Patents by Inventor Akio Sugimoto

Akio Sugimoto 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: 20130042787
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration damping shaped aluminum extrusion having a weight reduction effect and a high damping effect. The present invention relates to a vibration damping shaped aluminum extrusion 1B including a pair of face plates 4 and 5 which face each other and a plurality of ribs 6 connecting the face plates 4 and 5, wherein a damping material 3 is provided at least on the central part of the rib 6 in an inner surface of a hollow part 7 or 8 formed by the face plate 4 or 5 and the rib 6. A positioning recess 11 or a positioning protrusion 12 may be formed so that a damping material 3 is provided on the central part of the face plate 5 in an inner surface of the hollow part 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Akio Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20120315463
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a composite formed article which is usable even in a high-temperature environment and less suffers delamination between a foamed resin sheet and a metal sheet; and a formed article precursor (laminated sheet) which enables the manufacture of the composite formed article. The laminated sheet includes a foamable resin sheet containing a resin and a foaming agent; and, provided on both sides of the resin sheet, a pair of metal sheets each through the medium of an adhesive. The resin has a melting point of 145° C. or higher, and the adhesive has a melting point substantially equal to or higher than the melting point of the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hodaka MIURA, Akio SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120094553
    Abstract: A projected end of a bus bar (20), including projection portions (21A, 22B, 23C, 24D, 25E, 26F), and a recessed connector (30), including a cylindrical portion (43A), a recess portion (31B), a cylindrical portion (42C), a recess portion (31D), a cylindrical portion (41E), and a recess portion (31F), are engaged with each other, thereby enabling the bus bar (20) and the connector (30) to electrically connect with each other. That is, only inserting the bus bar (20) into the connector (30) makes an electrical connection possible, so it is not necessary, for example, to fasten the terminal with a screw. Therefore, this facilitates the connection between the bus bar (20) and the connector (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.,
    Inventors: Naoya Fujiwara, Akio Sugimoto, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Takayasu Fujiura, Naoki Kikuchi, Koji Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120024645
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a damping structure capable of obtaining a sufficient damping effect even against vibrations of small amplitudes, by promoting movements of powder/particle materials inside a hollow body. In the damping structure of the invention, a damping member 2 is provided on a structure 1 to be damped. The damping member 2 includes a hollow body 5 which is filled with powder/particle materials 3, partially leaving a space 4. A vibration wall face part 7 which vibrates more violently than the structure 1, on receiving vibration, is formed in at least a part of wall face parts 6 of the hollow body 5. The vibration wall face part 7 is preferably formed of a material having a lower elastic modulus and/or a lower density than the other parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kazuki Tsugihashi, Akio Sugimoto, Zenzo Yamaguchi, Kyoko Masuda, Yoshio Yano
  • Publication number: 20120024646
    Abstract: The present invention provides a damping structure capable of obtaining a sufficient damping effect even against vibrations with small amplitudes, by promoting movements of powder/particle materials in a hollow body. In the damping structure of the invention, a damping member 2 is provided on a structure 1 to be damped. The damping member 2 is composed of a hollow body 5, a powder/particle material 3 which is filled in the hollow body 5 with partially leaving a space 4, and moves inside the hollow body 5 when the structure 1 vibrates, and a vibrator 6 which is mounted inside the hollow body 5, and relatively vibrates with respect to the hollow body 5. The vibrator 6 exerts a force by coming into contact with the powder/particle material, when vibrating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Kazuki Tsugihashi, Akio Sugimoto, Zenzo Yamaguchi, Kyoko Masuda, Yoshio Yano
  • Patent number: 7972644
    Abstract: With the object of providing a bottleable green tea beverage for selling hot, a bottleable green tea beverage was prepared, which is a bottleable green tea beverage containing a green tea extract obtained by extracting green tea leaves, wherein the content in epigallocatechin gallate and gallocatechin gallate is 380 mg/l to 1500 mg/l as a total value, the content of glutamic acid is 20 mg/l to 120 mg/l, the diff-use transmittance is 1.0% or less, and the pH is 5 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Ito En, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Naomi Furuse, Kozo Nagata, Hirokazu Hosoyama, Takanobu Takihara, Hiroshi Kinugasa
  • Publication number: 20110159247
    Abstract: Provided is a lightweight heat ray shield cover, such as a heat insulator, which has a three-dimensional shape and excellent shielding characteristics. The heat ray shield cover is a cover which is disposed near a heat source (26) such as an engine exhaust pipe and blocks the heat ray from the heat source, the cover being formed of a shaped composite in which aluminum alloy plates (2a, 2b) are layered on both the surfaces of a core foam resin (3b), respectively. The surface of one (2a) of the aluminum alloy plates in the shaped composite is provided to face the heat source (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Hironobu Nakanishi, Naoki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110159261
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a laminated plate in which a thin aluminum alloy plate having a remarkably lowered forming limit is laminated on each of the two sides of a core polypropylene based resin having foamable property which has inferior formability and shape stability, and which is able to be subjected to forming and is excellent in shape stability after this forming. A laminated plate 1 according to the present invention is one in which aluminum alloy plates 2a and 2b are laminated on each of the two sides of a core polypropylene based resin 3a having foamable property, and after forming, the core polypropylene based resin 3a having foamable property is foamed by heating, thereby forming a composite formed article. A plate thickness of this plated plate 1 is thin. Also, the aluminum alloy plates 2a and 2b and the core polypropylene based resin 3a having foamable property which constitute this laminated plate are each constituted so as to have a thin plate thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Naoki Kikuchi, Hironobu Nakanishi, Seishi Suzuki, Takeshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20100287919
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a heat insulator mounting structure able to reduce noise propagated around a vehicle is provided. The heat insulator mounting structure includes an exhaust pipe disposed so that an upper half surface thereof is positioned higher than a horizontal lower surface of a vehicle body, a first shield portion for covering an upper surface of the exhaust pipe above the horizontal lower surface of the vehicle body, and a pair of second shield portions extending downwards below the horizontal lower surface of the vehicle body from both ends of the first shield portion in the circumferential direction of the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Ichiro Yamagiwa, Yoshio Yano, Akio Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20090267276
    Abstract: Problem: To reduce vibration and noise of a bracket and the like, and also to save a work for manufacturing and shorten manufacturing time, in the case that a forced-excitation of a vibrating apparatus is a cause. Solution: There are provided a frame body 1, to which a rotation motor 6 is fixed, and dynamic vibration absorbers 2, 3 which are structured in a manner such that slits are made in a portion of the frame body 1 and the slit part is bent in an upward direction, and is configured so that the vibrating portions 2a, 3a of the dynamic vibration absorbers 2, 3 vibrate in the vibrating direction of the frame body 1 being vibrated by the rotation motor 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO
    Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Zenzo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20080311271
    Abstract: A container-packed coffee beverage is provided, containing chlorogenic acids to a suitable extent, and furthermore having excellent taste, and with deterioration at heating has been suppressed. A container-packed coffee beverage containing the following constituents (A), (B) and (C): (A) Constituent ? (B) Constituent ? (C) chlorogenic acids wherein the peak area ratio of constituent (A) appearing in a retention time of 2.0 to 2.3 minutes and constituent (B) appearing in a retention time of 2.7 to 3.2 minutes on a chromatogram obtained by constituent analysis of a coffee extract at a detection wavelength of 260 nm using a high performance liquid chromatography apparatus is {(A)/(B)}×100=30 to 100, and the content ratio of 5-caffeoylquinic acid within the constituent (C) is 28.0 to 35.0% by weight, and a preparation method thereof is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Hitoshi Kinugasa, Tsutomu Tsukamoto, Takayuki Ochi, Nobuo Matsumoto, Mitsuo Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20080292900
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal-resin composite includes a coating step, an assembling step, and a heating step. The coating step coats at least part of the outer periphery of a solid metal first member with a foaming resin and a non-foaming resin. The assembling step disposes the first member within a hollow metal second member. The heating step heats an assembly of the second member within which the first member coated with the foaming resin and the non-foaming resin with the axes of the first member and the second member extending in the horizontal direction, and thus foams the foaming resin between the first member and the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Hironobu Nakanishi, Akio Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20080257642
    Abstract: A perforated soundproof structure is formed by oppositely arranging an external plate 1 and an internal plate 2 having a number of through-holes 2a. The board thickness, hole diameter and open area ratio of the internal plate 2 are set to satisfy design conditions to give rise to a viscous effect in the air passing through the through-holes 2a, and the design conditions are set so that the frequency bandwidth to attain an absorption coefficient of 0.3 or more is 10% or more of the resonance frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Ichiro Yamagiwa, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Hiroki Ueda, Hideo Utsuno, Toru Sakatani, Akio Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7434660
    Abstract: A perforated soundproof structure is formed by oppositely arranging an external plate 1 and an internal plate 2 having a number of through-holes 2a. The board thickness, hole diameter and open area ratio of the internal plate 2 are set to satisfy design conditions to give rise to a viscous effect in the air passing through the through-holes 2a, and the design conditions are set so that the frequency bandwidth to attain an absorption coefficient of 0.3 or more is 10% or more of the resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Ichiro Yamagiwa, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Hiroki Ueda, Hideo Utsuno, Toru Sakatani, Akio Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20070289689
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foamed resin laminate sound insulation board capable of exhibiting sound proofing performance, which is free from restrictions of shape, applicable place and weight, thinned as the whole laminated plate to enhance plastic workability such as press work, and provided with sufficient vibration damping performance in a final using state after heating foaming process. This foamed resin laminate sound insulation board 1 is a laminated plate comprising at least an unfoamed foamable resin 3a to be foamed at a foaming temperature by heating and a hard plate 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Hironobu Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20070222126
    Abstract: A vibration-reducing connection structure that can significantly reduce forced vibration at a specific frequency is provided. A vibration-reducing connection structure 1, which inhibits transmission of forced vibration from a main structural object 10 to a sub structural object 11, includes a plurality of elastic bodies 2 that connect the sub structural object 11 to the main structural object 10 at connection sections 2a, and dynamic vibration absorbers 3 including springs 31 and weights 32. The springs 31 are connected to the sub structural object 11 at connection points 3a, which are substantially aligned with the connection sections 2a. Each spring 31 has one end connected to the corresponding connection point 3a. The weights 32 are attached to free ends of the springs 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Zemzo Yamaguchi, Akio Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20070224332
    Abstract: With the object of providing a bottleable green tea beverage for selling hot, a bottleable green tea beverage was prepared, which is a bottleable green tea beverage containing a green tea extract obtained by extracting green tea leaves, wherein the content in epigallocatechin gallate and gallocatechin gallate is 380 mg/l to 1500 mg/l as a total value, the content of glutamic acid is 20 mg/l to 120 mg/l, the diff-use transmittance is 1.0% or less, and the pH is 5 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: ITO EN, LTD
    Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Naomi Furuse, Kozo Nagata, Hirokazu Hosoyama, Takanobu Takihara, Hitoshi Kinugasa
  • Publication number: 20070078227
    Abstract: A damping material and a damping metal sheet that have excellent damping performance are provided. (1) A damping material including at least one type of polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material has a sea-island structure, the loss factor tan ?I of a polymeric material constituting the island phase of the sea-island structure is larger than the loss factor tan ?M of a polymeric material constituting the sea phase of the sea-island structure, and the ratio of the elastic modulus of the polymeric material constituting the island phase to the elastic modulus of the polymeric material constituting the sea phase is in the range of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Hironobu Nakanishi, Shigetoshi Araki
  • Patent number: 6878432
    Abstract: A panel structure for a transport machine is disclosed which is constituted by an integral combination of an outer panel and an inner panel. The inner panel has reinforcing protuberances and recesses, possessing a higher rigidity than the outer panel. The protuberances of the inner panel and a back side of the outer panel are bonded together through insulating layers present on the protuberances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Hiroki Ueda, Koji Fukumoto, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Akio Sugimoto, Akibumi Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20040191474
    Abstract: A perforated soundproof structure is formed by oppositely arranging an external plate 1 and an internal plate 2 having a number of through-holes 2a. The board thickness, hole diameter and open area ratio of the internal plate 2 are set to satisfy design conditions to give rise to a viscous effect in the air passing through the through-holes 2a, and the design conditions are set so that the frequency bandwidth to attain an absorption coefficient of 0.3 or more is 10% or more of the resonance frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Ichiro Yamagiwa, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Hiroki Ueda, Hideo Utsuno, Toru Sakatani, Akio Sugimoto