Patents by Inventor Ichiro Kataoka
Ichiro Kataoka 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).
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Patent number: 12104219Abstract: Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties and excellent in adhesion of a primary coating to the steel sheet is provided. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is provided with a base steel sheet having a chemical composition containing C: 0.005% or less, Si: 2.5 to 4.5%, Mn: 0.050 to 1.000%, a total of S and Se: 0.005% or less, sol. Al: 0.005% or less, and N: 0.005% or less and having a balance of Fe and impurities and a primary coating having Mg2 SiO4 as a main constituent formed on a surface of the base steel sheet. A peak position of Al emission intensity obtained when conducting elemental analysis by glow discharge spectrometry from a surface of the primary coating in a thickness direction is present in a range of 2.0 to 12.0 ?m from a surface of the primary coating to the thickness direction. A sum of perimeters of the Al oxides at the peak position of Al emission intensity is 0.20 to 1.00 ?m/?m2, and a number density of Al oxides is 0.02 to 0.20/?m2.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ichiro Tanaka, Ryutaro Yamagata, Nobusato Morishige, Takashi Kataoka, Masaru Takahashi
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Patent number: 12091722Abstract: Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and its method of manufacture are provided. The method includes a process of heating to 1280° C. or more and hot rolling a slab containing, by mass %, Bi and a predetermined composition of constituents and having a balance of Fe and impurities to obtain hot rolled steel sheet. After hot rolling annealing, the hot rolled steel sheet is cold rolled one time or more with process annealing performed interposed so as to obtain cold rolled steel sheet, followed by a process of rapidly heating then decarburization annealing the steel sheet, a process of coating the surface of the cold rolled steel sheet after decarburization annealing with an annealing separator comprising sulfates or sulfides and having MgO as its main constituent, then performing finish annealing, a process of performing strictly controlled finish annealing, and a process of coating an insulating coating, then performing flattening annealing.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Nobusato Morishige, Ryutaro Yamagata, Ichiro Tanaka, Takashi Kataoka, Haruhiko Atsumi, Yoshihiro Suwa, Kazumi Mizukami
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Publication number: 20240126932Abstract: A design support device for performing a check of a defect suppresses defects such as rework in product design and manufacturing and appropriately proposing a criterion, which is an item to be checked in accordance with the actual situation. The design support device includes a memory that stores past subject information for a product designed in the past, thereby storing a correspondence table in which criteria indicating check items are associated, an input unit that receives input of new subject information of a product of a new subject to be checked, a priority calculation unit that calculates a priority of the criterion indicating the check item for the product of the new subject corresponding to the input new subject information, using the correspondence table, and an output unit that outputs the calculated criterion on the screen according to the priority.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventor: Ichiro KATAOKA
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Publication number: 20240086592Abstract: A design assistance device (10) comprises: a determination rule definition unit (102) that defines a determination rule for determining whether a CAD model (103) violates a design guideline (101); a geometric shape recognition unit (105) that extracts, from the CAD model (103), a violation location violating the design guidelines (101), by using geometric shape recognition based on the determination rule defined by the determination rule definition unit (102); and a feature amount recognition unit (108) that identifies, from among violation locations, a violation location violating the design guidelines (101), by using feature amount recognition based on a prescribed feature amount of the violation location extracted by the geometric shape recognition unit (105).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Erika KATAYAMA, Ichiro KATAOKA, Makoto ONODERA
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Patent number: 11238192Abstract: A design support apparatus that outputs a plurality of pairs of output parameters for a pair of input parameters is provided. The apparatus includes: an analysis controlling unit that generates a sampling point in design space based on an input parameter, performs calculation in accordance with the sampling point, and acquires a calculation result as an output parameter; a machine learning unit that performs machine learning on a relationship between the input and output parameters; a design plan generating unit that calculates a design plan corresponding to information learned by the machine learning unit; a visualizing unit that visualizes the design space, and displays the calculation result and the design plan in the visualized design space; a design region unit that specifies a region in a vicinity of the design plan in the visualized design space; and an output unit that outputs the calculation result contained in the region.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Norihiko Nonaka, Ichiro Kataoka
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Publication number: 20210232740Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a design plan generation device that is capable of obtaining information such as a configuration and performance of a mechanical structure with respect to a design specification of nonsimilar input data, and reliability of a prediction result, shortening a design period, and generating a design plan having high reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Norihiko NONAKA, Ichiro KATAOKA
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Publication number: 20190362038Abstract: A design support apparatus that outputs a plurality of pairs of output parameters for a pair of input parameters is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Norihiko NONAKA, Ichiro KATAOKA
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Patent number: 10115691Abstract: A module, comprising an electronic component having a first electrode, a mounting board having a second electrode, a solder-bump configured to connect the first electrode and the second electrode, and a thermoplastic resin member configured to contact both the first electrode and the second electrode and cover the solder-bump, so as to form a space between the electronic component and the mounting board.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ichiro Kataoka, Takahiro Hachisu, Tadashi Kosaka
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Patent number: 10032375Abstract: The invention is to specify a poor visibility portion by using only a sensor standardly mounted on a connected car without any special measurement device or equipment and provide information thereon to a driver or an automatic driving device.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Muto, Ichiro Kataoka, Takashi Okada, Toshiharu Sugawara, Atsushi Katou, Katsuhiro Samizo
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Patent number: 9866653Abstract: The present invention is a data transfer system that can transfer, with respect to simulation result data, physical quantities necessary for a user, further perform area division based on characteristics of physical quantities, designate an allowable range of a compression error according to a purpose for each of divided areas, compress the data on the basis of the designated error range, transfer the data, and further display an error of each of the divided areas for each of the physical quantities on a receiver/client side.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yixiang Feng, Masayuki Hariya, Ichiro Kataoka, Makoto Onodera
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Publication number: 20170330852Abstract: A module, comprising an electronic component having a first electrode, a mounting board having a second electrode, a solder-bump configured to connect the first electrode and the second electrode, and a thermoplastic resin member configured to contact both the first electrode and the second electrode and cover the solder-bump, so as to form a space between the electronic component and the mounting board.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Ichiro Kataoka, Takahiro Hachisu, Tadashi Kosaka
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Patent number: 9815133Abstract: A method includes applying solder pastes separately to first and second portions of the first member; bringing the solder paste applied to the first portion of the first member and a first portion of the second member into contact with each other, and bringing the solder paste applied to the second portion of the first member and a second portion of the second member into contact with other; and causing the solder paste brought into contact with the first portion of the second member and the solder paste brought into contact with the second portion of the second member to melt. In the melting, molten solder formed by melting the solder paste brought into contact with the first portion of the second member and molten solder formed by melting the solder paste brought into contact with the second portion of the second member are joined to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ichiro Kataoka, Hiroshi Kondo, Tadashi Kosaka, Koji Tsuduki, Hisatane Komori, Shin Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9673141Abstract: A mounting member includes a plurality of internal connecting portions, each of which is electrically connected to an electronic device, and a plurality of external connecting portions, each of which is soldered, wherein the plurality of external connecting portions include a first connecting portion in communication with at least any of the plurality of internal connecting portions, and a second connecting portion different from the first connecting portion, and surfaces of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion include gold layers, and a thickness of the gold layer of the second connecting portion is smaller than a thickness of the gold layer of the first connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ichiro Kataoka, Osamu Hamamoto, Kazuya Notsu, Koji Tamura, Kunihiko Minegishi
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Publication number: 20170116856Abstract: The invention is to specify a poor visibility portion by using only a sensor standardly mounted on a connected car without any special measurement device or equipment and provide information thereon to a driver or an automatic driving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Kazuo MUTO, Ichiro KATAOKA, Takashi OKADA, Toshiharu SUGAWARA, Atsushi KATOU, Katsuhiro SAMIZO
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Patent number: 9585287Abstract: An electronic component includes an electronic device and a container containing the electronic device. The container includes a base having a first region to which the electronic device is secured and a second region around the first region, a cover facing the electronic device across a space, and a frame secured to the second region to surround the space. The frame includes a first member and a second member having a thermal conductivity lower than those of the first member and the base. The first member has first and second portions on inner and outer edge sides of the frame, respectively, on both sides of an outer edge of the base. The second member is located between the cover and the first member. A shortest distance between the first member and the base is smaller than that between the first member and the cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yu Katase, Fujio Ito, Tadashi Kosaka, Koji Tsuduki, Ichiro Kataoka
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Publication number: 20160182686Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a data transfer system and a data transfer method that can transfer, with respect to simulation result data, only physical quantities necessary for a user, further perform area division based on characteristics of physical quantities, designate an allowable range of a compression error according to a purpose for each of divided areas, compress the data on the basis of the designated error range, transfer the data, and further display an error of each of the divided areas for each of the physical quantities on a receiver/client side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2013Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Yixiang FENG, Masayuki HARIYA, Ichiro KATAOKA, Makoto ONODERA
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Publication number: 20160044796Abstract: A method includes applying solder pastes separately to first and second portions of the first member; bringing the solder paste applied to the first portion of the first member and a first portion of the second member into contact with each other, and bringing the solder paste applied to the second portion of the first member and a second portion of the second member into contact with other; and causing the solder paste brought into contact with the first portion of the second member and the solder paste brought into contact with the second portion of the second member to melt. In the melting, molten solder formed by melting the solder paste brought into contact with the first portion of the second member and molten solder formed by melting the solder paste brought into contact with the second portion of the second member are joined to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Ichiro Kataoka, Hiroshi Kondo, Tadashi Kosaka, Koji Tsuduki, Hisatane Komori, Shin Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9202314Abstract: A hexahedral mesh generator for an analysis model generation target includes an existing analysis model database that stores shape data of existing analysis models before and after shape decomposition, a shape decomposition part extracting module that compares the shapes existing analysis models before and after the shape decomposition, a shape comparison module that compares each shape decomposition part with the analysis model generation target and checks whether the shape decomposition part coincides with at least part of the analysis model generation target, a coinciding shape decomposition part display/selection module that displays coinciding shape decomposition parts and outputs shape decomposition parts selected by the user, a shape decomposition module that decomposes the shape of the analysis model generation target in the same way as the outputted shape decomposition parts, and a hexahedral mesh generating module that generates the hexahedral mesh for the analysis model generation target after undeType: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Muto, Ichiro Kataoka, Masayuki Hariya
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Publication number: 20150279770Abstract: A package for mounting a semiconductor element includes a substrate including an upper face having a region where a semiconductor element is mounted, a lower face positioned on a side opposite to the upper face, and a side face connecting the upper face and the lower face and an electrode formed on the side face to extend in a direction from the lower face to the upper face. A width of the electrode at a first height in the direction from the lower face to the upper face is smaller than that of the electrode at a second height closer to the upper face than the first height in the direction from the lower face to the upper face.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Ichiro Kataoka, Tadashi Kosaka, Takanori Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150255383Abstract: A mounting member includes a plurality of internal connecting portions, each of which is electrically connected to an electronic device, and a plurality of external connecting portions, each of which is soldered, wherein the plurality of external connecting portions include a first connecting portion in communication with at least any of the plurality of internal connecting portions, and a second connecting portion different from the first connecting portion, and surfaces of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion include gold layers, and a thickness of the gold layer of the second connecting portion is smaller than a thickness of the gold layer of the first connecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Ichiro Kataoka, Osamu Hamamoto, Kazuya Notsu, Koji Tamura, Kunihiko Minegishi