Patents by Inventor Atsushi Murata

Atsushi Murata 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: 20180358151
    Abstract: A protective member to be wrapped around an electric wire, in which the protective member has a reduced thickness and exerts, at the same time, both functions of protecting and noise-insulating the electric wire. The protective member is used while being wrapped around the electric wire. The protective member includes: a first sheet material made of a nonwoven fabric; and a second sheet material that is made of a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric in which fibers longer than fibers of the nonwoven fabric of the first sheet material are joined to each other, or a nonwoven fabric that includes a larger number of joining points at which fibers are intertwined than that of the nonwoven fabric of the first sheet material, the second sheet material being laid on the first sheet material to form one main surface of the protective member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Atsushi MURATA, Yoshitsugu SUSAKI, Hiroki ICHIURA, Akihiro NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20180331521
    Abstract: A protective member-attached wire is provided with: an electric wire; and a protective member that is made of a sheet-shaped nonwoven member and is wrapped around the electric wire to cover the electric wire. The protective member includes: a first portion obtained by heating a portion of the nonwoven member; and a second portion that is softer than the first portion of the nonwoven member. The first portion and the second portion are each distributed over the entire circumference of the electric wire in a circumferential direction of the electric wire, and are distributed over the entire protective member in a longitudinal direction of the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi ISHIDA, Housei MIZUNO, Yasuyuki YAMAMOTO, Atsushi MURATA
  • Publication number: 20180137955
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wire harness outer member includes: (a) transporting the base material in an extension direction; (b) sequentially forming perforations in the transported base material along the extension direction by rotating perforating blades around an axis following a direction intersecting with the extension direction while pinching the base material between the perforating blades and an anvil provided opposite the perforating blades, more of the perforating blades being provided on the one side of the base material than on the other side; and (c) correcting a difference in tensile force between the one side and the other side of the base material by pressing a tensile force correction member against the other side of the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Atsushi MURATA
  • Publication number: 20180118905
    Abstract: A polymer film has an average film thickness T0 along a straight line D passing through the center of gravity of a two-dimensional projection such that the area of the polymer film is maximized, satisfies equation (a), the average value L of distances 1 from the center of gravity to edges satisfies equation (b), the Young's modulus E satisfies equation (c), and the thickness deviation ? defined by equation (d) satisfies equation (e); and a dispersion liquid and an agglomerate using the same. (a) 10 nm?T0?1000 nm, (b) 0.1 ?m?L?500 ?m, (c) 0.01 GPa?E?4.3 GPa, (d) ?=1?T1/T2, (e) 0.346E×10?9?1.499<?<?0.073E×10?9+0.316.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Motonori Hochi, Yuki Sekido, Ichiro Itagaki, Toru Arakane, Shinya Ohtsubo, Shinji Takeoka, Atsushi Murata, Mao Fujii, Yuya Ishizuka, Shuichi Shoji, Jun Mizuno, Takashi Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20180107244
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device employing a polymer nanosheet, having an electronic element and a conductive wiring that are connected to each other in a solder-free manner, and exhibiting a high conformability and adhesiveness to an object for attaching including a biological tissue such as skin; and a method for manufacturing the same. The electronic device includes the electronic element; and the polymer nanosheet adhering to the electronic element. Specifically, the polymer nanosheet adheres to the electronic element in a manner such that one surface of the electronic element is entirely covered by the polymer nanosheet. It is preferred that the polymer nanosheet have a thickness of smaller than 1 ?m. Further, a conductive wiring capable of being electrically connected to the electronic element; and a power source for supplying power to the electronic element, may also be formed on the polymer nanosheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Toshinori FUJIE, Marin OKAMOTO, Kento YAMAGISHI, Atsushi MURATA, Shinji TAKEOKA, Eiji IWASE, Mizuho KUROTOBI, Hiroyasu IWATA
  • Publication number: 20180001378
    Abstract: A mold clamping apparatus of the type including a mold opening/closing actuator and a mold clamping cylinder, wherein rails for guiding a movable platen are disposed on a base, and the mold clamping cylinder has a left leg and a right leg each disposed between one pair of left and right rails of the rails. The rails provided for guiding the movable platen is used also as a side guide for the mold clamping cylinder. This arrangement can obviate the need for a separate guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Atsushi MURATA, Daiki TANEMURA, Hiroo OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20170348465
    Abstract: A polymer film can be adjusted to movement or a fine uneven surface of a living body and has excellent ability to adhere to a biological tissue. The polymer film includes a block copolymer having a structure in which branched polyalkylene glycol and polyhydroxyalkanoic acid are bound to each other, wherein the polymer film has a film thickness of 10 to 1000 nm. The branched polyalkylene glycol has at least three terminal hydroxyl groups per molecule, the mass percentage of the branched polyalkylene glycol relative to the total mass of the block copolymer is 1% to 30%, and a value obtained by dividing the average molecular weight of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid in the block copolymer by X that is the number of terminal hydroxyl groups present per a single molecule of the branched polyalkylene glycol is 10000 to 30000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: Toray Industries, Inc., Nanotheta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Saito, Toru Arakane, Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Koji Okabayashi, Shinji Takeoka, Toshinori Fujie, Shoichiro Suzuki, Atsushi Murata, Shinya Otsubo
  • Patent number: 9738020
    Abstract: A mold clamping mechanism includes a fixed platen and a movable platen. The fixed platen includes upper and lower, left and right through-holes through which extend tie-bars, and a cutout that extends transversely through the through-holes and divides the through-holes into mold-side holes and opposite-mold-side holes. The fixed platen is divided by the cutout into a mold-side part and an opposite-mold-side part. The mold-side part is provided with main leg parts connected to the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Murata, Kimiaki Shioiri, Tatsuhiko Nishizawa, Isamu Yamaguchi, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9731442
    Abstract: A mold clamping apparatus includes a mold clamping cylinder. The mold clamping cylinder has, in a region thereof located below left and right lower tie bars and above left and right sliders, a left grooved portion opened leftward and elongated horizontally, a right grooved portion opened rightward and elongated horizontally, and a leg portion formed between the left and right grooved portions. The leg portion and the left and right grooved portions together form a constricted part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Murata, Daiki Tanemura
  • Patent number: 9724862
    Abstract: A mold clamping apparatus includes a fixed platen, a mold clamping cylinder, a movable platen moved by the mold clamping cylinder toward the fixed platen, and a mold opening/closing actuator for moving the movable platen or the mold clamping cylinder. The mold clamping apparatus further includes a mold thickness adjustment cylinder provided between the mold clamping cylinder and the movable platen, the mold thickness adjustment cylinder being configured to generate an axial force larger than an axial force in an expanding direction of the mold opening/closing actuator and smaller than an axial force in a contracting direction of the mold clamping cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Murata, Daiki Tanemura, Hozumi Yoda, Nobusuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9687805
    Abstract: The present invention includes a reactor main body (4) that is formed into a tubular shape having an axis (O) as the center and accumulates a slurry (S); a gas supply line (10) for incorporating a synthesis gas (G) into the reactor main body (4), and a sparger part (5) that is disposed in a lower portion within the reactor main body (4), communicates with the gas supply line (10), and sprays the synthesis gas (G). The sparger part (5) includes a header tube (15) in which a plurality of openings are formed so as to be separated from each other in a first direction and which sprays the synthesis gas (G) from the openings, and a pair of wall surface parts that protrude from the header tube (15), on opposing sides of the plurality of openings and in a direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou Morita, Kazuki Murahashi, Eiichi Yamada, Yuzuru Kato, Yoshiyuki Saiwai, Atsushi Murata
  • Patent number: 9688918
    Abstract: The hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus according to the present invention includes a reaction vessel that brings a synthesis gas having carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen gas as main components into contact with a slurry having a solid catalyst suspended in a liquid hydrocarbon compound to synthesize a liquid hydrocarbon compound using a Fischer-Tropsch reaction; a filter that is provided within the reaction vessel and is configured to separate the liquid hydrocarbon compound from the catalyst; and a powdered catalyst particles-discharging device configured to discharge powdered catalyst particles in the solid catalyst in the slurry to the outside of the reaction vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, INPEX CORPORATION, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO.
    Inventors: Atsushi Murata, Eiichi Yamada, Kazuki Murahashi, Yuzuru Kato, Yasuhiro Onishi
  • Publication number: 20170057142
    Abstract: A mold clamping apparatus includes a mold clamping cylinder. The mold clamping cylinder has, in a region thereof located below left and right lower tie bars and above left and right sliders, a left grooved portion opened leftward and elongated horizontally, a right grooved portion opened rightward and elongated horizontally, and a leg portion formed between the left and right grooved portions. The leg portion and the left and right grooved portions together form a constricted part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Atsushi MURATA, Daiki TANEMURA
  • Publication number: 20170057143
    Abstract: A mold clamping apparatus includes a fixed platen, a mold clamping cylinder, a movable platen moved by the mold clamping cylinder toward the fixed platen, and a mold opening/closing actuator for moving the movable platen or the mold clamping cylinder. The mold clamping apparatus further includes a mold thickness adjustment cylinder provided between the mold clamping cylinder and the movable platen, the mold thickness adjustment cylinder being configured to generate an axial force larger than an axial force in an expanding direction of the mold opening/closing actuator and smaller than an axial force in a contracting direction of the mold clamping cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Atsushi MURATA, Daiki TANEMURA, Hozumi YODA, Nobusuke TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9566732
    Abstract: A mold-clamping mechanism in which top and bottom tie bars extend between a pressure-receiving platen and a fixed platen fixed to a bed, a movable platen is movably attached to the tie bars, a toggle link extends between the movable platen and the pressure-receiving platen, the movable platen is moved toward the fixed platen by the toggle link, and a mold is clamped by the movable platen and the fixed platen. The pressure-receiving platen includes a bottom part surrounding a central cavity, and a ceiling part for joining respective top ends of left and right wall parts provided upright from both ends of the bottom part. An opening via which the cavity communicates with the outside is provided to the bottom part and the ceiling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimiaki Shioiri, Atsushi Murata, Tatsuhiko Nishizawa, Isamu Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9463470
    Abstract: Means for Solving the Problem According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a magnetic-separation filter device that removes contaminants of fine ferromagnetic particles from a fluid containing such contaminants, comprising: a substantially cylindrical housing; two partition plates that are disposed in an inside of the housing so as to extend in a vertical direction of the housing, dividing the inside of the housing by being disposed in parallel to each other; a filter medium that includes a fine amorphous-alloy wire bundle filled in a first region defined by the housing and the two partition plates; and plural permanent magnets that are provided on both sides of the first region outside the housing, wherein the contaminants of fine ferromagnetic particles are adsorbed on the filter media by flowing the fluid containing such contaminants through the first region in which the magnetic field has been formed by these plural permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Murahashi, Kentarou Morita, Yuzuru Kato, Atsushi Murata
  • Patent number: 9404047
    Abstract: A start-up method for a hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus, comprising: an initial slurry-loading step in which the slurry is loaded into the reactor at the initial stage of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction at a lower loading rate than that applied to the reactor in a steady-state operation; and a CO conversion ratio-increasing step in which the liquid level of the slurry in the reactor is raised by adding to the slurry the hydrocarbons synthesized at the early stage of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction so that the CO conversion ratio is increased in proportion to a rise in the liquid level of the slurry in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, INPEX CORPORATION, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Ito, Atsushi Murata, Eiichi Yamada, Yuzuru Kato, Yasuhiro Onishi
  • Patent number: 9381690
    Abstract: A movable platen support structure includes: a linear guide mechanism via which a movable platen is provided for horizontal movement; a plurality of movable-platen height adjustment mechanisms provided in corresponding relation to leg sections of the platen, each of the height adjustment mechanisms including a flat plate placed on a corresponding slider of the guide mechanism, and an adjusting bolt screwed into the corresponding leg section of the slider and abutting at its distal end against the flat plate; and a plurality of fastening mechanisms provided in corresponding relation to the leg sections, each of the fastening mechanisms including a fastening bolt for, following the height adjustment by the adjusting bolts, fastening the corresponding leg section to the corresponding slider by being passed through the leg section and the flat plate so as to be screwed into the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Nishizawa, Atsushi Murata, Isamu Yamaguchi, Kimiaki Shioiri
  • Publication number: 20160160129
    Abstract: The present invention includes a reactor main body (4) that is formed into a tubular shape having an axis (O) as the center and accumulates a slurry (S); a gas supply line (10) for incorporating a synthesis gas (G) into the reactor main body (4), and a sparger part (5) that is disposed in a lower portion within the reactor main body (4), communicates with the gas supply line (10), and sprays the synthesis gas (G). The sparger part (5) includes a header tube (15) in which a plurality of openings are formed so as to be separated from each other in a first direction and which sprays the synthesis gas (G) from the openings, and a pair of wall surface parts that protrude from the header tube (15), on opposing sides of the plurality of openings and in a direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou MORITA, Kazuki MURAHASHI, Eiichi YAMADA, Yuzuru KATO, Yoshiyuki SAIWAI, Atsushi MURATA
  • Publication number: 20160156165
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a technology capable of partially easily bending and deforming a wiring harness accommodated in a protector without introducing a hot-pressing machine for forming a shape capable of accommodating a wiring harness at a manufacturing side for wiring harnesses. To achieve this object, a protector includes an accommodating portion formed of a sheet material obtained by partially pressing a flexible sheet-like nonwoven material containing basic fibers and a binder having a lower melting point than the basic fibers from opposite sides and heating at least one surface of a pressed part, thereby having a cured partial area, and having an internal space capable of accommodating a wiring harness. The accommodating portion includes a hard portion and a soft portion softer than the hard portion along a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electronic Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto KATOU, Atsushi MURATA