Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kawanishi

Hiroyuki Kawanishi 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: 10300579
    Abstract: A grinding coolant supplier configured to supply a grinding coolant to a grinder configured to grind an element of a machine part having a rolling element, the grinding coolant supplier including: a grinding coolant generation apparatus configured to generate a grinding coolant which is a mixture of a water-soluble stock coolant, a first reformed water of which water particles have an average particle size of not smaller than 80 nm and not greater than 150 nm, and a second reformed water of which water particles have an average particle size of not smaller than 5 nm and smaller than 80 nm; and grinding coolant supplying device configured to supply the generated grinding coolant to the grinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20170368662
    Abstract: A grinding coolant supplier configured to supply a grinding coolant to a grinder configured to grind an element of a machine part having a rolling element, the grinding coolant supplier including: a grinding coolant generation apparatus configured to generate a grinding coolant which is a mixture of a water-soluble stock coolant, a first reformed water of which water particles have an average particle size of not smaller than 80 nm and not greater than 150 nm, and a second reformed water of which water particles have an average particle size of not smaller than 5 nm and smaller than 80 nm; and grinding coolant supplying device configured to supply the generated grinding coolant to the grinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KAWANISHI
  • Patent number: 8863642
    Abstract: This invention relates to a feedback control device for controlling the stroke of an actuator stroke driven by a working fluid. The feedback control device for controlling the stroke correctly controls the stroke using a simple means by compensating secular changes in the flow rate control valve that controls the working fluid. The device for controlling the stroke of an actuator 110 is provided with a single flow rate control valve 1 for controlling the feed and discharge of the working fluid, and the flow rate control valve is operated to control the stroke by feedback. The flow rate control valve 1 has a neutral position where the working fluid is neither fed nor discharged, and a flow rate control valve control device 9 is provided with a learning device 91 for learning variations in the neutral position. The feedback control is executed, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takei, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20140099452
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a peelable laminated film including a layer A including cellulose ester and a layer B including a resin capable of a solution film-formation different from the cellulose ester, the layer A and the layer B having an adhesion of 5 N/cm or less, the method including: simultaneously or sequentially casting and laminating a dope A for forming the layer A, which includes cellulose ester and a solvent, and a dope B for forming the layer B, which includes a resin capable of a solution film-formation different from the cellulose ester and a solvent, on a casting support, peeling off a laminate of the dope A and the dope B from the casting support, and drying the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWANISHI, Katsumi SASATA, Hajime NAKAYAMA, Ryo SUZUKI, Nobutaka FUKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 8678151
    Abstract: A clutch control device for controlling a clutch installed between an engine and a transmission in a power transmission device for a vehicle includes a clutch actuator driven by a working fluid, a stroke sensor for detecting a movement of the clutch actuator, a flow rate control valve for controlling an amount of the working fluid in the clutch actuator, and a flow rate control valve control device for controlling a position of a valve body of the flow rate control valve responsive to a detection signal from the stroke sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takei, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 8380411
    Abstract: A clutch control device for vehicle equipped with a clutch actuator driven by a working fluid, wherein secular change in the flow rate control valve for controlling the working fluid is compensated, and the rate of connection of the clutch is correctly controlled by a simple means. To control the stroke of a clutch actuator 110, the clutch control device is provided with a single flow rate control valve 1 that controls the feed and discharge of the working fluid by using an electromagnetic solenoid. A flow rate control valve control device 9 is provided with a learning device 91 that learns the neutral position of the flow rate control valve 1 which shuts off the flow of the working fluid, separately detects the amounts of electric current to a coil 8 of when the rate of change in the stroke becomes zero depending upon the directions in which the valve body of the flow control valve 1 moves, and learns the central point at the neutral position by averaging the detected values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takei, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 8373826
    Abstract: An optical film is provided and includes a cellulose ester and an acrylic resin. The mass ratio of the cellulose ester to the acrylic resin is 70/30 to 5/95, the total haze value of the optical film is 0.80 or less, the internal haze value of the optical film is 0.01 to 0.28, and the modulus of elasticity in the transverse direction of the optical film is 2,700 to 7,000 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Hiromichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8308862
    Abstract: An optical cellulose acylate film comprising a polymer component which is a cellulose acylate obtained by substituting hydroxyl groups of a cellulose by an acetyl group and an acyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, wherein a substitution degree A of the acetyl group and a substitution degree B of the acyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms satisfy the following formulae (I) and (II): 2.0?A+B?3.0 (I), 0<B (II), and the optical cellulose acylate film comprises a retardation-expressing agent which is at least one of a rod-like compound and a discotic compound or an elastic modulus E(MD) in a casting direction and an elastic modulus E(TD) in a casting width direction satisfy the following formulae (III) and (IV): 1,500 MPa?E(MD)?3,400 Mpa (III) and 1,200 MPa?E(TD)?3,400 Mpa (IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Yosuke Nishiura, Takako Nishiura, legal representative
  • Publication number: 20120231217
    Abstract: An optical film, including: an additive; a wax component; and a cellulose ester, wherein the optical film satisfies the following equations (1) and (2): Equation (1): |?C/Ct|?0.1×(Ct/d?0.3) and Equation (2): Ct/d?0.375; wherein Ct represents a total content of the additive whose unit is % by mass, d represents a film thickness whose unit is ?m, and ?C is represented by Ct?Cs; wherein Cs represents a surface content of the additive in at least one side of the optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki SASADA, Masaya SUZUKI, Hiroyuki KAWANISHI
  • Patent number: 8265844
    Abstract: A clutch control device for vehicle is equipped with a clutch actuator driven by a working fluid, and works to correctly control the rate of connection of the clutch by a simple means compensating secular change of a flow rate control valve that controls the working fluid. The clutch control device has a single flow rate control valve 1 for controlling the feed and discharge of the working fluid to change the stroke of the clutch actuator 110. The flow rate control valve 1 has a neutral position at where feed and discharge of the working fluid is stopped. A flow rate control valve control device 9 is provided with a learning device 91 for learning the neutral position. To control the stroke, the flow rate control valve control device 9 corrects the amount of electric current to a coil 8 of an electromagnetic solenoid based on a value learned by the learning device 91 and compensates a change in the flow rate characteristics caused by secular change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takei, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 8233116
    Abstract: To provide a polarizing plate which is adjusted in curling so as to cause no defectives during sticking to a liquid crystal cell while maintaining a high optical compensation capacity and a liquid crystal display comprising the polarizing plate excellent in viewing angle properties, a polarizing plate is provided and has a polarizing film and a protective film, which curls in an amount of from ?30 mm to +15 mm at 25° C. and 60% RH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichiro Aminaka, Hiroyuki Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20120018685
    Abstract: An optical film contains a cellulose ester and more than 30% by mass, relative to the cellulose ester, of a condensation product of at least one polyhydric alcohol having an average of 2.01 or more carbon atoms and at least one polybasic acid having an average of 4.10 or more carbon atoms, and at least one of the at least one polyhydric alcohol contains at least three carbon atoms bonded together without being interrupted by any other atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Sasada, Mitsuo Osato, Fumitake Mitobe, Kunihiro Atsumi, Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Ryo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8022059
    Abstract: A compound of the formula: wherein ring X is benzene or pyridine; R1 is substituted alkyl; R2 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R3 is hydrogen or alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or alkyl; R6 and R7 are the same or different and each hydrogen or halogen, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful as IKur blocker effective for preventing or treating cardiac arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Hideki Ushirogochi, Tatsuyuki Takahashi, Tohru Takebe
  • Publication number: 20110222013
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates placed so as to face each other; a frame-shaped sealing member provided between the first and second substrates, and configured to bond the first and second substrate together; and a liquid crystal layer formed by enclosing a liquid crystal material inside the sealing member. A display region configured to display an image is defined inside the sealing member, and a non-display region is defined outside the display region. The non-display region is also provided in an inner periphery of the sealing member. The first substrate is provided with a plurality of wall-shaped portions formed in the non-display region in the inner periphery of the sealing member so as to extend along the sealing member and to be separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Hisashi Nagata, Naoto Kondo
  • Publication number: 20110168516
    Abstract: A clutch control device for vehicle equipped with a clutch actuator driven by a working fluid, wherein the rate of connection of the clutch is correctly controlled by using a simple means while compensating for secular changes in a flow rate control valve that controls the working fluid. To control the stroke of the clutch actuator 110, the clutch control device is provided with a single flow rate control valve 1 that controls the feed and discharge of the working fluid by using an electromagnetic solenoid. A flow rate control valve control device 9 is equipped with a learning device 91 that learns the neutral position of the flow rate control valve 1 to shut off the flow of the working fluid. At the time of learning, the learning device 91 renders the transmission to be neutral, executes the operation for increasing the stroke after the stroke is decreased, detects the rate of change in the stroke, and learns the central point at the neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takei, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20110168011
    Abstract: This invention relates to a feedback control device for controlling the stroke of an actuator stroke driven by a working fluid. The feedback control device for controlling the stroke correctly controls the stroke using a simple means by compensating secular changes in the flow rate control valve that controls the working fluid. The device for controlling the stroke of an actuator 110 is provided with a single flow rate control valve 1 for controlling the feed and discharge of the working fluid, and the flow rate control valve is operated to control the stroke by feedback. The flow rate control valve 1 has a neutral position where the working fluid is neither fed nor discharged, and a flow rate control valve control device 9 is provided with a learning device 91 for learning variations in the neutral position. The feedback control is executed, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takei, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20110157524
    Abstract: An optical film is provided and includes a cellulose ester and an acrylic resin. The mass ratio of the cellulose ester to the acrylic resin is 70/30 to 5/95, the total haze value of the optical film is 0.80 or less, the internal haze value of the optical film is 0.01 to 0.28, and the modulus of elasticity in the transverse direction of the optical film is 2,700 to 7,000 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWANISHI, Hiromichi FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 7943210
    Abstract: A phase difference plate which comprises one sheet of polymer film containing a compound having a rod-shaped molecular structure and exhibiting a maximum absorption wavelength (?max) of less than 250 nm in an ultraviolet spectrum of its solution and which exhibits a retardation value as measured at a wavelength of 450 nm (Re450) of 60 to 135 nm and a retardation value as measured at a wavelength of 590 nm (Re590) of 100 to 170 nm, where the relationship: Re590?Re450?2 nm is satisfied. The phase difference plate functions as a ?/4 plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroaki Sata, Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Takamichi Fujii
  • Patent number: 7927672
    Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided and is excellent in increasability of an in-plane retardation and a retardation in a thickness direction, from which an additive does not bleed out, and which is excellent in surface properties. The cellulose acylate film has a thickness of 40 ?m to 180 ?m and contains no retardation increasing agent. Retardation values Re and Rth of the cellulose acylate film meet the following formulae (III) to (V): 46?Re?100??(III) Rth=a?5.9Re??(IV) 520?a?670??(V) A polarizing plate and a VA mode liquid crystal display having wide viewing angle characteristics and small changes in color, which are using the cellulose acylate film, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Sumio Ohtani, Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Seimi Satake
  • Patent number: D1022196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ota, Yui Kawanishi