Patents by Inventor Yuichi Imamura
Yuichi Imamura 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: 12595363Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition having good formability and low dielectric characteristics that have not been achieved by conventional liquid crystal polymer resin compositions, while maintaining excellent heat resistance and flame retardancy of liquid crystal polymers, and usable for information and communication devices used in a high frequency range is provided. A thermoplastic resin composition contains liquid crystal polymers (A) and a modified polyolefin (B) having a polar group. The liquid crystal polymer (A) contains a first liquid crystal polymer (a-1) that has a melting point of less than 300° C. and a second liquid crystal polymer (a-2) that has a melting point of 300° C. or more. It is preferable for the thermoplastic resin composition that the phase structure is a sea-island structure or a bicontinuous structure, and the second liquid crystal polymer (a-2) is contained at least in a sea phase or a continuous phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 7, 2026Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Imamura, Masayoshi Kido, Takahiro Akinaga
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Publication number: 20260027808Abstract: A multi-layered polyimide film includes a non-thermoplastic polyimide layer and at least one thermoplastic polyimide layer disposed on at least one surface of the non-thermoplastic polyimide layer. A non-thermoplastic polyimide contained in the non-thermoplastic polyimide layer has a tetracarboxylic dianhydride residue including a benzophenone skeleton, as a tetracarboxylic dianhydride residue, and has a diamine residue including a biphenyl skeleton, as a diamine residue. In the multi-layered polyimide film, the content rate of the diamine residue including a biphenyl skeleton in the non-thermoplastic polyimide is 30 mol % or more and 100 mol % or less with respect to all of diamine residues included in the non-thermoplastic polyimide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2025Publication date: January 29, 2026Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Junpei Saito, Takayuki Watanabe, Yuichi Imamura, Teppei Shimazaki
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Patent number: 11993740Abstract: The present disclosure provides a low dielectric resin composition having good melt processability and excellent low dielectric characteristics in a high frequency band as compared to low dielectric materials such as liquid crystal polymers. A molded article and a film, each of which is formed from the low dielectric resin composition, a multilayer film obtained by superposing a metal foil on at least one main surface of the film, and a flexible printed wiring board which includes the film are also provided. The present disclosure includes, as a low dielectric resin composition, a resin composition which contains (A) a liquid crystal polymer and (B) a graft-modified polyolefin having a polar group. The low dielectric resin composition has a dielectric constant of 2.80 or less at a frequency of 10 GHz and a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0025 or less at a frequency of 10 GHz.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Imamura, Keisuke Oguma, Masayoshi Kido
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Patent number: 11563656Abstract: The present invention provides a state monitoring device which make it possible to certainly deliver, to the maintenance staff side, state monitoring information of an apparatus to be monitored which is disposed in a distant place with a bad communication environment. A state monitoring device 300 is provided with a communication unit 301 which performs communication using a first communication line for transmitting operating information of an apparatus to be monitored to a server device, and a second communication line for transmitting the operating information to the server device via wireless communication provided by a mobile object if the first communication line is not communicable.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Kanaya, Yuichi Imamura
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Publication number: 20220363892Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition having good formability and low dielectric characteristics that have not been achieved by conventional liquid crystal polymer resin compositions, while maintaining excellent heat resistance and flame retardancy of liquid crystal polymers, and usable for information and communication devices used in a high frequency range is provided. A thermoplastic resin composition contains liquid crystal polymers (A) and a modified polyolefin (B) having a polar group. The liquid crystal polymer (A) contains a first liquid crystal polymer (a-1) that has a melting point of less than 300° C. and a second liquid crystal polymer (a-2) that has a melting point of 300° C. or more. It is preferable for the thermoplastic resin composition that the phase structure is a sea-island structure or a bicontinuous structure, and the second liquid crystal polymer (a-2) is contained at least in a sea phase or a continuous phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Imamura, Masayoshi Kido, Takahiro Akinaga
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Publication number: 20220041932Abstract: The present disclosure provides a low dielectric resin composition having good melt processability and excellent low dielectric characteristics in a high frequency band as compared to low dielectric materials such as liquid crystal polymers. A molded article and a film, each of which is formed from the low dielectric resin composition, a multilayer film obtained by superposing a metal foil on at least one main surface of the film, and a flexible printed wiring board which includes the film are also provided. The present disclosure includes, as a low dielectric resin composition, a resin composition which contains (A) a liquid crystal polymer and (B) a graft-modified polyolefin having a polar group. The low dielectric resin composition has a dielectric constant of 2.80 or less at a frequency of 10 GHz and a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0025 or less at a frequency of 10 GHz.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Imamura, Keisuke Oguma, Masayoshi Kido
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Patent number: 11053074Abstract: A transport vehicle system includes: a plurality of transport vehicles that transport articles; a main track, and a plurality of branch tracks branching off from the main track at different positions of the main track; and a controller that, with each of the branch tracks and a part of the main track taken as a reciprocation traveling track, causes each of the plurality of transport vehicles to reciprocate in the reciprocation traveling track and transport an article, and when a transport vehicle is placed on any of the reciprocation traveling tracks, the controller causes a transport vehicle that is reciprocating on a reciprocation traveling track in front of the reciprocation traveling track of placement destination in the extending direction, to retreat to the branch track in the reciprocation traveling track and thereafter causes passage of the transport vehicle to be placed through the main track in the reciprocation traveling track.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventor: Yuichi Imamura
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Publication number: 20210083955Abstract: The present invention provides a state monitoring device which make it possible to certainly deliver, to the maintenance staff side, state monitoring information of an apparatus to be monitored which is disposed in a distant place with a bad communication environment. A state monitoring device 300 is provided with a communication unit 301 which performs communication using a first communication line for transmitting operating information of an apparatus to be monitored to a server device, and a second communication line for transmitting the operating information to the server device via wireless communication provided by a mobile object if the first communication line is not communicable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Naoki KANAYA, Yuichi IMAMURA
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Patent number: 10444296Abstract: A control device of the present invention includes: an OCV estimating unit that estimates, based on a voltage value and a current value of a controlled device, an OCV of the controlled device; a capacity calculating unit that calculates an integrated capacity of the controlled device based on the current value of the controlled device; and a control unit that controls discharging and charging of the controlled device, and calculates a full capacity of the controlled device based on: a first SOC and a second SOC at a predetermined first OCV and a predetermined second OCV during the discharging or the charging of the controlled device; a first integrated capacity and a second integrated capacity at the first OCV and the second OCV during the discharging; and a third integrated capacity and a fourth integrated capacity at the second OCV and the first OCV during the charging.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Junichi Miyamoto, Yuichi Imamura, Shingo Takahashi, Sho Ohtani, Hiroshi Kajitani
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Publication number: 20190177087Abstract: A transport vehicle system includes: a plurality of transport vehicles that transport articles; a main track, and a plurality of branch tracks branching off from the main track at different positions of the main track; and a controller that, with each of the branch tracks and a part of the main track taken as a reciprocation traveling track, causes each of the plurality of transport vehicles to reciprocate in the reciprocation traveling track and transport an article, and when a transport vehicle is placed on any of the reciprocation traveling tracks, the controller causes a transport vehicle that is reciprocating on a reciprocation traveling track in front of the reciprocation traveling track of placement destination in the extending direction, to retreat to the branch track in the reciprocation traveling track and thereafter causes passage of the transport vehicle to be placed through the main track in the reciprocation traveling track.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventor: Yuichi Imamura
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Publication number: 20170261561Abstract: Through the present invention, a residual capacity is measured with good precision even when a system for calculating the residual capacity of a storage cell on the basis of voltage and a system for calculating the residual capacity of a storage cell according to current integration are combined. In the present invention, as a first differential residual capacity, a difference value is calculated between a first residual capacity indicating the residual capacity of a storage cell at a first time, calculated by a voltage estimation system from the voltage and current of the storage cell at the first time, and the residual capacity of the storage cell at a second time, calculated by a voltage estimation system from the voltage and current from the storage cell at the second time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yuichi IMAMURA, Junichi MIYAMOTO, Shingo TAKAHASHI, Sho OHTANI
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Publication number: 20170254853Abstract: An information processing device according to the present invention includes: a reception unit which receives a state of an electricity storage unit which stores electric power; a charge and discharge control unit which controls charging in a charging period that includes a first period in which charging is performed from a second lower-limit voltage to a first lower-limit voltage and a second period in which charging is performed from the first lower-limit voltage to a first upper-limit voltage; and a capacity computation unit which calculates a capacity of the electricity storage unit, based on the state in the second period.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yuichi IMAMURA, Junichi MIYAMOTO, Shingo TAKAHASHI, Sho OHTANI
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Publication number: 20170254857Abstract: A control device of the present invention includes: an OCV estimating unit that estimates, based on a voltage value and a current value of a controlled device, an OCV of the controlled device; a capacity calculating unit that calculates an integrated capacity of the controlled device based on the current value of the controlled device; and a control unit that controls discharging and charging of the controlled device, and calculates a full capacity of the controlled device based on: a first SOC and a second SOC at a predetermined first OCV and a predetermined second OCV during the discharging or the charging of the controlled device; a first integrated capacity and a second integrated capacity at the first OCV and the second OCV during the discharging; and a third integrated capacity and a fourth integrated capacity at the second OCV and the first OCV during the charging.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Junichi MIYAMOTO, Yuichi IMAMURA, Shingo TAKAHASHI, Sho OHTANI, Hiroshi KAJITANI
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Publication number: 20170214266Abstract: A control device for measuring the capacity of a lithium ion secondary battery without inconveniencing the user of the secondary battery, wherein the control device controls operations for a plurality of charge and discharge cycles comprising charging of the secondary battery and discharging of the secondary battery following thereafter. The control device acquires a first voltage which indicates the maximum voltage value in a first charge/discharge cycle, a discharge end voltage which indicates a voltage in the period between the end of discharge in the first charge/discharge cycle and the start of the next charge, and a reference voltage which indicates a voltage at which capacity measurement of the secondary battery is started. When the discharge end voltage is higher than the reference voltage, a second voltage which indicates the maximum voltage value in a second charge/discharge cycle, which is the next cycle after the first charge/discharge cycle, is set lower than the first voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Shingo TAKAHASHI, Junichi MIYAMOTO, Yuichi IMAMURA, Sho OHTANI
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Patent number: 9633879Abstract: A storage system in a ceiling space includes overhead traveling vehicles and a traveling route for the same, a shuttle carriage configured to transport goods to and from processing devices and a traveling route for the same, an OHT port to and from which the overhead traveling vehicles and the shuttle carriage both transport goods, and buffers that are provided in the ceiling space above the processing device and are for the placement of goods by the shuttle carriage. The traveling route for the shuttle carriage enables delivery and reception of goods by the shuttle carriage between the load port of the processing devices, the buffers, and the OHT port.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhisa Ito, Masahiro Ikeda, Yuichi Imamura
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Patent number: 9571686Abstract: An electronic device includes a first mode, a second mode, a mode transition accepting unit, a state confirmation unit, and a transition determination unit. The mode transition accepting unit is configured to accept from a plurality of demanding sources a transition demand to transition from the first mode to the second mode. The state confirmation unit is configured to confirm a device state of the electronic device. The transition determination unit is configured to determine whether or not a transition from the first mode to the second mode is possible based on a demanding source of the transition demand accepted by the mode transition accepting unit, and the device state confirmed by the state confirmation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventor: Yuichi Imamura
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Publication number: 20150329298Abstract: A storage system in a ceiling space includes overhead traveling vehicles and a traveling route for the same, a shuttle carriage configured to transport goods to and from processing devices and a traveling route for the same, an OHT port to and from which the overhead traveling vehicles and the shuttle carriage both transport goods, and buffers that are provided in the ceiling space above the processing device and are for the placement of goods by the shuttle carriage. The traveling route for the shuttle carriage enables delivery and reception of goods by the shuttle carriage between the load port of the processing devices, the buffers, and the OHT port.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2014Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhisa ITO, Masahiro IKEDA, Yuichi IMAMURA
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Publication number: 20150109632Abstract: An electronic device includes a first mode, a second mode, a mode transition accepting unit, a state confirmation unit, and a transition determination unit. The mode transition accepting unit is configured to accept from a plurality of demanding sources a transition demand to transition from the first mode to the second mode. The state confirmation unit is configured to confirm a device state of the electronic device. The transition determination unit is configured to determine whether or not a transition from the first mode to the second mode is possible based on a demanding source of the transition demand accepted by the mode transition accepting unit, and the device state confirmed by the state confirmation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: Yuichi IMAMURA
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Patent number: 7010405Abstract: A shift control system for an automatic transmission wherein shifting from a first gear ratio to a second gear ratio is carried out by releasing the hydraulic pressure of a first friction engaging element for disengagement thereof and supplying the hydraulic pressure to a second friction engaging element for engagement thereof, the hydraulic pressure to the second friction engaging element being subjected to feedback control, wherein the shift control system includes a sensor for sensing a parameter on a vehicle cruising condition; and an ECU having a part for calculating, in accordance with the sensed parameter, a difference in output-side rotational speed of the fluid coupling before and after the shifting; and a part for setting, when the shifting is carried out with an output of the engine being smaller than a predetermined value, the second hydraulic pressure in accordance with the calculated difference immediately before start of the feedback control.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2004Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Jatco LTDInventors: Yoichi Furuichi, Yuki Ono, Masahiro Hamano, Yuichi Imamura
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Patent number: 7006907Abstract: In control apparatus and method for an automatic transmission, an initial hydraulic reference value is calculated which provides a reference value of an initial hydraulic from a shift kind and a throttle opening angle or from the parameter value corresponding to the throttle opening angle and a correction quantity is calculated for the reference value of the initial hydraulic on the basis of squares of a revolution speed of a piston calculated and of the revolution speed of the piston detected, the initial hydraulic reference value being set to the initial hydraulic during the ordinary gear shift and the initial hydraulic reference value being corrected by a correction quantity to set the corrected initial hydraulic reference value to the initial hydraulic when the gear shift to a predetermined target gear shift stage is carried out at a drive point different from during the ordinary gear shift.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2005Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: JATCO LTDInventors: Katsutoshi Usuki, Yuzo Yano, Toshinori Ishii, Masahiro Hamano, Yuichi Imamura, Mitsuo Kunou