Patents by Inventor Kentaro Sato

Kentaro Sato 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: 12311588
    Abstract: An injection molding machine includes: a controller configured to instruct an operation indicated by first or second operation information associated with at least either first or second image information displayed on a display, or to execute processing by a system program, wherein the first and second operation information is information about an injection molding operation according to a first or second production condition, and operation information about first and second molds or operation information about a mold clamping mechanism from beginning to completion of the injection molding operation, the display displays a plurality of operating points indicating positions of the first mold, the second mold or the mold clamping mechanism relative to time or process from the beginning of the injection molding operation, and line segments connecting the plurality of operating points, and the first and second image information are displayed on the operating points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Enomoto, Ryoji Tominaga, Kentaro Sato, Ryo Shiraki
  • Patent number: 12241875
    Abstract: A collision performance evaluation test with few variations in test results with high accuracy in which a complicated phenomenon that actually occurs can be reproduced in a simple manner by considering the history of deformation in both the press forming and a collision. A collision performance evaluation test method for a metal sheet material for an automobile body is characterized in that a press working apparatus first forms a flat test specimen made of a metal sheet material to be tested into a V shape by primary bending, a bending test apparatus then deforms, by secondary bending, the test specimen formed by the primary bending in a direction intersecting with the primary bending direction, and a bending load and a bending stroke for the test specimen during the secondary bending deformation are recorded and evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Sato, Takayuki Futatsuka, Tomohiro Sakaidani, Shinsuke Komine, Yoshiyasu Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 12180593
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet has a yield-point elongation of 1% or greater and a tensile strength of 980 MPa or greater. The high strength steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and microstructure. A ratio of retained austenite grains adjoining a retained austenite grain having a different crystal orientation to total retained austenite grains is 0.60 or greater, the ferrite has an average grain size of 5.0 ?m or less, and the retained austenite has an average grain size of 2.0 ?m or less. A value obtained by dividing a volume fraction V?a by a volume fraction V?b is 0.40 or greater, where the volume fraction V?a is a volume fraction of retained austenite in a fractured portion of a tensile test specimen after a warm tensile test at 150° C., and the volume fraction V?b is a volume fraction of retained austenite before the warm tensile test at 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yuki Toji, Muneka Iwasawa, Takayuki Futatsuka, Kentaro Sato
  • Publication number: 20240411960
    Abstract: The behavior of a panel component in the plate thickness direction can be analyzed with greater accuracy. A joint structure in which a panel component and a reinforcing component facing together are connected through one or more elastic adhesives is modeled. A panel component behavior analysis method analyzes the behavior of the panel component by finite element analysis using a computer. From actually measured heating or cooling data of the elastic adhesive, an elastic coefficient including change in elastic coefficient of the elastic adhesive in response to temperature change and using temperature as a parameter is determined. The determined elastic coefficient using temperature as a parameter and a thermal expansion coefficient are set as physical property conditions of the elastic adhesive. The behavior of the panel component is analyzed in a temperature change condition in which a temperature change is applied to the joint structure in a previously-set temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi IWAMA, Kentaro SATO
  • Publication number: 20240408661
    Abstract: A press forming fracture determination method determines the presence or absence of fracture occurrence in a portion of the metal sheet in which a deformation path changes from compressive deformation to tensile deformation in press forming on the metal sheet, and includes: a step of deriving a forming limit condition related to fracture occurrence in the metal sheet based on a basic forming test in which a metal sheet is deformed in a deformation path that changes from compressive deformation to tensile deformation and FEM analysis therefor; and a step of determining the presence or absence of fracture occurrence in a portion in which the deformation path changes from compressive deformation to tensile deformation in the press forming on the metal sheet based on the derived forming limit condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta KARIYAZAKI, Kentaro SATO
  • Publication number: 20240390564
    Abstract: A device for providing dialysis information receives a target dialysis conditional value indicating the target for the dialysis among the plurality of dialysis conditions, a plurality of known dialysis conditional values excluding the search dialysis conditional value and the target dialysis conditional value from the plurality of dialysis conditional values, and one or a plurality of patient-specific values set for each patient. The device for providing dialysis information further obtains the search dialysis conditional value satisfying the target dialysis conditional value by using a predicted toxin concentration obtained by substituting a patient test value, the known dialysis condition and the patient-specific value into an extracellular fluid toxin concentration function indicating a temporal change in concentration of a toxin to be removed contained in extracellular fluid of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiko SANO, Kentaro SATO, Toyomu UGAWA, Narutoshi KABASHIMA
  • Patent number: 12092945
    Abstract: An object is to closely observe, by means of images of a camera having high performance specifications, changes in a structure due to heating or cooling of the structure to a temperature beyond a service temperature limit of the camera having high performance specifications and returning from that temperature to room temperature. A structure observation device includes: a camera case of a rectangular three-dimensional shape, having a glass window of heat-resistant and/or cold-resistant glass on at least one side of the three-dimensional shape; heat insulating walls covering the camera case except for the glass window; a fluid supply port and a fluid discharge port through which a cooling or warming fluid is circulated into; and a camera that is disposed inside the camera case and captures a still image or a moving image through the glass window and externally outputs or internally stores data of the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iwama, Kentaro Sato, Shinji Sakurai, Kayo Tokieda, Shohei Shinozuka, Yuhei Akiyama, Takashi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 12091723
    Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet includes: a steel sheet having a chemical composition satisfying an equivalent carbon content Ceq of 0.35% or more and less than 0.60%, and a specified steel microstructure; and a galvanized layer on a surface of the steel sheet. The retained austenite has a solute C content of 0.6% or more by mass, and retained austenite grains with an aspect ratio of less than 2.0 constitute 50% or more of all retained austenite grains. In 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction, an L cross section in a 0 to 50 ?m region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side has a number density of voids of 1000/mm2 or less, and the galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Komine, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Kentaro Sato, Tomohiro Sakaidani
  • Publication number: 20240229201
    Abstract: A steel sheet including a chemical composition satisfying an equivalent carbon content of 0.35% or more and less than 0.60% and a steel microstructure with an area fraction of ferrite: 40% to 85%, tempered martensite and bainite: 10% to 55% in total, retained austenite: 3% to 15%, and ferrite, tempered martensite, bainite, and retained austenite: 93% or more in total. A 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction causes a change of 0.50 or more in (a grain size in a thickness direction)/(a grain size in a direction perpendicular to the thickness) of the tempered martensite in an L cross section in a 0- to 50-?m region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke KOMINE, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Kentaro SATO, Tomohiro SAKAIDANI
  • Patent number: 12031955
    Abstract: A translation control and rotation control mechanism support jig for supporting a front end portion of an automobile body part includes a pair of support members, a rotary box having an L-shaped plate, a rotary shaft pin, a compression pin, and a connection plate. The translation control mechanism includes a support plate, a slide guide, an automobile body part securing disk, a translation plate, and a compression pin. Energy-absorbing members are disposed in an arcuate guide groove on a side surface of the rotary box and a linear guide groove arranged on the support plate or the translation plate. A collision punch collides at a test speed with the L-shaped plate of the rotary box. The compression pin deforms the energy-absorbing members to apply torque opposite to a rotation direction and a reaction force in an opposite direction to a translation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Sato, Hideaki Kobiki, Takayuki Futatsuka, Tomohiro Sakaidani
  • Publication number: 20240207784
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon dioxide recovery system including a first adsorption tower that contains a first adsorbent and a second adsorption tower that contains a second adsorbent. When brought into contact with a first concentrated gas supplied from the first adsorption tower, the second adsorbent adsorbs carbon dioxide in the first concentrated gas. When heated by a second heating unit, the second adsorbent desorbs carbon dioxide which has been adsorbed thereon, and a second concentrated gas that contains carbon dioxide desorbed from the second adsorbent and has a carbon dioxide concentration higher than that of the first concentrated gas is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro SATO, Michinori NARISAWA
  • Patent number: 11981370
    Abstract: A collision resistance performance of a structural member is effectively improved while suppressing an unnecessary increase in mass of the structural member. The structural member includes a hollow member and a tension member. The hollow member forms a closed cross-sectional shape by a top sheet portion, a pair of sidewall portions each continuous to each side of the top sheet portion in a width direction, and a bottom sheet portion arranged to face the top sheet portion. The tension member is formed by a metal sheet extending along the width direction of the top sheet portion and being thinner than the sheet thickness of the hollow member, and connects inner surfaces of the pair of sidewall portions facing each other to each other to restrain the distance between the pair of sidewall portions from increasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sakaidani, Kentaro Sato, Takayuki Futatsuka
  • Patent number: 11976341
    Abstract: A steel sheet including a chemical composition satisfying an equivalent carbon content of 0.60% or more and less than 0.85%, and a steel microstructure with an area fraction of ferrite: less than 40%, tempered martensite and bainite: 40% or more in total, retained austenite: 3% to 15%, and ferrite, tempered martensite, bainite, and retained austenite: 93% or more in total. A 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction causes a change of 0.40 or more in (a grain size in a thickness direction)/(a grain size in a direction perpendicular to the thickness) of the tempered martensite in an L cross section in a 0- to 50-?m region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Komine, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Kentaro Sato, Tomohiro Sakaidani
  • Patent number: 11946828
    Abstract: A side crash test apparatus uses a crash test structure including a center pillar, a roof-rail simulated part, and a rocker simulated part, and includes: a striker; a roof rail support; and a rocker support. The rocker support includes a rocker-rotation braking mechanism configured to restrain translation of the rocker simulated part, and support the rocker simulated part to be rotatable about an axis thereof and allow braking of the rotation. The rocker-rotation braking mechanism includes a rocker-rotation support member configured to rotate about the axis together with the rocker simulated part, a rocker-rotation shaft support configured to support a rotation center of the rocker-rotation support member, a rocker-rotation braking plate extended by rotation of the rocker-rotation support member while braking the rotation when the striker crashes into the center pillar, and a rocker rotation braking plate fixed portion configured to fix another end side of the rocker-rotation braking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Kobiki, Kentaro Sato, Tsuyoshi Shiozaki
  • Publication number: 20240052449
    Abstract: A high strength steel sheet has a yield-point elongation of 1% or greater and a tensile strength of 980 MPa or greater. The high strength steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and microstructure. A ratio of retained austenite grains adjoining a retained austenite grain having a different crystal orientation to total retained austenite grains is 0.60 or greater, the ferrite has an average grain size of 5.0 ?m or less, and the retained austenite has an average grain size of 2.0 ?m or less. A value obtained by dividing a volume fraction V?a by a volume fraction V?b is 0.40 or greater, where the volume fraction V?a is a volume fraction of retained austenite in a fractured portion of a tensile test specimen after a warm tensile test at 150° C., and the volume fraction V?b is a volume fraction of retained austenite before the warm tensile test at 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Kawasaki, Yuki Toji, Muneka Iwasawa, Takayuki Futatsuka, Kentaro Sato
  • Patent number: 11795520
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member having excellent bending collapsibility, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing a steel sheet for the hot-pressed member. The hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet as a base material, the steel sheet having a specified chemical composition. The hot-pressed member has a microstructure in which a martensite microstructure is present in a volume fraction of 70% or greater, and a number density of inclusions having a longest diameter of 25 ?m or greater is 0.02/mm2 or less. The hot-pressed member has a tensile strength of 1.8 GPa or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Katsutoshi Takashima, Takayuki Futatsuka, Kentaro Sato
  • Publication number: 20230296966
    Abstract: An object is to closely observe, by means of images of a camera having high performance specifications, changes in a structure due to heating or cooling of the structure to a temperature beyond a service temperature limit of the camera having high performance specifications and returning from that temperature to room temperature. A structure observation device includes: a camera case of a rectangular three-dimensional shape, having a glass window of heat-resistant and/or cold-resistant glass on at least one side of the three-dimensional shape; heat insulating walls covering the camera case except for the glass window; a fluid supply port and a fluid discharge port through which a cooling or warming fluid is circulated into; and a camera that is disposed inside the camera case and captures a still image or a moving image through the glass window and externally outputs or internally stores data of the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi IWAMA, Kentaro SATO, Shinji SAKURAI, Kayo TOKIEDA, Shohei SHINOZUKA, Yuhei AKIYAMA, Takashi TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230287553
    Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet including a steel sheet having a chemical composition with an equivalent carbon content Ceq of 0.60% or more and less than 0.85%, and a specified steel microstructure; and a galvanized layer on a surface of the steel sheet. The retained austenite has a solute C content of 0.6% or more by mass, and retained austenite grains with an aspect ratio of less than 2.0 constitute 50% or more of all retained austenite grains. In 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction, an L cross section in a 0- to 50-µm region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side has a number density of voids of 1500 /mm2 or less, and the galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke KOMINE, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Kentaro SATO, Tomohiro SAKAIDANI
  • Publication number: 20230243014
    Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet includes: a steel sheet having a chemical composition satisfying an equivalent carbon content Ceq of 0.35% or more and less than 0.60%, and a specified steel microstructure; and a galvanized layer on a surface of the steel sheet. The retained austenite has a solute C content of 0.6% or more by mass, and retained austenite grains with an aspect ratio of less than 2.0 constitute 50% or more of all retained austenite grains. In 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction, an L cross section in a 0 to 50 ?m region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side has a number density of voids of 1000/mm2 or less, and the galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke KOMINE, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Kentaro SATO, Tomohiro SAKAIDANI
  • Publication number: 20230220510
    Abstract: A steel sheet including a chemical composition satisfying an equivalent carbon content of 0.60% or more and less than 0.85%, and a steel microstructure with an area fraction of ferrite: less than 40%, tempered martensite and bainite: 40% or more in total, retained austenite: 3% to 15%, and ferrite, tempered martensite, bainite, and retained austenite: 93% or more in total. A 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction causes a change of 0.40 or more in (a grain size in a thickness direction)/(a grain size in a direction perpendicular to the thickness) of the tempered martensite in an L cross section in a 0- to 50-?m region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke KOMINE, Tatsuya NAKAGAITO, Kentaro SATO, Tomohiro SAKAIDANI