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).

  • ASH DISCHARGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190178492
    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: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: 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
  • FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL, FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20190160762
    Abstract: The fiber-reinforced resin intermediate material according to the present invention is formed by attaching a resin powder to an outer surface of a reinforcing fiber substrate formed of reinforcing fibers and heating it to melt the resin powder to the outer surface of the reinforcing fiber substrate so as to have an uneven shape derived from the resin powder and also have an opened void space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akio ONO, Hiroshi ITO, Tsukasa SHIROGANEYA, Takuya NIYAMA, Takuya IWAMOTO, Shigeki INOUE
  • Valve control device and valve system
    Patent number: 10280834
    Abstract: A valve control device includes a drive circuit for supplying a drive signal to an actuator adjusting an opening degree of a valve via a prescribed transmission line, generates a PWM signal on the basis of a target opening degree supplied from the outside and a sensor signal that indicates a real opening degree of the valve, and supplies the PWM signal to the drive circuit. The valve control device includes a disconnection detection unit which detects, on the basis of the PWM signal and a monitor signal of the drive signal, whether the transmission line is disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: KEIHIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Takuya Yahagi, Youichiro Shikine, Tomohide Ichikawa, Kensuke Yamamoto, Akihito Inoue
  • Piezoelectric Element And Liquid Ejecting Head
    Publication number: 20190084306
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer having a perovskite structure including lead, zirconium, and titanium, and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer is provided. In the piezoelectric layer, in a range of 50 nm or smaller from an interface between the piezoelectric layer and the electrode in a thickness direction, a ratio c/a of a lattice spacing a in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and a lattice spacing c in the thickness direction satisfies 0.986?c/a?1.014.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi MOROZUMI, Hiromu MIYAZAWA, Hiroshi KATO, Hiroshi ITO
  • AQUEOUS INK FOR INK JET RECORDING
    Publication number: 20190040272
    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: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • ULTRASONIC SENSOR AS WELL AS PROBE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190029643
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor includes a vibration plate, a first electrode, a piezoelectric body, and a second electrode. The first electrode is laminated on the vibration plate, that has a length along a surface of the vibration plate in a first direction, and that has a width Wbe along the surface of the vibration plate in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The width Wbe is not more than the length. The piezoelectric body is laminated on the first electrode and has a width Wpz in the second direction. The second electrode is laminated on the piezoelectric body. A ratio Wbe/Wpz between the width Wbe of the first electrode and the width Wpz of the piezoelectric body is not less than 0.1 and not more than 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Masayoshi YAMADA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Tomoaki NAKAMURA, Hiroshi ITO, Hiromu MIYAZAWA
  • MULTICOPTER
    Publication number: 20190016449
    Abstract: As one aspect of this multicopter, the multicopter flies on the basis of information from a flight controller and is provided with the following: a main body section; a plurality of propulsion units having rotating rotary wing, the propulsion units being attached to the main body section; motors installed in the main body section or the propulsion units; at least one first detection unit that detects motor information; and a wireless transmission unit that wirelessly transmits, to the outside, the motor information detected by the first detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihisa IMAIZUMI, Hiroshi ITO
  • LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190019932
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base member; an insulating layer stacked in a surface of the base member, the insulating layer having excellent adhesion to a sealing glass; and a light emitting element mounted on the insulating layer, wherein: the insulating layer is formed by directly supplying a material to the surface of the base member; and porosity of the insulating layer is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Seiji Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Ito, Takayoshi Yajima
  • ULTRASOUND MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190008548
    Abstract: An ultrasound medical device includes: a treatment portion configured to treat a living tissue; and a piezoelectric transducer unit provided in the treatment portion and formed by laminating a plurality of piezoelectric elements, which is configured to excite ultrasound vibration, and a plurality of insulating layers and bonding each of the piezoelectric elements and the insulating layers through bonding layers. A thickness of each of the piezoelectric elements, the insulating layers, and a plurality of the bonding layers is set such that nodes of the ultrasound vibration are located other than in the bonding layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi ITO, Shinji YASUNAGA
  • GRIZZLY APPARATUS AND BOTTOM ASH DISCHARGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190009303
    Abstract: A grizzly apparatus includes a plurality of grizzly bars arranged at predetermined intervals in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction which is an extension direction of center axes of the grizzly bars. Each of the plurality of grizzly bars is rotatable in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of its adjacent grizzly bar so that a slit through which a screening target object passes and a gap through which the screening target object does not pass alternately emerge, between adjacent grizzly bars. The guide includes an outer member forming its outer shape, and has at least one guide surface inclined with respect to the second direction in such a way that the guide surface descends as the guide surface advances in the second direction toward the slit to guide the screening target object having fallen onto the guide to the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: 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
  • MOTOR AND PROPULSION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180370642
    Abstract: As one embodiment of this motor, the motor is mounted in a multicopter and is provided with: a rotating section that rotates around a rotation axis that extends in one direction; a stationary section that is attached to a main body section of the multicopter; at least one first detection unit that detects motor information; and an output unit that outputs, to the outside, the motor information detected by the first detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihisa IMAIZUMI, Hiroshi ITO
  • Production method for fiber-reinforced component
    Patent number: 10160166
    Abstract: A production method for a fiber-reinforced component according to the present invention includes: a step 1, in which a melt of a thermoplastic resin is formed in a lower die, a mat-shaped material formed from a reinforcing fiber B is placed on the melt, an upper die for pressing is closed on the lower die and is pressed, and an impregnation treatment is performed, and then, the mat-shaped material impregnated with the resin is cooled and solidified, whereby a main body part formed from a fiber-reinforced resin is molded; and a step 2, in which the upper die for pressing is opened, an upper die for injection molding is closed on the lower die to form an injection molding die, and then, injection molding is performed to form an additional part, whereby a fiber-reinforced component having the additional part combined with the main body part is molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Ono, Takuya Niyama, Hiroshi Ito, Shoso Nishida
  • Water absorbing material and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 10159956
    Abstract: A water absorbing material which can reduce burden on the environment in disposal and can be manufactured at low cost, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The water absorbing material contains paper obtained by separating polyvinyl chloride from vinyl chloride wallpaper as a raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Junji Yoshinaga
  • WATER-BASED INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING AND COLORING MATERIAL LIQUID
    Publication number: 20180346745
    Abstract: A water-based ink composition for ink jet recording and a coloring material liquid, which have a pH of 7.0 or more and 10.0 or less, according to an aspect include a coloring material, a first resin, a surface tension adjusting agent, and water, in which the first resin contains a vinyl monomer having a phenol skeleton as a constituent unit, and the surface tension adjusting agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of 8 or less and a water-soluble organic solvent having a water-octanol partition coefficient of 0.5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • TOILET
    Publication number: 20180344102
    Abstract: A toilet which is capable of suppressing the escape of odor from an upper part of a main body part is disclosed. The toilet is provided with a box-shaped main body part into which urine is excreted, and a shielding member. The main body part has a bottom surface part and a side surface part. The shielding member is provided so as to project from the inner surface of the side surface part toward the inside of the main body part, and blocks odor from the urine from rising.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • TOILET
    Publication number: 20180344103
    Abstract: Provided is a toilet which is capable of preventing the escape of odor from an upper part of a main body part. A toilet is provided with 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 provided 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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • URINE COLLECTION RECEPTACLE AND TOILET
    Publication number: 20180344104
    Abstract: Provided are a urine collection receptacle suitable for treating urine discharged to the exterior of a main body part of a toilet, and a toilet including the urine collection receptacle. A urine collection receptacle has a box shape, and is to be installed in a toilet. The 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. The side surface part is provided with a first opening from which the urine is discharged. A side surface part of the urine collection receptacle is provided with a second opening. The second opening allows the urine discharged from the first opening to flow into the urine collection receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • Separation device and method for manufacturing water absorption material
    Patent number: 10124371
    Abstract: A separation device includes a first shredding unit, a first beating unit, and a first separation unit. The first shredding unit shreds a disposable diaper (processing target) containing a plastic (first material) and a water-absorbent polymer (second material) adhering to the plastic. The first beating unit beats the disposable diaper shredded by the first shredding unit with a first beating member, thereby promoting dissociation of the water-absorbent polymer from the plastic. The first separation unit rotates a first tubular portion in a state in which the disposable diaper beaten by the first beating unit is accommodated therein, thereby separating the water-absorbent polymer passing through first holes from the disposable diaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ito
  • Ultrasonic sensor as well as probe and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10117639
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor includes a vibration plate, a first electrode, a piezoelectric body, and a second electrode. The first electrode is laminated on the vibration plate, that has a length along a surface of the vibration plate in a first direction, and that has a width Wbe along the surface of the vibration plate in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The width Wbe is not more than the length. The piezoelectric body is laminated on the first electrode and has a width Wpz in the second direction. The second electrode is laminated on the piezoelectric body. A ratio Wbe/Wpz between the width Wbe of the first electrode and the width Wpz of the piezoelectric body is not less than 0.1 and not more than 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Matsuda, Tomoaki Nakamura, Hiroshi Ito, Hiromu Miyazawa
  • WATER ABSORPTION TREATMENT MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20180303684
    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: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ITO, Junji YOSHINAGA