Patents by Inventor Naoki Kitamura
Naoki Kitamura 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).
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Patent number: 11975762Abstract: A crashworthiness energy absorption part includes: a tubular member having tensile strength of 590 to 1180 MPa grade; a closed cross section space forming wall part having tensile strength lower than the tubular member and having both edge portions joined to inner surfaces of a pair of side wall portions of the tubular member, and forming a closed cross section space between the closed cross section space forming wall part and a part of a peripheral wall portion of the tubular member; and a resin configured to fill the closed cross section space, includes a rubber-modified epoxy resin and a curing agent, and has tensile breaking elongation of 80% or more, adhesive strength to the tubular member and closed cross section space forming wall part of 12 MPa or higher, and a compression nominal stress of 6 MPa or higher at a compression nominal strain of 10%.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiko Higai, Tsuyoshi Shiozaki, Yoshikiyo Tamai, Shigeaki Kitamura, Naoki Mabuchi
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Publication number: 20240110532Abstract: Provided is an engine control device for controlling an opening degree of a valve adjusting a flow rate of an air-fuel mixture of an engine, wherein the opening degree is corrected based on an exhaust temperature deviation which is a deviation between a reference value and a current value of an exhaust temperature when controlling the opening degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Naoki HASHIMOTO, Ko TAKAYANAGI, Masataka SHIRAISHI, Yuta FURUKAWA, Yosuke KITAMURA, Yuki KOYAMA
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Patent number: 11935559Abstract: This magnetic disk device is a 3.5-inch magnetic disk device equipped with magnetic disks formed from an aluminum alloy substrate. The magnetic disks arranged in a stacked manner have a thickness Td of 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm, the number N of magnetic disks involved is 10 to 16, and spacers disposed between the magnetic disks have an outside diameter 2 Rso of 35 mm to 65 mm. The outside diameter 2 Rso (mm) of the spacers satisfies 2 Rso??60 Td+70 and 2 Rso??0.5 N2?+16.5 N?73.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Kitamura, Kotaro Kitawaki, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Ryohei Yamada, Toshihiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240005958Abstract: A hard disk drive is a 3.5-inch hard disk drive on which a magnetic disk formed of an aluminum alloy substrate is mounted. A thickness Td of each of magnetic disks that are arranged in a stacked manner is 0.3 mm or more and 0.6 mm or less, the number N of the magnetic disks is 10 or more and 16 or less, and an outer diameter 2Rso of a spacer that is arranged between the magnetic disks is 35 mm or more and 65 mm or less. The outer diameter 2Rso (mm) of the spacer satisfies 2Rso??60Td+70 and 2Rso??0.5N2+16.5N?73.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Naoki KITAMURA, Kotaro KITAWAKI, Hideyuki HATAKEYAMA, Ryohei YAMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230394785Abstract: Evidence of a discrimination result of a drug can be presented, and various marks can be dealt with. A computer includes a feature extraction unit and a discrimination unit. The feature extraction unit generates an extraction mark image in which a mark appearing on a captured image is extracted, based on an output value obtained by inputting the captured image of a target drug whose type is unidentified to a trained model constructed to extract the mark formed on the drug. The discrimination unit discriminates the type of the target drug, based on a collation result between the extraction mark image and a registration mark image registered in advance for each type of the drug.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Hirokazu AMANO, Tsuyoshi ABE, Naoki KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20230098859Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium recoding a program that causes a computer to execute processing includes: acquiring an operation field image obtained by imaging an operation field of an endoscopic surgery; inputting the acquired operation field image to a learning model trained to output information on a connective tissue between a preservation organ and a resection organ in a case where the operation field image is input, and acquiring information on the connective tissue included in the operation field image; and outputting navigation information when treating the connective tissue between the preservation organ and the resection organ on the basis of the information acquired from the learning model.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Naoki Kitamura, Yuta Kumazu, Nao Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20230069802Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium recoding a program that causes a computer to execute processing includes: recording operation field images obtained by chronologically shooting an operation field under endoscopic surgery; determining presence or absence of a predetermined or larger amount of bleeding based on the operation field images; and playing back partial images according to a set playback mode in a time range from a time before a start of bleeding to the time after the bleeding among the recorded operation field images, when it is determined that the predetermined or larger amount of bleeding is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Naoki Kitamura, Yuta Kumazu, Nao Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11335367Abstract: An aluminum alloy substrate (1) for magnetic disk satisfies at least two of three inequalities of an inequality group [A] and satisfies all of four inequalities of an inequality group [B], or satisfies at least two of the three inequalities of the inequality group [A] and satisfies all of four inequalities of an inequality group [C], when a plate thickness of the disk at a position (b1) is defined as tb1, a plate thickness at a position (b2) is defined as tb2, a plate thickness at a position (b3) is defined as tb3, a plate thickness at a position (a1) is defined as ta1, a plate thickness at a position (a2) is defined as ta2, and a plate thickness at a position (a3) is defined as ta3.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., UACJ CORPORATIONInventors: Kimie Imakawa, Toshihiro Nakamura, Hideki Takahashi, Keita Yoshimura, Wataru Kumagai, Naoki Kitamura, Kotaro Kitawaki
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Publication number: 20220032764Abstract: A straddled vehicle including a frame, an electric power generation engine, an electric power generator, front and rear wheels respectively rotatably supported by a front suspension and a rear arm, a motor unit supported by the frame, the front suspension or the rear arm, and including a drive motor that receives electric power generated by the electric power generator to drive the front or rear wheel, a control unit including an inverter controlling the electric power supplied to the drive motor, an engine radiator configured to cool the electric power generation engine, and an electric motor radiator configured to cool the inverter and/or the drive motor, and having a larger cooling area than that of the engine radiator. At least a part of the engine radiator and of the electric motor radiator receive relative wind. The engine radiator and the electric motor radiator are positioned more rearward than a front end of the front wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Kyohei Kaneko, Naoki Kitamura, Yasushi Takemoto
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Publication number: 20220033027Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including a vehicle frame structure, a drive unit including a drive motor that receives electric power and outputs driving power, a driving wheel that receives the driving power, and an electric power generation unit. The electric power generation unit includes an electric power generation engine configured to output engine power, and an electric power generator that is fixed to the electric power generation engine and is electrically connected to an electric power transfer medium having flexibility. The electric power generator is configured to convert the engine power into the electric power, and supply the electric power to the drive motor via the electric power transfer medium. The straddled vehicle is series-hybridized by the drive unit and the electric power generation unit. The electric power generation engine is swingably supported, independently of the drive unit, by the vehicle frame structure, such that the engine power is not mechanically supplied to the driving wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Kyohei KANEKO, Naoki KITAMURA, Yasushi TAKEMOTO
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Publication number: 20220032765Abstract: A straddled vehicle including a frame structure having a frame body, a rear arm swingably supported by the frame structure, a driving wheel rotatably supported by the rear arm, a drive motor supported by the frame structure or the rear arm, and an electric power generation unit supported by the frame body but not by the rear arm. The electric power generation unit includes: an electric power generation engine arranged with an offset toward a first direction from a center of the straddled vehicle with respect to a left-right direction, not overlapping the drive motor in a side view; and an electric power generator further in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, than the electric power generation engine, overlapping the electric power generation engine, but not overlapping the drive motor, in the side view. The electric power generator is driven by the electric power generation engine to generate electric power.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Naoki KITAMURA, Yasushi TAKEMOTO
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Publication number: 20210082465Abstract: An aluminum alloy substrate (1) for magnetic disk satisfies at least two of three inequalities of an inequality group [A] and satisfies all of four inequalities of an inequality group [B], or satisfies at least two of the three inequalities of the inequality group [A] and satisfies all of four inequalities of an inequality group [C], when a plate thickness of the disk at a position (b1) is defined as tb1, a plate thickness at a position (b2) is defined as tb2, a plate thickness at a position (b3) is defined as tb3, a plate thickness at a position (a1) is defined as ta1, a plate thickness at a position (a2) is defined as ta2, and a plate thickness at a position (a3) is defined as ta3.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Kimie IMAKAWA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Keita YOSHIMURA, Wataru KUMAGAI, Naoki KITAMURA, Kotaro KITAWAKI
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Publication number: 20210008864Abstract: A peeling apparatus for an aluminum plate material is configured to be able to peel one or a plurality of aluminum plate materials from a stack of aluminum plate materials in which a plurality of aluminum plate materials are pressure-annealed and adhered to each other. The peeling apparatus includes a vibration transmitting section that is configured to be able to abut an outer peripheral surface of an aluminum plate material and is configured to be able to apply vibration along a stacking direction of the stack to the aluminum plate material, and a transducer that generates the vibration, and transmits the vibration to the vibration transmitting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., UACJ CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro NAKAMURA, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Kimie IMAKAWA, Naoki KITAMURA, Kotaro KITAWAKI, Takuya MURATA
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Patent number: 10800489Abstract: A rider operates a driving source switching lever to switch an operation mode to a normal traveling mode or an auxiliary moving mode. During the normal traveling mode, a motorcycle travels by a driving force generated by an engine. During the auxiliary moving mode, the motorcycle moves at a low speed by a driving force generated by a vehicle driving motor. When the rider operates a forward-backward movement operator during the auxiliary moving mode to put the forward-backward movement operator in a forward movement instruction state, the vehicle driving motor is controlled such that the motorcycle moves forward. When the rider operates the forward-backward movement operator during the auxiliary moving mode to put the forward-backward movement operator in a backward movement instruction state, the vehicle driving motor is controlled such that the motorcycle moves backward.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomokazu Takayanagi, Joji Sawaoka, Kazuyuki Maeda, Kosuke Hirata, Naoki Kitamura
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Patent number: 10767247Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate including: an aluminum alloy base material including an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter, simply referred to as “%”) of Fe, 0.1 to 3.0% of Mn, 0.005 to 1.000% of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000% of Zn, with the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities; and an electroless Ni—P plated layer formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy base material, in which the peak value (BLEI) of Fe emission intensity at an interface between the electroless Ni—P plated layer and the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by a glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device, is lower than Fe emission intensity (AlEI) in the interior of the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by the glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device; and a method for producing the aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignees: UACJ Corporation, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Murata, Kotaro Kitawaki, Makoto Yonemitsu, Naoki Kitamura, Takashi Nakayama, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Ryo Sakamoto, Sadayuki Toda
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Patent number: 10755738Abstract: The present invention provides: an aluminum alloy substrate for magnetic discs with excellent plating surface smoothness; a manufacturing method therefor; and a magnetic disc using said aluminum alloy substrate for magnetic discs. The present invention is an aluminum alloy substrate for magnetic discs, a manufacturing method therefor, and a magnetic disc using said aluminum alloy substrate for magnetic discs, the aluminum alloy substrate being characterized in being obtained from an aluminum alloy containing Mg: 2.0-8.0 mass % (“%” below), Be: 0.00001-0.00200%, Cu: 0.003-0.150%, Zn: 0.05-0.60%, Cr: 0.010-0.300%, Si: 0.060% or less, Fe: 0.060% or less, the balance being obtained from Al and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: UACJ Corporation, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kotaro Kitawaki, Takuya Murata, Akira Hibino, Naoki Kitamura, Masanobu Onishi, Hideki Takahashi, Satoshi Yamazaki, Sadayuki Toda
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Publication number: 20190390304Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate including: an aluminum alloy base material including an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter, simply referred to as “%”) of Fe, 0.1 to 3.0% of Mn, 0.005 to 1.000% of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000% of Zn, with the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities; and an electroless Ni—P plated layer formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy base material, in which the peak value (BLEI) of Fe emission intensity at an interface between the electroless Ni—P plated layer and the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by a glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device, is lower than Fe emission intensity (AlEI) in the interior of the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by the glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device; and a method for producing the aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Takuya MURATA, Kotaro KITAWAKI, Makoto YONEMITSU, Naoki KITAMURA, Takashi NAKAYAMA, Hideyuki HATAKEYAMA, Ryo SAKAMOTO, Sadayuki TODA
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Patent number: 10457288Abstract: A motorcycle includes an engine that generates a driving force during a normal traveling mode, and a vehicle driving motor that generates a driving force for moving a vehicle main body forward and backward during an auxiliary moving mode. A traveling speed of the vehicle main body is detected by a speed sensor, and the detected traveling speed is presented to the rider by a speedometer. A rotation speed of the vehicle driving motor or a rotation speed of a gear rotated by the vehicle driving motor is detected by a rotation speed sensor as a physical quantity that changes depending on a moving speed of the vehicle main body during the auxiliary moving mode. The vehicle driving motor is controlled based on the detected rotation speed such that the moving speed of the vehicle main body is close to or coincides with a target speed.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomokazu Takayanagi, Joji Sawaoka, Kazuyuki Maeda, Kosuke Hirata, Naoki Kitamura
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Publication number: 20190284668Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk, including 2.0 to 10.0 mass % (hereinafter, simply referred to as “%”) of Mg, 0.003 to 0.150% of Cu, 0.05 to 0.60% of Zn, 0.03 to 1.00% of Mn, and 0.00001 to 0.00200% of Be, as well as Fe restricted to 0.50% or less, Si restricted to 0.50% or less, Cr restricted to 0.30% or less, and Cl restricted to 0.005% or less, with the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities; and a method of producing the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Takuya MURATA, Kotaro KITAWAKI, Makoto YONEMITSU, Naoki KITAMURA, Yasuo FUJII, Tetsu SAKAI, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Takashi MORI
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Publication number: 20190172487Abstract: An aluminum alloy plate for a magnetic disc substrate according to the present disclosure includes, in mass %, Mg: 3.0 to 8.0%, Cu: 0.002 to 0.150%, Zn: 0.05 to 0.60%, Fe: 0.001 to 0.060%, Si: 0.001 to 0.060%, Be: 0.00001 to 0.00200%, Cr: 0.200% or less, Mn: 0.500% or less, and Cl: 0.00300% or less, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and an abundance of a Cr oxide having a maximum diameter of 3 to 10 ?m observed in a metal structure is 1 or less per single side of a disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Kotaro KITAWAKI, Takuya MURATA, Akira HIBINO, Naoki KITAMURA, Hiroki OTA, Yasuo FUJII, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Takashi MORI