Patents by Inventor Hiroki Amano

Hiroki Amano 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: 20240086846
    Abstract: An operation management system manages operations carried out by people in charge of operation regarding a common operation target, including: an operation information database storing operation information related to implementation of the operations; a start notification unit that notifies each person of the start of each operation when the start notification unit detects occurrence of a predetermined trigger event in the operation target; an operation flow construction unit that constructs an operation flow indicating the operation to be carried out by each person in relation to the trigger event, on the basis of the operation information database; an information providing unit that provides, to each person, the operation information with content suitable for the person in charge of operation on the basis of the operation flow; and a progress notification unit that notifies each person of progress of the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Koji AMANO, Kazuma SAWADA, Hiroshi YAMADA, Yudai ZAMA
  • Publication number: 20220395905
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminating-printing system which can further improve the quality of laminated-printed objects. The present invention provides a laminating-printing system including a laminating-printing unit (10) which prints the layers and sequentially laminates the layers; and a concentration adjusting unit (30) which adjusts the concentration of gas components in the shield gas, the laminating-printing unit (10) including: an irradiation section including an irradiation source of energy rays to irradiate the powder material, and a printing section including a chamber filled with the shield gas and a printing stage on which the layers are printed and laminated, and the concentration adjusting unit (30) including: a purification section which removes a first gas component which is an impurity in the shield gas based on the powder material; and a supply section which supplies a second gas component selected based on the powder material inside of the chamber as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAGUCHI, Tomohiro OYAMA, Hiroki AMANO, Ryo AKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20210086263
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a metal printed object, which can reduce the manufacturing time by a simple method without requiring a large-scale modification of the manufacturing apparatus, and the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal printed object in which, in the presence of a shielding gas supplied around a metal powder on a base plate, heat is supplied to the metal powder using energy rays to print a metal layer on the base plate, and the metal layer is subsequentially laminated, wherein when modeling a first metal layer in contact with the base plate, mass per unit volume of the shield gas at a temperature of 25° C. and a pressure of 0.1 MPa is in a range of 1.00×10?4 g/cm3 to 1.3×10?3 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAGUCHI, Toyoyuki SATO, Tomoaki SASAKI, Hiroki AMANO
  • Publication number: 20210060644
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a metal printed object that can reduce the generation of sputters, and the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal printed object in which, in the presence of a shielding gas supplied around metal powder in a chamber, heat is supplied to the metal powder using energy rays to form a metal layer and laminate the metal layer, wherein the mass per unit volume of the shielding gas at a temperature of 25° C. and a pressure of 0.1 MPa is 1.30×10?3 g/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAGUCHI, Toyoyuki SATO, Tomoaki SASAKI, Hiroki AMANO
  • Patent number: 9033206
    Abstract: In order to enable a satisfactory fluxless brazing without needing flux or vacuum facilities, a brazing object including an aluminum alloy material provided with an Al—Si—Mg brazing filler metal is joined by the Al—Si—Mg brazing filler metal without the use of flux by heating the aluminum alloy material, when raising the temperature in a brazing furnace, at least in a temperature range of 450° C. to before melting of the filler metal under a first inert gas atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of preferably 50 ppm and following by heating at least at or above a temperature at which the filler metal starts to melt under a second inert gas atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of preferably 25 ppm and a nitrogen gas concentration of preferably 10% by volume or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Edo, Hideyuki Miyake, Masatoshi Akiyama, Yuji Nomura, Norihiro Nose, Hiroki Amano
  • Publication number: 20150017470
    Abstract: In order to enable a satisfactory fluxless brazing without needing flux or vacuum facilities, a brazing object including an aluminum alloy material provided with an Al—Si—Mg brazing filler metal is joined by the Al—Si—Mg brazing filler metal without the use of flux by heating the aluminum alloy material, when raising the temperature in a brazing furnace, at least in a temperature range of 450° C. to before melting of the filler metal under a first inert gas atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of preferably 50 ppm and following by heating at least at or above a temperature at which the filler metal starts to melt under a second inert gas atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of preferably 25 ppm and a nitrogen gas concentration of preferably 10% by volume or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD., TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Edo, Hideyuki Miyake, Masatoshi Akiyama, Yuji Nomura, Norihiro Nose, Hiroki Amano
  • Patent number: D287843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuo Katoh, Hiroki Amano