Patents by Inventor Akihiro Sugiyama

Akihiro Sugiyama 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: 11965315
    Abstract: The invention of the present application intends to provide a work machine that can ensure high operability by preventing abrupt actuation of an actuator and a shock to a machine body by use of a bleed-off function at the time of starting of the actuator and that can improve the energy-saving performance by reducing a bleed-off flow rate after the starting of the actuator. For this purpose, a controller opens a bleed-off valve at a timing at which an operation device is being operated and before a flow rate of a hydraulic pump starts increasing, and closes the bleed-off valve at a timing at which the operation device is being operated and after the flow rate of the hydraulic pump has started increasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kento Kumagai, Shinya Imura, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Takaaki Chiba, Hiroaki Amano, Shinji Nishikawa, Akihiro Narazaki, Genroku Sugiyama, Shinjiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11719124
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a rolling bearing including at least one rolling element for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft, a bearing support cylinder located on a radially outer side relative to the rolling bearing, for supporting the rolling bearing, and a housing located on the radially outer side relative to the bearing support cylinder, for covering a circumference of the bearing support cylinder. Between an outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder and an inner circumferential surface of the housing, a gap for forming an oil film by inflow of lubricant oil is provided. At least one of the outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder and the inner circumferential surface of the housing includes an oil film holding portion for suppressing outflow of the lubricant oil from the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Sato, Takuya Arakawa, Takaya Futae, Yosuke Dammoto, Akihiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11655851
    Abstract: A bearing device according to an embodiment is a bearing device for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft, the device including at least one rolling bearing which includes an inner race fixed to the rotational shaft, a rolling element, and an outer race for rotatably holding the rolling element with the inner race, and a casing for housing the rolling bearing, the casing including a plurality of first oil supply holes formed at intervals in a circumferential direction for supplying lubricant oil to a first gap between the rolling bearing and an inner circumferential surface of the casing. Each of the plurality of first oil supply holes satisfies: ?·d1·?1<?·d12/4,??(a) where d1 is a diameter of an outlet opening of the first oil supply hole, and ?1 is a space of the first gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagai, Takuya Arakawa, Takaya Futae, Shuichi Miura, Yosuke Dammoto, Akihiro Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20220163064
    Abstract: A bearing device according to an embodiment is a bearing device for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft, the device including at least one rolling bearing which includes an inner race fixed to the rotational shaft, a rolling element, and an outer race for rotatably holding the rolling element with the inner race, and a casing for housing the rolling bearing, the casing including a plurality of first oil supply holes formed at intervals in a circumferential direction for supplying lubricant oil to a first gap between the rolling bearing and an inner circumferential surface of the casing. Each of the plurality of first oil supply holes satisfies: ?·d1·?1<?·d12/4 ??(a) , where d1 is a diameter of an outlet opening of the first oil supply hole, and ?1 is a space of the first gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki NAGAI, Takuya ARAKAWA, Takaya FUTAE, Shuichi MIURA, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Akihiro SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220120191
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a rolling bearing including at least one rolling element for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft, a bearing support cylinder located on a radially outer side relative to the rolling bearing, for supporting the rolling bearing, and a housing located on the radially outer side relative to the bearing support cylinder, for covering a circumference of the bearing support cylinder. Between an outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder and an inner circumferential surface of the housing, a gap for forming an oil film by inflow of lubricant oil is provided. At least one of the outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder and the inner circumferential surface of the housing includes an oil film holding portion for suppressing outflow of the lubricant oil from the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi SATO, Takuya ARAKAWA, Takaya FUTAE, Yosuke DAMMOTO, Akihiro SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210401046
    Abstract: A non-combustion suction device includes: a mouthpiece having a suction port; a container configured to accommodate an aerosol source; and a heater including: a porous ceramic substrate that permits infiltration of the aerosol source; a glass layer at least in part on the porous ceramic substrate; a pair of electrode patterns; and a resistor pattern on the glass substrate, the resistor pattern connects the pair of electrode patterns to each other; and a power source connected to the pair of electrode patterns. The power source is configured to supply a power flow through the pair of electrode patterns to cause the resistor pattern to generate heat which atomize, into an aerosol, the aerosol source infiltrated in the porous ceramic substrate; and the porous ceramic substrate has a ratio of porosity to tortuosity of 21 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Akihiro Sugiyama, Yutaka Kaihatsu, Keisuke Morita, Keisuke Haruki, Yuko Nishida, Hirokazu Watanabe, Takayuki Aoyama, Motoo Nakano
  • Patent number: 11206870
    Abstract: A non-combustion suction device includes: a mouthpiece having a suction port; a container configured to accommodate an aerosol source; and a heater including: a porous ceramic substrate that permits infiltration of the aerosol source; a glass layer at least in part on the porous ceramic substrate; a pair of electrode patterns; and a resistor pattern on the glass substrate, the resistor pattern connects the pair of electrode patterns to each other; and a power source connected to the pair of electrode patterns. The power source is configured to supply a power flow through the pair of electrode patterns to cause the resistor pattern to generate heat which atomize, into an aerosol, the aerosol source infiltrated in the porous ceramic substrate; and the porous ceramic substrate has a ratio of porosity to tortuosity of 21 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Akihiro Sugiyama, Yutaka Kaihatsu, Keisuke Morita, Keisuke Haruki, Yuko Nishida, Hirokazu Watanabe, Takayuki Aoyama, Motoo Nakano
  • Publication number: 20200378389
    Abstract: An electric supercharger includes: a compressor impeller; a motor configured to transmit a driving force to the compressor impeller via a rotational shaft; a back-surface side casing facing a back surface of the compressor impeller via a gap and surrounding the rotational shaft; a bearing disposed between the back-surface side casing and the rotational shaft so as to support the rotational shaft rotatably; and a mechanical seal positioned between the back surface of the compressor impeller and the bearing in an axial direction of the compressor impeller and configured to seal a gap between the rotational shaft and the back-surface side casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi SHIBATA, Byeongil AN, Akihiro SUGIYAMA, Yutaka FUJITA, Tadashi KANZAKA
  • Publication number: 20150244924
    Abstract: An accessory capable of communicating with a camera, includes a terminal section having a plurality of terminals. The plurality of terminals include a startup state providing terminal that provides, to the camera, a detection level by which the camera detects that the accessory is capable of being started up, a data signal terminal that outputs a data signal including information regarding the accessory to the camera, and a first reference potential terminal having a reference potential of the detection level and the data signal. The startup state providing terminal is disposed adjacent to the data signal terminal, and the first reference potential terminal is adjacent to the data signal terminal, and is disposed with the data signal terminal interposed between the startup state providing terminal and the first reference potential terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki MOTOKI, Akihiro OZONE, Kazuharu IMAFUJI, Akihiro SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9056321
    Abstract: The spray gun is provided with a nozzle section which mixes gas into raw material liquid and also ejects the raw material liquid. The internal space of the nozzle section has an introduction path into which the raw material liquid is introduced, an open portion in which a flow path is enlarged more than the introduction path, thereby ejecting the raw material liquid in a fine particle form, a reduced diameter portion in which a flow path is made narrower than the open portion, thereby re-aggregating the raw material liquid in a fine particle form, and an ejection orifice portion which ejects the raw material liquid to the outside. In the nozzle section, a gas introduction hole which introduces gas into a base-end-side portion of the open portion is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Dyflex Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nakayama, Akihiro Sugiyama, Noriyoshi Yano
  • Patent number: 9049378
    Abstract: An accessory capable of communicating with a camera, includes a terminal section having a plurality of terminals. The plurality of terminals include a startup state providing terminal that provides, to the camera, a detection level by which the camera detects that the accessory is capable of being started up, a data signal terminal that outputs a data signal including information regarding the accessory to the camera, and a first reference potential terminal having a reference potential of the detection level and the data signal. The startup state providing terminal is disposed adjacent to the data signal terminal, and the first reference potential terminal is adjacent to the data signal terminal, and is disposed with the data signal terminal interposed between the startup state providing terminal and the first reference potential terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Motoki, Akihiro Ozone, Kazuharu Imafuji, Akihiro Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20150116850
    Abstract: A metal mold including: a first inner metal mold which forms a first lens surface and a first flat surface portion of a lens; a first outer metal mold which forms a second flat surface portion; a second inner metal mold which forms a second lens surface and a third flat surface portion; and a second outer metal mold which forms a fourth flat surface portion, and wherein a first protruded portion which forms a first concaved portion on the lens is formed all around an outer periphery of the first inner metal mold, the first concaved portion serving as clearance for a burr, and a second protruded portion which forms a second concaved portion on the lens is formed all around an outer periphery of the second inner metal mold, the second concaved portion serving as clearance for a burr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shungo HANASHIRO, Hiroshi KANAZAWA, Akihiro SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8945438
    Abstract: A metal mold including: a first inner metal mold which forms a first lens surface and a first flat surface portion of a lens; a first outer metal mold which forms a second flat surface portion; a second inner metal mold which forms a second lens surface and a third flat surface portion; and a second outer metal mold which forms a fourth flat surface portion, and wherein a first protruded portion which forms a first concaved portion on the lens is formed all around an outer periphery of the first inner metal mold, the first concaved portion serving as clearance for a burr, and a second protruded portion which forms a second concaved portion on the lens is formed all around an outer periphery of the second inner metal mold, the second concaved portion serving as clearance for a burr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Shungo Hanashiro, Akihiro Sugiyama, Hiroshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 8885094
    Abstract: An accessory which is controlled by a control signal supplied from a camera, includes: a terminal section having a plurality of terminals located adjacent to each other in an array that extends in an array direction, the plurality of terminals including at least a power terminal to which power is supplied from the camera and a signal input terminal to which the control signal is input from the camera; and a ground portion corresponding to the power terminal. The power terminal is disposed at a first end of the array the signal input terminal is disposed near a second end of the array opposite the first end, and the ground portion is disposed in a position further away from the power terminal than is the signal input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Motoki, Akihiro Ozone, Akihiro Sugiyama, Kazuharu Imafuji
  • Publication number: 20140305608
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is in that a body waste treating material can be manufactured by using a defective fibrous material unsuitable for forming paper generated upon treating a pulpable raw material without materials for complementing a water absorptive property and a water retention property and a wasting step in manufacturing at a low cost, and resources may be efficiently used. [Solution to Problem] This invention is characterized by molding a defective fibrous material unsuitable for forming paper that is a fibrous material obtained by defiberizing and dehydrating a pulpable raw material to a certain shape. The defective fibrous material is characterized by including thin and/or short fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Susumu Okamoto, Takashi Takahashi, Yoshikazu Horihata, Koichi Narita, Akio Takase, Shinichi Matsuo, Toru Shimizu, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Hyunjin Seo, Akihiro Sugiyama, Takashi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20140203208
    Abstract: [Technical Problem] In a body waste treating material, a method for manufacturing the body waste treating material, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same, a technical problem is in manufacturing the body waste treating material without a water absorbing agent as a material for complementing a water absorptive property and a water retention property and a wasting step in manufacturing easily at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Susumu Okamoto, Takashi Takahashi, Yoshikazu Horihata, Koichi Narita, Akio Takase, Shinichi Matsuo, Toru Shimizu, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Hyunjin Seo, Akihiro Sugiyama, Takashi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20140174687
    Abstract: [Technical Problem] In a body waste treating material, a method for manufacturing the body waste treating material, and an apparatus for manufacturing the same, a technical problem is in manufacturing the body waste treating material without a water absorbing agent as a material for complementing a water absorptive property and a water retention property and a wasting step in manufacturing easily at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Susumu Okamoto, Takashi Takahashi, Yoshikazu Horihata, Koichi Narita, Akio Takase, Shinichi Matsuo, Toru Shimizu, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Hyunjin Seo, Akihiro Sugiyama, Takashi Murakami
  • Patent number: 8522793
    Abstract: A flash dryer of cut tobacco comprises a drying duct (16) for connecting a feeding section (14) of cut tobacco to a tangential separator (18). The drying duct (16) has an upstream-side duct portion (16a) extending straight from the feeding section (14) at an elevation angle ranging from 30° to 60° and a downstream-side duct portion (16b) curving upward in a convex shape. A dry gas that flows through the drying duct (16) may contain superheated steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ohdaka, Chihiro Hanaoka, Nobuyasu Endo, Akihiro Sugiyama, Katsuhide Yokota, Susumu Uchida
  • Publication number: 20130224389
    Abstract: The spray gun is provided with a nozzle section which mixes gas into raw material liquid and also ejects the raw material liquid. The internal space of the nozzle section has an introduction path into which the raw material liquid is introduced, an open portion in which a flow path is enlarged more than the introduction path, thereby ejecting the raw material liquid in a fine particle form, a reduced diameter portion in which a flow path is made narrower than the open portion, thereby re-aggregating the raw material liquid in a fine particle form, and an ejection orifice portion which ejects the raw material liquid to the outside. In the nozzle section, a gas introduction hole which introduces gas into a base-end-side portion of the open portion is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: DYFLEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nakayama, Akihiro Sugiyama, Noriyoshi Yano
  • Patent number: D714853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuharu Imafuji, Akihiro Ozone, Yasuyuki Motoki, Akihiro Sugiyama