Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ito

Hiroshi Ito 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: 20210130595
    Abstract: The present invention provides an innerliner rubber composition having an excellent balance of sheet processability and air retention properties, and a pneumatic tire including the rubber composition. The present invention relates to an innerliner rubber composition, containing a rubber component; a mixture of a fatty acid metal salt and a fatty acid amide; an oil; and a C5 petroleum resin, the rubber component including, based on 100% by mass thereof, at least 70% by mass of a butyl-based rubber, the mixture being present in an amount of 0.8 to 3.2 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the mixture, the oil, and the C5 petroleum resin being present in a combined amount of 6.0 to 16.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ITO, Sakae OKUBO, Kei KOHARA
  • Patent number: 10982974
    Abstract: A magnet has a circular cylinder or circular tube shape and contains magnetic crystal grains, wherein an orientation of magnetization of the magnet is in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the circular cylinder or the circular tube, and directions of axes of easy magnetization of the magnetic crystal grains are isotropic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Mori, Hiroshi Ito, Yoshiaki Okada
  • Patent number: 10973707
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water absorption treatment material that has a structure suitable for obtaining a high level of water disintegrability. A water absorption treatment material is a water absorption treatment material that absorbs a liquid, and includes a granular core portion and a coating layer portion. The granular core portion has a granular shape. The granular core portion contains a first water-absorbent polymer. The coating layer portion covers the granular core portion. The coating layer portion contains a second water-absorbent polymer. The second water-absorbent polymer has a mean particle size smaller than the mean particle size of the first water-absorbent polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Junji Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 10940718
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite that has good initial adhesion and good adhesion after high temperature and high humidity aging. Provided is a composite including: a topping rubber composition having a fatty acid content of 0.8% by mass or less; and an adherend plated with a copper-containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Natsuki Maekawa, Koji Fujisawa, Hiroshi Ito, Ryosuke Harada, Daiko Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20210016773
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control method, and an preceding vehicle following system that allow a following vehicle to run while following behind a preceding vehicle even when a constraint is imposed on the following vehicle. A vehicle control apparatus is configured to be mounted on a preceding vehicle in a preceding vehicle following system that performs follow control by non-mechanically connecting the preceding vehicle and a following vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus is configured to output an instruction for restricting a motion state of the preceding vehicle based on input information regarding a vehicle performance of the following vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki SUGAWARA, Kentaro UENO, Hiroshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20210000201
    Abstract: A mask includes a main body part and a pair of ear straps. The main body part covers a wearer's mouth. The pair of ear straps are provided on both the left and right sides of main body part, and are hooked on the wearer's ears. The main body part has an upper end, a lower end, and an intermediate fixing point. The upper end fixing point is a part where an upper end part of each of the ear straps is fixed. The lower end fixing point is a part where a lower end part of each of the ear straps is fixed. The intermediate fixing point is a part where one location of an intermediate part of each of the ear straps is fixed. With respect to the main body part's vertical direction, the intermediate fixing point is located between the upper end and lower end fixing point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: MUYU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20210000202
    Abstract: A mask includes a main body part, a pair of ear straps, and a support part. The main body part covers a wearer's mouth and has an upper end fixing point where an upper end part of each of the ear straps is fixed, and a lower end fixing point where a lower end part of each of the ear straps is fixed. The pair of ear straps are provided on both the left and right sides of the main body part, and are hooked on the wearer's ears. The support part is provided in the main body part, and supports one location of an intermediate part of each of the ear straps. The support part is located in a top region between the upper end fixing point and an upper end of the main body part, with respect to the vertical direction of the main body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: MUYU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20200398839
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus is configured to be mounted on a first vehicle in a preceding vehicle following system that performs follow control by non-mechanically connecting the first vehicle and a second vehicle. The communication control apparatus is configured to cause radio wave radiation of an antenna of the first vehicle to have directionality toward an antenna of the second vehicle based on input relative position information between the second vehicle and the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi ITO, Kentaro UENO, Hiroki SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 10858526
    Abstract: A water-based ink composition for ink jet recording and a coloring material liquid according to an aspect includes at least one selected from the group consisting of vinylphenol and a vinylphenol derivative, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: 10825664
    Abstract: Provided is a plasma processing apparatus including: a processing chamber; a sample stage placed inside the processing chamber; a processing gas supply unit which supplies processing gas into the processing chamber; a high-frequency power supply which supplies an electric field inside the processing chamber; an electrostatic chuck unit disposed on the sample stage in which openings to flow heat transfer gas are formed; a refrigerant supply unit which supplies a refrigerant inside the sample stage; and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls a heat transfer gas supply unit to control the temperature of a wafer depending on a plurality of processes for processing the wafer by switching a flow rate of the heat transfer gas or the type of the heat transfer gas flowing out of the openings between a concave portion formed in the electrostatic chuck unit and the wafer attracted to the electrostatic chuck unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Watanabe, Yutaka Kouzuma, Takumi Tandou, Kenetsu Yokogawa, Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: 10787585
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for ink jet recording includes a coloring material, a water-dispersible polysiloxane-based defoaming agent, a water-soluble silicone-based surfactant, a glycol-based solvent, and resin particles including a non-ionic reactive surfactant in a constituent unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20200238768
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a carcass 6 extending between bead cores of bead portions via a tread portion 2 and sidewall portions, and a belt layer 7 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and inside of the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 further comprises a damping rubber body 30 arranged between the carcass 6 and the belt layer 7, and a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. A width W1 in a tire axial direction of the damping rubber body 30 is in a range of from 60% to 130% of a width W2 in the tire axial direction of the belt layer 7, and a water absorption rate of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from 10% to 25%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Takuya HORIGUCHI, Masataka HIRO, Takayuki NAGASE, Hiroshi ITO, Fumiya KATO, Subaru TOYA
  • Patent number: 10717065
    Abstract: Provided is a water absorption treatment material and a method for manufacturing the same, according to which a clump can be formed after use without incurring a decrease in water absorptivity. A water absorption treatment material includes a granular core portion and an embedded portion. A recessed portion is formed on the surface of the granular core portion. The embedded portion is provided in the recessed portion of the granular core portion. The embedded portion contains an adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Junji Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 10712000
    Abstract: An ash discharge system has a conveyor device which transports clinker ash out of a region that is below a furnace bottom of a boiler furnace; and a separation device provided at a passage of the clinker ash from the furnace bottom to the conveyor device, the separation device including a separator which permits the clinker ash with a predetermined size or less to pass through the separator, and inhibits a large-mass clinker from passing through the separator, the large-mass clinker being the clinker ash with a size larger than the predetermined size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasutaka Ozeki, Yoshihiko Takemura, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Kei Takakura, Hiroshi Ito, Keiichi Mashio, Hiroshi Aoyagi, Takeshi Kawana, Akira Yamashita, Ryutaro Okada, Keita Tsunemori
  • Patent number: 10700560
    Abstract: A sintered magnet has an arc shape cross-section defined by an outer arc, an inner arc, and a pair of end sides connecting an end point of the outer arc and an end point of the inner arc, and a range of an central angle ? of the inner arc is 145°???180°. The inventors have newly found that a large magnetic flux can be obtained according to the sintered magnet and the characteristics of the motor can be improved, using such a sintered magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Hisanabe, Hiroshi Ito, Yoshiaki Okada
  • Patent number: 10660488
    Abstract: A toilet includes a box-shaped main body part into which urine is excreted. The main body part has a bottom surface part and a side surface part. An opening through which the urine passes is in the side surface part. The bottom surface part is inclined such that the urine excreted into the main body part flows to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20200115647
    Abstract: Grease composition contains (A) a straight-chain perfluoropolyether having a kinematic viscosity of 2-110 mm2/s at 40° C., (B) a branched perfluoropolyether having a kinematic viscosity of 2-100 mm2/s at 40° C., and (C) a fluorocarbon resin powder having a primary particle size of 1 ?m or less, wherein the contained amount of the fluorocarbon resin powder is 25-40 wt % with respect to the weight of the grease composition, and the weight ratio of the straight-chain perfluoropolyether (A) to the branched perfluoropolyether (B) is 15:85 to 70:30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20200114704
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire 1 includes a carcass 6 extending between bead cores of bead portions via a tread portion 2 and sidewall portions, and a belt layer 7 arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of the carcass 6 and inside the tread portion 2. The pneumatic tire 1 has a noise damper 20 arranged on an inner cavity surface of the tread portion 2. Glass transition temperature of the noise damper 20 is in a range of from ?55 degrees Celsius to ?45 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako NAKATANI, Takahiro KAWACHI, Ayuko YAMADA, Keiichi NAKADERA, Hiroshi ITO, Shuichiro ONO, Daiki MUKOUGUCHI, Tatsuhiro TANAKA, Tetsuya MAEKAWA, Subaru TOYA
  • Publication number: 20200103227
    Abstract: A method of estimating an internal state of a thermal component of the invention includes a measurement step of measuring state quantity of the thermal component, an analysis-condition creation step of creating an analysis condition, a data assimilation step of obtaining probability distribution of each temperature distribution and displacement distribution through data assimilation calculation using a contraction model, a measured value, and the analysis condition, a post-processing step of obtaining the internal state of the thermal component, an analysis step of obtaining solution vectors of the temperature distribution and the displacement distribution, and a contraction-model construction step of extracting a subspace characterizing a linear space of a vector set and constructing a contraction model using the subspace, wherein, in the data assimilation step, the probability distribution is calculated using the contraction model, and, in the analysis step and the contraction-model construction step, the c
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • Patent number: 10603009
    Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric film having a first surface in contact with a vibrating film and a second surface on the opposite side to the first surface, first and second electrodes that are provided on the second surface of the piezoelectric film and that are disposed at positions away from each other and are short-circuited to each other at a position away from the piezoelectric film, and a third electrode that is provided between the first and second electrodes on the second surface of the piezoelectric film and is disposed at a position away from the first and second electrodes. At least parts of the contours of end portions of the first and second electrodes are defined in parallel to side portions of the third electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromu Miyazawa, Masayoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Ito, Tomoaki Nakamura, Hiroshi Matsuda, Jiro Tsuruno