Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Hori
Hiroshi Hori 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).
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Patent number: 10206640Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X ray computed tomography imaging apparatus includes a gantry and a column. The gantry includes a first gantry intake port, and a second gantry intake port. The first gantry intake port draws air in the first state. The second gantry intake port draws air in the second state. The column includes a first column exhaust port and a second column exhaust port. The first column exhaust port communicates with the first gantry intake port in the first state. The second column exhaust port communicates with the second gantry intake port in the second state.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Hori
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Patent number: 10201488Abstract: Provided is an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of exerting good foamability together with good volume of foam, foaming speed, foam dissipation property, foam quality, foam durability in the presence of sebum, and volume of foam in the presence of sebum at high levels, and a cleansing composition containing the same. The internal olefin sulfonate composition of the present invention comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 16 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 18 carbon atoms, wherein a mass content ratio (A/B) of component (A) to component (B) is from 75/25 to 90/10, and wherein a mass ratio (hydroxy form/olefin form) of a content of a hydroxy form in the internal olefin sulfonate of the component (A) and the component (B) to a content of an olefin form in the internal olefin sulfonate of the component (A) and the component (B) is from 75/25 to 100/0.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Yoshikawa, Yoshinori Mitsuda, Hiroshi Hori, Yoshifumi Nishimoto, Yasuhiro Doi
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Patent number: 9877907Abstract: Provided are an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of sufficiently enhancing foamability, light foam quality, and instantaneous foam dissipation property, and a cleansing composition containing the internal olefin sulfonate composition. The internal olefin sulfonate composition comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 12 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 14 carbon atoms, wherein a content mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (A/B), is from 10/90 to 90/10, and a total content of the component (A) and the component (B) in the internal olefin sulfonate is from 60 to 100% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Yoshikawa, Yoshinori Mitsuda, Hiroshi Hori, Yasuhiro Doi
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Publication number: 20180023383Abstract: A method of model-based acoustic measurements for a wellbore is disclosed. The method comprises creating an interpretation chart of acoustic measurements by a downhole tool in a wellbore using a numerical modeling and performing an evaluation with respect to the wellbore based on the interpretation chart.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi Hori, Ram Sunder Kalyanraman, Hiroshi Nakajima, Henri-Pierre Valero
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Patent number: 9861566Abstract: Provided are an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of sufficiently enhancing foamability, foam lubricity and volume of foam, and a cleansing composition containing the same. The internal olefin sulfonate composition comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 16 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 14 carbon atoms, in which a content mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (A/B), is from 80/20 to 90/10.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Yoshikawa, Yoshinori Mitsuda, Hiroshi Hori, Yasuhiro Doi
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Patent number: 9861567Abstract: Provided are an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of sufficiently enhancing foamability, foam spreadability, and foam dissipation property, and a cleansing composition containing the same. The internal olefin sulfonate composition comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 16 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 14 carbon atoms, wherein a content mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (A/B), is from 10/90 to 70/30, and a content of the internal olefin sulfonate having 18 or more carbon atoms is 5% by mass or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Yoshikawa, Yoshinori Mitsuda, Hiroshi Hori, Yasuhiro Doi
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Publication number: 20180003843Abstract: A downhole tool for operation within a wellbore and including a transmitter array and first and second receiver arrays. The transmitter array includes a plurality of transmitters azimuthally distributed around a longitudinal axis of the downhole tool at a first axial location of the downhole tool. The first receiver array includes a plurality of first receivers azimuthally distributed around the longitudinal axis at a second axial location axially offset from the first axial location. The second receiver array includes a plurality of second receivers azimuthally distributed around the longitudinal axis at a third axial location axially offset from the first and second axial locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi Hori, Wataru Izuhara, Naoki Sakiyama, Toshimichi Wago, Hiroshi Nakajima, Shin'ichi Houshuyama, Akane Imamura
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Publication number: 20180003845Abstract: A downhole tool having a transmitter array with azimuthally spaced transmitters and receiver arrays with azimuthally spaced receivers. Methods of operation include transmitting an acoustic signal from an individual one of the transmitters, sensing an attribute of the acoustic signal with the receivers, and evaluating a characteristic of a portion of a downhole feature based on response signals generated by the first and second receivers. Each response signal is indicative of the acoustic signal attribute sensed by the corresponding receivers. This is repeated with different individual ones of the transmitters and receivers until the evaluated portions of the downhole feature collectively extend around a wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Naoki Sakiyama, Wataru Izuhara, Hiroshi Hori, Toshimichi Wago
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Publication number: 20170340541Abstract: Provided are an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of sufficiently enhancing foamability, foam dissipation property free from a slimy feeling during rinsing, and a feel after cleansing and subsequent drying, and a cleansing composition containing the same. The internal olefin sulfonate composition comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 16 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 12 carbon atoms, in which a content mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (A/B), is from 10/90 to 90/10.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei YOSHIKAWA, Yoshinori MITSUDA, Hiroshi HORI, Yasuhiro DOI
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Patent number: 9823375Abstract: Apparatus for acoustic measurement in a downhole environment to enable high quality measurements to be obtained in difficult logging conditions are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a downhole tool having a body with a plurality of transmitters located on the body. A receiver is located on the body a distance from the transmitters and an attenuator section is integrally formed on the body between at least one transmitter and the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Nakajima, Toshihiro Kinoshita, Hiroshi Hori, Alain Dumont, Hiroshi Nomura
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Patent number: 9815779Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a high-quality internal olefin sulfonate in which the content of any internal olefin and inorganic substance is small. This method for producing an internal olefin sulfonate, comprising: a sulfonating step of causing an internal olefin to react with sulfur trioxide to yield a sulfonated internal olefin; a neutralizing step of mixing the resultant sulfonated internal olefin with an aqueous alkaline solution at 40° C. or lower to yield a mixture, and applying shearing force to the mixture until the particle diameter of oil droplets of an oily product of the mixture turns to 10 ?m or less to yield a neutralized product; and a hydrolyzing step of hydrolyzing the resultant neutralized product.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Hori, Yohei Yoshikawa, Yoshinori Mitsuda, Toku Fujioka, Yoshifumi Nishimoto
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Publication number: 20170314385Abstract: A technique facilitates use of acoustic measurements to enable geo-steering during a well operation. A steerable well string is provided with acoustic systems used to collect data which is then processed to determine geo-steering inputs. In some applications, the well string may comprise a coiled tubing drilling tool. The coiled tubing drilling tool or other well string tool is combined with an azimuthally distributed pitch-catch micro-sonic sensor system and an azimuthally distributed ultrasonic pulse-echo transducer system. Data from these two systems is provided to a processing system which processes the data to determine, for example, real-time, geo-steering inputs. These inputs may then be used to more effectively steer the coiled tubing drilling tool or other well string tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi Hori, Takeshi Endo, Evgeniya Deger, Naoki Sakiyama, Hiroshi Nakajima, Jean-Christophe Auchere, Henri-Pierre Valero
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Patent number: 9789045Abstract: Provided are an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of sufficiently enhancing foamability, foam dissipation property free from a slimy feeling during rinsing, and a feel after cleansing and subsequent drying, and a cleansing composition containing the same. The internal olefin sulfonate composition comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 16 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 12 carbon atoms, in which a content mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (A/B), is from 10/90 to 90/10.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Yoshikawa, Yoshinori Mitsuda, Hiroshi Hori, Yasuhiro Doi
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Publication number: 20170281498Abstract: Provided is an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of exerting good foamability together with good volume of foam, foaming speed, foam dissipation property, foam quality, foam durability in the presence of sebum, and volume of foam in the presence of sebum at high levels, and a cleansing composition containing the same. The internal olefin sulfonate composition of the present invention comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 16 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 18 carbon atoms, wherein a mass content ratio (A/B) of component (A) to component (B) is from 75/25 to 90/10, and wherein a mass ratio (hydroxy form/olefin form) of a content of a hydroxy form in the internal olefin sulfonate of the component (A) and the component (B) to a content of an olefin form in the internal olefin sulfonate of the component (A) and the component (B) is from 75/25 to 100/0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei YOSHIKAWA, Yoshinori MITSUDA, Hiroshi HORI, Yoshifumi NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro DOI
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Publication number: 20170274629Abstract: A laminated glass includes a glass plate including a first plane compressive region having a prescribed width inside an outer peripheral edge of the glass plate in a plan view, a first plane tensile region adjacent to an inner peripheral side of the first plane compressive region and having a prescribed width, a neutral region occupying an inner peripheral side of the first plane tensile region, and a second plane compressive region located on an inner peripheral side of the first plane compressive region in a plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Toshimi YAJIMA, Hiroshi HORI, Kazushige YODA, Atsushi NAKANO
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Patent number: 9713584Abstract: Provided is an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of exerting good foamability together with good volume of foam, foaming speed, foam dissipation property, foam quality, foam durability in the presence of sebum, and volume of foam in the presence of sebum at high levels, and a cleansing composition containing the same. The internal olefin sulfonate composition of the present invention comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 16 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 18 carbon atoms, wherein a mass content ratio (A/B) of component (A) to component (B) is from 75/25 to 90/10, and wherein a mass ratio (hydroxy form/olefin form) of a content of a hydroxy form in the internal olefin sulfonate of the component (A) and the component (B) to a content of an olefin form in the internal olefin sulfonate of the component (A) and the component (B) is from 75/25 to 100/0.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei Yoshikawa, Yoshinori Mitsuda, Hiroshi Hori, Yoshifumi Nishimoto, Yasuhiro Doi
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Patent number: 9693740Abstract: A medical diagnostic imaging apparatus includes: a bed device on which an examinee lies down; a gantry having a tunnel-shaped inner portion into which the bed device moves and inserts a table with which the examinee is in direct contact, and being configured to obtain information on an interior of the examinee by imaging the examinee located in the inner portion; and a control device configured to control drive of the bed device and the gantry. The medical diagnostic imaging apparatus further includes a multi-degree-of-freedom support mechanism mounted at a position facing the bed device with the gantry interposed in between and configured to support the table based on a control by the control device in accordance with movement of the table.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Hori
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Publication number: 20170172881Abstract: Provided are an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of sufficiently enhancing foamability, light foam quality, and instantaneous foam dissipation property, and a cleansing composition containing the internal olefin sulfonate composition. The internal olefin sulfonate composition comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 12 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 14 carbon atoms, wherein a content mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (A/B), is from 10/90 to 90/10, and a total content of the component (A) and the component (B) in the internal olefin sulfonate is from 60 to 100% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei YOSHIKAWA, Yoshinori MITSUDA, Hiroshi HORI, Yasuhiro DOI
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Publication number: 20170139072Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for evaluating proper cement installation in a well are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving acoustic cement evaluation data into a data processing system. The acoustic cement evaluation data derives from one or more acoustic downhole tools used over a depth interval in a well having a casing. The acoustic cement evaluation data includes sonic measurements and ultrasonic measurements. The method includes deriving a sonic-derived acoustic impedance Z(sonic) from the sonic measurements deriving an ultrasonic-derived acoustic impedance Z(ultrasonic) from the ultrasonic measurements comparing the Z(sonic) with respect to the Z(ultrasonic), and determining whether an annular fill behind the casing is well bonded, partially bonded, comprises wet microannulus, or comprises dry microannulus based on the comparison of the Z(sonic) with respect to the Z(ultrasonic).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Ram Sunder Kalyanraman, Hiroshi Hori
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Publication number: 20170115423Abstract: A downhole tool for real-time caliper measurements is provided. The downhole tool comprises multiple acoustic transducers mounted at different positions of the tool, and a control system. The control system drives the multiple transducers, receives pressure echo signals from the transducers, records the pressure echo signals in the memory, extracts data of two-way transit time and echo amplitude from the echo signals, and computes at least one of a borehole diameter, a tool center position, and an acoustic slowness or velocity of downhole fluid, based on the data of transit time and echo amplitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi Hori, Yoshino Matsumoto, Kojiro Nishimiya, Kiyomitsu Hikida, Jean-Christophe Auchere