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).
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Publication number: 20240122818Abstract: The present invention relates to light-scattering silica particles having a light scattering property, the light-scattering silica particles including: a plurality of hollow portions each having a closed pore structure inside the particle, in which the light-scattering silica particles have a volume-based cumulative 50% particle diameter of 1 ?m to 500 ?m and an average circularity of 0.80 or more, and in use of the light-scattering silica particles, a reflectance A of a water cake containing 20 mg/cm2 of silica per measurement cross-sectional area at an ultraviolet wavelength of 310 nm is 30% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: AGC Inc., AGC SI-TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime KATAYAMA, Masashi KONDO, Kohta FUKUMOTO, Yuriko TAKANO, Shinnosuke ARIMITSU, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Kenji HIGASHI, Daisuke YAMAZUMI
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Publication number: 20240076755Abstract: A method that, regarding a process of refining molten iron, can increase the thermal margin and the amount of cold iron source to be used. A burner having jetting holes for jetting a fuel and a combustion supporting gas is provided at a leading end part of one lance that top-blows an oxidizing gas to molten iron contained in a converter-type vessel, or at a leading end part of another separate lance. A powdery auxiliary raw material or an auxiliary raw material processed into a powder form that is blown into the molten iron from the one lance or the other lance passes through a flame formed by the burner. This top-blowing lance for a converter is configured to secure a predetermined heating time and powder-fuel ratio. Also, a method for adding an auxiliary raw material and a method for refining of molten iron that use this top-blowing lance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Shota AMANO, Hidemitsu NEGISHI, Yumi MURAKAMI, Futoshi OGASAWARA, Kenji NAKASE
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Publication number: 20240076754Abstract: A molten iron refining method having, an auxiliary material, and an oxidizing gas supplied through a top-blowing lance, to a cold iron source and molten pig iron that are contained/fed in a converter-type vessel, and molten iron is subjected to a refining process. A pre-charged cold iron source is charged into the converter-type vessel at an amount not larger than 0.15 times. A furnace-top-added cold iron source that's part or all of the cold iron source and added from a furnace top is fed during the refining process. A burner at a leading end of the top-blowing lance that spray holes through which a fuel and a combustion-supporting gas are ejected. During the refining process, a powdery auxiliary material processed into powder that's part of the auxiliary material is blown in, to pass through a flame formed by the burner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Futoshi OGASAWARA, Hidemitsu NEGISHI, Kenji NAKASE, Shota AMANO, Yumi MURAKAMI, Rei YOKOMORI, Yudai HATTORI, Ryo KAWABATA, Naoki KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20240069641Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a threshold value control unit. The threshold value control unit controls, on the basis of three-dimensional position information of each of a first finger and a second finger acquired from a detection result of a sensor, a threshold value relating to determination of a gesture using at least one of the first finger and the second finger. As a result, it is possible to perform gesture determination with high accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: ATSUSHI IRIE, KENJI GOTOH, TETSUO IKEDA, YOHSUKE KAJI, EISUKE FUJINAWA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TADAYOSHI MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20240068060Abstract: Proposed is a molten iron refining method capable of securing an in-flame staying time period of a heat transfer medium without being influenced by height adjustments of a blowing-purpose oxygen-blowing lance. As far as to a position lower than an upper end inside a converter-type vessel 1, a blowing-purpose oxygen-blowing lance 3 that supplies oxidizing gas and is capable of ascending and descending and at least one burner lance 4 capable of ascending and descending independently of the blowing-purpose oxygen-blowing lance are inserted. From the blowing-purpose oxygen-blowing lance, either oxidizing gas or oxidizing gas and CaO-containing refining agent are blown onto the molten iron. Also, a flame is formed by causing the burner lance to discharge fuel gas and combustion supporting gas. Powder particles discharged from the burner lance are caused to pass through the flame and to be blown onto the molten iron in a heat-transferred state, so that the molten iron is thermally compensated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hidemitsu NEGISHI, Shota AMANO, Yumi MURAKAMI, Futoshi OGASAWARA, Kenji NAKASE
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Patent number: 11872147Abstract: A stent includes a first tubular unit that has a cylindrical tubular shape and a mesh circumferential surface; and a second tubular unit that has a cylindrical tubular shape and a mesh circumferential surface, and is connected to the first tubular unit in a longitudinal axis direction of the stent. The first tubular unit has a first-first direction bent portion which is bent to be convex toward the first direction side that is one side of the longitudinal axis direction, the second tubular unit has a second-second direction bent portion which is bent to be convex toward the second direction side that is the other side of the longitudinal axis direction, and the first-first direction bent portion and the second-second direction bent portion form a first connecting portion that is connected so as to be relatively movable.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki Hayashi, Kazuhiro Kan, Masao Akai, Kenji Murakami
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Publication number: 20240012032Abstract: A current sensor that can reduce an installation area and improve measurement accuracy has a busbar through which current to be measured flows and a magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic field component generated by the current flowing through the busbar. The busbar can have left and right through-holes which can change the flow of the current to be measured. The magnetic sensor can be mounted on the upper surface of the busbar and can be screw-fixed to the upper surface of the busbar using the left and right through-holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Akio Mugishima, Kenji Murakami
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Publication number: 20230411053Abstract: A shunt resistor the resistive value of which can be lowered simply and easily has: a first resistive body, two base materials that sandwich the first resistive body therebetween and are joined by a welding to the first resistive body, and a second resistive body joined by a welding to the two base materials at different positions from the first resistive body. In addition, the second resistive body can come into contact with the first resistive body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Naoya Ashida, Kenji Murakami
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Publication number: 20230404784Abstract: A stent delivery system includes: a stent delivery device configured to carry a stent to a stenosis and indwell the stent, an observation device configured to observe the stenosis, and one or more processors comprising hardware, the one or more processors being configured to: acquire an observation image from the observation device, and determine at least one stent candidate to be placed in the stenosis based on the observation image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji SAKAMOTO, Genri INAGAKI, Nao INOUE, Shohei HEMMI, Kenji MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230411052Abstract: A shunt resistor the resistive value of which can be lowered simply and easily has: a first resistive body, two base materials that sandwich the first resistive body therebetween and are joined by a welding to the first resistive body, and a second resistive body joined by a welding to the two base materials at different positions from the first resistive body. In addition, the second resistive body can come into contact with the first resistive body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Naoya Ashida, Kenji Murakami
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Publication number: 20230363621Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for planning an endoscopic tissue acquisition procedure for acquiring tissue from an anatomical target are disclosed. An endoscopic system comprises a steerable elongate instrument and a processor. The steerable elongate instrument can be positioned and navigated in a patient anatomy and acquire tissue from an anatomical target via a biopsy tool associated with the steerable elongate instrument. The processor can receive an image of the anatomical target, apply the received image to a trained machine-learning (ML) model to determine a tissue acquisition plan that includes a recommended biopsy tool and operational parameters for navigating the steerable elongate instrument or maneuvering the recommended biopsy tool. The tissue acquisition plan can be presented to a user, or used to facilitate a robot-assisted tissue acquisition procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Hiroyuki Mino, Anthony R. Pirozzi, Gloria Yee, Kenji Murakami, Seiichiro Sakaguchi, Makoto Ishikake
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Publication number: 20230363729Abstract: A stent delivery system includes: a stent delivery device configured to carry a stent to a stenosis and indwell the stent; an observation device configured to observe the stenosis; and one or more processors, each comprising hardware, the one or more processors being configured to: acquire an observation image from the observation device; and determine a target placement position for placing the stent in the stenosis based on the observation image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji MURAKAMI, Kazuhiro GONO, Genri INAGAKI, Yuji SAKAMOTO, Nao INOUE, Shohei HEMMI, Hiroyuki MINO, Hirokazu HORIO, Atanaska GOSPODINOVA, Shintaro INOUE
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Publication number: 20230363628Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for endoscopic access to a target region in a patient pancreaticobiliary system from an entry site of a stricture is disclosed. The stricture can be opened up using an radio-frequency (RF)-based approach by delivering RF energy to a working head of a steerable elongate instrument positioned at the entry site, or a mechanical puncture-based approach by applying force to a working head made of material with substantial stiffness. A machine learning (ML) model can be trained to determine a proper pancreaticobiliary access method for the patient, such as between the RF-based approach and the mechanical puncture-based approach. At least a distal portion of the steerable elongate instrument can be advanced into the pancreaticobiliary region to perform a diagnostic or therapeutic operation therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Gloria Yee, Kenji Murakami
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Patent number: 11791073Abstract: A shunt resistor the resistive value of which can be lowered simply and easily has: a first resistive body, two base materials that sandwich the first resistive body therebetween and are joined by a welding to the first resistive body, and a second resistive body joined by a welding to the two base materials at different positions from the first resistive body. In addition, the second resistive body can come into contact with the first resistive body.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Inventors: Naoya Ashida, Kenji Murakami
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Patent number: 11760074Abstract: This mold for prepreg lamination includes a first surface only having a surface flat along one direction; second surfaces having a surface flat along the one direction and disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to the first surface; and a third surface with a cross-sectional shape, which is a surface yielded from a cut in an orthogonal direction to the one direction, that is an arc, and with one end side connected to the first surface and the other end side connected to the second surface. First bend sections having a protruding shape are formed on the second surface and the third surface and serve as boundaries, and one of the surfaces is slanted relative to the other surfaces. On the third surface, the diameter of the arc on the other surface becomes gradually smaller as further away from the first bend section along the one direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Ishida, Masahiko Shimizu, Kohei Muto, Akihito Suzuki, Kenji Murakami, Tsuyoshi Okawara
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Patent number: 11738961Abstract: The present invention includes a first weight scale that senses first information necessary when acquiring the residual amount of a first composite material sheet wound on a first support rod; a second weight scale that senses second information necessary when acquiring the residual amount of a second composite material sheet wound on a second support rod; a first cutting part for cutting the first composite material sheet; a second cutting part for cutting the second composite material sheet; a pressure-bonding mechanism that pressure-bonds the first composite material sheet and the second composite material sheet; and a control device that controls the first cutting part, the second cutting part, and the pressure-bonding mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akihito Suzuki, Kazuki Ishida, Kohei Muto, Tsuyoshi Okawara, Kenji Murakami, Makoto Inomoto
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Patent number: 11707572Abstract: A cartridge adapter includes: a cartridge holder having a space that can accommodate therein a drug cartridge, the drug cartridge including a cylinder having a tubular internal space extending in a longitudinal direction, a gasket supported in the internal space so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction, and a drug held in the internal space; a piston that moves the gasket in the longitudinal direction in the internal space of the cylinder; a piston guide that movably supports the piston and connected to the cartridge holder; and a piston driving mechanism that drives the piston in the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Murakami, Mitsuteru Fujimoto, Seiji Kikuchi, Toru Aoki, Masakazu Mori, Ryosuke Tani, Shinichi Kojima, Yoshihiro Kataoka, Katsumi Nakanishi, Tsuguhiro Kondo, Takashi Morimoto, Akio Inoki
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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
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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
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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