Patents by Inventor Ken Yamashita

Ken Yamashita 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: 9505087
    Abstract: A weld metal according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition, contains carbide particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of greater than 0.5 ?m in a number of 0.25 or less per micrometer of grain boundary length, and has an A-value as specified by Formula (1) of 0.12 or more, Formula (1) expressed as follows: A-value=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/([Cr]/52+[Mo]/96) ??(1) where [V], [Nb], [Cr], and [Mo] are contents (percent by mass) of V, Nb, Cr, and Mo, respectively, in the weld metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Genichi Taniguchi, Mikihiro Sakata
  • Patent number: 9289859
    Abstract: This weld metal has excellent creep characteristics and has a given chemical composition. In the weld metal, the value A defined by equation (1) is 200 or greater, and carbide particles each having an equivalent-circle diameter of 0.40 ?m or more have an average equivalent-circle diameter less than 0.85 ?m. In the segments that connect the centers of three or more carbide particles which are present on a 6-?m straight line and which each has an equivalent-circle diameter of 0.40 ?m or more, the sum of the lengths of the portions where the segments intersect the carbide particles is 25% or more of the overall length of the segments. Value A=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/{[V]×([Cr]/5+[Mo]/2)}×104??(1) In the equation, [V], [Nb], [Cr], and [Mo] respectively indicate the contents (mass %) of V, Nb, Cr, and Mo in the weld metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Mikihiro Sakata, Genichi Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20160002758
    Abstract: This welded structure comprises a weld metal which contains C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, V, Nb, N and O in prescribed amounts respectively with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities and which exhibits an A value of 200 or more and a Z value of 0.05 or more. The A value is calculated from the element contents of the weld metal according to the formula: A value=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/{[V]×([Cr]/5+[Mo]/2)}×104. The Z value is calculated according to the formula: Z value=N×[insol. V] [wherein N (particles/?m) is the number density of carbide particles present in a prior austenite grain boundary per unit grain boundary in the stress-relief annealed weld metal, and [insol. V] is the concentration of compound-type V as determined by analyzing an extraction residue of the stress-relief annealed weld metal].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Hidenori NAKO, Ken YAMASHITA, Minoru OTSU, Mikihiro SAKATA, Genichi TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150368767
    Abstract: A weld metal of the present invention contains C: 0.05-0.12%, Si: 0.10-0.35%, Mn: 0.65-0.90%, Cr: 1.85-2.50%, Mo: 0.80-1.20%, V: 0.25-0.50%, Nb: 0.010-0.050%, B: 0.0005-0.0010%, N: 0.025% or less (exclusive of 0%), and O: 0.025-0.060% respectively, with the remainder consisting of iron and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori NAKO, Ken YAMASHITA, Minoru OTSU, Genichi TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8992698
    Abstract: Provided is a welding metal in which the chemical component composition thereof is appropriately controlled; an A value that is specified by a predetermined relational expression satisfies the requirement of being 3.8% to 9.0%; an X value that is specified by a predetermined relational expression satisfies the requirement of being 0.5% or greater; the area percentage of carbide particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.20 ?m or greater in the welding metal is 4.0% or less; and the number of carbide particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 1.0 ?m or greater is 1000 particles/mm2 or less. This welding metal, which can exhibit not only high strength but also good low-temperature toughness and good drop-weight characteristics, is useful as a material for a pressure vessel in a nuclear power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Yoshitomi Okazaki, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Hideaki Takauchi
  • Patent number: 8932415
    Abstract: Provided is a welding metal in which a predetermined chemical component composition is satisfied, the A value as specified by formula (1) is 3.8% to 9.0%, and the surface area percentage of carbide having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.20 ?m or greater in the welding metal is 4.0% or less. A value=0.8×[C]?0.05×[Si]+0.5×[Mn]+0.5×[Cu]+[Ni]?0.5×[Mo]+0.2×[Cr]??(1) (Provided that [C], [Si], [Mn], [Cu], [Ni], [Mo] and [Cr] are the C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, Mo and Cr content (by mass percent), respectively) The welding metal is useful as a material for a pressure vessel of a nuclear power plant as the welding metal is high in strength and has good low-temperature toughness and drop-weight characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Yoshitomi Okazaki, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Hideaki Takauchi
  • Publication number: 20140294491
    Abstract: A weld metal according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition, contains carbide particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of greater than 0.5 ?m in a number of 0.25 or less per micrometer of grain boundary length, and has an A-value as specified by Formula (1) of 0.12 or more, Formula (1) expressed as follows: A-value=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/([Cr]/52+[Mo]/96) ??(1) where [V], [Nb], [Cr], and [Mo] are contents (percent by mass) of V, Nb, Cr, and Mo, respectively, in the weld metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Genichi Taniguchi, Mikihiro Sakata
  • Publication number: 20140212323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer overlay welding section in which a first layer of an overlay welding section to be formed on the bearing contact surface of a high Cr steel turbine rotor includes C: 0.05 to 0.2%, Si: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.3 to 1.5%, Cr: 4.0 to 7.7%, and Mo: 0.5 to 1.5% with a remainder including Fe and unavoidable impurities, a multilayer overlay welding section in which, in addition to the above layer, an upper layer welding section includes C: 0.05 to 0.2%, Si: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.5%, Cr: 1.0 to 4.0%, and Mo: 0.5 to 1.5%, and a welding material therefor and a process for producing the multilayer overlay welding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Honma, Rinzo Kayano, Mikihiro Sakata, Ken Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8649653
    Abstract: A problem with high resource-consuming managed copy is that simultaneous execution of the managed copy, which is controlled by a playback device, and a BD-J application, which is recorded on a recording medium, leads to a shortage in resources. Provided is a playback device that enables simultaneous execution of the managed copy and the BD-J application while preventing resource contention therebetween, by imposing an access limitation on the disc medium by causing the BD-J application to assume that the disc medium has been virtually ejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Tanaka, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Ken Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130315661
    Abstract: This weld metal has a predetermined chemical composition, controls the number of oxides in accordance with size, and has an A value stipulated by the belowmentioned formula of no greater than 5.0. A value=(100×[C]?6×[insol.Cr]?2×[insol.Mo]?24×[insol.V]?13×[insol.Nb])×([Mo]?[insol.Mo]), where [insol.Cr], [insol.Mo], [insol.Nb], and [insol.V] are contents (in mass percent) of Cr, Mo, Nb, and V, respectively, present as a compound after stress-relief heat treatment, and [C] and [Mo] are contents (in mass percent) of C and Mo, respectively, contained in the weld metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel,Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Genichi Taniguchi, Mikihiro Sakata
  • Publication number: 20130309003
    Abstract: This weld metal has excellent creep characteristics and has a given chemical composition. In the weld metal, the value A defined by equation (1) is 200 or greater, and carbide particles each having an equivalent-circle diameter of 0.40 ?m or more have an average equivalent-circle diameter less than 0.85 ?m. In the segments that connect the centers of three or more carbide particles which are present on a 6-?m straight line and which each has an equivalent-circle diameter of 0.40 ?m or more, the sum of the lengths of the portions where the segments intersect the carbide particles is 25% or more of the overall length of the segments. Value A=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/{[V]×([Cr]/5+[Mo]/2)}×104??(1) In the equation, [V], [Nb], [Cr], and [Mo] respectively indicate the contents (mass %) of V, Nb, Cr, and Mo in the weld metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Mikihiro Sakata, Genichi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8574381
    Abstract: To provide weld metal that has a high strength and toughness in the as-welded condition or in the annealed condition. The weld metal of the present invention contains by weight %, C: 0.04-0.15%, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.0-1.9%, Ni: 1.0-4.0%, Cr: 0.10-1.0%, Mo: 0.20 to 1.2%, Ti: 0.010-0.060%, Al: 0.030% or less, O: 0.15-0.060%, N: 0.010% or less, Fe and inevitable impurities as the remaining contents. The weld metal is further characterized by the fact that the ratio of Ti content (%) to Si content (%) i.e., [compound type Ti]/[compound type Si] is more than 1.5, and the number A defined by the following formula is 0.50 or more, wherein A=[Ti]/([O]?1.1×[Al]+0.05×[Si]).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Yoshitomi Okazaki, Ken Yamashita, Hideaki Takauchi, Minoru Otsu
  • Patent number: 8433929
    Abstract: Provided is a data management device for managing data recorded onto a readable and writable recording medium by an application that is verified based on a digital certificate. The recording medium has a plurality of areas and access to each area is restricted to a different application. The data management device includes an application authentication module, a mapping module, and a local storage display module. The application authentication module verifies that an application is an authentic application based on a digital certificate attached to the application. The mapping module associates, if the application is verified, an area accessible by the application with a subject name described in the digital certificate used for the verification. The local storage display module displays information regarding the area accessible by the application, with the use of the subject name associated with the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Ken Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130070052
    Abstract: A video processing device is one of multiple devices in a home theater system. Upon connection to another device, a depth adjustment determination module determines whether depth adjustment of two or more view components is necessary for playback of stereoscopic video images. When depth adjustment is necessary, a capability comparison module performs a communications sequence to determine which device will perform the depth adjustment. When it is determined during the communications sequence that the video processing device itself is to perform the depth adjustment, it does so and then transmits the resulting adjusted two or more view components to the other device. When it is determined that the other device is to perform the depth adjustment, the video processing device transmits the two or more view components without performing depth adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Yamashita, Osamu Yamaji, Hidetaka Oto
  • Publication number: 20130028782
    Abstract: Provided is a welding metal in which the chemical component composition thereof is appropriately controlled; an A value that is specified by a predetermined relational expression satisfies the requirement of being 3.8% to 9.0%; an X value that is specified by a predetermined relational expression satisfies the requirement of being 0.5% or greater; the area percentage of carbide particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.20 ?m or greater in the welding metal is 4.0% or less; and the number of carbide particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 1.0 ?m or greater is 1000 particles/mm2 or less. This welding metal, which can exhibit not only high strength but also good low-temperature toughness and good drop-weight characteristics, is useful as a material for a pressure vessel in a nuclear power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Yoshitomi Okazaki, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Hideaki Takauchi
  • Patent number: 8335425
    Abstract: In performing stereoscopic view, a shift information memory (21) stores, as a number of pixel lengths, an offset indicating how far in a right direction or a left direction to move coordinates of pixels to realize stereoscopic view. When realizing stereoscopic view, a plane shift engine (20) moves the coordinates of image data in a graphics plane in the right direction or the left direction by the number of pixel lengths indicated by the offset. When a scale of video data targeted for stereoscopic view is changed by a basic graphics plane (15), a shift distance of pixel coordinates by the plane shift engine (20) is based on a number of pixel lengths obtained by multiplying the offset by a changed scaling factor in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Yamashita, Germano Leichsenring
  • Publication number: 20120294752
    Abstract: Provided is a welding metal in which a predetermined chemical component composition is satisfied, the A value as specified by formula (1) is 3.8% to 9.0%, and the surface area percentage of carbide having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.20 ?m or greater in the welding metal is 4.0% or less. A value=0.8×[C]?0.05×[Si]+0.5×[Mn]+0.5×[Cu]+[Ni]?0.5×[Mo]+0.2×[Cr]??(1) (Provided that [C], [Si], [Mn], [Cu], [Ni], [Mo] and [Cr] are the C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, Mo and Cr content (by mass percent), respectively) The welding metal is useful as a material for a pressure vessel of a nuclear power plant as the welding metal is high in strength and has good low-temperature toughness and drop-weight characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Yoshitomi Okazaki, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Hideaki Takauchi
  • Patent number: 8306387
    Abstract: The playback apparatus realizes stereoscopic viewing by overlaying planar or stereoscopic graphics over stereoscopic video in a way that reduces eye strain using following method in abstract: A graphics plane holds therein data composed of graphics data. A shift engine shifts, in a case when a composition unit composites the graphics data with a left-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a first horizontal direction, and in a case when the composition unit composites the graphics data with a right-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a second horizontal direction that is opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Yamashita, Germano Leichsenring
  • Patent number: 8301013
    Abstract: In performing stereoscopic view, a shift information memory stores, as a number of pixel lengths, an offset indicating how far in a right direction or a left direction to move coordinates of pixels to realize stereoscopic view. When realizing stereoscopic view, a plane shift engine moves the coordinates of image data in a graphics plane in the right direction or the left direction by the number of pixel lengths indicated by the offset. When a scale of video data targeted for stereoscopic view is changed by a basic graphics plane, a shift distance of pixel coordinates by the plane shift engine is based on a number of pixel lengths obtained by multiplying the offset by a changed scaling factor in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Yamashita, Germano Leichsenring
  • Publication number: 20120170916
    Abstract: The playback apparatus realizes stereoscopic viewing by overlaying planar or stereoscopic graphics over stereoscopic video in a way that reduces eye strain using following method in abstract: A graphics plane holds therein data composed of graphics data. A shift engine shifts, in a case when a composition unit composites the graphics data with a left-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a first horizontal direction, and in a case when the composition unit composites the graphics data with a right-view video frame, coordinates of each of the pixels is shifted in a second horizontal direction that is opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken YAMASHITA, Germano LEICHSENRING