Patents by Inventor Masanori Ueno

Masanori Ueno 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: 12066071
    Abstract: A sintered friction material, in which a content of a copper component is 0.5 mass % or less, is provided. The sintered friction material includes a titanate and a metal material other than copper, as a matrix. A content of the metal material other than copper is 10.0 volume % to 34.0 volume %. A method for manufacturing a sintered friction material is provided. The method includes a mixing step of mixing raw materials containing a titanate and a metal material other than copper, a molding step of molding the raw materials mixed in the mixing step, and a sintering step of sintering, at 900° C. to 1300° C., a molded product molded in the molding step. In the sintered friction material, the titanate and the metal material other than copper form a matrix, and a content of the metal material other than copper is 10.0 volume % to 34.0 volume %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Marina Nihei, Hideaki Takahashi, Masanori Kato, Katsuhiro Onodera, Atsushi Ueno, Eri Takada
  • Publication number: 20240166920
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having extremely good bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Goto, Mayuko Komurasaki, Takashi Endoh, Toshiyuki Sakai, Masanori Ueno, Satoshi Furuta
  • Patent number: 11958994
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having extremely good bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Goto, Mayuko Komurasaki, Takashi Endoh, Toshiyuki Sakai, Masanori Ueno, Satoshi Furuta
  • Publication number: 20230382156
    Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive raised woodgrain finish decorative material that exhibits design properties similar to those of actual wood by the effect of reproducing visual appearance and feeling and has a short production timeline. The raised woodgrain finish decorative material has a substrate, a first raised section provided on one surface of the substrate, and a second raised section provided on the one surface of the substrate in a different location than the location of the first raised section, wherein the length of the first raised section is longer than the length of the second raised section in the lengthwise direction of the substrate, and the height of the first raised section is higher than the height of the second raised section in the thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Saori Miyazaki, Masanori Ueno, Hironobu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11772415
    Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive raised woodgrain finish decorative material that exhibits design properties similar to those of actual wood by the effect of reproducing visual appearance and feeling and has a short production timeline. The raised woodgrain finish decorative material has a substrate, a first raised section provided on one surface of the substrate, and a second raised section provided on the one surface of the substrate in a different location than the location of the first raised section, wherein the length of the first raised section is longer than the length of the second raised section in the lengthwise direction of the substrate, and the height of the first raised section is higher than the height of the second raised section in the thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Saori Miyazaki, Masanori Ueno, Hironobu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11731409
    Abstract: There is provided a decorative sheet which has satisfactory heat-shielding properties and can exhibit a design which is excellent in the degree of darkness. The decorative sheet includes an infrared-reflective substrate, and a decorative layer disposed on the substrate and including a solid printing layer and a picture layer, wherein the solid printing layer contains an infrared-transparent or infrared-reflective pigment and a binder resin, the infrared-transparent or infrared-reflective pigment containing (A) at least three compounds selected from the pigment group consisting of a quinacridone, an isoindolinone, a nickel azo complex and a phthalocyanine, or (B) at least one compound selected from the pigment group consisting of a composite oxide containing manganese and at least one metal element other than manganese, an azomethine-azo compound and a perylene compound, and wherein the picture layer at least partly contains carbon black and a binder resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Ueno
  • Patent number: 11424681
    Abstract: Provided is a switching power supply device capable of easily realizing multi-phase operation and current balancing with the number of operation phases depending on the amount of load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: GS YUASA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Ishikura, Takumi Shiiyama, Masanori Ueno
  • Patent number: 11370197
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet comprising a base material layer, a transparent resin layer and a surface protection layer in the presented order, wherein at least one of the base material layer and the transparent resin layer is constituted by a resin composition comprising a resin having an ultraviolet absorption wavelength at least at 270 to 300 nm; absorbance All of the surface protection layer at wavelengths from 270 to 300 nm is 0.6 or more; and absorbance A12 of the transparent resin layer and the surface protection layer at wavelengths from 270 to 300 nm is 2.7 or more, and wherein the decorative sheet can suppress time-dependent degradation caused by ultraviolet ray, and has excellent weather resistance. Also provided is a decorative material obtained using the decorative sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Goto, Masanori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20220177737
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having extremely good bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Goto, Mayuko Komurasaki, Takashi Endoh, Toshiyuki Sakai, Masanori Ueno, Satoshi Furuta
  • Patent number: 11345128
    Abstract: There are provided a decorative sheet which has excellent weatherability and in which white pigment particles are dispersed well, and a decorative material using the decorative sheet. The decorative sheet includes at least a substrate and a surface protective layer. The surface protective layer contains an ultraviolet absorber, and the substrate contains white pigment particles. The white pigment particles are titanium oxide particles having a coating containing Al element and Si element and formed on part or the whole of their surfaces, and contain Ti, Al and Si elements in the following mass ratio: when Ti is taken as 1, Al is not less than 0.02 and less than 0.20, and Si is more than 0.002 and not more than 0.070.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210354423
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet comprising a base material layer, a transparent resin layer and a surface protection layer in the presented order, wherein at least one of the base material layer and the transparent resin layer is constituted by a resin composition comprising a resin having an ultraviolet absorption wavelength at least at 270 to 300 nm; absorbance All of the surface protection layer at wavelengths from 270 to 300 nm is 0.6 or more; and absorbance A12 of the transparent resin layer and the surface protection layer at wavelengths from 270 to 300 nm is 2.7 or more, and wherein the decorative sheet can suppress time-dependent degradation caused by ultraviolet ray, and has excellent weather resistance. Also provided is a decorative material obtained using the decorative sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Goto, Masanori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210347199
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having a layer constituted by a resin composition comprising a resin having an ultraviolet absorption wavelength at least at 360 to 380 nm, wherein the decorative sheet can suppress time-dependent degradation caused by ultraviolet ray, and has excellent weather resistance. Also provided is a decorative material obtained using the decorative sheet. The present invention provides a decorative sheet comprising a base material layer, a transparent resin layer and a surface protection layer in the presented order, wherein at least one of the base material layer and the transparent resin layer is constituted by a resin composition comprising a resin having an ultraviolet absorption wavelength at least at 360 to 380 nm; and the surface protection layer as well as the transparent resin layer and the surface protection layer have a predetermined absorbance, and a decorative material obtained using the decorative sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Goto, Masanori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210283879
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet having excellent work characteristics, weather resistance, and scratch resistance and a decorative material using the same. Disclosed are a decorative sheet including a base material and a surface-protecting layer, wherein at least one of the base material and the surface-protecting layer contains a white pigment, the surface-protecting layer is a cured product of a curable resin composition, and a Martens hardness of the decorative sheet is 9 N/mm2 or more and 25 N/mm2 or less; and a decorative material using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Masanori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210138827
    Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive raised woodgrain finish decorative material that exhibits design properties similar to those of actual wood by the effect of reproducing visual appearance and feeling and has a short production timeline. The raised woodgrain finish decorative material has a substrate, a first raised section provided on one surface of the substrate, and a second raised section provided on the one surface of the substrate in a different location than the location of the first raised section, wherein the length of the first raised section is longer than the length of the second raised section in the lengthwise direction of the substrate, and the height of the first raised section is higher than the height of the second raised section in the thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Saori Miyazaki, Masanori Ueno, Hironobu Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210053326
    Abstract: There are provided a decorative sheet which has excellent weatherability and in which white pigment particles are dispersed well, and a decorative material using the decorative sheet. The decorative sheet includes at least a substrate and a surface protective layer. The surface protective layer contains an ultraviolet absorber, and the substrate contains white pigment particles. The white pigment particles are titanium oxide particles having a coating containing Al element and Si element and formed on part or the whole of their surfaces, and contain Ti, Al and Si elements in the following mass ratio: when Ti is taken as 1, Al is not less than 0.02 and less than 0.20, and Si is more than 0.002 and not more than 0.070.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210028705
    Abstract: Provided is a switching power supply device capable of easily realizing multi-phase operation and current balancing with the number of operation phases depending on the amount of load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicants: SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita ISHIKURA, Takumi SHIIYAMA, Masanori UENO
  • Publication number: 20210001611
    Abstract: There is provided a decorative sheet which has satisfactory heat-shielding properties and can exhibit a design which is excellent in the degree of darkness. The decorative sheet includes an infrared-reflective substrate, and a decorative layer disposed on the substrate and including a solid printing layer and a picture layer, wherein the solid printing layer contains an infrared-transparent or infrared-reflective pigment and a binder resin, the infrared-transparent or infrared-reflective pigment containing (A) at least three compounds selected from the pigment group consisting of a quinacridone, an isoindolinone, a nickel azo complex and a phthalocyanine, or (B) at least one compound selected from the pigment group consisting of a composite oxide containing manganese and at least one metal element other than manganese, an azomethine-azo compound and a perylene compound, and wherein the picture layer at least partly contains carbon black and a binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Masanori Ueno
  • Patent number: 10851839
    Abstract: A bearing device for an axle has: a first axial gap (G1), which is defined between the inner ring (3) and the back cover (11) in an axial direction, and has the spacer (21) interposed therein; a second axial gap (G2), which is larger than the first axial gap (G1), and has the sealing member (22) interposed therein; and a third axial gap (G3), which is defined on a radially outer side of the second axial gap (G2), and is smaller than the second axial gap (G2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Ueno, Kengo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200324533
    Abstract: There is provided a decorative sheet which has excellent heat-shielding properties and excellent substrate-concealing properties and which enables easy adjustment of a dark color tone. The decorative sheet includes an infrared-reflective substrate, and a decorative layer disposed on the substrate and including a solid printing layer and a picture layer, wherein the solid printing layer contains an infrared-transparent or infrared-reflective inorganic pigment and a binder resin, and the picture layer contains at least three compounds selected from the organic pigment group consisting of a quinacridone, an isoindolinone, a nickel azo complex and a phthalocyanine, and a binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventor: Masanori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20190203763
    Abstract: A rolling bearing device includes a sealing member configured to seal a bearing internal space, and a sealing case configured to support a proximal end side of the sealing member. The sealing member includes a cored bar arranged so as to be opposed to the sealing case, and a lip portion configured to cover a distal end portion of the cored bar. The lip portion includes a pair of lips, and a first space isolated from other portions is formed between the pair of lips. The sealing member has an opening portion that is opened to the first space, and the opening portion is allowed to communicate with an atmospheric space through a first ventilation path formed through the sealing member and a second ventilation path formed in an opposing region between the cored bar and the sealing case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Masanori UENO