Patents by Inventor Yu Otsuka

Yu Otsuka 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: 20150268852
    Abstract: An electronic device that increases both visual perceptibility and selectability of executable programs. A display is a display with an elongated shape whose display surface includes a first region and a second region aligned in a longitudinal direction. In the first region, only an image that corresponds to a program that is specified as the main program is displayed. In the second region, images that correspond to sub-programs are displayed to be lined up in the longitudinal direction. The image includes an execution image of the program that is specified as the main program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yu OTSUKA, Hiroshi FUJITA, Kazuhiro AIHARA, Goro HISATAKE, Takashi ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20150244020
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material layer containing at least one selected from silicon and a silicon compound as a negative electrode active material is formed, and an amount of lithium exceeding an amount corresponding to a theoretical capacity of the negative electrode active material layer is brought into contact with the negative electrode active material layer so as to prepare a negative electrode. A positive electrode containing a lithium-absorption material capable of irreversibly absorbing lithium is prepared. The positive electrode, the negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte are enclosed inside an outer enclosure. A chemical conversion treatment of the negative electrode active material is performed with the lithium brought into contact with the negative electrode active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Takafumi TSUKAGOSHI, Nobuhiko HOJO, Yu OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 9099746
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electricity storage device including a first electrode (a positive electrode (20)), a second electrode (a negative electrode (21)), and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The first electrode contains, as an active material, an organic compound having a quinone skeleton. The second electrode has a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains a lithium salt and a solvent represented by the following formula (1): R—O(CH2CH2O)n—R???(1) where R and R? are each independently a saturated hydrocarbon having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 2 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Otsuka, Nobuhiko Hojo
  • Publication number: 20150185766
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device according to the present disclosure includes a first belt, front surface of the first belt being provided with a displaying unit having a curved display face; a second belt; a hinge that connects a first end of the first belt to a first end of the second belt. A shape of a space formed by the first and second belts is an elliptical shape when the device worn around a subject is viewed from a side. The hinge has higher flexibility than the first and second belts. The device has a first engagement unit provided at a second end and a rear surface of the first belt, and in a region where the elliptical shape has smaller curvature than other regions. The device has a second engagement unit provided at an outer side of the second belt and engaging with the first engagement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: YU OTSUKA, YUKINARI INOUE, HIRAKU HAMANAKA, MITSUAKI TERUI, HIROSHI FUJITA, GORO HISATAKE
  • Publication number: 20150155601
    Abstract: A sodium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution including a non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous solvent includes a fluoro group-containing chain carboxylic acid ester represented by General Formula (1): wherein R1 is an aromatic group, an unsaturated aliphatic group or a saturated aliphatic group; R2, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom, an aromatic group, an unsaturated aliphatic group or a saturated aliphatic group; and at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 includes one or more fluoro groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI NAKATSUTSUMI, NOBUHIKO HOJO, HIROTETSU SUZUKI, YU OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20150113473
    Abstract: An electronic device that increases both visibility and selectability of executable programs. The electronic device includes a touch panel display having an elongated shape, a memory storing programs, and a processor controlling program execution and the display. The touch panel includes a first display region and a second display region contiguous with and narrower than the first display region. The display displays an execution image of a first program in the first display region and an icon image of a second program in the second display region in a smaller display area than the execution image. When the processor detects contact at the icon image and detects that the contact moves towards the first display region, the processor causes the display to display an execution image of the second program in the first display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yu OTSUKA, Hiroshi FUJITA, Kazuhiro AIHARA, Goro HISATAKE, Takashi ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20140065490
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electricity storage device including a first electrode (a positive electrode (20)), a second electrode (a negative electrode (21)), and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The first electrode contains, as an active material, an organic compound having a quinone skeleton. The second electrode has a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains a lithium salt and a solvent represented by the following formula (1): R—O(CH2CH2O)n—R???(1) where R and R? are each independently a saturated hydrocarbon having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 2 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Otsuka, Nobuhiko Hojo
  • Patent number: 8530086
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode including a first active material capable of occluding and releasing a lithium ion and a second active material capable of occluding and releasing an anion; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of occluding and releasing a lithium ion; and an electrolyte containing a salt of a lithium ion and the anion. The second active material is a polymer having a tetrachalcogenofulvalene skeleton in a repeating unit. According to the present invention, provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with improved output characteristics, in particular, a pulse discharge characteristic, without a significant decrease in energy density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hojo, Yu Otsuka, Hiroshi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20130122367
    Abstract: The lithium primary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode including a first active material capable of absorbing lithium ions and a second active material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions. The second active material is automatically charged by the first active material while the lithium primary battery is in an open circuit state. The first active material is, for example, graphite fluoride or manganese dioxide. The second active material is, for example, an organic compound having two or more ketone groups in a molecule. The second active material may be a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Otsuka, Nobuhiko Hojo
  • Publication number: 20130004836
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode active material for an electricity storage device, having a structure represented by following formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 to R6 each denote independently a hydrogen atom (except for a case where all of R1 to R6 denote hydrogen atoms), a halogen atom, an optionally substituted phenyl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Yu Otsuka, Nobuhiko Hojo, Takafumi Tsukagoshi, Toshiki Nokami, Jun-Ichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20120186890
    Abstract: An air intake opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle includes a cover provided at an air intake formed at a front portion of a vehicle body, and a moving mechanism configured to be supported by the vehicle body and connected to the cover so as to be driven by a drive source and to move the cover between a deployed position at which the cover closes the air intake and a retracted position at which the cover opens the air intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Kenji Hori, Shuhel Uchida, Yuichi Inoue, Yu Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20120156555
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode including a first active material capable of occluding and releasing a lithium ion and a second active material capable of occluding and releasing an anion; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of occluding and releasing a lithium ion; and an electrolyte containing a salt of a lithium ion and the anion. The second active material is a polymer having a tetrachalcogenofulvalene skeleton in a repeating unit. According to the present invention, provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with improved output characteristics, in particular, a pulse discharge characteristic, without a significant decrease in energy density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hojo, Yu Otsuka, Hiroshi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: D700823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yu Otsuka
  • Patent number: D701442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yu Otsuka