Patents by Inventor Masanori Hoshino

Masanori Hoshino 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: 20240079238
    Abstract: A bonded object production method according to an embodiment uses a continuous furnace to process a stacked body including a metal member, a ceramic member, and a brazing material layer located therebetween, while conveying the stacked body; and the method includes a process of heating the stacked body in an inert atmosphere from 200° C. to a bonding temperature at an average temperature raising rate of the stacked body of not less than 15° C./min, a process of bonding the stacked body in an inert atmosphere at the bonding temperature that is within a range of not less than 600° C. and not more than 950° C., and a process of cooling the stacked body from the bonding temperature to 200° C. at an average temperature lowering rate of the stacked body of not less than 15° C./min. A ceramic substrate is favorably a silicon nitride substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromasa KATO, Masanori HOSHINO, Hideaki HIRABAYASHI, Seiichi SUENAGA, Kazumitsu MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240009729
    Abstract: A system for determining a set temperature of molten metal in a pouring facility includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a molten metal temperature at a nozzle tip of a ladle during pouring processing, and a control unit configured to acquire temperature transition obtained by plotting the molten metal temperature for each mold in each of the pouring processing, wherein the control unit determines the upper limit temperature to cause a percentage of the number of optimum temperature transitions included in a plurality of acquired temperature transitions in the number of the plurality of acquired temperature transitions to become a predetermined percentage, and determines a temperature obtained by adding a drop temperature that is a temperature dropped during conveyance processing and the determined upper limit temperature, as the set temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi NISHIDA, Toshiyuki HYODO, Masanori HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230398603
    Abstract: A pouring facility includes a mold conveying device configured to convey a mold, a molten-metal discharging container configured to store waste molten metal, and a pouring machine movable on a conveyance path located between the mold conveying device and the molten-metal discharging container, the pouring machine being configured to tilt a ladle in a first direction to pour molten metal into the mold conveyed by the mold conveying device, and tilt the ladle in a second direction opposite to the first direction to discharge waste molten metal into the molten-metal discharging container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi NISHIDA, Masanori HOSHINO, Toshiyuki HYODO
  • Publication number: 20230390818
    Abstract: A meandering amount detection method for a metal strip traveling in a state of being overlapped in a plurality of stages, includes: calculating an end portion position in a width direction of a metal strip in each stage using an angle formed by a reference direction, which is any direction determined from a reference point, and a direction connecting the reference point and an end portion position in a width direction of a metal strip in each stage, a distance between the reference point and an end portion position in a width direction of a metal strip in each stage, and a distance between a straight line including a width direction of the metal strip and the reference point; and calculating a meandering amount of a metal strip in each stage based on the calculated end portion position in the width direction of the metal strip in each stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Masanori Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20230390817
    Abstract: A meandering amount detection method for a metal strip that detects a meandering amount of a metal strip traveling in a state of being overlapped in a plurality of stages at intervals, the meandering amount detection method includes: measuring a distance from a mounting position of a distance meter in a direction intersecting a width direction of a metal strip, using a plurality of distance meters provided side by side in the width direction of the metal strip on at least one side in a width direction of the metal strips overlapped in the plurality of stages; and detecting a stage of a metal strip in which meandering occurs and a meandering amount, using the mounting position of a distance meter and the measurement value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Masanori Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11724309
    Abstract: Casting facility includes a pouring machine for pouring molten metal in a ladle into a mold molded by a molding machine and conveyed to a pouring site, and the pouring machine includes a plan acquisition unit configured to acquire a planned temperature range of the molten metal for the mold, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of a pouring flow during pouring of the molten metal into the mold, and a temperature determination unit configured to determine whether or not the temperature of the pouring flow is within the planned temperature range, and the pouring machine stops the pouring of the molten metal into the mold when it is determined that the temperature of the pouring flow is not within the planned temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nishida, Toshiyuki Hyodo, Masanori Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11717885
    Abstract: A casting facility control system includes: a database storing conveyance positions and mold information in association with each other; an update section updating the mold information associated with each conveyance position stored in the database; a measurement section measuring a weight of molten metal in a ladle transported to a pouring machine; a calculation section calculating the number of flasks by which the molten metal poured from the ladle can be held; a decision section recognizing, based on the number of flasks by which the poured molten metal can be held, a plurality of molds into which the molten metal to be next transported to the pouring machine is poured, adding up the planned weight of molten metal corresponding to each of the recognized molds, and determining a predicted weight of molten metal to be next transported to the pouring machine; and an output section outputting the predicted weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nishida, Toshiyuki Hyodo, Masanori Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20230067654
    Abstract: A casting method includes pouring a molten metal in a ladle into a mold, analyzing at least one of a composition and a physical property of a test piece generated based on the molten metal sampled from inside the ladle, and performing appearance inspection of a casting product taken out from the mold, wherein in the performing appearance inspection, the at least one of the composition and the physical property of the test piece obtained in the analyzing is displayed on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Tadashi NISHIDA, Toshiyuki HYODO, Masanori HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230068601
    Abstract: Casting facility includes a pouring machine for pouring molten metal in a ladle into a mold molded by a molding machine and conveyed to a pouring site, and the pouring machine includes a plan acquisition unit configured to acquire a planned temperature range of the molten metal for the mold, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of a pouring flow during pouring of the molten metal into the mold, and a temperature determination unit configured to determine whether or not the temperature of the pouring flow is within the planned temperature range, and the pouring machine stops the pouring of the molten metal into the mold when it is determined that the temperature of the pouring flow is not within the planned temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi NISHIDA, Toshiyuki HYODO, Masanori HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230062786
    Abstract: A casting facility control system includes: a database storing conveyance positions and mold information in association with each other; an update section updating the mold information associated with each conveyance position stored in the database; a measurement section measuring a weight of molten metal in a ladle transported to a pouring machine; a calculation section calculating the number of flasks by which the molten metal poured from the ladle can be held; a decision section recognizing, based on the number of flasks by which the poured molten metal can be held, a plurality of molds into which the molten metal to be next transported to the pouring machine is poured, adding up the planned weight of molten metal corresponding to each of the recognized molds, and determining a predicted weight of molten metal to be next transported to the pouring machine; and an output section outputting the predicted weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi NISHIDA, Toshiyuki HYODO, Masanori HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20220355978
    Abstract: A packaging container for transporting ceramic substrates according to the present embodiment includes a bottom portion in a rectangular shape, and four side portions connected to four edges of the bottom portion respectively. Side protrusions having a height of 2 mm or more and protruding inward are provided on at least two opposite side portions among the four side portions. The bottom portion is provided with a bottom protrusion having a height of 2 mm or more and protruding inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori HOSHINO, Hiromasa KATO, Hideki SATO
  • Patent number: 11414288
    Abstract: In a method and a device for correcting meandering of a strip material in an apparatus that performs conveyance of the strip material at a non-contact state by floating a continuously traveling strip material by a floater group, the strip material is tilted by forcibly changing a height position in the widthwise direction of the strip material in at least one of a zone between the most upstream floater in the floater group and a conveyance roll located immediately upstream of such a floater, a zone between two adjacent floaters, and a zone between the most downstream floater in the floater group and a conveyance roll located immediately downstream of such a floater, whereby the height position in the widthwise direction of the strip material above the floater is changed and a static pressure applied to the strip material above the floater is changed to correct meandering thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kobayashi, Yuhei Iwami, Shuhei Narita, Masanori Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11331720
    Abstract: The pouring apparatus includes: a ladle including a nozzle and configured to store molten metal; a tilting mechanism configured to tilt the ladle so that a tapping position from the nozzle of the ladle is maintained at a constant position; and a radiation thermometer including a sensor head configured to output a signal related to a temperature at a measurement position and an amplifier configured to process the signal output by the sensor head, wherein the sensor head is disposed so that the measurement position is at the tapping position, and outputs a signal related to a temperature of molten metal in a molten metal flow at the tapping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nishida, Masanori Hoshino, Toshiyuki Hyodo
  • Publication number: 20210213522
    Abstract: A management system includes: an acquisition unit acquiring melting information pertaining to original molten metal, for each of melting furnaces; a first assignment unit assigning a ladle serial number to a ladle receiving the original molten metal; a melting management unit associating a furnace number, the number of tappings from the one melting furnace, and the melting information on the one melting furnace with each other, and storing associated items; a ladle management unit associating the ladle serial number, the furnace number, and the number of tappings with each other, and storing associated items in a storage medium; and a pouring management unit associating an identifier of the mold with the ladle serial number, in response to the pouring device pouring the molten metal in the conveyed ladle into the mold, and storing associated items in the storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi NISHIDA, Toshiyuki HYODO, Masanori HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20210187606
    Abstract: The pouring apparatus includes: a ladle including a nozzle and configured to store molten metal; a tilting mechanism configured to tilt the ladle so that a tapping position from the nozzle of the ladle is maintained at a constant position; and a radiation thermometer including a sensor head configured to output a signal related to a temperature at a measurement position and an amplifier configured to process the signal output by the sensor head, wherein the sensor head is disposed so that the measurement position is at the tapping position, and outputs a signal related to a temperature of molten metal in a molten metal flow at the tapping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi NISHIDA, Masanori HOSHINO, Toshiyuki HYODO
  • Publication number: 20200361735
    Abstract: In a method and a device for correcting meandering of a strip material in an apparatus that performs conveyance of the strip material at a non-contact state by floating a continuously traveling strip material by a floater group, the strip material is tilted by forcibly changing a height position in the widthwise direction of the strip material in at least one of a zone between the most upstream floater in the floater group and a conveyance roll located immediately upstream of such a floater, a zone between two adjacent floaters, and a zone between the most downstream floater in the floater group and a conveyance roll located immediately downstream of such a floater, whereby the height position in the widthwise direction of the strip material above the floater is changed and a static pressure applied to the strip material above the floater is changed to correct meandering thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kobayashi, Yuhei Iwami, Shuhei Narita, Masanori Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10770629
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate (40); blue light emitting elements (10) arranged on the main surface of the substrate (40); and a phosphor sheet (30) containing a phosphor that is excited by emission light from the blue light emitting elements and emits excitation light, the phosphor sheet (30) being disposed above the blue light emitting elements (30), wherein the blue light emitting elements (10) includes first blue light emitting elements (11) which emit first emission light having a first wavelength taken as a peak wavelength of a light emission spectrum, and second blue light emitting elements (12) which emit second emission light having a second wavelength taken as a peak wavelength of a light emission spectrum, and the second wavelength being a longer wavelength than the first wavelength by a wavelength difference of at least 10 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yokota, Takaya Ueno, Masanori Hoshino, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hitoshi Murofushi
  • Patent number: 10549343
    Abstract: A system and a method for automatically transporting molten metal are provided to produce a cast product with stable qualities. The system (1) for transporting molten metal from a furnace (F) to a pouring machine (100) comprises a ladle (10) for reaction, a device (50) for feeding an alloyed metal, a ladle (60) for pouring, a bogie (20) for receiving molten metal, and a bogie (70) for transporting the ladle for pouring, and a pouring machine (100). The bogie for receiving molten metal has a controller for it. The bogie for receiving molten metal has a controller for it. At least two of the controllers among the controller for the pouring machine, the controller for the device for feeding an alloyed metal, the controller for the bogie for receiving molten metal, and the controller for the bogie for transporting the ladle for pouring, are linked for the data communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., FUJIWA DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nishida, Masanori Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10297136
    Abstract: There is provided a head-mounted display, a notification apparatus, a notification system, a notification method, and a program that allow a person not wearing a head-mounted display to know that a user still continues to wear a head-mounted display after a notification that a wearing time of the head-mounted display of this user has exceeded a predetermined time. A wearing time determination block determines a wearing time of the head-mounted display of the user. A notification block executes a first notification to the user if the wearing time has exceeded a first time and, when the wearing time has exceeded a second time longer than the first time, and executes a second notification to a person not wearing the head-mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Masanori Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10279392
    Abstract: A ladle transport car includes a car truck body provided with a wheel, a mounting table arranged on the car truck body, a ladle movement mechanism arranged on the mounting table, on which a ladle is mounted and moved in a horizontal direction, and a ladle turning mechanism arranged between the car truck body and the mounting table and turning the ladle by turning the mounting table in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., FUJIWA DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nishida, Masanori Hoshino