Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Hosokawa

Hirofumi Hosokawa 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).

  • Patent number: 11976228
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a ceramic sintered body having improved light emission intensity, a ceramic sintered body, and a light emitting device. The method for producing a ceramic sintered body comprises preparing a molded body that contains a nitride fluorescent material having a composition containing: at least one alkaline earth metal element M1 selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, and Mg; at least one metal element M2 selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Tb, and Mn; Si; and N, wherein a total molar ratio of the alkaline earth metal element M1 and the metal element M2 in 1 mol of the composition is 2, a molar ratio of the metal element M2 is a product of 2 and a parameter y and wherein y is in a range of 0.001 or more and less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ooguri, Shoji Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20220323272
    Abstract: To provide a stretchable laminate, a locking member, and a sanitary material that can be easily extended at a low stress as well as can enhance the strength. A stretchable laminate 10 according to one embodiment includes a non-woven fabric 14, an elastomer layer 13 laminated on the non-woven fabric 14, and a knitted fabric 15 laminated on the elastomer layer 13. A locking member according to one embodiment is a locking member that is attached to a sanitary material, the locking member including a stretchable laminate 10 including a knitted fabric 15 laminated on an elastomer layer 13, and an engaging portion provided on an end portion of the stretchable laminate 10 opposite to the sanitary material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kioshi Kunihiro, Hiroyasu Nagata, Hirofumi Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20200030164
    Abstract: A securing member is provided with a first, second, and third strip member, and the strip members are folded and laminated. The first strip member has a strip-shaped first substrate layer and a first adhesive layer provided on a first surface of the first substrate layer; the second strip member has a strip-shaped second substrate layer positioned between the first and third strip members, and a third adhesive layer provided on a first surface of the second substrate layer; and the third strip member has a strip-shaped third substrate layer and a third adhesive layer provided on a first surface of the third substrate layer. A portion of the first adhesive layer is detachably adhered to a second surface of the second substrate layer; a portion of the second adhesive layer is detachably adhered to a second surface of the third substrate layer; and the second substrate layer has elasticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Matsuda, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Kioshi Kunihiro, Makoto Nagase, Hiroyasu Nagata, Masashi Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20190152021
    Abstract: Through the following steps (a) and (b), the side surface of a grinding object is ground to manufacture a ground product having a smaller diameter than that of the grinding object. In the step (a), a cup type grinding stone is disposed such that the central axis is parallel offset from a state where the central axis is orthogonal to the central axis of the grinding object. In the step (b), the cup type grinding stone is axially rotated so that the cup type grinding stone grinds the side surface of the grinding object while the grinding object is axially rotated and moved in the axial direction. Thereby, the outer peripheral surface of the grinding object is finish-ground by the bottom grinding stone portion of the cup type grinding stone while the grinding object is rough-ground by the side grinding stone portion to obtain a ground product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa KITAMURA, Hirofumi HOSOKAWA, Nobuchika NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170181905
    Abstract: A fastening system for securing a first region having a first securing member and a second region having a second securing member. The system includes a first surface fastener provided on a first securing member and a second surface fastener provided on a first securing member or a second securing member. That securing member, out of the first securing member and the second securing member, having the second surface fastener provided thereon includes the second surface fastener and a substrate having the second surface fastener laminated thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakurai, Yoshihisa Matsuda, Masato Kondo, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Yoshiyuki Matsumura, Shinji Kimura
  • Patent number: 9616637
    Abstract: A die for forming a honeycomb structure, including: a second plate-shaped portion that is formed of iron and the like and has back holes; and a first plate-shaped portion that is formed of tungsten carbide based cemented carbide and has cavities communicating with the back holes and slits communicating with the cavities, with the first plate-shaped portion having a first layer arranged in the second plate-shaped portion side and a second layer arranged on the first layer, the cavities are opened on both sides of the first layer, and the slits are opened on both sides of the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Kitamura, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Tomoki Nagae
  • Patent number: 9120168
    Abstract: By providing a honeycomb electrode, i.e., an electrode for a honeycomb structure forming die including a thick plate-like electrode base body made of an electricity discharging material and having two main surfaces, only one surface of two main surfaces of the electrode base body is provided with a plurality of electrode cells partitioned by electrode partition walls, and a shape of the electrode cells in the one surface is analogous to that of flow-through cells of the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Nagae, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Masanari Iwade, Seiichiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9108260
    Abstract: By providing a manufacturing method of an electrode for a honeycomb structure forming die including: preparing a thick plate-like electrode base body made of an electricity discharging material and having two surfaces; making a plurality of holes in the electrode base body at positions corresponding to flow-through cells; inserting processing electrodes into the holes, and discharging electricity from the insides of the holes toward side surfaces of the holes of the electrode base body to process the side surfaces of the holes of the electrode base body into shapes corresponding to the porous partition walls; whereby obtaining an electrode where a plurality of electrode cells partitioned by electrode partition walls appear on at least one of the surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Nagae, Masanari Iwade, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Seiichiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9110662
    Abstract: A temperature controller capable of being connected to a computer is able to be stably operated at the time of being connected to the computer. The temperature controller is operated by a power source from the computer and operated by a general power source. A voltage used in the temperature controller includes a first voltage for processing a digital signal. The temperature controller includes a feedback circuit for monitoring a change in the first voltage of the temperature controller and when detecting that the first voltage exceeds a predetermined value, lowering the supply of the general power source, and the voltage of the power source supplied from the computer is smaller than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Mukai, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Yutaka Tomiki, Nobuhiko Negishi
  • Publication number: 20150083325
    Abstract: Disclosed is a die for forming a honeycomb structure, including: a second plate-shaped portion that is formed of iron and the like and has back holes; and a first plate-shaped portion that is formed of tungsten carbide based cemented carbide and has cavities communicating with the back holes and slits communicating with the cavities, wherein the first plate-shaped portion has a first layer arranged in the second plate-shaped portion side and a second layer arranged on the first layer, the cavities 11 are opened on both sides of the first layer, and the slits are opened on both sides of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kazumasa KITAMURA, Hirofumi HOSOKAWA, Tomoki NAGAE
  • Publication number: 20150086670
    Abstract: Disclosed is a die for forming a honeycomb structure, including: a second plate-shaped portion that has a second bonded surface, where a back hole for introducing a forming raw material is formed; and a first plate-shaped portion that has a first bonded surface, where a slit communicating with the back hole to form a forming raw material is formed, and a cavity communicating with the back hole and the slit is formed in the first bonded surface side, wherein the first plate-shaped portion is arranged on the second plate-shaped portion, an open end of the cavity on the first bonded surface has a diameter different from that of an open end of the back hole on the second bonded surface, and the open end of the cavity on the first bonded surface is arranged inside the open end of the back hole on the second bonded surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kazumasa KITAMURA, Hirofumi HOSOKAWA, Tomoki NAGAE
  • Patent number: 8822873
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure forming die including a liquid groove forming step for forming linear processing liquid grooves whose width is smaller than that of the slit, in positions for forming the slits that form the partition walls of the honeycomb structure by subjecting the kneaded clay to extrusion in one side end face as a kneaded clay forming face of a plate-shaped die substrate. An introduction hole forming step for forming introduction holes for introducing the kneaded clay is performed before or after the liquid groove forming step. Slits communicating with the introduction holes are formed by performing comb-like electro-discharge machining by a comb-like electrode where plate-shaped protrusion electrodes, each corresponding to the width of the slit, are disposed in positions including the processing liquid grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hayashi, Tomoki Nagae, Masanari Iwade, Hirofumi Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20140121853
    Abstract: A feedback control method determines a manipulated value to be output to a control target so that a process value obtained from the control target matches a target value. The feedback control method includes: a step of filtering the target value with a filter having a low-pass characteristic; a step of determining the manipulated value in accordance with a deviation between the target value that has been filtered and the process value; and a step of delaying change rate of the target value that has been filtered in accordance with at least one of a fact that the target value is changed and a fact that the determined manipulated value deviates from a predetermined permissible range or approaches the permissible range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki YAMADA, Hirofumi HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130238924
    Abstract: A temperature controller capable of being connected to a computer is able to be stably operated at the time of being connected to the computer. The temperature controller is operated by a power source from the computer and operated by a general power source. A voltage used in the temperature controller includes a first voltage for processing a digital signal. The temperature controller includes a feedback circuit for monitoring a change in the first voltage of the temperature controller and when detecting that the first voltage exceeds a predetermined value, lowering the supply of the general power source, and the voltage of the power source supplied from the computer is smaller than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Mukai, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Yutaka Tomiki, Nobuhiko Negishi
  • Publication number: 20130164480
    Abstract: An elastic laminate sheet comprising a laminate comprising an elastomer layer and a nonwoven fabric provided on at least one surface of the elastomer layer, wherein low elastic laminate part and high elastic laminate part are alternatingly provided in one direction to form the laminate, and the low elastic laminate part and the high elastic laminate part both have a first bonding region where the elastomer layer and the nonwoven fabric are bonded and a second bonding region where the elastomer and the nonwoven fabric are bonded more weakly than at the first bonding region, and a total surface area of the first bonding region in the low elastic laminate part is larger than a total surface area of the first bonding region in the high elastic laminate part, and a ratio of an elastic modulus of the low elastic laminate part to an elastic modulus of the high elastic laminate part is more than 1 and not more than 7.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakurai, Takeshi Yamada, Hirofumi Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8235699
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure-forming die 1 has a die substrate 22 including a first plate-shaped member 23 having back holes 6 for introducing a raw forming material and a second plate-shaped member 24 having slits 5 for forming the material into a lattice shape. The first plate-shaped member 23 has columnar portions 8 where at least a part is zoned by a slit-shaped groove portion 7 corresponding with a shape of the slit 5 on a bonding face side 28 where the first plate-shaped member 23 is bonded with the second plate-shaped member 24. In the columnar portions 8, the ratio (L/T) of the height L of the columnar portions 8 to the minimum width T in an end face on the bonding face side 28 is within 1/3 to 3.5. Thus constituted die realizes high formability, and two plate-shaped members constituting the die substrate are hardly peeled from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Takahashi, Hirofumi Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20120174397
    Abstract: By providing a manufacturing method of an electrode for a honeycomb structure forming die including: preparing a thick plate-like electrode base body made of an electricity discharging material and having two surfaces; making a plurality of holes in the electrode base body at positions corresponding to flow-through cells; inserting processing electrodes into the holes, and discharging electricity from the insides of the holes toward side surfaces of the holes of the electrode base body to process the side surfaces of the holes of the electrode base body into shapes corresponding to the porous partition walls; whereby obtaining an electrode where a plurality of electrode cells partitioned by electrode partition walls appear on at least one of the surfaces thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Nagae, Masanari Iwade, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Seiichiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20120152908
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide an electrode which enables obtaining a die including thin or narrow slits by electric discharge machining and which does not easily cause breakage or deformation in the die during the electric discharge machining. [Solution] By providing a honeycomb electrode 120, i.e., an electrode for a honeycomb structure forming die including a thick plate-like electrode base body 122 made of an electricity discharging material and having two main surfaces, only one surface 127 of two main surfaces of the electrode base body 122 is provided with a plurality of electrode cells 142 partitioned by electrode partition walls 141, and a shape of the electrode cells 142 in the one surface 127 is analogous to that of flow-through cells of the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Nagae, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Masanari Iwade, Seiichiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8052411
    Abstract: A plate-like shape die 1 for forming a honeycomb structure provided with an introduction portion 3 having plural back holes on one side face (an introduction side) thereof and a formation portion provided with silts 6 communicating with plural back holes 7 on other side face thereof; using for forming a honeycomb shape with passing raw materials being introduced from back holes 7 of an introduction portion 3 through silts 6 being provided on the forming portion 2, wherein the introduction portion 3 is composed of two layers of a plate-like abrasion portion 5 constituting an introduction face 8, and an introduction portion main body 4 located between the abrasion portion 5 and the forming portion 2, and the abrasion portion 5 is detachably disposed on the introduction portion main body 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hayashi, Masanari Iwade, Hirofumi Hosokawa, Hironori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110233171
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure forming die including a liquid groove forming step for forming linear processing liquid grooves 3 whose width is smaller than that of the slit 5, in positions for forming the slits 5 for forming the partition walls 41 of the honeycomb structure 40 by subjecting the kneaded clay to extrusion in one side end face 7 as a kneaded clay forming face 17 of a plate-shaped die substrate 2. An introduction hole forming step for forming introduction holes 4 for introducing the kneaded clay is performed before or after the liquid groove forming step. Slits 5 communicating with the introduction holes 4 are formed by performing comb-like electro-discharge machining by a comb-like electrode 21 where plate-shaped protrusion electrodes 23 corresponding with the slit 5 width are disposed in positions including the processing liquid grooves 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichiro HAYASHI, Tomoki NAGAE, Masanari IWADE, Hirofumi HOSOKAWA