Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Asada

Hiroshi Asada 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: 11559857
    Abstract: A laser cut-and-machined product made from a plated steel plate. A cut face of the plated steel plate is coated with plating-layer-containing metal of a top surface of the plated steel plate that is melted and/or evaporated at the time of laser cutting and machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: AMADA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Hara, Masahito Ito, Masanori Uehara, Hiroshi Asada, Hirokazu Sasaki, Hiroshi Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20220388513
    Abstract: A vehicle body speed estimation method applied to a four-wheel drive vehicle includes: acquiring an estimated vehicle body speed based on wheel speeds or a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; determining whether an operation condition that includes at least a condition that the estimated vehicle body speed is higher than an operation determination speed is satisfied; performing torque limitation to reduce a torque of a portion of wheels of the vehicle when the operation condition is satisfied; determining whether a stop condition that includes a condition that the estimated vehicle body speed is lower than or equal to a stop determination speed or a condition that a duration of a state where a wheel acceleration of the portion of the wheels is higher than zero is longer than or equal to a set period of time; and stopping the torque limitation when the stop condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHAKABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Asada
  • Publication number: 20200346306
    Abstract: A laser cut-and-machined product made from a plated steel plate. A cut face of the plated steel plate is coated with plating-layer-containing metal of a top surface of the plated steel plate that is melted and/or evaporated at the time of laser cutting and machining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicants: AMADA CO., LTD., NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo HARA, Masahito ITO, Masanori UEHARA, Hiroshi ASADA, Hirokazu SASAKI, Hiroshi HORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10759005
    Abstract: A laser cutting and machining method for plated steel plated, when irradiating a laser beam LB on to the upper surface of a plated steel plate W and laser cutting and machining same: a plating layer-containing metal that has been melted and/or evaporated by the irradiation of the laser beam LB is caused to flow on to a cut surface of the plated steel plate W as a result of assist gas that is jetted towards a laser machining units; and the plating layer-containing metal is coated on the cut surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD., NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Hara, Masahito Ito, Masanori Uehara, Hiroshi Asada, Hirokazu Sasaki, Hiroshi Horikawa
  • Patent number: 10603746
    Abstract: A laser-welded shape section steel includes a web member and a flange member each made of a steel plate, the steel plate having an equivalent carbon content Ceql of not less than 0.075 and not more than 0.15, the equivalent carbon content Ceql being represented by the following formula: Ceql=C+(Si/50)+(Mn/25)+(P/2)+(Cr/25)+Ti, where a welded part, which is a joint part in which the web member and the flange member are joined, has a hardness of not less than 1.2 times and not more than 4 times as hard as that of the steel plate, and the welded part a protrusion length of not greater than 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL NISSHIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Ienari, Yasuhiro Sakurada, Hiroshi Asada
  • Patent number: 10603733
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a TIG-welded stainless steel tube without adding H2 to a shielding gas, while inhibiting generation of a weld defect. The method is a method for producing a TIG-welded stainless steel tube and includes the steps of bending a stainless steel strip in a width direction so as to butt both edges against each other and TIG-welding the both edges thus butted. A pulse waveform of a pulse frequency of 40 Hz to 300 Hz is used as a current waveform of a welding power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takefumi Nakako, Tomokazu Nobutoki, Hiroshi Asada
  • Patent number: 10583527
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device includes: a plate conveying device configured to convey a web member and two flange members in a conveyance direction; and a laser welding device configured to laser-weld butt portions of ends of the web member butting against the two flange members for weld-bonding, wherein the plate conveying device includes a web member holding device having surface side rollers arranged at intervals in the conveyance direction in a position not to block laser irradiation from the laser welding device toward welding points, and wherein the web member is held with the surface side rollers over a predetermined range in the conveyance direction, and wherein side ends of the surface side rollers facing the two flange members are positioned along boundaries of areas having spatters dispersed from the welding points in a degree exceeding a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL NISSHIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakurada, Tooru Ienari, Hiroshi Asada
  • Publication number: 20190184492
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device includes: a plate conveying device configured to convey a web member and two flange members in a conveyance direction; and a laser welding device configured to laser-weld butt portions of ends of the web member butting against the two flange members for weld-bonding, wherein the plate conveying device includes a web member holding device having surface side rollers arranged at intervals in the conveyance direction in a position not to block laser irradiation from the laser welding device toward welding points, and wherein the web member is held with the surface side rollers over a predetermined range in the conveyance direction, and wherein side ends of the surface side rollers facing the two flange members are positioned along boundaries of areas having spatters dispersed from the welding points in a degree exceeding a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SAKURADA, Tooru IENARI, Hiroshi ASADA
  • Publication number: 20190176270
    Abstract: A laser cutting and machining method for plated steel plated, when irradiating a laser beam LB on to the upper surface of a plated steel plate W and laser cutting and machining same: a plating layer-containing metal that has been melted and/or evaporated by the irradiation of the laser beam LB is caused to flow on to a cut surface of the plated steel plate W as a result of assist gas that is jetted towards a laser machining units; and the plating layer-containing metal is coated on the cut surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD., NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo HARA, Masahito ITO, Masanori UEHARA, Hiroshi ASADA, Hirokazu SASAKI, Hiroshi HORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10293438
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device for weld-connecting a butt portion of a web member having an end butting perpendicularly against a flange member and thereafter correcting in shape the flange member subjected to thermal deformation caused by heat input during welding, the device includes: a corrective device including flange-member correcting rollers arranged for respective ends of the flange member, each configured to press each end on a web-member side of the flange member so as to correct the thermal deformation over a range of the flange member from each end thereof to the butt portion thereof against the web member, and web-member supporting rollers configured to support a web surface of the web member, wherein the flange-member correcting rollers arranged for the respective ends of the flange member apply independent pressures to the respective ends so as to correct the thermal deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Asada, Yasuhiro Sakurada, Tooru Ienari
  • Publication number: 20190134731
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a TIG-welded stainless steel tube without adding H2 to a shielding gas, while inhibiting generation of a weld defect. The method is a method for producing a TIG-welded stainless steel tube and includes the steps of bending a stainless steel strip in a width direction so as to butt both edges against each other and TIG-welding the both edges thus butted. A pulse waveform of a pulse frequency of 40 Hz to 300 Hz is used as a current waveform of a welding power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Takefumi Nakako, Tomokazu Nobutoki, Hiroshi Asada
  • Publication number: 20190084086
    Abstract: A laser-welded shape section steel includes a web member and a flange member each made of a steel plate, the steel plate having an equivalent carbon content Ceql of not less than 0.075 and not more than 0.15, the equivalent carbon content Ceql being represented by the following formula: Ceql=C+(Si/50)+(Mn/25)+(P/2)+(Cr/25)+Ti, where a welded part, which is a joint part in which the web member and the flange member are joined, has a hardness of not less than 1.2 times and not more than 4 times as hard as that of the steel plate, and the welded part a protrusion length of not greater than 1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Ienari, Yasuhiro Sakurada, Hiroshi Asada
  • Patent number: 10160610
    Abstract: Provided is a stacking device that stacks shaped steel with small-scale equipment using a transporting means with a simple structure. This shaped steel stacking device comprises: a stacking platform on which stacked shaped steel is loaded; a transporting platform that has a plurality of loading faces on which the shaped steel to be transported to the stacking platform is loaded; and a pushing means that pushes the shaped steel loaded on the transporting platform out toward the stacking platform. The transporting platform comprises a first loading face having a flat portion and a second loading face having a flat portion and an inclined portion. The inclined portion is formed on a side facing the stacking platform, and the first and second loading faces can be selected according to the order the shaped steel is pushed out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakurada, Hiroshi Asada, Tooru Ienari, Katsuyasu Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10144091
    Abstract: A welded portion shape of a cross-section perpendicular to the shaped steel longitudinal direction is set to satisfy a>0 mm, b>0 mm, c?0.14 Tw, d?0 mm, e?0 mm, a+d?2 mm and b+e?2 mm; where a is a front melting width of the web material (on the laser beam irradiation side), b is a rear melting width of the web material (on the laser beam non-irradiation side), c is a maximum weld penetration depth, in a plate pressure direction, into the flange material, d is a front melting width of the flange material (on the laser beam irradiation side), e is a rear melting width of the flange material (on the laser beam non-irradiation side), and Tw is the plate thickness of the web material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakurada, Takefumi Nakako, Hiroshi Asada
  • Patent number: 10067724
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a print job addition notification reception controller that receives from outside a print job addition notification that indicates a print job is added to a server, a print job reception controller that acquires the print job from the server, a print controller that performs printing based on the print job acquired from the server, and a service state controller that sets a service state to be any one of a service enabled state, in which the print job addition notification is received and the print job is acquired from the server, and a service stopped state, in which the print job addition notification is not received and the print job is acquired from the server based on an operation of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Asada
  • Publication number: 20180015570
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device for weld-connecting a butt portion of a web member having an end butting perpendicularly against a flange member and thereafter correcting in shape the flange member subjected to thermal deformation caused by heat input during welding, the device includes: a corrective device including flange-member correcting rollers arranged for respective ends of the flange member, each configured to press each end on a web-member side of the flange member so as to correct the thermal deformation over a range of the flange member from each end thereof to the butt portion thereof against the web member, and web-member supporting rollers configured to support a web surface of the web member, wherein the flange-member correcting rollers arranged for the respective ends of the flange member apply independent pressures to the respective ends so as to correct the thermal deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ASADA, Yasuhiro SAKURADA, Tooru IENARI
  • Publication number: 20180002117
    Abstract: Provided is a stacking device that stacks shaped steel with small-scale equipment using a transporting means with a simple structure. This shaped steel stacking device comprises: a stacking platform on which stacked shaped steel is loaded, a transporting platform that has a plurality of loading faces on which the shaped steel to be transported to the stacking platform is loaded: and a pushing means that pushes the shaped steel loaded on the transporting platform out toward the slacking platform. The transporting platform comprises a first loading face having a flat portion and a second loading face having a flat portion and an inclined portion. The inclined portion is formed on a side facing the stacking platform, and the first and second loading faces can he selected according to the order the shaped steel is pushed out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SAKURADA, Hiroshi ASADA, Tooru IENARI, Katsuyasu MATSUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160250716
    Abstract: A welded shaped steel manufacturing device includes: a plate conveying device configured to convey a web member and two flange members in a conveyance direction; and a laser welding device configured to laser-weld butt portions of ends of the web member butting against the two flange members for weld-bonding, wherein the plate conveying device includes a web member holding device having surface side rollers arranged at intervals in the conveyance direction in a position not to block laser irradiation from the laser welding device toward welding points, and wherein the web member is held with the surface side rollers over a predetermined range in the conveyance direction, and wherein side ends of the surface side rollers facing the two flange members are positioned along boundaries of areas having spatters dispersed from the welding points in a degree exceeding a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SAKURADA, Tooru IENARI, Hiroshi ASADA
  • Publication number: 20150273630
    Abstract: A welded portion shape of a cross-section perpendicular to the shaped steel longitudinal direction is set to satisfy a>0 mm, b>0 mm, c?0.14Tw, d?0 mm, e?0 mm, a+d?2 mm and b+e?2 mm; where a is a front melting width of the web material (on the laser beam irradiation side), b is a rear melting width of the web material (on the laser beam non-irradiation side), c is a maximum weld penetration depth, in a plate pressure direction, into the flange material, d is a front melting width of the flange material (on the laser beam irradiation side), e is a rear melting width of the flange material (on the laser beam non-irradiation side), and Tw is the plate thickness of the web material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakurada, Takefumi Nakako, Hiroshi Asada
  • Patent number: D825783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventors: Tooru Ienari, Yasuhiro Sakurada, Hiroshi Asada