Patents by Inventor Hideaki Furumoto

Hideaki Furumoto 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: 11555619
    Abstract: An air conditioner according to the present invention includes: an air flow path through which air flows; a temperature control unit that controls a temperature of air in the air flow path; a humidifier capable of supplying vapor to the air flow path; a blower that has a suction port connected to a downstream opening of the air flow path, and a discharge port from which air sucked from the suction port is discharged; a chamber that has a communication port connected to the discharge port, and a plurality of duct connection ports configured to be connectable to ducts so as to let out air coming from the discharge port through the ducts; and a baffle plate part 8 disposed in the chamber, the baffle plate part overlapping at least partly with the discharge port when seen along a flow direction of air passing through the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Furumoto, Kazushige Takahira
  • Patent number: 11365907
    Abstract: A part of a gas-phase mixed refrigerant compressed by a compressor (20) is condensed by a first condenser (21). Then, the mixed refrigerant is separated by a first gas-liquid separator (22) into a gas-phase first fluid portion (I) and a liquid-phase second fluid portion (II) which has been condensed into a liquid phase. A part of the gas-phase first fluid portion (I) is further condensed by a second condenser (23). Then, the first fluid portion is further separated by a second gas-liquid separator (24) into a gas-phase third fluid portion (III) and a liquid-phase fourth fluid portion (IV) which has been condensed into a liquid phase. Thereafter, the gas-phase third fluid portion (III) is condensed and then expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masamichi Umeki, Hideaki Furumoto, Shigeo Aoki, Ryo Moriya, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220126341
    Abstract: There are provided a work-side position measurement device and a drive-side position measurement device for directly measuring positions of roll chocks in a rolling direction, and positions of upper and lower working rolls and upper and lower backup rolls in the rolling direction are adjusted to zero point or predetermined positions. Alternatively, a change caused in the strip wedge due to a minute crossing of the axes of working rolls and backup rolls is calculated, and the quantities of leveling of a work-side rolling reduction cylinder device and a drive-side rolling reduction cylinder device are adjusted to make the strip edge equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. Accordingly, the bilateral asymmetry (strip wedge) of the thickness distribution of a rolled material is easily adjusted even in the event that the positions of the roll chocks in the rolling direction are changed due to wear on various components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Akira SAKO, Jiro HASAI, Tadashi HIURA, Taroh SATOH, Toru TAKEGUCHI, Hideaki FURUMOTO, Shinya KANEMORI, Hideki TONAKA
  • Patent number: 11247253
    Abstract: There are provided a work-side position measurement device and a drive-side position measurement device for directly measuring positions of roll chocks in a rolling direction, and positions of upper and lower working rolls and upper and lower backup rolls in the rolling direction are adjusted to zero point or predetermined positions. Alternatively, a change caused in the strip wedge due to a minute crossing of the axes of working rolls and backup rolls is calculated, and the quantities of leveling of a work-side rolling reduction cylinder device and a drive-side rolling reduction cylinder device are adjusted to make the strip edge equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. Accordingly, the bilateral asymmetry (strip wedge) of the thickness distribution of a rolled material is easily adjusted even in the event that the positions of the roll chocks in the rolling direction are changed due to wear on various components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Primetals Technologies Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Sako, Jiro Hasai, Tadashi Hiura, Taroh Satoh, Toru Takeguchi, Hideaki Furumoto, Shinya Kanemori, Hideki Tonaka
  • Publication number: 20200355406
    Abstract: A part of a gas-phase mixed refrigerant compressed by a compressor (20) is condensed by a first condenser (21). Then, the mixed refrigerant is separated by a first gas-liquid separator (22) into a gas-phase first fluid portion (I) and a liquid-phase second fluid portion (II) which has been condensed into a liquid phase. A part of the gas-phase first fluid portion (I) is further condensed by a second condenser (23). Then, the first fluid portion is further separated by a second gas-liquid separator (24) into a gas-phase third fluid portion (III) and a liquid-phase fourth fluid portion (IV) which has been condensed into a liquid phase. Thereafter, the gas-phase third fluid portion (III) is condensed and then expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masamichi UMEKI, Hideaki FURUMOTO, Shigeo AOKI, Ryo MORIYA, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10655886
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a cooling unit having a compressor operated at a variable operating frequency to adjust a revolving speed thereof, a condenser, an expansion valve and a cooling coil; and a heating unit for causing the heating medium flowing from the compressor toward the condenser to diverge, and to return to flow into the condenser, through a heating coil and a thermal dose adjusting valve disposed on the downstream side thereof; so as to control a temperature of air by the cooling and heating coils. When an opening manipulated variable of the thermal dose adjusting valve exceeds a first threshold value over a period of time, an operating frequency of the compressor is decreased, and when the opening manipulated variable of the thermal dose adjusting valve falls below a smaller, second threshold value, over the said period of time, the operating frequency of the compressor is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Ikeda, Hideaki Furumoto, Hirofumi Komori, Takuya Ishimatsu
  • Patent number: 10656110
    Abstract: A temperature control system includes first and second temperature control devices. In the first temperature control device, a refrigeration circuit of a refrigeration device, which is positioned downstream of an expansion valve and upstream of an evaporator, and a brine circulation path of a brine circulation device, which is positioned on a heating unit, constitutes a refrigeration capacity adjustment mechanism, and cooling is performed by the evaporator of the refrigeration circuit. In the second temperature control device, a refrigeration device includes an injection circuit that bypasses a condensed refrigerant upstream of a compressor, and a hot gas circuit that bypasses a compressed high-temperature refrigerant upstream of a compressor. A part of the brine circulation path of the brine circulation device and an evaporator of the refrigeration device constitute a heating capacity adjustment heat exchanger, and heating or cooling is performed by a load unit of the brine circulation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunari Higashida, Hirofumi Komori, Yoshiyuki Okamoto, Hideaki Furumoto, Tomoaki Ito, Hiroki Mori, Go Shiotsuki, Kouji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10639688
    Abstract: In a decision control device of a control system, a predetermined pass schedule is decided by adjusting the rolling force per unit width at a last stand of a hot finishing tandem rolling mill to cause the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range based on the relationship between a strip crown and the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand with respect to the rolling force per unit width and a strip shape control parameter, obtained regarding the last stand, and adjusting the strip shape control parameter of the last stand to cause the strip shape on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range and cause the strip crown to become a predetermined value or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Furumoto, Jiro Hasai, Hironori Abe, Masatomo Yamane, Kanji Hayashi, Shinya Kanemori
  • Publication number: 20190390861
    Abstract: An air conditioner according to the present invention includes: an air flow path through which air flows; a temperature control unit that controls a temperature of air in the air flow path; a humidifier capable of supplying vapor to the air flow path; a blower that has a suction port connected to a downstream opening of the air flow path, and a discharge port from which air sucked from the suction port is discharged; a chamber that has a communication port connected to the discharge port, and a plurality of duct connection ports configured to be connectable to ducts so as to let out air coming from the discharge port through the ducts; and a baffle plate part 8 disposed in the chamber, the baffle plate part overlapping at least partly with the discharge port when seen along a flow direction of air passing through the discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hideaki FURUMOTO, Kazushige TAKAHIRA
  • Patent number: 10330556
    Abstract: An environmental testing apparatus includes a chamber, a cooling unit including a cooling apparatus of a brine that cools the inside of the chamber, a heating unit and a control apparatus. The cooling apparatus includes: a high temperature side cooling circuit including a high temperature side compressor, condenser, high temperature side expansion valve and cascade condenser connected in this order to circulate a high temperature side heating medium; and a low temperature side cooling circuit including a low temperature side compressor, cascade condenser, low temperature side expansion valve and evaporator connected in this order to circulate a low temperature side heating medium. The low temperature side heating medium is cooled by the high temperature side heating medium in the cascade condenser, while the brine is cooled by the low temperature side heating medium in the evaporator. The control apparatus controls a temperature inside the chamber to between ?67.5° C. and 127.5° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Furumoto, Tomoaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20190047028
    Abstract: There are provided a work-side position measurement device and a drive-side position measurement device for directly measuring positions of roll chocks in a rolling direction, and positions of upper and lower working rolls and upper and lower backup rolls in the rolling direction are adjusted to zero point or predetermined positions. Alternatively, a change caused in the strip wedge due to a minute crossing of the axes of working rolls and backup rolls is calculated, and the quantities of leveling of a work-side rolling reduction cylinder device and a drive-side rolling reduction cylinder device are adjusted to make the strip edge equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. Accordingly, the bilateral asymmetry (strip wedge) of the thickness distribution of a rolled material is easily adjusted even in the event that the positions of the roll chocks in the rolling direction are changed due to wear on various components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Akira SAKO, Jiro HASAI, Tadashi HIURA, Taroh SATOH, Toru TAKEGUCHI, Hideaki FURUMOTO, Shinya KANEMORI, Hideki TONAKA
  • Publication number: 20190017949
    Abstract: A temperature control system includes first and second temperature control devices. In the first temperature control device, a refrigeration circuit of a refrigeration device, which is positioned downstream of an expansion valve and upstream of an evaporator, and a brine circulation path of a brine circulation device, which is positioned on a heating unit, constitutes a refrigeration capacity adjustment mechanism, and cooling is performed by the evaporator of the refrigeration circuit. In the second temperature control device, a refrigeration device includes an injection circuit that bypasses a condensed refrigerant upstream of a compressor, and a hot gas circuit that bypasses a compressed high-temperature refrigerant upstream of a compressor. A part of the brine circulation path of the brine circulation device and an evaporator of the refrigeration device constitute a heating capacity adjustment heat exchanger, and heating or cooling is performed by a load unit of the brine circulation path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kazunari HIGASHIDA, Hirofumi KOMORI, Yoshiyuki OKAMOTO, Hideaki FURUMOTO, Tomoaki ITO, Hiroki MORI, Go SHIOTSUKI, Kouji SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180238580
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a cooling unit having a compressor operated at a variable operating frequency to adjust a revolving speed thereof, a condenser, an expansion valve and a cooling coil; and a heating unit for causing the heating medium flowing from the compressor toward the condenser to diverge, and to return to flow into the condenser, through a heating coil and a thermal dose adjusting valve disposed on the downstream side thereof; so as to control a temperature of air by the cooling and heating coils. When an opening manipulated variable of the thermal dose adjusting valve exceeds a first threshold value over a period of time, an operating frequency of the compressor is decreased, and when the opening manipulated variable of the thermal dose adjusting valve falls below a smaller, second threshold value, over the said period of time, the operating frequency of the compressor is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke IKEDA, Hideaki FURUMOTO, Hirofumi KOMORI, Takuya ISHIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180217019
    Abstract: An environmental testing apparatus includes a chamber, a cooling unit including a cooling apparatus of a brine that cools the inside of the chamber, a heating unit and a control apparatus. The cooling apparatus includes: a high temperature side cooling circuit including a high temperature side compressor, condenser, high temperature side expansion valve and cascade condenser connected in this order to circulate a high temperature side heating medium; and a low temperature side cooling circuit including a low temperature side compressor, cascade condenser, low temperature side expansion valve and evaporator connected in this order to circulate a low temperature side heating medium. The low temperature side heating medium is cooled by the high temperature side heating medium in the cascade condenser, while the brine is cooled by the low temperature side heating medium in the evaporator. The control apparatus controls a temperature inside the chamber to between ?67.5° C. and 127.5° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki FURUMOTO, Tomoaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20170348745
    Abstract: In a decision control device of a control system, a predetermined pass schedule is decided by adjusting the rolling force per unit width at a last stand of a hot finishing tandem rolling mill to cause the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range based on the relationship between a strip crown and the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand with respect to the rolling force per unit width and a strip shape control parameter, obtained regarding the last stand, and adjusting the strip shape control parameter of the last stand to cause the strip shape on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range and cause the strip crown to become a predetermined value or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Hideaki FURUMOTO, Jiro HASAI, Hironori ABE, Masatomo YAMANE, Kanji HAYASHI, Shinya KANEMORI
  • Patent number: 9211573
    Abstract: Provided are hot rolling equipment and a hot rolling method for precisely controlling the meandering and plate shape of a steel strip, thereby making it possible to prevent tail end squeezing of the steel strip. Hot rolling equipment (10) for this purpose, for sequentially passing a steel strip (1) through rolling machines (11, 12) and thereby rolling the steel strip (1), wherein a plurality of split rolls (63) capable of contacting the steel strip (1) is provided between the rolling machines (11, 12), and, when the split rolls (63) contact the steel strip (1), detection torques (Td, Tw) acting on the left and right ends of the split rolls (63) are detected by torque detectors (67a, 67b), the reduction leveling of the rolling machines (11, 12) being adjusted on the basis of the detected detection torques (Td, Tw) to control the meandering and plate shape of the steel strip (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Kanji Hayashi, Shuji Maniwa, Hideaki Furumoto, Shinya Kanemori
  • Publication number: 20140007637
    Abstract: Provided are hot rolling equipment and a hot rolling method for precisely controlling the meandering and plate shape of a steel strip, thereby making it possible to prevent tail end squeezing of the steel strip. Hot rolling equipment (10) for this purpose, for sequentially passing a steel strip (1) through rolling machines (11, 12) and thereby rolling the steel strip (1), wherein a plurality of split rolls (63) capable of contacting the steel strip (1) is provided between the rolling machines (11, 12), and, when the split rolls (63) contact the steel strip (1), detection torques (Td, Tw) acting on the left and right ends of the split rolls (63) are detected by torque detectors (67a, 67b), the reduction leveling of the rolling machines (11, 12) being adjusted on the basis of the detected detection torques (Td, Tw) to control the meandering and plate shape of the steel strip (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI-HITACHI METALS MACHINERY, INC.
    Inventors: Kanji Hayashi, Shuji Maniwa, Hideaki Furumoto, Shinya Kanemori
  • Patent number: 8584923
    Abstract: An endless hot rolling material shear-joining method capable of threading hot rolling materials in a finish rolling process without strip breakage by controlling joining conditions for the hot rolling materials in an endless hot rolling process for high carbon steel, and an endless hot rolling plant therefor are disclosed. The shear-joining method for endless hot rolling materials of high carbon steel includes shear-joining high carbon steel metal bars comprising, in terms of weight %, 0.30% to 1.20% C, inevitable impurities, and balance Fe, or comprising 0.15% to 1.5% C containing at least one of Cr, Ni, Mo, V, Ti, W, B, Nb, and Sb, inevitable impurities, and balance Fe, such that a joined surface of the joined metal bars is formed to be inclined in a thickness direction of the metal bars, in a hot rolling plant by a joiner adapted to join the metal bars after overlapping tail part of a leading one of the metal bar and top part of a trailing metal bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: POSCO, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals
    Inventors: Jong-Sub Lee, Youn-Hee Kang, Chun-Soo Won, Jong-Bong Lee, Sang-Wook Ha, Kenji Horii, Toshihiro Usugi, Hideaki Furumoto, Shigenori Shirogane, Takao Funamoto
  • Patent number: 8051692
    Abstract: A shape detection device capable of detecting meandering of a strip with high accuracy and a method thereof. The device includes a plurality of split rolls provided in a width direction of a rolling material; a table which guides the rolling material and which is rotatably supported; a fixing member supported by the table; torque detectors for separately detecting loads acting on both ends of the split rolls when the rolling material comes in contact with the split roll as moments; supporting arms of which one end rotatably supports the split roll and the other end is supported by the fixing member through the torque detectors; a meandering amount computing unit for computing a meandering amount of the rolling material using the moments detected by the torque detectors, and a plate shape computing unit for computing a plate shape of the rolling material using the moments and the meandering amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanji Hayashi, Shigeki Sueda, Hideaki Furumoto, Junichi Nishizaki, Yoichiro Tsumura, Nobuyoshi Goshima
  • Publication number: 20110174869
    Abstract: An endless hot rolling material shear-joining method capable of threading hot rolling materials in a finish rolling process without strip breakage by controlling joining conditions for the hot rolling materials in an endless hot rolling process for high carbon steel, and an endless hot rolling plant therefor are disclosed. The shear-joining method for endless hot rolling materials of high carbon steel includes shear-joining high carbon steel metal bars comprising, in terms of weight %, 0.30% to 1.20% C, inevitable impurities, and balance Fe, or comprising 0.15% to 1.5% C containing at least one of Cr, Ni, Mo, V, Ti, W, B, Nb, and Sb, inevitable impurities, and balance Fe, such that a joined surface of the joined metal bars is formed to be inclined in a thickness direction of the metal bars, in a hot rolling plant by a joiner adapted to join the metal bars after overlapping tail part of a leading one of the metal bar and top part of a trailing metal bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicants: POSCO, MITSUBISHI-HITACHI METALS MACHINERY, INC.
    Inventors: Jong-Sub Lee, Youn-Hee Kang, Chun-Soo Won, Jong-Bong Lee, Sang-Wook Ha, Kenji Horii, Toshihiro Usugi, Hideaki Furumoto, Shigenori Shirogane, Takao Funamoto