Patents by Inventor Kenta YAMASHITA

Kenta YAMASHITA 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: 20240159161
    Abstract: A temperature measurement system includes first and second temperature measurement sections for a plurality of small regions, a temperature deviation calculation section configured to obtain a temperature deviation between a first measured temperature and a second measured temperature, change rate calculation sections configured to obtain a first temperature change rate in the first measured temperature and a second temperature change rate in the second measured temperature, representative change rate calculation sections configured to obtain a representative change rate relating to the first temperature change rate and the second temperature change rate for each of the small regions, and change rate abnormality determination sections configured to compare the representative change rate with the first temperature change rate and the second temperature change rate used in calculation of an abnormality deviation exceeding a temperature deviation threshold value and determine whether or not the first and second
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Keisho OMICHI, Tetsuya YAMASAKI, Hidekazu YAMASHITA, Kenta WADA, Tomohisa TAKASAKI
  • Patent number: 11959914
    Abstract: The automatic analyzer includes: a sample dispensing unit that dispenses a sample into a reaction vessel; a reagent dispensing unit that dispenses a reagent into the reaction vessel; a control unit that controls the sample dispensing unit and the reagent dispensing unit; and a measurement unit that measures a mixed solution of the sample and the reagent mixed in the reaction vessel. The reagent includes three types of reagents of: a first reagent that specifically binds to an antigen in the sample; a second reagent that specifically binds to a site different from that to which the first reagent binds with respect to the antigen and has a label to be detected by the measurement unit; and a third reagent that specifically binds to a site different from the binding site of the first reagent and the antigen and contains insoluble carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuki Takakura, Kenta Imai, Takaaki Hagiwara, Yoshihiro Yamashita, Taku Sakazume, Beatus Ofenloch-Haehnle, Michaela Windfuhr, Ursula Pauselius-Fuchs, Rita Haerteis
  • Patent number: 11958222
    Abstract: A plasticizing device that plasticizes a solid material includes a drive motor, a screw rotated by the drive motor along a rotation axis of the drive motor and having a groove forming surface on which a groove is formed, a barrel having a facing surface facing the groove forming surface and provided with a communication hole in a central portion thereof, and a heating unit configured to heat at least one of the screw and the barrel. A first facing region and a second facing region that is closer to the central portion than the first facing region are provided between the groove forming surface and the facing surface. A second gap between the groove forming surface and the facing surface in the second facing region is larger than a first gap between the groove forming surface and the facing surface in the first facing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Anegawa, Seiichiro Yamashita, Riona Hayashi, Megumi Enari
  • Patent number: 10603711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a round-rod shaped alloy ingot by hot forging, containing suspending a primary alloy ingot having a round-rod shape in a columnar mold while one end of the primary alloy ingot is held, pouring a molten metal formed of a heat-retaining metal into the columnar mold so as to apply a coating of the heat-retaining metal to the entire circumference of the primary alloy ingot, to obtain a forging alloy ingot, taking the forging alloy ingot out from the columnar mold, then subjecting the forging alloy ingot to a hot forging while an end portion of the forging alloy ingot is gripped as a gripping portion, and removing the coating of the heat-retaining metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youhei Hoshi, Yasuhiro Sawada, Kenta Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10344367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a precipitation strengthened Ni-based superalloy material having a predetermined composition, containing a blooming forging step of performing a forging at a temperature range of from Ts to Tm and performing an air cooling to form a billet having an average crystal grain size of #1 or more, an overaging thermal treatment step of heating and holding the billet at a temperature range of from Ts to Ts+50° C. and slowly cooling it to a temperature of Ts or lower, and a crystal grain fining forging step of performing another forging at a temperature range of from Ts?150° C. to Ts and performing another air cooling, in which Ts is from 1,030° C. to 1,100° C., and an overall average crystal grain size is #8 or more after the crystal grain fining forging step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Narita, Kohki Izumi, Kenta Yamashita, Shigeki Ueta
  • Patent number: 10293435
    Abstract: The pressure-sensitive adhesive film according to the present invention comprises a resin film as a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided at least on a face of the resin film. The resin film has a multi-layer constitution consisting of at least two layers. The resin film has a laser beam reflectance of 5% or higher, but 40% or lower in a wavelength range of 1000 nm to 1100 nm, and has a laser beam transmittance of 5% or lower in the said wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, NITTO EUROPE N.V.
    Inventors: Kenta Yamashita, Mitsushi Yamamoto, Donald Pinxten, Bert Cryns
  • Patent number: 10260137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a precipitation strengthened Ni-based superalloy material having a predetermined composition, containing a blooming forging step of performing a forging at a temperature range of from Ts to Tm and performing an air cooling to form a billet having an average crystal grain size of #1 or more, an overaging thermal treatment step of heating and holding the billet at a temperature range of from Ts to Ts+50° C. and slowly cooling it to a temperature of Ts or lower, and a crystal grain fining forging step of performing another forging at a temperature range of from Ts?150° C. to Ts and performing another air cooling, in which Ts is from 1,030° C. to 1,100° C., and an overall average crystal grain size is #8 or more after the crystal grain fining forging step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Narita, Kohki Izumi, Kenta Yamashita, Shigeki Ueta
  • Patent number: 10141113
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes an interior part and an exterior part. The interior part includes an interior part dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer. The exterior part includes an exterior part dielectric layer. The exterior part is positioned outside the interior part along a laminating direction thereof. The interior part dielectric layer and the exterior part dielectric layer respectively contain barium titanate as a main component. ????0.20 and ?/??0.88 are satisfied, where ? mol part and ? mol part are respectively an amount of a rare earth element contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers, provided that an amount of barium titanate contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers is respectively 100 mol parts in terms of BaTiO3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Sato, Yosuke Konno, Shunichi Yuri, Takashi Morita, Tsutomu Odashima, Yushi Kanou, Kenta Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10026554
    Abstract: A length in a first direction of the element body is smaller than a length in a second direction of the element body and smaller than a length in a third direction of the element body, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first and second direction. Each of a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode includes a sintered conductor layer formed on the element body, a first plated layer formed on the sintered conductor layer, and a second plated layer formed on the first plated layer. In each of a first electrode portion disposed on a principal face and a third electrode portion disposed on a principal face, a maximum thickness of the sintered conductor layer is larger than a thickness of the first plated layer and not more than a thickness of the second plated layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Onoue, Ken Morita, Kenta Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20180148818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a precipitation strengthened Ni-based superalloy material having a predetermined composition, containing a blooming forging step of performing a forging at a temperature range of from Ts to Tm and performing an air cooling to form a billet having an average crystal grain size of #1 or more, an overaging thermal treatment step of heating and holding the billet at a temperature range of from Ts to Ts+50° C. and slowly cooling it to a temperature of Ts or lower, and a crystal grain fining forging step of performing another forging at a temperature range of from Ts?150° C. to Ts and performing another air cooling, in which Ts is from 1,030° C. to 1,100° C., and an overall average crystal grain size is #8 or more after the crystal grain fining forging step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Shuji NARITA, Kohki IZUMI, Kenta YAMASHITA, Shigeki UETA
  • Publication number: 20180148817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a precipitation strengthened Ni-based superalloy material having a predetermined composition, containing a blooming forging step of performing a forging at a temperature range of from Ts to Tm and performing an air cooling to form a billet having an average crystal grain size of #1 or more, an overaging thermal treatment step of heating and holding the billet at a temperature range of from Ts to Ts+50° C. and slowly cooling it to a temperature of Ts or lower, and a crystal grain fining forging step of performing another forging at a temperature range of from Ts?150° C. to Ts and performing another air cooling, in which Ts is from 1,030° C. to 1,100° C., and an overall average crystal grain size is #8 or more after the crystal grain fining forging step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Shuji NARITA, Kohki IZUMI, Kenta YAMASHITA, Shigeki UETA
  • Patent number: 9972437
    Abstract: A length in a first direction of an element body is smaller than a length in a second direction of the element body and smaller than a length in a third direction of the element body, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first and second direction. A difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a first electrode portion is smaller than a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a second electrode portion. A difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a third electrode portion is smaller than a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a fourth electrode portion. The maximum thickness of the first electrode portion and the maximum thickness of the third electrode portion are larger than thicknesses of respective outer layer portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Onoue, Ken Morita, Kenta Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9928961
    Abstract: An element body includes a pair of principal surfaces, a pair of side surfaces, and another pair of side surfaces. Each of a pair of terminal electrodes includes a first electrode portion disposed on the principal surface and a second electrode portion disposed on the side surface. In the element body, a length in a direction in which the pair of principal surfaces oppose each other is smaller than a length in a direction in which the pair of side surfaces oppose each other and smaller than a length in a direction in which the other pair of side surfaces oppose each other. An arithmetic mean deviation of the surface of the first electrode portion is from 0.20 to 0.26 ?m. An arithmetic mean deviation of the surface of the second electrode portion is from 0.27 to 0.38 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Onoue, Kenta Yamashita, Yuma Hattori
  • Patent number: 9842693
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an element body, a first terminal electrode, a second terminal electrode, and a plurality of internal electrodes. The plurality of internal electrodes include a plurality of first internal electrodes, a plurality of second internal electrodes, a plurality of third internal electrodes, and a plurality of fourth internal electrodes. The element body includes a plurality of first and second regions. The first regions are located between the first internal electrodes opposed with each other. The second regions are located between the first internal electrodes opposed to each other through the third internal electrodes, and between the second internal electrodes opposed to each other through the fourth internal electrodes. The first regions and the second regions are alternately located in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwama, Kenya Tamaki, Fumiaki Satoh, Kenta Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20170216906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a round-rod shaped alloy ingot by hot forging, containing suspending a primary alloy ingot having a round-rod shape in a columnar mold while one end of the primary alloy ingot is held, pouring a molten metal formed of a heat-retaining metal into the columnar mold so as to apply a coating of the heat-retaining metal to the entire circumference of the primary alloy ingot, to obtain a forging alloy ingot, taking the forging alloy ingot out from the columnar mold, then subjecting the forging alloy ingot to a hot forging while an end portion of the forging alloy ingot is gripped as a gripping portion, and removing the coating of the heat-retaining metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Youhei HOSHI, Yasuhiro SAWADA, Kenta YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170186547
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes an interior part and an exterior part. The interior part includes an interior part dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer. The exterior part includes an exterior part dielectric layer. The exterior part is positioned outside the interior part along a laminating direction thereof. The interior part dielectric layer and the exterior part dielectric layer respectively contain barium titanate as a main component. ????0.20 and ?/??0.88 are satisfied, where ? mol part and ? mol part are respectively an amount of a rare earth element contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers, provided that an amount of barium titanate contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers is respectively 100 mol parts in terms of BaTiO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Masayuki SATO, Yosuke KONNO, Shunichi YURI, Takashi MORITA, Tsutomu ODASHIMA, Yushi KANOU, Kenta YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 9691547
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an element body, a first terminal electrode, a second terminal electrode, a plurality of first internal electrode groups, and a plurality of second internal electrode groups. The plurality of first internal electrode groups each include a first number of first internal electrodes connected to the first terminal electrode and arranged in the first direction inside the element body. The plurality of second internal electrode groups each include a second number of second internal electrodes connected to the second terminal electrode and arranged in the first direction inside the element body. The first internal electrode groups and the second internal electrode groups are arranged alternately in the first direction. One of first internal electrodes included in each of the first internal electrode groups and one of second internal electrodes included in each of the second internal electrode groups are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwama, Kenya Tamaki, Fumiaki Satoh, Kenta Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20160284475
    Abstract: An element body includes a pair of principal surfaces, a pair of side surfaces, and another pair of side surfaces. Each of a pair of terminal electrodes includes a first electrode portion disposed on the principal surface and a second electrode portion disposed on the side surface. In the element body, a length in a direction in which the pair of principal surfaces oppose each other is smaller than a length in a direction in which the pair of side surfaces oppose each other and smaller than a length in a direction in which the other pair of side surfaces oppose each other. An arithmetic mean deviation of the surface of the first electrode portion is from 0.20 to 0.26 ?m. An arithmetic mean deviation of the surface of the second electrode portion is from 0.27 to 0.38 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru ONOUE, Kenta YAMASHITA, Yuma HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20160240316
    Abstract: A length in a first direction of an element body is smaller than a length in a second direction of the element body and smaller than a length in a third direction of the element body, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first and second direction. A difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a first electrode portion is smaller than a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a second electrode portion. A difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a third electrode portion is smaller than a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of a fourth electrode portion. The maximum thickness of the first electrode portion and the maximum thickness of the third electrode portion are larger than thicknesses of respective outer layer portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Onoue, Ken Morita, Kenta Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20160240315
    Abstract: A length in a first direction of the element body is smaller than a length in a second direction of the element body and smaller than a length in a third direction of the element body, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first and second direction. Each of a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode includes a sintered conductor layer formed on the element body, a first plated layer formed on the sintered conductor layer, and a second plated layer formed on the first plated layer. In each of a first electrode portion disposed on a principal face and a third electrode portion disposed on a principal face, a maximum thickness of the sintered conductor layer is larger than a thickness of the first plated layer and not more than a thickness of the second plated layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru ONOUE, Ken MORITA, Kenta YAMASHITA