Patents by Inventor Kenichi Murakami

Kenichi Murakami 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: 20230200635
    Abstract: An imaging module includes: a planar light emitter that includes a light-emitting face and a light-emitter terminal; a power supply cable that is connected to the light-emitter terminal and that supplies electric power to the planar light emitter; a solid-state image sensing device that captures an image of an illumination object that is irradiated with light emitted from the light-emitting face; a coaxial cable that is electrically connected to the solid-state image sensing device; a light shield that is disposed between the solid-state image sensing device and the planar light emitter; and a light guide that guides light emitted from the light-emitting face to an outside of the imaging module. The planar light emitter, the solid-state image sensing device, part of the light shield, and the light guide constitute a rigid portion of the imaging module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ishizuka, Kenichi Ishibashi, Daisuke Murakami, Yoshinobu Numasawa
  • Publication number: 20230186227
    Abstract: In a physical distribution system, a delivery controller is configured to acquire package information; generate a delivery schedule; calculate tentative delivery time of a package estimated based on the delivery schedule; send a delivery confirmation request notification requesting confirmation of the tentative delivery time to a consignee linked to the package; receive a response to the delivery confirmation request notification; control the autonomous mobile robot based on the delivery schedule generated most recently; and when confirmed time confirmed by the consignee in the response to the delivery confirmation request notification is different from the tentative delivery time, update the delivery schedule in such a manner that delivery of the package is completed at the confirmed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Kitahama, Ryo Murakami, Hisashi Iizuka, Mitsunori Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20220341009
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, whereby it becomes possible to manufacture a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having further improved iron loss properties stably. (Solution) According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is provided, the method being characterized by comprising a re-heating step, a hot rolling step, a hot-rolled sheet annealing step, a cold rolling step, a decarburization annealing step and a final annealing step, wherein the decarburization annealing step includes a heating step of heating a cold-rolled sheet from an inlet side temperature T0° C. to a soaking temperature T2° C. and a soaking step of keeping the temperature of the cold-rolled sheet at the soaking temperature T2° C., and the heating rate HR1 from the time point when the temperature of the cold-rolled sheet is an inlet side temperature T0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato YASUDA, Yoshihiro ARITA, Takashi KATAOKA, Kenichi MURAKAMI, Takeo ARAMAKI, Shinya YANO
  • Publication number: 20220340991
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet which is further improved in terms of iron loss before magnetic domain control, while achieving a sufficient iron loss improvement effect even in the control of a heat-resistant magnetic domain where a sufficient iron loss improvement effect has not been achieved. [Solution] A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention comprises abase steel sheet and a glass coating that is formed on the surface of the base steel sheet, and is characterized in that: the base steel sheet contains as chemical components, in mass %, 0.010% or less of C, from 2.00% to 4.00% of Si, from 0.05% to 1.00% of Mn, from 0.010% to 0.065% of Al, 0.004% or less of N and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato YASUDA, Takeo ARAMAKI, Shinya YANO, Yoshihiro ARITA, Takashi KATAOKA, Kenichi MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11377705
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a steel layer and an insulation coating arranged in directly contact with the steel layer thereon. The steel layer includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, 2.9 to 4.0% of Si, 2.0 to 4.0% of Mn, 0 to 0.20% of Sn, and 0 to 0.20% of Sb. In the steel layer, a silicon content and a manganese content expressed in mass % satisfy 1.2%?Si?0.5×Mn?2.0%, and a tin content and an antimony content expressed in mass % satisfy 0.005%?Sn+Sb?0.20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yashiki, Kenichi Murakami, Nobusato Morishige, Hirotoshi Tada, Yoshiaki Natori
  • Publication number: 20220081749
    Abstract: This manufacturing method of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is a manufacturing method of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having no forsterite film, in which in a decarburization annealing process, a cold-rolled steel sheet is (i-1) heated at an average heating rate (HR1) of 40 to 500° C./sec in a temperature range of 550° C. or higher and lower than 720° C., (i-2) heated at an average heating rate (HR2), which is 5 to 50° C./sec, in a temperature range of 720° C. to T1° C. (770° C.?T1 (° C.)?900° C.), and (ii) retained at the temperature of T1° C. for 50 to 1000 seconds to make an amount of C 25 ppm or less in an atmosphere of an oxygen partial pressure (P1) which is 0.0010 to 0.20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke TAKATANI, Takashi KATAOKA, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Kenichi MURAKAMI, Hiroyasu FUJII, Shingo OKADA, Seiki TAKEBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11230651
    Abstract: An adhesive film includes a resin film; and an adhesive layer provided on the resin film. The adhesive layer includes a resin composition including 2 parts by mass or more of an epoxy resin including two or more epoxy groups in molecules and having epoxy equivalents of 300 g/eq or less, per 100 parts by mass of an amorphous resin, which is soluble to a solvent and has a plurality of carboxyl groups in molecules, and which has a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or less and an acid value of 5 KOHmg/g or more. A flat wiring member includes a conductor and the adhesive film as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Shanai, Akinari Nakayama, Kenichi Murakami, Kazuhiko Sasada, Masanobu Yamanobe
  • Patent number: 11225706
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a steel sheet and an amorphous oxide layer that is formed on the steel sheet, in which the steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.085% or less, Si: 0.80% to 7.00%, Mn: 1.50% or less, acid-soluble Al: 0.065% or less, S: 0.013% or less, Cu: 0% to 0.80%, N: 0% to 0.012%, P: 0% to 0.50%, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, Sn: 0% to 0.30%, Sb: 0% to 0.30%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, and a NSIC value of a surface is 4.0% or more, the NSIC value being obtained by measuring an image clearness of the surface using an image clearness measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Takatani, Kenichi Murakami, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shunsuke Okumura, Shohji Nagano
  • Publication number: 20200190644
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a steel sheet and an amorphous oxide layer that is formed on the steel sheet, in which the steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.085% or less, Si: 0.80% to 7.00%, Mn: 1.50% or less, acid-soluble Al: 0.065% or less, S: 0.013% or less, Cu: 0% to 0.80%, N: 0% to 0.012%, P: 0% to 0.50%, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, Sn: 0% to 0.30%, Sb: 0% to 0.30%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, and a NSIC value of a surface is 4.0% or more, the NSIC value being obtained by measuring an image clearness of the surface using an image clearness measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke TAKATANI, Kenichi MURAKAMI, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shunsuke OKUMURA, Shohji NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20200181725
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a steel layer and an insulation coating arranged in directly contact with the steel layer thereon. The steel layer includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, 2.9 to 4.0% of Si, 2.0 to 4.0% of Mn, 0 to 0.20% of Sn, and 0 to 0.20% of Sb. In the steel layer, a silicon content and a manganese content expressed in mass % satisfy 1.2%?Si?0.5×Mn?2.0%, and a tin content and an antimony content expressed in mass % satisfy 0.005%?Sn+Sb?0.20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Kenichi MURAKAMI, Nobusato MORISHIGE, Hirotoshi TADA, Yoshiaki NATORI
  • Patent number: 10662491
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a steel sheet having a surface on which grooves, in which an extending direction crosses a rolling direction and a depth direction is parallel to a sheet thickness direction, are formed, and wherein a molten solidified substance ranging in parallel to the groove exists on both sides of the groove on the surface of the steel sheet, and a height becoming a maximum frequency in a height distribution of height data in which the surface of the steel sheet in a specific area including the groove is measured at regular intervals is set as a virtual plane, and a value of V2/V1 is more than 0.10 and less than 0.80, wherein V1 is a space volume of recess parts recessed from the virtual plane and V2 is a volume of projection parts projected from the virtual plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahito Mizumura, Fumiaki Takahashi, Masato Mizokami, Hisashi Mogi, Hideyuki Hamamura, Hirofumi Imai, Shinya Hayashi, Kenichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10610964
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; a primary film formed on a surface of the base steel sheet; and a tension insulation coating formed on a surface of the primary film, in which a magnetic domain control is performed by irradiating the tension insulation coating with a laser from above. When a strip-like sample having a length of 300 mm in a direction parallel to a rolling direction of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and a length of 60 mm in a direction parallel to a transverse direction is extracted from the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, a range from a surface of the tension insulation coating to a depth position of 5 ?m toward the base steel sheet side from an interface between the base steel sheet and the primary film is removed by pickling at least one surface of the sample, and a warpage amount of the sample is thereafter measured, the warpage amount satisfies predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Arai, Hideyuki Hamamura, Kenichi Murakami, Hiroyasu Fujii, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Norikazu Fujii, Masato Mizokami
  • Patent number: 10604818
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a steel layer and an insulation coating arranged in directly contact with the steel layer thereon. The steel layer includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, 2.9 to 4.0% of Si, 2.0 to 4.0% of Mn, 0 to 0.20% of Sn, and 0 to 0.20% of Sb. In the steel layer, a silicon content and a manganese content expressed in mass % satisfy 1.2%?Si?0.5×Mn?2.0%, and a tin content and an antimony content expressed in mass % satisfy 0.005%?Sn+Sb?0.20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yashiki, Kenichi Murakami, Nobusato Morishige, Hirotoshi Tada, Yoshiaki Natori
  • Patent number: 10494947
    Abstract: A steam turbine include a steam chest casing that is provided with a plurality of nozzle openings along a circumferential direction; a partition wall to partition the steam chest casing into the main steam chest and a sub-steam chest with smaller capacity than the main steam chest; a main steam pipe that supplies steam to the main steam chest; a steam chest connection pipe that distributes part of the steam, which is supplied to the main steam chest, to the sub-steam chest; a steam chest connection valve; a pressure gauge that measures the pressure of the steam flowing in the main steam pipe; and a control unit that closes the steam chest connection valve when the measured pressure is less than more than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and opens the steam chest connection valve when the measured pressure is less than the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Mitsuyoshi Tsuchiya, Mamoru Odagawa
  • Patent number: 10425482
    Abstract: Provided is an information management device including: a communication information obtaining unit configured to obtain communication information about a communication state in an internal network inside a building; and an update determination unit configured to determine a start of updating process by an information updating unit, based on the communication information obtained by the communication information obtaining unit, wherein the information updating unit obtains information from an external network outside the building and performs the updating process for storing the obtained information as local information into a storage device which is accessible, not via the external network, by a terminal device connected to the internal network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Yoji Okada, Yoshizo Tanaka, Takashi Yamamoto, Hirotsugu Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kazuto Yano, Masayuki Ariyoshi, Tomohiro Miyasaka, Mariko Sekiguchi, Yafei Hou
  • Patent number: 10354784
    Abstract: A non-oriented magnetic steel sheet includes a specific chemical composition represented by, in mass %: Si: 3.0% to 3.6%; Al: 0.50% to 1.25%; Mn: 0.5% to 1.5%; Sb or Sn or both of them: [Sb]+[Sn]/2 is 0.0025% to 0.05% where [Sb] denotes an Sb content and [Sn] denotes an Sn content; P: 0.010% to 0.150%; Ni: 0.010% to 0.200%; C: 0.0010% to 0.0040%; and others. The thickness of the non-oriented magnetic steel sheet is 0.15 mm to 0.30 mm. the non-oriented magnetic steel sheet includes magnetic properties represented by, where t denotes a thickness (mm) of the non-oriented magnetic steel sheet: a magnetic flux density B50: “0.2×t+1.52” T or more; a magnetic flux density difference ?B50: 0.08 T or less; core loss W10/50: 0.95 W/kg or less; and core loss W10/400: “20×t+7.5” W/kg or less. A ratio of a number of intergranular carbides precipitated in grains relative to a sum of the number of the intergranular carbides and a number of grain boundary carbides precipitated on grain boundaries is 0.50 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Yoshiaki Natori, Takuya Matsumoto, Hiroki Hori, Takeaki Wakisaka
  • Publication number: 20190048434
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a steel sheet having a surface on which grooves in which an extending direction crosses a rolling direction and a depth direction is parallel to a sheet thickness direction are formed. A molten solidified substance ranging in parallel to the groove exists on both sides of the groove on a surface of the steel sheet. A height becoming a maximum frequency in a height distribution of height data in which the surface of the steel sheet in a specific area including the groove is measured at regular intervals is set as a virtual plane, and when a space volume of recess parts recessed from the virtual plane is set as V1 and a volume of projection parts projected from the virtual plane is set as V2, a value of V2/V1 is more than 0.10 and less than 0.80. A plurality of projections are formed in the specific area, and among the plurality of projections, a width of a projection closest to the groove is larger than widths of the other projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahito MIZUMURA, Fumiaki TAKAHASHI, Masato MIZOKAMI, Hisashi MOGI, Hideyuki HAMAMURA, Hirofumi IMAI, Shinya HAYASHI, Kenichi MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 10011183
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for charging and discharging a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (“PEV”). The method may include determining that first event data describes a Renewable Energy Output Control event (“REOC event”) including instructions directing a Renewable Energy Power Generation facility (“REPG facility”) to not output power to a power grid during a time period specified by the REOC event. The method may include the REPG facility charging a battery system included in a PEV during the REOC event. The battery system may be coupled to the REPG facility via a coupling that does not including the power grid. The battery system may be charged by the REPG facility via the coupling with power generated by the REPG facility during the first duration of the REOC event so that the REPG facility continues to generate power during the REOC event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Kenichi Murakami, Kunihiko Kumita, Tomoya Ohno
  • Patent number: 9995591
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for determining a departure time for a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (“PEV”). The method may include analyzing power meter data to determine that a connector of a control device is coupled to an inlet of the PEV. The method may include charging a battery set of the PEV with electricity. The method may include determining a next day of a next journey for the PEV based on clock data provided by a clock. The clock data may describe time information describing a present day and a category of the next day. The method may include analyzing history data associated with the category of the next day to determine a habitual time associated with the category of the next day. The method may include estimating that a departure time for the next journey is substantially equal to the habitual time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Kenichi Murakami, Kunihiko Kumita, Tomoya Ohno
  • Publication number: 20180149037
    Abstract: A steam turbine include a steam chest casing that is provided with a plurality of nozzle openings along a circumferential direction; a partition wall to partition the steam chest casing into the main steam chest and a sub-steam chest with smaller capacity than the main steam chest; a main steam pipe that supplies steam to the main steam chest; a steam chest connection pipe that distributes part of the steam, which is supplied to the main steam chest, to the sub-steam chest; a steam chest connection valve; a pressure gauge that measures the pressure of the steam flowing in the main steam pipe; and a control unit that closes the steam chest connection valve when the measured pressure is less than more than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and opens the steam chest connection valve when the measured pressure is less than the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Mitsuyoshi Tsuchiya, Mamoru Odagawa