Patents by Inventor Kazuo Matsushita

Kazuo Matsushita 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: 11393639
    Abstract: A seal plate (2) seals an opening part of a capacitor case (an exterior case 52) and includes a main body part (4) including a through-hole (8) for discharging a gas (G) in the capacitor case, a pressure valve (12) arranged to cover the through-hole and including a valve body part (26) allowing passage of the gas, a storage part (16) formed in the through-hole to receive the valve body part expanded due to a pressure in the capacitor case, and a stopper (stopper wall 10) that includes an opening part (20) for discharging the gas passing through the valve body part and that comes into contact with a portion of the valve body part in the storage part to deform the valve body part. This achieves an increase in gas permeability of the pressure valve and a high operating pressure maintained in the pressure valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikufumi Honda, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Masayuki Mori, Masaru Saito, Takashi Kuroki, Kazuo Matsushita, Atsushi Koga, Ryoichi Yasuda, Koji Hoshino, Masahiro Matsushima, Keita Yajima
  • Publication number: 20210098200
    Abstract: A seal plate (2) seals an opening part of a capacitor case (an exterior case 52) and includes a main body part (4) including a through-hole (8) for discharging a gas (G) in the capacitor case, a pressure valve (12) arranged to cover the through-hole and including a valve body part (26) allowing passage of the gas, a storage part (16) formed in the through-hole to receive the valve body part expanded due to a pressure in the capacitor case, and a stopper (stopper wall 10) that includes an opening part (20) for discharging the gas passing through the valve body part and that comes into contact with a portion of the valve body part in the storage part to deform the valve body part. This achieves an increase in gas permeability of the pressure valve and a high operating pressure maintained in the pressure valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikufumi Honda, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Masayuki Mori, Masaru Saito, Takashi Kuroki, Kazuo Matsushita, Atsushi Koga, Ryoichi Yasuda, Koji Hoshino, Masahiro Matsushima, Keita Yajima
  • Patent number: 9093713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a lead-base alloy grid for lead-acid battery having excellent mechanical strength, corrosion resistance and growth resistance, including two-step heat treatment of a Pb—Ca—Sn alloy grid containing 0.06% by mass or less of calcium, the first heat treatment being conducted at a temperature of 40° C. to 110° C., the second heat treatment being conducted at a temperature of 90° C. to 140° C., and the first heat treatment being conducted at a lower temperature than the second heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: THE FURUKAWA BATTERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Furukawa, Kazuo Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8337639
    Abstract: A mixed powder layer is applied by coating to a cavity of a forging die made of an Fe-base alloy, at least to the region of the cavity to be reinforced or repaired, the mixed powder layer comprising the first element powder capable of being converted into a carbide to enhance the hardness of the forging die and the second element powder having a melting point lower than that of the first element powder. Die reinforcing is carried out by forging a work by using a forging die covered with the mixed powder layer and heat-treating the die by utilizing the working heat generated in the forging to thereby make the layer reflow and diffuse the carbide in the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Kumaki, Mitsuo Kuwabara, Kazuo Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20100154938
    Abstract: The surface of a pre-molded article made of SKH51 (Fe-based alloy) is coated with a powder of Al, Cr and the like. The coating may be performed by applying a coating agent which is prepared by dispersing the powder in an organic solvent. The coating agent may contain a reducing agent. After coating, the pre-molded article is subjected to heat treatment to form a carbonized product of the metal. The pre-molded article may be further treated with nitrogen, thereby forming a layered Fe-based alloy which has a diffusion layer which is formed by the diffusion of the carbonized product, a nitrided product and AIN in the base material. Subsequently, the article may be subjected to finishing process to give a punch having a predetermined shape for use in a hot-roll forging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Toshimasa Kumaki, Kazuo Matsushita, Mitsuo Kuwabara, Masanori Kosugi
  • Publication number: 20090293996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a lead-base alloy grid for lead-acid battery having excellent mechanical strength, corrosion resistance and growth resistance, including two-step heat treatment of a Pb—Ca—Sn alley grid containing 0.06% by mass or less of calcium, the first heat treatment being conducted at a temperature of 40° C. to 110° C., the second heat treatment being conducted at a temperature of 90° C. to 140° C., and the first heat treatment being conducted at a lower temperature than the second heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun FURUKAWA, Kazuo Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20090293997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a lead-base alloy grid for lead-acid battery having excellent mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, and growth resistance the method including heat treatment of a Pb—Ca—Sn alloy grid being subjected to natural aging for 2 to 750 hours before heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Furukawa, Kazuo Matsushita, Tsutomu Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20090205752
    Abstract: A mixed powder layer is applied by coating to a cavity of a forging die made of an Fe-base alloy, at least to the region of the cavity to be reinforced or repaired, the mixed powder layer comprising the first element powder capable of being converted into a carbide to enhance the hardness of the forging die and the second element powder having a melting point lower than that of the first element powder. Die reinforcing is carried out by forging a work by using a forging die covered with the mixed powder layer and heat-treating the die by utilizing the working heat generated in the forging to thereby make the layer reflow and diffuse the carbide in the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Toshimasa Kumaki, Mitsuo Kuwabara, Kazuo Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20080104843
    Abstract: A method and a device for forging a bevel gear. The device includes a punch, a work positioning and holding die positioning and holding a work placed on the placing surface of a lower die, and an outer burr removing die removing outer burrs produced on the outer peripheral surfaces of the teeth of the work. In the state of the work positioned and held at a prescribed position by the work positioning and holding die, the inner burrs and the outer burrs of the work are simultaneously removed by the integrated lowering operation of the punch and the outer burr removing die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Kazuo Matsushita
  • Patent number: 5459597
    Abstract: A liquid crystal cell cluster has a pair of glass plates bonded to each other and a sealant disposed between the glass plates and defining a matrix of spaces in horizontal rows and vertical columns beteen the glass plates. The spaces has respective inlets for introducing a liquid crystal into the spaces. The spaces in each of the vertical columns are held in communication with each other through the respective inlets thereof. The liquid crystal cell cluster also includes a horizontal row of liquid crystal reservoirs defined between the glass plates above the uppermost horizontal row of the spaces and held in communication with the respective spaces in the uppermost horizontal row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Nanox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotarou Yamamoto, Yoshinobu Takagi, Tomoko Kanno, Nobuhiro Sato, Kazuo Matsushita
  • Patent number: 5202612
    Abstract: A concrete vibrator is disclosed in which a sensorless semiconductor motor is employed for driving an exciter. The sensorless semiconductor motor has an arrangement in which the rotational position of the permanent magnet rotor is sensed through utilization of a voltage which is induced from three-phase stator windings, i.e. a voltage which is induced according to the magnetic flux distribution in the gap and varies its frequency with the rotation speed alone instead of by using the Hall element which is readily damaged by vibration and heat, that is, seriously poor in environmental resistance. Further, the sensorless semiconductor motor is arranged so that the current supply to the stator winding is placed under control of a semiconductor inverter which is controlled by a PWM or PAM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignees: Sinano Electric Co., Ltd., Mikasa Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yoshida, Akinobu Shionoya, Kazuo Matsushita, Isao Baba