Patents by Inventor Daisuke Kudo

Daisuke Kudo 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: 20260049385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low thermal expansion alloy, consisting of: 0.10 to 0.40 mass % of C; up to 1.00 mass % of Si; 0.10 to 2.00 mass % of Mn; up to 0.050 mass % of P; up to 0.015 mass % of S; 0.10 to 4.00 mass % of Cu; 35.0 to 45.0 mass % of Ni; 0.10 to 1.00 mass % of V; up to 4.00 mass % of Mo; each up to 0.50 mass % of Cr, Co, Al, Ti, Nb, W, Zr, Hf, and Ta; and each up to 0.050 mass % of B, Mg, Ca, and REM, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The low thermal expansion alloy satisfies A?38.0 and 40.6<B?44.5. Here, A and B are defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Daisuke KUDO, Hiroki HATTORI, Chihiro FURUSHO, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI
  • Patent number: 12422839
    Abstract: A cause estimation device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a measurement value of a target apparatus; a likelihood calculation unit that calculates, in a case where it is assumed that events occur due to a common cause, a likelihood of an occurrence of each of the events based on the measurement value; a table storage unit that stores a cause table in which a cause of occurrence of the event and a frequency of the cause of occurrence are associated with each other for each of the plurality of events; and an estimation unit that rewrites the frequency registered in the cause table into a frequency in the case where it is assumed that the plurality of events occur due to the common cause, and estimates the cause of occurrence based on the rewritten cause table and the likelihood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsaku Matsumoto, Kuniaki Aoyama, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Takashi Sonoda, Daisuke Kudo
  • Publication number: 20250253091
    Abstract: A reactor component includes a coil, a core, a bobbin and a resin portion. The bobbin includes: a tubular portion, which is placed in a hollow space of the coil; two flanges, which are placed at two opposite ends, respectively, of the coil; and a pair of coupling portions, each of which extends from one of the two flanges to another one of the two flanges. The pair of coupling portions clamp a portion of the coil. Each of the coupling portions has an opposing surface in contact with an outer wall of the coil; and a resin-side wall surface that is opposite to the opposing surface and is in contact with the resin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihide FUKUDA, Daisuke KUDO, Yushi KURAHASHI, Masato ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20250101560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an austenitic stainless steel, consisting of: C?0.10 mass %, Si?0.50 mass %, 3.0 mass %?Mn?8.0 mass %, P?0.30 mass %, S?0.30 mass %, 7.0 mass %?Ni?12.0 mass %, 18.0 mass %?Cr ?28.0 mass %, 1.0 mass %?Mo?3.0 mass %, 0.03 mass %?V?0.50 mass %, 0.0003 mass %?B?0.0300 mass %, 0.0001 mass %?Ca?0.0300 mass %, 0.35 mass %?N?0.80 mass %, and 0.001 mass %?Co?1.00 mass %, and optionally, W?2.0 mass %, Zr?0.20 mass %, and Ta?0.50 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a number density of coarse alloy carbonitrides of 3×105 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KUDO, Tomohiro ANDO, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI
  • Patent number: 12188113
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an austenitic stainless steel contains C?0.10 mass %, Si?0.50 mass %, 3.0?Mn?8.0 mass %, P?0.30 mass %, S?0.30 mass %, 7.0?Ni?12.0 mass %, 18.0?Cr?28.0 mass %, 1.0?Mo?3.0 mass %, 0.03?V?0.50 mass %, 0.0003?B?0.0300 mass %, 0.0001?Ca?0.0300 mass %, 0.35?N?0.80 mass %, W?2.0 mass %, Zr?0.20 mass %, Cu?0.5 mass %, Al?0.10 mass %, and O?0.050 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The austenitic stainless steel has a number density of coarse alloy carbonitrides of 3×105 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kudo, Tomohiro Ando, Yoshihiko Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20240279764
    Abstract: Disclosed is a martensitic stainless steel for a hydrogen gas environment, having a composition consisting of: 0.02 mass %?C?0.30 mass %, Si?1.50 mass %, Mn?1.50 mass %, P?0.150 mass %, S?0.150 mass %, 8.0 mass %?Cr?22.0 mass %, 1.0 mass %?Ni?6.0 mass %, 0.01 mass %?Nb?1.0 mass %, and N?0.12 mass %, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of: Cu?6.00 mass %, Mo?3.00 mass %, V?1.50 mass %, and B?0.0500 mass %, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; having: a crystal grain size number of prior austenite grains of 2.0 or more, an amount of retained austenite of 40 vol % or less, a tensile strength of 1,500 MPa or less, and satisfying DH2(0.7)/Dair?0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KUDO, Tomohiro ANDO, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI, Huhei OGAWA, Hisao MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20240247331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an austenitic stainless steel for high-pressure hydrogen gas or liquid hydrogen, having a composition consisting of: C?0.20 mass %, 0.10 mass %? Si?1.00 mass %, 0.10 mass %?Mn?2.0 mass %, P?0.050 mass %, S?0.050 mass %, 2.0 mass %?Cu<4.0 mass %, 8.0 mass %? Ni?11.5 mass %, 17.0 mass %<Cr?22.0 mass %, Mo?0.20 mass %, and N?0.050 mass %, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; having an Ni equivalent Nieq of 24.0 or more; and having a relative reduction in area of 0.8 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke KUDO, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro ANDO, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20240209468
    Abstract: Disclosed is a martensitic stainless steel material for a hydrogen gas environment, having a composition consisting of: 0.03 mass %?C?1.20 mass %, Si?1.00 mass %, Mn?1.50 mass %, P?0.060 mass %, S?0.250 mass %, Cu?0.50 mass %, 8.0 mass %?Cr?22.0 mass %, Ni?1.00 mass %, and N?0.40 mass %, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of: Mo?3.00 mass %, V?1.50 mass %, Nb?1.00 mass %, Pb?0.30 mass %, and B?0.0500 mass %, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; having: a content of a precipitate of 1.50 mass % or more, a crystal grain size number of prior austenite grains of 2.0 or more, a metal structure including a martensite structure, a tensile strength of 1,800 MPa or less, and satisfying DH2(0.7)/Dair?0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KUDO, Tomohiro ANDO, Yoshihiko KOYANAGI, Yuhei OGAWA, Hisao MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11946147
    Abstract: A thermal barrier coating includes a bond coat layer deposited on a substrate, and a ceramic layer deposited on the bond coat layer. The ceramic layer includes a first layer having a porosity of 10% or more and 15% or less, and a second layer having a porosity of 0.5% or more and 9.0% or less and deposited on the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji Torigoe, Yoshifumi Okajima, Daisuke Kudo, Masahiko Mega, Shuji Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20230259116
    Abstract: A cause estimation device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a measurement value of a target apparatus; a likelihood calculation unit that calculates, in a case where it is assumed that events occur due to a common cause, a likelihood of an occurrence of each of the events based on the measurement value; a table storage unit that stores a cause table in which a cause of occurrence of the event and a frequency of the cause of occurrence are associated with each other for each of the plurality of events; and an estimation unit that rewrites the frequency registered in the cause table into a frequency in the case where it is assumed that the plurality of events occur due to the common cause, and estimates the cause of occurrence based on the rewritten cause table and the likelihood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsaku Matsumoto, Kuniaki Aoyama, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Takashi Sonoda, Daisuke Kudo
  • Publication number: 20230257861
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an austenitic stainless steel contains C?0.10 mass %, Si?0.50 mass %, 3.0?Mn?8.0 mass %, P?0.30 mass %, S?0.30 mass %, 7.0 Ni?12.0 mass %, 18.0?Cr?28.0 mass %, 1.0?Mo?3.0 mass %, 0.03?V?0.50 mass %, 0.0003?B?0.0300 mass %, 0.0001?Ca?0.0300 mass %, 0.35?N?0.80 mass %, W?2.0 mass %, Zr?0.20 mass %, Cu?0.5 mass %, Al?0.10 mass %, and O?0.050 mass %, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The austenitic stainless steel has a number density of coarse alloy carbonitrides of 3×105 pieces/mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke Kudo, Tomohiro Ando, Yoshikiko Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 11534928
    Abstract: A suction apparatus includes a suction unit, a negative pressure detection unit, a suction abnormality determination unit, and a notification unit. The suction unit suctions and holds merchandise with a negative pressure. The negative pressure detection unit detects a negative pressure value in the suction unit whenever the suction unit suctions the merchandise. The suction abnormality determination unit determines that the suction unit is abnormal in a case where the detected negative pressure value is lower in negative pressure degree than a predetermined suction determination negative pressure value continuously by a predetermined number of times of determination or more. The notification unit provides a notification in a case where the suction unit is determined to be abnormal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kousuke Watanabe, Daisuke Kudo
  • Publication number: 20210123124
    Abstract: The task is to provide a thermal barrier coating film (13) which exhibits high durability even in a gas turbine that is used under a molten salt environment, such as a heavy oil fired gas turbine, and which can be efficiently formed at low cost without requiring complicated processes, and a thermal barrier coating film (13) configures a turbine member includes a ceramic material thermally sprayed and formed on a base material (10) made of a heat resistant alloy, in which ytterbia partially stabilized zirconia is used as the ceramic material of the film (13), and the porosity of the film (13) is 5% or more and less than 8%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Daisuke KUDO, Taiji TORIGOE, Masahiko MEGA, Shigenari HORIE, Shuji TANIGAWA, Yoshifumi OKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10946702
    Abstract: A rim guard of a tire has a top, an inner surface, and an outer surface. A contour of the inner surface is represented by a circular arc, and the circular arc has a radius of not less than 20 mm and not greater than 30 mm. A contour of the outer surface is represented by a circular arc, and the circular arc has a radius of not less than 100 mm and not greater than 500 mm. In a radial direction, a position of an outer edge of the outer surface coincides with a cross-sectional width specified position, or the outer edge of the outer surface is located outward of the cross-sectional width specified position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuhei Sanae, Yoshiaki Kanematsu, Shintaro Tomita, Daisuke Kudo
  • Patent number: 10947615
    Abstract: A thermal barrier coating film includes a bond coat layer that is a metallic bond layer formed on a base material; a topcoat layer that is a ceramic-containing layer formed on the bond coat layer; and at least one of a protective layer and a protective substance. The protective layer is formed on the topcoat layer and mainly contains SrSO4. The protective substance is provided in a plurality of void spaces included in the topcoat layer and mainly contains SrSO4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji Torigoe, Yoshifumi Okajima, Daisuke Kudo, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Masahiko Mega, Shuji Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20210054492
    Abstract: A thermal barrier coating includes a bond coat layer deposited on a substrate, and a ceramic layer deposited on the bond coat layer. The ceramic layer includes a first layer having a porosity of 10% or more and 15% or less, and a second layer having a porosity of 0.5% or more and 9.0% or less and deposited on the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Taiji TORIGOE, Yoshifumi OKAJIMA, Daisuke KUDO, Masahiko MEGA, Shuji TANIGAWA
  • Patent number: 10870317
    Abstract: A rim protector 40 of a tire 2 projects from a reference surface 44 of each side piece 38. The rim protector 40 has a first inclined surface 50 and a second inclined surface 52. A profile of the reference surface 44 includes an outer circular arc and an inner circular arc which are tangent to each other at a reference position. A first circular arc of the first inclined surface 50 is tangent to the outer circular arc, and a second circular arc of the second inclined surface 52 is tangent to the inner circular arc. A ratio of a height H relative to a cross-sectional height SH is equal to or greater than 0.27 and equal to or less than 0.34. A projecting length W is equal to or greater than 12 mm and equal to or less than 18 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Tomita, Daisuke Kudo
  • Patent number: 10808308
    Abstract: A thermal barrier coating includes a highly porous layer and a dense layer. The highly porous layer is formed on a heat-resistant base, is made of ceramic, has pores, has a layer thickness of equal to or larger than 0.3 mm and equal to or smaller than 1.0 mm, and has a pore ratio of equal to or higher than 1 vol % and equal to or lower than 30 vol %. The dense layer is formed on the highly porous layer, is made of ceramic, has a pore ratio of equal to or lower than 0.9 vol % that is equal to or lower than the pore ratio of the highly porous layer, and has a layer thickness of equal to or smaller than 0.05 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Tanigawa, Masahiko Mega, Taiji Torigoe, Yoshifumi Okajima, Daisuke Kudo
  • Publication number: 20200290214
    Abstract: A suction apparatus includes a suction unit, a negative pressure detection unit, a suction abnormality determination unit, and a notification unit. The suction unit suctions and holds merchandise with a negative pressure. The negative pressure detection unit detects a negative pressure value in the suction unit whenever the suction unit suctions the merchandise. The suction abnormality determination unit determines that the suction unit is abnormal in a case where the detected negative pressure value is lower in negative pressure degree than a predetermined suction determination negative pressure value continuously by a predetermined number of times of determination or more. The notification unit provides a notification in a case where the suction unit is determined to be abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kousuke WATANABE, Daisuke KUDO
  • Patent number: 10666721
    Abstract: A resource management device includes a memory and a processor configured to accept, from the terminal, a request to execute an exclusion of a first processing device from a device group, the device group including processing devices that execute processing in response to an instruction, execute copying of a processing execution history from a storage in the first processing device to a second processing device different from the first processing device among the device group in response to the request, and execute the exclusion of the first processing device from the device group after completion of the copying of the processing execution history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Miki Hayashi, Daisuke Kudo, Chan Jeon Jeon