Patents by Inventor Masahiro Seto

Masahiro Seto 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: 20230220508
    Abstract: A method for producing an austenitic heat resistant steel in which a difference between a content of Nb and an amount of Nb analyzed as extraction residues satisfies [0.170?Nb?NbER?0.480], the method including: a forming step of machining and forming a steel having a predetermined chemical composition into a product shape; a solution heat treatment step of performing, after the forming step, heat treatment under conditions including a heat treatment temperature satisfying [?250Nb+1200?T??100Nb+1290] and a soaking time satisfying [405?0.3T?t?2475?1.5T]; and a cooling step of performing cooling after the solution heat treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HIRATA, Masahiro SETO, Mitsuru YOSHIZAWA, Junichi HIGUCHI, Takahiro OSUKI
  • Publication number: 20230203629
    Abstract: There is provided an austenitic heat resistant steel including a chemical composition that consists of, in mass %, C: 0.04 to 0.12%, Si: 0.01 to 0.30%, Mn: 0.50 to 1.50%, P: 0.001 to 0.040%, S: less than 0.0050%, Cu: 2.2 to 3.8%, Ni: 8.0 to 11.0%, Cr: 17.7 to 19.3%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.55%, Nb: 0.400 to 0.650%, B: 0.0010 to 0.0060%, N: 0.050 to 0.160%, Al: 0.025% or less, and O: 0.020% or less, with the balance: Fe and impurities and that satisfies [0.170?Nb?NbER?0.480].
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro SETO, Hiroyuki HIRATA, Mitsuru YOSHIZAWA, Junichi HIGUCHI, Takahiro OSUKI
  • Patent number: 11479497
    Abstract: A mold release lubricant application equipment 4 comprises application portions 30A,30B for applying a mold release lubricant to glass bottle forming molds 10, 18, and an application control portion 31 for operating the application portions 30A,30B. Molds 10,18 are arranged independently along a predetermined arrangement direction A1. A plurality of sections 5 comprising molds 10, 18 are formed along the arrangement direction A1. The application portions 30A, 30B comprise lubricant application parts 38A, 38B for applying the mold release lubricant, a transport mechanisms 33A, 33B for moving the lubricant application parts 38A,38B among the plurality of the sections along the arrangement direction A1, and sensors 42A, 42B. The application control portion 31 detects abnormalities with the sensors 42A, 42B on a plurality of sections 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Kawahara, Shota Ishiguro, Takahiro Nishimura, Ryu Wada, Kunikazu Oonishi, Hiroshi Ikeda, Hiroshi Nakajima, Masahiro Seto
  • Publication number: 20220259688
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel material is provided that has excellent sensitization resistance properties even after use for a long time period at an average operation temperature of 400 to 700° C. after welding with higher heat input. The steel material of the present disclosure has a chemical composition which contains, in mass %, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 1.50% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.045% or less, S: 0.0300% or less, Cr: 15.00 to 25.00%, Ni: 9.00 to 20.00%, N: 0.05 to 0.15%, Nb: 0.1 to 0.8%, Mo: 0.10 to 4.50%, and W: 0.01 to 1.00%, and satisfies Formula (1). The content of Nb in a residue obtained by an extraction residue method is, in mass %, 0.050 to 0.267%, and the content of Cr in the residue is, in mass %, 0.125% or less. 21.9Mo+5.9W?5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro OSUKI, Yuhei SUZUKI, Shohgo AOTA, Hirokazu OKADA, Masahiro SETO
  • Patent number: 11041232
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel is provided which has a chemical composition that consists, by mass %, of: C: 0.015% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 16.0% or more and less than 22.0%, Ni: 11.0 to 16.0%, Mo: 2.5 to 5.0%, N: 0.07% or more and less than 0.15%, Nb: 0.20 to 0.50%, Al: 0.005 to 0.040%, Sn: 0 to 0.080%, Zn: 0 to 0.0060%, Pb: 0 to 0.030%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and that satisfies the formula [MoSS/Mo?0.98] (MoSS: Mo amount dissolved in the steel).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Seto, Masayuki Sagara, Kenta Yamada, Takahiro Osuki
  • Publication number: 20210047228
    Abstract: A mold release lubricant application equipment 4 comprises application portions 30A,30B for applying a mold release lubricant to glass bottle forming molds 10, 18, and an application control portion 31 for operating the application portions 30A,30B. Molds 10,18 are arranged independently along a predetermined arrangement direction A1. A plurality of sections 5 comprising molds 10, 18 are formed along the arrangement direction A1. The application portions 30A, 30B comprise lubricant application parts 38A, 38B for applying the mold release lubricant, a transport mechanisms 33A, 33B for moving the lubricant application parts 38A,38B among the plurality of the sections along the arrangement direction A1, and sensors 42A, 42B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke KAWAHARA, Shota ISHIGURO, Takahiro NISHIMURA, Ryu WADA, Kunikazu OONISHI, Hiroshi IKEDA, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Masahiro SETO
  • Publication number: 20190194787
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an austenitic stainless steel that is excellent in polythionic acid SCC resistance and also excellent in creep ductility. An austenitic stainless steel according to the present invention includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.20 to 2.00%, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 16.0 to 25.0%, Ni: 10.0 to 30.0%, Mo: 0.1 to 5.0%, Nb: 0.20 to 1.00%, N: 0.050 to 0.300%, sol.Al: 0.0005 to 0.100%, and B: 0.0010 to 0.0080%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1): B+0.004?0.9C+0.017Mo2?0??(1) where symbols of elements in Formula (1) are to be substituted by contents of corresponding elements (mass %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu Okada, Shinnosuke Kurihara, Etsuo Dan, Masahiro Seto, Takahiro Osuki
  • Publication number: 20190144981
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel is provided which has a chemical composition that consists, by mass %, of: C: 0.015% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 16.0% or more and less than 22.0%, Ni: 11.0 to 16.0%, Mo: 2.5 to 5.0%, N: 0.07% or more and less than 0.15%, Nb: 0.20 to 0.50%, Al: 0.005 to 0.040%, Sn: 0 to 0.080%, Zn: 0 to 0.0060%, Pb: 0 to 0.030%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and that satisfies the formula [MoSS/Mo?0.98] (MoSS: Mo amount dissolved in the steel).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Seto, Masayuki Sagara, Kenta Yamada, Takahiro Osuki
  • Patent number: 10016277
    Abstract: A heart correction net according to the present invention is attached to an exterior of a heart. The heart correction net includes a first area that is a partial area included in a right ventricle side area of an entire area surrounding exteriors of ventricles; and a second area that is an area surrounding the first area in the right ventricle side area and a left ventricle side area. The first area in the heart correction net is configured to provide a lower contact pressure against a heart during a cardiac diastole than the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Toshiaki Akita, Masashi Yamabe, Masahiro Seto
  • Patent number: 9702067
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a heart correction net is provided. The method includes: a first step of taking cross-sectional images of a heart in a layer direction, in which an apex and a base of the heart are connected; a second step of extracting outlines of the heart from the cross-sectional images; a third step of defining dividing points with respect to a three-dimensional shape reconstructed based on the outlines, the dividing points being defined on the outlines in a circumferential direction of the heart; a fourth step of dividing a contour of the heart in three-dimensions into divided regions based on the plurality of the dividing points, and creating development data, in which the each of the divided regions is developed on a two-dimensional plane, while an approximate shape of each of the divided regions is maintained; a fifth step of creating paper-pattern data based on the development data; and a sixth step of knitting the heart correction net with a knitting machine based on the paper-pattern data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Tokai Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Akita, Masashi Yamabe, Masahiro Seto, Toru Suzuki, Naoyuki Takesue
  • Publication number: 20150020547
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a heart correction net includes: a first step of taking cross-sectional images of a heart in a layer direction, in which an apex and a base of the heart are connected; a second step of extracting outlines of the heart from the cross-sectional images; a third step of defining dividing points with respect to a three-dimensional shape reconstructed based on the outlines, the dividing points being defined on the outlines in a circumferential direction of the heart; a fourth step of dividing a contour of the heart in three-dimensions into divided regions based on the plurality of the dividing points, and creating development data, in which the each of the divided regions is developed on a two-dimensional plane; a fifth step of creating paper-pattern data based on the development data; and a sixth step of knitting the heart correction net based on the paper-pattern data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiaki Akita, Masashi Yamabe, Masahiro Seto, Toru Suzuki, Naoyuki Takesue
  • Publication number: 20150018607
    Abstract: A heart correction net according to the present invention is attached to an exterior of a heart. The heart correction net includes a first area that is a partial area included in a right ventricle side area of an entire area surrounding exteriors of ventricles; and a second area that is an area surrounding the first area in the right ventricle side area and a left ventricle side area. The first area in the heart correction net is configured to provide a lower contact pressure against a heart during a cardiac diastole than the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiaki Akita, Masashi Yamabe, Masahiro Seto
  • Patent number: 8852362
    Abstract: There is provided an austenitic stainless steel pipe excellent in steam oxidation resistance. The austenitic stainless steel pipe excellent in steam oxidation resistance contains, by mass percent, 14 to 28% of Cr and 6 to 30% of Ni, and is configured so that a region satisfying the following Formula exists in a metal structure at a depth of 5 to 20 ?m from the inner surface of the steel pipe: (?/?)×?/?×100?0.3 where the meanings of symbols in the above Formula are as follows: ?: sum total of the number of pixels of digital image in region in which orientation difference of adjacent crystals detected by electron backscattering pattern is 5 to 50 degrees ?: the number of total pixels of digital image in region of measurement using electron backscattering pattern ?: analysis pitch width of electron backscattering pattern (?m) ?: grain boundary width (?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Mitsuru Yoshizawa, Masahiro Seto, Katsuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130130058
    Abstract: To provide an austenitic stainless steel which has an excellent high-temperature corrosion thermal fatigue cracking resistance. An austenitic stainless steel containing, by mass %, Cr: 15.0 to 23.0%, and Ni: 6.0 to 20.0%, wherein a near-surface portion is covered with a worked layer with high energy density having an average thickness of 5 to 30 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuro ISEDA, Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Masahiro Seto, Satomi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Hirata, Yasutaka Noguchi, Mitsuru Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20120279607
    Abstract: There is provided an austenitic stainless steel pipe excellent in steam oxidation resistance. The austenitic stainless steel pipe excellent in steam oxidation resistance contains, by mass percent, 14 to 28% of Cr and 6 to 30% of Ni, and is configured so that a region satisfying the following Formula exists in a metal structure at a depth of 5 to 20 ?m from the inner surface of the steel pipe: (?/?)×?/?×100?0.3 where the meanings of symbols in the above Formula are as follows: ?: sum total of the number of pixels of digital image in region in which orientation difference of adjacent crystals detected by electron backscattering pattern is 5 to 50 degrees ?: the number of total pixels of digital image in region of measurement using electron backscattering pattern ?: analysis pitch width of electron backscattering pattern (?m) ?: grain boundary width (?m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka NISHIYAMA, Mitsuru YOSHIZAWA, Masahiro SETO, Katsuki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 6897897
    Abstract: A horizontal contour signal generation circuit in a single chip color camera comprises a first horizontal contour signal generation circuit provided in a stage succeeding a first horizontal low-pass filter, a second horizontal contour signal generation circuit provided in a stage succeeding a second horizontal low-pass filter, and a selection circuit for adaptively selecting and outputting the first horizontal contour signal generated by the first horizontal contour signal generation circuit and the second horizontal contour signal generated by the second horizontal contour signal generation circuit on the basis of chroma information for each predetermined area calculated on the basis of a color difference signal, the first horizontal low-pass filter having the property of passing a higher frequency component, as compared with the second low-pass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Mise, Yukio Mori, Seiji Okada, Ryuichiro Tominaga, Masahiro Seto
  • Publication number: 20050076983
    Abstract: A run-flat core has a closed upper surface and an open lower surface and includes a reinforcement plate provided for reinforcement within the core. The core includes one or more blocks formed in the same shape with each other and connected in a circumferential direction of a wheel. The core has flanges protruding in right and left directions at a lower portion of the core. A band is wound onto the flanges, and by tensioning the band, the core is pressed to a rim. The blocks are connected to each other at a lower portion of the core. The core may include a longitudinal groove, and by winding the band onto the longitudinal groove, the core is pressed to the rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kimura, Takahiko Ito, Takashi Kainose, Masahiro Seto
  • Publication number: 20020047908
    Abstract: A horizontal contour signal generation circuit in a single chip color camera comprises a first horizontal contour signal generation circuit provided in a stage succeeding a first horizontal low-pass filter, a second horizontal contour signal generation circuit provided in a stage succeeding a second horizontal low-pass filter, and a selection circuit for adaptively selecting and outputting the first horizontal contour signal generated by the first horizontal contour signal generation circuit and the second horizontal contour signal generated by the second horizontal contour signal generation circuit on the basis of chroma information for each predetermined area calculated on the basis of a color difference signal, the first horizontal low-pass filter having the property of passing a higher frequency component, as compared with the second low-pass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Tetsuo Mise, Yukio Mori, Seiji Okada, Ryuichiro Tominaga, Masahiro Seto
  • Patent number: D717952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Toshiaki Akita, Masahiro Seto, Masashi Yamabe
  • Patent number: D717953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Toshiaki Akita, Masahiro Seto, Masashi Yamabe