Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ozawa

Hiroshi Ozawa 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: 20240177072
    Abstract: A reservation system is configured to make a reservation for a charging device configured to charge a vehicle. The reservation system includes a first processing unit configured to manage reservation time frames of the charging device available to a user of a shop, a second processing unit configured to manage providing time frames of a service from a service representative who provides the service to the user at the shop, and a third processing unit configured to execute a process for receiving a time frame of reservation desired by the user among time frames overlapping between available reservation time frames and available providing time frames based on the reservation time frames of the charging device managed by the first processing unit and the providing time frames of the service from the service representative managed by the second processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Hiroshi Ashida, Kenji Tahara, Tamaki Ozawa, Takenori Shimizu, Tetsuro Kuniyoshi
  • Publication number: 20240166079
    Abstract: A server includes a control unit configured to extract, among facilities different from a power controller configured to execute power control including at least one of charging and discharging of an electrified vehicle, the facility that is available, during a reservation period for use of the power controller, to a user who uses the power controller during the reservation period and a communication unit configured to transmit information on the extracted facility to at least one of the electrified vehicle and an information device that are associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Kenji TAHARA, Hiroshi ASHIDA, Takenori SHIMIZU, Tamaki OZAWA, Tetsuro KUNIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240169770
    Abstract: A server includes a control unit configured to extract from a plurality of items of the maintenance check those item(s) that can be performed within a reservation period reserved by a user of an electrified vehicle for power control including either or both of charging and discharging of a battery of the electrified vehicle, based on a length of the reservation period. The server further includes a communication unit configured to send information on the extracted item(s) to at least one device out of the electrified vehicle and a first information device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Hiroshi ASHIDA, Kenji TAHARA, Tamaki OZAWA, Takenori SHIMIZU, Tetsuro KUNIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240160263
    Abstract: A method of managing electric power supply and demand with a computer includes sending, from the computer, a message for making a request of an electrified vehicle with a driver and a passenger to participate in a demand response for adjusting supply or demand of electric power in a power grid, acquiring, by the computer, passenger information on at least one of an attribute and a preference of the passenger, and setting, by the computer, a first incentive for prompting the passenger to participate in the demand response based on the passenger information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Hiroshi ASHIDA, Kenji TAHARA, Tamaki OZAWA, Takenori SHIMIZU, Tetsuro KUNIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240130081
    Abstract: A vapor chamber includes a main body sheet having a first main body surface and a second main body surface provided on an opposite side to the first main body surface, a space provided on the first main body surface of the main body sheet, a first sheet laminated on the first main body surface of the main body sheet and covering the space, and a retracted portion retracted toward the space beyond an outer periphery of the main body sheet or an outer periphery of the first sheet in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori ODA, Takayuki OTA, Shinichiro TAKAHASHI, Toshihiko TAKEDA, Kohei OZAWA, Hiroshi KOI
  • Publication number: 20240122899
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a composition for promoting immune cell metabolism, a composition for activating immunity, a method of promoting immune cell metabolism, and a method of activating immunity. The present invention relates to a composition for promoting immune cell metabolism, which contains L-ergothioneine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Katsube, Hiroshi Watanabe, Mariko Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11962227
    Abstract: An electric actuator of the disclosure includes a motor, a speed reduction mechanism, and a bearing fixed to a motor shaft having an eccentric axis portion. The speed reduction mechanism has: an externally toothed gear, an internally toothed gear, a facing member facing the externally toothed gear, column members protruding from one member of the facing member and the externally toothed gear toward the other member and surrounding the motor axis, and at least one tube member surrounding the column members. The other member has hole portions surrounding the motor axis. The column members are inserted into the hole portions respectively, and support the externally toothed gear to be swingable around the motor axis via an inner side surface of each of the hole portions. The at least one tube member surrounds the column members in the hole portions and is rotatable around a rotary axis passing through the hole portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shirai, Kohei Osuga, Kenichi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11955643
    Abstract: Provided is a current collector with an easily adhesive layer including an easily adhesive layer that is provided on at least one surface of a current collector, in which the easily adhesive layer includes a polymer having a solubility of 1 g/100 g or higher in toluene at 25° C. Provided are also an electrode, an all-solid state secondary battery, an electronic apparatus, and an electric vehicle that include the current collector with an easily adhesive layer, and methods of manufacturing the current collector with an easily adhesive layer, the electrode, and the all-solid state secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Ozawa, Hiroshi Isojima
  • Patent number: 11925639
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for treating a tumor, which is used in combination therapy of lenvatinib and (6S,9aS)—N-benzyl-8-({6-[3-(4-ethylpiperazin-1-yl)azetidin-1-yl]pyridin-2-yl}methyl)-6-(2-fluoro-4-hydroxybenzyl)-4,7-dioxo-2-(prop-2-en-1-yl)hexahydro-2H-pyrazino[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazine-1(6H)-carboxamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Ozawa, Yusaku Hori, Kazuhiko Yamada, Hiroshi Kamiyama, Masahiro Matsuki
  • Patent number: 11473347
    Abstract: A flap opening and closing mechanism includes a flap and a lock member. The flap includes a first engagement member, and is pivotally supported on a vehicle body side. The flap opens and closes an opening in an outer plate of a vehicle body. The lock member locks the flap. The lock member includes a body to be mounted on the vehicle body side, a swing member pivotally supported on the body, a second engagement member, and an adjustor. The second engagement member is engaged with the first engagement member, and provided in the swing member. The adjustor allows for a rotational movement of the body about a rotation shaft of the swing member to the vehicle body in a state where the body is temporarily fixed to the vehicle body side. The lock member locks the swing member at a position corresponding to the closing position of the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20210079697
    Abstract: A flap opening and closing mechanism includes a flap and a lock member. The flap includes a first engagement member, and is pivotally supported on a vehicle body side. The flap opens and closes an opening in an outer plate of a vehicle body. The lock member locks the flap. The lock member includes a body to be mounted on the vehicle body side, a swing member pivotally supported on the body, a second engagement member, and an adjustor. The second engagement member is engaged with the first engagement member, and provided in the swing member. The adjustor allows for a rotational movement of the body about a rotation shaft of the swing member to the vehicle body in a state where the body is temporarily fixed to the vehicle body side. The lock member locks the swing member at a position corresponding to the closing position of the flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210054113
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multilayered acrylic polymer coagulate characterized in that the coagulate has a bulk density of 0.3 to 0.6 g/cm3 and a median diameter of 50 to 400 ?m and contains particles having a particle diameter of 75 or less in a proportion of 50% or less, and the amount of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal contained in the coagulate satisfies the following formula (1): ?(N/a)×(120?Tg)?100 ??(1) wherein N represents the amount of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal contained in the coagulate (mmol/kg); Tg represents the glass transition temperature (° C.) of the acetone-soluble matter of the coagulate; and a represents the valency of the alkali metal and alkaline earth metal contained in the coagulate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro NIIMURA, Masashi AKARI, Hiroshi OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10800912
    Abstract: A resin film comprising a resin (A) and a multi-layered particle (B), the multi-layered particle comprising a layer (a) made of a polymer comprising 80 to 99.99% by mass of a methyl methacrylate unit, 0.01 to 2% by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 to 19.99% by mass of additional copolymerizable monomer units, a layer (b) made of a polymer comprising 70 to 99.8% by mass of an alkyl acrylate unit, 0.2 to 10% by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 to 29.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ozawa, Yasuhito Kitade
  • Patent number: 10676606
    Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition comprising not less than 90% by mass of a methacrylic resin, wherein the methacrylic resin comprises 95 to 100% by mass of methyl methacrylate monomer units and 0 to 5% by mass of acrylate monomer units, the methacrylic resin has an Mw of 57000 to 90000, Mw representing a weight-average molecular weight, and a ratio Mw/Mn of not more than 1.9, Mn representing a number-average molecular weight, the methacrylic resin composition has an absolute value of a difference between YI4 and YI2 of not more than 3, YI4 representing a yellow index at an optical path length of 200 mm of an injection-molded article obtained at a cylinder temperature of 280° C. in a molding cycle of 4 minutes, YI2 representing a yellow index at an optical path length of 200 mm of an injection-molded article obtained at a cylinder temperature of 280° C. in a molding cycle of 2 minutes, and meets a relationship represented by Formula (B) and Formula (C): R?11??Formula (B) 0.8<R/E<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhito Kitade, Hiroshi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10619043
    Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition containing 10 to 99 parts by mass of a methacrylic resin (A) containing 80% by mass or more of a methyl methacrylate unit, and 90 to 1 part by mass of a block copolymer (B) containing 10 to 60% by mass of a methacrylic acid ester polymer block (b1) and 90 to 40% by mass of an acrylic acid ester polymer block (b2), where the total of the methacrylic resin (A) and the block copolymer (B) is 100 parts by mass, where a weight-average molecular weight Mw(A) of the methacrylic resin (A), a maximum weight-average molecular weight Mw(b1) of the methacrylic acid ester polymer block (b1) and a maximum weight-average molecular weight Mw(b2) of the acrylic acid ester polymer block (b2) satisfy (1): 0.5?Mw(A)/Mw(b1)?2.5 and (2): 40000?Mw(b2)?120000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ozawa, Toru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10526430
    Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition comprises not less than 90% by mass and not more than 100% by mass of a methacrylic resin [A] having: the total content of a structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate of not less than 90% by mass; a molecular weight MA of not less than 30000 and not more than 100000 in terms of polystyrene corresponding to the retention time indicating the value of the maximum strength in a chromatogram obtained by gel permeation chromatography; the area SgA of a region enclosed by an approximate curve obtained by fitting the data of a range indicating the strength of not less than 70% relative to the value of the maximum strength to a Gaussian function by the method of nonlinear least squares and the base line of the chromatogram of 45 to 80% of the area SA enclosed by the chromatogram and its base line; and the ratio MwgA/MngA of a weight average molecular weight MwgA to a number average molecular weight MngA of not less than 1.01 and not more than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Nakahara, Toru Abe, Toru Takahashi, Hiroshi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10407524
    Abstract: A copolymer comprising a structural unit (I) derived from a phosphonate monomer (1) such as diethyl methacryloyloxymethyl phosphonate and diethyl 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphonate, a structural unit (II) derived from a radical polymerizable monomer (2) such as methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, 8-tricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decanyl methacrylate, and t-butyl methacrylate, and a structural unit (III) derived from methyl methacrylate, the content of phosphorus atoms derived from the phosphonate monomer (1) being not less than 1.0% by mass and less than 2.0% by mass relative to the mass of the copolymer, and a formed article comprising the copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Abe, Atsuhiro Nakahara, Hiroshi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10287380
    Abstract: Provided are a break-resistant copolymer having high transparency and heat resistance and also having a high tensile strain at break, and a molded article. A copolymer contains 80% by mass to 98% by mass of structural units derived from a methacrylic ester monomer and 2% to 10% by mass of ester structural units derived from a cyclic ketene acetal monomer. The copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 or more and a molecular weight distribution of 1.75 to 3.80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Nakahara, Hiroshi Ozawa, Takashi Fukumoto, Nobutaka Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 10207574
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes side sills that are disposed in pairs on the right and left sides of the motor vehicle and that has bag-shaped cross-sections when viewed from the front of the motor vehicle and a floor panel that constitutes bottoms of at least a passenger compartment and that is coupled to the side sills. The motor vehicle further includes a battery panel that is disposed below the floor panel so as to support batteries and that is coupled to the side sills and a battery movement allowance mechanism that allows movement of the batteries toward the inside of the side sills when the batteries are moved to one side in a vehicle-width direction and, consequently, a load from the batteries is applied to the side sills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ozawa, Yu Onodera, Keita Sato
  • Publication number: 20190048181
    Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition comprising not less than 90% by mass of a methacrylic resin, wherein the methacrylic resin comprises 95 to 100% by mass of methyl methacrylate monomer units and 0 to 5% by mass of acrylate monomer units, the methacrylic resin has an Mw of 57000 to 90000, Mw representing a weight-average molecular weight, and a ratio Mw/Mn of not more than 1.9, Mn representing a number-average molecular weight, the methacrylic resin composition has an absolute value of a difference between YI4 and YI2 of not more than 3, YI4 representing a yellow index at an optical path length of 200 mm of an injection-molded article obtained at a cylinder temperature of 280° C. in a molding cycle of 4 minutes, YI2 representing a yellow index at an optical path length of 200 mm of an injection-molded article obtained at a cylinder temperature of 280° C. in a molding cycle of 2 minutes, and meets a relationship represented by Formula (B) and Formula (C): R?11 ??Formula (B) 0.8<R/E<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhito KITADE, Hiroshi OZAWA