Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Furuta

Hiroaki Furuta 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: 11207721
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] The invention provides a roll for hot rolling process having various types of more excellent durability performances than conventional rolls, and provides also a method for manufacturing the same. [SOLUTION] A cladding layer 4 is formed on an outer circumference portion of a roll for hot rolling process 1, where the cladding layer 4 comprises: 0.5 to 0.7% by mass of C, 2.8 to 4.0% by mass of Si, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Cu, 1.4 to 1.6% by mass of Mn, 2.7 to 3.3% by mass of Ni, 13.5 to 14.5% by mass of Cr, 0.8 to 1.1% by mass of Mo, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Co, and 0.2 to 0.4% by mass of Nb, with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a thickness of 5 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo-Gyoung Kang, Akio Sonoda, Hideaki Nagayoshi, Hiroaki Furuta, Hiroyuki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10479039
    Abstract: A novel briquetting roll having excellent performance such as providing both abrasion resistance and spalling resistance, which can also be manufactured at low cost and in a short period of time, and a method for manufacturing the same, are provided wherein the briquetting roll 1 integrally has an inner layer material 4 and an outer layer material 5, which comprise mutually different materials and are in contact with each other at the respective exterior and interior thereof, and has pockets 6 formed at the outer circumference of the outer layer material 5. A chromium-molybdenum forged steel material is used for the inner layer material 4 and a high-carbon high-speed steel material is used for the outer layer material 5. The outer layer material 5 may be formed on the outside of the inner layer material 4 by a continuous pouring process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Yoshitani, Takashi Kikuchi, Hyo-Gyoung Kang, Hiroaki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20180361445
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] The invention provides a roll for hot rolling process having various types of more excellent durability performances than conventional rolls, and provides also a method for manufacturing the same. [SOLUTION] A cladding layer 4 is formed on an outer circumference portion of a roll for hot rolling process 1, where the cladding layer 4 comprises: 0.5 to 0.7% by mass of C, 2.8 to 4.0% by mass of Si, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Cu, 1.4 to 1.6% by mass of Mn, 2.7 to 3.3% by mass of Ni, 13.5 to 14.5% by mass of Cr, 0.8 to 1.1% by mass of Mo, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Co, and 0.2 to 0.4% by mass of Nb, with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a thickness of 5 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HYO-GYOUNG KANG, AKIO SONODA, HIDEAKI NAGAYOSHI, HIROAKI FURUTA, HIROYUKI MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180036983
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a novel briquetting roll having excellent performance such as providing both abrasion resistance and spalling resistance, which can also be manufactured at low cost and in a short period of time, and a method for manufacturing the same. [Means for Solving the Problem] A briquetting roll 1 integrally has an inner layer material 4 and an outer layer material 5, which comprise mutually different materials and are in contact with each other at the respective exterior and interior thereof, and has pockets 6 formed at the outer circumference of the outer layer material 5. A chromium-molybdenum forged steel material is used for the inner layer material 4 and a high-carbon high-speed steel material is used for the outer layer material 5. The outer layer material 5 may be formed on the outside of the inner layer material 4 by a continuous pouring process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: FUJICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa YOSHITANI, Takashi KIKUCHI, Hyo-Gyoung KANG, Hiroaki FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20130157096
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a spirally-wound electrode group including a continuous first electrode, a continuous second electrode, and a continuous separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The first electrode includes a sheet-like first current collector, and a first active material layer formed on a surface of the first current collector; and the second electrode includes a sheet-like second current collector, and a second active material layer formed on a surface of the second current collector. In the electrode group, the winding terminal end of the first electrode faces the second electrode on the further outer peripheral side, with the separator interposed therebetween. The facing site of the second electrode where the second electrode faces the winding terminal end of the first electrode is reinforced with a reinforcing component for supplementing the thickness of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakagiri, Hiroaki Furuta, Yasuhiko Hina, Yuji Yokoyama, Shinpei Yamagami, Akira Nagasaki, Norihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120225337
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: an electrode group in which a long first electrode, a long second electrode, and a long separator disposed therebetween are wound spirally; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, is provided. The first electrode includes a sheet-like first current collector and a first active material layer disposed on a surface of the first current collector. The second electrode includes a sheet-like second current collector and a second active material layer disposed on a surface of the second current collector. An end portion of the first electrode on a winding-end side of the electrode group has a non-linear form and faces the second electrode placed on an outer circumferential side with the separator therebetween. The non-linear form is preferably a periodically continuous form, for example a waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakagiri, Hiroaki Furuta, Yasuhiko Hina, Yuji Yokoyama, Shinpei Yamagami, Akira Nagasaki, Norihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8173301
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a closest-packed cubic structure of oxygen, the lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a composition represented by the formula (1): Li[Lip(NixMnyCoz)1-p]O2, where x, y, and z represent element contents of nickel, manganese, and cobalt, respectively, and satisfies 0.2+y?x?0.7, 0.15?y, 0.05?z, x+y+z=1, and 0?p?0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hiratsuka, Norihiro Yamamoto, Yutaka Kawatate, Hiroaki Furuta, Kensuke Nakura, Hiroshi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 7927729
    Abstract: A secondary battery having an electrode assembly in which strip-shaped positive and negative electrode plates are spirally wound with a strip-shaped separator interposed therebetween, the positive and negative electrode plates comprising a current collector and a material mixture layer carried thereon. The positive electrode plate has, in a vicinity of a first end at an initial winding side, an exposed portion of the positive electrode current collector having no positive electrode material mixture formed thereon and a positive electrode lead connected to the exposed portion. A first winding turn outwardly adjacent to a connecting portion of the positive electrode lead with the separator interposed therebetween and a second winding turn outwardly adjacent to the first winding turn with the separator interposed therebetween comprise a portion of the negative electrode plate carrying the negative electrode material mixture layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Muraoka, Takeshi Fukumasa, Hiroaki Furuta, Hiroshi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 7769476
    Abstract: A data reproducing system includes: a receiver that receives streaming data via a network; a buffering device that buffers the received data; a reproducing unit that reproduces the data by reading the data from the buffering device; and a controller that controls a reproducing speed of the reproducing unit in response to excess and deficiency of an amount of buffer from a predetermined target value to maintain the amount of buffer of the buffering device at the target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Sadayuki Narusawa, Tetsuya Matsuyama, Masatoshi Kawashima, Hiroaki Furuta, Katsuaki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Matsunuma
  • Publication number: 20090117469
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a closest-packed cubic structure of oxygen, the lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a composition represented by the formula (1): Li[Lip(NixMnyCoz)1-p]O2, where x, y, and z represent element contents of nickel, manganese, and cobalt, respectively, and satisfies 0.2+y?x?0.7, 0.15?y, 0.05?z, x+y+z=1, and 0?p?0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hiratsuka, Norihiro Yamamoto, Yutaka Kawatate, Hiroaki Furuta, Kensuke Nakura, Hiroshi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20070207387
    Abstract: A secondary battery of the present invention comprises an electrode assembly in which a strip-shaped positive electrode plate and a strip-shaped negative electrode plate are spirally wound with a strip-shaped separator interposed therebetween, the positive electrode plate comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode material mixture layer carried thereon, and the negative electrode plate comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode material mixture layer carried thereon. The positive electrode plate has, in a vicinity of a first end at an initial winding side, an exposed portion of the positive electrode current collector having the positive electrode material mixture layer not formed thereon and a positive electrode lead connected to the exposed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroki Muraoka, Takeshi Fukumasa, Hiroaki Furuta, Hiroshi Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20050138666
    Abstract: A data reproducing system includes: a receiver that receives streaming data via a network; a buffering device that buffers the received data; a reproducing unit that reproduces the data by reading the data from the buffering device; and a controller that controls a reproducing speed of the reproducing unit in response to excess and deficiency of an amount of buffer from a predetermined target value to maintain the amount of buffer of the buffering device at the target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadayuki Narusawa, Tetsuya Matsuyama, Masatoshi Kawashima, Hiroaki Furuta, Katsuaki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Matsunuma
  • Patent number: 6263111
    Abstract: A line buffer device temporarily stores a predetermined area of original image data which are divided into small blocks, each having a small area, so as to encode the image data for each block into data having a fixed length by a compression processor. The line buffer device is composed of a first-stage line buffer group and a second-stage line buffer group. The number of line buffers in the first-stage line buffer group is smaller by one than the number of lines constituting one block and the number of line buffers in the second-stage line buffer group is the same as the number of lines constituting one block. Encoding processing time is shortened and the circuit structure is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Narihiro Matoba, Masaru Ohnishi, Masaaki Tanioka, Yukio Kodama, Yoshifumi Imanaka, Hiroaki Furuta, Eisaku Tomita
  • Patent number: 6072879
    Abstract: A sound field control unit includes a microphone collecting sound about a self-unit, a collected sound signal input-output terminal for outputting a collected sound signal of the self-unit to outside of the self-unit and inputting a collected sound signal of other units to the self-unit, a collected sound signal switch for switching the collected sound signal collected by the self-unit and that collected by the other units sequentially and repeatedly, an FIR filter for producing a reflected sound component of the collected sound signals provided by the switch and imparting it to the collected sound signals, an amplifier for amplifying the imparted reflected sound component and the collected sound signal, an equalizer provided in a signal path between an output terminal of the collected sound signal switch and an input terminal of the amplifier for adjusting frequency characteristic of a signal flowing through the signal path, and a loudspeaker for reproducing the amplified output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiro Ouchi, Hiroaki Furuta, Akio Suyama, Yasushi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 5912742
    Abstract: A line buffer device temporarily stores a predetermined area of original image data which are divided into small blocks, each having a small area, so as to encode the image data for each block into data having a fixed length by a compression processor. The line buffer device is composed of a first-stage line buffer group and a second-stage line buffer group. The number of line buffers in the first-stage line buffer group is smaller by one than the number of lines constituting one block and the number of line buffers in the second-stage line buffer group is the same as the number of lines constituting one block. Encoding processing time is shortened and the circuit structure is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Narihiro Matoba, Masaru Ohnishi, Masaaki Tanioka, Yukio Kodama, Yoshifumi Imanaka, Hiroaki Furuta, Eisaku Tomita
  • Patent number: 5764373
    Abstract: A line buffer device temporarily stores a predetermined area of original image data which are divided into small blocks, each having a small area, so as to encode the image data for each block into data having a fixed length by a compression processor. The line buffer device is composed of a first-stage line buffer group and a second-stage line buffer group. The number of line buffers in the first-stage line buffer group is smaller by one than the number of lines constituting one block and the number of line buffers in the second-stage line buffer group is the same as the number of lines constituting one block. Encoding processing time is shortened and the circuit structure is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Narihiro Matoba, Masaru Ohnishi, Masaaki Tanioka, Yukio Kodama, Yoshifumi Imanaka, Hiroaki Furuta, Eisaku Tomita