Abstract: An analysis unit determines at least two boundaries by determining; in a coordinate system indicating a correlation between a luminance contrast value between a luminance of an attention portion and a luminance of a background portion, and a luminance average value of a visual target including the attention portion and the background portion; the boundary between a region where a subject has a visibility and a region where the subject does not have the visibility for each combination of stimulus values of a color stimulus of a visual target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: VISUAL TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY INC., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakamura, Sueko Kanaya, Noriaki Asada, Shoko Matsumura, Akinori Nagatomo, Taizo Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20210252767
    Abstract: A roll-forming apparatus includes a heating portion, and a shaping portion disposed downstream of the heating portion in a conveyance direction of a fiber reinforced plastic member to shape the fiber reinforced plastic member heated by the heating portion. The shaping portion includes a first forming roller pair, and a second forming roller pair disposed downstream of the first forming roller pair in the conveyance direction. A rotational speed of the second forming roller pair is set higher than a rotational speed of the first forming roller pair to apply a tension in the conveyance direction to the fiber reinforced plastic member between the first forming roller pair and the second forming roller pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi MAKARA, Yoshiki NAKAMURA, Kiyoshi UZAWA, Katsuhiko NUNOTANI
  • Publication number: 20210080949
    Abstract: An authority transfer device is used for a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode in which driving operation is autonomously performed for a driver and a manual driving mode in which driving operation is manually performed by the driver using at least a steering wheel. The authority transfer device includes a controller configured, when switching from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode, to transfer a driving authority of the vehicle to the driver on condition that at least a grip of the driver on the steering wheel is detected. The controller notifies the driver that the driving authority will be transferred before the driving authority is transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Shinichi TAKEDA, Bunpei MORITA, Yoshiki NAKAMURA, Kunihiro NOKURA, Kazuhisa TAKAHASHI, Naoto KURIYAMA, Takafumi NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 10581092
    Abstract: An ion exchanger for a cooling system of a fuel cell system includes: a communicating pipe part with the two ends thereof configured respectively to be connectable to predetermined piping arranged in the cooling system, and including a substantially linear shaped first flow path; and a storage case including a second flow path configured such that, when a part of the coolant introduced into the communicating pipe part branches from the coolant of the communicating pipe part and flows toward the second flow path, such partial coolant, after introduced into the second flow path, is allowed to flow therethrough and join again the remaining coolant of the communicating pipe part, while ion exchange resin is stored in the second flow path, wherein an introduction device for introducing the coolant into the second flow path is arranged in the inside of the communicating pipe part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Ojio, Yoshiki Nakamura, Takeshi Hattori
  • Patent number: 10522865
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a stack; a case that accommodates the stack; and end plates arranged in the outside of a stacking direction and formed with fluid flow path holes penetrating in the stacking direction an accommodating groove for accommodating a seal member for sealing a part between the accommodating groove and the case. The end plates have a metal member formed with the fluid flow path holes, a first recess and a second recess that continues to the first recess, and a resin layer that continuously covers an inner peripheral wall surface of the fluid flow path holes, a surface that faces the stack, a part that includes at least an outer peripheral side end in the first recess, and the second recess, in the metal member. The resin layer is formed with the accommodating groove in a surface corresponding to the end surface of the case in a part covering the part that includes at least the outer peripheral side end in the first recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Shimizu, Hitoshi Hamada, Tadanobu Ota, Yoshiki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10522846
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack 100 includes a fuel cell stack 10, and an end plate 30 placed at an end of the fuel cell stack 10. The end plate 30 includes a metallic plate-like body 32, and a resin layer 60 formed on a surface 32b of the plate-like body 32. The plate-like body 32 includes flow holes 39 for a reactant gas and a cooling medium, and a stripe-shaped protrusion 38 protruding from the surface 32b and which divides the surface 32b into an inner area containing the flow holes 39 and an outer area outside the inner area. The protrusion 38 includes a vertical portion 38a protruding from the surface 32b, and a jutted portion 38b jutted from a distal end of the vertical portion 38a toward the inner area. The resin layer 60 is formed in the inner area to cover a surface 38as of the vertical portion 38a facing the inner area as well as at least part of the jutted portion 38b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Shimizu, Hitoshi Hamada, Yutaka Hotta, Tatsuya Tokumasu, Tadanobu Ota, Yoshiki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10439247
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack comprises a stacked body, an end plate and a case configured such that the stacked body is placed therein. The end plate is arranged to cover an end face of the stacked body in a stacking direction and an end face of the case in the stacking direction and is fastened to the end face of the case. A placement groove is formed in at least one surface out of two surfaces of the end plate and the case opposed to each other, such that a seal member is placed in the placement groove. The end plate includes a resin layer formed to continuously cover an inner circumferential wall surface of the fluid flow path hole, a surface of the end plate opposed to the stacked body, and an outer circumferential side end of the placement groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Shimizu, Hitoshi Hamada, Tatsuya Tokumasu, Tadanobu Ota, Yoshiki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190239741
    Abstract: An analysis unit determines at least two boundaries by determining; in a coordinate system indicating a correlation between a luminance contrast value between a luminance of an attention portion and a luminance of a background portion, and a luminance average value of a visual target including the attention portion and the background portion; the boundary between a region where a subject has a visibility and a region where the subject does not have the visibility for each combination of stimulus values of a color stimulus of a visual target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicants: VISUAL TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY INC., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiki NAKAMURA, Sueko KANAYA, Noriaki ASADA, Shoko MATSUMURA, Akinori NAGAMOTO, Taizo NISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180123158
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a stack; a case that accommodates the stack; and end plates arranged in the outside of a stacking direction and formed with fluid flow path holes penetrating in the stacking direction an accommodating groove for accommodating a seal member for sealing a part between the accommodating groove and the case. The end plates have a metal member formed with the fluid flow path holes, a first recess and a second recess that continues to the first recess, and a resin layer that continuously covers an inner peripheral wall surface of the fluid flow path holes, a surface that faces the stack, a part that includes at least an outer peripheral side end in the first recess, and the second recess, in the metal member. The resin layer is formed with the accommodating groove in a surface corresponding to the end surface of the case in a part covering the part that includes at least the outer peripheral side end in the first recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko SHIMIZU, Hitoshi HAMADA, Tadanobu OTA, Yoshiki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9947912
    Abstract: A bus bar holding member comprises a plurality of bus bars arranged to connect terminals of respective batteries in each battery array group in parallel, and a resin support member comprising a resin stacking section which is stacked on a surface of the plurality of bus bars and a resin intervening section which intervenes between the plurality of bus bars to electrically insulate the plurality of bus bars from each other. The bus bar comprises a base plate on which the resin stacking section is stacked, and a jagged edge formed along an edge of the base plate. The jagged edge is formed in a wavy shape crossing a reference line, which is a straight line along an array direction of the batteries in each battery array group between an adjacent pair of the battery array groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakamura, Yoshiaki Tatsumi, Yoshiaki Kameda, Nobuyoshi Fujiwara, Kenji Kimura
  • Patent number: 9929391
    Abstract: A bus bar module is located on one end of each battery of a group of batteries that have terminals at their ends. The bus bar module includes a bus bar, which is made of a conductive metal, and electrically connects the terminals of the respective batteries in the battery group, and an insulating laminate portion that is laminated, at least on an inner surface of the bus bar facing the ends of the batteries and an outer surface, which is opposite to the inner surface of the bus bar. The insulating laminate portion has an insulating material that includes thermoplastic elastomer and/or rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakamura, Kosuke Kusaba
  • Patent number: 9905383
    Abstract: A conduction-breaking device breaks conduction between a pair of devices in an electric circuit. The conduction-breaking device includes a conductive body having a cuttable portion, an arc-extinguishing chamber having a pair of fixed blades, a gas generator, a cutting member having a pair of movable blades, and a deforming mechanism. When the cuttable portion is cut at two positions by the fixed blades and the movable blades, the cuttable portion forms a separated piece, which is separated from the electric circuit, and first and second remaining portions, which remain connected with the electric circuit. The separated piece has cut ends at opposite ends. The deforming mechanism deforms the separated piece such that the cut ends of the separated piece are located on a leading side in a moving direction of the cutting member with respect to a part of the separated piece between the cut ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Hori, Yoshiki Nakamura, Takaki Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 9899646
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery group configured of a plurality of cylindrical batteries, a holder configured to retain the battery group so that the respective batteries are bundled in parallel to each other, and a casing being closed by the holder and including a storing space for housing the battery group. The casing includes an opposing wall portion facing the holder, and the opposing wall portion includes hole portions that retain the batteries by peripheries or inner circumferential surfaces of the hole portions. The battery module also includes guiding portions formed on the peripheries or the inner circumferential surfaces of the hole portions that are configured to guide the batteries into the storing space within the casing by causing the batteries to come closer to centers of the hole portions, such that central axis lines of the batteries pass through the centers of the hole portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakamura, Kosuke Kusaba
  • Publication number: 20180047995
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack 100 includes a fuel cell stack 10, and an end plate 30 placed at an end of the fuel cell stack 10. The end plate 30 includes a metallic plate-like body 32, and a resin layer 60 formed on a surface 32b of the plate-like body 32. The plate-like body 32 includes flow holes 39 for a reactant gas and a cooling medium, and a stripe-shaped protrusion 38 protruding from the surface 32b and which divides the surface 32b into an inner area containing the flow holes 39 and an outer area outside the inner area. The protrusion 38 includes a vertical portion 38a protruding from the surface 32b, and a jutted portion 38b jutted from a distal end of the vertical portion 38a toward the inner area. The resin layer 60 is formed in the inner area to cover a surface 38as of the vertical portion 38a facing the inner area as well as at least part of the jutted portion 38b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko SHIMIZU, Hitoshi HAMADA, Yutaka HOTTA, Tatsuya TOKUMASU, Tadanobu OTA, Yoshiki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9893331
    Abstract: A battery adhesion-fixation structure includes battery cells, a holder, an adhesive agent, bus bars, and an insulator. The holder includes holder holes for holding the battery cells therein. The adhesive agent adheres the battery cells with the holder within the holder holes. The bus bars electrically connect the battery cells with each other. The insulator intervenes between the bus bars and the holder. The bus bars include a bus-bar hole, and a terminal tab. The bus-bar hole faces face-to-face to an electrode terminal of the battery cells. The terminal tab projects into the bus-bar hole to be electrically connected with the electrode terminal. The insulator includes a face, and a dent opening in the face. The face opposes to the holder. The dent opens in the face, and accommodates the adhesive agent overflown toward the insulator therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hongo, Yoshiki Nakamura, Kosuke Kusaba
  • Publication number: 20180034091
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack comprises a stacked body, an end plate and a case configured such that the stacked body is placed therein. The end plate is arranged to cover an end face of the stacked body in a stacking direction and an end face of the case in the stacking direction and is fastened to the end face of the case. A placement groove is formed in at least one surface out of two surfaces of the end plate and the case opposed to each other, such that a seal member is placed in the placement groove. The end plate includes a resin layer formed to continuously cover an inner circumferential wall surface of the fluid flow path hole, a surface of the end plate opposed to the stacked body, and an outer circumferential side end of the placement groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko SHIMIZU, Hitoshi HAMADA, Tatsuya TOKUMASU, Tadanobu OTA, Yoshiki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180013155
    Abstract: An ion exchanger for a cooling system of a fuel cell system includes: a communicating pipe part with the two ends thereof configured respectively to he connectable to predetermined piping arranged in the cooling system, and including a substantially linear shaped first flow path; and a storage case including a second flow path configured such that, when a part of the coolant introduced into the communicating pipe part branches from the coolant of the communicating pipe part and flows toward the second flow path, such partial coolant, after introduced into the second flow path, is allowed to flow therethrough and join again the remaining coolant of the communicating pipe part, while ion exchange resin is stored in the second flow path, wherein an introduction device for introducing the coolant into the second flow path is arranged in the inside of the communicating pipe part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Naoki YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuya OJIO, Yoshiki NAKAMURA, Takeshi HATTORI
  • Patent number: 9773628
    Abstract: A breaker includes conductors, each including an elongated flat cut portion, cutting chambers arranged in correspondence with the cut portions, a single cutting member that includes blades to cut the cut portions in the cutting chambers, a gas generator that generates gas to move the cutting member toward the cut portions, and an arc attenuation portion located between the two cut portions that are adjacent to each other. The conductors are located between two devices. Each cut portion is cut to form two separated cutting ends and electrically disconnect the devices. The arc attenuation portion attenuates an arc generated between the two cutting ends of one of the two adjacent cut portions and the two cutting ends of the other cut portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaki Fukuyama, Yoshiki Nakamura, Keisuke Hori