Patents Assigned to PROTERIAL, LTD.
  • Patent number: 12695016
    Abstract: A multilayer magnetic sheet comprises ten or more layers of magnetic strips each formed in a band shape with a short side and a long side. The magnetic strips are aligned and arranged in a plate shape in each of the layers such that the long sides of the magnetic strips are adjacent to each other. The layers comprise first layers, in which the long sides of the adjacent magnetic strips overlap, and second layers, in which the long sides of the adjacent magnetic strips do not overlap. The first layers comprise at least two stacked layers. A position of the long side in one layer included in the second layers is separated from a position of the long side in another layer included in the second layers by 0.5 mm or more in a direction in which the short side extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kuriyama, Kouhei Miyano, Yuichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12693347
    Abstract: A disconnection detection device that detects strand disconnection in a plurality of insulated wires each of which includes a conductor including a plurality of strands is provided with a branch portion including a common conducting path and a plurality of branched conducting paths branching out from an end portion of the common conducting path, each of the branched conducting paths being electrically connected, at an end portion, to one end of the conductor of the corresponding insulated wire, a current ratio detection unit capable of detecting a ratio of currents flowing through the plurality of branched conducting paths, and a disconnection detection processing unit that detects the strand disconnection in the plurality of insulated wires based on a detection result of the current ratio detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Nakatani, Izumi Fukasaku, Takahiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12695004
    Abstract: A laminate structure includes a first layer as a substrate and a second layer provided on the first layer. The second layer is composed of a rubber composition including a rubber component, first fine particles for providing a surface with irregularity, and second fine particles for shielding UV-C light. When performing Raman mapping analysis on a first peak derived from oscillation of the second fine particles in Raman scattering spectrum obtained by Raman scattering measurement of the second layer, the second layer includes a region where an intensity of the first peak is greater in an area where the first fine particles are not present than an area where the first fine particles are present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Kashimura, Kazufumi Suenaga, Tamotsu Kibe, Kanako Suganuma
  • Patent number: 12686901
    Abstract: A method for producing a martensitic stainless steel strip, said method comprising: a quenching step wherein a steel strip, which contains, in mass %, from 0.3% to 1.2% of C and from 10.0% to 18.0% of Cr and has a thickness of 1 mm or less, is passed through a quenching furnace so as to be heated to a quenching temperature, and is subsequently cooled to a temperature that is not more than the Ms point; a heat retention conveyance step wherein the steel strip is conveyed to a an annealing furnace, while retaining the temperature of the steel strip so as not to decrease to a temperature less than 80° C.; and an annealing step wherein the steel strip is passed through the annealing furnace in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere so as to be heated to an annealing temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyoshi Fujihara
  • Patent number: 12686897
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat treatment method and a heat treatment apparatus for an amorphous alloy ribbon, said method and apparatus being capable of uniformly heat treating an amorphous alloy ribbon, while suppressing the occurrence of anisotropy in the magnetic characteristics. A heat treatment method for an amorphous alloy ribbon, said method comprising a step wherein an amorphous alloy ribbon is transferred, while being in contact with a heated projected surface, and the amorphous alloy ribbon is transferred, while having the part that is in contact with the projected surface pressed against the projected surface from a surface which is on the reverse side of the surface that is in contact with the projected surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Sano, Takeshi Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 12690479
    Abstract: A silicon nitride substrate including a first surface, and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface. One of the first surface or the second surface is a measurement surface. On the measurement surface, a value of an average full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) Cave is broader than 0 cm?1 and narrower than 5.32 cm?1 as measured by using a following measurement method. The measurement method of the average full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) Cave: one central point and four edge portions on the measurement surface are determined as measurement points; a Raman spectrum is measured at each of the measurement points; a full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) C of a spectral peak having the maximum strength within a range from 850 cm?1 or greater to 875 cm?1 or less is calculated in each Raman spectrum; and an average value of thus calculated full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM)s C is the average full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) Cave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Suenaga, Rei Fukumoto, Youichiro Kaga
  • Publication number: 20260204456
    Abstract: A flexible flat cable with terminal includes a plurality of strip conductors, an insulating film covering both sides of the plurality of strip conductors except for both ends in a longitudinal direction thereof, and a plurality of terminals connected to respective ends of the plurality of strip conductors, wherein terminals among the plurality of terminals are connected to two or more of the plurality of strip conductors in a one-to-many configuration, and other terminals are each connected to one of the plurality of strip conductors in a one-to-one configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2025
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMADA, Tomoyuki MURAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12683285
    Abstract: A leaky cable is provided with a linear insulator and a metal layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the insulator. A slot for leaking electromagnetic waves is formed through the metal layer between an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the metal layer, and the outer peripheral surface of the insulator is formed with unevenness that inhibits misalignment of the slot with respect to the insulator. The method of manufacturing the leaky cable includes forming an insulator composed of thermoplastic resin in a cylindrical shape, roughening an outer peripheral surface of the insulator, forming a metal layer on the outer peripheral surface of the insulator, and forming a slot through the metal layer between an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the metal layer. The slot is configured to leak electromagnetic waves to outside of the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sagawa, Takahiro Sugiyama, Izumi Fukasaku, Yasunori Takaki, Nobuaki Kitano, Shuichi Numata
  • Patent number: 12680804
    Abstract: A rotation angle detection device includes at least one target rotating in unison with a shaft, a rotating member for rotating at a different rotation speed from the shaft as the shaft rotates, a first sensor whose output signal changes when the target is approached, a second sensor that detects the rotation angle of the rotating member within one rotation, and a computing section that calculates the absolute angle of the shaft based on the output signal of the first sensor and the rotation angle of the rotating member detected by the second sensor. The output signal of the first sensor changes at a period different from the rotation period of the rotating member when the shaft rotates, and the computing section detects the absolute angle of the shaft at that time from the rotation angle of the rotating member when the output signal of the first sensor changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Ikeda, Masanori Sagawa
  • Patent number: 12683438
    Abstract: A single-phase AC rotary electric machine is provided that eliminates the return coil (return line) and can widen a space where a coil within a slot can be disposed and includes: a rotor; and a stator disposed such that a gap G in a radial direction is present between the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of magnets forming rotor magnetic poles N and S disposed in a circumferential direction. The stator includes a stator iron core, a plurality of teeth disposed in the stator iron core, and coils wound around the teeth. The tooth includes branched portions whose distal end side facing the rotor magnetic poles N and S is branched plurally, and in the distal portions of the branched portions branched plurally, two distal portions adjoining each other are apart from each other by one pole portion of the rotor magnetic poles N and S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Satou, Yuji Enomoto, Ryouichi Takahata, Hirohisa Sano, Yasuhiro Marukawa
  • Patent number: 12673625
    Abstract: A complex harness for vehicle including power wires, each of the power wires having a first conductor and a first insulation that covers the first conductor, an ABS (Anti-lock Brake System) sensor cable having signal wires, each of the signal wires having a second conductor and a second insulation that covers the second conductor and having a cross section smaller than a cross section of each of the power wires, and an outer sheath covering the power wires and the ABS sensor cable collectively, where the power wires and the ABS sensor cable are extended from an end of the outer sheath for a length shorter than a length of the outer sheath and where a first connector is provided at ends of the power wires to be separated from the end of the outer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Hirotaka Eshima
  • Patent number: 12674218
    Abstract: Provided are: steel for knives, having a higher hardness and better corrosion resistance than conventional steel for knives; a knife; steel for martensitic knives; and a production method for same. The steel for knives comprises a component composition containing, in mass %, 0.45%-1.00% C, 0.1%-1.5% Si, 0.1%-1.5% Mn, 7.5%-11.0% Cr, and 0.5%-3.0% of either Mo or W or a complex of both (Mo+W/2), with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Also provided are steel for martensitic knives and a knife. A production method for steel for martensitic knives is also provided that includes a quenching temperature at quenching of 1,050-1,250° C., a processing temperature for subzero processing of no more than ?50° C., and a tempering temperature at tempering of 100-400° C., and obtains steel for martensitic knives that has a hardness of at least 700 HV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentaro Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 12674688
    Abstract: A position detection device, configured to detect a position of a shaft that moves forward and backward in an axial direction, is provided with an excitation coil that generates an alternating magnetic field; a target fixed to the shaft and interlinked with a magnetic flux of the alternating magnetic field; and a detection coil in which the magnetic flux of the alternating magnetic field is interlinked. The detection coil has a first portion and a second portion in which an induced voltage is generated when the magnetic flux of the alternating magnetic field is interlinked, and a connection portion connecting the first portion and the second portion. The first portion and the second portion respectively extend along a coil longitudinal direction parallel to the axial direction, and at least a portion of each is aligned perpendicular to the coil longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Shirakawa, Yoshiaki Yanagisawa, Takahiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12663573
    Abstract: A peripheral surface-emitting linear light guide is provided with an optical fiber including a core, an outer peripheral surface of which is exposed from a cladding at one end in a longitudinal direction, and a light-scattering member that covers an entire periphery of the outer peripheral surface of the core in an exposed portion over a predetermined axial length range. The light emitted from the outer peripheral surface of the core is scattered and radiated by the light-scattering member. The light-scattering member includes a light transmissive base material having a higher refractive index than the core and light-scattering particles that scatter the light incident on the base material, and the light-scattering particles are dispersed and mixed in a certain proportion throughout the base material. At least a portion of the light-scattering member in the longitudinal direction is an incremental portion whose thickness increases gradually toward a tip side of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kota Tachibana, Ryuta Takahashi, Seiji Kojima
  • Patent number: 12665460
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine wiring component is configured to be connected to an armature winding of a rotating electrical machine and includes a conductor wire comprising a conductive metal, and an insulation covering a portion of the conductor wire, wherein the conductor wire comprises a flat plate-shaped connecting portion located at one end and connected to the armature winding, and a bent portion bent by a bending process in a vicinity of the connecting portion, wherein the conductor wire is not covered with the insulation at the connecting portion and the bent portion, and wherein a cross-sectional shape of the conductor wire in a cross-section perpendicular to an extending direction of the conductor wire is rectangular at the connecting portion and circular at the bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Egami
  • Patent number: 12665110
    Abstract: A permanent magnet alloy according to the present disclosure contains Mn at a content not lower than 41% by atom and not higher than 53% by atom; Al at a content not lower than 46% by atom and not higher than 53% by atom; and Cu at a content not lower than 0.5% by atom and not higher than 10% by atom. The alloy contains a stable phase, having a tetragonal structure, at a ratio not lower than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kainuma, Toshihiro Omori, Xiao Xu, Naoki Hashimoto, Tomohito Maki
  • Patent number: 12663296
    Abstract: A position detection device for detecting a position of a rack shaft having a rack teeth portion that meshes with a pinion gear in a part in an axial direction, is provided with a capacitance member that is arranged around a periphery of the rack shaft and forms a capacitive load together with the rack shaft, and a calculation unit that calculates the position of the rack shaft based on a capacitance between the rack shaft and the capacitance member. The capacitance member is arranged to face at least a part of the rack teeth portion. The capacitance changes in accordance with the position of the rack shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Shirakawa, Yuta Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12660268
    Abstract: In a silicon carbide substrate including: a SiC substrate; and a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a drift layer that are epitaxial layers sequentially formed on the SiC substrate, an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer is lower than impurity concentrations of the SiC substrate and the second semiconductor layer, and the second semiconductor layer is formed to have a high impurity concentration or a large thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kumiko Konishi, Hiroyuki Okino, Taisuke Hirooka
  • Publication number: 20260160627
    Abstract: An electronic component with cover includes an electric wire, an electronic component including an electrode connected to the electric wire, and a cover member that covers the electronic component together with a portion of the electric wire, wherein the cover member has a tubular shape, and wherein an adhesive fills a space between an inner surface of the cover member and the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi KOBAYASHI, Kanako SUGANUMA
  • Patent number: 12643059
    Abstract: An object is to provide a slurry storage and stirring device which can sufficiently flow even a high-concentration slurry by a simple means and is excellent in stirring properties. Disclosed is a slurry storage and stirring device including a container which stores a slurry containing particles and a solvent, and in this device, the container has an inner wall provided inside the container and formed of a porous body which passes a gas supplied to the container through the porous body to generate fine bubbles in the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Maeta, Kazunori Nishimura