Patents by Inventor Kenji Murakami
Kenji 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: 20230014164Abstract: A coil spring jig includes a spring support portion where one end of a coil spring is capable of being placed, a plurality of displacement regulating portions extending along an axis of the coil spring from the spring support portion with the coil spring supported by the spring support portion as a reference, capable of abutting against an outer peripheral surface of the coil spring, and regulating displacement of the coil spring in a radial direction of the coil spring, and a lid portion supported by the displacement regulating portions and capable of keeping the coil spring in a compressed state by sandwiching the coil spring together with the spring support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokatsu KAMEDA, Toshihiro OGAWA, Shinji KASATORI, Atsushi MURAKAMI, Hideki KATO, Kenji NAGAOKA
-
Publication number: 20230016208Abstract: In a case where the coating film is confirmed to remain in a third step, at least one or more of conditions of the shot peening treatment including a propelling speed of the shot medium, a propelling time of the shot medium, a material of the shot medium, and an average particle diameter of the shot medium are changed and the second step and the third step are repeated until the coating film does not remain In a case where the coating film is not confirmed to remain in the third step, the condition of the shot peening treatment in the second step in which the coil spring is obtained with no remaining coating film is determined as the propelling condition for the shot medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokatsu KAMEDA, Toshihiro OGAWA, Shinji KASATORI, Hideki KATO, Keiichi MAEKAWA, Kentaro TOKITA, Kenji NAGAOKA, Atsushi MURAKAMI
-
Patent number: 11548827Abstract: Provided is a member for a plasma processing apparatus consisting of a tungsten carbide phase. The member includes at least one type of atom selected from the group consisting of a Fe atom, a Co atom, and a Ni atom, in which the total content of the atoms is in a range of 30 to 3300 atomic ppm.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignees: NIPPON TUNGSTEN CO., LTD., TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Hajime Ishii, Kenji Fujimoto, Naoyuki Satoh, Nobuyuki Nagayama, Koichi Murakami, Takahiro Murakami
-
Patent number: 11524469Abstract: This composite material automatic laminating equipment is provided with a lamination stage a composite material winding unit which supplies a composite material sheet, supply rollers which feed the composite material sheet onto the top surface of the lamination stage or onto another composite material sheet arranged on said top surface, a compaction roller which is arranged downstream of the supply rollers and which makes surface contact with the composite material sheet and presses the composite material sheet, and a cutting section which forms composite material sheet pieces by cutting, in the width direction, the portion of the composite material sheet in surface contact with the compaction roller.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akihito Suzuki, Kazuki Ishida, Kohei Muto, Tsuyoshi Okawara, Kenji Murakami, Makoto Inomoto
-
Publication number: 20220382034Abstract: The present invention relates to an observation holder, including an accommodation unit configured to accommodate an observation target, and an observation unit formed below the accommodation unit, wherein an observation target accommodated in the accommodation unit can be observed from below, the accommodation unit includes an accommodation unit main body in which a plurality of holes for accommodating an observation target are formed, and an accommodation unit upper portion formed on an upper portion of the accommodation unit main body, the accommodation unit upper portion includes a wall surrounding a space above the accommodation unit main body, as a storage for storing a predetermined liquid, and two adjacent holes of the plurality of holes are connected in the observation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicants: HIRATA CORPORATION, ODC Management Co. Ltd.Inventors: Tomoko TSUCHIYA, Shiro KANEGASAKI, Seigo MURAKAMI, Kenji MORITA
-
Publication number: 20220377294Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable information presentation with high usability. On the basis of presentation location information regarding a change in state of a presentation location where presentation information is presented and at least one piece of information out of processing information regarding processing for generating the presentation information, user information regarding a response of a user to the processing, and environment information regarding a state of an environment of the presentation location, control of at least one state of a presentation state of the presentation information and a state of the processing is performed. The present technology can be applied as a projection device for the inside of a vehicle, a conference room, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo IKEDA, Atsushi IRIE, Kenji GOTOH, Yohsuke KAJI, Eisuke FUJINAWA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Tadayoshi MURAKAMI
-
Patent number: 11488750Abstract: A manufacturing method of shunt resistor according to the present invention includes a step of calculating a difference between an initial resistance value and a desired resistance value as a resistance value to be adjusted, a step of providing a plurality of recess forming members capable of forming recesses each having a characteristic size in the surface of a resistive alloy plate, a recess determining step of determining the size and the number of the recesses necessary to be formed at the surface of the resistive alloy plate, and a recess forming step of forming the recesses according to the size and the number determined in the recess determining step by using the corresponding recess forming members.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Suncall CorporationInventors: Hiroya Kobayakawa, Kenji Murakami
-
Patent number: 11466337Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength sheet containing: C: 0.15% by mass to 0.35% by mass, a total of Si and Al: 0.5% by mass to 3.0% by mass, Al: 0.01% by mass or more, N: 0.01% by mass or less, Mn: 1.0% by mass to 4.0% by mass, P: 0.05% by mass or less, and S: 0.01% by mass or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel structure satisfies that: a ferrite fraction is 5% or less, the total fraction of tempered martensite and tempered bainite is 60% or more, the amount of retained austenite is 10% or more, MA has an average size of 1.0 ?m or less, retained austenite has an average size of 1.0 ?m or less, retained austenite having a size of 1.5 ?m or more accounts for 2% or more of the total amount of retained austenite, and the amount of solute nitrogen in a steel sheet is 0.002% by mass or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Natsumeda, Toshio Murakami, Kenji Saito, Tadao Murata
-
Publication number: 20220304747Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency treatment tool including: a sheath having an inner hole that passes therethrough in a longitudinal direction; a first electrode portion that is formed in a rod shape, that passes through the inner hole of the sheath to protrude from a distal end of the sheath, and that is configured to apply a high-frequency current; a second electrode portion that is disposed at a position at which the second electrode portion is electrically connected with the first electrode portion; and a power source that uses the first electrode portion as a negative electrode, that uses the second electrode portion as a positive electrode, and that supply a current between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion so that a state in which attached matter attached to the first electrode portion is lifted from the first electrode portion due to osmosis is created.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuo MIYANO, Yoshinori HIGUCHI, Kenji MURAKAMI, Shohei KAMADA, Yoshitaka KAMIYA, Masayoshi SAITO
-
Publication number: 20220290610Abstract: An outlet seal connects a combustor that combusts a fuel to generate combustion gas and a shroud for a stator. The outlet seal has a gas path surface, a first connection section, and a second connection section. The shape of the gas path surface in a cross section perpendicular to an axis is an arc centered on the axis. The first connection section is formed at a first side in an axial direction and is connected to the combustor. The second connection section is formed at a second side in the axial direction and is connected to the shroud. The gas path surface has an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the axis in a cross section including the axis, such that the flow-path area of a combustion-gas flow path is reduced toward the second side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Kenji SATO, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Norihiko MOTOYAMA, Akihiro MURAKAMI
-
Patent number: 11434174Abstract: A member for a plasma processing apparatus has a tungsten carbide phase, and a sub-phase including at least one selected from the group consisting of phase I to IV, and phase V, in which the phase I is a carbide phase containing, as a constituent element, at least one of the elements of Group IV, V, and VI of the periodic table excluding W, the phase II is a nitride phase containing, as a constituent element, at least one of the elements of Group IV, V, and VI of the periodic table excluding W, the phase III is a carbonitride phase containing, as a constituent element, at least one of the elements of Group IV, Group V, and Group VI of the periodic table excluding W, the phase IV is a carbon phase, the phase V is a composite carbide phase which is represented by a formula WxMyCz.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: NIPPON TUNGSTEN CO., LTD., TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Hajime Ishii, Kenji Fujimoto, Naoyuki Satoh, Nobuyuki Nagayama, Koichi Murakami, Takahiro Murakami
-
Publication number: 20220270418Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle state acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle state information, which is information on a vehicle state associated with at least one of traveling, steering, and braking of a vehicle, a damaged part information acquisition unit that acquires, in a case where image data showing a surface of the vehicle includes a damaged part of the vehicle, damaged part information, which is information on the damaged part, a damage information generation unit that generates, when the damaged part information acquisition unit acquires the damaged part information, vehicle damage information including the damaged part information and the image data which are associated with the damaged part, and an assessment information generation unit that generates assessment information including the vehicle state information and the vehicle damage information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Takeshi MURAKAMI, Kenji YAMAGUCHI
-
Publication number: 20220261978Abstract: In a vehicle exterior imaging system, when a vehicle is washed with a vehicle washer, an image of an exterior of the vehicle is captured by a camera provided in an assessment device, and the captured image data is acquired by a capture image data acquisition unit. Flaws are detected by a flaw detection unit from the captured image data, and presentation image data including detected flaw information is sent by a sending unit to a user terminal. Thus, a user or a manager is able to check for flaws on a vehicle, and locations, degrees, and the like of flaws from a presentation image each time of a vehicle wash of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Takeshi MURAKAMI, Kenji YAMAGUCHI
-
Publication number: 20220254551Abstract: A shunt resistor having improved temperature characteristics has a resistive body, a pair of base materials integrally formed on the resistive body across the resistive body, and measurement terminals fixed onto the base materials. The base materials have a plurality of cutout portions along a longitudinal direction of the base materials, wherein the plurality of cutout portions do not communicate with each other and are provided in a stepped manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Yuu Moriyama, Kenji Murakami, Akio Mugishima
-
Publication number: 20220253910Abstract: A vehicle assessment system includes a report information evaluation unit. The report information evaluation unit is configured to adjust a report information-based evaluated price based on report information, from an appraisal price assessed by a vehicle appraisal price determination unit according to an elapsed time from a time when a report information database has acquired the report information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Takeshi MURAKAMI, Kenji YAMAGUCHI
-
Patent number: 11382911Abstract: A diketopiperazine mixture suitable for mixing with a food or drink and a method for producing the mixture. High-temperature and high-pressure treatment of plant peptides in a liquid allows production of a plant extract containing a high concentration of diketopiperazines including cyclo-leucyl-leucine and cyclo-leucyl-phenylalanine. Diketopiperazines having excellent flavor derived from a plant natural product and can produce a food or drink provided with the functions of the diketopiperazines by directly mixing the diketopiperazines with the food or drink.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Yoshinori Beppu, Koichi Nakahara, Tomonori Suzuki, Soichiro Shima, Yuka Murakami
-
Patent number: 11371140Abstract: A method for producing a GaN crystal that includes: (i) a seed crystal preparation step of preparing a GaN seed crystal having one or more facets selected from a {10-10} facet and a {10-1-1} facet; and (ii) a growth step of growing GaN from vapor phase on a surface comprising the one or more facets of the GaN seed crystal using GaCl3 and NH3 as raw materials.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kenji Iso, Akinori Koukitu, Hisashi Murakami
-
Patent number: 11332230Abstract: The method for producing an assembly is a method for producing an assembly equipped with a member to be reinforced (20), a reinforcing member body (41), and a filler (42), wherein the reinforcing member body (41) has a pair of flanges (44) arranged spaced on the surface (20B) of the member to be reinforced (20), a web (45), and a connection portion (46) which connects the flanges (44) and the web (45) and forms a filler space (V) with the surface (20B). The method for producing an assembly includes a step for inserting a filler (42) into the filler space (V), a step for attaching a crack control member (43) to cover the end of the filler (42), a step for joining the flanges (44) and the member to be reinforced (20), and a step for curing at least the member to be reinforced (20).Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akihito Suzuki, Kenji Murakami, Kana Sakon, Akihisa Okuda, Takayuki Shimizu, Takumi Shinohara, Jun Eto, Yukifumi Toyama, Junichiro Miyagaki, Kenichi Kawakami
-
Publication number: 20220134684Abstract: This composite material automatic laminating equipment is provided with a lamination stage a composite material winding unit which supplies a composite material sheet, supply rollers which feed the composite material sheet onto the top surface of the lamination stage or onto another composite material sheet arranged on said top surface, a compaction roller which is arranged downstream of the supply rollers and which makes surface contact with the composite material sheet and presses the composite material sheet, and a cutting section which forms composite material sheet pieces by cutting, in the width direction, the portion of the composite material sheet in surface contact with the compaction roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Akihito SUZUKI, Kazuki ISHIDA, Kohei MUTO, Tsuyoshi OKAWARA, Kenji MURAKAMI, Makoto INOMOTO
-
Patent number: D951441Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: PHC Holdings CorporationInventors: Kenji Murakami, Koji Miyata, Ryosuke Tani