Patents by Inventor Makoto Watanabe

Makoto Watanabe 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: 11198916
    Abstract: Further lower iron loss can be achieved in a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including: a predetermined film mainly composed of forsterite on a front and back surfaces thereof; and a plurality of grooves on the front surface thereof, in which the plurality of grooves have an average depth of 6% or more of a thickness of the steel sheet and are spaced a distance of 1 mm to 15 mm from respective adjacent grooves, the steel sheet has a specific magnetic permeability ?r15/50 of 35000 or more when subjected to alternating current magnetization at a frequency of 50 Hz and a maximum magnetic flux density of 1.5 T, and the steel sheet includes isolated parts having a presence frequency of 0.3/?m or less, the isolated parts being separated from a continuous part of the film in an interface between the steel sheet and the film in a cross section orthogonal to the rolling direction of the steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro Senda, Makoto Watanabe, Seiji Okabe, Souichiro Yoshizaki
  • Patent number: 11179934
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate provided with an energy-generating element, an ejection orifice forming member that is formed on the substrate and includes an ejection orifice from which liquid is ejected, a reinforcing rib provided in the ejection orifice forming member, and a recess that is formed in the substrate and forms a part of a flow path of liquid, wherein the reinforcing rib is disposed in the inside of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuhei Oya, Makoto Watanabe, Takanobu Manabe
  • Publication number: 20210317319
    Abstract: An insulating coating treatment liquid for forming a chromium-free insulating coating on a surface of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, the insulating coating treatment liquid including at least one phosphate salt selected from phosphate salts of any of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn and including colloidal silica and particles of a metal-element-containing compound. A content of the colloidal silica in terms of SiO2, on a solids basis, is 50 to 120 parts by mass, and a content of the particles of a metal-element-containing compound in terms of elemental metal is 5 to 60 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the at least one phosphate salt, and the insulating coating treatment liquid has a thixotropic index (TI) of 1.00 or greater and 10.00 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi TERASHIMA, Karin KOKUFU, Makoto WATANABE, Toshito TAKAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20210287834
    Abstract: A grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet with chromium-free insulating tension coating includes a grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet and an insulating tension coating containing a phosphate salt and silica on a surface of the grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet, the coating further including a crystalline compound represented by the general formula (1): MII3MIII4(XVO4)6 . . . (1). A method for producing a grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet with chromium-free insulating tension coating includes applying an insulating tension coating liquid to a surface of a finish annealed grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet, the coating liquid including colloidal silica, a phosphate salt and a metal element M-containing compound in a specific ratio, and heat treating the steel sheet at least one time at a temperature of not less than 900° C. in an atmosphere including a non-oxidizing gas and having a dew point of not more than 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Souichiro Yoshizaki, Makoto Watanabe, Ryuichi Suehiro
  • Publication number: 20210285124
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a gallium nitride crystal that can produce a gallium nitride crystal more efficiently, using liquid phase growth, the method for producing a gallium nitride crystal including: a step of adding at least one or more of a nitride of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and a transition metal to metal gallium and iron nitride and performing heating in a nitrogen atmosphere to at least a reaction temperature at which the metal gallium reacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya AKIYAMA, Makoto WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210269921
    Abstract: A production method for a treatment solution for forming an insulating coating. The method includes mixing a solution A containing, on a PO43? basis, 0.20 mol/L or more and 10 mol/L or less of at least one of (i) phosphoric acid and (ii) a phosphate salt, and containing, on a metal basis, less than 0.50 mol/L of one or more particulate metal compounds, and a solution B containing, on a metal basis, 0.50 mol/L or more and 20.0 mol/L or less of the one or more particulate metal compounds, and containing, on a PO43? basis, less than 0.20 mol/L of at least one of (i) phosphoric acid and (ii) a phosphate salt, and stirring with a turbine stator-type high-speed stirrer such that a peripheral speed of a turbine reaches 10 m/s or more within 60 seconds after starting the mixing of the solution A and the solution B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi TERASHIMA, Karin KOKUFU, Makoto WATANABE, Toshito TAKAMIYA
  • Patent number: 11101748
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an electrostatic induction transducer, the method including: providing a conductive substrate; providing a first electret material film on a first surface of the conductive substrate; providing a second electret material film on a second surface of the conductive substrate; forming a through hole that penetrates the conductive substrate, the first electret material film, and the second electret material film; mounting a supported member being conductive to the conductive substrate while allowing the conductive substrate to move in an in-plane direction; and applying charges to the first electret material film and the second electret material film by a charging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari Maeda, Makoto Watanabe, Yasuo Kitajima, Izumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11102443
    Abstract: Provided is a tuner module including: a casing body adapted to house a tuner module board on which a tuner function unit is formed; and at least one antenna connector fixed to the casing body and having a terminal portion of a center electrode connected to the tuner module board, in which the casing body includes a plate-like portion formed with a hole portion into which a screw member is inserted, and a plurality of protrusions is provided apart from each other at a peripheral portion of the hole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Koki Hino, Toyomi Fujino, Tadashi Imai, Makoto Watanabe, Toshiyuki Sudo
  • Publication number: 20210202145
    Abstract: An electrical steel sheet having an insulating coating is provided. The electrical steel sheet is capable of reducing dielectric loss in a transformer in a case where the electrical steel sheet is used in a transformer core. An electrical steel sheet having an insulating coating, the insulating coating being disposed on at least one of surfaces of the electrical steel sheet, the insulating coating having a relative dielectric constant at 1000 Hz of less than or equal to 15.0 and a dielectric loss tangent at 1000 Hz of less than or equal to 20.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Terashima, Karin Kokufu, Makoto Watanabe, Toshito Takamiya
  • Patent number: 11047291
    Abstract: An engine cooling device includes: a flow path switching unit provided between an engine and an EGR cooler and the radiator and between the engine and the EGR cooler and a pump. The flow path switching unit includes a first valve that allows a cooling water to flow through a first bypass flow path extending toward the pump when a temperature of the cooling water is lower than a first temperature and that allows the cooling water to flow through a radiator connection flow path, a second valve that allows the cooling water to flow through the first bypass flow path when the temperature of the cooling water is less than a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature, and allows the cooling water to flow through the radiator connection flow path when the temperature of the cooling water is equal to or higher than the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Matsumoto, Makoto Nobayashi, Yasuhiro Kamoshida, Makoto Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210134464
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a health condition inspection system includes a first light source, first infrared light sensors, and a processor. The first light source irradiates infrared light to a fecal matter of a subject, discharged into a toilet. The first infrared light sensors are arranged inside the toilet and configured to receive the infrared light irradiated from the first light source. The processor is configured to inspect a health condition of the subject based on an inspection data acquired based on a strength of the infrared light received by the first infrared light sensors and output a result of the inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Taiki KASAI, Makoto WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10988822
    Abstract: In a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including: a steel substrate; a forsterite base film; and an insulating coating, critical damage shear stress ? between the forsterite base film and the steel substrate is 50 MPa or more and 200 MPa or less. Thus, a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent insulation property, stacking factor, and magnetic property is provided without coating damage even when magnetic domain refining treatment by thermal strain is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Uesaka, Makoto Watanabe, Shigehiro Takajo
  • Patent number: 10982329
    Abstract: Provided are an insulation-coated oriented magnetic steel sheet having an insulating coat with excellent heat resistance; and a method for manufacturing the same. This insulation-coated oriented magnetic steel sheet has an oriented magnetic steel sheet, and an insulating coat arranged on the surface of the oriented magnetic steel sheet, the insulating coat containing Si, P, O, and Cr, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn. The XPS spectrum of the outermost surface of the insulating coat has peaks observed at Cr2p1/2 and Cr2p3/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Terashima, Kazutoshi Hanada, Ryuichi Suehiro, Makoto Watanabe, Toshito Takamiya
  • Patent number: 10920323
    Abstract: Provided are an insulating-coated oriented magnetic steel sheet having an insulating coating of excellent heat resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. This insulating-coated oriented magnetic steel sheet has an oriented magnetic steel sheet, and an insulating coating arranged on the surface of the oriented magnetic steel sheet. The insulating coating contains Si, P, and O, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn, the K-absorption edge of the P in the insulating coating having an XAFS spectrum that exhibits three absorption peaks from 2156 eV to 2180 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Terashima, Kazutoshi Hanada, Ryuichi Suehiro, Makoto Watanabe, Toshito Takamiya
  • Publication number: 20210040878
    Abstract: An engine cooling device includes: a flow path switching unit provided between an engine and an EGR cooler and the radiator and between the engine and the EGR cooler and a pump. The flow path switching unit includes a first valve that allows a cooling water to flow through a first bypass flow path extending toward the pump when a temperature of the cooling water is lower than a first temperature and that allows the cooling water to flow through a radiator connection flow path, a second valve that allows the cooling water to flow through the first bypass flow path when the temperature of the cooling water is less than a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature, and allows the cooling water to flow through the radiator connection flow path when the temperature of the cooling water is equal to or higher than the second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuya Matsumoto, Makoto Nobayashi, Yasuhiro Kamoshida, Makoto Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10889875
    Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet, wherein a total area percentage of defective parts scattered on the forsterite film is less than 1.5% relative to a surface area of the forsterite film when viewed from above the surface, and methods for evaluating a grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayasu Nagoshi, Tomohiro Matsushima, Makoto Watanabe, Shigehiro Takajo, Toshito Takamiya, Masanori Uesaka, Takashi Terashima
  • Patent number: 10858759
    Abstract: The molybdenum crucible includes a cylindrical side wall and a bottom provided integrally with one end of the side wall. The side wall includes a coarse grain region configured to extend from an outer wall toward an inner wall and a fine grain region configured to extend from the inner wall toward the outer wall so as to be in contact with the coarse grain region. The ratio of the coarse grain region in the side wall in the thickness direction thereof is 10% or more and less than 90%. The coarse grain region is defined as such a region in which crystal grains having a grain size of 1 mm or more determined by an intercept method in the height direction of the crucible occupy 95% or more of an area of a measurement region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: A.L.M.T. Corp.
    Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Yoshitake Fukaya, Masahiro Katoh, Hidenobu Nishino
  • Patent number: 10861703
    Abstract: To provide dummy openings having at least one of arrangement and shape determined depending on the shape of a non-effective region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohisa Fujita, Kenji Fujii, Satoshi Ibe, Makoto Watanabe, Shuhei Oya, Yusuke Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200379411
    Abstract: An analog electronic watch includes watch's internal time, and controls rotation of a group of indicators based on the watch's internal time. A terminal appliance stops the rotation of the group of indicators, generates an image of the indicators and the dial plate with an imaging unit, detects current display positions of the group of indicators in identification areas as part of the image of the indicators and the dial plate, generates current display time information based on the current display positions, and generates display time correction information based on a difference between the current display time information and the watch's internal time information. The analog electronic watch corrects the display positions of the group of indicators based on the display time correction information. There are provided an analog electronic watch system and an analog electronic watch that can reduce a time required for display time correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto WATANABE, Katsuyoshi AIHARA, Daisuke MATSUOH, Daisuke YAMADA, Ryutaro UEMURA
  • Patent number: D933693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: menu, Inc.
    Inventor: Makoto Watanabe