Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Azuma

Yuichiro Azuma 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: 20240067467
    Abstract: There are provided a sample conveyance system and a sample conveyance method capable of conveying a sample in a more stable manner than in the related art corresponding to a conveyance method using an electromagnetic actuator. A driving unit 208 applies a first voltage to a first coil 207a located on a front side in a traveling direction of a holder 202, which is selected to attract or repel the holder 202, to excite the first coil 207a and applies a second voltage having a polarity opposite to a polarity of the first voltage to at least one or more of second coils 207b among coils 207 adjacent to the first coil 207a except for the coils 207 in the front side in the traveling direction to excite the second coil 207b, and a control unit 210A estimates a position of the holder 202 based on a value of a current flowing through a winding 206 of the first coil 207a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi TAMAKOSHI, Shigeru YANO, Shinji AZUMA, Yuichiro SHIGA, Daigo SHISHIDO
  • Patent number: 11769909
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention achieves a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer that has both favorable ion permeability and favorable heat resistance despite being thin. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention has a thickness of less than 8 ?m and an elastic modulus in a shear direction of not less than 16 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichiro Azuma, Kensaku Horie
  • Publication number: 20210179952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a liquid hydrocarbon fuel comprising a first reaction step and a second reaction step given below: (1) a first reaction step: hydrocracking a raw material oil in the presence of a hydrocracking reaction catalyst at a feeding pressure of hydrogen of from 0.2 to 0.95 MPa, a liquid hourly space velocity of a liquid volume of the raw material oil of from 0.05 to 0.5 hr?1, and a ratio of a flow rate of the hydrogen to a flow rate of the raw material oil of from 100 to 1,000 NL of the hydrogen per 1 L of the raw material oil; and (2) a second reaction step: hydrogenating the cracked solution in the presence of a hydrogenation reaction catalyst at a feeding pressure of hydrogen of from 0.2 to 0.95 MPa, a liquid hourly space velocity of a liquid volume of the raw material oil of from 0.2 to 5 hr?1, and a ratio of a flow rate of the hydrogen to a flow rate of the raw material oil of from 100 to 1,000 NL of the hydrogen per 1 L of the raw material oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: REVO INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi TSUTO, Yuichiro AZUMA, Kotetsu MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20200335758
    Abstract: The present invention achieves a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer having further improved heat resistance. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention has a shear strength per weight per unit area of not less than 140 N/[mm3/(g/m2)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichiro AZUMA, Haruki OOTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200335820
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention achieves a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer that has both favorable ion permeability and favorable heat resistance despite being thin. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention has a thickness of less than 8 ?m and an elastic modulus in a shear direction of not less than 16 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichiro AZUMA, Kensaku HORIE
  • Publication number: 20200335757
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer that has both favorable ion permeability and favorable peeling strength. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes: a resin; and a filler, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer having a thickness of less than 8.0 ?m, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer having a surface roughness (Ra) of not more than 0.15 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Kensaku HORIE, Yuichiro AZUMA
  • Patent number: 10629856
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to improve a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in quality. An adhesive tape, an insulator, and an insulating tape each have a color value in the Munsell color system of not less than 3.0 and not more than 9.2 and a chroma in the Munsell color system of not less than 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichiro Azuma, Takamasa Egawa
  • Patent number: 10533140
    Abstract: A method for producing a hydrocarbon liquid fuel including hydrocracking a raw material oil in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst, at a supplying pressure of hydrogen of from 0.1 to 1.0 MPa, a liquid space velocity of liquid volume of the raw material oil of from 0.05 to 10.0 hr?1, and a flow rate of the hydrogen from 50 to 3,000 NL per 1 L of the raw material oil, wherein the hydrocracking catalyst is produced by a method including stirring a sulfur compound and a cracking catalyst in an aqueous medium to allow liquid-solid separation (step 1); stirring a solid product obtained in the step 1 and a metal component in an aqueous medium to allow liquid-solid separation (step 2); baking a solid product obtained in the step 2 (step 3); and reducing a solid product obtained in the step 3, or reducing a solid product obtained in the step 3, and then subjecting a reduced product to sulfurization treatment (step 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: REVO INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi Tsuto, Yuichiro Azuma, Daisaku Shojo
  • Publication number: 20190372074
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator having reduced anisotropy of deformation after immersion in an electrolyte is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator includes a polyolefin porous film. EMaxB, EMinB, EMax24, and EMin24, which are tensile elastic moduli of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator as measured via a specific method, satisfy the following Expression 1: (EMin24/EMinB)/(EMax24/EMaxB)?0.80??Expression 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichiro AZUMA, Tomoaki OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20190273234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator having a small difference in air permeability before and after the application of pressure. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator includes a polyolefin porous film, the polyolefin porous film being such that an average of a crease resistance per weight per unit area in the TD and a crease resistance per weight per unit area in the MD is not less than 5.0% and that a difference between the crease resistance per weight per unit area in the TD and the crease resistance per weight per unit area in the MD is not more than 3.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventor: Yuichiro AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20190185758
    Abstract: A method for producing a hydrocarbon liquid fuel including hydrocracking a raw material oil in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst, at a supplying pressure of hydrogen of from 0.1 to 1.0 MPa, a liquid space velocity of liquid volume of the raw material oil of from 0.05 to 10.0 hr?1, and a flow rate of the hydrogen from 50 to 3,000 NL per 1 L of the raw material oil, wherein the hydrocracking catalyst is produced by a method including stirring a sulfur compound and a cracking catalyst in an aqueous medium to allow liquid-solid separation (step 1); stirring a solid product obtained in the step 1 and a metal component in an aqueous medium to allow liquid-solid separation (step 2); baking a solid product obtained in the step 2 (step 3); and reducing a solid product obtained in the step 3, or reducing a solid product obtained in the step 3, and then subjecting a reduced product to sulfurization treatment (step 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: REVO INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi TSUTO, Yuichiro AZUMA, Daisaku SHOJO
  • Publication number: 20190081284
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to improve a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in quality. An adhesive tape, an insulator, and an insulating tape each have a color value in the Munsell color system of not less than 3.0 and not more than 9.2 and a chroma in the Munsell color system of not less than 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichiro AZUMA, Takamasa EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190074551
    Abstract: An electrode assembly for a secondary battery includes: a roll including an electrode sheet and a first separator which are stacked and wound, the first separator including a functional layer and a film base material; and an adhesive tape securing a terminal end portion of the roll on an outer side of the roll. A void which is formed next to an end surface of the first separator is not less than a film thickness of the first separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichiro AZUMA, Daizaburo YASHIKI
  • Publication number: 20190074550
    Abstract: An electrode assembly for a secondary battery includes: a roll including an electrode sheet and a first separator which are stacked and wound, the first separator including a functional layer and a film base material; and an adhesive tape securing a terminal end portion of the roll on an outer side of the roll. The adhesive tape is bonded (i) to an outer surface of the functional layer and (ii) to an end surface of the terminal end portion of the roll on the outer side of the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichiro AZUMA, Daizaburo YASHIKI
  • Publication number: 20180254450
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator having a small difference in air permeability before and after the application of pressure. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator includes a polyolefin porous film, the polyolefin porous film being such that an average of a crease resistance per weight per unit area in the TD and a crease resistance per weight per unit area in the MD is not less than 5.0% and that a difference between the crease resistance per weight per unit area in the TD and the crease resistance per weight per unit area in the MD is not more than 3.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Yuichiro AZUMA
  • Patent number: 9953946
    Abstract: A die-bonding layer formation film to be used for fixing a processed product to an adherend, includes an adhesive layer, wherein, the storage elastic modulus has a local minimum value at a temperature within a range of 80° C. to 150° C., wherein the adhesive layer has a shear strength to a peeling strength test substrate of 20 N/2 mm? [N/(2 mm×2 mm)] or more and 50 N/2 mm? [N/(2 mm×2 mm)] or less, wherein the shear strength is measured after the processed product is placed above the peeling strength test substrate via the die-bonding layer formation film and the die-bonding layer formation film on the peeling strength test substrate is heated at 175° C. for 1 hour and then further maintained under an environment of 250° C. for 30 seconds. Bubbles (voids) are unlikely to grow at the boundary between the adhesive layer and an adherend even when subjected to thermal history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Azuma, Hideaki Suzuki, Naoya Saiki, Yuta Sagawa
  • Publication number: 20170005062
    Abstract: A die-bonding layer formation film to be used for fixing a processed product to an adherend, includes an adhesive layer, wherein, the storage elastic modulus has a local minimum value at a temperature within a range of 80° C. to 150° C., wherein the adhesive layer has a shear strength to a peeling strength test substrate of 20 N/2 mm? or more and 50 N/2 mm? or less, wherein the shear strength is measured after the processed product is placed above the peeling strength test substrate via the die-bonding layer formation film and the die-bonding layer formation film on the peeling strength test substrate is heated at 175° C. for 1 hour and then further maintained under an environment of 250° C. for 30 seconds. Bubbles (voids) are unlikely to grow at the boundary between the adhesive layer and an adherend even when subjected to thermal history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Yuichiro AZUMA, Hideaki SUZUKI, Naoya SAIKI, Yuta SAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160218077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite sheet for resin film formation composed of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a base and a heat curable film for resin film formation provided on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The film for resin film formation includes a binder component having a reactive double bond group. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a non-energy ray curable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition or a cured product of an energy ray curable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Azuma, Sayaka Tsuchiyama, Akio Kabuto
  • Publication number: 20160086908
    Abstract: An adhesive composition includes an acrylic polymer (A), a heat curable resin (B) having a reactive double bond group, and a filler (C) having a reactive double bond group on a surface thereof. The acrylic polymer (A) has a weight average molecular weight of 500,000 or more, and the heat curable resin (B) comprises an epoxy resin and a heat curing agent, in which at least one of the epoxy resin and the heat curing agent has the reactive double bond group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayaka Tsuchiyama, Naoya Saiki, Yuichiro Azuma, Hideaki Suzuki