Patents by Inventor Yuta KANAI
Yuta KANAI 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: 20220302431Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes an active material-containing layer and a current collector. The active material-containing layer comprises a first edge having an arc shape and a second edge positioned opposite to the first edge. The current collector comprises an active material-supporting section supporting the active material-containing layer, and an active material-non-supporting section. The curving amount is represented by a maximum distance from the first edge to a reference line connecting two points on the first edge. The curving amount is in a range of ?1 mm or more and less than 0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuta KANAI, Yasunobu YAMASHITA, Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Keigo HOSHINA, Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20220149363Abstract: According to a storage battery of an embodiment includes a first battery module and a second battery module connected in parallel with the first battery module. The number of first cells connected in series in the first battery module is M, and the number of second cells connected in series in the second battery module is N. When an open circuit voltage at SOC=X % of the first cells and the second cells are Va1 (X) and Va2 (X), respectively, the voltages of the battery modules are M×Va1 (X)<N×Va2 (X) in the range where the SOC of the cell is 0% to 30%, and M×Va1 (X)>N×Va2 (X) in the range where the SOC of the cell is 70% to 100%.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ryosuke Yagi, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Norihiro Yoshinaga, Yuta Kanai
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Publication number: 20220093975Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode that includes a titanium-containing oxide. The electrode group has a wound structure of a flat shape, in which a stack including the positive electrode and the negative electrode is wound such that a center of the wound structure lies along a first direction. At least a part of a portion of the negative electrode, positioned within a thickness of 0.2 t from an innermost lap along a longest straight line in a wound cross-section of the wound structure orthogonal to the first direction with respect to a thickness t from the innermost lap to an outermost lap along the longest straight line, includes a slit that lies along the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Keigo HOSHINA, Kazuomi YOSHIMA, Yasunobu YAMASHITA, Yuta KANAI, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20220085638Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage battery includes one or more first batteries that include a first active material as a negative electrode active material, and one or more second batteries that include a second active material having an operation electric potential lower than that of the first active material as a negative electrode active material. Charge and the discharge of the second batteries are stopped based on a fact that a temperature of the storage battery is lower than a temperature threshold. The second batteries are caused to charge or discharge based on a fact that the temperature of the storage battery is equal to or higher than the temperature threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko SUGIZAKI, Tomoe KUSAMA, Yuta KANAI, Keigo HOSHINA, Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Ryosuke YAGI, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
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Patent number: 11223051Abstract: According to an embodiment, a laminated catalyst includes a first catalyst layer mainly including a noble metal mainly containing Pt, a second catalyst layer mainly including a mixture of an oxide of a noble metal mainly containing Ir and Ru and a noble metal mainly containing Pt, and a third catalyst layer mainly including an oxide of a noble metal mainly containing Ir and Ru The first catalyst layer, the second catalyst layer, and the third catalyst layer are laminated in order.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuta Kanai, Norihiro Yoshinaga, Taishi Fukazawa, Wu Mei
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Patent number: 11217793Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes the active material-containing layer formed on the current collector and including active material particles. The particle size distribution chart obtained by the laser diffraction scattering method for the active material particles includes the first region and the second region. The first particle group included in the first region includes the first active material particles, and the second particle group included in the second region includes second active material particles. The carbon coverage of the first particle group is higher than the carbon coverage of the second particle group.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuta Kanai, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Keigo Hoshina, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
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Patent number: 11094954Abstract: An electrode of an embodiment includes a catalyst layer having pores. A mode diameter of the pores is 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less. The catalyst layer may have a thickness of 0.05 ?m or more and 3.0 ?m or less. A value of the mode diameter of the pores may three times or more a value of a thickness of the catalyst layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Taishi Fukazawa, Wu Mei, Yuta Kanai
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Publication number: 20210083297Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes the active material-containing layer formed on the current collector and including active material particles. The particle size distribution chart obtained by the laser diffraction scattering method for the active material particles includes the first region and the second region. The first particle group included in the first region includes the first active material particles, and the second particle group included in the second region includes second active material particles. The carbon coverage of the first particle group is higher than the carbon coverage of the second particle group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuta KANAI, Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Keigo HOSHINA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210083300Abstract: According to an embodiment, a laminated catalyst includes a first catalyst layer mainly including a noble metal mainly containing Pt, a second catalyst layer mainly including a mixture of an oxide of a noble metal mainly containing Ir and Ru and a noble metal mainly containing Pt, and a third catalyst layer mainly including an oxide of a noble metal mainly containing Ir and Ru The first catalyst layer, the second catalyst layer, and the third catalyst layer are laminated in order.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuta KANAI, Norihiro YOSHINAGA, Taishi FUKAZAWA, Wu MEI
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Patent number: 10883180Abstract: An electrochemical reaction device, comprises: an anode to oxidize a first substance; a first flow path facing on the anode and through which a liquid containing the first substance flows; a cathode to reduce a second substance; a second flow path facing on the cathode and through which a gas containing the second substance flows; a porous separator provided between the anode and the cathode; and a power supply connected to the anode and the cathode. A thickness of the porous separator is 1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less. An average fine pore size of the porous separator is larger than 0.008 ?m and smaller than 0.45 ?m. A porosity of the porous separator is higher than 0.5.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akihiko Ono, Takuya Hongo, Masakazu Yamagiwa, Yuki Kudo, Satoshi Mikoshiba, Norihiro Yoshinaga, Yuta Kanai, Jun Tamura
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Publication number: 20200394001Abstract: A printing function display device is a device that develops a general-purpose user interface for a printing machine that can correspond to each model of a printing machine of a plurality of models. The printing function display device includes a control unit, and the control unit acquires, from a storage unit in which data on a printing function of the printing machine of a plurality of models is stored so as to be reflected on the user interface, data of the printing function of the printing machine of a predetermined model and reflects the data on the user interface to be developed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuta Kanai
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Patent number: 10535888Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly of an embodiment includes: a first electrode having a first base, and a first catalyst layer provided on the first base, the first catalyst layer including a plurality of first catalyst units with a laminated structure, and the laminated structure including void layers; and an electrolyte membrane being in direct contact with both first surfaces of the first catalyst units facing each other among the first catalyst units, and second surfaces of the first catalyst units on the opposite side from the first base side. A portion is included where the electrolyte membrane exists over a region being at least 80% of a thickness of the first catalyst layer from the second surfaces of the first catalyst units toward the first base.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshihiko Nakano, Wu Mei, Taishi Fukazawa, Yuta Kanai, Hiroki Hiraga
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Publication number: 20190282689Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an artificial recombinant virus of the family Reoviridae, the method comprising the steps of: (1) introducing a FAST protein expression vector and/or a capping enzyme expression vector into host cells; (2) introducing a vector containing expression cassettes for individual RNA genome segments of a virus or introducing a set of single-stranded RNA transcripts from the expression cassettes into host cells; and (3) culturing the host cells. The method of the present invention allows more efficient production of an artificial recombinant virus of the family Reoviridae as compared with conventional methods and allows artificial recombinant rotavirus production without using a helper virus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Yuta Kanai
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Patent number: 10414170Abstract: When forming a gloss layer, an UV curable ink in a semi-cured state is cured when spread more than when forming matte layers, whereby a surface smoothness of the gloss layer becomes higher than the matte layers, and on the other hand, the matte layers can be formed thick. Therefore, a braille body having the necessary height and the smooth tactual sense while having a layered structure can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuta Kanai
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Publication number: 20190088967Abstract: An electrode of an embodiment includes a catalyst layer having pores. A mode diameter of the pores is 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Taishi Fukazawa, Wu Mei, Yuta Kanai
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Publication number: 20190085470Abstract: An electrochemical reaction device, comprises: an anode to oxidize a first substance; a first flow path facing on the anode and through which a liquid containing the first substance flows; a cathode to reduce a second substance; a second flow path facing on the cathode and through which a gas containing the second substance flows; a porous separator provided between the anode and the cathode; and a power supply connected to the anode and the cathode. A thickness of the porous separator is 1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less. An average fine pore size of the porous separator is larger than 0.008 ?m and smaller than 0.45 ?m. A porosity of the porous separator is higher than 0.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akihiko ONO, Takuya HONGO, Masakazu YAMAGIWA, Yuki KUDO, Satoshi MIKOSHIBA, Norihiro YOSHINAGA, Yuta KANAI, Jun TAMURA
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Publication number: 20190061374Abstract: When forming a gloss layer, an UV curable ink in a semi-cured state is cured when spread more than when forming matte layers, whereby a surface smoothness of the gloss layer becomes higher than the matte layers, and on the other hand, the matte layers can be formed thick. Therefore, a braille body having the necessary height and the smooth tactual sense while having a layered structure can be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuta Kanai
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Publication number: 20180277871Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly of an embodiment includes: a first electrode having a first base, and a first catalyst layer provided on the first base, the first catalyst layer including a plurality of first catalyst units with a laminated structure, and the laminated structure including void layers; and an electrolyte membrane being in direct contact with both first surfaces of the first catalyst units facing each other among the first catalyst units , and second surfaces of the first catalyst units on the opposite side from the first base side. A portion is included where the electrolyte membrane exists over a region being at least 80% of a thickness of the first catalyst layer from the second surfaces of the first catalyst units toward the first base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshihiko Nakano, Wu Mei, Taishi Fukazawa, Yuta Kanai, Hiroki Hiraga
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Publication number: 20180083299Abstract: A fuel cell driving method of an embodiment includes applying a voltage with a potential cycle including repetitions of low potential and high potential by use of a power supply connected to an anode and a cathode of a membrane electrode assembly having the anode, an electrolyte membrane, and the cathode. The low potential is 0.85 V or less for the cathode with reference to a potential of the anode. The high potential is 1.10 V or more for the cathode with reference to a potential of the anode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Wu MEI, Taishi FUKAZAWA, Yuta KANAI