Patents by Inventor Kenichi Nishikawa
Kenichi Nishikawa 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).
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Publication number: 20150021512Abstract: A soft magnetic powder core which can have a high electrical resistivity, a high magnetic flux density and a high strength easily, and the soft magnetic powder core can be used in various electromagnetic components such as a motor, an actuator, a generator and a reactor. The soft magnetic powder core in which the glass portion is scattered among the soft magnetic particles, the soft magnetic particle having the core particle with iron as the main component and the insulating coating layer containing P, O and Fe. Further, the junction portion with iron oxide as the main component is formed between the soft magnetic particle and the glass portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Takeshi Takahashi, Seigo Tokoro, Seiichi Kikuchi, Kenichi Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20140320246Abstract: The present invention provides a permanent magnet which is excellent in the temperature properties and the magnetic properties of which will not be significantly decreased, compared to the conventional R-T-B based permanent magnet. In the R-T-B based structure, a stacked structure of R1-T-B based crystal layer and Y-T-B based crystal layer can be formed by alternatively stacking R1-T-B and Y-T-B. In this way, a high magnetic anisotropy field of the R1-T-B based crystal layer can be maintained while the temperature coefficient of the Y-T-B based crystal layer can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Ryuji HASHIMOTO, Kenichi SUZUKI, Kyung-ku CHOI, Kenichi NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20140318316Abstract: The present invention provides a rare earth based sintered magnet. The magnet is a rare earth based permanent magnet with a R-T-B (R represents one or more elements selected from Y and rare earth elements, T represents one or more metal elements including Fe or the combination of Fe and Co, and B represents B or the combination of B and C) based composition. When a R-rich phase (R represents rare earth element(s)) with atomic ratio of (Fe+Co)/(LR+HR+Fe+Co)?0.2 (LR represents Y and light rare earth element(s) selected from 57La to 63Eu, and HR represents heavy rare earth element(s) selected from 64Gd to 7ILu) is present in the grain boundary triple point, a region with HR/(LR+HR)?0.01 (atomic ratio) is present in the R-rich phase, and the region with HR/(LR+HR)?0.01 accounts for 10% to 90% of the area of the grain boundary triple point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Hayakawa, Ryota Kunieda, Tetsuya Chiba, Kenichi Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20140283649Abstract: An R-T-B based sintered magnet maintains high magnetic properties and decreases usage of heavy rare earth elements. The magnet includes main phase grains and grain boundary phases, the main phase grain containing a core portion and a shell portion. X in the main phase LR(2-x)HRxT14B of the core portion ranges from 0.00 to 0.07; x in the main phase LR(2-x)HRxT14B of the shell portion ranges from 0.02 to 0.40; and the maximum thickness of the shell portion ranges from 7 nm to 100 nm. LR contains Nd and one or more light rare earth elements consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr and Sm; HR contains Dy or/and Tb and one or more heavy rare earth elements consisting of Gd, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu; T contains Fe or/and Co and one or two kinds of Mn and Ni; and B represents boron partly replaced by C (carbon).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota Kunieda, Takuma Hayakawa, Tetsuya Chiba, Kenichi Nishikawa, Yoshinori Fujikawa
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Patent number: 8285928Abstract: This storage control apparatus 100 is able sufficiently to manifest the merits of economization of electrical power. The storage control apparatus 100 includes one or more additional storage units 150 which are adapted for the supply of power to them to be turned ON and OFF individually. Each of these additional storage units 150 includes a plurality of storage devices 154 (for example, a plurality of HDDs). When a user actuates a management device 106, and causes one or more RAID groups and a spare HDD for each of these RAID groups to be set within the storage control apparatus 100, an MPU 140 of the storage control apparatus 100 controls the management device 106 to make the user set each RAID group and the spare HDD for it within the same additional storage unit 150.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Matsui, Kenichi Nishikawa, Yoshifumi Zimoto
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Publication number: 20120134130Abstract: A relay box is provided with: a main housing; and a mounting section, which is provided in the main housing, and has selectively mounted thereon a relay block having a plug-in relay mounted thereon and removable therefrom, and a relay module which houses, in a module case, a circuit configuring body having a switching element mounted thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Washihira, Kenichi Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20120028040Abstract: The present invention relates to an application tape, which has a function of improving an application workability when a protective pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is applied to an adherend, in which the application tape has a surface that has a coefficient of static friction for a PET film of 0.05-1.0 in the case where the PET film is slid on the application tape having a size of 30 mm×30 mm under a condition of a load of 100 g and a rate of 100 mm/min, and the application tape has a Young's modulus of 300 MPa or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto KAI, Yoshio NAKAGAWA, Masanori UESUGI, Yuka OOSAWA, Yasunori YAMOMOTO, Kenichi NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20110252194Abstract: This storage control apparatus 100 is able sufficiently to manifest the merits of economization of electrical power. The storage control apparatus 100 includes one or more additional storage units 150 which are adapted for the supply of power to them to be turned ON and OFF individually. Each of these additional storage units 150 includes a plurality of storage devices 154 (for example, a plurality of HDDs). When a user actuates a management device 106, and causes one or more RAID groups and a spare HDD for each of these RAID groups to be set within the storage control apparatus 100, an MPU 140 of the storage control apparatus 100 controls the management device 106 to make the user set each RAID group and the spare HDD for it within the same additional storage unit 150.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2008Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Akira Matsui, Kenichi Nishikawa, Yoshifumi Zimoto
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Patent number: 8035040Abstract: An electric current sensor is disposed in an upper end part of a casing in an electrical junction box. A detecting bus bar penetrates a through-hole in the electric current sensor so that opposite ends of the detecting bus bar project from the through-hole. A bolt hole is provided in an input side portion on one end projecting from the through-hole. Bolt holes are provided in an output side portion on the other end projecting from the through-hole. A bolt hole is provided in an input side bus bar. The input side bus bar is disposed below the input side portion so that the bolt hole is communicated with the bolt hole. Bolt holes are provided in output side bus bars. The output side bus bars are disposed below the output side portion so that the bolt holes are communicated with the bolt holes. Bolts are inserted downward into the communicated bolt holes to secure the electric current sensor to the input and output side bus bars.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20100025102Abstract: An electric current sensor is disposed in an upper end part of a casing in an electrical junction box. A detecting bus bar penetrates a through-hole in the electric current sensor so that opposite ends of the detecting bus bar project from the through-hole. A bolt hole is provided in an input side portion on one end projecting from the through-hole. Bolt holes are provided in an output side portion on the other end projecting from the through-hole. A bolt hole is provided in an input side bus bar. The input side bus bar is disposed below the input side portion so that the bolt hole is communicated with the bolt hole. Bolt holes are provided in output side bus bars. The output side bus bars are disposed below the output side portion so that the bolt holes are communicated with the bolt holes. Bolts are inserted downward into the communicated bolt holes to secure the electric current sensor to the input and output side bus bars.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20090327758Abstract: A storage apparatus is provided, which allows a user to properly use an encrypted text and a plain text even when the storage apparatus has an encrypting function. An adaptor controlling transmission and reception of data to and from a memory device is provided with an encrypting function. Data requiring no encryption is transmitted to an adaptor having no encrypting function, and data to be encrypted is transmitted to the adaptor having an encrypting function. Thus, a user of the storage apparatus can properly use an encrypted text and a plain text.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Toshimitu SAKANAKA, Shuichi YAGI, Yasuyuki NAGASOE, Kenichi NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20090145650Abstract: A screen mask according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a mask member in which a print pattern is formed to print a conductive bonding material onto a mounting substrate. The mask member includes a first print area in which a conductive bonding material is printed onto the mounting substrate so as to have a first thickness, and a second print area in which the conductive bonding material is printed onto the mounting substrate so as to have a second thickness that is thicker than the first thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventor: Kenichi NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20070097611Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a portable type electronic apparatus including a hinge portion having a rotating function in a plurality of directions, wherein two casings can be held stably without shaking in a state in which they are opened. A portable type electronic apparatus (101) includes a hinge portion (30) for coupling a first casing (10) and a second casing (20) in such a manner that both of the casings can be opened and closed through a first rotating axis (31) and the first casing (10) can be rotated through a second rotating axis (32) in an orthogonal direction to the first rotating axis (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2003Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuaki Takamori, Kenichi Nishikawa, Teruo Nanmoku, Muneoki Kamata, Hidehiro Yanagibashi
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Patent number: 7081274Abstract: A method for producing a spark plug, the spark plug comprising a center electrode, a metal shell and an alumina ceramic insulator disposed between the center electrode and the metal shell, wherein at least part of the surface of the insulator is covered with a glaze layer, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of kinds of element glaze powders wherein each kind of the element glaze powders has a different dilatometric softening point and a different linear expansion coefficient compared to other kinds of element glaze powders; coating a surface of the insulator with the plurality of kinds of element glaze powders so as to form a glaze powder layer; and baking the glaze powder layer to the surface of the insulator so as to form the glaze layer by heating the glaze powder layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Makoto Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6831395Abstract: A spark plug 100 has a glaze layer 2d formed on a surface of an alumina based insulator 2 contains 1 mol % or less of a Pb component in terms of PbO. The glaze layer 2d comprises 35 to 55 mol % of a Si component in terms of SiO2; 15 to 35 mol % of a B component in terms of B2O3; 5 to 20 mol % of a Zn component in terms of ZnO; 0.5 to 20 mol % of a Ba component in terms of BaO; and 10 to 15 mol % in total of at least one alkaline metal component of Na, K and Li, in terms of Na2O, K2O and Li2O, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2001Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Nishikawa
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Patent number: 6831396Abstract: The present application is to provide a spark plug where a marking layer 2m under a glaze layer 2d can form a color stably, even if the Pb amount is decreased in the glaze layer. The glaze layer 2d is formed on an insulator 2 of the spark plug, and the marking layer 2m is formed under the glaze layer 2d. The glaze layer 2d contains, e.g., 1 to 25 mol % of a Zn component in terms of Zno and 5 mol % or lower, e.g., 1 mol % or lower of a Pb component in terms of PbO. On the other hand, the marking layer 2m is adjusted in kinds and amounts of metallic element components in such manners that a tint seen through the glaze layer 2d is 3 or lower in brightness specified by JIS:Z8721 as well as 3 or lower in chroma specified by JIS:Z8721, or 4 or lower in the brightness specified by JIS:Z8721 as well as 2 or lower in the chroma specified by JIS:Z8721.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenichi Nishikawa
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Patent number: 6822378Abstract: A spark plug comprising: a center electrode; a metal shell; and an alumina ceramic insulator disposed between the center electrode and the metal shell, wherein at least part of the surface of the insulator is covered with a glaze layer comprising oxides, wherein the glaze layer comprises: 1 mol % or less of a Pb component in terms of PbO; 30 to 60 mol % of a Si component in terms of SiO2; 20 to 50 mol % of a B component in terms of B2O3; 0.5 to 25 mol % of a Zn component in terms of ZnO; 0.5 to 15 mol % in total of at least one of Ba and Sr components in terms of BaO and SrO, respectively; 2 to 12 mol % in total of at least two alkaline metal components of Na, K and Li, in terms of Na2O, K2O, and Li2O, respectively, wherein K and Li is essential; and 0.1 to 10 mol % of a F component in terms of F2.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: NGK Spark Plug., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Makoto Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6771009Abstract: A resistor-containing spark plug 100 has an alumina insulator 2 coated with a glaze layer 2d, the glaze layer 2d has a lead component content of 1 mol % or lower in terms of PbO and containing a silicon component, a boron component, a zinc and/or alkaline earth metal component, and an alkali metal component. The insulator has, in an axially central position thereof, a projection part protruding from the outer circumferential surface thereof and extending in a circumferential direction. That main body of the insulator which is located adjacent to the projection part on the rear side thereof, which is the side opposite to the front side facing the center electrode in the axial direction, has a base portion having a cylindrical outer circumference. The outer circumference of the base portion is covered with the glaze layer which, when examined by the method as provided for in JIS B 0601, gives a surface roughness curve having a maximum height Ry of 10 &mgr;m or smaller.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Yoshihide Kouge, Makoto Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6765340Abstract: A spark plug comprising: a center electrode; a metal shell; and an alumina ceramic insulator disposed between the center electrode and the metal shell, wherein at least part of the surface of the insulator is covered with a glaze layer comprising oxides, the glaze layer comprising: 1 mol % or less of a Pb component in terms of PbO; 40 to 60 mol % of a Si component in terms of SiO2; 20 to 40 mol % of a B component in terms of B2O3; 0.5 to 25 mol % of a Zn component in terms of ZnO; 0.5 to 15 mol % in total of at least one of Ba and Sr components in terms of BaO and SrO, respectively; 2 to 12 mol % in total of at least one alkaline metal component of Na, K and Li, in terms of Na2O, K2O, and Li2O, respectively, wherein K is essential; and 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Makoto Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6752677Abstract: A method for producing a spark plug, the spark plug comprising a center electrode, a metal shell and an alumina ceramic insulator disposed between the center electrode and the metal shell, wherein at least part of the surface of the insulator is covered with a glaze layer comprising oxides, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a coated glaze powder so that a surface of each particle of a glaze powder is covered by an elution-suppressing coating layer, the elution-suppressing coating layer suppressing an elution of water soluble component that is contained in each particle of the glaze powder; preparing a glaze slurry by suspending the glaze powder in a water solvent; applying the glaze slurry to a surface of the insulator so as to form a glaze powder-deposited layer; and baking the glaze powder-deposited layer to the surface of the insulator to form the glaze layer by heating the glaze powder-deposited layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2002Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Makoto Sugimoto