Patents by Inventor Kazuo Okamura
Kazuo Okamura 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).
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Publication number: 20230214858Abstract: Provided is a server device (101) including: a transmitting/receiving section (201) for receiving, from a household electric appliance (102), an identifier for identifying the household electric appliance (102) and an operation status of the household electric appliance (102); an updating section (207) for estimating a consumption status of a consumer good using the received operation status so as to update the consumption status of the consumer good stored in a utilization information accumulating section (205) based on the estimated consumption status of the consumer good; and a determination section (206) for deciding whether or not to transmit a confirmation message for confirming the consumer good being used with the household electric appliance, based on the updated consumption status of the consumer good.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Toshihisa NAKANO, Masayuki KOZUKA, Motoji OHMORI, Takako HIROSE, Tsuyoshi SAKATA, Yoshiyuki MIYABE, Kazuo OKAMURA, Masayoshi TOJIMA
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Patent number: 10683157Abstract: A shopping bag is provided that can be transformed for use as a file holder for storing documents and items such as a large envelope. The shopping bag includes a rectangle-shaped body part formed by a pair of front and back sheets, handles provided to the open side of the body, and a file part that is integrally formed with the body and that is turned into a rectangle-shaped file holder when separated from the body. The file part includes a separation line to be used for separating the file part from the body, a joint line formed inside of the separation line along the two sides of the separation line, at which the front and back sheets are joined together, and a cut-out part formed as a part of the separation line to be used as a starting point for separating the file part from the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Inventor: Kazuo Okamura
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Patent number: 10531714Abstract: Provided is a jewelry piece that includes an ornament attachment member that is retained at a prescribed position in the longitudinal direction of an elongated body of the jewelry piece. The jewelry piece includes the elongated body that includes a tube formed by a flexible material, multiple magnet pieces that are inserted into the inside of the tube over the entire length of the tube other than both end sections of the tube, and caps that close both ends of the tube, and the ornament attachment member that the elongated body passes through, and that is retained due to the magnetic attraction force exerted by a magnetic substance at a prescribed position in the longitudinal direction of the elongated body. The ornament attachment member is formed by a core body made of a magnetic material, through which the elongated body passes, and by an ornament that is integrally formed with the core body so as to surround the core body.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SUN CHALAINE CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuo Okamura
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Publication number: 20190370829Abstract: Provided is a server device (101) including: a transmitting/receiving section (201) for receiving, from a household electric appliance (102), an identifier for identifying the household electric appliance (102) and an operation status of the household electric appliance (102); an updating section (207) for estimating a consumption status of a consumer good using the received operation status so as to update the consumption status of the consumer good stored in a utilization information accumulating section (205) based on the estimated consumption status of the consumer good; and a determination section (206) for deciding whether or not to transmit a confirmation message for confirming the consumer good being used with the household electric appliance, based on the updated consumption status of the consumer good.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Toshihisa NAKANO, Masayuki KOZUKA, Motoji OHMORI, Takako HIROSE, Tsuyoshi SAKATA, Yoshiyuki MIYABE, Kazuo OKAMURA, Masayoshi TOJIMA
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Patent number: 10445751Abstract: Provided is a server device (101) including: a transmitting/receiving section (201) for receiving, from a household electric appliance (102), an identifier for identifying the household electric appliance (102) and an operation status of the household electric appliance (102); an updating section (207) for estimating a consumption status of a consumer good using the received operation status so as to update the consumption status of the consumer good stored in a utilization information accumulating section (205) based on the estimated consumption status of the consumer good; and a determination section (206) for deciding whether or not to transmit a confirmation message for confirming the consumer good being used with the household electric appliance, based on the updated consumption status of the consumer good.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Toshihisa Nakano, Masayuki Kozuka, Motoji Ohmori, Takako Hirose, Tsuyoshi Sakata, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Kazuo Okamura, Masayoshi Tojima
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Patent number: 10407758Abstract: A steel for oil country tubular goods includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C, Si, Mn, Al, Mo, P, S, O, N, and a balance containing Fe and impurities, wherein a full width at half maximum HW of a crystal plane corresponding to a (211) crystal plane of an ? phase and a carbon content expressed in mass % in the chemical composition satisfy HW×C1/2?0.38, the carbon content and a molybdenum content expressed in mass % in the chemical composition satisfy C×Mo?0.6, a number of M2C carbides having a hexagonal crystal structure and having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 nm or more is 5 pieces or more per one square micron, and an yield strength is 758 MPa or more.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko Omura, Yuji Arai, Kaori Kawano, Akihiro Sakamoto, Kazuo Okamura, Kenji Yamamoto, Keiichi Kondo, Koji Nagahashi, Masanao Seo
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Patent number: 10380607Abstract: Provided is a server device (101) including: a transmitting/receiving section (201) for receiving, from a household electric appliance (102), an identifier for identifying the household electric appliance (102) and an operation status of the household electric appliance (102); an updating section (207) for estimating a consumption status of a consumer good using the received operation status so as to update the consumption status of the consumer good stored in a utilization information accumulating section (205) based on the estimated consumption status of the consumer good; and a determination section (206) for deciding whether or not to transmit a confirmation message for confirming the consumer good being used with the household electric appliance, based on the updated consumption status of the consumer good.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Toshihisa Nakano, Masayuki Kozuka, Motoji Ohmori, Takako Hirose, Tsuyoshi Sakata, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Kazuo Okamura, Masayoshi Tojima
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Publication number: 20180255884Abstract: Provided is a jewelry piece that includes an ornament attachment member that is retained at a prescribed position in the longitudinal direction of an elongated body of the jewelry piece. The jewelry piece includes the elongated body that includes a tube formed by a flexible material, multiple magnet pieces that are inserted into the inside of the tube over the entire length of the tube other than both end sections of the tube, and caps that close both ends of the tube, and the ornament attachment member that the elongated body passes through, and that is retained due to the magnetic attraction force exerted by a magnetic substance at a prescribed position in the longitudinal direction of the elongated body. The ornament attachment member is formed by a core body made of a magnetic material, through which the elongated body passes, and by an ornament that is integrally formed with the core body so as to surround the core body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventor: Kazuo OKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180257843Abstract: A shopping bag is provided that can be transformed for use as a file holder for storing documents and items such as a large envelope. The shopping bag includes a rectangle-shaped body part formed by a pair of front and back sheets, handles provided to the open side of the body, and a file part that is integrally formed with the body and that is turned into a rectangle-shaped file holder when separated from the body. The file part includes a separation line to be used for separating the file part from the body, a joint line formed inside of the separation line along the two sides of the separation line, at which the front and back sheets are joined together, and a cut-out part formed as a part of the separation line to be used as a starting point for separating the file part from the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventor: Kazuo OKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180135154Abstract: The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to the present invention has a chemical composition containing, by mass percent, C: 0.56 to 1.00%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, P: at most 0.025%, 5: at most 0.010%, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Mo: 0.40 to 1.00%, V: 0.05 to 0.30%, and O: at most 0.010%, the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the yield stress thereof is at least 862 MPa, and the half-value width of a [211] crystal surface obtained by X-ray diffraction is at most 0.50°.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Tomohiko OMURA, Yuji ARAI, Kaori KAWANO, Akihiro SAKAMOTO, Kazuo OKAMURA, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Keiichi KONDO
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Patent number: 9909198Abstract: The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to the present invention has a chemical composition containing, by mass percent, C: 0.56 to 1.00%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, P: at most 0.025%, S: at most 0.010%, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Mo: 0.40 to 1.00%, V: 0.05 to 0.30%, and O: at most 0.010%, the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the yield stress thereof is at least 862 MPa, and the half-value width of a [211] crystal surface obtained by X-ray diffraction is at most 0.50°.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko Omura, Yuji Arai, Kaori Kawano, Akihiro Sakamoto, Kazuo Okamura, Kenji Yamamoto, Keiichi Kondo
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Patent number: 9719794Abstract: A route display method for display on a terminal apparatus comprises: acquiring starting point information indicating a starting point and destination information indicating a destination; generating route information indicating a route from the starting point to the destination, wherein the route information includes a plurality of passing points; extracting captured images corresponding to the plurality of the passing points from a database which stores the captured images in relation to corresponding image capturing locations respectively, wherein each of the image capturing locations is within a range from the each of the plurality of the passing points; and displaying the extracted captured images in association with a map image sequentially in an order from a first captured image corresponding to a first passing point closest to the starting point to a second captured image corresponding to a second passing point closest to the destination.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Toshihisa Nakano, Tohru Wakabayashi, Yuko Yamamoto, Masahiro Ito, Kimio Minami, Kazuo Okamura
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Patent number: 9546408Abstract: A method for quenching a steel pipe by water cooling from an outer surface thereof, where pipe end portions are not subjected to water cooling, and at least part of a main body other than the pipe end portions is subjected to water cooling. A region(s) that is not subjected to direct water cooling over an entire circumference thereof can be along an axial direction at least in part of the main body other than the pipe end portions. The start and stop of water cooling can be intermittent at least in part of the quenching. During the water cooling of the pipe outer surface, an intensified water cooling can be performed in a temperature range in which the pipe outer surface temperature is higher than Ms point. Thereafter, the cooling can be switched to moderate cooling so that the outer surface is cooled down to Ms point or lower.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Sakamoto, Kazuo Okamura, Kenji Yamamoto, Tomohiko Omura, Yuji Arai
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Patent number: 9316253Abstract: A maximum diameter (d) of each of surface openings formed in a bearing surface through melting of Sn metal powder as a binder is set within a range of 0 ?m<d?25 ?m. In order to attain the range, binder metal powder having a maximum particle diameter of 25 ?m or less is used.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuo Okamura, Fuyuki Ito
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Publication number: 20160069703Abstract: A route display method for display on a terminal apparatus comprises: acquiring starting point information indicating a starting point and destination information indicating a destination; generating route information indicating a route from the starting point to the destination, wherein the route information includes a plurality of passing points; extracting captured images corresponding to the plurality of the passing points from a database which stores the captured images in relation to corresponding image capturing locations respectively, wherein each of the image capturing locations is within a range from the each of the plurality of the passing points; and displaying the extracted captured images in association with a map image sequentially in an order from a first captured image corresponding to a first passing point closest to the starting point to a second captured image corresponding to a second passing point closest to the destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: TOSHIHISA NAKANO, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, YUKO YAMAMOTO, MASAHIRO ITO, KIMIO MINAMI, KAZUO OKAMURA
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Publication number: 20150247226Abstract: The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to the present invention has a chemical composition containing, by mass percent, C: 0.56 to 1.00%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, P: at most 0.025%, S: at most 0.010%, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, Mo: 0.40 to 1.00%, V: 0.05 to 0.30%, and O: at most 0.010%, the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein the yield stress thereof is at least 862 MPa, and the half-value width of a [211] crystal surface obtained by X-ray diffraction is at most 0.50°.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Tomohiko Omura, Yuji Arai, Kaori Kawano, Akihiro Sakamoto, Kazuo Okamura, Kenji Yamamoto, Keiichi Kondo
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Publication number: 20150127421Abstract: Provided is a server device (101) including: a transmitting/receiving section (201) for receiving, from a household electric appliance (102), an identifier for identifying the household electric appliance (102) and an operation status of the household electric appliance (102); an updating section (207) for estimating a consumption status of a consumer good using the received operation status so as to update the consumption status of the consumer good stored in a utilization information accumulating section (205) based on the estimated consumption status of the consumer good; and a determination section (206) for deciding whether or not to transmit a confirmation message for confirming the consumer good being used with the household electric appliance, based on the updated consumption status of the consumer good.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Toshihisa Nakano, Masayuki Kozuka, Motoji Ohmori, Takako Hirose, Tsuyoshi Sakata, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Kazuo Okamura, Masayoshi Tojima
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Publication number: 20150114527Abstract: A steel for oil country tubular goods includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C, Si, Mn, Al, Mo, P, S, O, N, and a balance containing Fe and impurities, wherein a full width at half maximum HW of a crystal plane corresponding to a (211) crystal plane of an ? phase and a carbon content expressed in mass % in the chemical composition satisfy HW×C1/2?0.38, the carbon content and a molybdenum content expressed in mass % in the chemical composition satisfy C×Mo?0.6, a number of M2C carbides having a hexagonal crystal structure and having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 nm or more is 5 pieces or more per one square micron, and an yield strength is 758 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Tomohiko Omura, Yuji Arai, Kaori Kawano, Akihiro Sakamoto, Kazuo Okamura, Kenji Yamamoto, Keiichi Kondo, Koji Nagahashi, Masanao Seo
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Patent number: 8992658Abstract: A sintered metal bearing is obtained by compression-molding of a raw-material powder containing at least a Cu powder, an SUS powder, and a pure Fe powder and thereafter sintering a compression-molded body at a predetermined temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: NTN CorporationInventors: Fuyuki Ito, Kazuo Okamura, Kenji Hibi
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Publication number: 20140007994Abstract: A method for quenching a steel pipe by water cooling from an outer surface thereof, where pipe end portions are not subjected to water cooling, and at least part of a main body other than the pipe end portions is subjected to water cooling. A region(s) that is not subjected to direct water cooling over an entire circumference thereof can be along an axial direction at least in part of the main body other than the pipe end portions. The start and stop of water cooling can be intermittent at least in part of the quenching. During the water cooling of the pipe outer surface, an intensified water cooling can be performed in a temperature range in which the pipe outer surface temperature is higher than Ms point. Thereafter, the cooling can be switched to moderate cooling so that the outer surface is cooled down to Ms point or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Sakamoto, Kazuo Okamura, Kenji Yamamoto, Tomohiko Omura, Yuji Arai