Patents by Inventor Keiko Kikuchi
Keiko Kikuchi 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: 20240413690Abstract: Provided are a magnetic wedge in which insertion of a magnetic wedge in a tooth tip of a dynamo-electric machine can be performed more smoothly, and a method for manufacturing the magnetic wedge. This magnetic wedge is installed in a slot opening of a stator of the dynamo-electric machine, and defining that the dimension of the magnetic wedge in the circumferential direction of the dynamo-electric machine is the width, the projection shape of the magnetic wedge projected on a plane perpendicular to the width direction is a rectangle, parallelogram, or a right angle trapezoid, and the corners of the rectangle, parallelogram, or right angle trapezoid have a rounded shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Shin NOGUCHI, Kazunori NISHIMURA, Keiko KIKUCHI
-
Patent number: 12143749Abstract: An information processing apparatus is communicable with a first user terminal operated by a first user and a second user terminal operated by a second user. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry generates distribution data according to which the first user terminal displays a first captured image and a second captured image, the first captured image being an image captured by a first image capturing device in a photographing direction selected by the first user, the second captured image being an image captured by a second image capturing device in a photographing direction of the second user. The circuitry transmits the generated distribution data to the first user terminal. The circuitry provides a bidirectional communication function to the first user terminal and the second user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hidetoshi Kikuchi, Keiko Tsuchiya, Asami Tomaru
-
Patent number: 12084436Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having a HDAC inhibitory action, which is useful for the treatment of central nervous system diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, and the like, and a medicament comprising the compound. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the description, or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Masahiro Ito, Takeshi Yamamoto, Keiko Kakegawa, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Tohru Miyazaki, Yasuyoshi Arikawa, Tomohiro Okawa, Jinichi Yonemori, Osamu Kubo, Akinori Toita, Takuto Kojima, Fumiaki Kikuchi, Minoru Sasaki, Misaki Homma, Yasuhiro Imaeda, Hironobu Maezaki, Shiinobu Sasaki, Ayumu Sato, Hirotaka Kamitani, Yasutomi Asano, Hironori Kokubo, Masato Yoshikawa
-
Publication number: 20220294279Abstract: A magnetic wedge has high electrical resistance and bending strength, a rotary electric machine employs the magnetic wedge, and a method is for manufacturing the magnetic wedge. The magnetic wedge includes Fe-based soft magnetic particles, which contain an element M that is more readily oxidized than Fe and are bound by an oxide phase including the element M.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Shin NOGUCHI, Keiko KIKUCHI, Mamoru KIMURA, Kazunori NISHIMURA
-
Patent number: 8723508Abstract: A method for analyzing the DC superposition characteristics of an inductance device using an electromagnetic field simulator, comprising a first step of determining an initial magnetization curve from initial magnetization to saturation magnetization, and pluralities of minor loops at different operating points, on a toroidal core made of the same magnetic material as that of the inductance device, and obtaining point-list data showing the relation between magnetic flux density or magnetic field strength and incremental permeability from the incremental permeability at each operating point; a second step of determining an operating point at a predetermined direct current on each element obtained by mesh-dividing an analysis model of the inductance device by an electromagnetic field simulator based on the initial magnetization curve of the core, allocating the incremental permeability to the operating point from the point-list data, and integrating the inductance of each element obtained from the incremental pType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Tachibana, Satoru Tanaka, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Publication number: 20110181274Abstract: A method for analyzing the DC superposition characteristics of an inductance device using a magnetic field analysis simulator, comprising a first step of determining an initial magnetization curve from initial magnetization to saturation magnetization, and pluralities of minor loops at different operating points, on a toroidal core made of the same magnetic material as that of the inductance device, and obtaining point-list data showing the relation between magnetic flux density or magnetic field strength and incremental permeability from the incremental permeability at each operating point; a second step of determining an operating point at a predetermined direct current on each element obtained by mesh-dividing an analysis model of the inductance device by a magnetic field analysis simulator based on the initial magnetization curve of the core, allocating the incremental permeability to the operating point from the point-list data, and integrating the inductance of each element obtained from the incrementalType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Tachibana, Satoru Tanaka, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Patent number: 7981359Abstract: A rotor comprising bonded magnet portions mainly composed of magnet powder and a binder, which are embedded in a soft magnetic portion mainly composed of soft magnetic powder and a binder, the rotor being produced by a compression-molding method, and the magnetic pole surfaces of the bonded magnet portions being embedded in the soft magnetic portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2004Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Masuzawa, Shigeho Tanigawa, Masahiro Mita, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Patent number: 7965163Abstract: Provided is an annular reactor core formed of a U-shaped core and core legs. Core joints including end portions and two protrusions form the U-shaped core. Between the protrusions of these core joints, a plurality of (two) core legs 6 formed of core blocks are arranged so as to have gaps and the protrusions. The ratio A/B, which is a ratio of the length A of the protrusions of the core joint to the average length B of the core blocks constituting the core legs in a magnetic path direction, is optimized so as to be not less than 0.3 but not more than 8.0, whereby an increase in copper loss due to leak magnetic fluxes of the gap portions is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Abe, Hiroki Hamakake, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Publication number: 20100171580Abstract: Provided is an annular reactor core formed of a U-shaped core and core legs. Core joints including end portions and two protrusions form the U-shaped core. Between the protrusions of these core joints, a plurality of (two) core legs 6 formed of core blocks are arranged so as to have gaps and the protrusions. The ratio A/B, which is a ratio of the length A of the protrusions of the core joint to the average length B of the core blocks constituting the core legs in a magnetic path direction, is optimized so as to be not less than 0.3 but not more than 8.0, whereby an increase in copper loss due to leak magnetic fluxes of the gap portions is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Toru Abe, Hiroki Hamakake, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Publication number: 20060170301Abstract: A rotor comprising bonded magnet portions mainly composed of magnet powder and a binder, which are embedded in a soft magnetic portion mainly composed of soft magnetic powder and a binder, the rotor being produced by a compression-molding method, and the magnetic pole surfaces of the bonded magnet portions being embedded in the soft magnetic portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2004Publication date: August 3, 2006Inventors: Masahiro Masuzawa, Shigeho Tanigawa, Masahiro Mita, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Patent number: 6992553Abstract: A polar-anisotropic ring magnet having magnetization directions in alignment with its normal line at each magnetic pole position and in alignment with its tangential line at each middle position between adjacent magnetic poles, and having a substantially constant angle difference in a magnetization direction between adjacent elements, the elements being obtained by division at an equal angle pitch between the magnetic pole position and the middle position adjacent to the magnetic pole position.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Masuzawa, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Patent number: 6885267Abstract: An magnetic-field-generating apparatus comprising permanent magnet segments arranged to form a ring-shaped magnetic circuit having a center hole; adjacent permanent magnet segments having such different magnetization directions that their magnetization directions successively change along a circumferential direction of the magnetic circuit; a basic magnetization phase angle ? between the magnetization directions of the adjacent permanent magnet segments being 720/N (°); and a magnetization direction of at least one permanent magnet segment in an essential unit obtained by circumferentially dividing the ring to ¼ being deviated from the basic magnetization phase angle ? by such a deviating angle that a uniform magnetic flux flows in one direction along a diameter of the center hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Hitachi Metals Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiko Kuriyama, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Publication number: 20050076973Abstract: A polar-anisotropic ring magnet having magnetization directions in alignment with its normal line at each magnetic pole position and in alignment with its tangential line at each middle position between adjacent magnetic poles, and having a substantially constant angle difference in a magnetization direction between adjacent elements, the elements being obtained by division at an equal angle pitch between the magnetic pole position and the middle position adjacent to the magnetic pole position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2003Publication date: April 14, 2005Inventors: Masahiro Masuzawa, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Patent number: 6873291Abstract: A surface-mounted antenna comprising a substrate made of a high-dielectric constant material having a dielectric constant ?r of 6 or more, a ribbon-shaped radiation electrode having one end which is grounded and the other end which is open, a grounding electrode connected or capacitance-coupled to one end of the radiation electrode, and a current-feeding electrode in a portal shape formed on a side surface separate from the radiation electrode with a gap; the current-feeding electrode having a current-feeding portion at one end, a grounding portion at the other end, and a portion substantially in alignment with the radiation electrode between them; and the length of the aligning portion, a gap width or a portal shape being able to be properly set such that capacitance owned by the current-feeding electrode and inductance can be adjusted for easily achieving impedance matching.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2002Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Aoyama, Keiko Kikuchi, Yasunori Takaki, Hidetoshi Hagiwara
-
Publication number: 20040263303Abstract: An magnetic-field-generating apparatus comprising permanent magnet segments arranged to form a ring-shaped magnetic circuit having a center hole; adjacent permanent magnet segments having such different magnetization directions that their magnetization directions successively change along a circumferential direction of the magnetic circuit; a basic magnetization phase angle &thgr; between the magnetization directions of the adjacent permanent magnet segments being 720/N (°); and a magnetization direction of at least one permanent magnet segment in an essential unit obtained by circumferentially dividing the ring to ¼ being deviated from the basic magnetization phase angle &thgr; by such a deviating angle that a uniform magnetic flux flows in one direction along a diameter of the center hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiko Kuriyama, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Patent number: 6639559Abstract: To provide an antenna element having a radiation electrode formed mainly on one surface of a dielectric substrate. The radiation electrode is substantially symmetric in form with respect to the center thereof, and has a first half and a second half with the same direction of main polarization of radiation emitted therefrom. Each of the halves of the radiation electrode may be a quarter-wave antenna for a wavelength of the emitted radiation. A power supply conductor to be connected to a high frequency signal source is connected to the first half of the radiation electrode, and a ground conductor to be connected to a ground is connected to the second half. A total impedance of the first half of the radiation electrode and the power supply conductor and a total impedance of the second half of the radiation electrode and the ground conductor can substantially match to one another, so that resonance between the halves of the radiation electrode can be enhanced and a wider bandwidth can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignees: Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Metals Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Okabe, Eriko Takeda, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Publication number: 20030006936Abstract: A surface-mounted antenna comprising a substrate made of a high-dielectric constant material having a dielectric constant ∈r of 6 or more, a ribbon-shaped radiation electrode having one end which is grounded and the other end which is open, a grounding electrode connected or capacitance-coupled to one end of the radiation electrode, and a current-feeding electrode in a portal shape formed on a side surface separate from the radiation electrode with a gap; the current-feeding electrode having a current-feeding portion at one end, a grounding portion at the other end, and a portion substantially in alignment with the radiation electrode between them; and the length of the aligning portion, a gap width or a portal shape being able to be properly set such that capacitance owned by the current-feeding electrode and inductance can be adjusted for easily achieving impedance matching.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Aoyama, Keiko Kikuchi, Yasunori Takaki, Hidetoshi Hagiwara
-
Patent number: 6476767Abstract: A chip antenna element comprises (a) a radiation electrode formed on at least one surface of an insulating substrate, such that the radiation electrode extends from a first end of the substrate or its vicinity to a second end of the substrate or its vicinity, with a width decreasing substantially continuously and/or stepwise, thereby having a wide rear end on the side of the first end of the substrate and a narrow tip end on the side of the second end of the substrate, (b) a first grounding electrode connecting directly or via a gap to the rear end of the radiation electrode, (c) a second grounding electrode opposing the tip end of the radiation electrode via a gap, and (d) a feeding electrode formed on at least one surface of the substrate at a position facing an intermediate point of the radiation electrode, with or without contact with the radiation electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Aoyama, Kenichi Tonomura, Keiko Kikuchi, Yuta Sugiyama
-
Publication number: 20020126049Abstract: To provide an antenna element having a radiation electrode formed mainly on one surface of a dielectric substrate. The radiation electrode is substantially symmetric in form with respect to the center thereof, and has a first half and a second half with the same direction of main polarization of radiation emitted therefrom. Each of the halves of the radiation electrode may be a quarter-wave antenna for a wavelength of the emitted radiation. A power supply conductor to be connected to a high frequency signal source is connected to the first half of the radiation electrode, and a ground conductor to be connected to a ground is connected to the second half. A total impedance of the first half of the radiation electrode and the power supply conductor and a total impedance of the second half of the radiation electrode and the ground conductor can substantially match to one another, so that resonance between the halves of the radiation electrode can be enhanced and a wider bandwidth can be realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2002Publication date: September 12, 2002Applicant: HITACHI LTD., HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Okabe, Eriko Takeda, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Keiko Kikuchi
-
Publication number: 20010050637Abstract: A chip antenna element comprises (a) a radiation electrode formed on at least one surface of an insulating substrate, such that the radiation electrode extends from a first end of the substrate or its vicinity to a second end of the substrate or its vicinity, with a width decreasing substantially continuously and/or stepwise, thereby having a wide rear end on the side of the first end of the substrate and a narrow tip end on the side of the second end of the substrate, (b) a first grounding electrode connecting directly or via a gap to the rear end of the radiation electrode, (c) a second grounding electrode opposing the tip end of the radiation electrode via a gap, and (d) a feeding electrode formed on at least one surface of the substrate at a position facing an intermediate point of the radiation electrode, with or without contact with the radiation electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2001Publication date: December 13, 2001Inventors: Hiroyuki Aoyama, Kenichi Tonomura, Keiko Kikuchi, Yuta Sugiyama