Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Endo

Hiroyuki Endo 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: 10590508
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shaft body by welding a plurality of shaft members together and forming the shaft body, the method including: a primary tempering step of subjecting a range in at least one of the shaft members, which is in the vicinity of an end of another shaft member side adjacent thereto, to tempering before the shaft members are welded together so that a strength of an end side of a region thereof is lower than a strength at a side which is opposite to the end of the region thereof; a welding step of welding the shaft members together after the primary tempering step; and a secondary tempering step of tempering the vicinity of a weld part between the shaft members after the welding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirakawa, Hiroaki Fukushima, Shin Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20190390613
    Abstract: A precombustion chamber gas engine including a precombustion chamber communicating with a main combustion chamber includes: a precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line through which a precombustion chamber fuel flows; a precombustion-chamber-fuel supply valve connected to the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line and controlling supply of the precombustion chamber fuel to the precombustion chamber, the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply valve being configured to open when a precombustion chamber fuel line pressure, which is a pressure of the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line, is larger than a precombustion chamber pressure, which is a pressure of the precombustion chamber; a precombustion-chamber-fuel-line-pressure adjustment valve disposed on the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line and capable of adjusting the precombustion chamber fuel line pressure; an exhaust-precombustion-chamber-pressure acquisition unit capable of obtaining an exhaust precombustion chamber pressure which is a pressure related to t
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke TAKEMOTO, Akihiro YUUKI, Yuuta FURUKAWA, Kazuo OGURA, Hiroyuki ENDO
  • Patent number: 10497855
    Abstract: There is provided a ferroelectric thin-film laminated substrate, including a substrate, and further including a lower electrode layer, a ferroelectric thin-film layer, an upper electrode intermediate layer, and an upper electrode layer being sequentially stacked on the substrate, in which: the lower electrode layer is made of platinum or a platinum alloy; the ferroelectric thin-film layer is made of a sodium potassium niobate (typical chemical formula of (K1-xNax)NbO3, 0.4?x?0.7); the upper electrode layer is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; the upper electrode intermediate layer is made of a metal that has less oxidizability than titanium and can generate an intermetallic compound with Aluminum; and a part of the upper electrode intermediate layer and a part of the upper electrode layer are alloyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumimasa Horikiri, Kenji Shibata, Kazutoshi Watanabe, Kazufumi Suenaga, Hiroyuki Endo
  • Patent number: 10442186
    Abstract: An inkjet printer for printing labels includes: a first interface configured to receive, from a host computer, print data for images to be printed on the labels; a second interface configured to receive, from a sequencer, a first signal indicating a timing to execute a printing operation that includes printing the images, and a second signal indicating a timing to execute a predetermined operation that cannot be executed in parallel with printing the images; and a controller configured to: render the print data received via the first interface, and execute the printing operation based on the rendered print data at a timing based on the first signal received via the second interface, and execute the predetermined operation at a timing based on the second signal received via the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Takami, Hiroyuki Endo
  • Patent number: 10436297
    Abstract: An operation device includes a stationary portion, a movable portion configured to move in a predetermined direction within a predetermined range, and a load adjuster configured to adjust a movement load of the movable portion. An elastic portion that is elastically deformable is provided to the movable portion. The load adjuster is provided to the stationary portion and provided with a press portion configured to press the elastic portion in a direction intersecting with the moving direction of the movable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao Takagi, Keitaro Kaburagi, Hiroyuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20190135019
    Abstract: A display including plural pixels, where sub-pixels of the pixels each include a concavo-convex region on a reflective surface on which incident light is reflected; in a first sub-pixel, plural protrusions or recesses arranged in the concavo-convex region each have a first height or depth set corresponding to a first color so as to display the first color; in a second sub-pixel, plural protrusions or recesses arranged in the concavo-convex region each have a second height or depth set corresponding to a second color so as to display the second color; in a third sub-pixel, plural protrusions or recesses arranged in the concavo-convex region each have a third height or depth set corresponding to a third color so as to display the third color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ENDO
  • Patent number: 10185259
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a base layer and a resin layer. The base layer includes a metal film. The resin layer is laminated on an outer side of the base layer. The resin layer includes edge portions in an axial direction with at least one edge portion of the edge portions made narrower than the base layer in the axial direction such that the outer side of the base layer is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Kudoh, Hiroyuki Endo, Tetsushi Aimi
  • Patent number: 10046583
    Abstract: Roll paper for printing maintains high bending resistance at the perforations without impairing the ease of separation at the perforation. The paper has perforations 15A, 25A formed across the width of the paper at a specific interval lengthwise, and the perforation 15A, 25A have either a sawtooth shape or a wave shape. The roll paper also has a liner 11, and a plurality of labels 12 affixed by adhesive 13 at an even interval along the length of the liner 11. The perforation 15A, 25A are formed in the liner 11 between two adjacent labels 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Endo, Yusuke Kanno
  • Publication number: 20180216710
    Abstract: An operation device includes a stationary portion, a movable portion configured to move in a predetermined direction within a predetermined range, and a load adjuster configured to adjust a movement load of the movable portion. An elastic portion that is elastically deformable is provided to the movable portion. The load adjuster is provided to the stationary portion and provided with a press portion configured to press the elastic portion in a direction intersecting with the moving direction of the movable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Nao Takagi, Keitaro Kaburagi, Hiroyuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20180128949
    Abstract: Each protrusion surface has a shape of a strip extending in an extension direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction. Each protrusion surface tapers toward a top section in a thickness direction of an uneven structure. Each depression surface has a shape of a strip extending in the extension direction. Each depression surface tapers toward a bottom section in the thickness direction of the uneven structure. The protrusion surfaces and the depression surfaces are arranged at a period that limits reflection of light that is incident on the uneven surface in a front-view direction of the uneven surface and diffracts the light incident on the uneven surface to emit diffracted light in an oblique view direction of the uneven surface. The uneven structure has a property of absorbing light incident on the uneven structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ENDO, Akira NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20180114896
    Abstract: There is provided a ferroelectric thin-film laminated substrate, including a substrate, and further including a lower electrode layer, a ferroelectric thin-film layer, an upper electrode intermediate layer, and an upper electrode layer being sequentially stacked on the substrate, in which: the lower electrode layer is made of platinum or a platinum alloy; the ferroelectric thin-film layer is made of a sodium potassium niobate (typical chemical formula of (K1-xNax)NbO3, 0.4?x?0.7); the upper electrode layer is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; the upper electrode intermediate layer is made of a metal that has less oxidizability than titanium and can generate an intermetallic compound with Aluminum; and a part of the upper electrode intermediate layer and a part of the upper electrode layer are alloyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumimasa HORIKIRI, Kenji SHIBATA, Kazutoshi WATANABE, Kazufumi SUENAGA, Hiroyuki ENDO
  • Patent number: 9897954
    Abstract: A base for a fixing belt comprising at least: a nickel layer; and a copper layer, both laminated each other, wherein an orientation ratio I(200)/I(111) calculated based on a ratio between a peak strength of (200) crystal face and a peak strength of (111) crystal face by X-ray diffraction analysis of the copper layer is 0.1 or less. The base for the fixing belt further includes a protective layer, disposed on a surface of the copper layer opposite a surface on which the nickel layer is laminated, and the protective layer is formed of nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Endo, Shigeru Fujita, Yuzuru Kudoh, Yasuhide Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20180001622
    Abstract: An inkjet printer for printing labels includes: a first interface configured to receive, from a host computer, print data for images to be printed on the labels; a second interface configured to receive, from a sequencer, a first signal indicating a timing to execute a printing operation that includes printing the images, and a second signal indicating a timing to execute a predetermined operation that cannot be executed in parallel with printing the images; and a controller configured to: render the print data received via the first interface, and execute the printing operation based on the rendered print data at a timing based on the first signal received via the second interface, and execute the predetermined operation at a timing based on the second signal received via the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru TAKAMI, Hiroyuki ENDO
  • Publication number: 20170298468
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shaft body by welding a plurality of shaft members together and forming the shaft body, the method including: a primary tempering step of subjecting a range in at least one of the shaft members, which is in the vicinity of an end of another shaft member side adjacent thereto, to tempering before the shaft members are welded together so that a strength of an end side of a region thereof is lower than a strength at a side which is opposite to the end of the region thereof; a welding step of welding the shaft members together after the primary tempering step; and a secondary tempering step of tempering the vicinity of a weld part between the shaft members after the welding step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Yuichi HIRAKAWA, Hiroaki FUKUSHIMA, Shin NISHIMOTO, Hiroyuki ENDO
  • Publication number: 20170269520
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a base layer and a resin layer. The base layer includes a metal film. The resin layer is laminated on an outer side of the base layer. The resin layer includes edge portions in an axial direction with at least one edge ponton of the edge portions made narrower than the base layer in the axial direction such that the outer side of the base layer is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yuzuru KUDOH, Hiroyuki ENDO, Tetsushi AIMI
  • Publication number: 20160170352
    Abstract: A base for a fixing belt comprising at least: a nickel layer; and a copper layer, both laminated each other, wherein an orientation ratio I(200)/I(111) calculated based on a ratio between a peak strength of (200) crystal face and a peak strength of (111) crystal face by X-ray diffraction analysis of the copper layer is 0.1 or less. The base for the fixing belt further includes a protective layer, disposed on a surface of the copper layer opposite a surface on which the nickel layer is laminated, and the protective layer is formed of nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ENDO, Shigeru FUJITA, Yuzuru KUDOH, Yasuhide FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20160158875
    Abstract: A fabrication method of a steam turbine blade equipped with an erosion shield includes the steps of preparing constituent elements including the steam turbine blade having a blade part, the erosion shield to be joined to a leading edge part of the blade part on the tip side thereof, and a shim to be disposed between the blade part and the erosion shield, any of the constituent elements having a backing part to serve as a backing for preventing burn through of molten metal at the time of the electron beam welding; assembling the constituent elements; performing electron beam welding to the leading edge part of the blade part, the erosion shield and the shim while utilizing the backing; and machining including removal of the backing part, after the electron beam welding, thereby forming the steam turbine blade in the shape of a final product thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Mikihisa ISHIHARA, Hiroyuki ENDO, Katsumi TANAKA, Koji KASHIGUCHI, Toshiyuki MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 9291969
    Abstract: A base for a fixing belt includes a nickel layer; and a copper layer, both laminated each other, wherein an orientation ratio calculated based on a ratio between a peak strength of crystal face and a peak strength of crystal face by X-ray diffraction analysis of the copper layer is 0.1 or less. The base for the fixing belt further includes a protective layer, disposed on a surface of the copper layer opposite a surface on which the nickel layer is laminated, and the protective layer is formed of nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Endo, Shigeru Fujita, Yuzuru Kudoh, Yasuhide Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20160046139
    Abstract: Roll paper for printing maintains high bending resistance at the perforations without impairing the ease of separation at the perforation. The paper has perforations 15A, 25A formed across the width of the paper at a specific interval lengthwise, and the perforation 15A, 25A have either a sawtooth shape or a wave shape. The roll paper also has a liner 11, and a plurality of labels 12 affixed by adhesive 13 at an even interval along the length of the liner 11. The perforation 15A, 25A are formed in the liner 11 between two adjacent labels 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Endo, Yusuke Kanno
  • Publication number: 20150348693
    Abstract: An amorphous core transformer is provided which is capable of effectively suppressing influences, fluctuation, displacement or the like of a coil caused by an electromagnetic mechanical force or the like. In an amorphous core transformer 100 including an amorphous core 101, a plurality of coils 102 in which the amorphous core 101 is inserted and a fixing metal frame 110 that assembles the coils 102 and the amorphous core 101, the inter-coil member 106 is interposed between the neighboring coils 102 and the inter-coil member 106 is positioned and held by a positioning member 107. Thus, it is possible to prevent the coils 102 from being deformed or displaced beyond the inter-coil member 106 and maintain the shape of the coils 102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiaki TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki ENDO, Ryosuke MIKOSHIBA, Tatsunori SATO