Patents by Inventor Akira Konishi

Akira Konishi 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: 11267162
    Abstract: In kneading rotors, a twist angle of long wing constituting kneading wings is between 38 degrees and 53 degrees inclusive. The long wing includes, between the long wings and an inner surface of a casing, wing tops configured to form, along a wing longitudinal direction, a first tip clearance, and a second tip clearance narrower than the first tip clearance in width. A central angle of the long wing forming the second tip clearance is between 5 degrees and 10 degrees inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Konishi, Yasuaki Yamane, Naofumi Kanei
  • Publication number: 20210154886
    Abstract: In kneading rotors, a twist angle of long wing constituting kneading wings is between 38 degrees and 53 degrees inclusive. The long wing includes, between the long wings and an inner surface of a casing, wing tops configured to form, along a wing longitudinal direction, a first tip clearance, and a second tip clearance narrower than the first tip clearance in width. A central angle of the long wing forming the second tip clearance is between 5 degrees and 10 degrees inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Akira KONISHI, Yasuaki YAMANE, Naofumi KANEI
  • Patent number: 10946788
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle lamp including an ECU configured to: i) receive a sensor signal and derive a total angle; ii) retain an initial set value of the vehicle posture angle, the initial set value being acquired in an initialization process; iii) retain a reference value of the vehicle posture angle, adjust an optical axis angle of the vehicle lamp in response to a change amount of a total angle during a stop of the vehicle, and retain a sum of the change amount of the total angle and the reference value of the vehicle posture angle as a new reference value; iv) not adjust the optical axis angle in response to a change amount of a total angle during traveling of the vehicle; and v) perform a predetermined reset process when a reset signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Osada, Akira Konishi
  • Patent number: 10675720
    Abstract: Provided is a high Cr Ni-based alloy welding wire with which tensile strength and weld cracking resistance of a welded portion, the integrity of the microstructure of a welded metal, and inhibition of scale generation are improved. The high Cr Ni-based alloy welding wire is configured to have an alloy composition comprising, by mass, C: 0.04% or less, Mn: 7% or less, Fe: 1 to 12%, Si: 0.75% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.7%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.7%, Cr: 25.0 to 31.5%, Ta: 1 to 10%, and Mo: 1 to 6%, and as inevitable impurities, Ca+Mg: less than 0.002%, N: 0.1% or less, P: 0.02% or less, O: 0.01% or less, S: 0.0015% or less, H: 0.0015% or less, Cu: 0.08% or less, and Co: 0.05% or less, and the balance: Ni. Then, the high CrNi-based alloy welding wire is configured such that the contents of S, Ta, Al, and Ti satisfy the following relation (1) and the contents of Ta, Mo, and N satisfy the following relation (2): 12000S+0.58Ta?2.6Al?2Ti£19.3??(1) Ta+1.6Mo+187N35.7??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NIPPON WELDING ROD CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawasaki, Seiichi Kawaguchi, Masahiko Toyoda, Seiji Asada, Akira Konishi, Yusuke Sano, Tamao Takatsu, Teiichiro Saito, Tetsuya Sango, Norihito Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20200164562
    Abstract: A rubber sheet monitoring apparatus (1) comprises a first imaging unit (11), a second imaging unit (2), a first generation unit (142) and a second calculation unit (146). The first imaging unit successively acquires images of a first optical cutting edge (CL1) formed on a front surface of a rubber sheet (6). The second imaging unit successively acquires images of a second optical cutting edge (CL2) formed on a back surface of the rubber sheet. The first generation unit performs, for each of the successively acquired images of the first optical cutting edge, generation of first data (D1) representing height variation of a widthwise cross-sectional edge of the rubber sheet using the image of the first optical cutting edge, and performs, for each of the successively obtained images of the second optical cutting edge, generation of second data (D2) representing height variation of a widthwise cross-sectional edge of the rubber sheet using the image of the second optical cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Eiji TAKAHASHI, Chitaka MANABE, Akira KONISHI, Hodaka MIURA
  • Publication number: 20190193623
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle lamp including an ECU configured to: i) receive a sensor signal and derive a total angle; ii) retain an initial set value of the vehicle posture angle, the initial set value being acquired in an initialization process; iii) retain a reference value of the vehicle posture angle, adjust an optical axis angle of the vehicle lamp in response to a change amount of a total angle during a stop of the vehicle, and retain a sum of the change amount of the total angle and the reference value of the vehicle posture angle as a new reference value; iv) not adjust the optical axis angle in response to a change amount of a total angle during traveling of the vehicle; and v) perform a predetermined reset process when a reset signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki OSADA, Akira Konishi
  • Publication number: 20140305921
    Abstract: Provided is a high Cr Ni-based alloy welding wire with which tensile strength and weld cracking resistance of a welded portion, the integrity of the microstructure of a welded metal, and inhibition of scale generation are improved. The high Cr Ni-based alloy welding wire is configured to have an alloy composition comprising, by mass, C: 0.04% or less, Mn: 7% or less, Fe: 1 to 12%, Si: 0.75% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.7%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.7%, Cr: 25.0 to 31.5%, Ta: 1 to 10%, and Mo: 1 to 6%, and as inevitable impurities, Ca+Mg: less than 0.002%, N: 0.1% or less, P: 0.02% or less, O: 0.01% or less, S: 0.0015% or less, H: 0.0015% or less, Cu: 0.08% or less, and Co: 0.05% or less, and the balance: Ni. Then, the high CrNi-based alloy welding wire is configured such that the contents of S, Ta, Al, and Ti satisfy the following relation (1) and the contents of Ta, Mo, and N satisfy the following relation (2): 12000S+0.58Ta?2.6Al?2Ti£19.3??(1) Ta+1.6Mo+187N35.7??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: NIPPON WELDING ROD CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawasaki, Seiichi Kawaguchi, Masahiko Toyoda, Seiji Asada, Akira Konishi, Yusuke Sano, Tamao Takatsu, Teiichiro Saito, Tetsuya Sango, Norihito Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8632229
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp system includes a headlamp having multiple control devices and an ECU. Each of the control devices controls a light irradiation condition of the headlamp. The ECU stores vehicle constants, error code information and initialization information corresponding to different types of vehicle, and controls the control devices. When a vehicle type is changed, the ECU selects at least one of the vehicle constants corresponding to the changed vehicle type, clears the stored error code information and the initialization information after selecting the at least one of the vehicle constants, stores initialization information corresponding to the changed vehicle type, and initializes the control devices. The ECU recognizes dependencies between the control devices and, if the control devices include a first control device that is independent, executes normal control by the first control device directly after initializing the first control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamazaki, Akira Konishi
  • Publication number: 20110063860
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp system includes a headlamp having multiple control devices and an ECU. Each of the control devices controls a light irradiation condition of the headlamp. The ECU stores vehicle constants, error code information and initialization information corresponding to different types of vehicle, and controls the control devices. When a vehicle type is changed, the ECU selects at least one of the vehicle constants corresponding to the changed vehicle type, clears the stored error code information and the initialization information after selecting the at least one of the vehicle constants, stores initialization information corresponding to the changed vehicle type, and initializes the control devices. The ECU recognizes dependencies between the control devices and, if the control devices include a first control device that is independent, executes normal control by the first control device directly after initializing the first control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamazaki, Akira Konishi
  • Patent number: 5204122
    Abstract: A mold system for use in resin encapsulation molding includes a cavity serving as a resin molding section in which small size electric elements such as semiconductor devices and electrical parts are encapsulated with a synthetic resin. The system also incudes at least one pot for receiving the synthetic resin material and melting the received synthetic resin material by heating, a cull section communicating with the pot and formed facing to an opening end face, and a conveying passage for communicating the cull section and the cavity to convey molten resin material through the cull section. The synthetic resin material is placed in the cavity and is heated to melt therein, and is extruded out of the pot by a plunger disposed in an axial direction of the pot. The inner bottom of the cull section facing to the opening end face of the pot is formed unevenly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Konishi
  • Patent number: 4823234
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of the kind wherein one or more semiconductor chips are housed in a plug-in type package. The package is being molded with a printed wiring substrate, head portions of terminals, and a heat sink for semiconductor chip attachment as an integral part of the package. The one surface of the heat sink is being bared from one side of the package, and the semiconductor chips are being mounted on the other surface of the heat sink facing to the opening of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Konishi, Teruo Wakano
  • Patent number: 4599062
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an encapsulation molding apparatus to be used for subjecting small-sized electrical elements to encapsulation molding by a synthetic resin material. The present invention has been presented for the purpose of shortening the cycle time required for the encapsulation molding, and also, reducing cost necessary for molding metal molds, and installation cost for a molding press, etc., with a simultaneous reduction of a loss in the synthetic resin material. More specifically, in the apparatus of the present invention, for subjecting small-sized electrical elements to encapsulation molding by the synthetic resin material, pots (30) for charging the synthetic material thereinto are provided at preferably equal intervals with respect to a plurality of cavities provided in an upper mold (11) and a lower mold (12) for the formation of encapsulation molded portions, while extruding plungers (31) are provided for the respective pots for effecting the encapsulation molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Konishi
  • Patent number: 4593407
    Abstract: A pattern storage processing system for use with a page printer has a pattern storage for storing dot matrix patterns representing various characters, etc. Each pattern comprises plural portions called "squares", each of which consists of n.times.n bits. A selected pattern is transferred square by square from the pattern storage to a raster buffer via a rotator which rotates each square according to orientation information. Successive storage locations in the raster buffer which are to receive successive squares are designated by the combination of a base address in a register and offsets in an offset table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Konishi, Shigeru Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4386373
    Abstract: A predetermined number of plural lines of compressed data are processed as one group before addition of fill bits while a minimum transmission time for each such predetermined number of lines, that is, plural lines having a predetermined length is determined in advance in consideration of a recording speed and other operating factors of a receiver. Necessary fill bits are added to each plural lines only when the actual transmission time of the plural lines of compressed data is shorter than the minimum transmission time. Fill bits may be added to compressed data bits not only for each plural lines but on a line by line basis in combination in accordance with a construction and function of a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kondo, Akira Konishi
  • Patent number: 4291339
    Abstract: A scanner scans an original document in two orthogonal directions and produces binary data signals representing the document. An extractor combines each two scan lines into one scan line by taking the logical sum of the data signals in corresponding positions in the two original scan lines. Each second data signal is removed. The data signals in even positions in one line are removed and the data signals in odd positions in the succeeding line are removed, thereby removing the data signals in a zig-zag manner. The data signals so processed are subjected to run-length encoding. In a receiver, the data signals are run-length decoded and fed into an interpolator which senses the data signals and inserts data signals into the spaces from which data signals were removed in accordance with a predetermined logical function. The interpolator controls a printer to print each scan lines twice to reproduce the original document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mutsuo Ogawa, Noboru Murayama, Akira Konishi, Norisada Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 4207599
    Abstract: Binary data is generated by a facsimile scanner or the like. A binary run length code indicating a number of successive "1" or "0" bits in the data is formed. A shift code comprising all "0" or "1" bits in a number equal to the number of the run length code is appended to the run length code only when the run length code is longer than a preceding run length code. A shorter run length code is indicated by inserting logical "0" bits in vacant high order places of the run length code so as to make the run length code equal in length to the previous run length code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Murayama, Hayashi Taniguchi, Akira Konishi, Hisashi Matsuda