Patents by Inventor Masanori Hori

Masanori Hori 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: 20230054106
    Abstract: Sulfate ester modified cellulose nanofibers having an average fiber diameter in the range of 1 nm to 500 nm, and having sulfate ester modified hydroxyl groups on surfaces of the cellulose nanofibers. A method of producing cellulose nanofibers that are nanosized, that have a high crystallinity degree, and that have large aspect ratios, the method being a chemical method that does not require any physical pulverization, that is energy-saving, and that can be performed under mild reaction conditions. A method of producing modified cellulose nanofibers including modifying the surfaces of the cellulose nanofibers through esterification or urethanization. A method of producing cellulose nanofibers includes impregnating cellulose with a fibrillation solution containing dimethylsulfoxide, at least one carboxylic acid anhydride selected from acetic anhydride and propionic anhydride, and sulfuric acid to fibrillate the cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Lianzhen LIN, Masanori HORI, Ayako MARUTA
  • Patent number: 11535682
    Abstract: Sulfate ester modified cellulose nanofibers having an average fiber diameter in the range of 1 nm to 500 nm, and having sulfate ester modified hydroxyl groups on surfaces of the cellulose nanofibers. A method of producing cellulose nanofibers that are nanosized, that have a high crystallinity degree, and that have large aspect ratios, the method being a chemical method that does not require any physical pulverization, that is energy-saving, and that can be performed under mild reaction conditions. A method of producing modified cellulose nanofibers including modifying the surfaces of the cellulose nanofibers through esterification or urethanization. A method of producing cellulose nanofibers includes impregnating cellulose with a fibrillation solution containing dimethylsulfoxide, at least one carboxylic acid anhydride selected from acetic anhydride and propionic anhydride, and sulfuric acid to fibrillate the cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Lianzhen Lin, Masanori Hori, Ayako Maruta
  • Publication number: 20220388224
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank, a fiber bundle impregnated with a thermosetting resin base material is wound around an outer surface of a liner in a state where tension is applied to the fiber bundle in a filament winding step. The filament winding step includes a pressure-bonding step and a cutting step. In the pressure-bonding step, a terminal end portion which is a winding end of the fiber bundle is thermocompression-bonded to an outer peripheral portion of the fiber bundle wound around the liner. In the cutting step, a surplus portion of the fiber bundle is cut by a cutting tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro SASHIDA, Masanori HORI, Kohei KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11102908
    Abstract: A storage apparatus mounted in a rack includes: a battery that is placed on a front surface side of a power supply and supplies power during a backup operation; a drive mounting unit that is placed in front of the battery and has drives mounted thereon; a midplane that is placed between the battery and the drive mounting unit and relays signals and power; and a sub-midplane that is placed between the midplane and the battery and relays signals and power from the power supply and the battery, wherein the midplane and the sub-midplane are coupled to each other by a bus bar for supplying the power from the power supply, and an air passage that is capable of supplying cooling air from an intake port, formed on the front surface, to the battery without allowing the cooling air to pass around a periphery of the drives is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Komori, Masanori Hori, Toshihisa Tabuchi, Naoki Wada, Yosuke Ishida
  • Patent number: 11015291
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing fine cellulose fibers that are nanosized, that have a high crystallinity degree, and that are less vulnerable to fiber shape damage, the method including impregnating cellulose with a fibrillation solution to fibrillate the cellulose without mechanical crushing, and modifying the cellulose. The method of producing cellulose microfibrils of the present invention includes impregnating cellulose with a fibrillation solution containing a carboxylic acid vinyl ester or an aldehyde and an aprotic solvent having a donor number of 26 or more to fibrillate the cellulose. The aldehyde is at least one kind of aldehyde selected from the group consisting of an aldehyde represented by the following formula (1), paraformaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, perillaldehyde, vanillin, and glyoxal: R1—CHO??(1) where R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: FUTAMURA KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Lianzhen Lin, Ayako Maruta, Masanori Hori
  • Publication number: 20190367638
    Abstract: Sulfate ester modified cellulose nanofibers having an average fiber diameter in the range of 1 nm to 500 nm, and having sulfate ester modified hydroxyl groups on surfaces of the cellulose nanofibers. A method of producing cellulose nanofibers that are nanosized, that have a high crystallinity degree, and that have large aspect ratios, the method being a chemical method that does not require any physical pulverization, that is energy-saving, and that can be performed under mild reaction conditions. A method of producing modified cellulose nanofibers including modifying the surfaces of the cellulose nanofibers through esterification or urethanization. A method of producing cellulose nanofibers includes impregnating cellulose with a fibrillation solution containing dimethylsulfoxide, at least one carboxylic acid anhydride selected from acetic anhydride and propionic anhydride, and sulfuric acid to fibrillate the cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: KRI, Inc..
    Inventors: Lianzhen LIN, Masanori HORI, Ayako MARUTA
  • Publication number: 20190194866
    Abstract: A method of producing cellulose fine fibers that are nanosized, that have a high crystallinity degree, and that are less vulnerable to fiber shape damage, the method including impregnating cellulose with a fibrillation solution containing formic acid to fibrillate the cellulose without vigorous mechanical crushing. The method of producing cellulose fine fibers including impregnating the cellulose with formic acid, a high-concentration formic acid aqueous solution, or a solution containing, in an aprotic solvent having a donor number of 26 or more, formic acid or a high-concentration formic acid aqueous solution serving as a fibrillation solution to fibrillate the cellulose. In addition, a method of producing surface-modified cellulose fine fibers including impregnating the cellulose with the fibrillation solution to modify the surfaces of cellulose fine fibers while fibrillating the cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: KRI, INC.
    Inventors: Lianzhen LIN, Ayako MARUTA, Masanori HORI
  • Publication number: 20190093285
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing fine cellulose fibers that are nanosized, that have a high crystallinity degree, and that are less vulnerable to fiber shape damage, the method including impregnating cellulose with a fibrillation solution to fibrillate the cellulose without mechanical crushing, and modifying the cellulose. The method of producing cellulose microfibrils of the present invention includes impregnating cellulose with a fibrillation solution containing a carboxylic acid vinyl ester or an aldehyde and an aprotic solvent having a donor number of 26 or more to fibrillate the cellulose. The aldehyde is at least one kind of aldehyde selected from the group consisting of an aldehyde represented by the following formula (1), paraformaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, perillaldehyde, vanillin, and glyoxal: R1—CHO??(1) where R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: KRI, INC.
    Inventors: Lianzhen LIN, Ayako MARUTA, Masanori HORI
  • Patent number: 8667331
    Abstract: It is provided a storage system for storing write data requested by a host computer, comprising: a data storage device, first and second cache memories, first and second non-volatile memories and at least one power storage device, wherein the storage system stores the requested write data in the data storage device, without storing the requested write data in neither the first cache memory nor the second cache memory in a case where the amount of charge of the at least one power storage device is smaller than the predetermined amount of power, and stores the requested write data in at least one of the first and second cache memories, and then store the requested write data in the data storage device in a case where the amount of charge of the at least one power storage device is equal to or larger than the predetermined amount of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Hori
  • Patent number: 8421421
    Abstract: In a storage system provided with a plurality of storage modules, the rated power consumption can be reduced. The storage system is provided with a charge control unit. The charge control unit stops, when detecting that a predetermined number of a plurality of battery modules are during battery charging, the battery charging in the remaining battery modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Manabu Yamagata, Taro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120324274
    Abstract: It is provided a storage system for storing write data requested by a host computer, comprising: a data storage device, first and second cache memories, first and second non-volatile memories and at least one power storage device, wherein the storage system stores the requested write data in the data storage device, without storing the requested write data in neither the first cache memory nor the second cache memory in a case where the amount of charge of the at least one power storage device is smaller than the predetermined amount of power, and stores the requested write data in at least one of the first and second cache memories, and then store the requested write data in the data storage device in a case where the amount of charge of the at least one power storage device is equal to or larger than the predetermined amount of power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Hori
  • Publication number: 20120161720
    Abstract: In a storage system provided with a plurality of storage modules, the rated power consumption can be reduced. The storage system is provided with a charge control unit. The charge control unit Stops, when detecting that a predetermined number of a plurality of battery modules are during battery charging, the battery charging in the remaining battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Manabu Yamagata, Taro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8154257
    Abstract: In a storage system provided with a plurality of storage modules, the rated power consumption can be reduced. The storage system is provided with a charge control unit. The charge control unit stops, when detecting that a predetermined number of a plurality of battery modules are during battery charging, the battery charging in the remaining battery modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Manabu Yamagata, Taro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110264943
    Abstract: The storage control device of the present invention reduces the power consumption amount by stopping the transmission of power to enclosures that are not accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures is switch-connected via backend switches to a base enclosure. Drives that have not been accessed for a predetermined time or more undergo spin-down. When all of the drives in the enclosure enter a spin-down state, the supply of power from the power supply in the enclosure to the respective drives is stopped. The base enclosure that manages the system constitution of the storage control device turns OFF the switch connected to the enclosure when all of the drives in a certain enclosure have spun down. The transmission of power to this enclosure is accordingly stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Kiyoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 8001393
    Abstract: The storage control device of the present invention reduces the power consumption amount by stopping the transmission of power to enclosures that are not accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures are switch-connected via backend switches to a base enclosure. Drives that have not been accessed for a predetermined time or more undergo spin-down. When all of the drives in the enclosure enter a spin-down state, the supply of power from the power supply in the enclosure to the respective drives is stopped. The base enclosure that manages the system constitution of the storage control device turns OFF the switch connected to the enclosure when all of the drives in a certain enclosure have spun down. The transmission of power to this enclosure is accordingly stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Kiyoshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20100070789
    Abstract: The storage control device of the present invention reduces power consumption by stopping the flow of power to enclosures that are not being accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures are connected to a base enclosure by means of a daisy-chain connection. The respective additional enclosures are divided into three levels, namely a low usage frequency level, a medium usage frequency level, and a high usage frequency level depending on the connection distance of the additional enclosures from the base enclosure. Drives that have not been accessed for a predetermined time are spun down. When all the drives in the enclosure are in the spindown state, the supply of power from the power supply to the respective drives is stopped. Further, when the flow of power to an additional enclosure located below the enclosure itself has stopped, the switch of the latter enclosure is turned OFF and the flow of power to the additional enclosure is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Masahiko Sato, Akihito Yamanashi
  • Publication number: 20100019735
    Abstract: In a storage system provided with a plurality of storage modules, the rated power consumption can be reduced. The storage system is provided with a charge control unit. The charge control unit stops, when detecting that a predetermined number of a plurality of battery modules are during battery charging, the battery charging in the remaining battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Manabu Yamagata, Taro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7639493
    Abstract: The storage control device of the present invention reduces power consumption by stopping the flow of power to enclosures that are not being accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures are connected to a base enclosure by means of a daisy-chain connection. The respective additional enclosures are divided into three levels, namely a low usage frequency level, a medium usage frequency level, and a high usage frequency level depending on the connection distance of the additional enclosures from the base enclosure. Drives that have not been accessed for a predetermined time are spun down. When all the drives in the enclosure are in the spin down state, the supply of power from the power supply to the respective drives is stopped. Further, when the flow of power to an additional enclosure located below the enclosure itself has stopped, the switch of the latter enclosure is turned OFF and the flow of power to the additional enclosure is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Masahiko Sato, Akihito Yamanashi
  • Patent number: 7562242
    Abstract: A memory section stores a plurality of electric power saving modes classified into groups by combining a plurality of electric power saving items in a television image receiver, a DVD or an LCD. Microcomputer controls one of the plurality of the electric power saving modes to be set to ON/OFF, thereby making it possible to ON/OFF control a plurality of electric power saving items included in that electric power saving mode includes all together. In accordance with this electric power saving mode, a dimming level of a backlight is decreased to a preset brightness or the backlight is automatically shut down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Orion Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Hori
  • Patent number: 7444554
    Abstract: This invention provides a storage apparatus for inhibiting temperature increase in a chassis caused when a cooling fan or a module is detached and replaced due to the failure thereof. The storage apparatus comprises a controller for controlling data transfer, a power source supplying a power to a hard disk drive and the controller and having a fan, and a base chassis. The controller monitors a state of other controller and the power source, rotates the fan of the power source corresponding to the module in which a failure is detected at a first high speed higher than a normal rotational speed when detecting the failure of the other controller or the power source, and rotates the fan rotated at the first high speed at a second high speed higher than the first high speed when detecting the detachment of the module in which the failure is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Kiyoshi Honda