Patents Assigned to NKK Corporation
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Patent number: 7599052Abstract: A defect marking device includes a flaw inspection device which has a plurality of light-receiving parts that identify reflected lights coming from an inspection plane of a metal strip under two or more of optical conditions different from each other; a signal processing section that judges the presence/absence of surface flaw on the inspection plane based on a combination of reflected light components identified under these optical conditions different from each other; and a marking device which applies marking that indicates information relating to the flaw on the surface of the metal strip.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Mitsuaki Uesugi, Shoji Yoshikawa, Masaichi Inomata, Tsutomu Kawamura, Takahiko Oshige, Hiroyuki Sugiura, Akira Kazama, Tsuneo Suyama, Yasuo Kushida, Shuichi Harada, Hajime Tanaka, Osamu Uehara, Shuji Kaneto, Masahiro Iwabuchi, Kozo Harada, Shinichi Tomonaga, Shigemi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20090086209Abstract: A defect marking device includes a flaw inspection device which has a plurality of light-receiving parts that identify reflected lights coming from an inspection plane of a metal strip under two or more of optical conditions different from each other; a signal processing section that judges the presence/absence of surface flaw on the inspection plane based on a combination of reflected light components identified under these optical conditions different from each other; and a marking device which applies marking that indicates information relating to the flaw on the surface of the metal strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: NKK CorporationInventors: Mitsuaki Uesugi, Shoji Yoshikawa, Masaichi Inomata, Tsutomu Kawamura, Takahiko Oshige, Hiroyuki Sugiura, Akira Kazama, Tsuneo Suyama, Yasuo Kushida, Shuichi Harada, Hajime Tanaka, Osamu Uehara, Shuji Kaneto, Masahiro Iwabuchi, Kozo Harada, Shinichi Tomonaga, Shigemi Fukuda
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Patent number: 7448430Abstract: A manufacturing method for a continuously cast product of steel includes the steps of detecting a position of a crater end of the product by measuring a solidification state of the continuously cast product using a sensor which is not a contact with the product, and controlling at least one condition selected from the conditions of the casting speed and the quantity of secondary cooling water based on the detected position of the crater end. The method for measuring a solidification state of the continuously cast product includes the steps of cooling the product until the surface layer portion is ? transformed, transmitting transverse waves of electromagnetic ultrasonic waves to the colled product as a transmitting signal, receiving a signal after said transmitting signal propagates in said product as a receiving signal, and judging the solidification state of said product based on the receiving signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: NKK CorporationInventor: Yukinori Iizuka
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Patent number: 7423744Abstract: A defect marking device includes a flaw inspection device which has a plurality of light-receiving parts that identify reflected lights coming from an inspection plane of a metal strip under two or more of optical conditions different from each other; a signal processing section that judges the presence/absence of surface flaw on the inspection plane based on a combination of reflected light components identified under these optical conditions different from each other; and a marking device which applies marking that indicates information relating to the flaw on the surface of the metal strip.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2006Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Mitsuaki Uesugi, Shoji Yoshikawa, Masaichi Inomata, Tsutomu Kawamura, Takahiko Oshige, Hiroyuki Sugiura, Akira Kazama, Tsuneo Suyama, Yasuo Kushida, Shuichi Harada, Hajime Tanaka, Osamu Uehara, Shuji Kaneto, Masahiro Iwabuchi, Kozo Harada, Shinichi Tomonaga, Shigemi Fukuda
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Patent number: 7361385Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a hot-dip plated metal strip comprising the steps of: introducing a metal strip into a molten metal bath of plating metal to adhere the molten metal onto the surface of the metal strip; taking out the metal strip, after turning the running direction of the metal strip, from the molten metal bath without applying external force from outside the surface of the metal strip; adjusting the plating weight of the molten metal adhered onto the metal strip; and controlling the shape of the metal strip using magnetic force in non-contact state directly before or after the step of adjusting the coating weight. The invention prevents adhesion of dross to the metal strip without degrading the productivity, and thus manufactures a high quality hot-dip plated metal strip.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2002Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Kazuhisa Kabeya, Kyohei Ishida, Munehiro Ishioka, Hideyuki Takahashi, Toshio Ishii, Yoichi Miyakawa, Akira Gamou, Yoshikazu Suzuki
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Patent number: 7252722Abstract: A steel sheet containing 0.004 to 0.02% C, 1.0% or less Si, 0.7 to 3.0% Mn, 0.02 to 0.15% P, 0.02% or less S, 0.01 to 0.1% Al, 0.004% or less N, 0.2% or less Nb, by mass %, optionally Ti, Bi or at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cr Mo, Ni and Cu, and the balance being Fe; the Nb content satisfying a formula of (12/93)×Nb*/C?1.0, wherein Nb*=Nb?(93/14)×N, and wherein C, N and Nb designate the content in mass % of carbon, nitrogen and niobium, respectively; and a yield strength and an average grain size of the ferritic grains which satisfy a formula of YP??120×d+1280, wherein YP designates yield strength in MPa, and d designates an average size of ferritic grains in ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2004Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Katsumi Nakajima, Takeshi Fujita, Toshiaki Urabe, Yuji Yamasaki, Fusato Kitano
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Patent number: 7248366Abstract: The defect marking method comprises the steps of: installing a surface defect tester to detect surface flaw and a marker device to apply marking at defect position, in a continuous processing line of steel sheet; detecting the surface flaw on the steel sheet using the surface defect tester; determining defect name, defect grade, defect length, and defect position in the width direction of the steel sheet, on the basis of thus detected flaw information, further identifying the defect in terms of harmful defect, injudgicable defect, and harmless defect; applying tracking of the defect position for each of the harmful defect and the injudgicable defect; and applying marking to the defect position. The defect marking device comprises a defect inspection means having plurality of light-receiving parts and a signal processing section, and a marking means.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2001Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Mitsuaki Uesugi, Shoji Yoshikawa, Masaichi Inomata, Tsutomu Kawamura, Takahiko Oshige, Hiroyuki Sugiura, Akira Kazama, Tsuneo Suyama, Yasuo Kushida, Shuichi Harada, Hajime Tanaka, Osamu Uehara, Shuji Kaneto, Masahiro Iwabuchi, Kozo Harada, Shinichi Tomonaga, Shigemi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20070052964Abstract: A defect marking device includes a flaw inspection device which has a plurality of light-receiving parts that identify reflected lights coming from an inspection plane of a metal strip under two or more of optical conditions different from each other; a signal processing section that judges the presence/absence of surface flaw on the inspection plane based on a combination of reflected light components identified under these optical conditions different from each other; and a marking device which applies marking that indicates information relating to the flaw on the surface of the metal strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: NKK CorporationInventors: Mitsuaki Uesugi, Shoji Yoshikawa, Masaichi Inomata, Tsutomu Kawamura, Takahiko Oshige, Hiroyuki Sugiura, Akira Kazama, Tsuneo Suyama, Yasuo Kushida, Shuichi Harada, Hajime Tanaka, Osamu Uehara, Shuji Kaneto, Masahiro Iwabuchi, Kozo Harada, Shinichi Tomonaga, Shigemi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20070051486Abstract: A manufacturing method for a continuously cast product of steel includes the steps of detecting a position of a crater end of the product by a method for measuring a solidification state of continuously cast product using a sensor arranged so as to be in non-contact with the product, and controlling at least one condition selected from the conditions of the casting speed and the quantity of secondary cooling water based on the detected position of crater end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: NKK CorporationInventors: Yukinori IIzuka, Yutaka Awajiya, Masayuki Nakada, Makoto Suzuki, Koichi Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 7156148Abstract: A manufacturing method for a continuously cast product of steel includes the steps of detecting a position of a crater end of the product by a method for measuring a solidification state of the continuously cast product using a sensor arranged so as to be in non-contact with the product, and controlling at least one condition selected from the conditions of the casting speed and the quantity of secondary cooling water based on the detected position of crater end.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Yukinori Iizuka, Yutaka Awajiya, Masayuki Nakada, Makoto Suzuki, Koichi Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 7137283Abstract: A material 1 to be shaped is reduced and formed by bringing dies with convex forming surfaces, when viewed from the side of the transfer line of the material 1, close to the transfer line from above and below the material 1, in synchronism with each other, while giving the dies a swinging motion in such a manner that the portions of the forming surfaces of the dies, in contact with the material 1, are transferred from the upstream to the downstream side in the direction of the transfer line.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignees: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., NKK CorporationInventors: Shigeki Narushima, Kenichi Ide, Yasushi Dodo
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Publication number: 20060210817Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin film laminated metal sheet for can, in which both faces of the metal sheet have resin film laminated layers, and a surface free energy ? s of a face of the resin film is 10 dyn/cm or more to less than 30 dyn/cm, the face becoming an inside of can after can-making and being contacted with stuffed food contents. As the resin film, applicable is a polypropylene film or a propylene ethylene based random copolymer film of polypropylene being a main component. Further, a resin film of polyester being a main component and containing a wax component of 0.1 to 2.0% is used in a resin film to be an inside of can after can-making. The resin film laminated metal sheet for can according to the invention has excellent formability and adhesion while can-making and superior taking-out property of stuffed food contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: NKK CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Yamanaka, Hiroki Iwasa, Hiroshi Kubo, Shinsuke Watanabe, Yoshinori Yomura
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Publication number: 20060113013Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a hot rolled steel strip including a transfer means comprising transfer rolls to feed a steel strip which has been hot rolled by a finishing mill; a cooling means for cooling the steel strip; and accompanying rolls arranged with a clearance over the thickness of the steel strip at a position where the accompanying rolls face the transfer rolls through the steel strip to be transferred. The accompanying rolls rotate at nearly an equal peripheral speed as the transfer rolls or at a peripheral speed greater than the transfer speed of the steel strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2006Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: NKK CORPORATIONInventors: Akio Fujibayashi, Sadanori Imada, Yoshimichi Hino, Toru Minote, Yoichi Motoyashiki, Shozo Ikemune
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Publication number: 20050257644Abstract: A refining agent contains Al, MgO, and CaO as main components, and uses dolomite as a MgO source and CaO source. When the refining agent is supplied into molten iron, it produces Mg vapor due to a reaction in the molten iron, and causes a refining reaction by the Mg vapor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2001Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicant: NKK CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshie Nakai, Takeshi Murai, Hidetoshi Matsuno, Yoshiteru Kikuchi, Kenji Takahashi, Yoichi Nimura, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomoo Isawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Tatsuya Okamura
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Publication number: 20050161190Abstract: A manufacturing method for a continuously cast product of steel includes the steps of detecting a position of crater end of product by a method for measuring a solidification state of continuously cast product using a sensor arranged so as to be in non-contact with the product, and controlling at least one condition selected from the conditions of the casting speed and the quantity of secondary cooling water based on the detected position of crater end. The method for measuring a solidification state of continuously cast product includes the steps of cooling the product until a surface layer portion thereof is ? transformed, transmitting transverse waves of electromagnetic ultrasonic waves to the cooled product, receiving the signal after the transmitting signal propagates in the product, and judging the solidification state of the product based on the received signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Applicant: NKK CorporationInventors: Yukinori Iizuka, Yutaka Awajiya, Masayuki Nakada, Makoto Suzuki, Koichi Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 6896035Abstract: A manufacturing method for a continuously cast product of steel includes the steps of detecting a position of crater end of product by a method for measuring a solidification state of continuously cast product using a sensor arranged so as to be in non-contact with the product, and controlling at least one condition selected from the conditions of the casting speed and the quantity of secondary cooling water based on the detected position of crater end. The method for measuring a solidification state of continuously cast product includes the steps of cooling the product until a surface layer portion thereof is ? transformed, transmitting transverse waves of electromagnetic ultrasonic waves to the cooled product, receiving the signal after the transmitting signal propagates in the product, and judging the solidification state of the product based on the received signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: NKK CorporationInventors: Yukinori Iizuka, Yutaka Awajiya, Masayuki Nakada, Makoto Suzuki, Koichi Tsutsumi
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Publication number: 20050092133Abstract: The present invention provides a method of desulfurizing hot metal, which method utilizes desulfurization slag resulting from a KR hot metal desulfurizing treatment as a desulfurizing agent for hot metal again to reduce hot metal desulfurization costs and the amount of slag generated, thereby solving environmental problems.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicants: NKK Corporation, Kokan Mining Co. Ltd.Inventors: Yoshie Nakai, Hiroshi Shimizu, Toshio Takaoka, Yoshiteru Kikuchi, Shuei Tanaka, Shinichi Wakamatsu, Atsushi Watanabe, Osamu Yamase
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Patent number: 6887820Abstract: A method for producing optically active compounds is disclosed. The method is highly practical for producing optically active compounds useful for various utilities such as intermediates for synthesizing pharmaceutical agents, liquid crystal materials and agents for optical resolution.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2000Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Corporation, NKK Corporation, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Takasago International CorporationInventors: Takao Ikariya, Shohei Hashiguchi, Jun Takehara, Nobuyuki Uematsu, Kazuhiko Matsumura, Ryoji Noyori, Akio Fujii
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Patent number: 6880619Abstract: A heat treatment equipment having a heating chamber having a plurality of regenerative combustors provided with direct-fired burner having a built-in porous regenerator, for applying a heat treatment to an object in the heating chamber, wherein the substantial average surface pore diameter is not uniform for porous regenerators in a plurality of direct-fired burners or a plurality of regenerative combustors. By making contrivances in the shape of porous regenerators of the direct-fired burners or the regenerative heat exchangers arranged in an area where substances causing choking tend to easily adhere to make it difficult for such substances to adhere or prevent choking phenomenon from becoming apparent.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignees: NKK Corporation, Nippon Furnace Kogyo Kaisha, Ltd., NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Suzukawa, Isao Mori, Masayasu Nagoshi, Takeshi Tada, Jun Sudo, Yoshiyuki Kasai, Kazuhiko Umehara
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Patent number: RE39475Abstract: A digitizer for determining coordinate value of a point designated on a given two-dimensional coordinate plane. A pointing instrument is manually operable to designate a point on the given two-dimensional coordinate plane of a tablet. The tablet includes a flat sensor defining the given two-dimensional coordinate plane and operative for transmitting magnetic signal between the flat sensor and the pointing instrument disposed thereon to detect the designated point to thereby produce a detection signal, and a shielding plate disposed under the flat sensor to magnetically shield the flat sensor. The shielding plate is composed of silicon steel containing 4.0 to 7.0 weight % of silicon. A processing circuit is connected to the flat sensor for processing the detection signal to determine the coordinate value of the designated point.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1994Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignees: Kabushikikaisha Wacom, NKK CorporationInventors: Azuma Murakami, Yasuhiro Fukuzaki