Patents Assigned to The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11024488
    Abstract: In a film-forming technology using charged particles, a disturbance in film thickness distribution caused by leakage magnetic field is suppressed. A film-forming method embodies a technological idea of switching generation and stop of a magnetic field during a film-forming operation so as to stop the generation of the magnetic field during a period when plasma is generated and generate the magnetic field during a period when plasma is not generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Washio, Masao Nakata, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Junichi Shida
  • Patent number: 11007700
    Abstract: According to the present invention, devolatilization of a synthetic resin formed from a polymer or synthetic rubber can be improved and the synthetic resin can be foamed at a low temperature by injecting a devolatilization agent through a devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided in a downstream end segment cylinder of a cylinder assembly. In a vented twin-screw kneading extrusion apparatus and extrusion method according to the present invention, a devolatilization agent, which is injected through a downstream end devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided on a downstream end segment cylinder constituted by a segment cylinder positioned on a downstream end of a cylinder assembly, is dispersed in molten resin in the downstream end segment cylinder and kneaded by a downstream end kneading portion such that the molten resin is foamed by the devolatilization agent and then extruded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Shimizu, Jun Kakizaki, Kiyoshi Handa
  • Publication number: 20210138711
    Abstract: A twin screw extruder (10) for producing a fiber-reinforced resin composition, which is obtained by charging the extruder with a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers in roving form and the reinforcing fibers being fibrillated/cut and being dispersed/kneaded into the thermoplastic resin, comprises: a plate-shaped blade (15), which protrudes from the inner surface of a cylinder (11) and faces a screw (20) and the longitudinal direction of which faces the axial direction of the cylinder; and a height adjustment means (16) for adjusting the gap between the blade (15) and the screw (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka KIMURA, Makoto TOJO, Daigo SAGA
  • Patent number: 10994456
    Abstract: A rotary mold type injection molding machine and a method for exchanging molds of a rotary mold type injection molding machine. The rotary mold type injection molding machine includes a fixed platen, a movable platen which is opened and closed in a horizontal direction with respect to the fixed platen, and a rotary table to which a plurality of molds is mounted and which is rotatably provided on one of the fixed platen and the movable platen. The rotary mold type injection molding machine further includes: a mold member which is configured of a plurality of molds and mold mounting plates to which the plurality of molds is mounted; and a mounting portion which is provided on the rotary table provided on one of the fixed platen and the movable platen and on which the mold mounting plate is mounted when the mold member is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Fukumoto, Tsuyoshi Miyaki, Shizuo Jinno
  • Patent number: 10991581
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor film capable of forming a semiconductor film with high crystalline quality using a solid-state laser is provided. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor film according to the present disclosure includes the steps of (a) irradiating an amorphous semiconductor film with a first pulsed laser beam emitted from a solid-state laser, and then after the step (a), (b) irradiating the semiconductor film with a second pulsed laser beam including intensity lower than that of the first pulsed laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kobayashi, Hiroaki Imamura
  • Patent number: 10988841
    Abstract: In order to suppress a film from being formed in a gap between a mask and a substrate, a technology of improving adhesion between the mask and the substrate is provided. A film-forming method includes the step of suspending a mask MK by a suspension portion HU in a state in which the suspension portion HU is supported by a supporting portion SU and the step of bringing the mask MK suspended by the suspension portion HU into contact with a glass substrate GS in the state in which the suspension portion HU is supported by the supporting portion SU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Washio, Masaki Chiba, Masao Nakata
  • Publication number: 20210108338
    Abstract: A bonded substrate includes: a quartz substrate cut at an intersection angle with a crystal X-axis; and a piezoelectric substrate laminated on the quartz substrate. Preferably, a cut angle of the quartz substrate has an angle in the range of 85 to 95 degrees with respect to the crystal X-axis. Preferably, the surface acoustic wave propagation direction of the quartz substrate has an angle of 15 to 50 degrees with respect to a crystal Y-axis. Preferably, as a piezoelectric substrate, lithium niobate or lithium tantalate is used. Preferably, the piezoelectric substrate has a thickness h having a relationship of 0.02 to 0.11? with respect to a wavelength ? of a surface acoustic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei KURIMOTO, Kazuhito KISHIDA, Rinzo KAYANO, Jun MIZUNO, Shoji KAKIO
  • Patent number: 10950474
    Abstract: A laser irradiation apparatus includes a laser generation device, a levitation unit to levitate an object to which the laser light is applied, and a conveyance unit to convey the levitated object. The conveyance unit includes a holding mechanism for holding the object by absorption, and a moving mechanism for moving the holding mechanism in a conveyance direction. The holding mechanism includes a base including a plurality of through holes, a plurality of pipes respectively connected to the through holes, a vacuum generation device configured to evacuate air from the f pipes, and a plurality of absorption assistance valves each disposed in the middle of a respective one of the pipes, each of the plurality of absorption assistance valves being configured to be closed when a flow rate of a gas flowing into the pipe through the through hole becomes equal to or higher than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Imamura, Takahiro Fuji, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10940624
    Abstract: In an injection molding machine in which intermediate molds are disposed movably in a mold opening/closing direction between a movable platen attached with a movable mold and a stationary platen attached with a stationary mold, setting is simplified when individually setting a setting value related to molding using the movable mold and the intermediate mold and a setting value related to molding using the stationary mold and the intermediate mold. In a method for controlling an injection molding machine in which intermediate molds are disposed movably in a mold opening/closing direction between a movable platen attached with a movable mold and a stationary platen attached with a stationary mold, single setting enables setting of both of a setting value related to molding using the movable mold and the intermediate mold and a setting value related to molding using the stationary mold and the intermediate mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kashiuchi, Kazuchika Asano, Minetoshi Kako
  • Patent number: 10941905
    Abstract: An accumulator vessel (10) includes a screwable portion (3) and a lid portion (2) that is positioned at an axially inner side of the screwable portion and an axially inner surface configures a pressure bearing plane. The lid portion includes a protruding portion (22) extending axially outward on an inner circumferential side, and the protruding portion configured to abut against an axially inner end side of the screwable portion to separate an axially inner surface of the screwable portion on an outer circumferential side thereof apart from an axially outer surface of the lid portion on an outer circumferential side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD., TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoru Wada, Yusuke Yanagisawa, Hirokazu Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10943785
    Abstract: A laser irradiation apparatus (1) according to an embodiment includes an optical-system module (20) configured to apply laser light (L1) to an object to be irradiated, a shield plate (51) in which a slit (54) is formed, through which the laser light (L1) passes, and a reflected-light receiving component (61) disposed between the optical-system module (20) and the shield plate (51), in which the reflected-light receiving component (61) is able to receive, out of the laser light (L1), reflected light (R1) reflected by the shield plate (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ito, Tamotsu Odajima, Ryo Shimizu, Masashi Machida, Tatsuro Matsushima
  • Patent number: 10907240
    Abstract: Produced is an iron-based sintered alloy in which hard particles derived from a titanium carbide powder are dispersed in the form of islands in a matrix comprising a two phase structure of austenite+martensite. The iron-based sintered alloy is obtained by mixing the titanium carbide powder, a Cr powder, a Mo powder, a Co powder, a Fe powder and a powder of Al, Ti or Nb so as to obtain a mixed powder that contains, in terms of mass %, 20-35% of titanium carbide, 3.0-12.0% of Cr, 3.0-8.0% of Mo, 8.0-23% of Ni, 0.6-4.5% of Co and 0.6-1.0% of Al, Ti or Nb, with the balance Fe, and then subjecting the mixed powder to cold isostatic compression molding, vacuum sintering and solution treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Watanabe, Kakeru Kusada
  • Patent number: 10889893
    Abstract: An atomic layer deposition apparatus includes: a film-forming container 11 in which a film-forming process is performed; a vertically movable stage 14 provided in the film-forming container 11 and being configured to hold a substrate 100; a stage stopper 17 configured to stop rising of the stage 14 and, when in contact with the stage 14, partitioning a film-forming space S in which the film-forming process is performed and a transporting space in which transport of the substrate 100 is performed; a peripheral stage deposition prevention member 15 covering a peripheral portion of the stage 14; and a stage stopper deposition prevention member 24 provided on the stage stopper 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Washio, Tatsuya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10882237
    Abstract: A first connecting portion (31) and a second connecting portion (33) slide over a first guide link (17) and a second guide link (19), respectively, when an operation point (OP) of a reciprocating linear motion mechanism (38) moves from an initiating position to a terminating position. A second acute angle (?2) formed between the second guide link (19) and a supporting surface (15) is greater than a first acute angle (?1) formed between the first guide link (17) and the supporting surface (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Yoshida, Kenji Tomomitsu, Daigo Saga
  • Patent number: 10879279
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a display, a display, and a liquid crystal television that can improve productivity and make a grain size uniform. A method of manufacturing a display includes: (A) deriving, when a laser beam is applied to an aSi film 18 provided on a substrate 11 to thereby polycrystallize the aSi film 18 and form a pSi film 14, a relationship between energy density of the laser beam and a grain size of the pSi film 14; (B) selecting a predetermined range of the energy density in the derived relationship; and (C) irradiating a first area including the aSi film 18 with a laser beam at energy density in the selected range of the energy density to thereby polycrystallize the aSi film 18 and form the pSi film 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10875938
    Abstract: This invention is to improve the reaction efficiency of a peroxide introduced into a cylinder compared with conventional art. In the peroxide reaction method and peroxide reaction device using an extruder according to this invention, in which a peroxide and a raw material such as a synthetic resin, a natural resin, and an elastomer are introduced into a cylinder of the extruder, wherein the raw material and the peroxide are reacted with each other in the cylinder, the raw material is introduced from a raw material supply hopper, the peroxide is introduced from a downstream side of the raw material supply hopper, and the temperature of the raw material in a peroxide introduction portion is adjusted to a temperature lower than the one-minute half-life temperature of the peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ishikawa, Seiji Takamoto, Kyohei Yata, Mitsuhiro Seo
  • Publication number: 20200398474
    Abstract: A twin-screw extruder is provided in which screws have different rotational speeds depending on the process of treating the raw material and in which degradation of the raw material is less likely to occur. Twin-screw extruder 1 has two screws 3, 5 that extend in parallel to each other. Each screw 3, 5 has cylindrical upstream screw 31 and downstream screw 35, wherein upstream screw 31 has shaft hole 315 that extends in longitudinal direction X and screw flight 316 on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and downstream screw 35 includes large diameter portion 353 having screw flight 357 on an outer circumferential surface thereof and small diameter shaft portion 351 that has a smaller diameter than large diameter portion 353, wherein small diameter shaft portion 351 of downstream screw 35 is inserted into shaft hole 315 of upstream screw 31. Upstream screw 31 and downstream screw 35 can be independently rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd., Tokyo Printing Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi IZUMIYA, Katsumi SUMIDA, Yoshitaka KIMURA, Masashi TANIMOTO, Hiroyuki OKUMA, Katsuyuki KANEKO, Shizuo UESHIGE, Nobuaki TANAKA, Takahiro NAKAMARU
  • Patent number: 10857707
    Abstract: An injection molding machine for a composite molded product is an injection molding machine for a composite molded product, in which an injection device or a rotary table is arrayed with a movable platen attached with a movable metal mold and the injection device or the rotary table is driven using an electric motor, wherein, at any position below, side, or rear of the movable platen, a plurality of cableveyors, and which house cables, and connected to the movable metal mold or the movable platen or connected to the injection device in addition to the movable metal mold or the movable platen is disposed in parallel to one another so that longitudinal directions of the cableveyors coincide with a mold opening/closing direction A of the movable platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Miyaki
  • Patent number: 10850438
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an injection apparatus including a flow path switching mechanism that is simple in construction and low in cost. [Solution] An injection apparatus (1) includes a plasticization device (2) for melting resin, a first and second plunger injection devices (4, 5) for measuring an amount of resin and injecting the resin, an injecting portion (8), and a flow path switching block (7) that connects the plasticization device, the first and second plunger injection devices and the injecting portion together. A first to fourth connecting flow paths (23a, 23b) and a flow path switching valve (21) are provided in the flow path switching block (7). The plasticization device (2), the first plunger injection device (4), the injecting portion (8) and the second plunger injection device (5) are connected to the first to fourth connecting flow paths (23a, 23b), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Yasue, Masahiko Taketani, Kazuya Tsuji, Shigeki Inoue, Shoso Nishida, Daigo Saga, Takashi Harada
  • Patent number: 10840491
    Abstract: A method for producing a cellulose nanofiber-containing polyolefin microporous stretched film according to the invention includes: a first step of obtaining a cellulose powder dispersion mixture by uniformly dispersing a cellulose which has a powder particle shape and whose hydroxyl groups have been subjected to a lipophilizing treatment using a dibasic acid anhydride, in a plasticizer; a second step of melt-kneading the cellulose powder dispersion mixture and a polyolefin to obtain a polyolefin resin composition; a third step of extrusion-molding the polyolefin resin composition to obtain an extrudate; a fourth step of stretching the extrudate with a film stretcher to obtain a film; a fifth step of extracting out the plasticizer from the film; and a sixth step of thermally fixing the film from which the plasticizer has been extracted out for inhibiting contraction, while stretching the film at a temperature not higher than a melting point of the polyolefin, in which a twin-screw kneading extruder is used onl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Kushizaki, Ryou Ishiguro, Mariko Yoshioka