Patents by Inventor Manabu Kubota

Manabu Kubota 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: 8811264
    Abstract: A measuring unit measures the line quality with an eNB. A receiving unit receives line quality information transmitted from an UE. When the line quality measured by the measuring unit is different from line quality contained in the line quality information received by the receiving unit, a transmitting unit changes, the received target data to data for a layer that is different from the physical layer, and transmits the changed data to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Chiaki Shinohara, Kazuhisa Obuchi, Yoshiharu Tajima, Yoshinori Soejima, Manabu Kubota, Miki Yamasaki, Shinya Okamoto, Akihide Otonari
  • Publication number: 20140219858
    Abstract: The invention provides a hot-forging micro-alloyed steel and a hot-rolled steel which achieve excellent fracture-splitability and machinability, without impairing productivity or mechanical properties and without addition of Pb or the like. It also provides a component made of hot-forged micro-alloyed steel. The hot-forging micro-alloyed steel comprises, in mass %, C: greater than 0.35 to 0.60%, Si: 0.50 to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20 to 2.00%, P: 0.010 to 0.150%, S: 0.040 to 0.150%, V: 0.10 to 0.50%, Zr: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050% and N: 0.0020 to 0.0200%, Al being limited to less than 0.010%, and a balance substantially of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Kubota, Shinya Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20140193288
    Abstract: The present invention provides a spring steel, which is finally formed into a spring, by making use of, at a maximum, the temper softening resistance effect due to alloying elements while suppressing the formation of hard inclusions of SiO2 and the generation of decarburization, which may cause deterioration of fatigue characteristics of the spring. The spring steel is characterized by comprising, in % by mass, C: 0.50 to 0.70%, Si: 1.00 to 5.00%, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, P: 0.0002 to 0.0500%, S: 0.0002 to 0.0500%, Cr: 0.10 to 3.50%, Al: 0.0005 to 0.0500%, and N: 0.0020 to 0.0100%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the H-value defined by the following equation (a) is 160 or more, and the C-value defined by the following equation (b) is 3.25 or less: H=33.6[C]+10.0[Si]+5.95[Mn]+11.1[Cr]+90.0??(a), and C=[Si]/[Mn]??(b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Manabu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20140153520
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a size of free space provided in each of a plurality of data transmission units of a first layer; an allocation unit that allocates to data of a second layer a contiguous sequence of free space from among the free space whose size is acquired by the acquisition unit, the contiguous sequence of free space being equal in size to the data of the second layer and provided in one data transmission unit of the first layer; and a multiplexing unit that multiplexes a plurality of pieces of data of the second layer into the plurality of data transmission units of the first layer according to the allocation of the free space by the allocation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Chiaki SHINOHARA, Kazuhisa OBUCHI, Akihide OTONARI, Yoshinori SOEJIMA, Manabu KUBOTA, Miki YAMASAKI, Shinya OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8733199
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a gear, and the resulting gear, the method resulting such that the surface layer portions of the tooth portions and a tooth root portion are made to be a carburized layer, the remaining portion of the tooth portions and a portion of a disk portion lying below the carburized layer be a quench-hardened layer, and a region of the disk portion lying deeper than the quench-hardened layer be an unquenched layer. The gear is manufactured using raw material steel having the following chemical composition: C: 0.1% to 0.40% (% by mass), Si: 0.35% to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 3.0%, Cr: less than 0.2%, Mo: 0.1% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.15% or less, Al: 0.05% or less, N: 0.03% or less, and Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Obayashi, Keita Taguchi, Susumu Kato, Shuji Kozawa, Manabu Kubota, Yuji Adachi, Hirokazu Sato
  • Patent number: 8715428
    Abstract: The invention provides a hot-forging micro-alloyed steel and a hot-rolled steel which achieve excellent fracture-splitability and machinability, without impairing productivity or mechanical properties and without addition of Pb or the like. It also provides a component made of hot-forged micro-alloyed steel. The hot-forging micro-alloyed steel contains, in mass %, C: greater than 0.35 to 0.60%, Si: 0.50 to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20 to 2.00%, P: 0.010 to 0.150%, S: 0.040 to 0.150%, V: 0.10 to 0.50%, Zr: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050% and N: 0.0069 to 0.0200%, Al being limited to less than 0.010%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Kubota, Shinya Teramoto
  • Patent number: 8681670
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a size of free space provided in each of a plurality of data transmission units of a first layer; and an allocation unit that allocates to each of a plurality of pieces of data of a second layer a contiguous sequence of free space from among the free space whose size is acquired by the acquisition unit, the contiguous sequence of free space being equal in size to each piece of data and provided in one of the data transmission units among the plurality of data transmission units. The apparatus also includes a multiplexing unit that multiplexes the plurality of pieces of data of the second layer into the plurality of data transmission units of the first layer according to the allocation of the free space by the allocation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Chiaki Shinohara, Kazuhisa Obuchi, Akihide Otonari, Yoshinori Soejima, Manabu Kubota, Miki Yamasaki, Shinya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8673094
    Abstract: A case hardening steel includes by mass %, C: 0.1% to 0.5%, Si: 0.01% to 1.5%, Mn: 0.3% to 1.8%, S: 0.001% to 0.15%, Cr: 0.4% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.05% to 0.2%, Al: limited to 0.2% or less, N: limited to 0.0050% or less, P: limited to 0.025% or less, O: limited to 0.0025% or less, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the number d of sulfide having an equivalent circle diameter more than 5 ?m per 1 mm2 and a mass percentage [S] of S satisfy: d?500×[S]+1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Hashimura, Kei Miyanishi, Shuji Kozawa, Manabu Kubota, Tatsuro Ochi
  • Publication number: 20130340895
    Abstract: A carburized steel part having excellent low cycle bending fatigue strength which is comprised of a steel material which contains, by mass %, C: 0.1 to 0.6%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, N: 0.001 to 0.03%, Al: 0.001 to 0.06%, and O: 0.005% or less and has a balance of substantially iron and unavoidable impurities and which is carburized and quenched, and then tempered, which steel part has a surface hardness of HV550 to HV800 and a core hardness of HV400 to HV500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicants: SANYO SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji KOZAWA, Manabu KUBOTA, Osamu KADA, Motohiro NISHIKAWA, Takashi TANAKA, Norimasa TSUNEKAGE
  • Patent number: 8535459
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel material for hardening, including chemical components, by mass %, of: C: 0.15 to 0.60%; Si: 0.01 to 1.5%; Mn: 0.05 to 2.5%; P: 0.005 to 0.20%; S: 0.001 to 0.35%; Al: over 0.06 to 0.3%; and total N: 0.006 to 0.03%, with a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities including B of not more than 0.0004%, in which a hardness R at a position 5 mm away from a quenching end measured through a Jominy-type end-quenching method specified in JIS G 0561, and a calculation hardness H at a position 4.763 mm away from the quenching end satisfy the following Equation (1). H×0.948?R?H×1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Miyanishi, Manabu Kubota, Shuji Kozawa
  • Publication number: 20130186529
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.20 to 0.25%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota, Yoichi Taniguchi, Junichi Nakatsuka, Kazuhiro Fujimura, Satoshi Koganemaru
  • Publication number: 20130186528
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: 0.05 to 0.20%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20130167986
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.25 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota
  • Patent number: 8475605
    Abstract: In the steel for a surface layer hardening which is treated with carburizing in a temperature range of 800° C. to 900° C., chemical composition thereof contains, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20% to 2.00%, S: 0.0001% to 0.10%, Cr: 2.00% to 5.00%, Al: 0.001% to 0.50%, N: 0.0020% to 0.020%, P: 0.001% to 0.050%, and O: 0.0001% to 0.0030%; the remaining portion thereof includes Fe and unavoidable impurities; and the total amount of Cr, Si, and Mn satisfies, by mass %, 2.0?Cr+Si+Mn?8.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Kubota, Tatsuro Ochi
  • Publication number: 20130146180
    Abstract: A steel for a carburizing and a carburized steel component having a steel portion and a carburized layer with a thickness of more than 0.4 mm to less than 2 mm which is formed on an outside of the steel portion. A chemical composition of the steel for the carburizing and the steel portion of the carburized steel component satisfies simultaneously equations of a hardness parameter, a hardenability parameter, and a TiC precipitation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20130146181
    Abstract: A steel for a carburizing and a carburized steel component having a steel portion and a carburized layer with a thickness of more than 0.4 mm to less than 2 mm which is formed on an outside of the steel portion. A chemical composition of the steel for the carburizing and the steel portion of the carburized steel component satisfies simultaneously equations of a hardness parameter, a hardenability parameter, and an AlN precipitation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20130101457
    Abstract: This steel for a machine structure contains, in mass %: C: 0.40% to less than 0.75%; Si: 0.01% to 3.0%; Mn: 0.1% to 1.8%; S: 0.001% to 0.1%; Al: more than 0.1% and not more than 1.0%; N: 0.001% to 0.02%; and P: limited to not more than 0.05%, with a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the steel satisfies 139.38 ?214×[C]+30.6×[Si]+42.8×[Mn]?14.7×[Al]?177 and 0.72?[C]+1/7×[Si]+1/5×[Mn]<1.539.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Aiso, Suguru Yoshida, Manabu Kubota, Kei Miyanishi, Shuji Kozawa
  • Publication number: 20130087250
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel for nitriding with a composition including, by mass %: C: 0.10% to 0.20%; Si: 0.01% to 0.7%; Mn: 0.2% to 2.0%; Cr: 0.2% to 2.5%; Al: 0.01% to less than 0.19%; V: over 0.2% to 1.0%; Mo: 0% to 0.54%; N: 0.001% to 0.01%; P limited to not more than 0.05%; S limited to not less than 0.2%; and a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, the composition satisfying 2?[V]/[C]?10, where [V] is an amount of V by mass % and [C] is an amount of C by mass %, in which the steel for nitriding has a microstructure containing bainite of 50% or more in terms of an area percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsushi Chida, Manabu Kubota, Toshimi Tarui, Daisuke Hirakami, Masayuki Hashimura
  • Publication number: 20130048156
    Abstract: A case hardening steel includes by mass %, C: 0.1% to 0.5%, Si: 0.01% to 1.5%, Mn: 0.3% to 1.8%, S: 0.001% to 0.15%, Cr: 0.4% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.05% to 0.2%, Al: limited to 0.2% or less, N: limited to 0.0050% or less, P: limited to 0.025% or less, O: limited to 0.0025% or less, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the number d of sulfide having an equivalent circle diameter more than 5 ?m per 1 mm2 and a mass percentage [S] of S satisfy: d 500×[S]+1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Masayuki Hashimura, Kei Miyanishi, Shuji Kozawa, Manabu Kubota, Tatsuro Ochi
  • Patent number: 8386862
    Abstract: A fault diagnosis apparatus and method capable of simultaneously detecting the fault of a multiplexer and the fault of an A/D converter and isolating and identifying causes of these faults, the multiplexer and the A/D converter being used in a multi-channel analog input/output circuit. Test-voltage values are inputted from a diagnosis-voltage input unit into the multiplexer and the A/D converter constituting an analog-signal conversion unit, the multiplexer having plural channels, the A/D converter converting outputs from the multiplexer into digital signals, the test-voltage values being different from each other for each channel of the multiplexer. Comparisons are made between the digital voltage values and the test-voltage values inputted, the digital voltage values being outputted for each channel of the multiplexer. From this comparison result, it is judged whether the multiplexer is at fault or the A/D converter is at fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Terae, Masakazu Ishikawa, Yasuyuki Furuta, Katsumi Yoshida, Atsushi Nishioka, Yasuhiro Kiyofuji, Takenori Kasahara, Syuichi Nagayama, Fujiya Kawawa, Manabu Kubota, Tatsuyuki Ootani, Hidechiyo Tanaka