Patents by Inventor Kenji Yamaguchi

Kenji Yamaguchi 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: 20200207395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel trolley coupling structure that allows coupling of base parts of trolleys aligned in the vertical or horizontal direction. The present invention provides a trolley coupling structure in which a first receiving recess part is provided in a base part of one trolley, a second receiving recess part is provided in a base part of another trolley, a locking member is pivotally attached to the first receiving recess part, a recess part body and a bent section are formed in the respective first and second receiving recess parts, and retaining of the locking member is achieved by constraining and locking a constraining piece part of the locking member at the bent section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NANSIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori Saito, Kenji Yamaguchi, Nao Kanamori
  • Patent number: 10456841
    Abstract: A coated tool includes a hard coating layer that is formed with a (Ti,Al)(C,N) layer on its surface, the layer including an upper layer where a periodic compositional variation in Ti and Al is present in crystal grains having an NaCl type face-centered cubic structure, and a lower layer where a periodic compositional variation in Ti and Al is not present. The upper layer has a high Al amount, while the lower layer has a low Al amount. A value of I(200)/I(111) of the upper layer is greater than 10 and that of the lower layer is less than 3. The lower layer has a composition inclined structure where the Al amount increases from a tool body side towards an upper layer side. The lower layer contains multiple layers, where the Al amount of each layer can increase from the tool body side towards the upper layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Sato, Sho Tatsuoka, Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10456844
    Abstract: In a surface-coated cutting tool, a hard coating layer composed of a lower layer and an upper layer is deposited on a surface of a tool body made of a WC-based cemented carbide or a TiCN-based cermet. The lower layer has at least one Ti compound layer made of a TiCN layer and the upper layer is made of an ?-type Al2O3 layer. In a case where, regarding Al2O3 crystal grains of the entire upper layer, a constituent atom-sharing lattice point distribution is measured, a highest peak is present in ?3, and a distribution ratio of ?3 is 70% or more. A ratio of a ?3-coincidence grain boundary continuing from an interface between the lower layer and the upper layer to an outermost surface of the upper layer is 60% or more of a ?3-coincidence grain boundary of the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Okude, Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10456842
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool has a hard coating layer on a tool body. The hard coating layer includes a (Ti1?xAlx)(CyN1?y) layer (the average amount Xavg of Al and the average amount Yavg of C satisfy 0.60?Xavg?0.95 and 0?Yavg?0.005). Crystal grains having an NaCl type face-centered cubic structure in the layer have {111} orientation, a columnar structure in which the average grain width of the individual crystal grains having an NaCl type face-centered cubic structure is 0.1 ?m to 2.0 ?m and the average aspect ratio is 2 to 10 is included, and in the individual crystal grains having an NaCl type face-centered cubic structure, a periodic compositional variation in Ti and Al in the composition formula: (Ti1?xAlx)(CyN1?y) is present and the difference between the average of maximum values of x and the average of minimum values thereof is 0.03 to 0.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Tatsuoka, Kenichi Sato, Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190287570
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes: a storing portion to store video data: and a display portion to display a first thumbnail generated by decoding the video data, wherein if a scroll instruction is received prior to completion of generation of the first thumbnail, the display portion displays a second thumbnail corresponding to the video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Masaki Sato, Hidehito Tanuira
  • Publication number: 20190232381
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool comprises a hard coating layer that includes a TiAlN layer and is provided on a surface of a cutting tool body. In case the composition of the TiAlN layer is expressed by a formula: (TixAl1-x)N, 0.10?x?0.35 (here, x is in atomic ratio) is satisfied. In the TiAlN layer, a high Ti band-like region is present in a direction at 30 degrees or less with respect to a line normal to the surface of the cutting tool body. An average composition X of the Ti component in the high Ti band-like region satisfies (x+0.01)?X?(x+0.05), an average width W of the high Ti band-like region is 30 to 500 nm, and an average area ratio St of the high Ti band-like region is 3 to 50 area %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun SATO, Tsuyoshi OGAMI, Kenji YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10339977
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes: a storing portion to store video data: and a display portion to display a first thumbnail generated by decoding the video data, wherein if a scroll instruction is received prior to completion of generation of the first thumbnail, the display portion displays a second thumbnail corresponding to the video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamaguchi, Masaki Sato, Hidehito Tanuira
  • Patent number: 10329671
    Abstract: The hard coating layer includes at least a complex nitride or complex carbonitride layer expressed by the composition formula (Ti1-xAlx)(CyN1-y). The average Al content ratio xavg the average C content ratio yavg satisfy 0.60?xavg?0.95 and 0?yavg?0.005, respectively, each of the xavg and yavg is in atomic ratio. The crystal grains constituting the complex nitride or complex carbonitride layer include a crystal grain having the cubic structure. Predetermined average crystal grain misorientation and inclined angle distribution exist in the crystal grains having the cubic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Tatsuoka, Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10307831
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool of the invention is a surface-coated cutting tool in which a surface of a tool body is coated with a lower layer and an upper layer, in which at least one layer of the lower layer is made of a TiCN layer, the upper layer has an average layer thickness of 2 to 15 ?m and is made of an Al2O3 layer having an ?-type crystal structure in a chemically deposited state, and in a coincidence grain boundary distribution graph, a highest peak is present in ?3 in the range of ?3 to ?29, a distribution ratio of ?3 occupies 35 to 70% of the whole coincidence grain boundary length of ?3 or more, and a coincidence grain boundary of ?31 or more occupies 25 to 60% of the whole coincidence grain boundary length of ?3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Okude, Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10307830
    Abstract: The hard coating layer includes at least a complex nitride or complex carbonitride layer expressed by the composition formula (Ti1-xAlx)(CyN1-y). The average Al content ratio xavg the average C content ratio yavg satisfy 0.60?xavg?0.95 and 0?yavg?0.005, respectively, each of the xavg and yavg is in atomic ratio. The crystal grains constituting the complex nitride or complex carbonitride layer include a crystal grain having the NaCl face-centered cubic structure. A predetermined average crystal grain misorientation exists in the crystal grains having the NaCl face-centered cubic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Tatsuoka, Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10265785
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool of the present invention includes: a cutting tool body; and a hard coating layer provided on a surface of the cutting tool body, in which the hard coating layer includes a complex nitride or carbonitride layer, which is expressed by a composition formula: (Ti1-xAlx)(CyN1-y), the average content ratio Xavg of Al and the average content ratio Yavg of C in the complex nitride or carbonitride layer satisfy 0.60?Xavg?0.95 and 0?Yavg?0.005, provided that each of Xavg and Yavg is in atomic ratio, the complex nitride or carbonitride layer includes crystal grains with a cubic structure, and in the crystal grains with the cubic structure, a composition of Ti and Al is periodically changed in a direction of the normal line to the surface of the cutting tool body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Tatsuoka, Kenichi Sato, Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10181753
    Abstract: The electric power system protection device according to the present invention includes a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding which are electrically isolated from each other. The primary winding is to be connected to a first electric path which is to be connected to an external power supply configured to supply AC power by use of a secondary battery, so as to receive the AC power from the external power supply. The secondary winding is to be connected to a second electric path to be connected to a power supply path from a commercial electric power system to an electric load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masataka Kanda, Satoru Ueno, Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190003060
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a tool body made of a tungsten carbide-based cemented carbide or a titanium carbonitride-based cermet and a hard coating layer that includes a lower layer and an upper layer and formed on the tool body. The lower layer is composed of a Ti compound layer including at least a TiCN layer. The upper layer includes an Al2O3 layer having an ?-type crystal structure. In the Al2O3 crystal grains of the upper layer, when a coincidence grain boundary distribution graph is measured, sulfur is segregated in a grain boundary of ?31 or more and a grain boundary length thereof is 20% to 50% relative to the whole grain boundary length in the constituent atom sharing lattice point form of ?3 or more. Absolute values of residual stress of a flank face and a rake face are 100 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki OKUDE, Kenji YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10166647
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus polishes a periphery of a substrate. This polishing apparatus includes a rotary holding mechanism configured to hold the substrate horizontally and rotate the substrate, plural polishing head assemblies provided around the substrate, plural tape supplying and recovering mechanisms configured to supply polishing tapes to the plural polishing head assemblies and recover the polishing tapes from the plural polishing head assemblies, and plural moving mechanisms configured to move the plural polishing head assemblies in radial directions of the substrate held by the rotary holding mechanism. The tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are located outwardly of the plural polishing head assemblies in the radial directions of the substrate, and the tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are fixed in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamami Takahashi, Masaya Seki, Hiroaki Kusa, Kenji Yamaguchi, Masayuki Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20180257147
    Abstract: The hard coating layer of the cutting tool includes a complex nitride or complex carbonitride layer expressed by the composition formula: (Ti1-xAlx)(CyN1-y). xavg and yavg satisfy 0.60?xavg?0.95 and 0?yavg?0.005. xavg is an average content ratio of Al in a total amount of Ti and Al, and yavg is an average content ratio of C in a total amount of C and N. Some crystal grains composing the complex nitride or complex carbonitride layer have a cubic structure. In crystal grains having the cubic structure, the average crystal grain misorientaion is 1 degree or more; or 2 degrees or more, based on analysis of the polished surface perpendicular to a surface of the layer. A peak exists in 1-2 degrees of the average crystal grain misorientation in the frequency distribution of the average crystal grain misorientation and the area ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho TATSUOKA, Kenichi SATO, Kenji YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10052896
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus which includes a transporting belt on which a recording medium and which transports the recording medium and performs efficient cleaning of the transporting belt without an excess cleaning. The recording apparatus (printing apparatus) includes a recording section performing recording by applying liquid (ink) to a recording medium (fabric), a transporting belt transporting the recording medium, and a cleaning section having a plurality of cleaning units cleaning the transporting belt. A cleaning unit which is selected in accordance with a cleaning requirement level operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180195172
    Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes a reaction chamber in which a deposition material is accommodated, a gas supply tube provided in the reaction chamber, and a rotary drive device that rotates the gas supply tube around a rotation axis in the reaction chamber, in which an inside of the gas supply tube is partitioned into the first and second gas flowing sections extending along the rotation axis, a set of gas ejection ports including at least three or more the gas ejection ports disposed, lying next to each other in the circumferential direction is installed on the tube wall, and the set of gas ejection ports includes at least one of a first gas ejection port ejecting the first gas flowing through the first gas flowing section, and at least one of the second gas ejection port ejecting a second gas flowing through the second gas flowing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho TATSUOKA, Kenji YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180154463
    Abstract: A coated tool has a hard coating layer including a layer of a complex nitride or complex carbonitride expressed by (Ti1-xAlx)(CyN1-y). A periodic concentration variation is present in crystal grains of a complex nitride or complex carbonitride having a NaCl type face-centered cubic structure in the layer. The periodic concentration variation direction includes a direction at 30 degrees or less with respect to a surface of a tool body. An area percentage of a periodic concentration variation of Ti and Al is 40% or more. The concentration variation period is 1 to 10 nm. A difference between an average of local maximums and an average of local minimums of a periodically varying amount x of Al is 0.01 to 0.1. Fine crystal grains having a hexagonal structure with an average grain size of 0.01 to 0.3 ?m are present at grain boundaries in 5% or less of the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke YANAGISAWA, Sho TATSUOKA, Kenichi SATO, Kenji YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180071830
    Abstract: A coated tool includes a hard coating layer that is formed with a (Ti,Al)(C,N) layer on its surface, the layer including an upper layer where a periodic compositional variation in Ti and Al is present in crystal grains having an NaCl type face-centered cubic structure, and a lower layer where a periodic compositional variation in Ti and Al is not present. The upper layer has a high Al amount, while the lower layer has a low Al amount. A value of I(200)/I(111) of the upper layer is greater than 10 and that of the lower layer is less than 3. The lower layer has a composition inclined structure where the Al amount increases from a tool body side towards an upper layer side. The lower layer contains multiple layers, where the Al amount of each layer can increase from the tool body side towards the upper layer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi SATO, Sho TATSUOKA, Kenji YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170342552
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool with a hard coating layer is provided. The hard coating layer includes at least a complex nitride or carbonitride layer (2) expressed by a composition formula: (Ti1-x-yAlxMey)(CzN1-z), Me being an element selected from Si, Zr, B, V, and Cr. The average content ratio Xavg, the average content ratio Yavg, and the average content ratio Zavg satisfy 0.60?Xavg, 0.005?Yavg?0.10, 0?Zavg?0.005, and 0.605?xavg+yavg?0.95. There are crystal grains having a cubic structure in the crystal grains constituting the complex nitride or carbonitride layer (2). A predetermined periodic content ratio change of Ti, Al and Me exists in the crystal grains having the cubic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi SATO, Sho TATSUOKA, Kenji YAMAGUCHI