Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kono

Hiroyuki Kono 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).

  • Publication number: 20210378272
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The present invention reduces usage of sodium chloride by adding magnesium chloride, and overcomes problems occurring in using magnesium chloride. [Solution] The present inventors have found that when magnesium chloride is added instead of sodium chloride to noodle strings and a reducing sugar is further added, preferable well-cooked feeling and appearance are imparted in subsequent production process for instant noodles, and thus, the present invention was accomplished. Specifically, the present invention relates to noodle strings for use in production of instant noodles, the noodle strings containing a raw material powder, magnesium chloride and a reducing sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Sho KITANO, Norikazu ASAO, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Publication number: 20210378271
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The present invention reduces usage of sodium chloride by adding magnesium chloride, and overcomes problems occurring in using magnesium chloride. [Solution] The present inventors have found that when magnesium chloride is added instead of sodium chloride to noodle strings and a reducing sugar is further added, preferable well-cooked feeling and appearance are imparted in subsequent production process for instant noodles, and thus, the present invention was accomplished. Specifically, the present invention relates to noodle strings for use in production of instant noodles, the noodle strings containing a raw material powder, magnesium chloride and a reducing sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Sho KITANO, Norikazu ASAO, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Patent number: 11192965
    Abstract: Provided is a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization comprising an electron-donating compound other than a phthalate, the solid catalyst component being equal in the olefin-polymerizing activity and in the primary physical properties of the resulting polymer such as stereoregularity and molecular weight distribution to those with use of a phthalate as an electron-donating compound. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization comprises a magnesium atom, a titanium atom, a halogen atom, an ester compound (A) represented by a general formula (1) and a diester compound (B) represented by a general formula (2), wherein a ratio represented by the following expression: (content (mass %) of ester compound (A)/content (mass %) of diester compound (B)) is 0.05 to 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Uozumi, Hiroyuki Kono, Shinta Marui, Chika Uzawa
  • Publication number: 20210261393
    Abstract: A vibration suppression system for a loading vehicle includes: a sensor configured to detect a parameter indicating acceleration along a vertical direction of a load handling apparatus or of a vehicle main body of the loading vehicle; a vibration control force generating apparatus configured to apply a vibration control force for suppressing vibration of the loading vehicle; and a controller configured to generate a feedback command to be issued to the vibration control force generating apparatus based on a detection value of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kengo IMAOKA, Shoichi AOKI, Kensuke FUTAHASHI, Noriyuki HASEGAWA, Koji UCHIDA, Hiroyuki KONO, Akihisa KAWAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11084509
    Abstract: This railway vehicle is provided with: a bracket including a contact surface which is in contact with a second surface of a second plate member, and also including a recess which is provided in a portion facing an uneven surface; and a dynamic vibration absorber including a damper section which is located on the side opposite the contact surface and which is affixed to the bracket, and also including a weight section which is disposed on the side opposite the side to which the bracket is provided and which is disposed on the damper section. The bracket is separated from the uneven surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Kuroki, Akihisa Kawauchi, Hiroyuki Kono, Takeshi Kora, Yoshinori Mitsui, Eigo Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210231533
    Abstract: A load estimation apparatus includes: an acceleration sensor attached to at least one of a bogie body supporting wheels or a vehicle body attached to the bogie body and configured to measure a first acceleration; and a control unit configured to estimate a load which is applied to the bogie body on the basis of load information which is acquired in advance and in which an acceleration and a load are correlated and the first acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Akihisa KAWAUCHI, Hiroyuki KONO, Koji UCHIDA, Teruo YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11008408
    Abstract: There is provided a novel alkoxymagnesium which, when used as a constituent of a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization to polymerize an olefin, may reduce the formation rate of a fine powder and may form a polymer having an excellent particle size distribution under high polymerization activity. The alkoxymagnesium is characterized by comprising secondary particles each of which is an aggregate of primary particles having an average particle diameter of less than 1 ?m and by having a ratio represented by the average particle diameter of the primary particles/the average particle diameter of the secondary particles of 0.1 or less, a total pore volume of 0.5 to 1 cm3/g, a specific surface area of less than 50 m2/g, and a particle size distribution index (SPAN) 1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Shingo Yamada, Toshiya Uozumi
  • Patent number: 10953900
    Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes: a measurement value acquiring unit configured to acquire input accelerations of n vehicles traveling along a track; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine abnormality in the track at a track position at which the input accelerations are equal to or more than a threshold value in a case where it has detected that the input accelerations for all of the n vehicles are equal to or more than a threshold value, and determine abnormality in any one or a plurality of vehicles out of n?1 or less vehicles in the n vehicles at which the input accelerations are equal to or more than the threshold value in a case where it has detected that the input accelerations for the any one or a plurality of vehicles out of the n?1 or less vehicles in the n vehicles are equal to or more than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihisa Kawauchi, Hiroyuki Kono, Koji Uchida
  • Publication number: 20210045416
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Although potassium lactate is expected as a substitute for salt, it was revealed to impair noodle making properties. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to produce instant noodles to which a salty taste owing to potassium lactate is imparted, and which has good texture. [Solution] The present inventors found that an adverse effect of potassium lactate caused during noodle making can be suppressed by adding potassium lactate after noodle making of noodle strings. Thus, the present invention was accomplished so that a salty taste owing to potassium lactate can be imparted and texture of noodles can be retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Sho KITANO, Atsushi MATSUMURA, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Publication number: 20210040247
    Abstract: Provided is a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization comprising an electron-donating compound other than a phthalate, the solid catalyst component being equal in the olefin-polymerizing activity and in the primary physical properties of the resulting polymer such as stereoregularity and molecular weight distribution to those with use of a phthalate as an electron-donating compound. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization comprises a magnesium atom, a titanium atom, a halogen atom, an ester compound (A) represented by a general formula (1) and a diester compound (B) represented by a general formula (2), wherein a ratio represented by the following expression: (content (mass %) of ester compound (A)/content (mass %) of diester compound (B)) is 0.05 to 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Uozumi, Hiroyuki Kono, Shinta Marui, Chika Uzawa
  • Patent number: 10908773
    Abstract: An example system includes: an information processing device including a display processing unit performing processing of displaying on a display unit a basic screen containing a selection image and a background image, the selection image being constructed from one or a plurality of images used for receiving selection operation, the background image serving as a background of the selection image; and a background image transmission device transmitting the background image of the basic screen. The display processing unit of the information processing device automatically receives the background image transmitted by the background image transmission device and displays the received background image in the background of the selection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takiguchi, Hiroyuki Kono, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takashi Hosoi
  • Patent number: 10895043
    Abstract: A track includes a travel path including a travel face with which travel wheels of a vehicle come into contact while rolling. The travel path includes a plurality of travel path forming units that are arranged to be adjacent to each other in a travel direction of the vehicle and of which each includes a unit travel face forming part of the travel face and a positioning unit that fixes a relative position between travel path forming units adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Asanoma, Yukihide Yanobu, Hiroyuki Kono, Koji Uchida, Akihisa Kawauchi, Yoshinobu Murakami, Yasuyuki Mukai
  • Publication number: 20200299422
    Abstract: There is provided a novel alkoxymagnesium which, when used as a constituent of a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization to polymerize an olefin, may reduce the formation rate of a fine powder and may form a polymer having an excellent particle size distribution under high polymerization activity. The alkoxymagnesium is characterized by comprising secondary particles each of which is an aggregate of primary particles having an average particle diameter of less than 1 ?m and by having a ratio represented by the average particle diameter of the primary particles/the average particle diameter of the secondary particles of 0.1 or less, a total pore volume of 0.5 to 1 cm3/g, a specific surface area of less than 50 m2/g, and a particle size distribution index (SPAN) 1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KONO, Shingo YAMADA, Toshiya UOZUMI
  • Patent number: 10730537
    Abstract: An anomaly determination device includes a changeover force measurement unit that measures a changeover force output by a driving device, the driving device outputting a changeover force for switching a direction of a branch rail whose direction is variable, a voltage measurement unit that measures a voltage supplied to the driving device, a current measurement unit that measures a current flowing through the driving device, and an anomaly determination unit that determines whether or not there is an anomaly in the branch rail, there is an anomaly in the driving device, and there is an anomaly in power supplied to the driving device on the basis of the magnitude of the changeover force, the magnitude of the voltage, and the magnitude of the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Yukihide Yanobu, Takeshi Kora, Eisuke Okano
  • Publication number: 20200178579
    Abstract: Problem to be Solved The present invention reduces usage of sodium chloride by adding magnesium chloride, and overcomes problems occurring in using magnesium chloride. [Solution] The present inventors have found that when magnesium chloride is added instead of sodium chloride to noodle strings and a reducing sugar is further added, preferable well-cooked feeling and appearance are imparted in subsequent production process for instant noodles, and thus, the present invention was accomplished. Specifically, the present invention relates to noodle strings for use in production of instant noodles, the noodle strings containing a raw material powder, magnesium chloride and a reducing sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Sho KITANO, Norikazu ASAO, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Patent number: 10663912
    Abstract: A moving apparatus includes: an exposure unit that forms a latent image by exposure; a support unit that supports the exposure unit so that the exposure unit is displaceable, a guide groove guiding a movement of the support unit to move the exposure unit between an exposure position and a retracted position; a first link unit that includes a first shaft portion, and a second shaft portion that swings about the first shaft portion to transmit force used to move the exposure unit; a second link unit that connects the support unit and the second shaft portion of the first link unit; and a coupling shaft that connects the support unit and the second link unit and is guided by the guide groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ao, Hiroyuki Kono
  • Publication number: 20200148237
    Abstract: This abnormality monitoring device is equipped with: an acceleration data acquisition unit for acquiring measurement data about the acceleration of a vehicle chassis; an abnormality presence determination unit for determining whether an abnormality is present on the basis of a comparison between the acceleration and a threshold; a frequency analysis unit for analyzing the acceleration frequency when the abnormality presence determination unit determines that an abnormality is present, and an abnormality type identification unit for identifying abnormality type on the basis of the frequency pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Akihisa KAWAUCHI, Hiroyuki KONO, Koji UCHIDA, Katsuya KUROKI, So TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200101988
    Abstract: An underfloor double skin structure includes a first upper plate including a pair of first thin portions disposed on both end portions thereof and a first thick portion disposed inwardly with respect to the pair of first thin portions, a first lower plate disposed to be spaced apart downward of the first upper plate and including a pair of second thin portions disposed on both end portions thereof and a second thick portion disposed inwardly with respect to the pair of second thin portions, a first rib group integrally formed with the first upper plate and the first lower plate and connects the first upper plate and the first lower plate, a reinforcing body is formed of the first thick portion, the second thick portion, and a pair of thick ribs, and the second thick portion is disposed downward of the pair of second thin portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Koshi TANIMOTO, Ichiro JOREN, Hiroyuki KONO, Yoshinori KATO
  • Publication number: 20200011653
    Abstract: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit that is installed on a side of a track, a vehicle traveling along the track, a guide wheel being installed on a side of the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track via a telecentric lens; a second imaging unit that is installed in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit on the side of the track and images the inside of the track via a telecentric lens; an image acquisition unit that acquires an image which is an image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit and is an image of a boundary on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction and an image which is an image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time as the capturing of the image by the first imaging unit and is an image of a boundary on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit that detects an abrasion situation of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuaki MORITA, Masahiro YAMADA, Kazuki OZAKI, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Patent number: 10472436
    Abstract: A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization exhibits excellent catalytic activity during polymerization, and can produce a polymer that exhibits excellent stereoregularity, bulk density, and the like even when a polymerization catalyst is produced in an inert atmosphere using an electron donor compound other than a phthalic ester and an organosilicon compound. The solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization is produced by bringing a vinylsilane compound (d) into contact with a catalyst component, the catalyst component being a powdery solid component obtained by bringing a magnesium compound (a), a titanium halide compound (b), and an electron donor compound (c) into contact with each other, the electron donor compound (c) being one or more compounds that do not include a phthalic ester structure, and include one or more groups selected from an ester group, a carbonate group, and an ether group, the vinylsilane compound (d) being brought into contact with the catalyst component in a 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Toshiya Uozumi, Shingo Yamada, Toshihiko Sugano