Patents by Inventor Koichi Yokoyama

Koichi Yokoyama 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: 11951665
    Abstract: A clamping apparatus of an injection molding machine is provided. A first driving device operates a movable platen to perform mold opening/closing. A second driving device applies a clamping force to the movable platen. A screw mechanism converts rotational power of the driving devices into linear power. By contact/separation between a first rotation plate coupled to a screw shaft and a second rotation plate, a power transmission device switches transmission of power from the second driving device to the screw mechanism. At the normal time, an urging mechanism integrally moves the screw shaft and the first rotation plate in a mold closing direction and releases the connection of the second driving device. When the mold closing is completed, the urging mechanism allows the screw shaft and the first rotation plate to integrally move in a mold opening direction, and brings the second driving device into a connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20240106331
    Abstract: Provided is a controller circuit of a buck DC/DC converter. The controller circuit includes a feedback pin to be connected to an output line of the buck DC/DC converter, a voltage divider circuit including a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series between the feedback pin and a ground, a feedback circuit that generates a pulse modulation signal to bring a feedback voltage as an output of the voltage divider circuit close to a reference voltage, and a current source that is connected to the feedback pin and supplies a constant current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi Miyanaga, Hayato Asano, Nobuyuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11548196
    Abstract: An injection apparatus of the invention injects a molding material supplied from a material supply port, and includes a die, a material supply apparatus that extrudes the molding material that is thread-like or strip-like via the die, and a material guide apparatus that guides the molding material supplied via the die to the material supply port. The material discharge port of the material supply apparatus and the die protrude downward in the material supply apparatus, and a pressure inside the material guide apparatus is reduced by a pressure reducing apparatus from a pressure reducing port provided above the material discharge port of the material supply apparatus and the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220168722
    Abstract: A method comprising treating combustion exhaust gas containing nitrogen oxides in the presence of a denitration catalyst to remove nitrogen oxides from the combustion exhaust gas, wherein the denitration catalyst is composed of a shaped product comprising a catalyst component, the shaped product has micro cracks in a mesh pattern or a bipectinate pattern on the surface of the shaped product, and the micro cracks have a 95% crack width of 100 ?m or less and a crack area ratio variation coefficient of 0.7 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi KIYOSAWA, Shimpei KANEDA, Keiichiro KAI, Koichi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220112421
    Abstract: A plate-shaped chemical heat storage comprising a substrate composed of a net made of metal and a heat storage material composition supported on the substrate, wherein the heat storage material composition comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of magnesium hydroxide or oxide, strontium hydroxide or oxide, barium hydroxide or oxide, calcium hydroxide or oxide, and calcium sulfate, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, silicon dioxide, alumina silicate fiber, E-glass fiber and cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Kai, Masashi Kiyosawa, Koichi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220063165
    Abstract: A clamping apparatus of an injection molding machine is provided. A first driving device operates a movable platen to perform mold opening/closing. A second driving device applies a clamping force to the movable platen. A screw mechanism converts rotational power of the driving devices into linear power. By contact/separation between a first rotation plate coupled to a screw shaft and a second rotation plate, a power transmission device switches transmission of power from the second driving device to the screw mechanism. At the normal time, an urging mechanism integrally moves the screw shaft and the first rotation plate in a mold closing direction and releases the connection of the second driving device. When the mold closing is completed, the urging mechanism allows the screw shaft and the first rotation plate to integrally move in a mold opening direction, and brings the second driving device into a connected state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20210129402
    Abstract: An injection apparatus of the invention injects a molding material supplied from a material supply port, and includes a die, a material supply apparatus that extrudes the molding material that is thread-like or strip-like via the die, and a material guide apparatus that guides the molding material supplied via the die to the material supply port. The material discharge port of the material supply apparatus and the die protrude downward in the material supply apparatus, and a pressure inside the material guide apparatus is reduced by a pressure reducing apparatus from a pressure reducing port provided above the material discharge port of the material supply apparatus and the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10792847
    Abstract: Provided is an injection molding machine (1) including a plasticizing unit (2), an injection unit (3), a communication path (5a) configured to communicate therebetween and having an opening (5b) on the plasticizing unit side which is located on an axis of the screw (21), and a backflow prevention mechanism part (6) configured to close and open the opening on the plasticizing unit side by advancing and retreating the screw (21) in the axial direction, wherein the backflow prevention mechanism part (6) includes a tapered wedge portion (61) having an inclined surface (61a), a driving portion (63) which moves the wedge portion in the forward and backward directions, and a pressing member which is pressed against the inclined surface (61a) by forward movement of the wedge portion and moves the screw toward the opening on the plasticizing unit side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10466302
    Abstract: [Object] To detect states of a plurality of secondary batteries whose kinds are different with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Iwane, Koichi Yokoyama, Naoya Takashima, Taiji Mitsuyama, Antal Kovats, Tamas Mihalffy, Lorand Romvari
  • Patent number: 10434459
    Abstract: A method for decomposing a nitroso compound, comprising: adding an aqueous solution containing hydrogen halide to a liquid to be treated that contains the nitroso compound in such a manner that the hydrogen halide is present in an amount of 2 mol or more and 20 mol or less per mol of a nitroso group in the nitroso compound; and subsequently heating the resulting liquid to be treated at a temperature of not lower that 75° C. and not higher than a boiling point of water under ordinary pressure, thereby an amines are recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Yokoyama, Eiji Miyamoto, Jun Shimamura
  • Patent number: 10393820
    Abstract: To provide a secondary battery state detecting device that decreases the deterioration in capacity of the secondary battery and is low in arithmetic cost. A secondary battery state detecting device that detects a state of a secondary battery includes discharge means (discharge circuit (15)) for subjecting the secondary battery (14) to a pulse discharge, acquiring means (controller (10)) for controlling the discharge means to subject the secondary battery to at least one pulse discharge, and acquiring a time variation of a voltage value at that time, calculating means (controller (10)) for calculating a parameter of a predetermined function having time as a variable by fitting the variation of the voltage value acquired by the acquiring means using the predetermined function, and detecting means (controller (10)) for detecting the state of the secondary battery on the basis of the parameter of the predetermined function calculated by the calculating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Taiji Mitsuyama, Noriyasu Iwane, Koichi Yokoyama, Naoya Takashima, Antal Kovats, Tamas Mihalffy, Lorand Romvari
  • Patent number: 10393814
    Abstract: [Object] To accurately detect states of a variety of types of secondary batteries even in a low-current range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Naoya Takashima, Noriyasu Iwane, Koichi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10386420
    Abstract: Provided are a secondary battery degradation determination method and a secondary battery degradation determination device which can detect degradation of a secondary battery in advance even before an engine starts. When it is determined in Step S1 that a vehicle is in a stop state, a stable-state open-circuit voltage OCV is measured in Step S2 and internal resistance R1 is calculated in Steps S3 and S4. On the other hand, when it is determined in Step S1 that a starter 21 is operated, a maximum discharge current value Inew is measured in Step S5 and a maximum discharge current value Is is updated in Steps S6 and S7. In Step S14, a minimum voltage Vs is calculated. In Step S15, the stable-state open-circuit voltage OCV and the minimum voltage Vs are compared with predetermined threshold values to perform the degradation determination of a secondary battery 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Yokoyama, Etsuzo Sato
  • Patent number: 10295605
    Abstract: A state detecting method and device of a secondary battery correct impact resulting from state quantities caused by variation and calculate a state of charge with high accuracy. The state detecting method includes a first step of acquiring a detected voltage value and a detected current value, a second step of acquiring state quantities caused by variation such as a detected temperature value, a third step of determining if the detected voltage value is the voltage threshold value or greater, a fourth step of determining if the detected current value is the current threshold value or less, a fifth step of determining if a duration time of the current threshold value or less has elapsed a determination time, a sixth step of setting a state of charge in a reference state as the state of charge, and a seventh step of correcting the state of charge in the reference state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Takashima, Noriyasu Iwane, Koichi Yokoyama, Shinichi Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20180133940
    Abstract: Provided is an injection molding machine (1) including a plasticizing unit (2), an injection unit (3), a communication path (5a) configured to communicate therebetween and having an opening (5b) on the plasticizing unit side which is located on an axis of the screw (21), and a backflow prevention mechanism part (6) configured to close and open the opening on the plasticizing unit side by advancing and retreating the screw (21) in the axial direction, wherein the backflow prevention mechanism part (6) includes a tapered wedge portion (61) having an inclined surface (61a), a driving portion (63) which moves the wedge portion in the forward and backward directions, and a pressing member which is pressed against the inclined surface (61a) by forward movement of the wedge portion and moves the screw toward the opening on the plasticizing unit side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180001252
    Abstract: A method for decomposing a nitroso compound, comprising: adding an aqueous solution containing hydrogen halide to a liquid to be treated that contains the nitroso compound in such a manner that the hydrogen halide is present in an amount of 2 mol or more and 20 mol or less per mol of a nitroso group in the nitroso compound; and subsequently heating the resulting liquid to be treated at a temperature of not lower that 75° C. and not higher than a boiling point of water under ordinary pressure, thereby an amines are recovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.,
    Inventors: Koichi Yokoyama, Eiji Miyamoto, Jun Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9399188
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a CO2 removal apparatus that prevents release of an amine compound of an absorbing solution from a CO2 absorption device. The CO2 removal apparatus includes a desorption column 13 that heats and regenerates an amine compound aqueous solution discharged from a decarbonator 1 making counterflow contact of a combustion exhaust gas and an amine compound aqueous solution; and reflux means that refluxes an amine compound aqueous solution regenerated in the desorption column 13 to the decarbonator 1 via a cooler 19. A contact section that makes counterflow contact of reflux water of the desorption column 13 and a CO2-removed combustion exhaust gas is formed in two stages, and the cooler 19 on the downstream side of the desorption column is also formed in two stages. Reflux water from the first stage cooler is supplied to the first stage contact section, and reflux water from the second stage cooler is supplied to the second stage contact section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Miyamoto, Koichi Yokoyama, Shigehito Takamoto, Naoki Oda
  • Patent number: 9339962
    Abstract: A screw (20) for rotating within a material supply cylinder (22) to plasticize a material is able to reciprocate in the axial direction, between a retracted position away from a communicating passage (41) through which a plasticization chamber (23) leads to an injection chamber (33), and an advanced position at which the screw closes off the communicating passage. The screw position adjustment device includes: a thread (50) immovable with respect to the material supply cylinder, and having a through-hole (51) extending in the axial direction; a position adjustment nut (56) threadably engaged at the outside peripheral face of a thread for determining the retracted position; a fastener (58) for securing the position of the position adjustment nut; and a casing (72) covering the position adjustment nut and the fastener, and having an opening (73) for moving closer to the position adjustment nut and the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20160131716
    Abstract: [Object] To accurately detect states of a variety of types of secondary batteries even in a low-current range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Naoya TAKASHIMA, Noriyasu IWANE, Koichi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160075065
    Abstract: A screw (20) for rotating within a material supply cylinder (22) to plasticize a material is able to reciprocate in the axial direction, between a retracted position away from a communicating passage (41) through which a plasticization chamber (23) leads to an injection chamber (33), and an advanced position at which the screw closes off the communicating passage. The screw position adjustment device includes: a thread (50) immovable with respect to the material supply cylinder, and having a through-hole (51) extending in the axial direction; a position adjustment nut (56) threadably engaged at the outside peripheral face of a thread for determining the retracted position; a fastener (58) for securing the position of the position adjustment nut; and a casing (72) covering the position adjustment nut and the fastener, and having an opening (73) for moving closer to the position adjustment nut and the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: KOICHI YOKOYAMA