Patents by Inventor Kenji Taguchi

Kenji Taguchi 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).

  • Patent number: 11977345
    Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a holder holding the nip forming member, a first stay supporting the holder, an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator, a second stay, and a connector. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay extends in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis. The second stay is positioned upstream of the first stay in a moving direction of the belt at the nip. The moving direction is perpendicular to the width direction. The connector extends through at least one of the first stay and the second stay to connect the first stay to the second stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuna Taguchi, Hiroshi Handa, Shuhei Fukue, Tomonori Watanabe, Kenji Takeuchi, Tatsuo Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20230151467
    Abstract: This slab is a slab of high-Al steel containing C: 0.02 mass% to 0.50 mass% and Al: 0.20 mass% to 2.00 mass%, in which, in a case where [Zr], [Al], and [N] each represent a content (mass%) in the slab, a Zr content satisfies a relationship of [Zr] ? 4/3 × [Al] × [N].
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin TAKAYA, Yuichiro KATO, Kenji TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230126910
    Abstract: This slab is a slab of high-Al steel containing C: 0.02 mass % to 0.50 mass % and Al: 0.20 mass % to 2.00 mass %, in which, in a case where [Zr], [Ti], [Al], and [N] each represent a content (mass %) in the slab, a Zr content and a Ti content satisfy a relationship of [Zr]+0.2×[Ti]?4/3×[Al]×[N], and the Zr content satisfies a relationship of 0.0010 mass %?[Zr].
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin TAKAYA, Kenji TAGUCHI, Yuichiro KATO
  • Patent number: 11534821
    Abstract: A continuous casting method for steel in which a slab at a position where the center solid phase rate of the slab is 0.8 or more and including after complete solidification is reduced by a reduction roll. The roll outer peripheral shape in a cross-section including a roll rotation axis convex shape overhanging outward in a region including a width-direction center position of the slab. The convex shape is a shape that does not have corner portions in a convex shape defining range with a total length of 0.80×W on both sides in the roll width direction from the width-direction center position. A reduction roll radius at the width-direction center position is greater by 0.005×t or more than a reduction roll radius at both ends of the convex shape defining range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Izawa, Kenji Taguchi, Ryo Nishioka
  • Patent number: 10974143
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a memory that stores, characters in a game, a plurality of slots into which action reservations for the characters are to be registered, an action sequence for each of the slots, and effects, a display, a receiver that receives a request of an action reservation for a first character, and a processor that outputs, to the memory, the request when the processor determines the first character is in an active state in which the character is allowed to register the action reservation. The memory registers the first character in an earliest slot in the action sequence among the slots in which no other characters have been registered. The processor causes the first character to execute an action associated with the slot according to the action sequence. The effect associated with the first character is applied to the executed action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SEGA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Taguchi, Akihiro Nakamura, Motonobu Shinotsuka, Toshifumi Imai, Yusuke Takiguchi, Naoko Maekawa, Seiki Saito, Makoto Niina, Toshiyuki Mukaiyama
  • Publication number: 20200391282
    Abstract: A continuous casting method of the present invention is a continuous casting method for steel in which a slab at a position where the center solid phase rate of the slab is 0.8 or more and including after complete solidification is reduced by a reduction roll. The roll outer peripheral shape in a cross-section including a roll rotation axis convex shape overhanging outward in a region including a width-direction center position of the slab. The convex shape is a shape that does not have corner portions in a convex shape defining range with a total length of 0.80×W on both sides in the roll width direction from the width-direction center position. A reduction roll radius at the width-direction center position is greater by 0.005×t or more than a reduction roll radius at both ends of the convex shape defining range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro IZAWA, Kenji TAGUCHI, Ryo NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 10661668
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus capable of cheaply securing safety and achieving watertightness. The power conversion apparatus (100) has: a charging device (14) for charging from an external power source (20) to a cell (30); an inverter (13) for converting the current of the cell (30) from direct current to alternating current and supplying the current to a motor (40); and a junction box (15) for relaying an electrical connection. The inverter (13), the charging device (14), and the junction box (15) are contained in a single housing. Also, the charging device (14) and the junction box (15) are electrically connected, and the junction box (15) and the inverter (13) are electrically connected. Also, the junction box (15) and the inverter (13) are connected by a bus bar (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Hosaka, Kazushige Kakutani, Kenji Taguchi, Takashi Kamiya, Nobuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10259329
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus capable of cheaply securing safety and achieving watertightness. The power conversion apparatus (100) has: a charging device (14) for charging from an external power source (20) to a cell (30); an inverter (13) for converting the current of the cell (30) from direct current to alternating current and supplying the current to a motor (40); and a junction box (15) for relaying an electrical connection. The inverter (13), the charging device (14), and the junction box (15) are contained in a single housing. Also, the charging device (14) and the junction box (15) are electrically connected, and the junction box (15) and the inverter (13) are electrically connected. Also, the junction box (15) and the inverter (13) are connected by a bus bar (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Hosaka, Kazushige Kakutani, Kenji Taguchi, Takashi Kamiya, Nobuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10207316
    Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Tajima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10189077
    Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Tajima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10183325
    Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Tajima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20180370367
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus capable of cheaply securing safety and achieving watertightness. The power conversion apparatus (100) has: a charging device (14) for charging from an external power source (20) to a cell (30); an inverter (13) for converting the current of the cell (30) from direct current to alternating current and supplying the current to a motor (40); and a junction box (15) for relaying an electrical connection. The inverter (13), the charging device (14), and the junction box (15) are contained in a single housing. Also, the charging device (14) and the junction box (15) are electrically connected, and the junction box (15) and the inverter (13) are electrically connected. Also, the junction box (15) and the inverter (13) are connected by a bus bar (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ryota HOSAKA, Kazushige KAKUTANI, Kenji TAGUCHI, Takashi KAMIYA, Nobuo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180318914
    Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Naoki Tajima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20180318915
    Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Naoki TAJIMA, Akihiro YAMANAKA, Kenji TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180318916
    Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Naoki TAJIMA, Akihiro YAMANAKA, Kenji TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10076783
    Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Tajima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20170340967
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a memory that stores, characters in a game, a plurality of slots into which action reservations for the characters are to be registered, an action sequence for each of the slots, and effects, a display, a receiver that receives a request of an action reservation for a first character, and a processor that outputs, to the memory, the request when the processor determines the first character is in an active state in which the character is allowed to register the action reservation. The memory registers the first character in an earliest slot in the action sequence among the slots in which no other characters have been registered. The processor causes the first character to execute an action associated with the slot according to the action sequence. The effect associated with the first character is applied to the executed action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA Games doing business as SEGA Games Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Taguchi, Akihiro Nakamura, Motonobu Shinotsuka, Toshifumi Imai, Yusuke Takiguchi, Naiko Maekawa, Seiki Saito, Makoto Niina, Toshiyuki Mukaiyama
  • Publication number: 20170050239
    Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki TAJIMA, Akihiro YAMANAKA, Kenji TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160272073
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus capable of cheaply securing safety and achieving watertightness. The power conversion apparatus (100) has: a charging device (14) for charging from an external power source (20) to a cell (30); an inverter (13) for converting the current of the cell (30) from direct current to alternating current and supplying the current to a motor (40); and a junction box (15) for relaying an electrical connection. The inverter (13), the charging device (14), and the junction box (15) are contained in a single housing. Also, the charging device (14) and the junction box (15) are electrically connected, and the junction box (15) and the inverter (13) are electrically connected. Also, the junction box (15) and the inverter (13) are connected by a bus bar (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Ryota HOSAKA, Kazushige KAKUTANI, Kenji TAGUCHI, Takashi KAMIYA, Nobuo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9399253
    Abstract: A primary object of the present invention is to provide a method for continuous casting with which slabs for heavy gauge steel plate in which porosities are decreased can be manufactured. In the present invention, when a slab for heavy gauge steel plate is continuously cast, two pairs of reduction rolls that are arranged separately from each other with a roll-interval in a range from 3 m to 7 m, between which a support roll is arranged, are used, reduction is carried out on the slab by 3 to 15 mm with the reduction rolls at the first stage under the condition where the slab includes an unsolidified portion with the solid-phase ratio in a range from 0.8 to less than 1, and reduction is further carried out on the slab with the reduction rolls at the second stage under the condition where the slab is completely solidified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi, Naoki Tajima