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).

  • Publication number: 20150021512
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi Takahashi, Seigo Tokoro, Seiichi Kikuchi, Kenichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140320246
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Ryuji HASHIMOTO, Kenichi SUZUKI, Kyung-ku CHOI, Kenichi NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140318316
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Hayakawa, Ryota Kunieda, Tetsuya Chiba, Kenichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140283649
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kunieda, Takuma Hayakawa, Tetsuya Chiba, Kenichi Nishikawa, Yoshinori Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 8285928
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Matsui, Kenichi Nishikawa, Yoshifumi Zimoto
  • Publication number: 20120134130
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Washihira, Kenichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120028040
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KAI, Yoshio NAKAGAWA, Masanori UESUGI, Yuka OOSAWA, Yasunori YAMOMOTO, Kenichi NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20110252194
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Akira Matsui, Kenichi Nishikawa, Yoshifumi Zimoto
  • Patent number: 8035040
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100025102
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20090327758
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Toshimitu SAKANAKA, Shuichi YAGI, Yasuyuki NAGASOE, Kenichi NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20090145650
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventor: Kenichi NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20070097611
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takamori, Kenichi Nishikawa, Teruo Nanmoku, Muneoki Kamata, Hidehiro Yanagibashi
  • Patent number: 7081274
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Makoto Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 6831395
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 6831396
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 6822378
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Makoto Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 6771009
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Yoshihide Kouge, Makoto Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 6765340
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Makoto Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 6752677
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishikawa, Makoto Sugimoto