Patents by Inventor Akihiro Nishimura

Akihiro Nishimura 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: 11950592
    Abstract: A method for remarkably enhancing plant disease controlling effects, and a method for controlling plant diseases are provided. A method for enhancing plant disease controlling effects of an aryl phenyl ketone fungicide includes using an aryl phenyl ketone fungicide as a component (a) in combination with at least one component (b) selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a vegetable oil, a paraffin, a resin and a terpene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Munekazu Ogawa, Akihiro Nishimura, Shuko Nishimi
  • Patent number: 11701686
    Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11648775
    Abstract: A liquid coating apparatus includes a liquid chamber, a diaphragm deformable to change a volume of the liquid chamber, a piezoelectric element that deforms the diaphragm in a thickness direction, a pressurized casing bottom-wall portion between the piezoelectric element and the diaphragm to support the piezoelectric element from a diaphragm side, a fixed casing bottom wall portion that supports an end of the piezoelectric element on a side opposite to the diaphragm, a plunger that extends through the pressurized casing bottom-wall portion and transmits expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric element to the diaphragm, and a coil spring that is between the piezoelectric element and the pressurized casing bottom-wall portion and is supported by the first support portion to apply a compressive force to the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: HEISHIN LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Maeda, Masaji Nakatani, Akira Ishitani, Yasushi Nakamura, Akihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11412733
    Abstract: To provide a method for controlling plant diseases, which enhancing plant disease controlling effects. A method for controlling plant disease, which comprises applying isofetamid or its salt as a component (a) and at least one component (b) selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a vegetable oil, a paraffin and a resin, to plants or to soil where they grow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Munekazu Ogawa, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Yuzuka Abe, Akihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11268177
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel according to the present invention has a chemical composition containing, by mass %: C: 0.01 to 0.15%; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 3.0% or less; Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%; Ni: 5.0 to 13.0%; N: 0.01 to 0.30%; Nb: 0 to 0.5%; Ti: 0 to 0.5%; and V: 0 to 0.5%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein an average grain size is 10.0 ?m or less, a difference in value of an average lattice constant dAve. (={d?(111)×I?(111)+d?(200)×I?(200)+d?(220)×I?(220)+d?(311)×I?(311)}/{I?(111)+I?(200)+I?(220)+I?(311)}) of an austenite phase between a surface portion and a center portion is 0.010 ? or more, and a value of a diffraction peak integrated intensity ratio r (=100×?I?/?IALL) at a surface is 95% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Adachi, Akihiro Nishimura, Shinichi Teraoka, Hideki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220048290
    Abstract: A liquid coating apparatus includes a liquid chamber, a diaphragm deformable to change a volume of the liquid chamber, a piezoelectric element that deforms the diaphragm in a thickness direction, a pressurized casing bottom-wall portion between the piezoelectric element and the diaphragm to support the piezoelectric element from a diaphragm side, a fixed casing bottom wall portion that supports an end of the piezoelectric element on a side opposite to the diaphragm, a plunger that extends through the pressurized casing bottom-wall portion and transmits expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric element to the diaphragm, and a coil spring that is between the piezoelectric element and the pressurized casing bottom-wall portion and is supported by the first support portion to apply a compressive force to the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji MAEDA, Masaji NAKATANI, Akira ISHITANI, Yasushi NAKAMURA, Akihiro NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220032335
    Abstract: A liquid coating apparatus includes a liquid storage assembly to store a liquid, a pressure sensor to detect a remaining amount of liquid in the liquid storage assembly, a discharge assembly to discharge the liquid in the liquid storage assembly to an outside, a negative pressure pump to generate a negative pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure, a negative pressure adjusting container with an internal pressure adjusted to a predetermined negative pressure by the negative pressure pump, a pressure adjustment controller to control drive of the negative pressure pump based on a detection result of the pressure sensor, and a pressure switch to adjust pressure in the liquid storage assembly to the predetermined negative pressure in the negative pressure adjusting container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Pengtuan LI, Masaji NAKATANI, Akira ISHITANI, Yasushi NAKAMURA, Akihiro NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11214856
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel plate having a sheet thickness t of 5.0 to 12.0 mm, including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.01 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.3%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and as necessary, one or more of B, Mo, Cu, Mg, Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Co, Ca, REM, and Ga, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in a steel micro-structure, on a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, an area ratio of structures each satisfying: major grain diameter/minor grain diameter being 5.0 or more is 90% or more, and an average minor grain diameter of the structures is 100 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Shinichi Tamura, Akihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11158861
    Abstract: A positive electrode grid body for lead-acid battery includes frame rib including first and second lateral frame ribs and first and second longitudinal frame ribs, an inner rib including a plurality of lateral and longitudinal crosspieces, a plurality of opening portions, and a positive electrode current collection lug connected to the first lateral frame rib. In a region having a length of at least one opening portion or more in the lateral direction of the lateral crosspieces from the first longitudinal frame rib, a cross-sectional area of the plurality of lateral crosspieces located on at least the first lateral frame rib side becomes larger from the second longitudinal frame rib side toward a portion connected to the first longitudinal frame rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaro Kawaguchi, Yusuke Ogino, Atsushi Sato, Shinya Suge, Katsuya Nukui, Akihiro Nishimura, Koshin Takemoto, Ryo Tainaka, Masashi Matsushita, Hideki Hagihara, Masaki Shimotsuya, Jun Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11111570
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel plate having a sheet thickness t of 5.0 to 12.0 mm, including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.01 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.3%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and as necessary, one or more of B, Mo, Cu, Mg, Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Co, Ca, REM, and Ga, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in a steel micro-structure, on a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, an area ratio of structures each satisfying: major grain diameter/minor grain diameter being less than 5.0 is 90% or more, and an average minor grain diameter of the structures is 55 ?m or less. The ferritic stainless steel sheet is excellent in toughness and suitable for an automobile exhaust flange member and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Teraoka, Shinichi Tamura, Akihiro Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10948434
    Abstract: An X-ray spectroscopic analysis apparatus includes: a radiation source configured to irradiate a predetermined irradiation area in the surface of a sample with an excitation beam for generating a characteristic X-ray; an analyzing crystal provided facing the irradiation area; a slit provided between the irradiation area and the analyzing crystal, the slit being parallel to the irradiation area and a predetermined crystal plane of the analyzing crystal; and an X-ray linear sensor including linear detection elements arranged in a direction perpendicular to the slit, the detection elements each having a length in a direction parallel to the slit. By detecting characteristic X-rays from different linear portions of the irradiation area for each wavelength, it is possible to perform analysis with sensitivity higher than the sensitivity of a conventional X-ray spectroscopic analysis apparatus that irradiates a point-like irradiation area with an excitation beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Sato, Akihiro Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210039136
    Abstract: Provided is a new means for enhancing the orientation of a luster pigment in the formation of a multilayer coating film including a coating film containing a scaly luster pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10732132
    Abstract: [PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] To provide a radiation phase contrast imaging device having a small device configuration [SOLVING MEANS] The present invention focused on the findings that the distance between the phase grating 5 and the FPD 4 does not need to be the Talbot distance. The distance between the phase grating 5 and the FPD 4 can be more freely set. However, a self-image cannot be detected unless the self-image is sufficiently magnified with respect to the phase grating 5. The degree on how much the self-image is magnified on the FPD 4 with respect to the original phase grating 5 is determined by a magnification ratio X2/X1. Therefore, in the present invention, the magnification ratio is set to be the same as the magnification ratio in a conventional configuration. With this, even if the distance X2 between the radiation source 3 and the FPD 4 is reduced, a situation in which the self-image cannot be detected by the FPD 4 due to the excessively small size thereof does not occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: Shimadzu Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takahiro Doki, Koichi Tanabe, Toshinori Yoshimuta, Kenji Kimura, Akihiro Nishimura, Taro Shirai, Satoshi Sano, Akira Horiba, Takayoshi Shimura, Heiji Watanabe, Takuji Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20200227758
    Abstract: A positive electrode grid body for lead-acid battery includes frame rib including first and second lateral frame ribs and first and second longitudinal frame ribs, an inner rib including a plurality of lateral and longitudinal crosspieces, a plurality of opening portions, and a positive electrode current collection lug connected to the first lateral frame rib. In a region having a length of at least one opening portion or more in the lateral direction of the lateral crosspieces from the first longitudinal frame rib, a cross-sectional area of the plurality of lateral crosspieces located on at least the first lateral frame rib side becomes larger from the second longitudinal frame rib side toward a portion connected to the first longitudinal frame rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaro KAWAGUCHI, Yusuke OGINO, Atsushi SATO, Shinya SUGE, Katsuya NUKUI, Akihiro NISHIMURA, Koshin TAKEMOTO, Ryo TAINAKA, Masashi MATSUSHITA, Hideki HAGIHARA, Masaki SHIMOTSUYA, Jun FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200115785
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel plate having a sheet thickness t of 5.0 to 12.0 mm, including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni : 0.01 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.01 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.3%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and as necessary, one or more of B, Mo, Cu, Mg, Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Co, Ca, REM, and Ga, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in a steel micro-structure, on a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, an area ratio of structures each satisfying: major grain diameter/minor grain diameter being less than 5.0 is 90% or more, and an average minor grain diameter of the structures is 55 ?m or less. The ferritic stainless steel sheet is excellent in toughness and suitable for an automobile exhaust flange member and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Shinichi TAMURA, Akihiro NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200002793
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel plate having a sheet thickness t of 5.0 to 12.0 mm, including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.001 to 0.010%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni: 0.01 to 1.0%, Ti: 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.01 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.3%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and as necessary, one or more of B, Mo, Cu, Mg, Sn, Sb, Zr, Ta, Nb, Hf, W, Co, Ca, REM, and Ga, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in a steel micro-structure, on a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, an area ratio of structures each satisfying: major grain diameter/minor grain diameter being 5.0 or more is 90% or more, and an average minor grain diameter of the structures is 100 ?m or less. The ferritic stainless steel is excellent in toughness and suitable for an automobile exhaust flange member and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Shinichi TAMURA, Akihiro NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10393890
    Abstract: In an X-ray imaging device according to a first embodiment, an X-ray detector has a configuration in which scintillator elements are defined by light-shielding walls in a lattice shape. Among X-rays incident on the X-ray detector, X-rays incident on the light-shielding walls are not converted into scintillator light and are transmitted by the X-ray detector. Accordingly, by causing X-rays to be incident on the X-ray detector in which the scintillator elements are defined by the light-shielding walls in a lattice shape, an area in which X-rays 3a transmitted by a subject M are incident on the X-ray detector can be limited to an arbitrary range. Accordingly, since a detection mask can be omitted in the X-ray imaging device which is used for EI-XPCi, it is possible to reduce a manufacturing cost of the X-ray imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Tanabe, Shingo Furui, Toshinori Yoshimuta, Kenji Kimura, Akihiro Nishimura, Taro Shirai, Takahiro Doki, Satoshi Sano, Akira Horiba, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20190150434
    Abstract: A method for remarkably enhancing plant disease controlling effects, and a method for controlling plant diseases are provided. A method for enhancing plant disease controlling effects of an aryl phenyl ketone fungicide includes using an aryl phenyl ketone fungicide as a component (a) in combination with at least one component (b) selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a vegetable oil, a paraffin, a resin and a terpene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Munekazu OGAWA, Akihiro NISHIMURA, Shuko NISHIMI
  • Patent number: 10295678
    Abstract: A X-ray detector having enhanced X-ray sensitivity, which enables dual energy imaging having high diagnostic performance. This X-ray detector includes: scintillator elements which are partitioned by light blocking walls and which convert low-energy X-rays to light; and scintillator elements which are partitioned by light blocking walls and which convert high-energy X-rays to light. When seen from the direction of incidence of the X-rays, the positional pattern of the light blocking walls and that of the light blocking walls are configured so as not to be in alignment with each other. Accordingly, the X-rays incident on the X-ray detector are converted to light by at least either one of the scintillator elements and are finally outputted as X-ray detection signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanabe, Shingo Furui, Toshinori Yoshimuta, Kenji Kimura, Akihiro Nishimura, Taro Shirai, Takahiro Doki, Satoshi Sano, Akira Horiba, Toshiyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20190053485
    Abstract: To provide a method for controlling plant diseases, which enhancing plant disease controlling effects. A method for controlling plant disease, which comprises applying isofetamid or its salt as a component (a) and at least one component (b) selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a vegetable oil, a paraffin and a resin, to plants or to soil where they grow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Munekazu OGAWA, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Yuzuka ABE, Akihiro NISHIMURA