Patents by Inventor Noboru Chiba

Noboru Chiba 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: 11922964
    Abstract: Sound source enhancement technology is provided that is capable of improving sound source enhancement capabilities in accordance with settings of usage and applications. A PSD optimization device includes a PSD updating unit that takes a target sound PSD input value {circumflex over (?)}?S(?, ?), an interference noise PSD input value {circumflex over (?)}?IN(?, ?), and a background noise PSD input value {circumflex over (?)}?BN(?, ?) as input, and generates a target sound PSD output value ?S(?, ?), an interference noise PSD output value {circumflex over (?)}?IN(?, ?), and a background noise PSD output value {circumflex over (?)}?BN(?, ?), by solving an optimization problem for a cost function relating to a variable uS representing a target sound PSD, a variable uIN representing an interference noise PSD, and a variable uBN representing a background noise PSD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Chiba, Kenta Niwa, Noboru Harada
  • Patent number: 7901465
    Abstract: An oil-in-water type one-part hair dye composition containing components (A), (B), (C) and (D); (A) a direct dye; (B) a hydrocarbon oil; (C) a polyoxyalkylene-modified dimethylpolysiloxane with an HLB of 7 or higher; and (D) an aromatic alcohol; wherein the content ratio by mass of the component (B) to the component (C), (B)/(C) is 0.05 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Chiba, Hiroko Okabe
  • Publication number: 20100017971
    Abstract: An oil-in-water type one-part hair dye composition containing components (A), (B), (C) and (D); (A) a direct dye; (B) a hydrocarbon oil; (C) a polyoxyalkylene-modified dimethylpolysiloxane with an HLB of 7 or higher; and (D) an aromatic alcohol; wherein the content ratio by mass of the component (B) to the component (C), (B)/(C) is 0.05 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Chiba, Hiroko Okabe
  • Patent number: 6519991
    Abstract: A water jet peening apparatus which can carry out an efficient peening work on a large-diameter cylindrical structure by injecting a jet stream which contains air bubbles caused by cavitation at a low angle of incidence is provided. The apparatus is comprised of a nozzle which introduces a high pressure water and injects a water jet stream containing air bubbles caused by cavitation at the cylindrical structure disposed in water, wherein the angle of injection of the jet stream is smaller than 45 degrees relative to a tangent of the cylindrical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Kiso Co., Ltd., Hitachi Ibaraki Business Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Hirano, Kunio Enomoto, Eisaku Hayashi, Sadato Shimizu, Ren Morinaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Shigeru Tanaka, Noboru Chiba
  • Publication number: 20020116970
    Abstract: A water jet peening apparatus which can carry out an efficient peening work on a large-diameter cylindrical structure by injecting a jet stream which contains air bubbles caused by cavitation at a low angle of incidence is provided. The apparatus is comprised of a nozzle which introduces a high pressure water and injects a water jet stream containing air bubbles caused by cavitation at the cylindrical structure disposed in water, wherein the angle of injection of the jet stream is smaller than 45 degrees relative to a tangent of the cylindrical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Hirano, Kunio Enomoto, Eisaku Hayashi, Sadato Shimizu, Ren Morinaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Shigeru Tanaka, Noboru Chiba
  • Patent number: 6425276
    Abstract: A water jet peening apparatus which can carry out an efficient peening work on a large-diameter cylindrical structure by injecting a jet stream which contains air bubbles caused by cavitation at a low angle of incidence is provided. The apparatus is comprised of a nozzle which introduces a high pressure water and injects a water jet stream containing air bubbles caused by cavitation at the cylindrical structure disposed in water, wherein the angle of injection of the jet stream is smaller than 45 degrees relative to a tangent of the cylindrical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Kiso Co., Ltd., Hitachi Ibaraki Business Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Hirano, Kunio Enomoto, Eisaku Hayashi, Sadato Shimizu, Ren Morinaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Shigeru Tanaka, Noboru Chiba
  • Patent number: 6240155
    Abstract: A method of performing maintenance on a structural member inside a reactor pressure vessel includes lowering an annular guide rail having a second lug until the guide rail rests on an upper flange of a core shroud provided inside the reactor pressure vessel, detachably mounting the second lug of the guide rail to a first lug mounted on the core shroud, positioning a discharging nozzle at a position at which compressive remaining stress is added to a surface of the core shroud by moving the discharging nozzle in a radial direction and an axial direction of the core shroud by a discharging nozzle moving apparatus mounted on a turnable revolving on the guide rail and discharging water to add compressive remaining stress to a surface of the core shroud from the discharging nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Kurosawa, Eisaku Hayashi, Sadato Shimizu, Minoru Ootaka, Fujio Yoshikubo, Ren Morinaka, Masayuki Nishino, Noboru Chiba, Kunio Enomoto, Kazunori Sato
  • Patent number: 6058153
    Abstract: A preventive maintenance apparatus for structural members inside a nuclear reactor pressure vessel includes a ring-shaped guide rail having a plurality of lugs which is placed on an upper flange of a core shroud provided inside a reactor pressure vessel. At least some of lugs separately engage with a plurality of guide rods provided on an inner surface of the reactor pressure vessel. A turntable is rotated on the guide rail. A first discharging nozzle moving apparatus placed on the turntable moves a first discharging nozzle for adding compressive remaining stress to an outer surface of the core shroud in a radial direction of the core shroud and in an axial direction of the core shroud. A second discharging nozzle moving apparatus placed on the turntable moves a second discharging nozzle for adding compressive remaining stress to an inner surface of the core shroud in a radial direction of the core shroud and in an axial direction of the core shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Kurosawa, Eisaku Hayashi, Sadato Shimizu, Minoru Ootaka, Fujio Yoshikubo, Ren Morinaka, Masayuki Nishino, Noboru Chiba, Kunio Enomoto, Kazunori Sato
  • Patent number: 5749384
    Abstract: An apparatus preventive maintenance having a driving mechanism capable of driving a jet nozzle 24 to cause it to travel upward-and-downward, to rotate and to swing is settled on the top of a housing in the bottom portion of a reactor pressure vessel and on a hole for a fuel support piece, water pumped by a high pressure pump is spouted from a jet nozzle, and cavitation bubbles generated during the spouting are supplied to the positions to be treated for preventive maintenance, such as housings in the bottom portion of the reactor pressure vessel. Therewith, the residual tensile stress in the position to be treated is improved in a releasing direction by the energy generated by the collapsing of the cavitation bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha, Hitachi Nuclear Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi Kiso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisaku Hayashi, Koichi Kurosawa, Fujio Yoshikubo, Hideyasu Furukawa, Ren Morinaka, Kunio Enomoto, Masahiro Otaka, Noboru Chiba, Kazunori Sato
  • Patent number: D277849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Hashimoto, Masakatu Iwasaki, Noboru Chiba
  • Patent number: D290001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kosukegawa, Noboru Chiba, Hideyo Hyuga
  • Patent number: D291571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Toyoda, Yukio Kuroiwa, Noboru Chiba, Katsuya Hamamoto
  • Patent number: D294492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Noboru Chiba, Katsuya Hamamoto
  • Patent number: D300173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Kumagai, Noboru Chiba, Syoji Tsubokuda
  • Patent number: D704052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Yoshii, Noboru Chiba