Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Nose

Hiroyuki Nose 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: 9255899
    Abstract: A method of non-destructive inspection of a subject body including an element is comprised of irradiating the subject body with a neutron ray through a first measurement point and a second measurement point; measuring an elapsed time after a first time point when a resonant neutron specific to the element passes through the first measurement point and before a second time point when a prompt gamma ray made emitted by the resonant neutron from the subject body is detected at the second measurement point; and determining a location of the element in the subject body by the first measurement point, the second measurement point, a relative position toward a surface of the subject body, and the elapsed time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Hajime Kuwabara, Tetsuya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9175627
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus for controlling an amount of fuel injection into a fuel injection port of an intake passage in an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection control apparatus including an exhaust air-fuel ratio sensor configured to detect an exhaust air-fuel ratio, an exhaust temperature sensor configured to detect an exhaust temperature, an intake air flow meter configured to detect an intake air amount in the intake passage, and a controller configured to estimate a wall flow amount of the fuel injection port based on the fuel injection amount, the exhaust air-fuel ratio, and the intake air amount, estimate a catalyst bed temperature of a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage based on the exhaust air-fuel ratio and the exhaust temperature and to correct the estimated catalyst bed temperature in accordance with the wall flow amount, and control the fuel injection amount based on the catalyst bed temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Satoshi Nishii, Manabu Okamura
  • Patent number: 9103378
    Abstract: A bearing (X) inside which a lubricant is able to be sealed is provided with: a rotary motion body (X2) that moves when a rotation drive force is applied; and a rotation angle indicator (X6) that is provided on the rotary motion body (X2) and that is moved, in conjunction with the movement of the rotary motion body (X2), to a position that corresponds to the rotation angle of the rotary motion body (X2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehisa Takano, Hiroyuki Nose, Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 9074987
    Abstract: The direction of the main axis of a bearing is adjusted by turning a supporting base (12a) that is supporting the bearing, and by then receiving a neutron beam that has been transmitted through the bearing from the direction of the main axis thereof, and converting it into an electromagnetic wave, and by then forming images using the received electromagnetic wave, lubricant distribution data that shows the distribution of a lubricant inside the bearing is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehisa Takano, Hiroyuki Nose, Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 8680477
    Abstract: A method of non-destructive inspection of a subject body including one or more elements comprises irradiating the subject body with a neutron ray along an axis line passing through a reference point; synchronously detecting gamma rays from directions inclined at equal angles to the axis line at a plurality of measurement points disposed to have equivalent intervals radially from the axis line, respectively; measuring the detected gamma rays in a plurality of energy ranges; determining whether measured values in the respective energy ranges are beyond thresholds; determining energy ranges where all the measured values are beyond the thresholds; analyzing a type of an element from the determined energy ranges; and detecting a location of the analyzed type of the element in the subject body on the basis of the reference point, the respective measurement points, a relative position relative to a surface of the subject body, and the directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Hajime Kuwabara, Tetsuya Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130343633
    Abstract: A bearing (X) inside which a lubricant is able to be sealed is provided with: a rotary motion body (X2) that moves when a rotation drive force is applied; and a rotation angle indicator (X6) that is provided on the rotary motion body (X2) and that is moved, in conjunction with the movement of the rotary motion body (X2), to a position that corresponds to the rotation angle of the rotary motion body (X2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Takehisa Takano, Hiroyuki Nose, Akira Ito
  • Publication number: 20130342685
    Abstract: In this lubricant distribution acquisition device (1), neutron beams that have been transmitted through a bearing (X) are converted into electromagnetic waves, and, by using the received electromagnetic waves to form images based on rotation angle signals that are output from an encoder (5) and show a rotation angle of the bearing, lubrication distribution data that shows the distribution of a lubricant inside the bearing is acquired. As a result, it is possible to make the pitch of the rotation angle uniform in each set of imaging data, and to thereby accurately ascertain the behavior of the lubricant inside the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Koh-ichi Mochiki, Hiroyuki Nose, Akira Ito, Takehisa Takano
  • Publication number: 20130341524
    Abstract: The direction of the main axis of a bearing is adjusted by turning a supporting base (12a) that is supporting the bearing, and by then receiving a neutron beam that has been transmitted through the bearing from the direction of the main axis thereof, and converting it into an electromagnetic wave, and by then forming images using the received electromagnetic wave, lubricant distribution data that shows the distribution of a lubricant inside the bearing is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Takehisa Takano, Hiroyuki Nose, Akira Ito
  • Publication number: 20130334435
    Abstract: In this lubricant distribution acquisition device (1), neutron beams (L1) that have been transmitted through a bearing (X) from the direction of the main axis thereof or from an oblique direction relative to the main axis thereof are converted into electromagnetic waves, and, by forming images using the received electromagnetic waves, lubricant distribution data that shows the distribution of a lubricant inside the bearing is acquired. As a result, it is possible to ascertain in detail the behavior of the lubricant inside the bearing without dismantling the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Koh-ichi Mochiki, Hiroyuki Nose, Akira Ito, Takehisa Takano
  • Patent number: 8345824
    Abstract: An X-ray waveform is generated by validating detection data corresponding to when an X-ray (4) is generated at a collision point (9) among X-ray detection data and invalidating other data. For example, when laser light (3) is pulse laser light and an electron beam (1) is a continuous electron beam or a pulse-like electron beam having a pulse width equal to or greater than that of the pulse laser light, the X-ray waveform is generated by detecting the laser light (3) and multiplying the X-ray detection data by laser light detection data after making time axes coincident with respect to the collision point (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Daisuke Ishida, Namio Kaneko, Yasuo Sakai, Mitsuru Uesaka, Fumito Sakamoto, Katsuhiro Dobashi
  • Publication number: 20120298085
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus for controlling an amount of fuel injection into a fuel injection port of an intake passage in an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection control apparatus including an exhaust air-fuel ratio sensor configured to detect an exhaust air-fuel ratio, an exhaust temperature sensor configured to detect an exhaust temperature, an intake air flow meter configured to detect an intake air amount in the intake passage, and a controller configured to estimate a wall flow amount of the fuel injection port based on the fuel injection amount, the exhaust air-fuel ratio, and the intake air amount, estimate a catalyst bed temperature of a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage based on the exhaust air-fuel ratio and the exhaust temperature and to correct the estimated catalyst bed temperature in accordance with the wall flow amount, and control the fuel injection amount based on the catalyst bed temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NOSE, Satoshi NISHII, Manabu OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20120199746
    Abstract: A method of non-destructive inspection of a subject body including an element is comprised of irradiating the subject body with a neutron ray through a first measurement point and a second measurement point; measuring an elapsed time after a first time point when a resonant neutron specific to the element passes through the first measurement point and before a second time point when a prompt gamma ray made emitted by the resonant neutron from the subject body is detected at the second measurement point; and determining a location of the element in the subject body by the first measurement point, the second measurement point, a relative position toward a surface of the subject body, and the elapsed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Hajime Kuwabara, Tetsuya Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120199754
    Abstract: A method of non-destructive inspection of a subject body including one or more elements comprises irradiating the subject body with a neutron ray along an axis line passing through a reference point; synchronously detecting gamma rays from directions inclined at equal angles to the axis line at a plurality of measurement points disposed to have equivalent intervals radially from the axis line, respectively; measuring the detected gamma rays in a plurality of energy ranges; determining whether measured values in the respective energy ranges are beyond thresholds; determining energy ranges where all the measured values are beyond the thresholds; analyzing a type of an element from the determined energy ranges; and detecting a location of the analyzed type of the element in the subject body on the basis of the reference point, the respective measurement points, a relative position relative to a surface of the subject body, and the directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Hajime Kuwabara, Tetsuya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8138678
    Abstract: A charged particle beam decelerating device includes a high-frequency cavity 34 provided on an orbit of a charged particle beam 1, and a phase synchronizing device 40 for synchronizing the charged particle beam 1 in the high-frequency cavity with a phase of a high-frequency electric field 4. By moving the high-frequency cavity 34 or changing an orbit length of the charged particle beam 1, the charged particle beam in the high-frequency cavity is synchronized with a phase of the high-frequency electric field 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Daisuke Ishida, Hiroyuki Nose, Namio Kaneko, Yasuo Sakai, Masashi Yamamoto, Mitsuru Uesaka, Katsuhiro Dobashi, Fumito Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8102968
    Abstract: A high brightness X-ray generator and a high brightness X-ray generating method are provided which are able to promote an increase in X-ray brightness (i.e., an increase in an X-ray output) while suppressing an excessive increase in the cost of optical elements such as a laser unit, a mirror, and a lens. A high brightness X-ray generator generates an X-ray by inverse Compton scattering by colliding an electron beam with pulse laser light. There are provided a plurality of pulse laser units (32A, 32B) which emits a plurality of pulse laser lights (3a, 3b ) in predetermined periods, an optical-path matching unit (34) which matches optical paths of the plurality of pulse laser lights, and a timing control unit (40) which controls timings of the optical-path matching unit and the pulse laser units, wherein the plurality of pulse laser lights is emitted from the same optical path at different timings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Daisuke Ishida, Namio Kaneko, Yasuo Sakai, Mitsuru Uesaka, Fumito Sakamoto, Katsuhiro Dobashi
  • Publication number: 20110311737
    Abstract: A vapor deposition apparatus for a minute-structure includes a surface acoustic wave device 10 that has at least a pair of electrodes 12 and 13 arranged at an interval on a surface of a piezoelectric body 11, a vacuum vapor deposition device 20 that vacuum-deposits at least two substances A and B on a surface of the surface acoustic wave device, and a high-frequency application device 30 that applies a high-frequency voltage between the electrodes of the surface acoustic wave device. In the state where a standing wave of surface acoustic waves is generated on the surface of the surface acoustic wave device by applying the high-frequency voltage, a plurality of thin film layers are formed, and a minute-structure is vapor-deposited at a specific position of the standing wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukichi Shigeta, Kunihiko Aoyagi, Hiroyuki Nose
  • Patent number: 8000448
    Abstract: An electron beam detection device (34) is arranged on an electron beam passing path so that a beam delay time tB from a passing moment of an electron beam (1) to a moment when the beam reaches a predicted collision point (9a) is longer than a laser delay time tL from a moment when a command for generating laser light (3) is issued to the moment when the laser light reaches the predicted collision point (9a) by at least a predetermined delay time ?t. The device (34) may detect passing therethrough without affecting the electron beam and output a laser light generation command from a laser light command delay circuit (36) when the predetermined delay time ?t (=tB?tL) has elapsed after the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Daisuke Ishida, Namio Kaneko, Yasuo Sakai, Mitsuru Uesaka, Fumito Sakamoto, Katsuhiro Dobashi
  • Publication number: 20110026679
    Abstract: An X-ray waveform is generated by validating detection data corresponding to when an X-ray (4) is generated at a collision point (9) among X-ray detection data and invalidating other data. For example, when laser light (3) is pulse laser light and an electron beam (1) is a continuous electron beam or a pulse-like electron beam having a pulse width equal to or greater than that of the pulse laser light, the X-ray waveform is generated by detecting the laser light (3) and multiplying the X-ray detection data by laser light detection data after making time axes coincident with respect to the collision point (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: IHI CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Daisuke Ishida, Namio Kaneko, Yasuo Sakai, Mitsuru Uesaka, Fumito Sakamoto, Katsuhiro Dobashi
  • Publication number: 20110013749
    Abstract: A high brightness X-ray generator and a high brightness X-ray generating method are provided which are able to promote an increase in X-ray brightness (i.e., an increase in an X-ray output) while suppressing an excessive increase in the cost of optical elements such as a laser unit, a mirror, and a lens. A high brightness X-ray generator generates an X-ray by inverse Compton scattering by colliding an electron beam with pulse laser light. There are provided a plurality of pulse laser units (32A, 32B) which emits a plurality of pulse laser lights (3a, 3b) in predetermined periods, an optical-path matching unit (34) which matches optical paths of the plurality of pulse laser lights, and a timing control unit (40) which controls timings of the optical-path matching unit and the pulse laser units, wherein the plurality of pulse laser lights is emitted from the same optical path at different timings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicants: IHI CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Daisuke Ishida, Namio Kaneko, Yasuo Sakai, Mitsuru Uesaka, Fumito Sakamoto, Katsuhiro Dobashi
  • Publication number: 20110007875
    Abstract: An electron beam detection device (34) is arranged on an electron beam passing path so that a beam delay time tB from a passing moment of an electron beam (1) to a moment when the beam reaches a predicted collision point (9a) is longer than a laser delay time tL from a moment when a command for generating laser light (3) is issued to the moment when the laser light reaches the predicted collision point (9a) by at least a predetermined delay time ?t. The device (34) may detect passing therethrough without affecting the electron beam and output a laser light generation command from a laser light command delay circuit (36) when the predetermined delay time ?t (=tB?tL) has elapsed after the detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicants: IHI CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nose, Daisuke Ishida, Namio Kaneko, Yasuo Sakai, Mitsuru Uesaka, Fumito Sakamoto, Katsuhiro Dobashi