Patents by Inventor Akira Hironaka

Akira Hironaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20240126880
    Abstract: A storage device receives an access request specifying one of one or more LDEVs (one or more logical volumes provided to one or more hosts) from one host. In response to the access request, the storage device accesses a page allocated to an access destination area of the LDEV among a plurality of pages (plurality of logical storage areas that can be allocated to one or more LDEVs). The storage device or a storage device management system identifies, based on management information including information representing a write status characteristic for each of the plurality of pages, a mark target page as a low-write frequency page where a certain number or more of writes have occurred during a certain period of time and checks the presence or absence of a ransomware attack possibility that the number of the mark target pages is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuei HIRONAKA, Akira DEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11941284
    Abstract: It is possible to reduce analysis cost of a management system. The management system includes a CPU and manages one or more storage devices that provide, to a higher-level device, one or more volumes for inputting and outputting data. The CPU is configured to collect performance information of the volume from the storage device at a predetermined first time interval and detect a QoS violation of the performance information of the volume at a second time interval longer than the first time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi Watanabe, Akira Deguchi, Kazuei Hironaka
  • Publication number: 20200277690
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel raw material steel sheet for annealing and cold rolling, has a composition containing, in mass percentage, from 0.004 to 0.030% of C, 1.50% or less of Si, 1.50% or less of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, from 12.0 to 25.0% of Cr, from 0.005 to 0.025% of N, from 0.20 to 0.80% of Nb, 0.10% or less of Al, from 0 to 3.0% of Mo, from 0 to 2.0% of Cu, from 0 to 2.0% of Ni, from 0 to 0.30% of Ti, from 0 to 0.0030% of B, and the balance of Fe, with unavoidable impurities. An existing amount of a Nb-containing precipitate of 0.20% by mass or more is provided. The raw material steel sheet is subjected to annealing at a temperature of from 900 to 1,100° C., and then subjected to cold rolling and finish annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yutaka YAKUSHIJIN, Akira HIRONAKA, Kazunari IMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200255919
    Abstract: The hot-rolled Nb-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet of the present invention has a composition containing C: 0.030 mass % or less, Si: 2.00 mass % or less, Mn: 2.00 mass % or less, P: 0.050 mass % or less, S: 0.040 mass % or less, Cr: 10.00 mass % to 25.00 mass %, N: 0.030 mass % or less and Nb: 0.01 mass % to 0.80 mass %, with the balance being made up of Fe and unavoidable impurities. In this hot-rolled Nb-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet, the precipitation amount of Nb carbonitrides is 0.2 mass % or more, and the number of Laves phases having a grain size of 0.1 ?m or less is 10 or fewer per 10 ?m2 of surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka YAKUSHIJIN, Akira HIRONAKA, Kazunari IMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180363089
    Abstract: The hot-rolled Nb-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet of the present invention has a composition containing C: 0.030 mass % or less, Si: 2.00 mass % or less, Mn: 2.00 mass % or less, P: 0.050 mass % or less, S: 0.040 mass % or less, Cr: 10.00 mass % to 25.00 mass %, N: 0.030 mass % or less and Nb: 0.01 mass % to 0.80 mass %, with the balance being made up of Fe and unavoidable impurities. In this hot-rolled Nb-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet, the precipitation amount of Nb carbonitrides is 0.2 mass % or more, and the number of Laves phases having a grain size of 0.1 ?m or less is 10 or fewer per 10 ?m2 of surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka YAKUSHIJIN, Akira HIRONAKA, Kazunari IMAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9921130
    Abstract: A fatigue testing device 1 comprises a fixing member 4 constituted by a lower jig 2 and an upper jig 3. The lower jig 2 and the upper jig 3 are fixed with a bolt 5, and a sheet or plate-shaped metal plate 6 is fixed in a cantilever state such that it is interposed between the lower jig 2 and the upper jig 3. The lower jig 2 has a fixing surface 2a to which the metal sheet or plate 6 is fixed, and the fixing surface 2a has a curved shape such that the space between the fixing surface 2a and the metal sheet or plate 6 increases with increasing distance from the location where the metal sheet or plate 6 is fixed to the fixing surface 2a. The upper jig 3 also has a fixing surface 3a to which the metal sheet or plate 6 is fixed, and the fixing surface 3a has a curved shape such that the space between the fixing surface 3a and the metal sheet or plate 6 increases with increasing distance from the location where the metal sheet or plate 6 is fixed to the fixing surface 3a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Sadayuki Nakamura, Hiroyasu Matsubayashi, Akira Hironaka, Ryoji Hirota
  • Publication number: 20160033357
    Abstract: A fatigue testing device 1 comprises a fixing member 4 constituted by a lower jig 2 and an upper jig 3. The lower jig 2 and the upper jig 3 are fixed with a bolt 5, and a sheet or plate-shaped metal plate 6 is fixed in a cantilever state such that it is interposed between the lower jig 2 and the upper jig 3. The lower jig 2 has a fixing surface 2a to which the metal sheet or plate 6 is fixed, and the fixing surface 2a has a curved shape such that the space between the fixing surface 2a and the metal sheet or plate 6 increases with increasing distance from the location where the metal sheet or plate 6 is fixed to the fixing surface 2a. The upper jig 3 also has a fixing surface 3a to which the metal sheet or plate 6 is fixed, and the fixing surface 3a has a curved shape such that the space between the fixing surface 3a and the metal sheet or plate 6 increases with increasing distance from the location where the metal sheet or plate 6 is fixed to the fixing surface 3a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sadayuki NAKAMURA, Hiroyasu MATSUBAYASHI, Akira HIRONAKA, Ryoji HIROTA
  • Patent number: 5539051
    Abstract: There are disclosed a resin composition for coating which comprises a mixture of(i) a non-aqueous dispersion type resin containing(A) a vinyl polymer soluble in an organic solvent mainly comprising an aliphatic hydrocarbon, and(B) a vinyl polymer particle which is insoluble in the organic solvent and obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable unsaturated compound in the organic solvent using the vinyl polymer (A) as a dispersant, and(ii) a solvent type resin of(C) a vinyl polymer having a silyl group represented by the formula (I) which is soluble in the organic solvent: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, X represents a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group or a hydroxy group, and k is an integer of 1 to 3,and a paint containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Satou, Tsutomu Mamiya, Takashi Amano, Akira Hironaka