Patents by Inventor Hideaki Usui

Hideaki Usui 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: 11062814
    Abstract: A box-type structure includes a structure having neutron beam shielding performance. It is possible to accommodate an organism to be irradiated in the structure. The box-type structure includes shielding plates, which include a lithium-fluoride sintered body having neutron shielding performance. Edge portions of the shielding plates are joined by abutting against one another. The edge portions of the shielding plates have a halving joint structure, and the halving joint structure has a stepped or inclined cutout shape. The box-type structure has a plurality of surfaces, and at least one of the faces may be removable or there may be an opening portion in part of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Usui, Hidaka Furuya, Maki Takahashi, Hidenori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210210237
    Abstract: A box-type structure includes a structure having neutron beam shielding performance. It is possible to accommodate an organism to be irradiated in the structure. The box-type structure includes shielding plates, which include a lithium-fluoride sintered body having neutron shielding performance. Edge portions of the shielding plates are joined by abutting against one another. The edge portions of the shielding plates have a halving joint structure, and the halving joint structure has a stepped or inclined cutout shape. The box-type structure has a plurality of surfaces, and at least one of the faces may be removable or there may be an opening portion in part of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Hideaki Usui, Hidaka Furuya, Maki Takahashi, Hidenori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210189202
    Abstract: An adhesive having shielding properties can provide a bonded part of a structure with neutron shielding properties. The shield adhesive having neutron shielding properties contains a lithium fluoride powder having lithium fluoride purity of 99% or more. The shield adhesive can be a two-pack curable adhesive and contain an epoxy resin as a main component. This shield adhesive can be a two-liquid curing type adhesive, which may contain an epoxy resin as a main component and may contain a modified silicone resin as a curing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hideaki Usui, Hidaka Furuya, Maki Takahashi, Hidenori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10877165
    Abstract: A dosimeter container comprising a housing portion and a shield portion that surrounds the housing portion is provided. The housing portion houses a radiation dosage measuring device for measuring a dosage of predetermined radiation other than neutron radiation. The shield portion is composed of a member made of a material that transmits predetermined radiation and shields neutron radiation. The shield portion is a LiF sintered body, in particular, a 6LiF sintered body. Further, the shield portion includes at least two or more shield portion components (a body portion and a lid portion), in which adjacent members can abutt against each other. The housing portion is same size as or larger than the size of the radiation dosage measuring device; and the housing portion extends over the entirety of the components. The dosimeter container is preferably used as a dosage measuring body having a radiation dosage measuring device stored in the housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Usui, Hidaka Furuya, Maki Takahashi, Hidenori Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200124743
    Abstract: A dosimeter container comprising a housing portion and a shield portion that surrounds the housing portion is provided. The housing portion houses a radiation dosage measuring device for measuring a dosage of predetermined radiation other than neutron radiation. The shield portion is composed of a member made of a material that transmits predetermined radiation and shields neutron radiation. The shield portion is a LiF sintered body, in particular, a 6LiF sintered body. Further, the shield portion includes at least two or more shield portion components (a body portion and a lid portion), in which adjacent members can abutt against each other. The housing portion is same size as or larger than the size of the radiation dosage measuring device; and the housing portion extends over the entirety of the components. The dosimeter container is preferably used as a dosage measuring body having a radiation dosage measuring device stored in the housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hideaki Usui, Hidaka Furuya, Maki Takahashi, Hidenori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10343951
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a magnesium fluoride sintered compact includes a disc-shaped magnesium fluoride sintered compact having a through hole passing through a center axis of the disc-shaped magnesium fluoride sintered compact. The magnesium fluoride sintered compact has a relative density of 95% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., Cancer Intelligence Care Systems, Inc., SINTER LAND Incorporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidaka Furuya, Yoshinori Sugawara, Hideaki Usui, Kazuto Sanada, Masaru Nakamura, Shinichi Takei
  • Publication number: 20180141869
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a magnesium fluoride sintered compact includes a disc-shaped magnesium fluoride sintered compact having a through hole passing through a center axis of the disc-shaped magnesium fluoride sintered compact. The magnesium fluoride sintered compact has a relative density of 95% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Hidaka FURUYA, Yoshinori SUGAWARA, Hideaki USUI, Kazuto SANADA, Masaru NAKAMURA, Shinichi TAKEI
  • Patent number: 9868673
    Abstract: There are provided a method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact to be free from cracks and chipping and to have high relative density, a method for manufacturing a neutron moderator, and the neutron moderator. The method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact includes a powder filling process for filling a magnesium fluoride powder material into a die by tapping, and an intermediate body sintering (pulsed electric current sintering) process for performing pulsed electric current sintering for sintering the filled magnesium fluoride powder material while applying a pulsed electric current thereto, to obtain a magnesium fluoride sintered compact (intermediate body).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., CANCER INTELLIGENCE CARE SYSTEMS, INC., SINTER LAND INCORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidaka Furuya, Kazuto Sanada, Yoshinori Sugawara, Hideaki Usui, Masaru Nakamura, Shinichi Takei
  • Patent number: 9840442
    Abstract: There are provided a method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact to be free from cracks and chipping and to have high relative density, a method for manufacturing a neutron moderator, and the neutron moderator. The method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact includes a powder filling process for filling a magnesium fluoride powder material into a die by tapping, and an intermediate body sintering (pulsed electric current sintering) process for performing pulsed electric current sintering for sintering the filled magnesium fluoride powder material while applying a pulsed electric current thereto, to obtain a magnesium fluoride sintered compact (intermediate body).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., CANCER INTELLIGENCE CARE SYSTEMS, INC., SINTER LAND INCORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidaka Furuya, Kazuto Sanada, Yoshinori Sugawara, Hideaki Usui, Masaru Nakamura, Shinichi Takei
  • Patent number: 9686224
    Abstract: A provision device (100) in a provision system providing a user conducting activities through a service with reactions of other users to the user is configured as follows. A presenter (101) presents a current state of the reactions from the other users to the user that have occurred while the user is conducting activities through the service to the user via the service while the user is conducting activities through the service. A notifier (102) gives notice of a summary of the reactions from the other users to the user that have occurred while the user is not conducting activities through the service to the user with no intervention of the service while the user is not conducting activities through the service. Then, as the user conducts a given operation on information contained in the notified summary, the notifier (102) prompts the user to start conducting activities through the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Takaaki Tanno, Hideaki Usui
  • Publication number: 20160326062
    Abstract: There are provided a method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact to be free from cracks and chipping and to have high relative density, a method for manufacturing a neutron moderator, and the neutron moderator. The method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact includes a powder filling process for filling a magnesium fluoride powder material into a die by tapping, and an intermediate body sintering (pulsed electric current sintering) process for performing pulsed electric current sintering for sintering the filled magnesium fluoride powder material while applying a pulsed electric current thereto, to obtain a magnesium fluoride sintered compact (intermediate body).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Hidaka FURUYA, Kazuto SANADA, Yoshinori SUGAWARA, Hideaki USUI, Masaru NAKAMURA, Shinichi TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20150180819
    Abstract: A provision device (100) in a provision system providing a user conducting activities through a service with reactions of other users to the user is configured as follows. A presenter (101) presents a current state of the reactions from the other users to the user that have occurred while the user is conducting activities through the service to the user via the service while the user is conducting activities through the service. A notifier (102) gives notice of a summary of the reactions from the other users to the user that have occurred while the user is not conducting activities through the service to the user with no intervention of the service while the user is not conducting activities through the service. Then, as the user conducts a given operation on information contained in the notified summary, the notifier (102) prompts the user to start conducting activities through the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki Tanno, Hideaki Usui
  • Patent number: 6986916
    Abstract: In a coating apparatus of slide bead type for applying a coating solution on a continuously-fed web, each of edge members has a edge member for regulating a width of coating solution flowing on a slide surface. A height Dg of a perpendicular wall of the edge member satisfies a condition Db?Dg?Ds, when Db is determined as a minimum thickness of bead formed by a coating solution, and Ds is determined as an upper limit of the upper limit of the height Dg. A distance between a web and a front end portion of the edge member is more than 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Hamamoto, Hideaki Usui
  • Publication number: 20030180465
    Abstract: In a coating apparatus of slide bead type for applying a coating solution on a continuously-fed web, each of edge members has a edge member for regulating a width of coating solution flowing on a slide surface. A height Dg of a perpendicular wall of the edge member satisfies a condition Db≦Dg≦Ds, when Db is determined as a minimum thickness of bead formed by a coating solution, and Ds is determined as an upper limit of the upper limit of the height Dg. A distance between a web and a front end portion of the edge member is more than 100 &mgr;m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Nobuo Hamamoto, Hideaki Usui
  • Patent number: 6461138
    Abstract: Broad parts are formed on at least one passage including a passage for forming the thinnest layer among passages for respective resin layers of a multilayer sheet at an upstream side of a confluence. In the broad parts, clearances become larger to both ends of the passage along the width thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Kegasawa, Kazuo Ozaki, Shotaro Ogawa, Ryuichi Katsumoto, Hideaki Usui
  • Publication number: 20010005517
    Abstract: Broad parts are formed on at least one passage including a passage for forming the thinnest layer among passages for respective resin layers of a multilayer sheet at an upstream side of a confluence. In the broad parts, clearances become larger to both ends of the passage along the width thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventors: Tadahiro Kegasawa, Kazuo Ozaki, Shotaro Ogawa, Ryuichi Katsumoto, Hideaki Usui
  • Patent number: D805407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Usui, Hidaka Furuya, Maki Takahashi, Hidenori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D807204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Usui, Hidaka Furuya, Maki Takahashi, Hidenori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D807205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Usui, Hidaka Furuya, Maki Takahashi, Hidenori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D807206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Usui, Hidaka Furuya, Maki Takahashi, Hidenori Ishikawa