Patents by Inventor Hiroki Sano

Hiroki Sano 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: 20240100503
    Abstract: Water-absorbent resin particles have polymer particles; and a polymer disposed on at least a part of a surface of the polymer particle, in which a surface free energy is 14.0 to 33.0 mJ/m2, and a fracture energy of the polymer determined from a stress-strain curve in a tensile test at a tensile rate of 200 mm/min is 2.00×106 J/m3 or more. An absorber contains the water-absorbent resin particles. An absorbent article has the absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki SAWAKI, Kentaro SANO
  • Patent number: 11940057
    Abstract: A valve device includes a flow path formation member provided with at least one flow path hole through which a fluid passes, and a drive part that outputs a rotational force. The valve device includes a shaft, and a rotor having a sliding surface that slides while facing an opening surface of the flow path formation member where the flow path hole is opened, and the rotor is configured to increase or decrease an opening degree of the flow path hole with rotation of the shaft. The valve device includes an energization member that energizes the rotor toward the flow path formation member. The valve device includes a coupling structure configured to tiltably couple the shaft to the rotor such that a contact state between the sliding surface and the opening surface is held regardless of a posture or a position of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syota Kimura, Hiroki Shimada, Akira Higuchi, Takehito Mizunuma, Takuya Hamada, Ryou Sano
  • Publication number: 20240069457
    Abstract: The toner contains binder resin-containing toner particles and silica fine particle S1, wherein the weight-average particle diameter of the toner is 4.0-15.0 ?m, both inclusive, peaks originating with the silica fine particle S1 are observed in 29 Si-NMR measurement of the silica fine particle S1, and, in the spectrum obtained by 29Si CP/MAS NMR or 29Si DD/MAS NMR, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D1 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D2 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, and the peak area of a peak corresponding to the Q unit structure in the silica fine particle S1 satisfy a prescribed relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: RYUJI MURAYAMA, SHIN KITAMURA, TORU TAKAHASHI, DAISUKE TSUJIMOTO, RYUICHIRO MATSUO, HITOSHI SANO, NOBUYUKI FUJITA, SHUJI YAMADA, YUKA GUNJI, TAKAKUNI KOBORI, YOSHIHIRO OGAWA, ATSUHIKO OHMORI, HIROKI KAGAWA, KEISUKE ADACHI, TOMOKO SUGITA
  • Patent number: 11582557
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes an edge formed from an elastomer, and a diaphragm body that is to be joined to the edge. A joint between the edge and the diaphragm body includes a melting portion between the edge and the diaphragm body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Koyanagi, Tetsushi Itano, Kazuaki Nishimura, Makoto Kurozawa, Ryouichi Uemoto, Hiroki Sano
  • Patent number: 11148452
    Abstract: To provide a screen plate that can allow printing accuracy to be improved. A screen plate comprising a plate frame and a screen gauze formed of warp and weft fibers each made of a synthetic fiber, wherein the screen gauze is stretched on the plate frame under application of a predetermined tensile force, and the thickness of the screen gauze stretched on the plate frame is 88% or less based on the thickness of the screen gauze under application of no tensile force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NBC MESHTEC INC.
    Inventors: Shinji Kurahashi, Hiroki Sano, Nobukazu Motojima, Tsuruo Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20210306755
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes an edge formed from an elastomer, and a diaphragm body that is to be joined to the edge. A joint between the edge and the diaphragm body includes a melting portion between the edge and the diaphragm body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KOYANAGI, Tetsushi ITANO, Kazuaki NISHIMURA, Makoto KUROZAWA, Ryouichi UEMOTO, Hiroki SANO
  • Publication number: 20200001642
    Abstract: To provide a screen plate that can allow printing accuracy to be improved. A screen plate comprising a plate frame and a screen gauze formed of warp and weft fibers each made of a synthetic fiber, wherein the screen gauze is stretched on the plate frame under application of a predetermined tensile force, and the thickness of the screen gauze stretched on the plate frame is 88% or less based on the thickness of the screen gauze under application of no tensile force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: NBC MESHTEC INC.
    Inventors: Shinji KURAHASHI, Hiroki SANO, Nobukazu MOTOJIMA, Tsuruo NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10155341
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced plastic joined body is provided, in which a fiber-reinforced molded article (X) containing carbon fibers and a thermoplastic resin and having a joining surface (x), and a thermoplastic resin member (Y) having a joining surface (y) are welded via the joining surfaces (x) and (y) by applying ultrasonic to the molded article (X), and in which: (1) a maximum value of tan ? by viscoelastic measurement of the molded article (X) is less than 70% of a maximum value of tan ? by viscoelastic measurement of the thermoplastic resin contained in the molded article (X) within a range of a glass transition temperature ±100° C. of the thermoplastic resin contained in the molded article (X), (2) at least one of the joining surfaces (x) and (y) has an energy director, and (3) an application surface of the molded article (X) to which ultrasonic sound is applied is smooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Takeru Ohki, Hiroki Sano
  • Patent number: 10053342
    Abstract: Provided is a chain block with which a reduction in size can be achieved while inhibiting a reduction in strength. A chain clock is provided with: a load-sheave hollow shaft which is provided with a load sheave that rotates to feed a load chain, said load-sheave hollow shaft having a hollow core along the axial direction thereof; a drive shaft which is inserted into the hollow core, and which is provided with a flange portion protruding radially outward from one end side to a base side of a separate gear part; and a reduction gear member provided with first reduction gear part which meshes with the gear part. An accommodating recess is provided at the one end side of the hollow core, said accommodating recess having a bottom part which is where the flange part is positioned, and which is in contact with the flange part. An inclined portion, which gradually inclines further towards the gear part side as said inclined portion approaches a center side in the radial direction, is provided to the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KITO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Ishikawa, Hiroki Sano, Kosuke Kosuga
  • Patent number: 9981447
    Abstract: There is provided a fiber-reinforced resin joined body, including: a fiber-reinforced resin shaped product A containing reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, and including at least one a protrusion part with a buckling strength of 80 MPa to 450 MPa; and a member B including at least one through hole, wherein the protrusion part of the fiber-reinforced resin shaped product A is inserted into the through hole of the member B, and a caulked part is provided in a portion of the protrusion part, protruding from the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Sano, Takumi Kato, Takeru Ohki
  • Patent number: 9802799
    Abstract: Provided is a chain block with which wheel cover strength can be improved while inhibiting an increase in cost, without the need for separate reinforcement members. A chain block is provided with a wheel cover which is attached to a frame member, and which covers a hand-chain wheel having a hand chain looped thereover. A plurality of fixation holes for having fixation members inserted therethrough during attachment to the frame member are provided in peripheral edge sections of end-surface sides of the wheel cover, said end-surface sides being disposed facing the frame member. Wrap-around portions are provided to wheel-cover side surfaces which intersect the end surfaces, said wrap-around portions being formed so as to surround, at an angle exceeding 90, the fixation holes in the peripheral direction of the fixation holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: KITO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Ishikawa, Hiroki Sano, Kosuke Kosuga
  • Patent number: 9680142
    Abstract: A polyolefin microporous membrane, the membrane having, when measured by DSC, a degree of crystallinity of from 65 to 85%, a lamellar crystal/crystal ratio of from 30 to 85%, a crystal length of from 5 nm to 50 nm and an amorphous length of from 3 nm to 30 nm, and a polyolefin microporous membrane, the membrane having, when measured by X-ray diffractometry, crystal size of from 12.5 nm to 13.5 nm and a degree of crystallinity of from 64 to 68%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Sano, Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi
  • Publication number: 20170043526
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced plastic joined body is provided, in which a fiber-reinforced molded article (X) containing carbon fibers and a thermoplastic resin and having a joining surface (x), and a thermoplastic resin member (Y) having a joining surface (y) are welded via the joining surfaces (x) and (y) by applying ultrasonic to the molded article (X), and in which: (1) a maximum value of tan ? by viscoelastic measurement of the molded article (X) is less than 70% of a maximum value of tan ? by viscoelastic measurement of the thermoplastic resin contained in the molded article (X) within a range of a glass transition temperature ±100° C. of the thermoplastic resin contained in the molded article (X), (2) at least one of the joining surfaces (x) and (y) has an energy director, and (3) an application surface of the molded article (X) to which ultrasonic sound is applied is smooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Takeru Ohki, Hiroki Sano
  • Patent number: 9556891
    Abstract: There is provided a joined body in which two or more members Yi including a fitting hole are fastened, in which a fastening rod including reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin is positioned in the fitting hole, the fastening rod is caulked by heat, and the members Yi are caulking-fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Toyozumi, Masumi Hirata, Hiroki Sano, Takeru Ohki, Jianwei Shi
  • Patent number: 9527230
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a joint member obtained by joining a carbon fiber composite material containing a thermoplastic resin as a matrix and a metal. The method includes a step (i) of forming an uneven shape having a depth of 0.02 to 0.6 mm on a surface of the metal at a joining portion; a step (ii) of providing a thermoplastic resin layer having a thickness in the range of 5?m or more and 5 mm or less at a joining portion between the surface of the metal and a surface of the composite material; and a step (iii) of melting the thermoplastic resin layer by heating the joining portion to thereby combine the metal and the composite material into one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Masaki Takeuchi, Masumi Hirata, Takumi Kato, Hiroki Sano
  • Patent number: 9481117
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a decorative molded article, in which a surface of a fiber-reinforced resin shaped product including carbon fibers in which some carbon fibers are contained in a form of carbon fiber bundle and a thermoplastic resin, is decorated in the mold, a decorative molded article having excellent surface smoothness and an excellent appearance is provided by controlling a pressure in the mold during cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Sano, Takumi Kato
  • Patent number: 9391309
    Abstract: An example of the present invention is provided with porous sheets 11, 21 each formed by layering a porous base material including a polyolefin and a heat-resistant porous layer including a heat-resistant resin. The porous sheets 11, 21, respectively, are connected at connecting regions 15a and 15b, 25a and 25b, respectively, which have been formed by thermal fusion of the heat-resistant porous layers facing each other by folding the sheets. Furthermore, the porous sheets 11, 21 are additionally connected at a connecting region 27 that has been formed by thermal fusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Hiroki Sano, Takashi Yoshitomi
  • Publication number: 20160096340
    Abstract: There is provided a fiber-reinforced resin joined body, including: a fiber-reinforced resin shaped product A containing reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, and including at least one a protrusion part with a buckling strength of 80 MPa to 450 MPa; and a member B including at least one through hole, wherein the protrusion part of the fiber-reinforced resin shaped product A is inserted into the through hole of the member B, and a caulked part is provided in a portion of the protrusion part, protruding from the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Sano, Takumi Kato, Takeru Ohki
  • Patent number: 9281509
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, the separator including: a polyolefin microporous membrane having a degree of crystallinity of from 60 to 85% and a tie molecular volume fraction of from 0.7 to 1.7%; and a heat resistant porous layer containing a heat resistant resin and provided on one side or both sides of the polyolefin microporous membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Sano, Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi
  • Publication number: 20160061245
    Abstract: There is provided a joined body in which two or more members Yi including a fitting hole are fastened, in which a fastening rod including reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin is positioned in the fitting hole, the fastening rod is caulked by heat, and the members Yi are caulking-fastened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Toyozumi, Masumi Hirata, Hiroki Sano, Takeru Ohki, Jianwei Shi