Patents by Inventor Akihiro Yamanaka
Akihiro Yamanaka 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: 10183325Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Tajima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi
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Publication number: 20180359861Abstract: An application unit includes an application material container to contain an application material, and an application needle to apply, to a target surface, the application material contained in the application material container. A first hole is formed in a bottom of the application material container, and a second hole is formed in an upper lid of the application material container. The application needle is configured to be movable along a line passing through the first hole and the second hole. A third hole is formed in a part of the application material container for allowing air to pass through the third hole, or a lowermost end of a wall of the first hole has a chamfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventor: Akihiro YAMANAKA
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Patent number: 10144057Abstract: A method for manufacturing a forged steel roll comprises: casting, by the ESR method, a steel ingot which contains, by mass %, C: 0.3% or more, Si: 0.2% or more, Cr: 2.0-13.0% and Mo: 0.2% or more, and further contains Bi at 10-100 ppm by mass; and forging the steel ingot to manufacture the roll. According to this method, since freckle defects can be sealed near the center of the steel ingot, the roll can be stably used over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi Onishi, Akihiro Yamanaka, Hideo Mizukami, Tomoaki Sera, Hideyoshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20180318914Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Naoki Tajima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi
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Publication number: 20180318916Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Naoki TAJIMA, Akihiro YAMANAKA, Kenji TAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180318915Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Naoki TAJIMA, Akihiro YAMANAKA, Kenji TAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10076783Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Tajima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi
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Patent number: 10071418Abstract: The damage to devices are avoided, by performing operation control of a hydraulic operating means and an electric servomotor, that are adapted as drive sources in an injection step, separately and not performing coordinate control. A die casting machine 1 includes a tubular injection sleeve 12, an injection plunger 13, an electric servomotor 17 and a hydraulic operating means 21 which are used as a drive source of an injection step, and a control means 30 which controls the electric servomotor 17 and the hydraulic operating means separately, when injecting and filling the cavity of the mold, which has been closed, with the molten metal by the advancing of the injection plunger 13, during a low-speed injection step and a high-speed injection step which is performed at a higher speed than the low-speed injection step, in the injection step.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: TOYO MACHINERY & METAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Ikeda, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yuji Harada
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Publication number: 20180064397Abstract: A wearable device attached to a subject includes an accelerometer that measures acceleration information, and a biological sensor that measures biological signal information of the subject. From the measured acceleration information and biological signal information, first feature data corresponding to a first predetermined period and second feature data corresponding to a second predetermined period are extracted. By machine learning based on the first feature data, a dynamic/static activity identification model, a dynamic-activity identification model, and a static-activity identification model, for the subject, are generated. By combination of results of determination based on each of the identification models, a posture and an activity of the subject are identified, and correspondence information, which associates the identified posture and activity with the biological signal information of the subject, is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Keitaro HORIKAWA, Yoshitaka NAKAMURA, Masato SAWADA, Akihiro YAMANAKA, Shingo TSUKADA, Toshiya YAMADA
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Patent number: 9889500Abstract: A die casting machine and a control method for avoiding damage to devices by performing operation control of a hydraulic operating means and an electric servomotor, that are adapted as drive sources in an injection step, separately and not performing coordinate control. The die casting machine includes a tubular injection sleeve, an injection plunger, an electric servomotor and a hydraulic operating means that are used as a drive source of an injection step, and a control means which controls the electric servomotor and the hydraulic operating means separately, when injecting and filling the cavity of the mold, which has been closed, with the molten metal by the advancing of the injection plunger, during a low-speed injection step and a high-speed injection step which is performed at a higher speed than the low-speed injection step, in the injection step.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: TOYO MACHINERY & METAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Ikeda, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yuji Harada
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Publication number: 20170080489Abstract: The damage to devices are avoided, by performing operation control of a hydraulic operating means and an electric servomotor, that are adapted as drive sources in an injection step, separately and not performing coordinate control. A die casting machine 1 includes a tubular injection sleeve 12, an injection plunger 13, an electric servomotor 17 and a hydraulic operating means 21 which are used as a drive source of an injection step, and a control means 30 which controls the electric servomotor 17 and the hydraulic operating means separately, when injecting and filling the cavity of the mold, which has been closed, with the molten metal by the advancing of the injection plunger 13, during a low-speed injection step and a high-speed injection step which is performed at a higher speed than the low-speed injection step, in the injection step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: TOYO MACHINERY & METAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo IKEDA, Akihiro YAMANAKA, Yuji HARADA
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Publication number: 20170080488Abstract: The damage to devices are avoided, by performing operation control of a hydraulic operating means and an electric servomotor, that are adapted as drive sources in an injection step, separately and not performing coordinate control. A die casting machine 1 includes a tubular injection sleeve 12, an injection plunger 13, an electric servomotor 17 and a hydraulic operating means 21 which are used as a drive source of an injection step, and a control means 30 which controls the electric servomotor 17 and the hydraulic operating means separately, when injecting and filling the cavity of the mold, which has been closed, with the molten metal by the advancing of the injection plunger 13, during a low-speed injection step and a high-speed injection step which is performed at a higher speed than the low-speed injection step, in the injection step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: TOYO MACHINERY & METAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo IKEDA, Akihiro YAMANAKA, Yuji HARADA
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Publication number: 20170050239Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Naoki TAJIMA, Akihiro YAMANAKA, Kenji TAGUCHI
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Patent number: 9399253Abstract: A primary object of the present invention is to provide a method for continuous casting with which slabs for heavy gauge steel plate in which porosities are decreased can be manufactured. In the present invention, when a slab for heavy gauge steel plate is continuously cast, two pairs of reduction rolls that are arranged separately from each other with a roll-interval in a range from 3 m to 7 m, between which a support roll is arranged, are used, reduction is carried out on the slab by 3 to 15 mm with the reduction rolls at the first stage under the condition where the slab includes an unsolidified portion with the solid-phase ratio in a range from 0.8 to less than 1, and reduction is further carried out on the slab with the reduction rolls at the second stage under the condition where the slab is completely solidified.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi, Naoki Tajima
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Publication number: 20160089714Abstract: A primary object of the present invention is to provide a method for continuous casting with which slabs for heavy gauge steel plate in which porosities are decreased can be manufactured. In the present invention, when a slab for heavy gauge steel plate is continuously cast, two pairs of reduction rolls that are arranged separately from each other with a roll-interval in a range from 3 m to 7 m, between which a support roll is arranged, are used, reduction is carried out on the slab by 3 to 15 mm with the reduction rolls at the first stage under the condition where the slab includes an unsolidified portion with the solid-phase ratio in a range from 0.8 to less than 1, and reduction is further carried out on the slab with the reduction rolls at the second stage under the condition where the slab is completely solidified.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Akihiro YAMANAKA, Kenji TAGUCHI, Naoki TAJIMA
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Publication number: 20150026957Abstract: A method for manufacturing a forged steel roll comprises: casting, by the ESR method, a steel ingot which contains, by mass %, C: 0.3% or more, Si: 0.2% or more, Cr: 2.0-13.0% and Mo: 0.2% or more, and further contains Bi at 10-100 ppm by mass; and forging the steel ingot to manufacture the roll. According to this method, since freckle defects can be sealed near the center of the steel ingot, the roll can be stably used over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Hirofumi Onishi, Akihiro Yamanaka, Hideo Mizukami, Tomoaki Sera, Hideyoshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20140353340Abstract: The damage to devices are avoided, by performing operation control of a hydraulic operating means and an electric servomotor, that are adapted as drive sources in an injection step, separately and not performing coordinate control. A die casting machine 1 includes a tubular injection sleeve 12, an injection plunger 13, an electric servomotor 17 and a hydraulic operating means 21 which are used as a drive source of an injection step, and a control means 30 which controls the electric servomotor 17 and the hydraulic operating means separately, when injecting and filling the cavity of the mold, which has been closed, with the molten metal by the advancing of the injection plunger 13, during a low-speed injection step and a high-speed injection step which is performed at a higher speed than the low-speed injection step, in the injection step.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: TOYO MACHINERY & METAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Ikeda, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yuji Harada
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Patent number: 8561400Abstract: A hydraulic circuit of an injection cylinder in a die-casting apparatus, which can achieve IN restriction and OUT restriction in a quickly switchable manner with a single circuit and which allows manufacturing of a high-quality molded product. The hydraulic circuit includes: a first pressure oil path supplying pressure oil to the injection cylinder; a second pressure oil path returning the pressure oil from the injection cylinder; a first flow control valve controlling a flow of the pressure oil through the first pressure oil path; a second flow control valve controlling a flow of the pressure oil through the second pressure oil path; a bypass pressure oil path connected to the second pressure oil path for bypassing the second flow control valve; a bypass on-off valve provided on the bypass pressure oil path and opening/closing the bypass pressure oil path with the pressure oil; and a controller controlling each valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Toyo Machinery & Metal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takao Nakamura, Akihiro Yamanaka, Hiroshi Yukutomo, Kenji Fujii
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Patent number: 8425022Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Soichi Hiramatsu, Toshihiko Ujita, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Akihiro Yamanaka, Yasuo Kotaki, Sadayuki Sugama
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Patent number: D737382Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Katayama Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuwa Tei, Akihiro Yamanaka