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: 20190337537
    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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuya KUROKI, Akihisa KAWAUCHI, Hiroyuki KONO, Takeshi KORA, Yoshinori MITSUI, Eigo HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10458776
    Abstract: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit installed on a track along which a vehicle is traveling, a guide wheel installed on the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track; a second imaging unit installed on the track in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit and imaging the inside of the track; an image acquisition unit acquiring a first image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction, and a second image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit detecting an abrasion situation of the guide wheel according to a position of a boundary indicated in the acquired images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Morita, Masahiro Yamada, Kazuki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Kono
  • Publication number: 20190276043
    Abstract: A steering control system includes: a deviation amount detection unit configured to detect a deviation amount of a car that travels on a track, from a reference traveling path of the car in a width direction of the track; a roll or lateral direction vibration amount detection unit configured to detect a roll or lateral direction vibration amount of the car; and a feedback control unit configured to perform feedback control of steering of the car so as to reduce the deviation amount and the roll or lateral direction vibration amount. The feedback control unit is configured to output a steering command value in which a specified frequency to be reduced is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Koji UCHIDA, Hiroyuki KONO, Akihisa KAWAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190278215
    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: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi AO, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Patent number: 10392453
    Abstract: A method for producing an olefin polymerization catalyst includes bringing a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization, a vinylsilane compound, an organosilicon compound, and an organoaluminum compound into contact with each other in an inert organic solvent under an inert gas atmosphere in the absence of a specific vinyl compound, wherein a washing treatment is not performed after the vinylsilane compound has been added to the reaction system, the solid catalyst component includes a magnesium compound, a titanium halide compound, and an electron donor compound that does not include a phthalic acid ester structure, and includes a diol skeleton, and the organosilicon compound does not include a vinyl group, and includes at least one group selected from an alkoxy group and an amino group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Toshiya Uozumi, Shingo Yamada, Toshihiko Sugano
  • Patent number: 10352603
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a cooling tower, a refrigeration device, a cooling fan provided in the cooling tower, a cooling water pump which circulates cooling water between the cooling tower and the refrigeration device, an inlet temperature sensor which detects the cooling water temperature at an inlet of the cooling tower, an outlet temperature sensor which detects the cooling water temperature at an outlet of the cooling tower, and an inverter apparatus which variably controls the speed of the cooling fan or the cooling water pump. The output frequency of the inverter apparatus is reduced after the output frequency reaches an upper limit frequency. The inverter apparatus controls the cooling device based on a temperature differential between a temperature of the cooling water at the inlet and a temperature of the cooling water at the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kono
  • Publication number: 20190126959
    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: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Akihisa KAWAUCHI, Hiroyuki KONO, Koji UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190054939
    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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KONO, Yukihide YANOBU, Takeshi KORA, Eisuke OKANO
  • Publication number: 20190023820
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a method for producing a catalyst for olefin polymerization which exhibits excellent catalytic activity in a polymerization treatment and permits production of a polymer excellent in stereoregularity, melt flowability, etc., even when the polymerization catalyst is prepared in an inert gas atmosphere by using a solid catalytic component comprising an electron-donating compound other than a phthalic acid ester. The method for producing a catalyst for olefin polymerization comprises performing a pre-contact treatment of bringing a solid catalytic component (A) comprising a magnesium atom, a titanium atom, a halogen atom and an electron-donating compound having no phthalic acid ester structure, a specific organoaluminum compound (B) and an external electron-donating compound (C) into contact with each other at a temperature of lower than 15° C. for a time of 30 minutes or shorter in the absence of the olefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Takahiro Masuyama, Shinta Marui, Toshiya Uozumi
  • Publication number: 20180364056
    Abstract: A movable object position determining unit of a control device for a movable object is configured to determine whether a current position of the movable object is separated a predetermined distance or more from a transit point which is a junction between a valid movement track and a candidate movement track. A change processing unit is configured to change the candidate movement track as a new valid movement track when it is determined that the current position of the movable object is separated the predetermined distance or more from the transit point as the junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi IWASAKI, Koji UCHIDA, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Patent number: 10144438
    Abstract: A traveling bogie includes a steerable wheel, a bogie main body configured to support the steerable wheel, a guide apparatus pivotally supported by the bogie main body and turned by receiving a reaction force from a guide rail, a steering mechanism configured to apply a steering force to the steerable wheel using the reaction force received by the guide apparatus, and an assist mechanism configured to apply an auxiliary steering force for assisting with the steering force from the steering mechanism to the steerable wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihide Yanobu, Hiroyuki Kono, Akihisa Kawauchi, Kousuke Katahira, So Tamura
  • Publication number: 20180327004
    Abstract: Provided is a course correction procedure generation device that comprises: a measurement data acquisition unit for acquiring measurement data on a course; a simulation execution unit with which a travel simulation for simulating travel by the vehicle on the course is executed on the basis of the measurement data and a speed that is established in accordance with the location of the vehicle on the course; and a correction procedure generation unit for generating a correction procedure on the basis of the result of the travel simulation, the correction procedure being information indicative of content for correcting the course.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihisa KAWAUCHI, Koji UCHIDA, Hiroyuki KONO, Yukihide YANOBU, Eisuke OKANO, Kosaku MURASE
  • Publication number: 20180298562
    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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiaki ASANOMA, Yukihide YANOBU, Hiroyuki KONO, Koji UCHIDA, Akihisa KAWAUCHI, Yoshinobu MURAKAMI, Yasuyuki MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20180265612
    Abstract: A 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 0.1 to 15-fold molar quantity with respect to the molar quantity (on a titanium atom basis) of the titanium halide compound (b) included in the catalyst component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Toshiya Uozumi, Shingo Yamada, Toshihiko Sugano
  • Patent number: 10053123
    Abstract: A valid cars determining unit determines the number of valid cars of each train such that a passenger transport volume per unit time of a plurality of trains is not less than a necessary transport volume and the total number of valid cars is minimized when the plurality of trains run with a predetermined number of operational cars per unit time. A control information generating unit generates control information for performing control which causes trains having valid cars corresponding to the number of valid cars determined by the valid cars determining unit to operate at a predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Morita, Hiroyuki Kono, Masaya Mitake, Atsuyoshi Saimen, Yasuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9991622
    Abstract: Provided is an electric component equipped with a live electrical part and an insulating resin molded article that is molded from a thermoplastic resin composition and is in contact with the live electrical part, wherein: the thermoplastic resin composition includes (A) 60 to 80 parts by mass of a polyphenylene ether resin or a mixture of a polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene resin, (B) 60 to 80 parts by mass of a hydrogenated block copolymer, (C) 5 to 30 parts by mass of a flame retardant, and (D) 0.1 to 3 parts by mass of titanium oxide (in an amount corresponding to 100 parts by mass of the total of (A) to (C)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Kazuyuki Ogata, Tadayuki Ishii
  • Patent number: 9975563
    Abstract: An operating mode determining unit determines an operating mode of each of a plurality of vehicles to be either one of a normal operating mode and an energy saving mode on the basis of a necessary boarding and alighting time which is required to allow passengers to board or alight from the vehicles at each of a plurality of stations. An index value specifying unit specifies an index value on the basis of total energy consumption when the vehicles operate in the operating mode determined by the operating mode determining unit, a difference between the necessary boarding and alighting time and a boarding and alighting time, or the number of changing times of operating modes. An operating plan determining unit determines the operating mode of each of the vehicles to be an operating mode having a smallest index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Morita, Hiroyuki Kono, Masaya Mitake, Yasuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9919720
    Abstract: This traveling bogie is provided with: steered wheels; a main body for supporting the steered wheels; a guide device turning when subjected to a reaction force from a guide rail; a steering mechanism for applying a steering force to the steered wheels utilizing the reaction force applied to the guide device; and an assist mechanism for applying an assist steering force to the steered wheels, the assist steering force assisting the steering force applied by the steering mechanism. The assist mechanism is provided with: a first operation arm pivoting together with the steered wheels in the direction in which the steered wheels are steered; a second operation arm rotating about a rotation axis relative to the main body in response to the turning of the guide device; and an elastically deformable section connected to the first operation arm and the second operation arm and elastically deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihide Yanobu, Hiroyuki Kono, Akihisa Kawauchi, Kousuke Katahira, So Tamura
  • Publication number: 20180031366
    Abstract: An abrasion inspection apparatus includes: a first imaging unit installed on a track along which a vehicle is traveling, a guide wheel installed on the vehicle, the first imaging unit imaging an inside of the track; a second imaging unit installed on the track in a vehicle traveling direction with respect to the first imaging unit and imaging the inside of the track; an image acquisition unit acquiring a first image of a boundary of the guide wheel captured by the first imaging unit on a first direction side in the vehicle traveling direction, and a second image of the boundary of the guide wheel captured by the second imaging unit at the same time on an opposite side to the first direction side; and a guide wheel detection unit detecting an abrasion situation of the guide wheel according to a position of a boundary indicated in the acquired images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Katsuaki MORITA, Masahiro YAMADA, Kazuki OZAKI, Hiroyuki KONO
  • Publication number: 20170369608
    Abstract: A method for producing an olefin polymerization catalyst includes bringing a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization, a vinylsilane compound, an organosilicon compound, and an organoaluminum compound into contact with each other in an inert organic solvent under an inert gas atmosphere in the absence of a specific vinyl compound, wherein a washing treatment is not performed after the vinylsilane compound has been added to the reaction system, the solid catalyst component includes a magnesium compound, a titanium halide compound, and an electron donor compound that does not include a phthalic acid ester structure, and includes a diol skeleton, and the organosilicon compound does not include a vinyl group, and includes at least one group selected from an alkoxy group and an amino group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kono, Toshiya Uozumi, Shingo Yamada, Toshihiko Sugano