Patents by Inventor Kazuhisa Watanabe

Kazuhisa Watanabe 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: 20150376065
    Abstract: A base material for a disk roll including ceramic fibers, an inorganic binder and scaly silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhisa WATANABE, Tetsuya MIHARA, Taichi SHIRATORI
  • Publication number: 20150369202
    Abstract: An ignition unit (11) has a superimposed voltage generation circuit (17) that feeds, between electrodes of an ignition plug (9), a superimposed voltage of the same direction as a discharge voltage, and in an operation range wherein an engine rotation speed is equal to or lower than a given speed and an engine load is equal to or lower than a given load, feeding of the superimposed voltage is carried out. Although the energization time for a primary coil (15a) is basically set in accordance with the engine rotation speed, the energization time TDWLON for the superimposed voltage feeding is set shorter than the energization time TDWLOFF for the superimposed voltage non-feeding. With this, temperature increase of the ignition unit (11) caused by the feeding of the superimposed voltage is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke SHIRAISHI, Kazuhisa WATANABE, Shinichi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9162916
    Abstract: A base material for a disk roll including ceramic fibers, an inorganic binder and scaly silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Tetsuya Mihara, Taichi Shiratori
  • Publication number: 20150203410
    Abstract: A base material for a disk roll, the base material including: 5 to 9 wt % of ceramic fibers, 20 to 40 wt % of kibushi clay, 2 to 20 wt % of bentonite and 40 to 60 wt % of mica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Tetsuya Mihara, Taichi Shiratori
  • Publication number: 20150190466
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating metabolic disease in a subject and methods for increasing the expression of ILDR2 in a subject. The invention further provides a method for identifying an agent which modulates expression of an Ildr2 RNA comprising contacting a cell with an agent; determining expression of the Ildr2 RNA in the presence and the absence of the agent; and comparing expression of the Ildr2 RNA in the presence and the absence of the agent, wherein a change in the expression of the Ildr2 RNA in the presence of the agent is indicative of an agent which modulates the level of expression of the RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Rudolph L. LEIBEL, Kazuhisa WATANABE, Wendy K. CHUNG, Stuart G. FISCHER, Charles LEDUC, Elizabeth WATSON, Maria Laura CREMONA
  • Patent number: 9051202
    Abstract: A disk roll includes a shaft, and a plurality of disks that are fitted to the shaft, the plurality of disks fitted having been fired, having a density of more than 1.20 g/cm3 and 1.50 g/cm3 or less, and including 20 to 50 wt % of ceramic wool, 5 to 30 wt % of kibushi clay, 2 to 20 wt % of bentonite, and 20 to 45 wt % of a filler, the filler being selected from mica, alumina, wollastonite, cordierite, and calcined kaolin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Tetsuya Mihara, Taichi Shiratori
  • Patent number: 9051200
    Abstract: A disk roll base material includes 20 to 38 wt % of alumina silicate wool that include 40 to 60 wt % of alumina and 40 to 60 wt % of silica, and have a content of shots having a dimension of 45 ?m or more of 5 wt % or less, 10 to 30 wt % of kibushi clay, 2 to 20 wt % of bentonite, and 20 to 40 wt % of mica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Masaaki Nakayama, Osamu Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 9040139
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a base material for disks of disk rolls, in which the disk roll contains a rotating shaft and a plurality of the disks fitted on the rotating shaft by insertion whereby the outer peripheral surface of the disks serves as a conveying surface, in which the process contains molding a slurry raw material containing inorganic fibers, an inorganic filler having an aspect ratio of from 1 to 25 and an inorganic binder into a plate shape; and drying the molded plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Kouji Iwata, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9002724
    Abstract: An incentive provision system that contributes to expanded sales of a content service and includes a user terminal and a provision device. The provision device receives, from the user terminal, request information for requesting incentive information relating to the content service. If the request information is valid, then the provision device provides the incentive information to the user terminal. A user of the user terminal enjoys using the incentive information provided from the provision device, which, in turn, motivates the user to receive the content service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Motoji Ohmori, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Wataru Ikeda, Masaya Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Okada, Masami Yamamichi, Satomi Yamamichi, Keiko Yamamichi
  • Publication number: 20140291892
    Abstract: A process for producing a base material for disks including forming a raw slurry material into a platy shape and drying the plate, the raw slurry material containing inorganic fibers which have a wet volume of about 300 mL/5 g or larger and which are amorphous or have a degree of crystallinity of about 50% or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Osamu HORIUCHI, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8827883
    Abstract: A process for producing a base material for disks including forming a raw slurry material into a platy shape and drying the plate, the raw slurry material containing inorganic fibers which have a wet volume of about 300 mL/5 g or larger and which are amorphous or have a degree of crystallinity of about 50% or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Horiuchi, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20140221189
    Abstract: A base material for a disk roll including ceramic fibers, an inorganic binder and scaly silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa WATANABE, Tetsuya MIHARA, Taichi SHIRATORI
  • Publication number: 20140173901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a base material for disks of disk rolls, in which the disk roll contains a rotating shaft and a plurality of the disks fitted on the rotating shaft by insertion whereby the outer peripheral surface of the disks serves as a conveying surface, in which the process contains molding a slurry raw material containing inorganic fibers, an inorganic filler having an aspect ratio of from 1 to 25 and an inorganic binder into a plate shape; and drying the molded plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa WATANABE, Kouji IWATA, Masaaki NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 8691356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a base material for disks of disk rolls, in which the disk roll contains a rotating shaft and a plurality of the disks fitted on the rotating shaft by insertion whereby the outer peripheral surface of the disks serves as a conveying surface, in which the process contains molding a slurry raw material containing inorganic fibers, an inorganic filler having an aspect ratio of from 1 to 25 and an inorganic binder into a plate shape; and drying the molded plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Kouji Iwata, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20130174609
    Abstract: A disk roll includes a shaft, and a plurality of disks that are fitted to the shaft, the plurality of disks fitted having been fired, having a density of more than 1.20 g/cm3 and 1.50 g/cm3 or less, and including 20 to 50 wt % of ceramic wool, 5 to 30 wt % of kibushi clay, 2 to 20 wt % of bentonite, and 20 to 45 wt % of a filler, the filler being selected from mica, alumina, wollastonite, cordierite, and calcined kaolin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Tetsuya Mihara, Taichi Shiratori
  • Publication number: 20130028291
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a temperature measurement system including: a plurality of thermocouples; a transmission signal conversion unit configured to convert, to a transmission signal, the thermo-electromotive force generated by each of the plurality of the thermocouple and configured to output the transmission signal; a plurality of transmission units configured to transmit the transmission signal outputted from the transmission signal conversion unit; a first connection unit configured to connect between each of the plurality of the transmission units; a second connection unit configured to connect at least one of the plurality of transmission units to a processing unit configured to process the transmission signal; and a housing unit configured to house at least the first connection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicants: Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki TOBO, Mamoru Fukui, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Hisanari Yoshida, Shigeru Yamaji, Makoto Suto
  • Publication number: 20120298476
    Abstract: Provide is a heat-resistant roll with improved effectively characteristics, a production method thereof, and a method of producing sheet glass using the heat-resistant roll. A method of producing a heat-resistant roll equipped with a roll portion containing 5% by weight or more of clay includes: a grinding step (S101) of grinding a roll surface of the roll portion; and a surface treatment step (S102) of performing surface treatment of smoothening the ground roll surface in a wet state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki NAKAYAMA, Daiji TAHARA, Kouji IWATA, Kazuhisa WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8303377
    Abstract: Provide is a heat-resistant roll with improved effectively characteristics, a production method thereof, and a method of producing sheet glass using the heat-resistant roll. A method of producing a heat-resistant roll equipped with a roll portion containing 5% by weight or more of clay includes: a grinding step (S101) of grinding a roll surface of the roll portion; and a surface treatment step (S102) of performing surface treatment of smoothening the ground roll surface in a wet state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakayama, Daiji Tahara, Kouji Iwata, Kazuhisa Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120272686
    Abstract: A disk roll base material includes 25 to 50 wt % of ceramic wool, 5 to 30 wt % of kibushi clay, 2 to 20 wt % of bentonite, and 25 to 45 wt % of a filler selected from alumina, wollastonite and calcined kaolin clay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Horiuchi, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20120255327
    Abstract: A disk roll base material includes 20 to 38 wt % of alumina silicate wool that include 40 to 60 wt % of alumina and 40 to 60 wt % of silica, and have a content of shots having a dimension of 45 ?m or more of 5 wt % or less, 10 to 30 wt % of kibushi clay, 2 to 20 wt % of bentonite, and 20 to 40 wt % of mica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Watanabe, Masaaki Nakayama, Osamu Horiuchi