Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Fukui

Kazuyuki Fukui 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: 20170103843
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wound iron core (3) for a static apparatus in which magnetic paths in the inside of the wound iron core are subdivided to improve iron core characteristics. The iron core (3) is configured by using two or more kinds of magnetic materials (11 to 14) with different magnetic permeabilities to form laminated blocks with single plates or a plurality of laminated plates and by alternately arranging the laminated blocks with different magnetic permeabilities from the inner circumference. An iron core material (14) with large magnetic permeability out of iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities is arranged on the inner circumference side. Further, when the iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities are alternately arranged, the iron core materials (11) with the same magnetic permeability are configured to gradually change in thickness to ease an excessive magnetic flux density distribution in the iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Kenji NAKANOUE, Kazuyuki FUKUI, Hidemasa YAMAGUCHI, Kouhei SATOU, Tatsuhito AZEGAMI, Makoto SHINOHARA, Toshiaki TAKAHASHI, Tooru HONMA, Masanao KUWABARA, Toshiki SHIRAHATA, Yuuji SATOU, Manabu DOHI, Ryosuke MIKOSHIBA, Hiroyuki ENDOU
  • Patent number: 9601256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wound iron core (3) for a static apparatus in which magnetic paths in the inside of the wound iron core are subdivided to improve iron core characteristics. The iron core (3) is configured by using two or more kinds of magnetic materials (11 to 14) with different magnetic permeabilities to form laminated blocks with single plates or a plurality of laminated plates and by alternately arranging the laminated blocks with different magnetic permeabilities from the inner circumference. An iron core material (14) with large magnetic permeability out of iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities is arranged on the inner circumference side. Further, when the iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities are alternately arranged, the iron core materials (11) with the same magnetic permeability are configured to gradually change in thickness to ease an excessive magnetic flux density distribution in the iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakanoue, Kazuyuki Fukui, Hidemasa Yamaguchi, Kouhei Satou, Tatsuhito Azegami, Makoto Shinohara, Toshiaki Takahashi, Tooru Honma, Masanao Kuwabara, Toshiki Shirahata, Yuuji Satou, Manabu Dohi, Ryosuke Mikoshiba, Hiroyuki Endou
  • Patent number: 9586333
    Abstract: A sheet-stapling apparatus mounts a center-folded booklet and staples the booklet at a fold of the booklet by a staple. The sheet-stapling apparatus has a supporting member that mounts the center-folded booklet, a pushing member that pushes the booklet to the supporting member, a stapler that penetrates the staple through the booklet and a clincher that clinches legs of the staple to bind the booklet. The pushing member has a groove that pushes the fold of the booklet and maintains the fold of the booklet at a pushing angle. The supporting member forms the space between the clincher and the booklet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yu Tanaka, Kazuyuki Fukui, Masaaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9177706
    Abstract: This method of producing an amorphous transformer for electric power supply comprises forming and shaping an iron core by laminating amorphous alloy thin bands and forming a winding, subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to an annealing treatment in which a temperature of a center portion of the iron core during annealing is 300 to 340° C. and a holding time is not less than 0.5 hr, and applying a magnetic field having a strength of not less than 800 A/m to the iron core while subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to the annealing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Koji Yamashita, Yuichi Ogawa, Masamu Naoe, Yoshihito Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20150217474
    Abstract: A sheet-stapling apparatus mounts a center-folded booklet and staples the booklet at a fold of the booklet by a staple. The sheet-stapling apparatus has a supporting member that mounts the center-folded booklet, a pushing member that pushes the booklet to the supporting member, a stapler that penetrates the staple through the booklet and a clincher that clinches legs of the staple to bind the booklet. The pushing member has a groove that pushes the fold of the booklet and maintains the fold of the booklet at a pushing angle. The supporting member forms the space between the clincher and the booklet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yu TANAKA, Kazuyuki FUKUI, Masaaki IKEDA
  • Patent number: 9013263
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wound iron core (3) for a static apparatus in which magnetic paths in the inside of the wound iron core are subdivided to improve iron core characteristics. The iron core (3) is configured by using two or more kinds of magnetic materials (11 to 14) with different magnetic permeabilities to form laminated blocks with single plates or a plurality of laminated plates and by alternately arranging the laminated blocks with different magnetic permeabilities from the inner circumference. An iron core material (14) with large magnetic permeability out of iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities is arranged on the inner circumference side. Further, when the iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities are alternately arranged, the iron core materials (11) with the same magnetic permeability are configured to gradually change in thickness to ease an excessive magnetic flux density distribution in the iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakanoue, Kazuyuki Fukui, Hidemasa Yamaguchi, Kouhei Satou, Tatsuhito Azegami, Makoto Shinohara, Toshiaki Takahashi, Tooru Honma, Masanao Kuwabara, Toshiki Shirahata, Yuuji Satou, Manabu Dohi, Ryosuke Mikoshiba, Hiroyuki Endou
  • Publication number: 20150028977
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wound iron core (3) for a static apparatus in which magnetic paths in the inside of the wound iron core are subdivided to improve iron core characteristics. The iron core (3) is configured by using two or more kinds of magnetic materials (11 to 14) with different magnetic permeabilities to form laminated blocks with single plates or a plurality of laminated plates and by alternately arranging the laminated blocks with different magnetic permeabilities from the inner circumference. An iron core material (14) with large magnetic permeability out of iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities is arranged on the inner circumference side. Further, when the iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities are alternately arranged, the iron core materials (11) with the same magnetic permeability are configured to gradually change in thickness to ease an excessive magnetic flux density distribution in the iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kenji NAKANOUE, Kazuyuki FUKUI, Hidemasa YAMAGUCHI, Kouhei SATOU, Tatsuhito AZEGAMI, Makoto SHINOHARA, Toshiaki TAKAHASHI, Tooru HONMA, Masanao KUWABARA, Toshiki SHIRAHATA, Yuuji SATOU, Manabu DOHI, Ryosuke MIKOSHIBA, Hiroyuki ENDOU
  • Patent number: 8432244
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power distribution transformer having a body of the transformer, the body consisting of a coil and an iron core; a tank containing the body of the transformer and an insulation substance which fills an inner space of the tank; and an upper lid of the tank. The tank and/or the upper lid is made of a ferritic stainless steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp.
    Inventors: Masao Hosokawa, Mitsuaki Kawashima, Kazuyuki Fukui, Kouji Yamashita, Izumi Muto, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Hiroshige Inoue
  • Patent number: 8375569
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a transformer core includes a drawing which draws magnetic sheet materials in parallel from winding bodies. A cutter cuts the sheet materials at predetermined positions substantially simultaneously to form sheets each with a different length. An overlapping unit forms a block-shaped laminate by laminating the cut magnetic sheet materials in length and forms a resultant laminate by laminating the formed block-shaped laminates. An annulation unit forms an annular structure of the resultant laminate so that the longer block-shaped laminate forms the outer annular portion and the shorter block-shaped laminate forms the inner annular portion. Both ends of the magnetic sheet materials are abutted or overlapped to locate the abutted or overlapped portions at annularly different positions between adjoining layers of the magnetic sheet materials. A control unit controls the drawing unit, cutter and overlapping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Kenji Nakanoue, Takashi Kurata, Hisashi Koyama, Hidemasa Yamaguchi, Chikara Mizusawa
  • Patent number: 8264718
    Abstract: In order to promote reception of transmitted data, an image-processing apparatus is connected to a plurality of image-processing apparatuses through a network and has a designation unit to receive a designation of an arbitrary destination user as a receiver of data; a storing unit to store the data in a storing device so as to enable reading of the data by an operation by the destination user designated by the designation unit; and a control unit to execute a predetermined action with respect to the destination user designated by the designation unit when no reading operation for the data is executed by the destination user after a predetermined elapse of time from storing the data in the storing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Buisiness Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Mikio Masui, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Shuichiro Kaneko, Norihisa Takayama, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
  • Publication number: 20120146754
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power distribution transformer having a body of the transformer, the body consisting of a coil and an iron core; a tank containing the body of the transformer and an insulation substance which fills an inner space of the tank; and an upper lid of the tank. The tank and/or the upper lid is made of a ferritic stainless steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Masao HOSOKAWA, Mitsuaki Kawashima, Kazuyuki Fukui, Kouji Yamashita, Izumi Muto, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Hiroshige Inoue
  • Patent number: 8198973
    Abstract: The iron core characteristics of an amorphous iron core transformer degrade significantly when machining from material into a transformer. This phenomenon is suppressed to improve the iron core characteristics of the finished transformer products. In the present invention, an insulating thin film is formed in at least one side of an amorphous ribbon, and is formed in at least one for each plurality of amorphous ribbons of iron core material. Moreover, in the surface of the amorphous ribbon that is the iron core material of the amorphous iron core transformer, silane or the like is vapor deposited to form an insulating thin film, the insulating thin film being formed in the thickness of approximately 1 ?m. With such structure, an increase in eddy current loss occurring when machining from the material into a transformer is suppressed to reduce no-load loss of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Katsutoshi Inagaki, Masao Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8169638
    Abstract: In order to share user identification information among a plurality of MFPs without using a server, each of a plurality of MFPs forming an image processing system stores in a HDD registered user information which at least includes the user identification information for identifying a user, requests another MFP to transmit registered user information stored in the HDD provided in that MFP, receives the registered user information transmitted by that MFP according to the request made by a request portion, and stores in the HDD user data that at least includes the received registered user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Mikio Masui, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Shuichiro Kaneko, Norihisa Takayama, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
  • Patent number: 8143985
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power distribution transformer having a body of the transformer, the body consisting of a coil and an iron core; a tank containing the body of the transformer and an insulation substance which fills an inner space of the tank; and an upper lid of the tank. The tank and/or the upper lid is made of a ferritic stainless steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp.
    Inventors: Masao Hosokawa, Mitsuaki Kawashima, Kazuyuki Fukui, Kouji Yamashita, Izumi Muto, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Hiroshige Inoue
  • Patent number: 8140639
    Abstract: In order to efficiently store data that is to be transmitted or received, an image-processing system is provided with a plurality of MFPs and has: a designation unit to designate an arbitrary destination user as a receiver of data; a specifying unit to specify an MFP among the plurality of MFPs, the destination user designated by the designation unit belonging to the specified MFP; and a control unit to control switching between a first mode and a second mode in accordance with a predetermined condition, the first mode being for storing the data in a predetermined storing device on the network so as to enable reading of the data by an operation by the destination user designated by the designation unit, the second mode being for, instead of storing the data in the predetermined storing device, transmitting the data to the MFP specified by the specifying unit, the destination user belonging to the specified image-processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Mikio Masui, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Shuichiro Kaneko, Norihisa Takayama, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
  • Patent number: 8045196
    Abstract: To allow inputting and outputting of data using any apparatus of a plurality of MFPs, each of the plurality of MFPs includes a HDD to store user data including user identification information for identifying a plurality of users, a job attribute information generating portion to generate job attribute information which associates location information on the network of data inputted in a scanner with one of a plurality of user identification information, a control portion to control so as to store the job attribute information in HDDs of other MFPs connected to the network, a user identification information input portion to accept an input of the user identification information, a job attribute information obtaining portion to obtain from the HDDs of other MFPs connected to the network the job attribute information including the user identification information inputted, and a data obtaining portion to obtain data associated by the job attribute information obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Mikio Masui, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Shuichiro Kaneko, Norihisa Takayama, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
  • Patent number: 8045197
    Abstract: The data processing system includes a storage portion to store user data that at least includes user identification information for identifying a user, a destination designation portion to display a user identified by the user identification information stored in the storage portion so as to allow designation of the user as a destination and a data designation portion to designate data to be delivered to the destination designated by the destination designation portion, a processing method designation portion to designate a processing method for processing the data, a user identification information input portion to accept an input of user identification information, a data extracting portion to extract data whose destination is the user specified by the user identification information inputted, and a data processing portion to process the extracted data by a processing method designated by the processing method designation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Mikio Masui, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Shuichiro Kaneko, Norihisa Takayama, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
  • Patent number: 8037513
    Abstract: When a new MFP is connected in a state where a plurality of MFPs are connected to a network, each of a plurality of MFPs obtains an IP address of MPF from the new MFP, and if user data including the obtained IP address is stored, then transmits to the new MFP the registered user information associated with the obtained IP address by the user data. On the other hand, if user data including the obtained IP address is not stored in HDD, the new MFP is requested to transmit registered user information. Upon reception of the registered user information, the new MFP displays a confirmation window to ask the user for permission to write that registered user information into HDD. Upon reception of the request, the new MFP transmits registered user information. This facilitates the setting for newly connecting an apparatus to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Mikio Masui, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Shuichiro Kaneko, Norihisa Takayama, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
  • Publication number: 20110234360
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wound iron core (3) for a static apparatus in which magnetic paths in the inside of the wound iron core are subdivided to improve iron core characteristics. The iron core (3) is configured by using two or more kinds of magnetic materials (11 to 14) with different magnetic permeabilities to form laminated blocks with single plates or a plurality of laminated plates and by alternately arranging the laminated blocks with different magnetic permeabilities from the inner circumference. An iron core material (14) with large magnetic permeability out of iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities is arranged on the inner circumference side. Further, when the iron core materials with different magnetic permeabilities are alternately arranged, the iron core materials (11) with the same magnetic permeability are configured to gradually change in thickness to ease an excessive magnetic flux density distribution in the iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Kenji Nakanoue, Kazuyuki Fukui, Hidemasa Yamaguchi, Kouhei Satou, Tatsuhito Azegami, Makoto Shinohara, Toshiaki Takahashi, Tooru Honma, Masanao Kuwabara, Toshiki Shirahata, Yuuji Satou, Manabu Dohi, Ryosuke Mikoshiba, Hiroyuki Endou
  • Publication number: 20110203705
    Abstract: This method of producing an amorphous transformer for electric power supply comprises forming and shaping an iron core by laminating amorphous alloy thin bands and forming a winding, subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to an annealing treatment in which a temperature of a center portion of the iron core during annealing is 300 to 340° C. and a holding time is not less than 0.5 hr, and applying a magnetic field having a strength of not less than 800 A/m to the iron core while subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to the annealing treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuyuki FUKUI, Koji Yamashita, Yuichi Ogawa, Masamu Naoe, Yoshihito Yoshizawa