Patents by Inventor Akira Nemoto

Akira Nemoto 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: 11969695
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a porous body, includes preparing a dispersion liquid having a dispersion medium with cellulose-based nanofibers that have an average fiber diameter from 1 to 100 nm and dispersed therein, attaching the dispersion liquid to a porous support having a plurality of pores that connect with one another, removing the dispersion liquid attached to a surface of the porous support excluding an inside of pores of the porous support, and subsequently drying the porous support including the dispersion liquid in the pores of the porous support to remove the dispersion medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: HOKUETSU CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Junji Nemoto, Toshihiko Soyama, Tsuguyuki Saito, Akira Isogai
  • Patent number: 11237057
    Abstract: A temperature processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a storage device, and a processor. The processor includes an alignment module, an acquisition module, a processing module, a determination module, and a display processing module. The determination module configured to determine whether the temperature data fits in a first state. The display processing module is configured to display a temperature-distribution image of the temperature data fitting the first state on a display module by mapping the temperature-distribution image of the temperature data fitting the first state on at least either the real-space image or an image of the three-dimensional model, when the determination module determines that the temperature data fits the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nemoto, Shota Tsuda, Masanori Murakami
  • Publication number: 20200166409
    Abstract: A temperature processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a storage device, and a processor. The processor includes an alignment module, an acquisition module, a processing module, a determination module, and a display processing module. The determination module configured to determine whether the temperature data fits in a first state. The display processing module is configured to display a temperature-distribution image of the temperature data fitting the first state on a display module by mapping the temperature-distribution image of the temperature data fitting the first state on at least either the real-space image or an image of the three-dimensional model, when the determination module determines that the temperature data fits the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Akira NEMOTO, Shota TSUDA, Masanori MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 8833744
    Abstract: A condenser includes a high pressure side condenser, a high pressure side cooling tube bank, a high pressure side hot well, a low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side cooling tube bank, a pressure shroud provided inside the low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side hot well, high pressure steam introducing portion, low pressure side condensate introducing portion, a flash box which communicates with at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well, flashes a heater drain from a feed water heater, and urges at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well to recover the flashed heater drain, and a flash steam path which introduces flash steam generated inside the flash box into at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Nemoto, Naoki Sugitani, Yoshio Mochida
  • Publication number: 20130118723
    Abstract: A condenser comprises a high pressure side condenser, a high pressure side cooling tube bank, a high pressure side hot well, a low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side cooling tube bank, a pressure shroud provided inside the low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side hot well, high pressure steam introducing portion, low pressure side condensate introducing portion, a flash box which communicates with at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well, flashes a heater drain from a feed water heater, and urges at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well to recover the flashed heater drain, and a flash steam path which introduces flash steam generated inside the flash box into at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Akira Nemoto, Naoki Sugitani, Yoshio Mochida
  • Publication number: 20100115949
    Abstract: A condensing equipment including a plurality of condensers having shells different in longitudinal lengths are arranged in parallel, and the condensers are connected in series by circulation water pipes. The center positions in a shell length direction of the respective condensers are made to differ in the length direction. The lengths of an inlet side circulation water pipe and an outlet side circulation pipe of condensers adjacent to each other among the condensers are made coincident with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsuji, Akira Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20100031656
    Abstract: A condenser comprises a high pressure side condenser, a high pressure side cooling tube bank, a high pressure side hot well, a low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side cooling tube bank, a pressure shroud provided inside the low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side hot well, high pressure steam introducing portion, low pressure side condensate introducing portion, a flash box which communicates with at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well, flashes a heater drain from a feed water heater, and urges at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well to recover the flashed heater drain, and a flash steam path which introduces flash steam generated inside the flash box into at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Akira NEMOTO, Naoki SUGITANI, Yoshio MOCHIDA
  • Patent number: 7578556
    Abstract: A seat reclining apparatus includes a folding operation lever displacing a reclining lock mechanism to a lock release position. When the folding operation lever is operated to a folding operation position, the reclining lock mechanism is displaced from a lock position to the lock release position. A seatback is displaced to a folded position by a biasing force of a folding biasing unit. A neutral position returning unit that retains a releasing lever disposed between the folding operation lever and the reclining lock mechanism when the seatback is inclined forward beyond a predetermined neutral position, and does not retain the releasing lever when the seatback is inclined rearward beyond the neutral position is further provided. A configuration for returning the seatback to the neutral position can be provided by a simple structure and only a slight design change at a lower production cost, and assembling is performed simply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignees: Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd., Tachi-S. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Ohba, Akira Nemoto
  • Patent number: 7481264
    Abstract: A steam condenser which condenses steam exhausted from a steam turbine. Heat transfer tubes are arrayed below the steam turbine inside the container. Cooling medium flows inside the heat transfer tubes. The heat transfer tubes extend horizontally, and include at least two upper heat transfer tube groups and at least two lower heat transfer tube groups arranged with a gap between each other. Each heat transfer tube group is constituted by arraying heat transfer tubes like a grid. At a lower part between the lower heat transfer tube groups, a baffle plate which obstructs flow of steam extends horizontally. Between the upper and lower heat transfer tube groups, inter-tube-group inundation prevention plates extend horizontally. In each heat transfer tube group, an enclosure part extends to guide gas from the enclosure part to outside of the container through a gas extraction duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yoshii, Shunichi Goshima, Yukio Takigawa, Tomoko Nakajima, legal representative, Yuuichi Nakajima, legal representative, Miyuki Nakajima, legal representative, Fumio Obara, Akira Nemoto, Shunji Kawano, Yuji Inoue, Shoji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7350844
    Abstract: A walk-in mechanism is provided to a seat, which includes an extension coil spring. One end of the extension coil spring is engaged with a first support element fixed to a floor, while another end thereof is engaged with a second support element fixed to the seat. The walk-in mechanism further includes a connecting element for operatively connecting such another end of extension coil spring with a seat back of the seat. Forward and backward movement of the seat causes movement of both of the second support element and another end of extension coil in forward and backward directions. Also, with forward inclination of the seat back, such another end of extension coil spring is moved backwardly via the connecting element. Hence, a tensile force of the extension coil spring is increased and decreased to allow a user to easily move the seat to either of walk-in position and normal use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nemoto
  • Patent number: 7303659
    Abstract: Plural composite panels are aligned in multiple horizontal rows. Each composite panel includes a titanium panel (anode), an electrical insulating member and a stainless-steel band member. The titanium panels (also, stainless-steel band members) of horizontally adjacent panels overlap each other to be in face-to-face contact. The stainless-steel band members are horizontally connected at different levels to form long negative electrodes (cathode) extending in seawater-flowing direction in an inlet channel. Each stainless-steel band member is exposed to seawater through a gap between vertically adjacent composite panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo Energy & Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Shuichi Inagaki, Liang Yan, Kenji Sato, Akira Nemoto, Yoshiharu Mikami, Nobuo Yamaga, Tadahiko Oba, Makoto Gomi, Takeo Shimazaki, Kouichi Furugaki, Kenji Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20070257536
    Abstract: A walk-in mechanism is provided to a seat, which includes an extension coil spring. One end of the extension coil spring is engaged with a first support element fixed to a floor, while another end thereof is engaged with a second support element fixed to the seat. The walk-in mechanism further includes a connecting element for operatively connecting such another end of extension coil spring with a seat back of the seat. Forward and backward movement of the seat causes movement of both of the second support element and another end of extension coil in forward and backward directions. Also, with forward inclination of the seat back, such another end of extension coil spring is moved backwardly via the connecting element. Hence, a tensile force of the extension coil spring is increased and decreased to allow a user to easily move the seat to either of walk-in position and normal use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Nemoto
  • Patent number: 7255398
    Abstract: A seat reclining apparatus is provided with a neutral position returning means which holds a link lever at a forward reclining operating position, and releases the holding of the link lever in the case that a seat back is shifted from a forward reclined position side to a neutral position within a reclining range. The neutral position returning means shifts a cam plate by a spring in such a manner as to hole the position of the link lever at a lever rotating position while the link lever rotates a releasing lever fixed to a center shaft of a reclining lock mechanism together therewith so as to release a lock of the reclining lock mechanism, and shifts the cam plate to an original position against the spring by a cam releasing means so as to return the link lever to an original position, in the case that the forward reclining seat back 3 is shifted to the neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignees: Fujikiko Kabushiki Kaisha, Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Tokui, Akira Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20070096530
    Abstract: A seat reclining apparatus includes a folding operation lever displacing a reclining lock mechanism to a lock release position. When the folding operation lever is operated to a folding operation position, the reclining lock mechanism is displaced from a lock position to the lock release position. A seatback is displaced to a folded position by a biasing force of a folding biasing unit. A neutral position returning unit that retains a releasing lever disposed between the folding operation lever and the reclining lock mechanism when the seatback is inclined forward beyond a predetermined neutral position, and does not retain the releasing lever when the seatback is inclined rearward beyond the neutral position is further provided. A configuration for returning the seatback to the neutral position can be provided by a simple structure and only a slight design change at a lower production cost, and assembling is performed simply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Ohba, Akira Nemoto
  • Patent number: 7152924
    Abstract: Unlocking mechanism of reclining device features an angularly movable stabilizer link mechanism of four-point articulated link structure which comprises a first link member connected with a remote lock control device, a second link member and a third link member. The second link member is pivotally connected with a shaft of the reclining device and one end of the first link member. The third link member is pivotally connected with seat back side and another end of the first link member. With inclination of seat back, the second and third link members are moved angularly relative to the reclining device shaft so as to retain the first link member at fixed horizontal position. Operation of the remote lock control device causes rotation of the first link member away from such fixed horizontal position, thereby causing rotation of the shaft to unlock the reclining device, irrespective of the inclination of seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Nemoto, Tomohisa Kubota
  • Publication number: 20060091712
    Abstract: A seat reclining apparatus is provided with a neutral position returning means which holds a link lever at a forward reclining operating position, and releases the holding of the link lever in the case that a seat back is shifted from a forward reclined position side to a neutral position within a reclining range. The neutral position returning means shifts a cam plate by a spring in such a manner as to hole the position of the link lever at a lever rotating position while the link lever rotates a releasing lever fixed to a center shaft of a reclining lock mechanism together therewith so as to release a lock of the reclining lock mechanism, and shifts the cam plate to an original position against the spring by a cam releasing means so as to return the link lever to an original position, in the case that the forward reclining seat back 3 is shifted to the neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Hideki Tokui, Akira Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20060054498
    Abstract: Plural composite panels are aligned in multiple horizontal rows. Each composite panel includes a titanium panel (anode), an electrical insulating member and a stainless-steel band member. The titanium panels (also, stainless-steel band members) of horizontally adjacent panels overlap each other to be in face-to-face contact. The stainless-steel band members are horizontally connected at different levels to form long negative electrodes (cathode) extending in seawater-flowing direction in an inlet channel. Each stainless-steel band member is exposed to seawater through a gap between vertically adjacent composite panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo Energy & Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Shuichi Inagaki, Liang Yan, Kenji Sato, Akira Nemoto, Yoshiharu Mikami, Nobuo Yamaga, Tadahiko Oba, Makoto Gomi, Takeo Shimazaki, Kouichi Furugaki, Kenji Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20060032618
    Abstract: A steam condenser which condenses steam exhausted from a steam turbine. Heat transfer tubes are arrayed below the steam turbine inside the container. Cooling medium flows inside the heat transfer tubes. The heat transfer tubes extend horizontally, and include at least two upper heat transfer tube groups and at least two lower heat transfer tube groups arranged with a gap between each other. Each heat transfer tube group is constituted by arraying heat transfer tubes like a grid. At a lower part between the lower heat transfer tube groups, a baffle plate which obstructs flow of steam extends horizontally. Between the upper and lower heat transfer tube groups, inter-tube-group inundation prevention plates extend horizontally. In each heat transfer tube group, an enclosure part extends to guide gas from the enclosure part to outside of the container through a gas extraction duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yoshii, Shunichi Goshima, Yukio Takigawa, Shoji Nakajima, Tomoko Nakajima, Yuuichi Nakajima, Miyuki Nakajima, Fumio Obara, Shunji Kawano, Akira Nemoto, Yuji Inoue
  • Patent number: 6733228
    Abstract: A part transporting apparatus comprises: a guiding groove for lining up parts in one row and guiding the parts; a transporting member which is provided at the base of the guiding groove and transports the parts in a forward direction by itself moving forwards and backwards along the groove; and a driving means for reciprocally driving the transporting member in the forward and backward directions; wherein the transporting member is advanced slowly and retracted rapidly, so as to transport the parts forwards. Provided to this arrangement are: a stopper which operates so as to open and close in the width direction of the guiding groove, and hold the second part from the front of the row of parts being transported on the upper plane of the transporting member; and a shutter for opening and closing at the tip of the guiding groove, so as to cover the space above the first part in the row so as to prevent the part from flying out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Takahashi, Nihei Kaishita, Akira Nemoto
  • Patent number: 6732842
    Abstract: A ratchet-type lever mechanism including two ratchet gear wheels and a bifurcated ratchet pawl member for selective meshed engagement with one of the two ratchet gear wheels. The bifurcated ratchet pawl member is simply bent from a plate material into such an offset configuration having a first toothed pawl portion and a second toothed pawl portion bent from that first one in an offset manner so that the two pawl portions are in correspondence with the respective two ratchet gear wheels. This ratchet-type lever mechanism has a simplified connection structure allowing both of the bifurcated ratchet member and an operating lever to be securely connected on an input shaft, whereby the input shaft is made short in length, thereby making thin a whole size of the lever mechanism. A restriction element for rotation of the bifurcated ratchet pawl member may also be mounted on that input shaft for that purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nemoto