Patents by Inventor Makoto Kokubo

Makoto Kokubo 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: 20210275964
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wet flue gas desulfurization device includes a step of constructing a first learning model by machine learning of a relationship between a future sulfur dioxide concentration at an outlet of the absorption tower, and operation data of the combustion device and operation data of the wet flue gas desulfurization device including a circulation flow rate of the absorption liquid, a step of creating, by using the first learning model, a first relationship table between a circulation flow rate of the absorption liquid at first time and a sulfur dioxide concentration in an effluent gas flowing out of the absorption tower at second time which is time in the future relative to the first time, a step of deciding, based on the first relationship table, the circulation flow rate of the absorption liquid at the first time, at which the sulfur dioxide concentration in the effluent gas at the second time is not more than a preset set value, and a step of adjusting an operation condition of the at
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kokubo, Jin Sudo, Shinya Kanemori, Shun Gunji
  • Publication number: 20190282408
    Abstract: A control system 10 of a production line, containing a processing unit 20 from which a workpiece 101 processed is obtained, wherein the control system 10 has: the processing unit 20; and a control unit 11 for controlling the processing unit 20, wherein the processing unit 20 has a plurality of unitary units 30, wherein each of the plurality of unitary units 30 has a unitary unit identification code 1 to 8, wherein the control system 10 of a production line has an inspection section 40 for inspecting the workpiece 101 processed, wherein the inspection section 40 can communicate inside the control system 10 of a production line, and wherein the inspection section 40 has an evaluation section 50 in which state of the processed workpiece 101 is evaluated to obtain evaluation results; a data processing section 60 in which the evaluation results are associated with the unitary unit identification codes 1 to 8 of the processing unit 20 in which the evaluated workpiece 101 is processed; a storage section 71 i
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kota UENO, Makoto KOKUBO, Naohiro TAIRA, Akio MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190258233
    Abstract: A method of producing a product 90 through a plurality of production steps, containing: a step of acquiring equipment data D3 of production equipment 40 for producing the product; a step of acquiring product data D1 from the product 90; a step of storing the equipment data D3 and the product data D1 in a data collection unit 70; a step of associating the equipment data D3 with the product data D1; a step of judging abnormality of the product data D1; a step responsive to abnormality occurring in the product 90 for identifying one or both of equipment abnormality data D3n and product abnormality data D1n associated with the product judged to be abnormal; and the step of identifying the production step causing the product abnormality by the step of identifying the abnormality data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohiro TAIRA, Makoto KOKUBO, Kota UENO
  • Patent number: 10328667
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for continuously manufacturing a stretchable sheet (3) with a thread-shaped elastic body (7) fixed between a pair of belt-shaped sheets (50, 60) in a stretched state, the method including a supply process of introducing the fed thread-shaped elastic body (7) to elastic body winding means (14) in a stretched state, a conveyance process of continuously winding the thread-shaped elastic body (7) to a thread-conveying longitudinal structure (12, 13) using the elastic body winding means (14) and conveying the wound thread-shaped elastic body in a longitudinal direction of the structure (12, 14), and an integration process of fixing the thread-shaped elastic body (7) as sandwiching between the sheets (50, 60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo Yanashima, Akio Morita, Makoto Kokubo, Kenji Ando
  • Patent number: 9932188
    Abstract: A transportation path changing device (1) of the invention is a transportation path changing device that changes a transportation path of a continuous sheet-like object (3) that is being transported. The device includes: an oscillating section (2) that oscillates in an intersecting direction Y intersecting with a flow direction X of the transported object, and that increases/decreases the length of the transportation path of the transported object (3); a first moving means (6) that is connected to the oscillating section (2), and that moves the oscillating section (2) in the intersecting direction Y; a second moving means (7) that moves a portion or the entirety of the first moving means (6) in the intersecting direction Y; and a control section (9) that controls the first moving means (6) and the second moving means (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Oku, Makoto Kokubo
  • Patent number: 9642751
    Abstract: In the present invention, one surface of a belt-shaped sheet laminate (10), in which a plurality of sheets are laminated, is pressed against a support member (21) having a light passage section (27) through which a laser beam (30) can pass, and the belt-shaped sheet laminate (10) is irradiated, from the support member (21) side via the light passage section (27), with a laser beam (30) to cut and fusion-bond the belt-shaped sheet laminate (10), thereby sealed edge sections (4) are formed by fusion-bonding the edge sections of the plurality of sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Imai, Shinji Hamamoto, Makoto Kokubo, Takuo Yanashima, Akio Morita
  • Publication number: 20160016748
    Abstract: A transportation path changing device (1) of the invention is a transportation path changing device that changes a transportation path of a continuous sheet-like object (3) that is being transported. The device includes: an oscillating section (2) that oscillates in an intersecting direction Y intersecting with a flow direction X of the transported object, and that increases/decreases the length of the transportation path of the transported object (3); a first moving means (6) that is connected to the oscillating section (2), and that moves the oscillating section (2) in the intersecting direction Y; a second moving means (7) that moves a portion or the entirety of the first moving means (6) in the intersecting direction Y; and a control section (9) that controls the first moving means (6) and the second moving means (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo OKU, Makoto KOKUBO
  • Publication number: 20150064387
    Abstract: One surface of a belt-shaped sheet laminate (10) (continuous diaper strip), in which a plurality of sheets are laminated, is made to abut against a support member (21) having a light passage section (27) through which a laser beam (30) can pass, and the belt-shaped sheet laminate (10) which is in a pressurized state is irradiated, from the support member (21) side via the light passage section (27), with a laser beam (30) having a wavelength that is absorbed by the sheets constituting the sheet laminate (10) and that causes the sheets to generate heat, and thus, the belt-shaped sheet laminate (10) is cut and separated and, simultaneously, cut edge sections created, by the cutting/separation, in the plurality of sheets which are in the pressurized state are fusion-bonded together. Thus, sealed edge sections (4) (side seal sections) are formed by fusion-bonding the edge sections of the plurality of sheets in a state where the sheets' edge sections are superposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Imai, Shinji Hamamoto, Makoto Kokubo, Takuo Yanashima, Akio Morita
  • Publication number: 20130178349
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for continuously manufacturing a stretchable sheet (3) with a thread-shaped elastic body (7) fixed between a pair of belt-shaped sheets (50, 60) in a stretched state, the method including a supply process of introducing the fed thread-shaped elastic body (7) to elastic body winding means (14) in a stretched state, a conveyance process of continuously winding the thread-shaped elastic body (7) to a thread-conveying longitudinal structure (12, 13) using the elastic body winding means (14) and conveying the wound thread-shaped elastic body in a longitudinal direction of the structure (12, 14), and an integration process of fixing the thread-shaped elastic body (7) as sandwiching between the sheets (50, 60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo Yanashima, Akio Morita, Makoto Kokubo, Kenji Ando
  • Patent number: 6732778
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an absorbent article comprising the steps of continuously feeding out a long, extensible, continuous member (5) from a predetermined position, cutting the continuous member (5) into lengths (P1) each equivalent to a length of one sheet of the absorbent article at a predetermined position, and fixedly arranging the cut continuous member at a predetermined position of the absorbent article, wherein a predetermined pattern is preliminarily printed on the continuous member (5) at a printing pitch shorter than the cutting length (P1) of the continuous member, and the speed for feeding out is controlled such that the predetermined pattern is located at a predetermined part of the cut continuous member, thereby obtaining the absorbent article in which the predetermined pattern is arranged at a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Machida, Makoto Kokubo