Patents by Inventor Masato Arai

Masato Arai 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).

  • Patent number: 11969662
    Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Ishibashi, Tomoo Mizukami, Takuma Araki, Masato Muraki, Tomoyuki Arai, Goushi Koike, Takayuki Ito, Kouta Katsumura, Yohei Watanabe, Muneyuki Horiguchi, Takashi Maeda, Satoshi Muto, Hideo Miyano
  • Patent number: 11931936
    Abstract: In an injection process, molten resin is successively injected from a first flow channel and a second flow channel connected with each other in order into a cavity of a metal mold. High-temperature resin existing in the first flow channel is injected in advance into the cavity as a part of a single shot of molten resin to later form a skin layer of a molded article. Other low temperature resin near a flowable limit existing in the second flow channel is subsequently injected into the cavity as another part of the single shot of molten resin to later form a core layer of the molded article. A low temperature resin remaining in the first flow channel when injection is completed is warmed to be a high-temperature resin before the next cycle, thereby allowing successive molding of molded articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tohru Higuchi, Masato Ichikawa, Tsuyoshi Arai, Jun Hasebe, Atsushi Kawamura, Tomoyoshi Murata
  • Patent number: 11646141
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a valve portion and a solenoid portion. The valve portion has a sleeve and a valve body. The solenoid portion includes a tubular coil portion, a magnetic yoke having a side surface portion and a bottom portion, a columnar plunger, a shaft, a stator core having a core shaft hole for sliding the plunger in the axial direction, and a base portion having a base shaft hole. In a radial thickness of the sleeve, a thickness of a part corresponding to an end outer peripheral surface is smaller than a thickness of a sliding portion of an inner peripheral surface of the sleeve, which is a portion on which the valve body slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kondou, Kazuhiro Sasao, Masato Arai
  • Publication number: 20220375671
    Abstract: A solenoid driving a shaft in a direction along a central axis includes a coil that generates magnetic flux and a magnetic container that accommodates the coil. The container has a side surface portion and a bottom portion. A plunger arranged inside the coil and sliding in a direction along the central axis to move the shaft, and a stator core are provided. The stator core has a plunger accommodating portion and a shaft accommodating portion that accommodates the shaft and attracts the plunger. The plunger accommodating portion has a cylindrical core portion that accommodates the plunger inside, and a flange portion that is provided radially outward at an end of the core portion on the bottom portion side and is welded to the bottom portion of the container. A ring core provided on the opposite side of the shaft accommodating portion to the plunger accommodating portion is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shodai TOMITA, Kazuhiro SASAO, Masato ARAI
  • Patent number: 11473172
    Abstract: A wear-resistant copper-zinc alloy includes in mass %, 28 to 55% Zn, 0.5 to 2% P, and a balance of Cu and unavoidable impurities, and the wear-resistant copper-zinc alloy has an electrical conductivity of 10 to 33% IACS and a hardness of 3.6[Zn]-55 HBW or more, where [Zn] denotes the Zn content in mass %. Alternatively, a wear-resistant copper-zinc alloy includes in mass %, 40 to 55% Zn, 1 to 6% Mn, and a balance of Cu and unavoidable impurities, and the wear-resistant copper-zinc alloy has an electrical conductivity of 10 to 33% IACS and a hardness of 3.6[Zn]-55 HBW or more, where [Zn] denotes the Zn content in mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, MIYOSHI GOKIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamane, Hayao Eguchi, Masato Arai, Yuta Arai, Mutsuki Ishijima, Hideharu Ito, Yoshihito Ogasawara, Shintaro Fujii, Genjiro Hagino
  • Publication number: 20220128166
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a valve portion and a solenoid portion. The valve portion has a sleeve and a valve body inserted into the sleeve. The solenoid portion includes a stator core having a magnetic attraction core, a sliding core, a magnetic flux passage suppressing portion that suppresses the passage of magnetic flux between the sliding core and the magnetic attraction core, a magnetic yoke, a coil portion, a plunger, and a magnetic tubular base portion. The base portion is fastened to a first outer peripheral surface of an end on the solenoid portion side in the axial direction of the sleeve, is arranged outside a radial direction of a second outer peripheral surface of the end on the valve portion side in the axial direction of the magnetic attraction core, and comes into contact with the yoke inside the yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Shinichi KONDOU, Masato ARAI, Kazuhiro SASAO
  • Publication number: 20220084730
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a valve portion and a solenoid portion. The valve portion has a sleeve and a valve body. The solenoid portion includes a tubular coil portion, a magnetic yoke having a side surface portion and a bottom portion, a columnar plunger, a shaft, a stator core having a core shaft hole for sliding the plunger in the axial direction, and a base portion having a base shaft hole. In a radial thickness of the sleeve, a thickness of a part corresponding to an end outer peripheral surface is smaller than a thickness of a sliding portion of an inner peripheral surface of the sleeve, which is a portion on which the valve body slides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shinichi KONDOU, Kazuhiro SASAO, Masato ARAI
  • Publication number: 20200089261
    Abstract: A current control device includes a target setting unit, a storage unit, an oil pressure ratio calculation unit, a specific current detection unit and a correction unit. The target setting unit adds a dither amplitude to a target current so that the current of the solenoid periodically changes at a dither cycle period longer than a PWM cycle period of the solenoid. The storage unit stores a stroke-current relationship between a stroke of the spool and the current of the solenoid. The oil pressure ratio calculation unit calculates an oil pressure ratio which is a value calculated by dividing an amplitude of the output oil pressure by an average value of the output oil pressure. The specific current detection unit detects a specific current based on the oil pressure ratio. The correction unit corrects the stroke-current relationship based on the specific stroke and the specific current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masaaki KONO, Yusuke KIMURA, Fukuo KITAGAWA, Takahiro TOMEDA, Tadayoshi NAKASE, Shinichi KONDO, Kazuhiro SASAO, Masato ARAI, Motoyoshi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20200088309
    Abstract: A spool valve unit includes a sleeve member having a high-pressure port and a low-pressure port, a spool member movably accommodated in the sleeve member in an axial direction, and a spring member for biasing the spool member in a first axial direction. The spool valve unit produces an intermediate fluid pressure to be outputted to an outside of the spool valve unit, when electromagnetic force is applied to the spool member so that the spool member is moved at a high speed between the high-pressure port and the low-pressure port. The spring member is composed of a non-linear spring, a biasing force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a displacement of the spool member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masaaki KONO, Takahiro TOMEDA, Fukuo KITAGAWA, Yusuke KIMURA, Tadayoshi NAKASE, Shinichi KONDO, Kazuhiro SASAO, Masato ARAI, Motoyoshi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20190390302
    Abstract: A wear-resistant copper-zinc alloy includes in mass %, 28 to 55% Zn, 0.5 to 2% P, and a balance of Cu and unavoidable impurities, and the wear-resistant copper-zinc alloy has an electrical conductivity of 10 to 33% IACS and a hardness of 3.6[Zn]-55 HBW or more, where [Zn] denotes the Zn content in mass %. Alternatively, a wear-resistant copper-zinc alloy includes in mass %, 40 to 55% Zn, 1 to 6% Mn, and a balance of Cu and unavoidable impurities, and the wear-resistant copper-zinc alloy has an electrical conductivity of 10 to 33% IACS and a hardness of 3.6[Zn]-55 HBW or more, where [Zn] denotes the Zn content in mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: IHI Corporation, Miyoshi Gokin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki YAMANE, Hayao EGUCHI, Masato ARAI, Yuta ARAI, Mutsuki ISHIJIMA, Hideharu ITO, Yoshihito OGASAWARA, Shintaro FUJII, Genjiro HAGINO
  • Patent number: 10357813
    Abstract: Provided is a copper alloy tube that is a drawn tube made from a CuCrZr alloy which suppresses the deterioration of mechanical strength and, in particular, the coarsening of crystal grains even in a temperature zone of a solutionizing treatment, and is thus excellent in high-temperature brazeability, as well as the manufacturing method therefor. The manufacturing method comprises a solutionizing step of heating and holding a tubular extrusion material at a solutionizing temperature of 900° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Miyoshi Gokin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Arai, Yuta Arai, Mutsuki Ishijima, Hayao Eguchi, Yoshihito Ogasawara, Genjiro Hagino
  • Patent number: 10240377
    Abstract: Provided is a hinge device easy to machine and manufacture. A shaft guiding recessed section and a fitting recessed section are formed on a first face of substrate of a hinge device base. As a first position adjusting mechanism, a substrate side guiding section is provided on a bottom face of the shaft guiding recessed section, and a first adjusting shaft is provided between the substrate and a first movable member. A first shaft-side guiding section of the first adjusting shaft engages with the substrate side guiding section by being accommodated in the shaft guiding recessed section, and a first shaft part of the first adjusting shaft rotatably engages with the first movable member. A fitting section is provided in the first movable member, and the fitting section is inserted into the fitting recessed section so as to be able to slide in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Arai
  • Publication number: 20180304328
    Abstract: Provided is a copper alloy tube that is a drawn tube made from a CuCrZr alloy which suppresses the deterioration of mechanical strength and, in particular, the coarsening of crystal grains even in a temperature zone of a solutionizing treatment, and is thus excellent in high-temperature brazeability, as well as the manufacturing method therefor. The manufacturing method comprises a solutionizing step of heating and holding a tubular extrusion material at a solutionizing temperature of 900° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Masato Arai, Yuta Arai, Mutsuki Ishijima, Hayao Eguchi, Yoshihito Ogasawara, Genjiro Hagino
  • Publication number: 20160281403
    Abstract: Provided is a hinge device easy to machine and manufacture. A shaft guiding recessed section 10d and a fitting recessed section 10e are formed on a first face 10a of substrate 10 of a hinge device base 2. As a first position adjusting mechanism 30, a substrate side guiding section 32 is provided on a bottom face of the shaft guiding recessed section 10d, and a first adjusting shaft 31 is provided between the substrate 10 and a first movable member 11. A first shaft-side guiding section 31c of the first adjusting shaft 31 engages with the substrate side guiding section 32 by being accommodated in the shaft guiding recessed section 10d, and a first shaft part 31a of the first adjusting shaft 31 rotatably engages with the first movable member 11. A fitting section 11d is provided in the first movable member 11, and the fitting section 11d is inserted into the fitting recessed section 10d so as to be able to slide in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Masato ARAI
  • Publication number: 20140351148
    Abstract: A maintenance information coordination system coordinates maintenance-related information held by a user of a machine or held by an independent maintenance service provider company of the machine. Maintenance-related information is held by a provider of the machine. A user machine inference unit of the maintenance information coordination system infers a machine identifier provided by the provider of the machine, which operates in a zone for which maintenance work information has been recorded from a provider machine information storage unit, a user information storage unit and an operation information storage unit. It further infers a mapping relation between the machine identifier assigned by the provider and an identifier of the machine assigned by its user from operation information of the machine and information in a user machine information storage unit, and a maintenance work information storage unit and stores the mapping relation into an integrated maintenance information storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Masato Arai
  • Patent number: 8650374
    Abstract: In a computer system including a plurality of data storage apparatuses and a management computer, a given data storage apparatus, upon receipt of a control request for a local data storage apparatus from a management computer, accesses the hierarchical relation information between the storage areas in the local data storage apparatus and the storage areas of the other data storage apparatuses, and in the case where a storage area in the local data storage apparatus is set to correspond to a level lower than the other data storage apparatuses, transmits an approval request to the other data storage apparatuses. The given data storage apparatus, upon receipt of the approval from the other data storage apparatuses, executes the control request of the management computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kito, Kenji Fujii, Yasunori Kaneda, Masato Arai
  • Patent number: 8228558
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a printed matter managing system configured to print a file to which a label in accordance with identifying information of the file is applied and to manage the printed file as a printed matter, comprising: a detection unit configured to detect the label applied to the printed matter in one of reading the printed matter by a computer configured to limit one of using a result from the reading of the printed matter by the computer and physically carrying out the printed matter and the identifying information contained in the detected label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi INS Software, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kai, Masato Arai, Kenichi Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 8187510
    Abstract: A method for producing a granular composition including the steps of: stirring and granulating a mixture containing not less than 3 parts by weight and not more than 80 parts by weight of a phenol compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, X is an n-valent alcohol residue having 1 to 18 carbon atoms optionally containing a heteroatom, a cyclic group, or a heteroatom and a cyclic group, and n is an integer of 1 to 4, and not less than 20 parts by weight and not more than 50 parts by weight of a binder to obtain a granular agglomerate; and cracking the granular agglomerate at a temperature equal to or lower than the melting point of the binder and equal to or higher than the temperature which is 10° C. lower than the melting point, through a cracking machine equipped with a separation mechanism capable of recovering a granule having a particle size of not more than 5 mm, and a cracking mechanism, to obtain a granule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideaki Awa, Masato Arai, Hajime Shinomiya
  • Patent number: D748965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Oshima, Shingo Takamatsu, Hideki Ogasawara, Masato Arai, Kouichi Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: D749931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Oshima, Shingo Takamatsu, Hideki Ogasawara, Masato Arai, Kouichi Tsukamoto