Patents by Inventor Yuta IKEDA
Yuta IKEDA 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: 11355767Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a cell stack body including a plurality of stacked power generation cells together. A metal plate and an elastic seal member are overlapped with each other at a position facing a bead seal formed on an end metal separator. A support member includes a recess accommodating the metal plate. A gap is provided between an inner peripheral end of the metal plate and the recess, or between an outer peripheral end of the metal plate and the recess, for absorbing thermal expansion difference between the metal plate and the support member.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Ikeda, Naoki Inoue, Hideharu Naito, Norihisa Kobayashi, Kimiharu Mizusaki
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Publication number: 20220080727Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a head that ejects ink toward a recording medium transported by a transport unit, and an ejection controller that causes the head to eject ink. The ejection controller is configured to perform process including: process of calculating a transport speed of the recording medium; process of generating reference timing of ejection of ink by the head; process of determining a target delay amount by which timing of ejection of ink by the head is delayed from the reference timing on the basis of a transport speed coinciding with the reference timing; process of updating a target delay amount, on the occurrence of change in the transport speed before the recording medium is transported by a distance corresponding to the target delay amount, the target delay amount being updated in response to the transport speed as changed; and process of delaying timing of ejection of ink by the head on the basis of the target delay amount as updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Tomoyasu OKUSHIMA, Ippei MATSUMOTO, Yuta IKEDA
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Publication number: 20220018742Abstract: A specimen support tool for supporting a slice prepared by using a microtome includes a specimen support member on which a groove for guiding the slice is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Yuji Konyuba, Tomohiro Haruta, Tomohisa Fukuda, Yuta Ikeda, Yusuke Toriumi
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Patent number: 11117777Abstract: A sheet conveyor device is to be attachably and detachably mounted to an external apparatus which forms an image on a sheet. The sheet conveyor device includes a judgement section, a speed determining section, and a conveyance controller. The judgement section determines which of a plurality of model groups the external apparatus belongs to based on specification information indicating specifications of the external apparatus. The speed determining section determines a conveyance speed at which the sheet is to be conveyed based on the determined model group. The conveyance controller directs conveyance of the sheet at the determined conveyance speed.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yuta Ikeda
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Patent number: 11037755Abstract: An observation method includes placing a specimen on a specimen supporting film of a specimen support, attaching the specimen support to a retainer, attaching the retainer to an optical microscope retainer holding base, attaching the optical microscope retainer holding base to a specimen stage of an optical microscope and observing the specimen under the optical microscope, attaching the retainer to a transmission electron microscope retainer holding base, and loading the transmission electron microscope retainer holding base into a transmission electron microscope and observing the specimen under the transmission electron microscope.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: JEOL Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Konyuba, Yuta Ikeda, Tomohiro Haruta, Tomohisa Fukuda
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Patent number: 11031610Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a stack body formed by stacking a plurality of power generation cells. A first seal line of a first metal separator and a second seal line of a second metal separator protrude in a stacking direction of the stack body in a manner to contact a resin film. An insulator is provided with a first elastic seal member which contacts a second end seal line. The width of the first elastic seal member is larger than the maximum width of the second end seal line.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Ikeda, Naoki Inoue, Yosuke Yoshizawa, Masashi Wada
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Publication number: 20210156457Abstract: An actuator has: a motor section; a ball spline having a finite stroke and equipped with a shaft capable of moving along its axis; an external screw thread formed on the shaft; a nut section having an internal screw thread engaging the external screw thread and operating to transmit the rotary force of the motor section to the shaft; and a case housing the motor section and the ball spline. The shaft has a contact section at its front end, the contact section being designed to make contact with the driven object. The contact section is lower than the shaft in thermal conductivity. Due to heat generated by the motor section, the shaft elongates along the axis of the shaft in a first direction, and the case elongates along the axis of the shaft in a second direction opposite to the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Shuichi Yuasa, Masaaki Kobayashi, Yuta Ikeda
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Publication number: 20210083312Abstract: In terminal structure, one surface of a current collection plate is positioned adjacent to a stack body of power generation cells. A plate joint surface of an intermediate plate is joined to the other surface of the current collection plate. A rod terminal is joined to a terminal joint surface of the intermediate plate. A terminal joint portion for joining the intermediate plate and the rod terminal together is provided at the center of the intermediate plate as viewed in the stacking direction. A plate joint portion for joining the current collection plate and the intermediate plate together is provided on the outer circumferential side of the intermediate plate as viewed in the stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventor: Yuta IKEDA
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Patent number: 10950412Abstract: An observation method includes: preparing a specimen including, as a mark a plurality of metal particles in which localized surface plasmon resonance is excited by irradiation with light; acquiring an optical microscope image by photographing the specimen with an optical microscope; acquiring an electron microscope image by photographing the specimen with an electron microscope; acquiring information of the positions and the colors of the plurality of metal particles in the optical microscope image; acquiring information of the positions and the particle diameters of the plurality of metal particles in the electron microscope image; and determining information for associating the optical microscope image and the electron microscope image based on the information of the positions and the colors of the plurality of metal particles acquired from the optical microscope image, and the information of the positions and the particle diameters of the plurality of metal particles acquired from the electron microscope iType: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: JEOL Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Haruta, Yuta Ikeda
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Patent number: 10923746Abstract: At one end of a fuel cell stack in a stacking direction, an insulating plate and an end plate are provided. Further, a bypass channel connecting a reactant gas supply passage and a second reactant gas discharge passage is formed between a cell stack body and the end plate. An oxygen-containing gas supplied from a reactant gas supply passage is distributed to a first reactant gas discharge passage and the second reactant gas discharge passage in the fuel cell stack.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Ikeda, Naoki Inoue, Kimiharu Mizusaki, Norihisa Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210005418Abstract: There is provided a sample support capable of easily placing a sample into position. The sample support is used such that a sample floating on the surface of water is scooped and held. The sample support has: a first region on which the sample is to be placed; and a second region of higher wettability than the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Yuji Konyuba, Tomohiro Haruta, Yuta Ikeda, Tomohisa Fukuda
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Publication number: 20200371331Abstract: An image processing method includes: acquiring an optical microscope image of a specimen; acquiring a transmission electron microscope image of the specimen having been thinned; and superimposing the optical microscope image on the transmission electron microscope image and causing a display section to display the superimposed images, and in superimposing the optical microscope image on the transmission electron microscope image and causing the display section to display the superimposed images, the optical microscope image is distorted to match a field of view of the optical microscope image with a field of view of the transmission electron microscope image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Yuta Ikeda, Tomohiro Haruta, Katsunori Ichikawa, Tomohisa Fukuda, Yuji Konyuba
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Publication number: 20200321645Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a stack case and an auxiliary device case. The stack case stores a stack including a power generation cell stack body including a plurality of power generation cells stacked horizontally in a stacking direction, and an insulating plate stacked at an end of the power generation cell stack body in the stacking direction. The auxiliary device case stores a fuel cell auxiliary device. The inside of the stack case and the inside of the auxiliary device case that are adjacent to each other in the stacking direction are separated by a partition wall. The partition wall has ventilation connection ports. The ventilation connection ports connect the inside of the stack case with the inside of the auxiliary device case. The insulating plate provided closer to the partition wall, than the power generation cell stack body, inside the stack case faces the ventilation connection ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Yuta Ikeda, Norihisa Kobayashi, Kimiharu Mizusaki
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Publication number: 20200303754Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a cell stack body including a plurality of stacked power generation cells together. A metal plate and an elastic seal member are overlapped with each other at a position facing a bead seal formed on an end metal separator. A support member includes a recess accommodating the metal plate. A gap is provided between an inner peripheral end of the metal plate and the recess, or between an outer peripheral end of the metal plate and the recess, for absorbing thermal expansion difference between the metal plate and the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Yuta Ikeda, Naoki Inoue, Hideharu Naito, Norihisa Kobayashi, Kimiharu Mizusaki
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Publication number: 20200266026Abstract: An observation method includes: preparing a specimen including, as a mark a plurality of metal particles in which localized surface plasmon resonance is excited by irradiation with light; acquiring an optical microscope image by photographing the specimen with an optical microscope; acquiring an electron microscope image by photographing the specimen with an electron microscope; acquiring information of the positions and the colors of the plurality of metal particles in the optical microscope image; acquiring information of the positions and the particle diameters of the plurality of metal particles in the electron microscope image; and determining information for associating the optical microscope image and the electron microscope image based on the information of the positions and the colors of the plurality of metal particles acquired from the optical microscope image, and the information of the positions and the particle diameters of the plurality of metal particles acquired from the electron microscope iType: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Tomohiro Haruta, Yuta Ikeda
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Publication number: 20200259201Abstract: A first power output unit connected to a first terminal plate of a fuel cell system is electrically connected to a first external connector through a first joint part at a position above a cell stack body in an outer case. The first joint part includes a tightening member for tightening the first power output unit and the first external connector together by screw tightening, and a cover covering a screw tightening part of the tightening member from below.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Yuta Ikeda, Norihisa Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20200251765Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a first power output unit connected to a first terminal plate, the first power output unit including a first conductor, and a second conductor extending from the first conductor to the outside of an outer peripheral end of a first inner insulator in the state where the second conductor is placed between the first inner insulator and a first end plate. The second conductor is positioned inside of the first end plate in a stacking direction of a cell stack body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Yuta Ikeda, Naoki Inoue
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Publication number: 20200212472Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a cell stack body formed by stacking a plurality of power generation cells in a staking direction. The cell stack body includes end metal separators provided at both ends of the power generation cells in the stacking direction. Bead seals are formed integrally with the end metal separators, respectively. Metal plates and elastic seal members are overlapped with each other at positions facing the bead seals. The metal plates are supported by electrically insulating support members, and provided between the bead seals and the elastic seal members, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Yuta Ikeda, Naoki Inoue, Norihisa Kobayashi, Kimiharu Mizusaki, Toshiyasu Shibata, Masashi Wada
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Patent number: 10530004Abstract: A first end plate that constitutes a fuel cell stack is provided with an oxidant gas supply manifold member that connects an oxidant gas inlet communication hole and a circular external pipe. The oxidant gas supply manifold member has a non-circular opening portion that communicates with the oxidant gas inlet communication hole and a circular opening portion that communicates with the circular external pipe. The non-circular opening portion is disposed within an area covered by the circular opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Nishiyama, Yuta Ikeda, Masaharu Suzuki
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Publication number: 20190375607Abstract: A sheet conveyor device is to be attachably and detachably mounted to an external apparatus which forms an image on a sheet. The sheet conveyor device includes a judgement section, a speed determining section, and a conveyance controller. The judgement section determines which of a plurality of model groups the external apparatus belongs to based on specification information indicating specifications of the external apparatus. The speed determining section determines a conveyance speed at which the sheet is to be conveyed based on the determined model group. The conveyance controller directs conveyance of the sheet at the determined conveyance speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yuta IKEDA