Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Sakamoto

Hiroaki Sakamoto 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: 20190097402
    Abstract: A protector-equipped wire harness includes: an electrical wire; a protector that includes a pair of side walls that protrude from a bottom, a slide supporting portion that is formed so as to extend in a first direction X, and a receiver that is provided on a bottom side of the slide supporting portion, and in which the electrical wire can be disposed in a groove that is defined by the bottom and the pair of side walls; and an attachment member that includes a band that can be wound around the electrical wire, and a band lock portion that includes a slidable portion that is supported by the slide supporting portion so as to be slidable in the first direction, the band lock portion keeping the band in a state of being wound around the electrical wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki NOMURA, Hiroaki SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10170897
    Abstract: A protector-equipped wire harness includes: an electrical wire; a protector that includes a pair of side walls that protrude from a bottom, a slide supporting portion that is formed so as to extend in a first direction X, and a receiver that is provided on a bottom side of the slide supporting portion, and in which the electrical wire can be disposed in a groove that is defined by the bottom and the pair of side walls; and an attachment member that includes a band that can be wound around the electrical wire, and a band lock portion that includes a slidable portion that is supported by the slide supporting portion so as to be slidable in the first direction, the band lock portion keeping the band in a state of being wound around the electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nomura, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10155009
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that serves as an efficient arginine substrate for inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in tumor. The present invention provides a polyion complex (PIC) of PEG-b-poly(L-Arg) or poly(L-Arg)-b-PEG-b-poly(L-Arg) and a polyanionic polymer, and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION TSUKUBA GLOBAL INNOVATION PROMOTION AGENCY
    Inventors: Yukio Nagasaki, Shinpei Kudo, Yuji Hiramatsu, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Quoc Thang Bui, Binh Long Vong
  • Publication number: 20180287355
    Abstract: A protector-equipped wire harness includes: an electrical wire; a protector that includes a pair of side walls that protrude from a bottom, a slide supporting portion that is formed so as to extend in a first direction X, and a receiver that is provided on a bottom side of the slide supporting portion, and in which the electrical wire can be disposed in a groove that is defined by the bottom and the pair of side walls; and an attachment member that includes a band that can be wound around the electrical wire, and a band lock portion that includes a slidable portion that is supported by the slide supporting portion so as to be slidable in the first direction, the band lock portion keeping the band in a state of being wound around the electrical wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yuki NOMURA, Hiroaki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180085395
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that serves as an efficient arginine substrate for inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in tumor. The present invention provides a polyion complex (PIC) of PEG-b-poly(L-Arg) or poly(L-Arg)-b-PEG-b-poly(L-Arg) and a polyanionic polymer, and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: GENERAL INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION TSUKUBA GLOBAL INNOVATION PROMOTION AGENCY
    Inventors: Yukio NAGASAKI, Shinpei KUDO, Yuji HIRAMATSU, Hiroaki SAKAMOTO, Quoc Thang BUI, Binh Long VONG
  • Patent number: 9856549
    Abstract: A cast slab containing C: less than 0.02 mass % and made of an Fe-based metal of an ?-? transforming component is subjected to hot rolling at a temperature of an A3 point or higher and is subjected to ?-region rolling at a temperature of 300° C. or higher and lower than the A3 point, and thereby a base metal sheet having a {100} texture in a surface layer portion is fabricated. Then, by performing a heat treatment under predetermined conditions, an Fe-based metal sheet is obtained in which a Z value is not less than 2.0 nor more than 200 when intensity ratios of respective {001}<470>, {116}<6 12 1>, and {223}<692> directions in a sheet plane by X-ray diffraction are set to A, B, and C respectively and Z=(A+0.97B)/0.98C is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Inaguma, Miho Tomita, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Youji Mizuhara
  • Patent number: 9679687
    Abstract: On at least one surface of a base metal plate (1) of an ?-? transforming Fe or Fe alloy, a metal layer (2) containing ferrite former is formed. Next, the base metal plate (1) and the metal layer (2) are heated to an A3 point of the Fe or the Fe alloy, whereby the ferrite former are diffused into the base metal plate (1) to form an alloy region (1b) in a ferrite phase in which an accumulation degree of {200} planes is 25% or more and an accumulation degree of {222} planes is 40% or less. Next, the base metal plate (1) is heated to a temperature higher than the A3 point of the Fe or the Fe alloy, whereby the accumulation degree of the {200} planes is increased and the accumulation degree of the {222} planes is decreased while the alloy region (11b) is maintained in the ferrite phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Inaguma, Miho Tomita, Youji Mizuhara, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9616411
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high Al-content steel sheet having an excellent workability and a method of production of the same at a low cost by mass production, a high Al-content metal foil and a method of production of the same, and a metal substrate using a high Al-content metal foil, that is, a high Al-content steel sheet having an Al content of 6.5 mass % to 10 mass %, the high Al-content steel sheet characterized by having one or both of a {222} plane integration of an ?-Fe crystal with respect to the surface of the steel sheet of 60% to 95% or a {200} plane integration of 0.01% to 15% and a method of production of the same, a high Al-content metal foil and a method of production of the same, and a metal substrate using a high Al-content metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Inaguma, Takayuki Kobayashi, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9295172
    Abstract: A wire harness protector includes a resin plate. A plurality of excavated portions are recessed into a panel surface of the plate, the excavated portions having a circular shape in plan view and being aligned at intervals in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction orthogonal to the X axis direction. The excavated portions are arrayed in the X axis direction in a straight line shape along the X axis direction and are arrayed in the Y axis direction in a zigzag shape, shifting a phase so as to be positioned between excavated portions neighboring each other in the X axis direction. The excavated portions neighboring each other in the Y axis direction are further arrayed so as to have portions mutually overlapping in the Y axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Nagayasu, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9267194
    Abstract: A cast slab containing C: less than 0.02 mass % and made of an Fe-based metal of an ?-? transforming component is subjected to hot rolling at a temperature of an A3 point or higher and is subjected to ?-region rolling at a temperature of 300° C. or higher and lower than the A3 point, and thereby a base metal sheet having a {100} texture in a surface layer portion is fabricated. Then, by performing a heat treatment under predetermined conditions, an Fe-based metal sheet is obtained in which a Z value is not less than 2.0 nor more than 200 when intensity ratios of respective {001}<470>, {116}<6 12 1>, and {223}<692> directions in a sheet plane by X-ray diffraction are set to A, B, and C respectively and Z =(A+0.97B)/0.98C is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Inaguma, Miho Tomita, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Youji Mizuhara
  • Publication number: 20150217277
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high Al-content steel sheet having an excellent workability and a method of production of the same at a low cost by mass production, a high Al-content metal foil and a method of production of the same, and a metal substrate using a high Al-content metal foil, that is, a high Al-content steel sheet having an Al content of 6.5 mass % to 10 mass %, the high Al-content steel sheet characterized by having one or both of a {222} plane integration of an ?-Fe crystal with respect to the surface of the steel sheet of 60% to 95% or a {200} plane integration of 0.01% to 15% and a method of production of the same, a high Al-content metal foil and a method of production of the same, and a metal substrate using a high Al-content metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Inaguma, Takayuki Kobayashi, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20150197835
    Abstract: A cast slab containing C: less than 0.02 mass % and made of an Fe-based metal of an ?-? transforming component is subjected to hot rolling at a temperature of an A3 point or higher and is subjected to ?-region rolling at a temperature of 300° C. or higher and lower than the A3 point, and thereby a base metal sheet having a {100} texture in a surface layer portion is fabricated. Then, by performing a heat treatment under predetermined conditions, an Fe-based metal sheet is obtained in which a Z value is not less than 2.0 nor more than 200 when intensity ratios of respective {001}<470>, {116}<6 12 1>, and {223}<692> directions in a sheet plane by X-ray diffraction are set to A, B, and C respectively and Z=(A+0.97B)/0.98C is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru INAGUMA, Miho TOMITA, Hiroaki SAKAMOTO, Youji MIZUHARA
  • Publication number: 20150197836
    Abstract: A cast slab containing C: less than 0.02 mass % and made of an Fe-based metal of an ?-? transforming component is subjected to hot rolling at a temperature of an A3 point or higher and is subjected to ?-region rolling at a temperature of 300° C. or higher and lower than the A3 point, and thereby a base metal sheet having a {100} texture in a surface layer portion is fabricated. Then, by performing a heat treatment under predetermined conditions, an Fe-based metal sheet is obtained in which a Z value is not less than 2.0 nor more than 200 when intensity ratios of respective {001}<470>, {116}<6 12 1>, and {223}<692> directions in a sheet plane by X-ray diffraction are set to A, B, and C respectively and Z=(A+0.97B)/0.98C is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru INAGUMA, Miho TOMITA, Hiroaki SAKAMOTO, Youji MIZUHARA
  • Patent number: 9028625
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high Al-content steel sheet having an excellent workability and a method of production of the same at a low cost by mass production, a high Al-content metal foil and a method of production of the same, and a metal substrate using a high Al-content metal foil, that is, a high Al-content steel sheet having an Al content of 6.5 mass % to 10 mass %, the high Al-content steel sheet characterized by having one or both of a {222} plane integration of an ?-Fe crystal with respect to the surface of the steel sheet of 60% to 95% or a {200} plane integration of 0.01% to 15% and a method of production of the same, a high Al-content metal foil and a method of production of the same, and a metal substrate using a high Al-content metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Inaguma, Takayuki Kobayashi, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9011041
    Abstract: A subirrigation system 10 includes a water-impervious member 16, and keeps water content in soil of a cultivated land 200 in a proper state for growing a plant. The water-impervious member 16 is formed into an upper opening vessel shape, and has a water reserving function. Water is fed to an inner portion of the water-impervious member 16 from a water tank 12 via a feed water pipe 14, whereby a soil portion 26 in a gravitational water state is formed. A water level 28 of the gravitational water within the water-impervious member 16 is properly controlled to a desired water level by a water level controller 18 provided in the feed water pipe 14. The gravitational water within the water-impervious member 16 controlled to the desired water level is appropriately sucked up to the soil in an upper layer in accordance with a capillary phenomenon. Accordingly, a soil portion 30 in a capillary water state having proper water content is formed in the cultivated land 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Kubota-C.I. Co., Ltd., Paddy Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ono, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Hirao, Toshinobu Kakita, Yasushi Wada, Yoshihito Fujii, Tsuneo Onodera
  • Publication number: 20150096779
    Abstract: A wire harness protector includes a resin plate. A plurality of excavated portions are recessed into a panel surface of the plate, the excavated portions having a circular shape in plan view and being aligned at intervals in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction orthogonal to the X axis direction. The excavated portions are arrayed in the X axis direction in a straight line shape along the X axis direction and are arrayed in the Y axis direction in a zigzag shape, shifting a phase so as to be positioned between excavated portions neighboring each other in the X axis direction. The excavated portions neighboring each other in the Y axis direction are further arrayed so as to have portions mutually overlapping in the Y axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Nagayasu, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20150041023
    Abstract: On at least one surface of a base metal plate (1) of an ?-? transforming Fe or Fe alloy, a metal layer (2) containing ferrite former is formed. Next, the base metal plate (1) and the metal layer (2) are heated to an A3 point of the Fe or the Fe alloy, whereby the ferrite former are diffused into the base metal plate (1) to form an alloy region (1b) in a ferrite phase in which an accumulation degree of {200} planes is 25% or more and an accumulation degree of {222} planes is 40% or less. Next, the base metal plate (1) is heated to a temperature higher than the A3 point of the Fe or the Fe alloy, whereby the accumulation degree of the {200} planes is increased and the accumulation degree of the {222} planes is decreased while the alloy region (11b) is maintained in the ferrite phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tooru Inaguma, Miho Tomita, Youji Mizuhara, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8911565
    Abstract: On at least one surface of a base metal plate (1) of an ?-? transforming Fe or Fe alloy, a metal layer (2) containing ferrite former is formed. Next, the base metal plate (1) and the metal layer (2) are heated to an A3 point of the Fe or the Fe alloy, whereby the ferrite former are diffused into the base metal plate (1) to form an alloy region (1b) in a ferrite phase in which an accumulation degree of {200} planes is 25% or more and an accumulation degree of {222} planes is 40% or less. Next, the base metal plate (1) is heated to a temperature higher than the A3 point of the Fe or the Fe alloy, whereby the accumulation degree of the {200} planes is increased and the accumulation degree of the {222} planes is decreased while the alloy region (11b) is maintained in the ferrite phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Inaguma, Miho Tomita, Youji Mizuhara, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8707944
    Abstract: A saw wire includes a steel wire (11) having a steel strand (11a) with predetermined composition, an abrasive (13) fixed to the steel wire (11) by a fixing part (12), and an intermetallic compound (15) on an interface between the abrasive (13) and the fixing part (12). Tensile strength of the steel strand (11) is 3500 MPa or more, and the fixing part (12) includes a Sn-based solder containing Zn or Ag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Morita, Toshimi Tarui, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Hirokatsu Yashiro, Makoto Kosaka
  • Patent number: D842179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Hiroaki Andou, Yozo Nakamoto, Hiroaki Sakamoto