Patents by Inventor Kenji Ueda

Kenji Ueda 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: 20250144892
    Abstract: A bonding method includes a first operation of preparing a first substrate having a first surface and a second substrate having a second surface, each of the first surface and the second surface having a first region in which an insulating film is exposed and a second region in which a conductive film is exposed, a second operation of applying an ionic liquid to at least one of the first surface of the first substrate or the second surface of the second substrate, and a third operation of bonding the first surface of the first substrate and the second surface of the second substrate with the ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Hirokazu UEDA, Kenji SEKIGUCHI, Mitsuaki IWASHITA
  • Publication number: 20250129460
    Abstract: A welded rail having excellent fatigue damage resistance and breakage resistance of a welded joint portion according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a plurality of rail portions; and a welded joint portion joining the rail portions, in which a HAZ width (W) is 60 mm or less, and when an interval between a most softened portion and a welding center measured along a longitudinal direction is defined as WX and a region where the distance from the welding center is 0.6 WX to 0.7 WX and the depth from a top portion outer surface is 2 to 5 mm is defined as a pro-eutectoid cementite structure evaluation region, in the pro-eutectoid cementite structure evaluation region, a total number of intersections (N) of a pro-eutectoid cementite structure intersecting a cross line including two line segments having a length of 100 ?m parallel to the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction is 26 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu UEDA, Kenji SAITA, Teruhisa MIYAZAKI, Takuya TANAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250115944
    Abstract: There is provided a method for measuring L-asparagine contained in a sample such as foods by using enzymes. There is provided a method with which L-glutamine, L-glutamic acid and L-aspartic acid can be distinguished from L-asparagine and removed, so that L-asparagine alone can be measured. There is provided a kit for measuring L-asparagine contained in a sample, which comprises the following solution A and solution B: (Solution A) a solution containing aspartate transaminase (GOT), glutaminase, L-glutamate oxidase, catalase, ascorbate oxidase, and ?-ketoglutaric acid; and (Solution B) a solution containing asparaginase, peroxidase, and a catalase inactivator; provided that one of the solution A and solution B contains a coupler compound, and the other contains a new Trinder's reagent. The method of the present invention is also suitable for quantification of asparagine contained in raw materials for processed foods such as agricultural products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: ENZYME-SENSOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kusakabe, Keiko Shintate, Woro Triarsi Sulistyaningdyah, Tatsuya Nishiyama, Kenji Ueda
  • Patent number: 12227632
    Abstract: A cellulose ester composition having high fluidity, the cellulose ester composition containing a cellulose ester (A), an adipate-based compound (B), and a citrate-based compound (C). When a total of the component (A), the component (B), and the component (C) is 100 mass %, a content of the component (B) is from 7 to 20 mass %, a content of the component (C) is from 1 to 14 mass %, a total content of the component (B) and the component (C) is from 21 to 30 mass %, and the remainder is the component (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Ogihara, Kenji Ueda, Akihiko Kumagae, Akihiko Shiroya
  • Publication number: 20250041032
    Abstract: A correction method for a dental cutting machine includes inputting a machining program of a correction piece to the dental cutting machine, mounting a material for the correction piece to the dental cutting machine to which the machining program has been input, machining the correction piece from the material using the dental cutting machine executing the machining program, measuring a dimension of a predetermined portion of the correction piece machined in the machining, calculating a correction value based on the dimension measured in the measuring, and inputting to the dental cutting machine the correction value calculated in the calculating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jun UEDA, Shinpei DODO, Ryo SATO, Ryusuke MOCHIZUKI, Keiichi NIUISHI, Kenji NITTA
  • Publication number: 20250020559
    Abstract: A resin molded article includes multiple beam-shaped portions each having a fixed end connected to a bottom of the resin molded article, and a free end rising from the bottom of the resin molded article in a first direction, the free end plastically deformable. The multiple beam-shaped portions have different maximum bending stresses in bending the free end by a predetermined amount in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventor: Kenji UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240426697
    Abstract: A resin molded article includes a beam-shaped portion connected to the resin molded article and rising from a bottom of the resin molded article. The beam-shaped portion has one end as a root portion connected to the bottom of the resin molded article, and another end as a free end plastically deformable or breakable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventor: Kenji UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240359716
    Abstract: An automatic train operation assistance device includes a data extraction unit that acquires operation data including the operation of a train and load factors of the vehicles of the train from a data collection device that collects equipment data on the train, a feature extraction unit that extracts, using the operation data, operation data on an inter-station including a travel time taken by the train to travel from a first station to a second station and a stoppage time for which the train is stopped at the first station or the second station, as features, and an operation prediction unit that constructs a prediction model using the features, and predicts the future operating conditions of the train including the future position of the train, using the prediction model and current features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori TACHIBANA, Shota SHIMAYOSHI, Kenji UEDA, Masamichi TAKAGI, Haruna ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20240349422
    Abstract: An object of the present technology is to provide a copper clad laminate including a resin substrate that has biodegradability and less likely to warp or crack. The present technology provides a copper clad laminate including: a resin substrate; an adhesive layer; and a copper foil layer, the adhesive layer and the copper foil layer being stacked in this order on at least one side of the resin substrate, the resin substrate containing at least 50 mass % or more of polylactic acid, the degree of crystallization of the polylactic acid calculated on a basis of a result of differential scanning calorimetry being 29% or more and 36% or less, a crystallite size of the polylactic acid calculated on a basis of a result of X-ray diffraction measurement being 19 nm or more and 26 nm or less. Further, the present technology provides a printed wiring board formed using the copper clad laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji UEDA, Fumikatsu UESAWA, Osamu MAKI, Yoshiyuki NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240191058
    Abstract: To provide a cellulose ester composition having good fluidity and being capable of providing a molded article that can suppress occurrence of a water spot. A cellulose ester composition containing: (A) 100 parts by mass of a cellulose ester, (B) from 19 to 45 parts by mass of a citrate-based compound having a solubility in water of 2 g/100 mL or less, and (C) from 1 to 9 parts by mass of an adipate-based compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Daicel Miraizu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki OGIHARA, Kenji UEDA, Akihiko KUMAGAE
  • Patent number: 11814090
    Abstract: A railroad system includes a plurality of trains and an operation management device. The operation management device manages operation of a subject train that is at least one of the plurality of trains. The operation management device includes a calculation unit and a communication unit. The calculation unit calculates a target arrival time at which the subject train is to arrive at a next station, upon occurrence of an arrival delay of a preceding train at the next station, the preceding train being a train among the plurality of trains and running ahead of the subject train; and, upon arrival of the preceding train at the next station, calculates a target arrival time at which the subject train is to arrive at the next station. The communication unit transmits, to the subject train, information on the target arrival time calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maho Fujihara, Daisuke Tateishi, Hideo Nakata, Shota Shimayoshi, Atsushi Takami, Kenji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20230311964
    Abstract: A railroad system includes a plurality of trains and an operation management device. The operation management device manages operation of a subject train that is at least one of the plurality of trains. The operation management device includes a calculation unit and a communication unit. The calculation unit calculates a target arrival time at which the subject train is to arrive at a next station, upon occurrence of an arrival delay of a preceding train at the next station, the preceding train being a train among the plurality of trains and running ahead of the subject train; and, upon arrival of the preceding train at the next station, calculates a target arrival time at which the subject train is to arrive at the next station. The communication unit transmits, to the subject train, information on the target arrival time calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Maho FUJIHARA, Daisuke TATEISHI, Hideo NAKATA, Shota SHIMAYOSHI, Atsushi TAKAMI, Kenji UEDA
  • Patent number: 11774146
    Abstract: Provided are a turbo compressor and a centrifugal chiller comprising the same with which the length of a shaft in an axial direction can be shortened, rotational shake accompanying rotation of the shaft is suppressed, and a device can be made small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Hasegawa, Kenji Ueda, Shintaro Omura
  • Publication number: 20230059191
    Abstract: To provide a flame retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardancy and excellent resin physical properties. There is provided a flame retardant resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; an inorganic filler; a phosphate ester flame retardant; an organic sulfonic acid flame retardant; a drip preventing agent; and a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer, in which a content of the aromatic polycarbonate resin is 40 to 95 pts·mass to 5 to 60 pts·mass of the inorganic filler, and a content of the phosphate ester flame retardant, a content of the organic sulfonic acid flame retardant, a content of the drip preventing agent, and a content of the polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer are respectively 1 to 30 pts·mass, 0.01 to 2.5 pts·mass, 0.05 to 1.5 pts·mass, and 0 to 10 pts·mass to the total 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin and the inorganic filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ohe, Yasuhito Inagaki, Akito Kuriyama, Kenji Ueda, Kohei Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11584168
    Abstract: Provided is a tire provided with a mark capable of reducing the air resistance during tire rotation while maintaining good visibility. A tire is provided with a mark on a tire side portion. The mark includes a first mark located on an outer side in a tire radial direction, and a second mark located inward of the first mark in the tire radial direction. Each of the first mark and the second mark includes a recess that is recessed from a side profile surface of the tire side portion. A depth of the recess of the first mark from the side profile surface is smaller than a depth of the recess of the second mark from the side profile surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Oba, Kenji Ueda, Masatomo Nakamura, Koji Hayashi, Masaki Terashima, Masahiro Nagase, Masahiro Tatsuta, Junya Tamai, Masaya Ito
  • Publication number: 20220403161
    Abstract: To provide a transparent resin composition having excellent optical characteristics, particularly, excellent optical characteristics under high temperature and high humidity. There is provided a transparent resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; and a water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, in which a content of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is 0.01 to 3.0 pts·mass to 100 pts·mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin, and a dissolved amount of the water-insoluble organic sulfonic acid and/or the metal salt thereof is not more than 0.5 g to 100 g of pure water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Akito Kuriyama, Yasuhito Inagaki, Takahiro Ohe, Kenji Ueda, Kohei Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11492486
    Abstract: To provide a flame retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardancy and excellent resin physical properties. There is provided a flame retardant resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; an inorganic filler; a phosphate ester flame retardant; an organic sulfonic acid flame retardant; a drip preventing agent; and a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer, in which a content of the aromatic polycarbonate resin is 40 to 95 pts.mass to 5 to 60 pts.mass of the inorganic filler, and a content of the phosphate ester flame retardant, a content of the organic sulfonic acid flame retardant, a content of the drip preventing agent, and a content of the polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer are respectively 1 to 30 pts.mass, 0.01 to 2.5 pts.mass, 0.05 to 1.5 pts.mass, and 0 to 10 pts.mass to the total 100 pts.mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin and the inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ohe, Yasuhito Inagaki, Akito Kuriyama, Kenji Ueda, Kohei Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11441821
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat pump that can use, as a refrigerant, a substance with which a geometric isomer exists, and a method for designing the same. The present invention is a method for designing a heat pump (1) whose closed circuit configured by connecting a compressor (2), a condenser (3), an expansion valve (4), and an evaporator (5) in this order is filled with a refrigerant containing a refrigerant substance with which a geometric isomer may exist, the method including obtaining an upper limit of stable temperature at which isomerization of the refrigerant substance does not proceed, and setting an upper limit usage temperature of the heat pump (1) so as not to exceed the upper limit of the stable temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal System, Ltd., Central Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Suemitsu, Kenji Ueda, Yasushi Hasegawa, Kazuki Wajima, Yoshinori Akamatsu, Fuyuhiko Sakyu, Kanako Osafune
  • Patent number: D963557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Teppei Nakamichi, Yuto Ohte, Minoru Terada, Kenji Ueda, Hiroki Uno, Hideki Osawa, Tomo Niura, Etsuro Takada, Daisuke Morito
  • Patent number: D964919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Teppei Nakamichi, Yuto Ohte, Minoru Terada, Kenji Ueda, Hiroki Uno, Hideki Osawa, Tomo Niura, Etsuro Takada, Daisuke Morito