Patents by Inventor Kenji Takao
Kenji Takao 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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Patent number: 8706954Abstract: A terminal apparatus including a non-volatile memory for which writing is performed in units of blocks; and a control unit configured to perform a first method of managing bad blocks in the non-volatile memory with respect to blocks corresponding to an information management table in a file system of the non-volatile memory, and to perform a second method of managing bad blocks in the non-volatile memory with respect to blocks corresponding to user data in the file system.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications ABInventors: Katsumi Aoyagi, Rutger Ljungqvist, Hans Wachtmeister, Haekan Palm, Kenji Takao, Masaya Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Hama, Yimin Li, Toshihisa Sanbommatsu, Tomohiro Ichikawa
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Patent number: 8583311Abstract: A storage battery control device detects an overhead wire supply current value showing a sum of a current value output from a storage battery and a current value output from a transformer substation, and charging or discharging of the storage battery is controlled so that a charging rate of the storage battery becomes a charging rate target value when the detected overhead wire supply current value is less than a first threshold. In addition, charging or discharging of the storage battery is controlled so that the output voltage of the storage battery control device is maintained at a constant voltage control mode when the detected overhead wire supply current value is greater than or equal to the first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Takao, Katsuaki Morita
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Publication number: 20130110338Abstract: A storage battery control device detects an overhead wire supply current value showing a sum of a current value output from a storage battery and a current value output from a transformer substation, and charging or discharging of the storage battery is controlled so that a charging rate of the storage battery becomes a charging rate target value when the detected overhead wire supply current value is less than a first threshold. In addition, charging or discharging of the storage battery is controlled so that the output voltage of the storage battery control device is maintained at a constant voltage control mode when the detected overhead wire supply current value is greater than or equal to the first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: Kenji Takao, Katsuaki Morita
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Publication number: 20120059979Abstract: A terminal apparatus including a non-volatile memory for which writing is performed in units of blocks; and a control unit configured to perform a first method of managing bad blocks in the non-volatile memory with respect to blocks corresponding to an information management table in a file system of the non-volatile memory, and to perform a second method of managing bad blocks in the non-volatile memory with respect to blocks corresponding to user data in the file system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ABInventors: Katsumi AOYAGI, Rutger Ljungqvist, Hans Wachtmeister, Haekan Palm, Kenji Takao, Masaya Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Hama, Yimin Li, Toshihisa Sanbommatsu, Tomohiro Ichikawa
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Patent number: 7806993Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel that has excellent strength at high temperature, oxidation resistance at high temperature, and salt corrosion resistance at high temperature and that can be used under high temperatures exceeding 900° C., and a method of producing the same. Specifically, the composition thereof is adjusted, on a % by mass basis, so as to include C: 0.02% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 2.0% or less; Cr: from 12.0 to 40.0%; Mo: from 1.0 to 5.0%; W: more than 2.0% and 5.0% or less; wherein the total content of Mo and W: (Mo+W)?4.3%, Nb: from 5 (C+N) to 1.0%, N: 0.02% or less, and Fe and inevitable impurities as residual.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Atsushi Miyazaki, Kenji Takao, Osamu Furukimi
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Patent number: 7531053Abstract: An inexpensive metallic material for interconnects of solid-oxide fuel cells, a fuel cell using the metallic material, and a method for producing the metallic material having excellent oxidation resistance and spalling resistance of an oxide layer, high electrical conductivity, and a small difference in thermal expansion from an electrolyte. Specifically, 0.20 percent by mass or less of C, 0.02 to 1.0 percent by mass of Si, 2.0 percent by mass or less of Mn, 10 to 40 percent by mass of Cr, 0.03 to 5.0 percent by mass of Mo, 0.1 to 3.0 percent by mass of Nb, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Zr, and Hf in a total of 1.0 percent by mass or less are added so as to satisfy 0.1?Mo/Nb?30, for decreasing the growth rate of the oxide layer and improving the spalling resistance.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2003Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Shinsuki Ide, Shin Ishikawa, Kenji Takao, Osamu Furukimi, Kunio Fukuda, Atsushi Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20060105218Abstract: Provided are a stainless steel for a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell separator having high durability and a low contact resistance (i.e., high electrical conductivity) and a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell using the same. More specifically, a stainless steel for a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell separator has a composition comprising 0.03% mass % or less of C, 16-45 mass % of Cr, 0.03 mass % or less of N, 0.1-5.0 mass % of Mo, wherein a total of the C content and the N content satisfies 0.03 mass % or less; a balance portion is comprised of Fe and unavoidable impurities; an atomic ratio of Cr/Fe with respect to Al, Cr, and Fe contained in a passive film on a surface of the stainless steel is 1 or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2004Publication date: May 18, 2006Inventors: Shin Ishikawa, Kunio Fukuda, Yasushi Kato, Osamu Furukimi, Kenji Takao
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Publication number: 20050211348Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel that has excellent strength at high temperature, oxidation resistance at high temperature, and salt corrosion resistance at high temperature and that can be used under high temperatures exceeding 900° C., and a method of producing the same. Specifically, the composition thereof is adjusted, on a % by mass basis, so as to include C: 0.02% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 2.0% or less; Cr: from 12.0 to 40.0%; Mo: from 1.0 to 5.0%; W: more than 2.0% and 5.0% or less; wherein the total content of Mo and W: (Mo?W)?4.3%, Nb: from 5 (C +N) to 1.0%, N: 0.02% or less, and Fe and inevitable impurities as residual.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2003Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Atsushi Miyazaki, Kenji Takao, Osamu Furukimi
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Patent number: 6904331Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that in a simulation for predicting a steam pressure setpoint after grade change, an initial moisture percentage is evaluated from differences between bone-dry basis weights and between machine speeds before and after grade change; the bone-dry coated weight of a size is evaluated from the flow rate and concentration thereof; and then the dryer inlet moisture percentage of a web after a size press is calculated from the coated weight. Thus, the invention intends to improve the quality of products through precise dryer control, as well as reduce the time required for grade change, by precisely predicting the web's initial moisture percentage at the dryer inlet after grade change and precisely and quickly controlling dryer steam pressure during grade change.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2002Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Takashi Sasaki, Kenichiro Yahiro, Takao Maruyama, Yoshitatsu Mori, Takahiro Ishizaki, Kenji Takao, Hirofumi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20050076976Abstract: The present invention provides an inexpensive metallic material for interconnects of solid-oxide fuel cells, a fuel cell using the metallic material, and a method for producing the metallic material having excellent oxidation resistance and spalling resistance of an oxide layer, high electrical conductivity, and a small difference in thermal expansion from an electrolyte. Specifically, 0.20 percent by mass or less of C, 0.02 to 1.0 percent by mass of Si, 2.0 percent by mass or less of Mn, 10 to 40 percent by mass of Cr, 0.03 to 5.0 percent by mass of Mo, 0.1 to 3.0 percent by mass of Nb, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Zr, and Hf in a total of 1.0 percent by mass or less are added so as to satisfy 0.1?Mo/Nb?30, for decreasing the growth rate of the oxide layer and improving the spalling resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2003Publication date: April 14, 2005Inventors: Shinsuke Ide, Shin Ishikawa, Kenji Takao, Osamu Furukimi, Kunio Fukuda, Atsushi Miyazaki
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Patent number: 6835487Abstract: A stainless steel separator having gas channels including grooves and projections for fuel cells. The separator has a composition including about 0.03 mass percent or less of carbon; about 0.03 mass percent or less of nitrogen, the total content of carbon and nitrogen being about 0.03 mass percent or less; about 16 mass percent to about 45 mass percent chromium; about 0.5 mass percent to about 3.0 mass percent molybdenum; and the balance being iron and incidental impurities. The separator has a contact resistance of about 100 m&OHgr;·cm2 or less. Preferably, the projections have an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra in the range of about 0.01 to about 1.0 &mgr;m and a maximum height Ry in the range of about 0.01 to about 20 &mgr;m. The stainless steel separator preferably further includes about 0.001 to about 0.1 mass percent silver. A fuel cell including this separator exhibits a stable output voltage for a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2002Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Kenji Takao, Takeshi Yokota, Osamu Furukimi, Shin Ishikawa, Kazuhide Ishii, Shigeru Takano
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Publication number: 20020198621Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that in a simulation for predicting a steam pressure setpoint after grade change, an initial moisture percentage is evaluated from differences between bone-dry basis weights and between machine speeds before and after grade change; the bone-dry coated weight of a size is evaluated from the flow rate and concentration thereof; and then the dryer inlet moisture percentage of a web after a size press is calculated from the coated weight. Thus, the invention intends to improve the quality of products through precise dryer control, as well as reduce the time required for grade change, by precisely predicting the web's initial moisture percentage at the dryer inlet after grade change and precisely and quickly controlling dryer steam pressure during grade change.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Kenichiro Yahiro, Takao Maruyama, Yoshitatsu Mori, Takahiro Ishizaki, Kenji Takao, Hirofumi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20020160248Abstract: A stainless steel separator having gas channels including grooves and projections for fuel cells. The separator has a composition including about 0.03 mass percent or less of carbon; about 0.03 mass percent or less of nitrogen, the total content of carbon and nitrogen being about 0.03 mass percent or less; about 16 mass percent to about 45 mass percent chromium; about 0.5 mass percent to about 3.0 mass percent molybdenum; and the balance being iron and incidental impurities. The separator has a contact resistance of about 100 m&OHgr;·cm2 or less. Preferably, the projections have an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra in the range of about 0.01 to about 1.0 &mgr;m and a maximum height Ry in the range of about 0.01 to about 20 &mgr;m. The stainless steel separator preferably further includes about 0.001 to about 0.1 mass percent silver. A fuel cell including this separator exhibits a stable output voltage for a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Applicant: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Kenji Takao, Takeshi Yokota, Osamu Furukimi, Shin Ishikawa, Kazuhide Ishii, Shigeru Takano
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Patent number: 6312533Abstract: The present invention provides a BA-finished stainless steel product having superior antibacterial properties and corrosion resistance and a method for producing the same. Specifically, after a stainless steel product is subjected to BA treatment, the stainless steel product is immersed in a solution containing Ag ions having a concentration of 0.0001 to 1.0 mol/l so that a BA film contains, in area percentage, 0.0002 to 0.05% of Ag particles and Ag compounds, and further, stainless steel product contains 0.001 to 0.10% by weight of Ag and optionally further contains 0.001 to 0.30% by weight of V.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2001Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Takeshi Yokota, Kenji Takao, Susumu Satoh, Haruhiko Ishizuka, Masaharu Ikeda
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Patent number: 6272979Abstract: An apparatus for supplying food dough is provided. It can be made compact, easily assembled, and easily cleaned. The apparatus includes a hopper (3) for receiving a food dough F, a first cutter (7) for dividing the food dough into dough pieces, a transmitting conveyor (11) for transmitting the dough pieces, a dough feeder (9) for forming a dough sheet from the dough pieces, a feeding conveyor (13) for feeding the dough sheet, a metering conveyor (15) for weighing a part of the dough sheet, and a second cutter (19) for cutting out the part of the dough sheet when the valve measured by the first metering conveyor (15) reaches a predetermined value. The first cutter (7) and the dough feeder (9) are arranged such that when the dough piece is cut out by the first cutter, the lower end fans into an inlet of the dough feeder. The belt of the transmitting conveyor (11) is wound around the uppermost roller (55A) of the dough feeder (9).Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Rheon Automatic Machinery Co.Inventors: Michio Morikawa, Kenji Takao
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Patent number: 6057017Abstract: In a polyolefin-coated steel pipe having an epoxy primer layer, a maleic anhydride-modified polyolefin layer and a polyolefin layer formed one upon another on the external surface of a steel pipe, the maleic anhydride-modified polyolefin layer contains at least three kinds of specific antioxidants, and the polyolefin layer contains those antioxidants, a specific light stabilizer and a specific inorganic pigment. A process for manufacturing it is also disclosed. The polyolefin-coated steel pipe has both a high level of resistance to deterioration by thermal oxidation and a high level of weatherability. Both of the maleic anhydride-modified polyolefin layer and the polyolefin layer are preferably of an ethylene-propylene block copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1998Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Shiro Tsuri, Kenji Takao, Kazuo Mochizuki
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Patent number: 6045840Abstract: An apparatus for stabilizing the amount of belt-form edible dough produced per hour by a production system. The apparatus features a calculating device (67) to calculate the hourly throughput of the edible dough (W) by dividing the weight of the proper number of the divided edible dough bodies (W) by the time used to charge that proper number of the divided dough bodies (W). If by the calculation the hourly throughput of the edible dough is found to be below the predetermined goal, a controlling section (65) controls a motor (47) for gap-adjusting to expand the size of a gap for discharging between a pair of roller members (29L) and (29R). If the hourly throughput is found to be above the predetermined goal, the controlling section (65) controls the motor (47) to reduce the size of the gap for discharging.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1998Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: Rheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michio Morikawa, Koichi Hirabayashi, Kenji Takao
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Patent number: 5294485Abstract: Organic composite coated steel strips having improved corrosion resistance, weldability and coating adherence are obtained when an organic composite layer is applied to a chromate layer on a zinc or zinc base alloy plated steel substrate. The chromate layer containing up to 70% of Cr.sup.6+ based on the total chromium weight is coated in a weight of 5 to 500 mg/m.sup.2 of Cr. The organic composite layer is formed to a dry weight of 0.2 to 3.0 g/m.sup.2 from a coating composition comprising (A) a silica sol having silica dispersed in an organic solvent with a water content of up to 3.0%, the silica having an organic deposit on its surface in an amount of up to 5.0% of C based on the total silica weight, the silica having an average particle size of 0.05 to 3.0 .mu.m and a specific surface area of 50 to 800 m.sup.2 /g, and (B) an organic resin binder having a number average molecular weight of at least 2,000. The coated strips are suitable for use as automobile bodies by press forming.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1990Date of Patent: March 15, 1994Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Kenji Takao, Hideo Ohgishi, Hajime Kimura, Shuichi Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 5147730Abstract: The improved corrosion-resistant steel plate with an organic coating comprises a steel plate having a zinc or zinc alloy plate layer which is overlaid with a chromate film which in turn is coated with an organic resin paint film. The organic resin coat comprises an epoxy resin having a dialkanolamine incorporated into its bisphenol A skeleton, an amino resin, and silica. The dialkanolamine combines with the amino resin to provide satisfactory curability at low temperatures; at the same time, it combines with the silica to provide a satisfactory film reinforcing effect. The organic coat formed of this composition can be effectively cured at low temperatures and yet it will neither dissolve nor soften upon swelling under the action of the alkali that is generated during cationic electrodeposition at the interface between the electrodeposited film and the organic coat.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 1991Date of Patent: September 15, 1992Assignees: Kawasaki Steel Corp., Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Ogishi, Shigeru Umino, Kenji Takao, Hajime Kimura, Koji Yamato
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Patent number: 5147729Abstract: The improved corrosion-resistant steel plate with an organic coating comprises a steel plate having a zinc or zinc alloy plate layer which is overlaid with a chromate film which in turn is coated with an organic resin paint film. The organic resin coat comprises an epoxy resin which is prepared by reacting with an isocyanate compound and has a dialkanolamine incorporated into its bisphenol A skeleton, and silica. The dialkanolamine combines with a urethane-modified epoxy resin to provide satisfactory curability at low temperatures; at the same time, it combines with the silica to provide a satisfactory film reinforcing effect. The organic coat formed of this composition can be effectively cured at low temperatures and yet it will neither dissolve nor soften upon swelling under the action of the alkali that is generated during cationic electrodeposition at the interface between the electrodeposited film and the organic coat.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1991Date of Patent: September 15, 1992Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Hideo Ogishi, Kenji Takao, Shigeru Umino, Koji Yamato