Patents by Inventor Kozo Fukuda

Kozo Fukuda 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: 6361625
    Abstract: A high-strength, high damage-resistant rail made of 0.6 to 0.85 wt % C, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % Si, 0.5 to 1.5 wt % Mn, 0.035 wt % or less P, 0.040 wt % or less S, and 0.05 wt % or less Al, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and having corner and head side portions having a Brinell hardness of 341 to 405, and a head top portion in which a Brinell hardness of a site 20-mm distant from the central portion of the head top portion in a width direction is 341 to 405, and a hardness of the central portion of the head top portion is at least 10 lower in Brinell hardness than that of the site 20-mm distant from the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Masahisa Fujikake, Jun Furukawa, Kiyotaka Morioka, Kozo Fukuda, Hideyuki Yamanaka, Kazutaka Kobayashi, Shinichi Nagahashi
  • Publication number: 20020011283
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-strength, high damage-resistant rail consisting essentially of 0.6 to 0.85 wt % of C, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of Si, 0.5 to 1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.035 wt % or less of P, 0.040 wt % or less of S, and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: MASAHISA FUJIKAKE, JUN FURUKAWA, KIYOTAKA MORIOKA, KOZO FUKUDA, HIDEYUKI YAMANAKA, KAZUTAKA KOBAYASHI, SHINICHI NAGAHASHI
  • Patent number: 5941767
    Abstract: An air circulating device efficiently circulates air in a room in a building while and having a simple structure.The air circulating device has at least one duct (10) and at least one fan (40) for circulating air. The duct has at one end a first air port (20) and at the other end a second air port (21). The duct is mounted on a wall surface by mounting device (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Inventor: Kozo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5693174
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a molding to the peripheral edge of an article such as a glazing used in an automobile. A molding having a groove in its one side is extruded from an extruder. The molding is guided so that the leading end of the molding contacts the edge of an article which is held by a robot. The groove of the molding is expanded by a guide section, and the edge of the glazing enters the groove thus expanded. The robot then rotates the glazing, while pressure is applied to the molding so that the molding adheres to the glazing. When the glazing is rotated one turn, the molding is cut. The molding may be heated from the side having the groove, and cooled from the opposite side having a lip. This facilitates the attachment of the molding without causing any deterioration of the shape of the lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignees: Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha, Cyubu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakata, Shirou Takayama, Hideo Yamada, Ryuji Souma, Kozo Fukuda, Tomohiro Morishita, Yoshikazu Tojo, Rinzo Watanabe, Mikimasa Matsui, Yukio Fukuoka, Yasutaka Shioji
  • Patent number: 5298307
    Abstract: An engraving sheet structure suitable for use as sheets of, for example, a passport or a bankbook has a substrate made of a plastic sheet made of, for example, a bi-axially orientated high-density polyethylene sheet having an opacity degree not greater than 70%, and an engraving layer formed on the substrate and having an opacity not less than 40% and made of a material which contains a cross-linkable binder. The opacity of the substrate is lower than that of the engraving layer, the difference in the opacity being not less than 30. The engraving layer being adapted to be engraved to form an image from its surface down to the level of said substrate. One or more colored layer may be provided between the substrate and the engraving layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: EPC Technology Co., L.T.D.
    Inventors: Akira Suzuki, Shoji Misonoo, Kozo Fukuda, Naoyuki Ishii
  • Patent number: 5256623
    Abstract: A thermal sublimable dye transfer image receiving sheet having a flat base (a white film, an opaque film, a transparent film or a sheet formed by sticking a film and paper) and a dye receiving layer which is formed on the upper surface of the base and receives a sublimable dye, the dye receiving layer containing an organic agent for improving dye transfer density having a compatibility with the sublimable dye and an inorganic adsorbent which adsorbes the above-described dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Kozo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5209792
    Abstract: A high-strength, damage-resistant rail characterized by essentially consists of 0.60 to 0.85 wt. % of C, 0.1 to 1.0 wt. % of Si, 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Mn, not more than 0.035 wt. % of P, not more than 0.040 wt. % of S, and not more than 0.05 wt. % of Al, a balance being Fe and indispensable impurity. The rail comprises corner and head side portions having a Brinell hardness H.sub.B of 341 to 405 and a head top portion having a hardness which is not more than 0.9 of the Brinell hardness of the corner and head side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignees: NKK Corporation, Burlington Northern Railroad Company
    Inventors: Gordon O. Besch, John A. Hovland, Jun Furukawa, Hideyuki Yamanaka, Kozo Fukuda, Tomoo Horita, Yuzuru Kataoka, Masahiro Ueda, Tetsunari Ide, Atsushi Ito, Takao Gino
  • Patent number: 5089464
    Abstract: Image-receiving paper for thermal sublimable dye transfer comprises a polymer film or paper and an image-receiving layer which is laminated thereon and which contains as a releasing agent the product of reaction between an oxyalkylene oligomer having reactive groups and a low-molecular weight compound having reactive groups, for example, a silane coupling agent. The image-receiving paper exhibits good release properties during printing, a high print density and no fading and yellowing after printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Ichii, Kozo Fukuda, Kenji Morishita
  • Patent number: 4933024
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high strength rail with good toughness, comprises cooling a rail to Ar.sub.3 transformation point or less after hot rolling; heating said cooled rail at a temperature of an austenite temperature zone ranging from Ac.sub.3 transformation point to 950.degree. C.; and cooling the heated rail. The chemical composition of the rail consists of 0.50 to 0.85 wt. % C, 0.50 to 1.50 wt. % Mn, 0.035 wt. % S or less, 0.10 to 1.00 wt. % Si, 0.035 wt. % P or less, 0.050 wt. % Al or less and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kozo Fukuda, Tsunemi Wada, Ichiro Nakauchi, Shinichi Nagahashi, Yoshio Saito, Kiyotaka Morioka, Yuzuru Kataoka, Yuzu Kato, Toyokazu Teramoto, Akio Fujibayashi
  • Patent number: 4886558
    Abstract: A method for heat-treating a steel rail head, which comprises: heating a steel rail head to the austenization temperature; then, cooling the rail head by means of a hot water jet until a surface temperature of the rail head decreases to a temperature not below 420.degree. C.; and then cooling the rail head by means of an air jet at least to the pearlite transformation temperature, thereby transforming the structure of a surface portion of the rail head into a uniform and fine pearlite structure. The above-described method includes a method in which the rail head is previously cooled by means of a water spray until the surface temperature of the rail head decreases to a temperature not below 530.degree. C. prior to the cooling of the rail head by means of the above-mentioned hot water jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Toyokazu Teramoto, Akio Fujibayashi, Kozo Fukuda, Mashiro Ueda, Shinichi Nagahashi, Yazuru Kataoka, Hiroaki Sato, Tsunemi Wada, Takao Gino, Yoshio Saito, Kiyotaka Morioka
  • Patent number: 4849457
    Abstract: A method of producing a plastic sheet with a porous surface layer suitable for use as, for example, a recording medium on which characters and images are printed by ink jet or thermal-transfer printing method. The method comprises preparing a solution by dissolving two or more kinds of plastics having low levels of miscibility to each other in a solvent, applying said solution to a substrate, passing said substrate with said solution applied thereto through a liquid which dissolves said solvent but does not dissolve said plastics thereby solidifying said plastics, and drying said substrate with the solidified plastic layer. Preferably, two or more kinds of plastics having low levels of miscibility to each other include mainly a material A which is vinyl chloride or its compolymer and a material B which is acrylonitrile or its copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Ichii, Shigeru Tani, Kozo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4767475
    Abstract: A wear resistance rail which comprises 0.50 to 0.85 wt. % of C, 0.10 to 1.0 wt. % of Si, 0.50 to 1.50 wt. % of Mn, less than 0.035 wt. % of P, less than 0.035 wt. % of S, less than 0.050 wt. % of Al, and the balance of iron and impurities. The web has a high toughness tempered bainite structure, tempered martensite structure or a tempered mixed structure of bainite and martensite and the head rail has high wear resistance which prevents unstable destructive cracks from propagating. The rail can further contain one or more of 0.05 to 1.50 wt. % of Cr, 0.05 to 0.20 wt. % of Mo, 0.03 to 0.10 wt. % of V, 0.10 to 1.00 wt. % of Ni, and 0.005 to 0.050 wt. % of Nb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kozo Fukuda, Tsunemi Wada, Shinichi Nagahashi, Yoshio Saito, Masahiro Ueda, Minoru Tanaka