Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Ikeda

Kazuaki Ikeda 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: 11937538
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a work vehicle that can be controlled automatically. The work vehicle includes HST's for feeding power for traveling to at least either front wheels or rear wheels mounted on a traveling vehicle body, traveling levers for operating driving of at least either the front wheels or the rear wheel, traveling links operably coupling the traveling levers with the HST's, traveling drive sections for driving either the traveling levers or the traveling links, and a traveling control section configured to activate the traveling drive sections in response to receipt of a traveling instruction for the traveling levers in the automatic control mode for automatically controlling the traveling vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Matsuda, Katsuhiko Uemura, Yasuhiro Manji, Ryo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240092078
    Abstract: First, a correction area, which is a part of area where a second ink (typically, white ink) is to be ejected among the area on base material, is determined. Next, density data is corrected so that the second ink is ejected onto the correction area. Thereafter, actual printing on the base material is started. Then, the second ink is ejected onto the correction area, and a first ink (typically, color ink) is ejected onto the second ink that has been ejected onto the base material in the correction area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuaki YONEYA, Yusaku IKEDA, Tomoyuki SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220403841
    Abstract: A rotary pump includes: a pump rotor having a flat rotor side surface facing in an axial direction; a housing body having an opening in the axial direction and a flat flange surface formed around the opening, the housing body rotatably housing the pump rotor in the opening such that the rotor side surface is flush with the flange surface; and a cover member having a flat mating surface that is fixed while being pressed against the flange surface by fastening of a bolt, and a flat sliding/guiding surface that slides and guides the rotor side surface. The cover member is formed of a crosslinked fluororesin and a metal body. The metal body is provided with the mating surface, and a recess obtained by recessing an area corresponding to the sliding/guiding surface, in the axial direction with respect to the mating surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi TAKADA, Masato UOZUMI, Makoto NAKABAYASHI, Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Kazuaki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220389925
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary pump including: a pump rotor having a flat first rotor side surface facing one side in an axial direction, and a flat second rotor side surface facing the other side in the axial direction; and a housing configured to rotatably house the pump rotor. The housing includes: a ring member having a hollow tubular shape and openings at both ends in the axial direction; a first side member detachably mounted to one end in the axial direction of the ring member to slide and guide the first rotor side surface by using a first crosslinked fluororesin flat surface formed of a crosslinked fluororesin; and a second side member detachably mounted to the other end in the axial direction of the ring member to slide and guide the second rotor side surface by using a second crosslinked fluororesin flat surface formed of the crosslinked fluororesin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi TAKADA, Masato UOZUMI, Makoto NAKABAYASHI, Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Kazuaki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220389928
    Abstract: A crosslinked fluororesin-coated pump rotor manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a pump rotor having flat rotor side surfaces and provided with a coating layer of a crosslinked fluororesin on each rotor side surface, the method including: screen-printing a dispersion liquid obtained by dispersing particles of a fluororesin in a solvent, on the rotor side surface by using a screen plate having an opening having a shape in which the opening does not protrude from an outer peripheral edge of the rotor side surface; then heating the pump rotor to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the fluororesin to bake the fluororesin on the rotor side surface; and then irradiating the fluororesin with radiation to crosslink the fluororesin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi TAKADA, Masato UOZUMI, Makoto NAKABAYASHI, Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Kazuaki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220388028
    Abstract: A crosslinked fluororesin-coated rotor manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing an annular outer rotor of an internal gear pump including the outer rotor, and an inner rotor, a side surfaces of the outer rotor being coated with a crosslinked fluororesin, an inner peripheral surface of the outer rotor not being coated with the crosslinked fluororesin, the method including: using an outer masking jig for covering the inner peripheral surface in a state where the side surfaces of the outer rotor are exposed; coating the outer rotor with an uncrosslinked fluororesin in a state where the outer masking jig is mounted to the outer rotor; and then irradiating the fluororesin with radiation in a state where the outer masking jig is removed from the outer rotor, to crosslink the fluororesin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi TAKADA, Masato UOZUMI, Makoto NAKABAYASHI, Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Kazuaki IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11326034
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention is a manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product, the method including a step of irradiating a forming material containing a polytetrafluoroethylene as a principal component with ionizing radiation, wherein the polytetrafluoroethylene has a melt viscosity at 380° C. of not greater than 7×105 Pa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ikeda, Hong-Phuc Nguyen, Hirotoshi Yoshida, Taku Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10858487
    Abstract: A polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention contains, as a principal component, a polytetrafluoroethylene having a crosslinked structure and has a PV limit of not less than 1600 MPa·m/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC., DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ikeda, Hong-Phuc Nguyen, Hirotoshi Yoshida, Taku Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20190040212
    Abstract: A polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention contains, as a principal component, a polytetrafluoroethylene having a crosslinked structure and has a PV limit of not less than 1600 MPa·m/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC., DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki IKEDA, Hong-Phuc NGUYEN, Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Taku YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190040218
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention is a manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product, the method including a step of irradiating a forming material containing a polytetrafluoroethylene as a principal component with ionizing radiation, wherein the polytetrafluoroethylene has a melt viscosity at 380° C. of not greater than 7×105 Pa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC., DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki IKEDA, Hong-Phuc NGUYEN, Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Taku YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180050517
    Abstract: An adhesive reinforcing sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a surface layer containing a crosslinked fluororesin as a main component, an intermediate layer laminated on one of surfaces of the surface layer and containing a metal or a super engineering plastic as a main component, and an adhesive layer laminated on a surface of the intermediate layer, the surface being opposite to the surface layer. In the adhesive reinforcing sheet, the crosslinked fluororesin is chemically bonded to the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer may contain aluminum, stainless steel, or iron as the main component. The intermediate layer may contain a polyimide, a polyamide-imide, or a combination of a polyimide and a polyamide-imide as the main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Hong-Phuc NGUYEN, Kazuaki IKEDA
  • Patent number: 9776289
    Abstract: A fluorocarbon resin composite includes a fluorocarbon resin layer on a base, in which a fluorocarbon resin constituting the fluorocarbon resin layer is crosslinked by electron beam irradiation, and the base has a desired shape obtained by machining. The fluorocarbon resin is composed of a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, polytetrafluoroethylene, or a mixture of the tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer and polytetrafluoroethylene. A fluorocarbon resin composite, cookware, and a roller and a belt for use in office automation equipment are each produced by applying an uncrosslinked fluorocarbon resin on a base, subjecting the fluorocarbon resin to electron beam irradiation in a low-oxygen atmosphere to crosslink the fluorocarbon resin while the temperature of the fluorocarbon resin is maintained at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the fluorocarbon resin, and machining the base into a desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ikeda, Nobutaka Matsushita, Yoshimasa Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9497852
    Abstract: The invention offers a high-frequency circuit substrate that sufficiently decreases the transmission delay and transFmission loss in comparison with the conventional high-frequency circuit substrate. In the offered high-frequency circuit substrate, a dielectric layer made of fluororesin is brought into intimate contact directly with a metal conductor that is used for wiring and that has a surface not subjected to coarsening treatment or primer treatment. The offered high-frequency circuit substrate causes a transmission loss of ?3 dB/m or less at a frequency of 1 GHz and has a combined specific inductive capacity of 2.6 or less and a combined dielectric loss tangent of 0.0007 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE FOLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Nakabayashi, Kazuaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9463420
    Abstract: There are provided a fluororesin thin film which is composed of a fluororesin, which has a thickness of 20 ?m or less and a Gurley's number of 300 seconds or more, and which includes no defects, such as voids and/or cracks; a method for manufacturing the fluororesin thin film in which after a fluororesin dispersion including a dispersing medium and a fluororesin powder dispersed therein is applied on a flat and smooth foil, the dispersing medium is dried, and the fluororesin powder is sintered; the fluororesin dispersion; a fluororesin composite including a porous base material and the fluororesin thin film; a manufacturing method thereof, a porous fluororesin composite formed by stretching the fluororesin composite; and a separation membrane element using the porous fluororesin composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hayashi, Itsumu Furumoto, Shinichi Kanazawa, Kazuaki Ikeda, Tooru Morita, Hajime Funatsu
  • Patent number: 9339951
    Abstract: Provided are a resin-releasing jig including a base and a releasing layer formed on a surface side of the base, in which the releasing layer is composed of a resin containing a perfluorinated polymer as a main component, and the perfluorinated polymer is crosslinked; and the resin-releasing jig further including a primer layer disposed between the base and the releasing layer, in which the primer layer is composed of a resin containing, as a main component, a perfluorinated polymer and an engineering plastic, the perfluorinated polymer in the primer layer is crosslinked, and the releasing layer has high abrasion resistance and a good adhesive force to the base and thus the resin-releasing jig has good durability. In particular, provided is the resin-releasing jig which is an extrusion molding mold used in an extruder for producing a long resin molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Akito Kubo, Katsuya Yamada, Kazuaki Ikeda, Yasunori Nagaoka, Kouji Mutou, Noriaki Takami
  • Publication number: 20150307800
    Abstract: There is provided a sliding member that has sufficient wear resistance and good adhesion to a base formed of a sintered body. The sliding member includes a surface layer formed of a crosslinked fluoropolymer and a base that adheres closely to the surface layer. The base is a sintered body having a full density ratio in the range of 0.75 to 0.96 and is formed of a material having higher thermal conductivity than a fluoropolymer. The surface layer has a thickness in the range of 1 to 300 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIDA, Toshiyuki KOSUGE, Kazuaki IKEDA, Yasunori NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20150079343
    Abstract: The invention offers a fluororesin substrate that has a dielectric layer being mainly composed of fluororesin and being formed on a metal conductor, that sufficiently suppresses the occurrence of warpage at the time of the reflow, and that enables the exhibiting of sufficiently outstanding high-frequency characteristics, the dielectric layer including hollow glass beads; a fluororesin substrate that has a metal conductor having a surface roughness, Rz, of 2.0 ?m or less; a fluororesin substrate that has fluororesin irradiated with an ionizing radiation at an exposure dose of 0.01 to 500 kGy; and a fluororesin substrate that has fluororesin being one or two or more of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer (PFA), a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer (FEP), and a tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer (ETFE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Nakabayashi, Kazuaki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150069675
    Abstract: There are provided a fluororesin thin film which is composed of a fluororesin, which has a thickness of 20 ?m or less and a Gurley's number of 300 seconds or more, and which includes no defects, such as voids and/or cracks; a method for manufacturing the fluororesin thin film in which after a fluororesin dispersion including a dispersing medium and a fluororesin powder dispersed therein is applied on a flat and smooth foil, the dispersing medium is dried, and the fluororesin powder is sintered; the fluororesin dispersion; a fluororesin composite including a porous base material and the fluororesin thin film; a manufacturing method thereof, a porous fluororesin composite formed by stretching the fluororesin composite; and a separation membrane element using the porous fluororesin composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Fumihiro HAYASHI, Itsumu FURUMOTO, Shinichi KANAZAWA, Kazuaki IKEDA, Tooru MORITA, Hajime FUNATSU
  • Publication number: 20150037452
    Abstract: Provided are a resin-releasing jig including a base and a releasing layer formed on a surface side of the base, in which the releasing layer is composed of a resin containing a perfluorinated polymer as a main component, and the perfluorinated polymer is crosslinked; and the resin-releasing jig further including a primer layer disposed between the base and the releasing layer, in which the primer layer is composed of a resin containing, as a main component, a perfluorinated polymer and an engineering plastic, the perfluorinated polymer in the primer layer is crosslinked, and the releasing layer has high abrasion resistance and a good adhesive force to the base and thus the resin-releasing jig has good durability. In particular, provided is the resin-releasing jig which is an extrusion molding mold used in an extruder for producing a long resin molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Akito Kubo, Katsuya Yamada, Kazuaki Ikeda, Yasunori Nagaoka, Kouji Mutou, Noriaki Takami
  • Publication number: 20140109641
    Abstract: A fluorocarbon resin composite includes a fluorocarbon resin layer on a base, in which a fluorocarbon resin constituting the fluorocarbon resin layer is crosslinked by electron beam irradiation, and the base has a desired shape obtained by machining. The fluorocarbon resin is composed of a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, polytetrafluoroethylene, or a mixture of the tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer and polytetrafluoroethylene. A fluorocarbon resin composite, cookware, and a roller and a belt for use in office automation equipment are each produced by applying an uncrosslinked fluorocarbon resin on a base, subjecting the fluorocarbon resin to electron beam irradiation in a low-oxygen atmosphere to crosslink the fluorocarbon resin while the temperature of the fluorocarbon resin is maintained at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the fluorocarbon resin, and machining the base into a desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki IKEDA, Nobutaka MATSUSHITA, Yoshimasa SUZUKI