| TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY Patent applications |
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| 20200119354 | ELECTRODE COMPOSITION, ELECTRODE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND BATTERY - To provide an electrode which can sufficiently exhibit the battery characteristics necessary for a solid-state battery, a production method therefor, an electrode composition for producing said electrode, and a battery using the electrode. An electrode composition for secondary cells which is characterized by including an active material, a binder, and an ion-conductive material, the ion-conductive material being a solvated ion-conductive material or ion-conductive solution provided with a metal ion compound; an electrode which is characterized by being provided with an active material, a conductive aid, and a composite material obtained by combining a binder and an ion-conductive material; and an electrode production method using the electrode composition, the electrode production method being characterized by involving a first mixing step for obtaining a first mixture by mixing an active material and a binder, and a second mixing step for obtaining a second mixture by adding and mixing an ion-conductive material to the first mixture. | 04-16-2020 |
| 20190273282 | ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - (Problem to be Solved) | 09-05-2019 |
| 20160111695 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A method for manufacturing, a secondary battery separator including a porous resin film in which pores have three-dimensionally ordered structure and are in mutual communication via through-holes. The method includes: uniformly dispersing spherical microparticles having narrow particle size distribution in a dispersion medium to prepare a microparticles-dispersed slurry; drying slurry to obtain a spherical microparticles-dispersed film; heat-treating the film to form a microparticles-resin film in which the microparticles are regularly arrayed in three-dimensions in a resin matrix; and contacting the microparticles-resin film with an organic acid, water, an alkaline solution or an inorganic acid other than hydrofluoric acid to dissolve and remove the microparticles, or heating the microparticles-resin film to remove the microparticles, to form pores which are in mutual communication and regularly arrayed in the resin matrix. The medium has a resin precursor for the resin matrix and surfaces of the microparticles are inactive against the medium. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20150376796 | SURFACE CHEMICAL TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR FINE PATTERNING - A surface chemical treatment apparatus provided with: a first conduit having an opening at one end and communicating with a liquid supply means at the other end; a second conduit having at one end an opening that surrounds the opening of the first conduit and communicating with a liquid suction means at the other end; and a moving mechanism for moving the openings of the first and second conduits relative to the solid phase surface, so as to make a surface chemical treatment possible in a fine pattern by allowing the patterning solution to be dispensed through the opening of the first conduit while allowing the solution to be suctioned up together with the surrounding liquid phase or gas phase medium through the opening of the second conduit that surrounds the opening of the first conduit and, thus, preventing seepage of the solution in all directions. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150222285 | ATOMIC OSCILLATOR AND INTERROGATION METHOD OF COHERENT POPULATION TRAPPING RESONANCE - An atomic oscillator includes an alkali-metal cell in which alkali-metal atoms are enclosed, a light source which irradiates the atoms in the alkali-metal cell with laser beams, a photodetector which detects a light amount of the laser beams passing through the alkali-metal cell to enter the photodetector, and a controller which generates sidebands including a pair of laser beams with different wavelengths by performing frequency modulation of a carrier on the light source, causes the pair of laser beams with the different wavelengths to enter the alkali-metal cell, and controls a modulation frequency according to optical absorption characteristics of the atoms by quantum interference effects of a pair of resonance laser beams, wherein the side bands include second-order or higher-order sidebands. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150151279 | GOLD CLUSTER CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A gold cluster catalyst is capable of promoting/controlling a chemical reaction with high catalytic activity and selectivity. The gold cluster catalyst has a carrier supporting clusters, each of which is an aggregate of a plurality of gold atoms, which can be obtained by providing the carrier supporting a plurality of gold cluster compounds and then processing the gold cluster compounds on the carrier, in which each of the gold cluster compounds is stabilized by an organic ligand and including a predetermined number of gold atoms. In the gold cluster catalyst, each of the clusters may have a particle diameter of 10 nm or less and be formed substantially only of gold atoms. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20140353555 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEM LITHIUM PHOSPHATE COMPOUND PARTICLE HAVING AN OLIVINE STRUCTURE - A method of manufacturing a multicomponent lithium phosphate compound particle with an olivine structure of formula Li | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140314146 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus which includes a division unit dividing an image into a plurality of images in a bit depth direction, and an encoding unit encoding respectively some or all of the plurality of images acquired by dividing the image in the bit depth direction by the division unit. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140223410 | APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE DESIGN METHOD, APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE DESIGN SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an application architecture design method in which an information processing device is used, the method including the steps of: inputting information about dependency relations and design aspects, which are design items regarding modules for running functions, virtual machines for running the modules, and physical machines for running the virtual machines; and executing processing of adapting architecture properly by switching the input information about the dependency relations and the design aspects in matrices in a DSM format, and thereby rearranging allocation of the modules, allocation of the virtual machines, and allocation of the physical machines in stages in the DSM format. As a result, an excellent design solution for architecture suitable for a virtualized environment, a cloud environment deriving, or a similar environment can be derived. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140065481 | Positive-Electrode Active Material, Manufacturing Method Of The Same, And Nonaqueous Electrolyte Rechargeable Battery Having The Same - A positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery includes a core portion and a shell portion. The core portion contains an inorganic oxide with a polyanionic structure. The shell portion coats the core portion. The shell portion contains a carbon and an inorganic accelerator that accelerates generation of the shell portion by the carbon. The content of the inorganic accelerator is 0.2 mass % or more of the inorganic oxide when the mass of the inorganic oxide is defined as 100%. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140033820 | STRENGTH PROOF TEST METHOD AND DEVICE TO BE USED THEREIN - The present invention is intended for improving the reliability of a strength proof test method for ceramic parts. The present invention is directed to a strength proof test method for making total inspection of ceramic parts, including: applying a prescribed load to the ceramic parts; and at the same time, making an acoustic emission measurement, in which the ceramic parts are considered as passing when the ceramic parts are not fractured in the test and the variation of acoustic emission energy is not more than a threshold. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20130209872 | SECONDARY BATTERY POROUS ELECTRODE - An electrode having excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics and which is capable of improving a secondary battery capacity. An electrode is formed on the surface of a collector as an assembly of multiple porous domain structures that are apart from each other, the porous domain structures each having a polygonal shape without an acute angle in a planar view, the polygonal shape having a maximum diameter of 120 μm or less. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130129239 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a quantization unit that quantizes an image subjected to logarithmic conversion such that a quantization error is focused on a luminance region in which expansion of an error caused due to logarithmic inverse-conversion which is inverse conversion of the logarithmic conversion is relatively small or a luminance region in which no expansion of the error occurs; and an encoding unit that encodes an index image obtained through the quantization by the quantization unit. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130013247 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A semiconductor device and the like that can determine the performance of a semiconductor integrated circuit with higher accuracy even when test environment fluctuates. The semiconductor device detects degradation of the semiconductor integrated circuit, including measurement unit that measures temperature and voltage, decision unit that judges whether the test is executed within an allowable test timing in the detection target circuit portion at each test operation frequency and decides a maximum test operation frequency and calculation unit that converts a maximum test operation frequency into that at a standard temperature and voltage and calculates a degradation amount. The semiconductor integrated circuit has a monitor block circuit that monitors the values for the measurement unit to measure temperature and voltage. The measurement unit has estimation unit that estimates temperature and voltage of a detection target circuit portion based on the monitored values. The calculation unit uses the estimated temperature and voltage. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20120312983 | NANO-ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TECHNIQUE AND DEVICE - Nano-electrospray ionization techniques include the introduction of a separation solvent containing a sample to a column-integrated needle having a column filled with a resin for liquid chromatography. The separated sample components are sprayed from the tip of the column-integrated needle toward a sample introduction orifice of a mass spectrometer. An organic solvent is simultaneously introduced to a solvent-supplying needle. The organic solvent is supplied from the tip of the solvent-supplying needle to the tip of the column-integrated needle. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120057788 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus which includes a division unit dividing an image into a plurality of images in a bit depth direction, and an encoding unit encoding respectively some or all of the plurality of images acquired by dividing the image in the bit depth direction by the division unit. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20110256484 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMB-SHAPED ELECTRODE - To provide a method for producing a comb-shaped electrode capable of precisely carrying a large amount of active materials on a surface of current collectors with a fine shape. The method for producing comb-shaped electrodes | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110245658 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAM (MRE), DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND BALL VIBRATOR FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A ball vibrator, which generates a vibration caused by a centrifugal force accompanied by a rotation of a non-magnetic ball in a circumferential direction thereof around a center point thereof, is disposed in contact with a prescribed portion of a subject of which an image is produced. Then, a magnetic resonance elastogram (MRE) pulse sequence is employed for the subject and the vibration from the ball vibrator is used to produce a magnetic resonance elastogram (MRE). | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110195304 | MULTI-COMPONENT-SYSTEM LITHIUM PHOSPHATE COMPOUND PARTICLES HAVING AN OLIVINE STRUCTURE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY EMPLOYING THE LITHIUM PHOSPHATE COMPOUND PARTICLES AS A POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - There is disclosed a multi-component system lithium phosphate compound particles having an olivine structure and represented by a general formula of Li | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110161273 | RIBONUCLEIC ACID IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, RIBONUCLEIC ACID IDENTIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND RIBONUCLEIC ACID IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are an apparatus for the identification of a ribonucleic acid, whereby not only the molecular weights of digestion products, from which nothing but the nucleic acid residue composition can be understood, but also nucleic acid residue sequence data is obtained from a product ion mass set and thus the identification reliability for the individual digestion products can be remarkably improved; a method for the identification of a ribonucleic acid; and a program and system for the identification of a ribonucleic acid. The method as described above comprises: searching for nucleic acid sequence database by using a fragment mass set indicating the molecular weights and inner structural data of individual oligonucleotides that are obtained by tandem mass spectrometry on digested oligonucleotides formed by chemically or enzymatically cleaving a ribonucleic acid; scoring candidate sequences; among candidate sequences showing the highest scores, referring those showing scores exceeding the threshold as identified sequences; and using these identified sequences in mapping on nucleic acid sequence database including genomic sequences. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110089319 | NANO-ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TECHNIQUE AND DEVICE - Nano-electrospray ionization techniques include the introduction of a separation solvent containing a sample to a column-integrated needle having a column filled with a resin for liquid chromatography. The separated sample components are sprayed from the tip of the column-integrated needle toward a sample introduction orifice of a mass spectrometer. An organic solvent is simultaneously introduced to a solvent-supplying needle. The organic solvent is supplied from the tip of the solvent-supplying needle to the tip of the column-integrated needle. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110053000 | CERAMIC MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a ceramic material allowing a pellet having higher density and satisfactory Li ion conduction to be obtained. The ceramic material contains Li, La, Zr, Al and O and has a garnet-type or garnet-like crystal structure, the ratio of the number of moles of Li with respect to La being 2.0 or greater to 2.5 or lower. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20100313570 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - A gas turbine combustor is provided which can accomplish stable high-load combustion, high combustion efficiency, a low concentration of CO, and NOx in a small-sized combustion chamber. The gas turbine combustor includes an inner liner | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100234623 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROPYLENE OXIDE - Disclosed is a method for producing propylene oxide wherein propylene is directly oxidized with oxygen, as required, water and a catalytic amount of hydrogen in a gas phase in the presence of a gold cluster catalyst supported on an alkali-treated titanosilicalite or mesoporous titanosilicate support, which is produced by an alkaline treatment of titanosilicalite or mesoporous titanosilicate with aqueous solution of NaOH, KOH or CsOH. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100230287 | POROUS GOLD MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION METHODS - Gold is subjected to anodic oxidation in an aqueous solution of a carboxylic acid or carboxylate. The carboxylic acid can be selected from formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, lactic acid, oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, maleic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, and citric acid. The carboxylate can be selected from salts of the above-described acids. A potential applied to a gold electrode can be in the range of about +1.5 to about 11 V with respect to a potential of a standard hydrogen electrode. Thereby, a uniform porous gold film having a pore size of several nanometers to several hundreds of nanometers is formed. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100207050 | DRYING DEVICE AND METHOD OF AQUEOUS MOISTURE GEL - The formation of cracks is suppressed in a drying process for a water-containing wet gel without modifying the gel and without using a reagent. A water-containing wet gel is dried by removing water and then removing the remaining solvent. For example, a wet-gel container storing water-containing wet gel, containing a wet gel and a solvent, is heated. The solvent is vaporized into an upper space of the wet-gel container. The solvent-containing gas diffuses into a dehydrating agent container, and water is removed by a dehydrating agent. This state is maintained for one to two days to remove almost all amount of water from the solvent. Thereafter, the dehydrating agent container is detached and the wet gel, from which water has been removed, is heated to almost completely remove the solvent, and further heated at a higher temperature to completely remove the solvent to obtain a crack-free dry gel. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100020966 | METHOD FOR GENERATING ENCRYPTION KEY - The present invention relates to an encryption key generating method ensuring resistance to collusion attacks and achieving reduction in a key length of encryption keys corresponding to respective hierarchies of each scalability. In the encryption key generating method, an encryption key (K | 01-28-2010 |
