Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kawasaki

Masahiro Kawasaki 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: 20210010873
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a temperature sensing material that changes a color density continuously with the lapse of time at a temperature not lower or higher than a predetermined temperature and a temperature deviation time estimating system using it. In order to achieve the above object, the temperature sensing material according to the present invention is a temperature sensing material having a structure of dispersing a temperature indicating material that changes color by crystallization in a dispersion medium and is characterized in that an average particle size of the temperature indicating material is not larger than a resolution when observed and a volume fraction of the temperature indicating material to the temperature sensing material is not less than 5% to less than 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohhei AIDA, Shunsuke MORI, Shigetaka TSUBOUCHI, Shintarou TAKEDA, Masahiro KAWASAKI, Kotaro ARAYA
  • Patent number: 10837490
    Abstract: Provided is a bearing retainer (1) which has excellent oil resistance and impact resistance. The bearing retainer (1) retains a plurality of balls in such a manner that the balls are apart from each other. In a ball screw that is provided with a first member and a second member which moves relatively to the first member, the plurality of balls is arranged on one of the first member or the second member so as to be in contact with both of the first member and the second member, and rolling of the balls enables the relative movement. This bearing retainer (1) is formed from a resin composition that contains an elastomer component and a fluororesin which is mainly composed of vinylidene fluoride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: KUREHA GOHSEN CO., LTD, THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawasaki, Daisuke Mimori, Yasuaki Takaiwa, Kenichi Saitoh
  • Patent number: 10822171
    Abstract: A quality control system includes a control device, an output device, and an input device placed at at least an end point of a distribution channel of articles; the input device includes an input unit for receiving data on a changed environment portion and a communication unit that transmits the data, information about an input location, and an input time to the control device. The control device includes a storage unit for storing the mode of packing of the articles in the distribution channel, a reception unit for receiving the information from the input device, an arithmetic operation unit that calculates the number of articles deviating from the storage environment and estimates the stage of the distribution channel deviating from the storage environment, and a transmission unit for transmitting calculation result to the output device that is provided with a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohhei Aida, Masahiro Kawasaki, Shunsuke Mori, Hiroshi Sasaki, Yuya Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20200278263
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a temperature detection label capable of preventing falsification using a simple structure. To solve this problem, the present invention provides a temperature detection label that is characterized by comprising a supporting member and a temperature detection part provided on the supporting member and in that: the temperature detection part has a temperature detection material that, in a heating process, starts color development at temperature T1 and starts losing color as a result of melting at temperature T2 and, in a cooling process, solidifies while remaining colorless by being cooled to temperature T1 or lower; the temperature detection material includes a leuco dye, decolorizer, and developer; and the temperature detection label also comprises a member having an appearance that changes between T1 and T2, inclusive, or a high-melting-point material having a melting point or glass transition temperature higher than T2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Shigetaka TSUBOUCHI, Kohhei AIDA, Shunsuke MORI, Masahiro KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200158579
    Abstract: The temperature evaluation system is provided with: a read-in device that acquires image data pertaining to the indicator; a storage device that stores the relationship between color density and temperature for each thermosensitive material; and a processing device provided with a color density estimation unit that estimates the color density of the thermosensitive material from the image data, a material identification unit that specifies the thermosensitive material used in the indicator, and a temperature estimation unit that selects, from among the relationships between color density and temperature for each thermosensitive material, the relationship between color density and temperature of the thermosensitive material specified by the material identification unit, and that estimates the highest temperature reached or the lowest temperature reached from the relationship between color density and temperature of the specified thermosensitive material and the color density estimated by the color density esti
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya TOKUDA, Kohhei AIDA, Shunsuke MORI, Masahiro KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200056657
    Abstract: Provided is a bearing retainer (1) which has excellent oil resistance and impact resistance. The bearing retainer (1) retains a plurality of balls in such a manner that the balls are apart from each other. In a ball screw that is provided with a first member and a second member which moves relatively to the first member, the plurality of balls is arranged on one of the first member or the second member so as to be in contact with both of the first member and the second member, and rolling of the balls enables the relative movement. This bearing retainer (1) is formed from a resin composition that contains an elastomer component and a fluororesin which is mainly composed of vinylidene fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawasaki, Daisuke Mimori, Yasuaki Takaiwa, Kenichi Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20200056908
    Abstract: This marking system is provided with: a marking device which has a marking unit which gives a mark for managing the quality of a product, a housing part which houses one or more temperature indicating materials, and a providing unit which provides, to the marking unit, a temperature indicating material selected by the housing part; and a control device which has a storage unit that stores temperature-indicating material information on a developing temperature or/and a decoloring temperature of each of the temperature-indicating materials included in the housing part; and a processing unit that acquires, from a server or an input unit, an appropriate temperature of the product, selects, on the basis of the acquired appropriate temperature of the product and the temperature-indicating material information, a temperature-indicating material, and notifies the providing unit of details of providing the selected temperature-indicating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shunsuke MORI, Kohhei AIDA, Masahiro KAWASAKI, Yuya TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20200041359
    Abstract: Please substitute the new Abstract submitted herewith for the original Abstract: A temperature detecting material comprises a first material containing a first temperature indicating material and a second material containing a second temperature indicating material, wherein the first temperature indicating material and the second temperature indicating material contain a leuco dye, a color developing agent, and a decoloring agent, and have a hysteresis characteristic in their color density-temperature curves, wherein the first temperature indicating material has a color developing temperature in a temperature increase process lower than a decoloring temperature in the temperature increase process, and turns to a non-crystalline state and is kept in a decoloring state when cooled down below the color developing temperature in the temperature increase process with a predetermined cooling speed or more after melting, wherein the second temperature indicating material, a color developing temperature is lower than
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kohhei AIDA, Shunsuke MORI, Masahiro KAWASAKI, Kotaro ARAYA
  • Publication number: 20190323901
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a temperature detecting element including base materials provided with substrates and electrodes arranged on the substrates, and a temperature detector arranged to electrically contact the electrodes on the substrates, in which a change in an electromagnetic wave absorbing property (light-absorbing property) and a change in an electrical property (resistance value) corresponding to a temperature change of the temperature detector are reversible. The temperature detecting element is easily stored and managed before use, and a temperature change in a temperature management environment can be accurately detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Shunsuke MORI, Kohhei AIDA, Masahiro KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190316975
    Abstract: To address the problem of providing a temperature history indicator capable of specifying a time when a temperature deviated from a set temperature range, a temperature history indicator according to the present invention is characterized in being provided with a substrate and temperature indicators that irreversibly change color upon deviation from a set temperature range, and in that a plurality of the temperature indicators are provided on the substrate, the temperatures at which the temperature indicators change color a within ±2° C. of each other, and the temperature indicators change color after different amounts of time from deviation from the set temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiko TADA, Tomotoshi ISHIDA, Hiroshi SASAKI, Kohhei AIDA, Masahiro KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190300740
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a temperature detection material that can be manufactured through a simple step and is excellent in handleability. In order to solve the above problem, the temperature detection material according to the present invention includes a temperature-indicating material including a leuco dye, a color developer, and a color eraser and a matrix material; and is characterized in that the matrix material is in a solid state, a melting point of the matrix material is higher than a melting point of the temperature-indicating material, and a phase separation structure in which the temperature-indicating material disperses in the matrix material is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kohhei AIDA, Shunsuke MORI, Masahiro KAWASAKI, Kotaro ARAYA, Hiroshi SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10424428
    Abstract: An object is to provide a super-conducting coil and a magnetic resonance imaging device that are quench-free by reducing Joule heat generated upon occurrence of separation of members even in a high magnetic field. The super-conducting coil in accordance with the present invention includes a spool and a super-conducting wire wound around the spool. The coil further includes, between the spool and the super-conducting wire, a first resin layer containing thermoplastic resin, a second resin layer containing thermosetting resin, and a mixed layer, the mixed layer being positioned between the first resin layer and the second resin layer and containing a mixture of the thermoplastic resin and the thermosetting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawasaki, Kenji Okishiro, Tadashi Arai, Akihisa Miyazoe
  • Publication number: 20190286176
    Abstract: This printing device is provided with a first ink container that contains a first ink; a second ink container that contains a second ink; temperature adjusting units that adjust the temperature of the first ink contained in the first ink container and/or the temperature of the second ink contained in the second ink container; a nozzle that sprays the inks; and a control unit that controls the first temperature adjusting unit and the second temperature adjusting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohhei AIDA, Yasuhiko TADA, Hiroshi SASAKI, Masahiro KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190239794
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an electroencephalogram detecting device and program for evaluating correlations between a plurality of regions in a brain, on the basis of reactions of the regions of the brain to an electromagnetic stimulus applied to the brain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Masayuki Ide, Masahiro Kawasaki, Eri Miyauchi, Keiichi Kitajo
  • Publication number: 20190210806
    Abstract: A quality control system includes a control device, an output device, and an input device placed at at least an end point of a distribution channel of articles; the input device includes an input unit for receiving data on a changed environment portion and a communication unit that transmits the data, information about an input location, and an input time to the control device. The control device includes a storage unit for storing the mode of packing of the articles in the distribution channel, a reception unit for receiving the information from the input device, an arithmetic operation unit that calculates the number of articles deviating from the storage environment and estimates the stage of the distribution channel deviating from the storage environment, and a transmission unit for transmitting calculation result to the output device that is provided with a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohhei AIDA, Masahiro KAWASAKI, Shunsuke MORI, Hiroshi SASAKI, Yuya TOKUDA
  • Patent number: 10309819
    Abstract: For estimation of the gas emission amount from a storage tank for storing a liquid containing the volatile compounds therein, preconditions involving a tank shape of the fixed roof type storage tank and a working pressure of a relief valve are set in a first step, and initial conditions for storage volumes, temperatures, and pressures of the liquid and a gas inside the storage tank are set in a second step. In a third step, an inflow or outflow heat quantity to or from the liquid and the gas inside the storage tank is determined so that a mass transfer amount between the liquid and the gas is obtained through CFD analysis. In a fourth step, whether or not the relief valve is actuated and the gas emission amount through the relief valve are obtained based on the mass transfer amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawasaki, Takashi Iitsuka, Kenichiro Kado, Manabu Kumagami
  • Publication number: 20190017858
    Abstract: For estimation of the gas emission amount from a storage tank for storing a liquid containing the volatile compounds therein, preconditions involving a tank shape of the fixed roof type storage tank and a working pressure of a relief valve are set in a first step, and initial conditions for storage volumes, temperatures, and pressures of the liquid and a gas inside the storage tank are set in a second step. In a third step, an inflow or outflow heat quantity to or from the liquid and the gas inside the storage tank is determined so that a mass transfer amount between the liquid and the gas is obtained through CFD analysis. In a fourth step, whether or not the relief valve is actuated and the gas emission amount through the relief valve are obtained based on the mass transfer amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KAWASAKI, Takashi IITSUKA, Kenichiro KADO, Manabu KUMAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20180306649
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a temperature sensing body capable of sensing both a temperature increase and a temperature decrease, and having an anti-tampering function. In order to solve said problem, this temperature sensing body is characterized by including: a first ink in which a temperature Ta1 for initiating color disappearance when the temperature rises and a temperature Td1 for initiating color development when the temperature falls are different; and a second ink in which a temperature Ta2 for initiating color disappearance when the temperature rises and a temperature Td2 for initiating color development when the temperature falls are different, wherein the temperature Ta1 for initiating color disappearance, the temperature Td1 for initiating color development, the temperature Ta2 for initiating color disappearance, and the temperature Td2 for initiating color development have the relationship, Td1<Td2<Ta1<Ta2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko TADA, Masahiro KAWASAKI, Kohhei AIDA, Hiroshi SASAKI, Toyotaka YUASA, Hiroyuki KAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180217114
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a temperature history indicator that allows for visual confirmation of whether the temperature is at or below a prescribed temperature as well as simple conversion of this information into data. A temperature history indicator according to the present invention is characterized by being provided with a label layer and a temperature-indicating layer laminated above or below the label layer, wherein the temperature-indicating layer includes a substance having at crystallization starting temperature of 10° C. or lower and a melting point at least 20° C. higher than the crystallization starting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Sukekazu ARATANI, Hiroshi SASAKI, Toyotaka YUASA, Kohhei AIDA, Yasuhiko TADA, Masahiro KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9796890
    Abstract: A modified acrylic block copolymer is obtained by a method comprising subjecting a block copolymer (C) to a reaction with an amine compound, wherein the block copolymer comprises a polymer block (A) comprising a (meth)acrylic acid ester unit (a) and a polymer block (B?) comprising a (meth)acrylic acid ester unit (b?), the (meth)acrylic acid ester unit (a) is structurally different from the (meth)acrylic acid ester unit (b?), thereby partly or entirely converting the (meth)acrylic acid ester unit (b?) into at least one selected from the group consisting of an N-substituted (meth)acrylamide unit (d), a (meth)acrylic acid unit (c), and an N-substituted bis((meth)acryl)amide unit (e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawasaki, Isamu Okamoto, Eiji Nakamura