Patents by Inventor Hiroki Yamamoto

Hiroki Yamamoto 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: 20210283679
    Abstract: A control device for continuous casting continuously producing a slab by injecting a molten metal from a nozzle to a mold and extracting the molten metal while solidifying the molten metal, includes a molten metal level meter measuring a molten metal level in the mold, a main control unit obtaining an operation amount of a flow rate adjusting mechanism that adjusts a flow rate of a molten metal injected to the mold from the nozzle such that a molten metal level measured by the molten metal level meter follows a molten metal level target value, a flowmeter measuring the flow rate of the molten metal injected to the mold from the nozzle, an input disturbance correction unit obtaining a first correction amount for the operation amount of the flow rate adjusting mechanism obtained by the main control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11091346
    Abstract: A sheet supplying unit 1 supplies sheets S one by one. A knife-type folding unit 5 folds the sheet. A first sensor 28 detects the sheet entering the folding position. A second sensor 30a, 30b detects the sheet passing through the opening. A timer 31 measures a time interval from end of sheet detection by the second sensor to start of sheet detection by the first sensor. A sheet feed interval change unit 33 calculates a reduction amount of the sheet feed interval using the measured values of the timer and changes the sheet feed interval based on the reduction amount each time a predetermined number of the sheets are folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HORIZON INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Shigeru Wakimoto, Hideaki Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20210239926
    Abstract: An object is to provide an optical transceiver in which optical components can be mounted at a high density and heat generated by a heat generating component can be efficiently dissipated. An optical transceiver (11) according to the present invention includes housings (4a) and (4b), a positioning member (8a) configured to position an optical component (7a) inside the housings (4a) and (4b), and a substrate (5) with a heat generating component (6a) mounted thereon, the substrate (5) being housed in the housings (4a) and (4b), in which the positioning member (8a) is configured to determine a position of the optical component (7a) inside the housings (4a) and (4b) and to thermally connect the substrate (5) to the housings (4a) and (4b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210143550
    Abstract: A coil device comprising a coil, and a ferrite core arranged in a hollow portion of the coil, and a resin covering them; the ferrite core being a Ni ferrite core having initial permeability ?i of 450 or more at a frequency of 100 kHz and a temperature of 20° C., and an average crystal grain size of 5-9 ?m, both of temperature-dependent inductance change ratios TLa and TLb and stress-dependent inductance change ratios PLa and PLb being ?0.6% to +0.6%, and both of the sum of TLa and PLa and the sum of TLb and PLb being more than ?1.0% and less than +1.0%; and an antenna comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki TADA, Satoru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210107057
    Abstract: A control method of a continuous casting process is a method that injects molten metal from a surface layer nozzle and an inner layer nozzle into a mold and separates the molten metal of a surface layer and the molten metal of an inner layer, the control method including, using a molten metal level meter that measures a surface layer level and a flowmeter that measures a supply flow rate of the molten metal, estimating a boundary layer level on the basis of a measured value of the surface layer level, a measured value of the supply flow rate of the molten metal, and a calculated value of the supply flow rate of the molten metal, and controlling the supply flow rate of the molten metal of the surface layer nozzle and the supply flow rate of the molten metal of the inner layer nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Hiroshi KITADA
  • Publication number: 20210104944
    Abstract: A linear-motor type transport device for transporting material for an absorbent article includes: a shaft portion that has an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction; a pair of guide portions that is disposed on the shaft portion with a predetermined axial-direction space between the guide portions and that forms an orbital transport path that extends along the circumferential direction; a mobile unit that moves on the transport path along the guide portions while supporting a transport head rotatably about a rotation axis; a cam mechanism that rotates the transport head about the rotation axis through a predetermined angle when the mobile unit is moved on the transport path; and a controller that moves the mobile unit by supplying currents to conductors and generating a propulsive force between one of the conductors and a magnet that is disposed on the mobile unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10903373
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a chip diode with a Zener voltage Vz of 4.0 V to 5.5 V, including a semiconductor substrate having a resistivity of 3 m?·cm to 5 m?·cm and a diffusion layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate and defining a diode junction region with the semiconductor substrate therebetween, in which the diffusion layer has a depth of 0.01 ?m to 0.2 ?m from the surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200396874
    Abstract: A work system includes a mounting system which mounts a component on a board and an unmanned conveyance system having an unmanned conveyance vehicle. The unmanned conveyance system includes a first notifier which notifies the mounting system of an arrival notification indicating that the unmanned conveyance vehicle arrives at a position where separating the feeder carriage from the base starts, and a first processor which causes the unmanned conveyance vehicle to travel in a direction away from the base upon receiving, from the mounting system, a release notification indicating that a connection of the feeder carriage is released. The mounting system includes a second processor which causes the connection mechanism to release the connection of the feeder carriage upon receiving the arrival notification, and a second notifier which notifies the unmanned conveyance system of the release notification upon being informed of completion of the release operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: TETSUSHI OHORI, TAKASHI UCHINO, HIROKI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10867945
    Abstract: A chip part according to the present invention includes a substrate having a penetrating hole, a pair of electrodes formed on a front surface of the substrate and including one electrode overlapping the penetrating hole in a plan view and another electrode facing the one electrode, and an element formed on the front surface side of the substrate and electrically connected to the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200367465
    Abstract: An absorbent sheet for a pet toilet is provided. The pet toilet includes: a sheet accommodating portion that accommodates the absorbent sheet in a space surrounded by a bottom portion and side walls standing from the bottom portion; and an excretion receiving portion that receives excretions above the sheet accommodating portion and guides the excretions to the sheet accommodating portion. The absorbent sheet includes: a topsheet on a top side of the absorbent sheet and that includes fibers; a backsheet on a back side of the absorbent sheet; an absorber between the topsheet and the backsheet; a central region in which the absorber is disposed in plan view; and side regions that extend outside the central region and in which at least the topsheet is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Ayano Okawa, Yasuhiro Sasano, Shinya Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10841456
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to designate an attribute of an image object to be superimposed with an additional object and perform first identification to identify an image object indicating the attribute designated, among image objects included in image data. The circuitry performs second identification to identify an image object that has not yet been superimposed with an additional object, among image objects identified by the first identification, and generates the additional object to be superimposed on the image object identified by the second identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiko Tsuwano, Hiroki Yamamoto, Hideaki Fujiwara, Yoshikazu Itoh
  • Publication number: 20200346887
    Abstract: A paper folding machine comprising folding mechanisms (11, 15, 24) arranged at folding positions (A-C) on a transport path (1), respectively, guides (8, 19, 20, 28, 29) positioning a paper sheet (F) relative to the folding positions by engagement with at least one side edge of the paper sheet, stoppers (12, 15, 25) stopping and positioning the paper sheet at the folding positions by bringing a leading edge of the paper sheet into contact with the stoppers, a fold misalignment detection unit (50) detecting a fold misalignment amount of the paper sheet for each folding position, and a controller (42) controlling positions of the guides and stoppers. The controller calculates, for each folding position, an average fold misalignment amount, and adjusts the position of the guide and/or stopper associated with the corresponding folding position so as to correct fold misalignment corresponding to the average fold misalignment amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Shinya Watanabe, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Shigeru Wakimoto, Hideaki Tabuchi
  • Patent number: 10816965
    Abstract: This manufacturing facility management optimization device: on the basis of an operation condition of a manufacturing facility, creates, in a simulated manner in time series, an operation state which includes a measurement value, product yield, and quantities of raw materials consumed, of the manufacturing facility; detects an anomaly from the created operation state; identifies maintenance which corresponds to the detected anomaly, corrects the operation condition on the basis of the identified maintenance, and creates a plurality of post-correction operation condition candidates; creates, in a simulated manner in time series, a plurality of post-correction operation state candidates on the basis of the plurality of post-correction operation condition candidates; on the basis of the product yield and the quantities of raw materials consumed in the plurality of pre- and post-correction operation state candidates, and a unit price, creates a management index for the operation state and each of the plurality of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Masaaki Mukaide, Yoshinari Hori, Takeshi Terasaki
  • Publication number: 20200332143
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a cellulose fiber-containing composition and a cellulose fiber-containing paint, the particles (aggregates) of which are suppressed in coated products. According to the present invention, provided is a cellulose fiber-containing composition comprising cellulose fibers having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less and water, wherein the image clarity (comb width: 0.125 mm) of a coating film obtained from the following conditions is 55% or more: (Conditions) the cellulose fiber-containing composition, an acrylic resin in an amount of 156 parts by weight based on 1 part by weight of the cellulose fibers, and isocyanate in an amount of 44 parts by weight based on 1 part by weight of the cellulose fibers, are mixed with one another to obtain a coating solution, which is then applied onto a smooth polyethylene terephthalate plate to a thickness of 30 ?m, using an applicator, and immediately after the application of the coating solution, it is dried at 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Oji Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Emi AIZAWA, Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Rina TANAKA, Hayato FUSHIMI, Kazuo YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20200284662
    Abstract: A temperature measuring device includes an electrical temperature measuring instrument configured to measure the temperature of a temperature sensitive section electrically; a heat transfer part formed of an elastomer in which the temperature sensitive section is embedded; and a heat insulation part formed of an elastomer covering a single surface of the heat transfer part. The heat transfer part has a thermal conductivity that is greater than a thermal conductivity of the heat insulation part. A mounting section is formed at the heat insulation part, and is to be mounted at a mounting location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10763016
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a chip component includes forming an element, which includes a plurality of element parts, on a substrate. A plurality of fuses are formed, for disconnectably connecting each of the plurality of element parts to an external connection electrode. The external connection electrode, which is arranged to provide external connection for the element, is formed by electroless plating on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tamagawa, Hiroki Yamamoto, Katsuya Matsuura, Yasuhiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20200243310
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus of the invention includes: a chamber that has an internal space able to be depressurized and is configured such that a processing object is subjected to plasma treatment in the internal space; a first electrode that is disposed in the chamber and on which the processing object is to be mounted; a first power supply that applies a bias voltage of negative potential to the first electrode; a spiral shaped second electrode that is disposed outside the chamber and is disposed so as to face the first electrode with an upper lid of the chamber interposed therebetween; a second electrode that applies a high-frequency voltage to the second electrode. A plate having a shape forming a space and a cover provided to cover the plate are stacked in order and disposed between the first electrode and the processing object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KAGAMI, Takahiro NANBA, Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Shinji KOHARI, Naoki MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10668609
    Abstract: A hand tool includes a trigger manually operated by an operator, a tool body configured to movably support the trigger, a biasing member configured to generate a biasing force for biasing the trigger in a direction opposite to a operation direction of the trigger, and a contacting member operated by a biasing force of the biasing member to act on the trigger or tool body. The biasing member and the contacting member are assembled integrally with the tool body or the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Tohru Uchiyama, Mitsugu Takezaki, Hiroki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10658524
    Abstract: A Schottky barrier diode includes a semiconductor layer having a major surface, a diode region of a first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, a first conductivity type impurity region formed in the surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the diode region, a first electrode layer formed on the major surface of the semiconductor layer and forming a Schottky junction with the diode region, a second electrode layer formed on the major surface of the semiconductor layer and forming an ohmic junction with the first conductivity type impurity region, and a contact electrode layer formed on a peripheral region of the major surface of the semiconductor layer surrounding the first electrode layer so as to be electrically connected to the diode region via the semiconductor layer and being electrically connected to the second electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10640950
    Abstract: An operation device includes a hold portion having a base end and a leading end, and an operation portion attached to the leading end of the hold portion. The operation portion includes a finger rest extending substantially along a direction in which the hold portion extends from the base end to the leading end, and first to third operation switches disposed with the finger rest interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kure, Hiroki Yamamoto, Akane Awazu