Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Tachibana

Kiyoshi Tachibana 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: 11946121
    Abstract: Provided are a steel sheet for battery outer tube cans, which is used for an aftergilding method and is suppressed in the occurrence of scratches, and which enables the achievement of a battery outer tube can that has excellent corrosion resistance and buckling resistance; and a battery outer tube can and a battery, each of which uses this steel sheet for battery outer tube cans. This steel sheet for battery outer tube cans has an Fe—Ni diffusion layer on both surface layers of a steel sheet; the Nb content in the steel sheet is from 0.010% by mass to 0.050% by mass (inclusive); and the adhesion amount of the Fe—Ni diffusion layer per one surface of the steel sheet is from 50 mg/m2 to 500 mg/m2 (inclusive) in terms of Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mikito Suto, Yoichiro Yamanaka, Kiyoshi Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20200227691
    Abstract: Provided are a steel sheet for battery outer tube cans, which is used for an aftergilding method and is suppressed in the occurrence of scratches, and which enables the achievement of a battery outer tube can that has excellent corrosion resistance and buckling resistance; and a battery outer tube can and a battery, each of which uses this steel sheet for battery outer tube cans. This steel sheet for battery outer tube cans has an Fe—Ni diffusion layer on both surface layers of a steel sheet; the Nb content in the steel sheet is from 0.010% by mass to 0.050% by mass (inclusive); and the adhesion amount of the Fe—Ni diffusion layer per one surface of the steel sheet is from 50 mg/m2 to 500 mg/m2 (inclusive) in terms of Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Mikito Suto, Yoichiro Yamanaka, Kiyoshi Tachibana
  • Patent number: 6542262
    Abstract: In order to accurately perform correction of focal distance and color of film before pre-scanning, the image at the generally center area of the first frame of film is read in a first pre-scan, auto-focusing and judgment between negative/positive is made, exposure parameters are set in a second pre-scanning, and the image is read in main scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tachibana, Takanori Kodaira, Makoto Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 5805353
    Abstract: An optical member moving device includes an optical member, a cam member, a cam follower arranged to move the optical member according to the guidance of the cam member, and an elastic member arranged at the cam follower to bias the position of the cam follower to the cam member by urging the cam follower in the direction of movement of the optical member. The optical member moving device can also include an optical member, a holding member arranged to hold the optical member, a driving force transmitting part arranged to move the holding member while causing the holding member to rotate, and a guide part which is arranged to receive a force from the holding member and is fixedly disposed in part on one side of an optical axis opposite to another side on which the driving force transmitting part is located across the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazushige Ichino, Kiyoshi Tachibana
  • Patent number: 5193405
    Abstract: A underwater mobile type inspection system is disclosed wherein said system comprises a multi-articulated manipulator with a probe attached at its tip end thereof. A pivot base supports the proximal end of the manipulator for free rotation and is provided with a propulsion device. An anchoring base is attached to the bottom of said pivot base via a pivot driving mechanism. An adhesion device and a mobile vehicle device are provided, both of which are mounted on the outer periphery of said anchoring base. The inspection system may be applicable to a defect finding operation, other inspecting procedures, cleaning and recovery operations of foreign materials in large-sized vessels, such as nuclear reactor pressure vessels, water pools and storage tanks etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeo Oomichi, Yukio Hukagawa, Kazuto Sawaragi, Kyoichi Aizawa, Kiyoshi Tachibana, Junji Nakayama, Tomio Aoyama, Kyoichi Yoshioka, Mitsushi Ideo
  • Patent number: 4981353
    Abstract: An improved position detecting apparatus for detecting the position of an underwater moving body loaded with an inspecting device is provided. The apparatus is such that it makes it possible to perform inspection of a structure in water quickly, reliably and with high precision. The improvements reside in that the apparatus comprises a light source and a corner cube mounted on the underwater moving body in combination to serve as a target, a follower device, which includes a visual sensor for catching light emitted from the light source, for automatically following the target, an underwater argon laser length measuring instrument for measuring a distance between a length measuring head integrated with the visual sensor and the corner cube, and a detector device for detecting the position of the underwater moving body on the basis of an azimuth angle of the target obtained by the follower device, a reference of one side of a triangle and the measured distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Murakawa, Masahiro Fujiwara, Kiyoshi Tachibana, Kyoichi Yoshioka, Tomio Aoyama