Patents by Inventor Kosuke NISHIKAWA

Kosuke NISHIKAWA 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: 20180037515
    Abstract: Provided are a coated member in which damage of a coating film can be suppressed in a high temperature environment and the coating may be performed at low cost, and a method of manufacturing the same. A coated member includes a bond coat and a top coat sequentially laminated on a substrate made of a Si-based ceramic or a SiC fiber-reinforced SiC matrix composite, wherein the top coat includes a layer composed of a mixed phase of a (Y1-aLn1a)2Si2O7 solid solution (here, Ln1 is any one of Nd, Sm, Eu, and Gd) and Y2SiO5 or a (Y1-bLn1?b)2SiO5 solid solution (here, Ln1? is any one of Nd, Sm, Eu, and Gd), or a mixed phase of a (Y1-cLn2c)2Si2O7 solid solution (here, Ln2 is any one of Sc, Yb, and Lu) and Y2SiO5 or a (Y1-dLn2?d)2SiO5 solid solution (here, Ln2? is any one of Sc, Yb, and Lu).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Mineaki MATSUMOTO, Takayuki KURIMURA, Kosuke NISHIKAWA, Tadayuki HANADA
  • Publication number: 20180022649
    Abstract: A coated member includes a heat-shielding coating layer made of a zirconia-dispersed silicate in which ytterbia-stabilized zirconia is precipitated as a dispersed phase in a matrix phase which is any one of a rare earth disilicate, a rare earth monosilicate, and a mixed phase of the rare earth disilicate and the rare earth monosilicate. The rare earth disilicate is a (Y1-a[Ln1]a)2Si2O7 solid solution wherein Ln1 is any one of Sc, Yb, and Lu, or a (Y1-c[Ln2]c)2Si2O7 solid solution wherein Ln2 is any one of Nd, Sm, Eu, and Gd. The rare earth monosilicate is Y2SiO5, [Ln1?]2SiO5, a (Y1-b[Ln1?]b)2SiO5 solid solution wherein Ln1? is any one of Sc, Yb, and Lu, or a (Y1-d[Ln2?]d)2SiO5 solid solution wherein Ln2? is any one of Nd, Sm, Eu, and Gd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Mineaki MATSUMOTO, Takayuki KURIMURA, Kosuke NISHIKAWA, Tadayuki HANADA
  • Publication number: 20170060084
    Abstract: An intake fan 200 and an exhaust fan 201 (first cooling fans) provided in a first image forming apparatus 100 and an intake fan 200 and an exhaust fan 201 (second cooling fans) provided in a second image forming apparatus 100 having a slower normal image forming speed than the first image forming apparatus 100 are configured in same specifications, and the numbers of revolutions of the intake fan 200 and the exhaust fan 201 (second cooling fan) are driven and controlled to become smaller than the numbers of revolutions of the intake fan 200 and the exhaust fan 201 (first cooling fans).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Kosuke Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9550342
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a TiAl joined body includes: an arranging step and a heating step. The arranging step is a step of arranging a plurality of members which contains a TiAl intermetallic compound and insert materials which contain Ti as a major element, Cu and Ni such that each of the insert materials is inserted between two adjacent members of the plurality of members. The heating step is a step of heating the plurality of members and the insert materials in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature above melting points of the insert materials and below melting points of the plurality of members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nishikawa, Noriyuki Hiramatsu, Akira Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9427817
    Abstract: According to this brazing method, a first base member having a non-plated surface, a metal layer for functioning as a diffusion barrier layer, a brazing foil, and a second base member having a surface are arranged in this order so that the non-plated surface of the first base member and the surface of the second base member are faced with each other. The first base member and the second base member are brazed by using the brazing foil. The cost of providing a diffusion barrier layer between the first base member and the brazing foil is thereby reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nishikawa, Tetsuya Morifuji, Kyozo Mizuno, Nobuki Negoro
  • Publication number: 20160023292
    Abstract: A joining method for joining a first member and a second member is provided. The joining method includes a step of providing a first brazing layer on the first member by plating, a step of providing a second brazing layer on the first brazing layer by plating, a step of arranging the first member and the second member to oppose each other across the first brazing layer and the second brazing layer, and a step of melting the first brazing layer and the second brazing layer to join the first member and the second member which are arranged to oppose each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kosuke NISHIKAWA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroyasu MANAKO
  • Patent number: 9162328
    Abstract: A brazing method includes fixing a padding plate on a base material such that the padding plate is arranged in a lower position from a groove formed in a repair region of the base material, and heating the base material such that a base material powder is melt, after a paste that base material 1 contains the base material powder which is formed from a same material as the base material is filled into the groove. The base material powder filled into groove can be prevented from flowing out from the groove even if being fused since the padding plate is arranged for the base material. Thus, a repair region can be repaired more appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Ogasahara, Kosuke Nishikawa, Noriyuki Hiramatsu, Akira Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20150090774
    Abstract: According to this brazing method, a first base member having a non-plated surface, a metal layer for functioning as a diffusion barrier layer, a brazing foil, and a second base member having a surface are arranged in this order so that the non-plated surface of the first base member and the surface of the second base member are faced with each other. The first base member and the second base member are brazed by using the brazing foil. The cost of providing a diffusion barrier layer between the first base member and the brazing foil is thereby reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Kosuke Nishikawa, Tetsuya Morifuji, Kyozo Mizuno, Nobuki Negoro
  • Publication number: 20150044505
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a TiAl joined body includes: an arranging step and a heating step. The arranging step is a step of arranging a plurality of members which contains a TiAl intermetallic compound and insert materials which contain Ti as a major element, Cu and Ni such that each of the insert materials is inserted between two adjacent members of the plurality of members. The heating step is a step of heating the plurality of members and the insert materials in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature above melting points of the insert materials and below melting points of the plurality of members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke NISHIKAWA, Noriyuki HIRAMATSU, Akira FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150040364
    Abstract: A repairing method includes heating a base material by a heater, and irradiating a laser beam to a repair region of the base material by using a laser oscillator unit, after the base material is heated. In the method, generation of a crack and a break can be suppressed, and the repair region can be repaired more appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko OGASAHARA, Kosuke NISHIKAWA, Noriyuki HIRAMATSU, Akira FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150041522
    Abstract: A brazing method includes fixing a padding plate on a base material such that the padding plate is arranged in a lower position from a groove formed in a repair region of the base material, and heating the base material such that a base material powder is melt, after a paste that base material 1 contains the base material powder which is formed from a same material as the base material is filled into the groove. The base material powder filled into groove can be prevented from flowing out from the groove even if being fused since the padding plate is arranged for the base material. Thus, a repair region can be repaired more appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko OGASAHARA, Kosuke NISHIKAWA, Noriyuki HIRAMATSU, Akira FUKUSHIMA