Patents by Inventor Manabu Takahashi

Manabu Takahashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20160189894
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a limit switch that is returned to an original position even if a turning angle of a turning lever becomes 90 degrees. In a section perpendicular to a turning shaft, a cam is formed such that a whole contact surface of the cam with a cam receiver is located on a side of the cam receiver with respect to a shaft center of the turning shaft when the external force does not act on the turning lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuyuki TSUKIMORI, Manabu TAKAHASHI, Yuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160130711
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet has an average value of the X-ray random intensity ratio of a {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientation group at least in a sheet thickness central portion that is in a sheet thickness range of ? to ? from a steel sheet surface of 1.0 to 6.0, an X-ray random intensity ratio of a {332}<113> crystal orientation of 1.0 to 5.0, rC which is an r value in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction of 0.70 to 1.10, and r30 which is an r value in a direction that forms an angle of 30° with respect to the rolling direction of 0.70 to 1.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro FUJITA, Kunio HAYASHI, Riki OKAMOTO, Manabu TAKAHASHI, Tetsuo KISHIMOTO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9290835
    Abstract: The invention provides a cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in paint bake hardenability and ordinary-temperature non-aging property comprising, in mass %, C: 0.0005-0.0040%, Si: 0.8% or less, Mn: 2.2% or less, S: 0.0005-0.009%, Cr: 0.4-1.3%, O: 0.003-0.020%, P: 0.045-0.12%, B: 0.0002-0.0010%, Al: 0.008% or less, N: 0.001-0.007%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. Ultra-low-carbon steel retaining solute N and containing added Cr, P, B and O is used to produce hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel sheet and hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet that exhibit both high paint bake hardenability and ordinary-temperature non-aging property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Summitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Naoki Maruyama, Manabu Takahashi, Natsuko Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20160075109
    Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet according to the present invention includes a steel sheet and a galvanizing layer which is formed on a surface of the steel sheet. The steel sheet includes as a chemical component, by mass %, C: more than 0.100% to 0.500%, Si: 0.0001% to less than 0.20%, Mn: more than 0.20% to 3.00%, Al: 3.0% to 10.0%, N: 0.0030% to 0.0100%, Ti: more than 0.100% to 1.000%, P: 0.00001% to 0.0200%, S: 0.00001% to 0.0100% and a remainder including Fe and impurities. The galvanizing layer includes as a chemical composition, by mass %, Fe: 0.01% to 15% and a remainder including Zn and impurities. The galvanized steel sheet has a specific gravity of 5.5 to less than 7.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu OKA, Nobuhiro FUJITA, Manabu TAKAHASHI, Riki OKAMOTO, Kenichiroh MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 9273370
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet has an average value of the X-ray random intensity ratio of a {100} <011> to {223} <110> orientation group at least in a sheet thickness central portion that is in a sheet thickness range of ? to ? from a steel sheet surface of 1.0 to 6.0, an X-ray random intensity ratio of a {332} <113> crystal orientation of 1.0 to 5.0, rC which is an r value in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction of 0.70 to 1.10, and r30 which is an r value in a direction that forms an angle of 30° with respect to the rolling direction of 0.70 to 1.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujita, Kunio Hayashi, Riki Okamoto, Manabu Takahashi, Tetsuo Kishimoto, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9267196
    Abstract: In a hot-rolled sheet, an average value of pole densities of an orientation group {100}<011> to {223}<110>, which is represented by an arithmetic mean of pole densities of orientations {100}<011>, {116}<110>, {114}<110>, {112}<110>, and {223}<110> in a thickness center portion of a thickness range of ? to ? from a surface of the steel sheet, is 1.0 to 6.5 and a pole density of a crystal orientation {332}<113> is 1.0 to 5.0; and a Lankford value rC in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10 and a Lankford value r30 in a direction that forms 30° with respect to the rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riki Okamoto, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Kunio Hayashi, Tetsuo Kishimoto, Kazuaki Nakano, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160040273
    Abstract: A steel sheet including, by mass %, C: more than 0.100% and 0.500% or less, Si: 0.0001% or more and less than 0.20%, Mn: more than 0.20% and 0.50% or less, Al: 3.0% or more and 10.0% or less, N: 0.0030% or more and 0.0100% or less, Ti: more than 0.100% and 1.000% or less, P: 0.00001% or more and 0.0200% or less, S: 0.00001% or more and 0.0100% or less, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which a sum of a C content and a Ti content satisfies 0.200<C+Ti?1.500 by mass %, a product of an Al content and an Si content satisfies Al×Si?0.8 by mass %, and a specific gravity is 5.5 to less than 7.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu OKA, Nobuhiro FUJITA, Manabu TAKAHASHI, Riki OKAMOTO, Chisato WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9169420
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion in which a polyurethane resin s dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein the polyurethane resin is obtained by reacting (A) a polyurethane prepolymer which is obtained by reacting (a) a polyisocyanate compound, (b) a polyol compound containing a polycarbonate polyol having a number average molecular weight of 800 to 3500, and (c) an acidic group-containing polyol compound, and (B) a chain extender, being dispersed in an aqueous medium, (B) the chain extender contains a polyamine compound having three or more in total of an amino group(s) and/or an imino group(s) per molecule, and the polyurethane resin has, each based on a solid content, a content of urethane bonds of 5 to 10% by weight, a content of urea bonds of 2 to 7% by weight, a content of carbonate bonds of 15 to 40% by weight, has neither ether bond nor ester bond, has a density of cross-linking points of 1.0×10?4 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Morikami, Masahiro Naiki, Fumio Adachi, Manabu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9162559
    Abstract: A fuel-cell-system providing structure is provided which is capable of preventing a collision of a fuel cell with a related apparatus of the fuel cell while suppressing the increase in weight of a vehicle. A fuel cell system provided in a vehicle includes: a fuel cell unit in which a fuel cell is contained; and a related apparatus that is electrically connected to the fuel cell and that is located adjacent to the fuel cell unit. The related apparatus is arranged at a position closer to an outer surface of the vehicle than the fuel cell unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arisawa, Manabu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Imanishi
  • Patent number: 9156625
    Abstract: An object detecting actuator and an object detecting switch with increased durability. The actuator in one embodiment includes a roller that receives a load of an external force; and a roller lever to which the roller is rotatably attached by means of a rotary shaft, the actuator being a displacement member that is displaced in accordance with the load of the force received by the roller, wherein the roller is constituted by a sintered body of stainless steel material impregnated with lubricating oil, and a density of the sintered body of stainless steel material is in a range of 6.45 to 6.7 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hayase, Kokichi Tobita, Manabu Takahashi, Junya Mishima
  • Patent number: 9099693
    Abstract: In a fuel cell having a separator in which main cooling water channels are formed, a separator for another unit cell stacked on the cooling water channel formation surface side of the separator, and a second sealing member interposed between the separators and to seal a cooling medium flowing in the main cooling water channels, an outer peripheral rib for regulating the flow of cooling water to the second sealing member side is provided inside relative to the second sealing member in the separator surface direction in order to improve the efficiency of cooling with the cooling medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Nakaji, Tsutomu Ochi, Chisato Kato, Tsunemasa Nishida, Manabu Takahashi, Yasuyuki Asai
  • Publication number: 20150213977
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a switch with which heat resistance and cold resistance can both be increased inexpensively. This switch comprises a bearing member, a shaft, a manipulation member, and a switch main body. The shaft is slidably supported by the bearing member. The manipulation member is linked to the shaft. The switch main body switches a contact according to displacement of the shaft. The shaft or the bearing member includes a sliding face having a groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Yuki YAMAMOTO, Makito MORII, Kazuyuki TSUKIMORI, Manabu TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150114806
    Abstract: A switch has a switching mechanism, a housing in which the switching mechanism is disposed, and a slidable actuator that causes the switching mechanism to operate. At least one connection which can be in direct contact with outside air, out of connections between members of the switch, is provided with a sealing member. Rubber contained in the sealing member includes fluorocarbon rubber and does not include silicone rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tsukimori, Manabu Takahashi, Yuki Yamamoto, Hidenori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150114805
    Abstract: A switch has a rotary shaft that rotates in response to an external force, a cam provided on the rotary shaft and including a cam action section, wherein the cam rotates in response to the rotation of the rotary shaft, a displacement member including a cam support section that contacts the cam action section, wherein the displacement member is displaced in response to the cam support section being pressed by the cam action section rotating, and a switch module that performs an on-off action in response to the displacement of the displacement member. The cam action section is made of a metal. The cam support section is made of a resin softer than the cam action section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tsukimori, Manabu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Moriyama, Shinya Katsube, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8993179
    Abstract: A fuel-cell-system providing structure is provided which is capable of preventing a collision of a fuel cell with a related apparatus of the fuel cell while suppressing the increase in weight of a vehicle. A fuel cell system provided in a vehicle includes: a fuel cell unit in which a fuel cell is contained; and a related apparatus that is electrically connected to the fuel cell and that is located adjacent to the fuel cell unit. The related apparatus is arranged at a position closer to an outer surface of the vehicle than the fuel cell unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arisawa, Manabu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Imanishi
  • Patent number: 8958923
    Abstract: A distributed power supply system is configured to execute a process for determining whether or not to permit a diagnostic process in such a manner that it is determined whether or not a difference between a set upper limit value and an actual measurement current value is not less than a load current value, the set upper limit value being a predetermined upper limit value set with respect to a detected current of a current sensor, the measurement current value being detected by the current sensor in a state where the diagnostic process is not executed, and the load current value being a value of a current flowing from a commercial power utility to a power load during execution of the diagnostic process; and if it is determined that the difference is not less than the load current value, the controller permits the diagnostic process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nin Kake, Shinji Miyauchi, Hiroaki Kaku, Keiichi Sato, Hiroshi Nagasato, Akihito Ootani, Toru Kushisaka, Motomichi Katou, Manabu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8945783
    Abstract: A fuel-cell-system providing structure is provided which is capable of preventing a collision of a fuel cell with a related apparatus of the fuel cell while suppressing the increase in weight of a vehicle. A fuel cell system provided in a vehicle includes: a fuel cell unit in which a fuel cell is contained; and a related apparatus that is electrically connected to the fuel cell and that is located adjacent to the fuel cell unit. The related apparatus is arranged at a position closer to an outer surface of the vehicle than the fuel cell unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arisawa, Manabu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Imanishi
  • Publication number: 20140374224
    Abstract: A limit switch has a housing, a plunger that is supported in the housing while being vertically movable, a switch main body disposed in and fixed to the housing by the plunger, an operation shaft having an upper end thereof exposed from a ceiling surface of the switch main body, a contact that is opened and closed by driving the upper end of the operation switch, and a displacement expanding mechanism arranged between the switch main body and the plunger. The displacement expanding mechanism has a pair of pivoting tongue pieces rotatably supported by a pair of support shafts arranged in parallel with each other. A free end of one of the pivoting tongue pieces is abutted on the upper end of the operation shaft. A free end of the other pivoting tongue piece is abutted on an upper surface of one of the pivoting tongue pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Takahashi, Kazuyuki Tsukimori, Shigenobu Fukui
  • Patent number: 8912280
    Abstract: An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion containing a polyurethane resin obtained by reacting (A) a polyurethane prepolymer obtained by reacting (a) a polyisocyanate compound, (b) at least one polyol compound containing a polycarbonate polyol having a number average molecular weight of 400 to 3000, (c) an acidic group-containing polyol compound, (d) a blocking agent for an isocyanate group, which dissociates at 80 to 180° C., and (B) a chain elongating agent having reactivity with the isocyanate group, being dispersed in an aqueous medium, a sum of a content of urethane and urea bondings is 15 to 30% by weight in terms of solid components, a content of carbonate bondings is 8% to <15% by weight in terms of solid components, and a content of isocyanate group to which the above-mentioned blocking agent has bound is 0.2 to 3% by weight in terms of solid components as calculated on isocyanate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Morikami, Masahiro Naiki, Fumio Adachi, Manabu Takahashi
  • Patent number: D751997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Takahashi, Shinya Katsube, Yuki Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Tanoue, Kokichi Tobita, Kazuyuki Tsukimori