Patents by Inventor Hiromu Masuda

Hiromu Masuda 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: 11991580
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Hagiwara, Hiroyuki Masuda, Genta Kondo, Hiromu Takizawa
  • Patent number: 5582688
    Abstract: A twin wire former of a paper machine can perform dewatering gently and symmetrically on the front and back sides of the wet paper, thereby producing paper with good yield and excellent front/back similarity. The twin wire former includes the loops of two wires, and first, second and third dewaterers, having large radii of curvature and disposed inside one and the other of the loops of the wires sequentially alternately between a point where a raw material jet alights on the wires and a couch roll, and the wire-run over this section is diagonal. The first and third dewaterers are disposed inside the loop of the wire and the second dewaterer is disposed inside the loop of the wire. This second dewaterer is pivotable about a point in the vicinity of its rear end, and the couch roll is a solid roll. This couch roll, a transfer suction box and the third dewaterer are mounted on a swing arm and can be pivoted for wire installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Bando, Kazuhide Sakamoto, Hiromu Masuda
  • Patent number: 5437769
    Abstract: A dewatering instrument of a twin-wire former allows the angles at which the wires are wrapped around the dewatering blades to be adjusted even during operation so that pulsating pressure applied to the paper stock may be set appropriately according to the prevailing paper making condition. The respective dewatering blades of the dewatering instrument are supported by two support bodies, the first one of which is fixed and pivotably supports the blade, and the second one of which is movable to pivot the blade about the first. For example, the second support body may be a flexible tube which is inflatable and deflatable. When the blade is pivoted, the attitude of the land of the blade is changed so that the wrap angles of the wires with respect to the land of the dewatering blade are adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Bando, Kazuhide Sakamoto, Hiromu Masuda, Hiroshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 5203967
    Abstract: In a twin-wire former in a paper machine, an operation of a hybrid former mode and that of a gap former mode are conducted, and papers of quality conforming to the kind of papers can be made in a wide range of basis weight with regard to multiple kinds of papers.In the twin-wire former, a forming roll, which guides a top wire so that it can approach to a bottom wire to pinch the stock of paper and run approximately horizontally, is made adjustable in an up and down direction.Upper surfaces of blades of a forming board and a forming shoe provided inside a loop of the bottom wire, are upwardly convex so that dewatering can be effected mainly downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Bando, Kazuhide Sakamoto, Hiromu Masuda, Hiroyuki Fuchioka