Patents by Inventor Shinji Kodama

Shinji Kodama 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: 7785128
    Abstract: The connector including the first and second connector housings is provided with means for draining water entered inside. At an end part of the second connector housing, situated at the front of an insertion direction of the first connector housing into the second connector housing, the second connector housing includes: a connecting part which connects a tube part and a body part of the second connector housing to each other; and a through hole which is adjacent to the connecting part and penetrates through the tube part to communicate a first space, which is outside the body part and inside the tube part, and the outside of the tube part to each other, wherein a facing surface of the connecting part facing the first connector housing is provided with an inclined surface gradually inclining toward the insertion direction as the facing surface approaches the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Shinji Kodama
  • Patent number: 7767314
    Abstract: Disclosed are a weld joint and a stainless steel-based weld metal composition for the weld joint. The composition and weld joint made therefrom are suitable for welding a zinc-based alloy coated steel sheet. The weld is excellent in corrosion resistance and liquid-metal embrittlement crack resistance. This is accomplished by inhibiting liquid-metal embrittlement cracks of the stainless-steel-based weld metal when the zinc-based alloy coating steel sheet is welded using the stainless-steel-based weld metal. The weld joint comprises a welded portion of weld metal made of stainless-steel-based components, the weld metal containing in mass percent (%): C: 0.01-0.1; Si: 0.1-1; Mn: 0.5-2.5; Ni: 5-11; and Cr: 17-25, and the balance being iron and residual impurities, wherein the following expression are met: ?0.81×Cr equivalent+23.2?Ni equivalent?0.95×Cr equivalent?8.1 . . . (1); Ni equivalent=Ni+30×C+0.5×Mn+30×N . . . (2); Cr equivalent=Cr+Mo+1.5×Si . . . (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kodama, Hideki Hamatani, Nobuo Mizuhashi, Kenichi Asai, Manabu Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 7726963
    Abstract: Disclosed is a soap making split mold composed of a set of splits 1A and 1B adapted to be assembled together to form a molding cavity 1C. The split 1A has a larger surface area in its recess 11A defining part of the cavity 1C than the other split 1B does in its recess 11B defining the other part of the cavity 1C. The ratio of the surface area of the recess 11A of the split 1A to that of the recess 11B of the split 1B ranges from 52:48 to 66:34. Otherwise, the split 1A has a larger surface roughness Ra in its recess 11A defining part of the cavity than the other split 1B does in its recess 11B defining the other part of the cavity. The difference of the surface roughness Ra between the recess 11A and that of the recess 11B is 0.1 to 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakano, Shinji Kodama
  • Publication number: 20100111597
    Abstract: The present invention prevents two connector housings of a connector from being in a half-fitted condition by increasing restoring force which separates the two housing. A connector includes: a first connector housing including a lock projection; a second connector housing to be fitted to the first connector housing and integrally including a lock arm which is elastically deformed by the lock projection and is engaged with the lock projection; a lock ensuring member including a body which is attached to the second connector housing and movable between an allowing position and a preventing position, and an interference arm which is integrally provided on the body and includes a pressing projection. The pressing projection presses the lock arm while the lock projection deforms the lock arm at the allowing position, and the interference arm abuts the lock arm so as to prohibit the lock arm from deforming in the preventing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji KODAMA, Hiromasa KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20100104888
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of production of electric resistance welded steel pipe able to stably reduce weld defects due to oxides by firing plasma and furthermore able to reduce plasma jet noise and comprises shaping steel plate 1 into a tube and electric resistance welding the abutting end faces 4 during which blowing on at least the abutting end faces 4a in the region 6 at the welding upstream side from the weld point 9 where the temperature becomes 650° C. or more a reducing high temperature (pseudo) laminar plasma obtained by applying voltage to a reducing gas containing H2 gas: 2 to 50 vol % to which is added a balance of Ar gas alone or a mixed gas of Ar gas to which N2 gas, He gas, or both are added. At that time, it is preferable to make the applied voltage over 120V and the make the plasma blowing conditions satisfy the following formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Hideki Hamatani, Shinji Kodama, Nobuo Mizuhashi, Sunao Takeuchi, Tomohiro Nakaji, Takashi Miyakawa, Hitoshi Asahi, Michitoshi Tanimoto, Michimasa Mukai
  • Publication number: 20090314760
    Abstract: A stainless steel wire having a flux core for welding zinc-based alloy coated steel sheet having an outer metal sheath coating a core of flux wherein in total having in mass (%) as percentage to the total mass of the wire: C: 0.01-0.05%, Si: 0.1-1.5%, Mn: 0.5-3.0%, Ni: 7.0-10.0%, Cr: 26.0-30.0%, wherein an F value defined as a function of the above components ranges from 30 to 50, the flux further having a slag formation agent in mass (%) as percentage to the total mass of the wire: TiO2: 0.6-2.6%, SiO2: 1.8-3.8%, ZrO2: 1.0-3.5%, and optionally Al2O3: 0.1-1.0%, wherein the slag formation agent in total is less than 10%, and the wire further containing Fe and residual impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Mizumoto, Shinji Kodama, Kenichi Asai
  • Patent number: 7575473
    Abstract: A connector is provided, by which deformation or damage of a locking arm is prevented, a secure holding force of the locking arm is assured, and the connector is stably held in a hole of a panel. The connector includes: a first connector housing to be allowed to pass through a hole of a panel; a locking arm formed on the first connector housing, the locking arm being resiliently deformed to be locked to an inner edge of the hole when the first connector housing is allowed to pass through the hole; a second connector housing to be fit to the first connector housing; and a displacement preventing means for preventing the locking arm from being displaced in a direction crossing a direction in which the locking arm is resiliently deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kodama, Sumito Atsumi
  • Publication number: 20090158889
    Abstract: Disclosed are a weld joint and a stainless steel-based weld metal composition for the weld joint. The composition and weld joint made therefrom are suitable for welding a zinc-based alloy coated steel sheet. The weld is excellent in corrosion resistance and liquid-metal embrittlement crack resistance. This is accomplished by inhibiting liquid-metal embrittlement cracks of the stainless-steel-based weld metal when the zinc-based alloy coating steel sheet is welded using the stainless-steel-based weld metal. The weld joint comprises a welded portion of weld metal made of stainless-steel-based components, the weld metal containing in mass percent (%): C: 0.01-0.1; Si: 0.1-1; Mn: 0.5-2.5; Ni: 5-11; and Cr: 17-25, and the balance being iron and residual impurities, wherein the following expression are met: ?0.81×Cr equivalent+23.2?Ni equivalent?0.95×Cr equivalent?8.1 . . . (1); Ni equivalent=Ni+30×C+0.5×Mn+30×N . . . (2); Cr equivalent=Cr+Mo+1.5×Si . . . (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Shinji Kodama, Hideki Hamatani, Nobuo Mizuhashi, Kenichi Asai, Manabu Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20090149052
    Abstract: The connector including the first and second connector housings is provided with means for draining water entered inside. At an end part of the second connector housing, situated at the front of an insertion direction of the first connector housing into the second connector housing, the second connector housing includes: a connecting part which connects a tube part and a body part of the second connector housing to each other; and a through hole which is adjacent to the connecting part and penetrates through the tube part to communicate a first space, which is outside the body part and inside the tube part, and the outside of the tube part to each other, wherein a facing surface of the connecting part facing the first connector housing is provided with an inclined surface gradually inclining toward the insertion direction as the facing surface approaches the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ito, Shinji Kodama
  • Publication number: 20080305672
    Abstract: A connector is provided, by which deformation or damage of a locking arm is prevented, a secure holding force of the locking arm is assured, and the connector is stably held in a hole of a panel. The connector includes: a first connector housing to be allowed to pass through a hole of a panel; a locking arm formed on the first connector housing, the locking arm being resiliently deformed to be locked to an inner edge of the hole when the first connector housing is allowed to pass through the hole; a second connector housing to be fit to the first connector housing; and a displacement preventing means for preventing the locking arm from being displaced in a direction crossing a direction in which the locking arm is resiliently deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kodama, Sumito Atsumi
  • Patent number: 7462261
    Abstract: A method of producing a lipped molded article comprising the steps of forming a molded article having an opening portion by papermaking and outwardly curling the peripheral wall portion which constitutes the opening portion to make a lip. The method is characterized in that the inner surface of the molded article is coated with a resin layer to make a multilayer molded article, the part to be curled of the peripheral wall portion of the molded article is impregnated with a liquid, and the part to be curled is subjected to curling processing while or after being heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nonomura, Atsushi Sato, Shinji Kodama, Minoru Goto
  • Patent number: 7370788
    Abstract: A molded article (10) made predominantly of pulp and comprising a bottom portion (13) and a body portion (12), wherein the angle ? between the outer surface of a side wall of the body portion (12) and the ground contact plane (B) of the bottom portion (13) is 85° or greater, and the height of the body portion (12) is 50 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Otani, Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Koichi Sagara, Shinji Kodama, Minoru Goto, Susumu Fujinami, Tokuo Tsuura, Shinji Otakura, Takehiko Tojo, Yukiya Sato, Masataka Ishikawa, Shingo Odajima, Masanori Takita
  • Patent number: 7306834
    Abstract: A heat-insulating container having a first fiber layer (111) with a prescribed density and a second fiber layer (112) which is formed inside the first fiber layer (111) and has a lower density than the first fiber layer (111). The first fiber layer (111) is 0.2 to 1 mm thick, and the second fiber layer (112) is 0.4 to 3 mm thick, with the total thickness of the first fiber layer (111) and the second fiber layer (112) being 0.6 to 4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nonomura, Masaaki Suzuki, Atsushi Sato, Tadashi Nakata, Shinji Kodama, Shingo Odajima, Mitsuyuki Kubo
  • Publication number: 20070132148
    Abstract: Disclosed is a soap making split mold composed of a set of splits 1A and 1B adapted to be assembled together to form a molding cavity 1C. The split 1A has a larger surface area in its recess 11A defining part of the cavity 1C than the other split 1B does in its recess 11B defining the other part of the cavity 1C. The ratio of the surface area of the recess 11A of the split 1A to that of the recess 11B of the split 1B ranges from 52:48 to 66:34. Otherwise, the split 1A has a larger surface roughness Ra in its recess 11A defining part of the cavity than the other split 1B does in its recess 11B defining the other part of the cavity. The difference of the surface roughness Ra between the recess 11A and that of the recess 11B is 0.1 to 30 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakano, Shinji Kodamas
  • Patent number: 6761586
    Abstract: The tip end portions of positioning projections protruded on the attachment surface of an insulation housing opposing to a circuit board are respectively inserted into positioning holes provided at the circuit board thereby to position the board connector relatively with respect to the circuit board. Thereafter, the tip end portions of terminals protruding in the attachment direction from the attachment surface are inserted into the through holes of the circuit board, and also the tip end portions of attachment arms provided at the both side surfaces of the insulation housing and protruding in the attachment direction are inserted into attachment holes provided at the circuit board thereby to have engagement projections provided at the tip ends of the attachment arms pass through and engage with the attachment holes, respectively, whereby the board connector is fixed to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinobu Kayama, Shinji Kodama
  • Patent number: 6752910
    Abstract: A papermaking mold for producing a pulp molded article comprising a core of prescribed shape which has a plurality of holes for fluid passage interconnecting the outside and the inside and is made of an elastically deformable material and a fluid-permeable material which covers the outer surface of the core, the fluid-permeable material being capable of forming passages for a fluid in its thickness direction even when pressed and deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Sato, Akira Nonomura, Shinji Kodama, Naoki Imai
  • Publication number: 20040084166
    Abstract: A method of producing a lipped molded article comprising the steps of forming a molded article having an opening portion by papermaking and outwardly curling the peripheral wall portion which constitutes the opening portion to make a lip. The method is characterized in that the inner surface of the molded article is coated with a resin layer to make a multilayer molded article, the part to be curled of the peripheral wall portion of the molded article is impregnated with a liquid, and the part to be curled is subjected to curling processing while or after being heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Akira Nonomura, Atsushi Sato, Shinji Kodama, Minoru Goto
  • Publication number: 20030111201
    Abstract: A papermaking mold for producing a pulp molded article comprising a core of prescribed shape which has a plurality of holes for fluid passage interconnecting the outside and the inside and is made of an elastically deformable material and a fluid-permeable material which covers the outer surface of the core, the fluid-permeable material being capable of forming passages for a fluid in its thickness direction even when pressed and deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Sato, Akira Nonomura, Shinji Kodama, Naoki Imai
  • Patent number: 6579113
    Abstract: An inertial locking connector is provided, by which the appropriation of a normal connector is improved and an incomplete engagement of the connectors is securely prevented from occurring. The inertial locking connector includes: a first connector housing provided with a locking arm having a locking projection; and a second connector housing provided with an engaging projection, which engages with the locking projection, wherein upon engaging of the first and second connecor housings, a front end face of the locking projection is situated facing a perpendicular front end face of the second connector housing and the front end face of the locking projection abuts against the front end face of the second connector housing. Thereby, the inertia force upon the engagement of the connectors is exhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Kodama
  • Patent number: 6576089
    Abstract: A papermaking mold for producing a pulp molded article comprising a core of prescribed shape which has a plurality of holes for fluid passage interconnecting the outside and the inside and is made of an elastically deformable material and a fluid-permeable material which covers the outer surface of the core, the fluid-permeable material being capable of forming passages for a fluid in its thickness direction even when pressed and deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Sato, Akira Nonomura, Shinji Kodama, Naoki Imai