Patents by Inventor Naoto Fujiwara
Naoto Fujiwara 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: 11719108Abstract: A transition piece includes a first flow passage group formed by arranging a plurality of intra-wall flow passages, a second flow passage group, and a plurality of dilution holes that penetrate a plate, and establish communication between a compressed air main flow passage and a combustion gas flow passage, each intra-wall flow passage of the first flow passage group and the second flow passage group having an inlet facing the compressed air main flow passage at an end portion on a side near the gas turbine, and having an outlet facing the combustion gas flow passage at an end portion on a side near the combustor liner, a dilution hole being located nearer to the inlet of an intra-wall flow passage of the second flow passage group than to the outlet of the intra-wall flow passage of the second flow passage group.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoto Fujiwara, Shohei Numata, Yasuhiro Wada, Shota Igarashi, Yoshitaka Hirata
-
Publication number: 20230094510Abstract: Provided is a transition piece including: a first flow passage group formed by arranging a plurality of intra-wall flow passages extending within a plate constituting the transition piece from a side near a gas turbine to a side near a combustor liner; a second flow passage group located on a side near the combustor liner with respect to the first flow passage group; and a plurality of dilution holes that penetrate the plate, and establish communication between a compressed air main flow passage and a combustion gas flow passage, each intra-wall flow passage of the first flow passage group and the second flow passage group having an inlet facing the compressed air main flow passage at an end portion on a side near the gas turbine, and having an outlet facing the combustion gas flow passage at an end portion on a side near the combustor liner, a dilution hole being located nearer to the inlet of an intra-wall flow passage of the second flow passage group than to the outlet of the intra-wall flow passage of theType: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoto Fujiwara, Shohei Numata, Yasuhiro Wada, Shota Igarashi, Yoshitaka Hirata
-
Publication number: 20230073981Abstract: Disclosures herein are directed to methods and compositions for predicting high- and low-risk liver disease in patients. Based on the results achieved from the methods and compositions disclosed herein, liver disease patients can be classified into a prognostic risk group, which enables early diagnosis and prevention of HCC and other lethal complications. Methods and compositions disclosed herein substantially improve the poor prognosis of subjects having or at risk for one or more liver diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas SystemInventors: Yujin Hoshida, Naoto Fujiwara, Amit G. Singal, Thomas F. Baumert
-
Patent number: 11352819Abstract: A door lock device including: a latch; a ratchet; an output shaft configured to rotate by a motor; an output lever configured to move the latch from a half latch position to a full latch position when the output shaft is rotated in a normal direction, and to release an engagement of the ratchet to the latch when the output shaft is rotated in a reverse direction; a first metal bracket including a first shaft support hole configured to rotatably support the output shaft; and a second metal bracket including a second shaft support hole configured to rotatably support the output shaft at a location different from that of the first shaft support hole, wherein the first metal bracket and the second metal bracket are fixed to each other by two or more screw holes of the first metal bracket and two or more holes of the second metal bracket.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Yokota, Naoto Fujiwara, Makoto Kondo
-
Publication number: 20200224463Abstract: A door lock device including: a latch; a ratchet; an output shaft configured to rotate by a motor; an output lever configured to move the latch from a half latch position to a full latch position when the output shaft is rotated in a normal direction, and to release an engagement of the ratchet to the latch when the output shaft is rotated in a reverse direction; a first metal bracket including a first shaft support hole configured to rotatably support the output shaft; and a second metal bracket including a second shaft support hole configured to rotatably support the output shaft at a location different from that of the first shaft support hole, wherein the first metal bracket and the second metal bracket are fixed to each other by two or more screw holes of the first metal bracket and two or more holes of the second metal bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Yoshiaki Yokota, Naoto Fujiwara, Makoto Kondo
-
Patent number: 8101264Abstract: A vehicle structure can include a coating that provides a three-dimensional tactile pattern to the vehicle structure. In addition, a method for forming a vehicle structure can include applying a film that provides a three-dimensional tactile pattern to the vehicle structure. The vehicle structure can be a trim piece of a vehicle to which the film provides decorative and tactile features. A thin metal layer can be applied on top of a substrate by a metallizing technique, such as physical vapor deposition, followed by applying a radiation curable formulation and exposing it to radiation source, such as UV light. The radiation curable formulation can be a UV ink that is spaced at separate and distinct locations on the film and extends from the metallic layer to such an extent that it is discernable by human touch.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2006Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jessica Ann Pace, Naoto Fujiwara, Todd Stephen Copeland, Corey Scott McEnhill
-
Patent number: 7888930Abstract: The present invention provides a method for testing a disc shaped mold structure having a convexo-concave pattern formed on a surface thereof based on a desired design pattern, including at least: transferring a magnetic signal corresponding to a convexo-concave pattern formed on the entire surface of the mold structure to a medium in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the medium, obtaining a reproduction signal by electrically reproducing the magnetic signal from the medium onto which the magnetic signal has been transferred, and comparing the desired design pattern with the reproduction signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kenji Ichikawa, Naoto Fujiwara
-
Publication number: 20100079886Abstract: A magnetic transfer master carrier to be placed on a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, including: a concavo-convex pattern corresponding to magnetic information to be transferred to the medium by application of a magnetic field, wherein a length (La) of a convex portion in the concavo-convex pattern and a length (Sa) of a space between the convex portion and another convex portion adjacent to the convex portion satisfy 1.3?(Sa/La)?1.9, and wherein a cycle length (La+Sa) is in the range of 50 nm to 145 nm, where the length (La) is the width of the convex portion with respect to a circumferential direction measured at a height equivalent to 50% of the height of the convex portion, and the length (Sa) is the width of the space with respect to the circumferential direction measured at the height equivalent to 50% of the height of the convex portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Nishikawa, Naoto Fujiwara, Yoichi Nishida, Toshihide Ishioka
-
Publication number: 20090244746Abstract: A magnetic transfer method including initially magnetizing a disc-shaped perpendicular magnetic recording medium by applying, to the recording medium in a circumference direction, a magnetic field whose direction is inclined at an angle within a range of ±50° with respect to a perpendicular line (0°) to the medium surface, closely attaching a concavo-convex pattern of a magnetic transfer master carrier to the recording medium, and transferring magnetic information to the magnetic layer of the medium by applying a magnetic field to the recording medium and the master carrier closely attached to each other, wherein the concavo-convex pattern includes transfer portions on which surfaces a magnetic layer corresponding to the magnetic information is laid, and non-transfer portions which are concave portions, and wherein the magnetic layer has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, a residual magnetization Mr of 500 emu/cc or lower, and a saturation magnetization Ms of 900 emu/cc or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Naoto FUJIWARA
-
Publication number: 20090237823Abstract: A magnetic transfer method including initially magnetizing a perpendicular magnetic recording medium by applying a DC magnetic field thereto in a perpendicular direction, and applying, to the perpendicular magnetic recording medium, a DC magnetic field for 100 nsec to 1 sec in an opposite direction to the magnetic field applied in initial magnetization with the recording medium being closely attached to a magnetic transfer master carrier which transfers magnetic information to the recording medium with being brought into contact with the recording medium, wherein the master carrier includes transfer portions on which surfaces a magnetic layer corresponding to magnetic information is laid, and non-transfer portions which are concave portions lower in height than the transfer portions, and wherein the magnetic layer has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and has a residual magnetization Mr of 500 emu/cc or lower and a saturation magnetization Ms of 900 emu/cc or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Naoto FUJIWARA
-
Patent number: 7593175Abstract: A magnetic transfer method comprises the processes of: adhering a side having a perpendicular magnetic recording layer of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium in which a perpendicular magnetic recording layer is formed on a surface of a disk shaped substrate, to a surface of a master recording medium in which a magnetic layer is formed corresponding to information to be recorded for transferring information to the perpendicular magnetic recording medium and of the side having the magnetic layer formed; and performing magnetic transfer by relatively rotating a magnetic field application device about the center of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium as an axis with respect to the perpendicular magnetic recording medium and the master recording medium, while applying a magnetic field to the perpendicular magnetic recording medium and the master recording medium by the magnetic field application device, wherein the magnetic field application device is rotated two or more times.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Makoto Nagao, Naoto Fujiwara
-
Patent number: 7573663Abstract: A master for magnetic transfer is provided that obtains favorable close contact with a slave medium, is capable of good positioning therewith, and prevents positional misalignment, damage, and separation failures. The master carrier is formed to have surface properties such that a frictional characteristic value F/P·A is within a range from 173 to 24/cm2, and preferably within a range from 112 to 45/cm2, when the master carrier and the slave medium are placed in uniform close contact with a contact area A, a vertical load P is applied, the master carrier and the slave medium are pulled in their planar directions, and the maximum static friction at this time is designated as F. It is also preferable that a hard protective layer of DLC film is formed on the surface of the master carrier, and that a lubricant is provided on the hard protective layer, as necessary.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Naoto Fujiwara
-
Publication number: 20090073593Abstract: A master carrier for magnetic transfer includes a transfer portion on which a magnetic layer corresponding to magnetic information for transfer is formed, and a non-transfer portion forming a concave shape relatively low with respect to the transfer portion having the magnetic layer, wherein the magnetic layer of the transfer portion has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, with residual magnetization Mr of 500 emu/cc or less, and saturation magnetization Ms of 900 emu/cc or more. CoPt can be used as a material of the magnetic layer, and use of Co4Pt1 (at %) is especially preferable. Thereby, a master carrier for magnetic transfer which can generate a high magnetic field capable of transfer of a short bit to a high density medium is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoto FUJIWARA, Makoto Nagao, Ryuji Sugita
-
Publication number: 20090068497Abstract: The present invention provides a method for testing a disc shaped mold structure having a convexo-concave pattern formed on a surface thereof based on a desired design pattern, including at least: transferring a magnetic signal corresponding to a convexo-concave pattern formed on the entire surface of the mold structure to a medium in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the medium, obtaining a reproduction signal by electrically reproducing the magnetic signal from the medium onto which the magnetic signal has been transferred, and comparing the desired design pattern with the reproduction signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kenji Ichikawa, Naoto Fujiwara
-
Publication number: 20080239533Abstract: The present invention provides a method of magnetic transfer comprising: an initial magnetization step of performing an initial magnetization by applying a DC magnetic field perpendicular to a disk shaped perpendicular magnetic recording medium which is formed by laminating a soft magnetic layer and a magnetic layer on a substrate; an initial magnetization cleaning step of applying an in-plane magnetic field having an intensity larger than 100 [Oe] and less than an intensity of Hn, to the perpendicular magnetic recording medium after passed through the initial magnetization step in radial direction which directed from a center to an outer of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium. After or in a time of the magnetic transfer, a magnetic cleaning may be performed by applying an in-plane magnetic field having the same intensity as the initial magnetization cleaning step in radial direction instead of the initial magnetization cleaning or in combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Makoto Nagao, Naoto Fujiwara, Tadashi Yasunaga, Ryuji Sugita, Takashi Komine
-
Patent number: 7368186Abstract: The master carrier for magnetic transfer of the invention comprises a support and a magnetic layer formed on the surface of the support, wherein an uneven transfer pattern that corresponds to the information to be transferred to a magnetic recording medium is formed in the surface of the magnetic layer, and a relief is formed in the site where the transfer pattern is not formed.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2004Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoto Fujiwara, Seiji Kasahara, Kazuhiro Niitsuma
-
Publication number: 20080062548Abstract: The present invention provides a master recording medium, a magnetic transfer method, a magnetic transfer apparatus, and a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus thereby made, which are capable of obtaining a good regenerative signal with few even harmonic components such as the second-order harmonic components on reproducing the information transferred to the magnetic recording medium in the case of recording the information on the magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer composed of the perpendicular magnetization film by the magnetic transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicants: FUJIFILM CORPORATION, FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Naoto Fujiwara, Kenji Sugiyama, Kazuhiro Niitsuma, Tadashi Yasunaga, Tsugito Maruyama, Sumio Kuroda, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroyuki Suzuki
-
Publication number: 20080044600Abstract: A vehicle structure can include a coating that provides a three-dimensional tactile pattern to the vehicle structure. In addition, a method for forming a vehicle structure can include applying a film that provides a three-dimensional tactile pattern to the vehicle structure. The vehicle structure can be a trim piece of a vehicle to which the film provides decorative and tactile features. A thin metal layer can be applied on top of a substrate by a metallizing technique, such as physical vapor deposition, followed by applying a radiation curable formulation and exposing it to radiation source, such as UV light. The radiation curable formulation can be a UV ink that is spaced at separate and distinct locations on the film and extends from the metallic layer to such an extent that it is discernable by human touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2006Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventors: Jessica Ann Pace, Naoto Fujiwara, Todd Stephen Copeland, Corey Scott McEnhill
-
Publication number: 20070291387Abstract: A magnetic transfer method comprises the processes of: adhering a side having a perpendicular magnetic recording layer of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium in which a perpendicular magnetic recording layer is formed on a surface of a disk shaped substrate, to a surface of a master recording medium in which a magnetic layer is formed corresponding to information to be recorded for transferring information to the perpendicular magnetic recording medium and of the side having the magnetic layer formed; and performing magnetic transfer by relatively rotating a magnetic field application device about the center of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium as an axis with respect to the perpendicular magnetic recording medium and the master recording medium, while applying a magnetic field to the perpendicular magnetic recording medium and the master recording medium by the magnetic field application device, wherein the magnetic field application device is rotated two or more times.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Makoto NAGAO, Naoto FUJIWARA
-
Patent number: 7296478Abstract: In a master carrier for magnetic transfer which comprises a support that has a transfer-recording pattern arrayed in the track direction thereof in accordance with the information to be transferred to a magnetic recording medium, and a magnetic layer formed on the transfer-recording pattern of the support, the in-plane distance L (mm) between the hill and the valley of the warped master carrier, the vertical-direction distance H (?m) between the two, and the thickness d (mm) of the master carrier are so defined that they satisfy a relation of 0.05?H·d3/L?0.6.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Masakazu Nishikawa, Naoto Fujiwara