Patents by Inventor Akira Sekine

Akira Sekine 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: 20040260627
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Patent number: 6778877
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Publication number: 20020133302
    Abstract: The problem is providing an environmental performance improvement support system and an environmental performance improvement support method that support to improve effects on the environment due to release of chemical substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine
  • Publication number: 20020004768
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for management of chemical materials comprising providing a first data set containing which substances comprise the materials, providing a second data set containing which of the substances are to be controlled, the substances being categorized by a group control number, and providing a third data set containing a ratio of discharge of the controlled substances in a process and analyzing a preset amount of the materials in the process and determining a quantity of the controlled substances utilizing the first and second data sets, and determining an emissions quantity of the controlled substances utilizing the ratio and the quantity of the controlled substances and wherein the group control number is the same for the substances in the same group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Akira Sekine, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Hirotaka Satou, Tetsuya Matsui
  • Publication number: 20020004769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for management of chemical materials comprising the steps of providing a first data set containing which substances comprise the materials, providing a second data set containing which of the substances are to be controlled, providing a third data set containing a ratio of discharge of the controlled substances in a process, analyzing a preset amount of the materials in the process and determining a quantity of the controlled substances utilizing the first and second data sets, determining an emissions quantity of the controlled substances utilizing the ratio and the quantity of the controlled substances and maintaining the third data set according to a preset interval of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Akira Sekine, Takako Oono, Hirotaka Satou, Tetsuya Matsui
  • Publication number: 20010025282
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system and a chemical substance total management method which can easily manage amounts and release destination of managing substances. The chemical substance total management system includes a material composition database of component composition information of material or product in a form of database, a managing substance database in a form of a list of substance requiring management, for identifying substances constituting the material or product on the basis of the material composition database and identifying substance required management on the basis of the managing substance database for managing chemical substance contained in the material handled by a business entity or product. The system further includes release coefficient database storing weight ratio data in each transfer and release destination per the identified management required substance in a form of database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohishi, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Akira Sekine, Takako Oono, Tetsuya Matsui
  • Publication number: 20010018625
    Abstract: A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing and transferring amount of managing substance per releasing and transferring destination and releasing and transferring amount record to be a source generating tabulation result record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takako Oono, Akira Sekine, Tetsuya Matsui, Kiyomi Funabashi
  • Patent number: 5440968
    Abstract: A variable force cylinder device with a piston reciprocated by a pressurized fluid in a cylinder chamber, in which the piston has a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion, the cylinder chamber has a large-bore portion corresponding to the large-diameter portion of the piston and a small-bore portion corresponding to the small-diameter portion of the piston, and a variable force mechanism is provided for varying a pressure-receiving area of the piston under an interaction of the piston with the cylinder chamber varying depending on the phases of the piston stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Sekine
  • Patent number: 5293462
    Abstract: Electronic information input via an input means is divided into first and second groups e.g. representing information which may not be modified except by a skilled operator, and information which may be modified freely. The information is stored in an information file and display elements are stored in e.g. a related information file. If a request for modification of one of the information elements is input via the input means, a judging means determines, on the basis of controlling information in a controlling information area, whether the information element belongs to the first or second group. If it belongs to the first, a display means displays one of the display elements as e.g. a warning to the operator that the information element may be modified only by a skilled operator. A password system may be provided to identify such a skilled operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Prosess Computer Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Nishimoto, Toshihiro Hayashi, Keiji Oshima, Yukihiro Oda, Akira Sekine, Toshiaki Higashihara, Kouhei Seki