Patents by Inventor Daisuke Maeda

Daisuke Maeda 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: 20260031295
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor DC breaker which has redundancy so as to be able to interrupt a current even if a semiconductor switching element for cutting off a current when an abnormal current is detected has failed. This semiconductor DC breaker 1 having a semiconductor switching element 21 that interrupts a main current when an abnormal current is detected comprises: a fuse 25 connected to the semiconductor switching element 21 in series; an abnormal current detection unit 11 that detects an abnormal current; and a gate drive unit 12 that turns off the semiconductor switching element 21 when the abnormal current is detected by the abnormal current detection unit 11. The magnitude of the abnormal current at which the semiconductor switching element 21 is to be turned off is set to be smaller than magnitude of a fusing current of the fuse 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Daisuke KAWASE, Koji SASAKI, Daisuke MAEDA, Kunihiko TOMIYASU, Takayuki KUSHIMA, Tomoyasu FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 12508790
    Abstract: A fluid transport hose includes an inner layer including a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and an elastomer, a reinforcing layer disposed on an outer side of the inner layer, and an outer layer disposed on an outer side of the reinforcing layer, the thermoplastic resin composition having a storage modulus E?L at ?40° C. and a storage modulus E?H at 80° C. satisfying Formulas (1), (2), and (3): E?L?1500 MPa . . . (1), E?H?40 MPa . . . (2), E?H/E?L?0.05 . . . (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Sato, Daisuke Maeda
  • Patent number: 12410498
    Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and includes microstructure which includes residual austenite of which an area ratio is in a range of 20% to 30%. Among grain boundaries of crystal grains of bainite and tempered martensite in the microstructure, a ratio of a length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to a total length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 4° to 12°, a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 49° to 54°, and a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to the <011> direction as a rotation axis is 30% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Toda, Kodai Murasawa, Daisuke Maeda, Kazuo Hikida
  • Patent number: 12392017
    Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and includes microstructure which includes residual austenite of which an area ratio is 5% or more and less than 10%. Among grain boundaries of crystal grains of bainite and tempered martensite in the microstructure, a ratio of a length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to a total length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 4° to 12°, a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 49° to 54°, and a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to the <011> direction as a rotation axis is 30% or more. The tensile strength of the hot-stamping formed body is 1500 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Toda, Shinichiro Tabata, Kodai Murasawa, Daisuke Maeda, Kazuo Hikida
  • Patent number: 12378651
    Abstract: A hot stamped body with high strength, good bendability and crack propagation resistance, consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.06% or more to less than 0.20%, Si: 0.010-1.00%, Mn: 0.80-2.00%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.010-0.500%, N: 0.010% or less, Nb: more than 0.020% to 0.10% or less, Ti: 0-0.10%, V: 0-0.10%, Cr: 0-0.50%, Mo: 0-1.00%, B: 0-0.0100%, Ni: 0-0.50%, REM: 0-0.0100%, Mg: 0-0.010%, Ca: 0-0.0100%, and Co: 0-2.0%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a microstructure includes, in area fraction, ferrite: 5-50%, and martensite: 50-95%, a proportion of regions in the martensite where GAIQ values are 35000 or more to less than 45000 is 30 area % or more, and a maximum bending angle ? (deg) is 90 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Shingo Fujinaka, Yuri Toda
  • Patent number: 12358036
    Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and includes microstructure which includes residual austenite of which an area ratio is 10% or more and less than 20%. Among grain boundaries of crystal grains of bainite and tempered martensite, a ratio of a length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to a total length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 4° to 12°, a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 49° to 54°, and the grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to the <011> direction as a rotation axis is 30% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Toda, Kodai Murasawa, Daisuke Maeda, Kazuo Hikida
  • Patent number: 12344924
    Abstract: A hot stamped body with high strength and good bendability, comprising a chemical composition consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.06% or more to less than 0.20%, Si: 0.010 to 1.00%, Mn: 1.20 to 3.00%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.500%, N: 0.010% or less, Nb: 0.0010 to 0.020%, Ti: 0 to 0.10%, V: 0 to 0.10%, Cr: 0 to 0.50%, Mo: 0 to 1.00%, B: 0 to 0.0100%, Ni: 0 to 0.50%, REM: 0 to 0.0100%, Mg: 0 to 0.010%, Ca: 0 to 0.0100%, and Co: 0 to 2.0%, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a microstructure includes martensite: 85% or more, a proportion of regions in the martensite where GAIQ values are 35000 or more to less than 45000 is 30 area % or more, and TS×?, is 105000 or more, and ? is 75 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Fujinaka, Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda
  • Patent number: 12297756
    Abstract: A variable valve device changes a valve lift amount in a cylinder head. The device includes: a camshaft having plural cams with different valve lift amounts; plural rocker arms in contact with the plural cams to move a valve; a switching mechanism that couples and separates the rocker arms by oil pressure; and an oil control valve that controls the oil pressure. The switching mechanism includes a hydraulic piston moveable forward and backward to couple and separate the rocker arms. First and second oil passages extend from the oil control valve to the hydraulic piston. The first oil passage includes an oil groove through which oil is allowed to pass at a predetermined rotation phase of the camshaft. The second oil passage is closed by the hydraulic piston after the rocker arms are separated from one another along the backward movement of the hydraulic piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Ozeki, Daisuke Maeda
  • Publication number: 20250109700
    Abstract: A variable valve device changes a valve lift amount in a cylinder head. The device includes: a camshaft having plural cams with different valve lift amounts; plural rocker arms in contact with the plural cams to move a valve; a switching mechanism that couples and separates the rocker arms by oil pressure; and an oil control valve that controls the oil pressure. The switching mechanism includes a hydraulic piston moveable forward and backward to couple and separate the rocker arms. First and second oil passages extend from the oil control valve to the hydraulic piston. The first oil passage includes an oil groove through which oil is allowed to pass at a predetermined rotation phase of the camshaft. The second oil passage is closed by the hydraulic piston after the rocker arms are separated from one another along the backward movement of the hydraulic piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi OZEKI, Daisuke MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20250010521
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method for the separation and recovery of a laminate that includes a step for immersing a laminate provided with at least a polyolefin base material layer and a release layer in contact with the polyolefin base material layer in a release solution containing a surfactant having an HLB value of 7 or more and a defoamer having an HLB value of 1-3, releasing the release layer, and recovering the polyolefin base material, the release layer being a layer including a water-soluble resin or a compound having an acidic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: artience Co., Ltd., TOYO INK CO., LTD., TOYO-MORTON, LTD., TOYOCHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoe YAMAGAMI, Wataru SHIKIJI, Daisuke MAEDA, Soichiro KONDO
  • Patent number: 12180573
    Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition, in which an average grain size of prior austenite grains in a microstructure is 5.0 ?m or less, and an average Mn concentration at grain boundaries of the prior austenite grains is 1.0 mass % or less. The hot-stamping formed body may be provided with a plating layer on the surface thereof, or may have a softened region in a portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Fujinaka, Yuri Toda, Daisuke Maeda
  • Patent number: 12138886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot stamping comprising a steel sheet and a Zn—Ni plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the Zn—Ni plating layer has an Ni concentration of 8 mass % or more, a plating deposition amount of 10 g/m2 or more and 90 g/m2 or less per surface, and an average grain size of 50 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Takahashi, Daisuke Maeda, Hiroshi Takebayashi
  • Patent number: 12134808
    Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body includes: a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition; and a plating layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, the plating layer having an adhesion amount of 10 g/m2 to 90 g/m2 and a Ni content of 10 mass % to 25 mass %, and containing a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda, Kazuo Hikida
  • Patent number: 12134810
    Abstract: These steel sheet for hot stamping and hot-stamping formed body have predetermined chemical composition and metallographic structures, and, in textures of a surface layer region and an inside region, ratios between a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {001}<1-10> to {001}<?1-10> and a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {111}<1-10> to {111}<?1-12> are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda, Shingo Fujinaka
  • Patent number: 12129534
    Abstract: This hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and has a metallographic structure consisting of, by area ratio, a total of 10% to 30% of ferrite and granular bainite and a remainder in microstructure consisting of one or more of martensite, bainite, and tempered martensite, and, in textures of a surface layer region and an inside region, ratios between a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {001}<1-10> to {001}<?1-10> and a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {111}<1-10> to {111}<?1-12> are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Toda, Daisuke Maeda, Shingo Fujinaka
  • Patent number: 12116043
    Abstract: This vehicle body structure includes a frame member with a first top section, a corner section, a vertical wall section, and a second top section, and a first support section and a second support section provided at the second top section. L/h?6.7 is satisfied where the h represents a length between an outer surface of the first top section and an outer surface of the second top section, and the L represents a length between the first support section and the second support section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Abe, Hiroaki Kubota, Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda
  • Patent number: 12085197
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen-filling hose including an inner layer, a reinforcing layer, and an outer layer, the hydrogen-filling hose being characterized in that the inner layer includes a thermoplastic resin composition including a matrix that includes a polyamide resin and a domain that includes a modified styrene elastomer, the modified styrene elastomer content of the thermoplastic resin composition is 5-50 mass % of all polymer components in the thermoplastic resin composition, the reinforcing layer includes at least one layer that includes steel wire, and the outer layer includes a thermoplastic elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Sato, Daisuke Maeda
  • Publication number: 20240270325
    Abstract: What is provided is an automobile body in which batteries, tires, and liquids containing water and oil are removed from a public road vehicle with superior collision safety, the public road vehicle comprising at least a steel material containing a steel sheet with a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or higher, a non-ferrous metal material, and a resin material, wherein the ratio of a mass mh (kg) of the steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or higher to a mass m (kg) of the automobile body is 9% or higher, and a mass m (kg) of the automobile body and a projected area s (m2) of the automobile body from an upper side satisfy a formula (1) and a formula (2) 6 < s < 11 ( 1 ) m < ( 2 ? 7 ? 2 . 3 ? 7 × s - 8 ? 3 ? 5 ) × 0 ? .98 .
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KUBO, Shunji HIWATASHI, Yutaka MIKAZUKI, Koichi SATO, Takahiro AITOH, Kengo TAKEDA, Katsuya NAKANO, Yuri TODA, Shinichiro TABATA, Kodai MURASAWA, Daisuke MAEDA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Shingo FUJINAKA, Jun HAGA, Ryo TABATA, Ryoma KATO, Mitsuharu YAMAGATA, Toshiyuki NIWA, Hiromi ASAMA, Junichiro SUZUKI, Yasunori ITO
  • Patent number: 12054800
    Abstract: A steel sheet for hot stamping includes: a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition; and a plating layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, the plating layer having an adhesion amount of 10 g/m2 to 90 g/m2 and a Ni content of 10 mass % to 25 mass %, and containing a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities. The steel sheet for hot stamping includes, in a surface layer region of the steel sheet, 80% or more by area % of grains having an average crystal orientation difference of 0.4° to 3.0° inside grains surrounded by grain boundaries having an average crystal orientation difference of 5° or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Yuri Toda, Kazuo Hikida
  • Patent number: 12031201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot stamping comprising a steel sheet and a Zn—Ni plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, wherein the Zn—Ni plating layer has an Ni concentration of 8 mass % or more, a plating deposition amount of 10 g/m2 or more and 90 g/m2 or less per surface, and an average grain size of 50 nm or more, and a difference between a diffraction peak of the Zn—Ni plating layer after heat treating the plated steel sheet for hot stamping at 200° C. for 1 hour, and a diffraction peak of the Zn—Ni plating layer before heat treating it, is 0.3° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Takahashi, Daisuke Maeda, Hiroshi Takebayashi