Patents by Inventor Yukinori Takahashi
Yukinori Takahashi 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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Publication number: 20220037707Abstract: A battery pack includes battery groups, a holder, a positive electrode-connection bus bar, and a negative electrode-connection bus bar. The positive electrode-connection bus bar is connected to the positive electrode terminal having a highest potential in the first battery group and the second battery group which are electrically connected to each other in series. The negative electrode-connection bus bar is connected to the negative electrode terminal having a lowest potential in the first battery group and the second battery group which are electrically connected to each other in series. The positive electrode-connection bus bar and the negative electrode-connection bus bar are connected to the holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Takayuki NAKAJIMA, Youichi Nakano, Hisayuki Suematsu, Yukinori Takahashi
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Publication number: 20190280353Abstract: A cell pack includes a battery group which includes a plurality of secondary battery cells each having a pair of wide-width surfaces, a pair of narrow-width surfaces, a bottom surface, and an external terminal formed to face the bottom surface; a housing which has one side surface, another side surface adjacent to the one side surface, and a facing side surface facing the other side surface and houses the battery group; and a pack external terminal which is disposed adjacent to the facing side surface of the housing and is connected to the external terminal of the battery group, wherein the secondary battery cells of the battery group are stacked so that the wide-width surfaces face each other, the battery group is housed in the housing in a state in which a wide-width surface of a secondary battery cell of a lowermost layer and the one side surface of the housing are coupled to each other so as to be capable of conducting heat therebetween and the bottom surfaces of the secondary battery cells and the otherType: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Yukinori TAKAHASHI, Youichi NAKANO, Takayuki NAKAJIMA, Hisayuki SUEMATSU
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Publication number: 20190260096Abstract: A battery pack includes: battery groups which are formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells each including a terminal surface having one side in a longitudinal direction including a positive electrode terminal and the other side in the longitudinal direction including a negative electrode terminal, and a pair of stacked surfaces adjacent to the terminal surface so that the terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells are directed in the same direction and the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are alternately arranged, the stacked surfaces facing each other; and a holder which accommodates two or more kinds of electric components electrically connected to the battery groups and is disposed so that the electric components face a surface in which the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals of the battery groups are arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Takayuki NAKAJIMA, Youichi NAKANO, Hisayuki SUEMATSU, Yukinori TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 10026953Abstract: A mixed electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a first active material; a second active material that reacts with water more easily than the first active material; an organic moisture capture agent; and an organic binder that binds the first active material and the second active material. The organic moisture capture agent is present in the organic binder and the first active material has a smaller specific surface area than the second active material. Thus, the storability of the mixed electrode is improved and when the mixed electrode is applied to the battery, the cycle characteristics of the battery are improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE ENERGY SUPPLY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Tanjo, Hiroaki Tanizaki, Tatsuji Numata, Yoshihiro Niida, Yukinori Takahashi
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Patent number: 10020489Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary cell according to the present invention is provided with a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode contains a lithium-manganese composite oxide partially substituted by magnesium as a positive electrode active material. The negative electrode contains a graphite coated with amorphous carbon as a negative electrode active material, a carbon black-based conductive aid and a fluororesin-based binding agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE ENERGY SUPPLY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Tanjo, Yukinori Takahashi, Yoshihiro Niida
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Patent number: 9897897Abstract: An image pickup apparatus, having a casing including an image pickup device, includes: a casing that surrounds a shooting light flux and has a length in a direction of the shooting light flux; an image pickup device that receives the shooting light flux at a terminal end of the shooting light flux in the casing and picks up an image; a planar electric substrate arranged in parallel to an optical axis of the shooting light flux, outside an image pickup surface of the image pickup device; an electronic element mounted on the electric substrate, the electronic element generating heat along with operation of an electronic circuit; a heat transmission sheet placed on the electronic element; and a heat sink placed on the heat transmission sheet so that the heat transmission sheet is held together with the electronic element between the electric substrate and the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yuji Kobayashi, Masaya Ota, Yukinori Takahashi, Hiroki Amino, Yoshihiro Yokomae
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Publication number: 20170295312Abstract: A sample observation apparatus includes: an optical element configured to reflect light transmitted through a sample; a moving optical system configured to move in a direction along an optical axis to cause the light from the optical element to be image-formed on an image pickup surface of the image pickup device; and driving unit configured to cause the whole moving optical system to move along the optical axis. The optical element and the moving optical system form a telecentric optical system, and are configured to adjust a focus position by causing the moving optical system to move by the driving unit and configured so that, at the time of causing the moving optical system to move in the direction along the optical axis, an angle of view is constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Yukinori TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20170059965Abstract: An image pickup apparatus, having a casing including an image pickup device, includes: a casing that surrounds a shooting light flux and has a length in a direction of the shooting light flux; an image pickup device that receives the shooting light flux at a terminal end of the shooting light flux in the casing and picks up an image; a planar electric substrate arranged in parallel to an optical axis of the shooting light flux, outside an image pickup surface of the image pickup device; an electronic element mounted on the electric substrate, the electronic element generating heat along with operation of an electronic circuit; a heat transmission sheet placed on the electronic element; and a heat sink placed on the heat transmission sheet so that the heat transmission sheet is held together with the electronic element between the electric substrate and the heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Yuji KOBAYASHI, Masaya OTA, Yukinori TAKAHASHI, Hiroki AMINO, Yoshihiro YOKOMAE
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Patent number: 9394513Abstract: For the purpose of providing a method of safely and inexpensively producing a fermented plant extract containing an immunopotentiator at a high concentration, the method for fermentation and culture of the present invention ferments a plant component such as wheat flour using Pantoea agglomerans which is a gram negative bacterium which lives in a symbiotic relationship with a plant such as wheat and apple. It becomes possible to remarkably augment an immunopotentiation action which the plant has. In addition, these are not contaminated with impurities derived from animal components, and thus these are highly safe.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignees: BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH GROUP INC.Inventors: Gen-Ichiro Soma, Chie Kohchi, Hiroyuki Inagawa, Takashi Nishizawa, Yukinori Takahashi
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Publication number: 20160197339Abstract: A mixed electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a first active material; a second active material that reacts with water more easily than the first active material; an organic moisture capture agent; and an organic binder that binds the first active material and the second active material. The organic moisture capture agent is present in the organic binder and the first active material has a smaller specific surface area than the second active material. Thus, the storability of the mixed electrode is improved and when the mixed electrode is applied to the battery, the cycle characteristics of the battery are improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: Automotive Energy Supply CorporationInventors: Yuji TANJO, Hiroaki TANIZAKI, Tatsuji NUMATA, Yoshihiro NIIDA, Yukinori TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20150044567Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary cell according to the present invention is provided with a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode contains a lithium-manganese composite oxide partially substituted by magnesium as a positive electrode active material. The negative electrode contains a graphite coated with amorphous carbon as a negative electrode active material, a carbon black-based conductive aid and a fluororesin-based binding agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Automotive Energy Supply CorporationInventors: Yuji Tanjo, Yukinori Takahashi, Yoshihiro Niida
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Patent number: 8246963Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine for edwardsiellosis and streptococcosis in a fish. Specifically, disclosed is a vaccine for edwardsiellosis in a fish, which comprises inactivated cells of (A) an Edwardsiella tarda strain derived from the target fish, and inactivated cells of (B) an Edwardsiella tarda strain derived from a fish other than the target fish, wherein, when the strain (A) is a typical Edwardsiella tarda strain, the strain (B) is an atypical Edwardsiella tarda strain, whereas when the strain (A) is an atypical Edwardsiella tarda strain, the strain (B) is a typical Edwardsiella tarda strain. Also specifically disclosed is a vaccine for edwardsiellosis and/or streptococcosis in a fish, which comprises the components mentioned above and inactivated cells of (C) Streptococcus iniae and/or Streptococcus parauberis.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignees: Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation, Yukinori TakahashiInventors: Yukinori Takahashi, Michinari Abe
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Publication number: 20120058134Abstract: For the purpose of providing a method of safely and inexpensively producing a fermented plant extract containing an immunopotentiator at a high concentration, the method for fermentation and culture of the present invention ferments a plant component such as wheat flour using Pantoea agglomerans which is a gram negative bacterium which lives in a symbiotic relationship with a plant such as wheat and apple. It becomes possible to remarkably augment an immunopotentiation action which the plant has. In addition, these are not contaminated with impurities derived from animal components, and thus these are highly safe.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicants: BioMedical Research Group Inc., SOMA, Gen-IchiroInventors: Gen-Ichiro Soma, Chie Kohchi, Hiroyuki Inagawa, Takashi Nishizawa, Yukinori Takahashi
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Patent number: 8075928Abstract: For the purpose of providing a method of safely and inexpensively producing a fermented plant extract containing an immunopotentiator at a high concentration, the method for fermentation and culture of the present invention ferments a plant component such as wheat flour using Pantoea agglomerans which is a gram negative bacterium which lives in a symbiotic relationship with a plant such as wheat and apple. It becomes possible to remarkably augment an immunopotentiation action which the plant has. In addition, these are not contaminated with impurities derived from animal components, and thus these are highly safe.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignees: BioMedical Research Group Inc.Inventors: Gen-Ichiro Soma, Chie Kohchi, Hiroyuki Inagawa, Takashi Nishizawa, Yukinori Takahashi
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Publication number: 20090324648Abstract: Disclosed is a vaccine for edwardsiellosis and streptococcosis in a fish. Specifically, disclosed is a vaccine for edwardsiellosis in a fish, which comprises inactivated cells of (A) an Edwardsiella tarda strain derived from the target fish, and inactivated cells of (B) an Edwardsiella tarda strain derived from a fish other than the target fish, wherein, when the strain (A) is a typical Edwardsiella tarda strain, the strain (B) is an atypical Edwardsiella tarda strain, whereas when the strain (A) is an atypical Edwardsiella tarda strain, the strain (B) is a typical Edwardsiella tarda strain. Also specifically disclosed is a vaccine for edwardsiellosis and/or streptococcosis in a fish, which comprises the components mentioned above and inactivated cells of (C) Streptococcus iniae and/or Streptococcus parauberis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicants: KAWASAKIMITAKA K.K.Inventors: Yukinori Takahashi, Michinari Abe
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Patent number: 7326492Abstract: A laminate battery is provided with a tab, an electric power generating element connected to the tab, and a laminate sheet allowing the electric power generating element to be accommodated. The laminate sheet includes a metallic layer and a thermally welding resin layer laminated on the metallic layer. The tab and the thermally welding resin layer are welded by permitting a thermally welding area, which is formed in at least one of the thermally welding resin layer and the tab, and the other of the thermally welding resin layer and the tab to be welded to one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki Abe, Takanori Ito, Osamu Shimamura, Takamitsu Saito, Hideaki Horie, Hiroshi Sugawara, Yukinori Takahashi, Masaaki Suzuki, Kenji Hamada
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Publication number: 20070172492Abstract: For the purpose of providing a method of safely and inexpensively producing a fermented plant extract containing an immunopotentiator at a high concentration, the method for fermentation and culture of the present invention ferments a plant component such as wheat flour using Pantoea agglomerans which is a gram negative bacterium which lives in a symbiotic relationship with a plant such as wheat and apple. It becomes possible to remarkably augment an immunopotentiation action which the plant has. In addition, these are not contaminated with impurities derived from animal components, and thus these are highly safe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2004Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicants: Gen-Icniro SOMA,, Biomedical Research Group Inc.Inventors: Gen-Ichiro Soma, Chie Kohchi, Hiroyuki Inagawa, Takashi Nishizawa, Yukinori Takahashi
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Patent number: 7248419Abstract: An electronic imaging device is provided which includes a first lens group which takes in a luminous flux from a subject along a first optical axis, an optical axis conversion member which bends the luminous flux along a second optical axis which intersects with the first optical axis, a second lens which images the bent luminous flux to an imaging element, and an optical amount adjustment unit provided between the second lens group and the optical axis conversion member. An AF motor, a driving unit which drives the optical amount adjustment unit, and a zoom motor are each selectively arranged at one of four spaces formed by a first plane defined by the optical amount adjustment unit and a second plane defined by the first and second optical axes. The AF motor, the driving unit, and the zoom motor may all be arranged at one side of the second plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2006Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukinori Takahashi, Yasuo Asakura, Naoki Fujii
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Patent number: 7182962Abstract: The goal of the present invention is to provide substances to prevent diseases by activating inherently possessed functions, for cultured fishes and shellfishes and livestock with tendency of decreased immune function due to densely populated breeding environment, and for humans with tendency of easily lowered immune functions due to complicated social structures and aging. The present invention expresses marked effect in preventing infection and cancer by administrating appropriate dose of swine plasma, swine plasma albumin, peptides isolated from swine plasma and swine plasma albumin, and swine plasma mixture, among others including fine powder of Crustacea (including crust of Crustacea), to activate immune function of Crustacea, Pisces, Aves, Mammals, and humans.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2003Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: APC Company, Inc.Inventors: Tsuneo Hattori, Yukinori Takahashi, Yoshihiro Tachikawa
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Publication number: 20060245080Abstract: An electronic imaging device is provided which includes a first lens group which takes in a luminous flux from a subject along a first optical axis, an optical axis conversion member which bends the luminous flux along a second optical axis which intersects with the first optical axis, a second lens which images the bent luminous flux to an imaging element, and an optical amount adjustment unit provided between the second lens group and the optical axis conversion member. An AF motor, a driving unit which drives the optical amount adjustment unit, and a zoom motor are each selectively arranged at one of four spaces formed by a first plane defined by the optical amount adjustment unit and a second plane defined by the first and second optical axes. The AF motor, the driving unit, and the zoom motor may all be arranged at one side of the second plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukinori Takahashi, Yasuo Asakura, Naoki Fujii