Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Saito

Nobuhiko Saito 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: 20230272496
    Abstract: In this cast austenitic stainless steel, in a cross section when heated at 1000° C., an average number Nc per unit area of carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 500 nm or larger in a center portion of an austenite crystal grain is 6.0×10?2 particles/?m2 or more, and, when an average number per unit area of the carbides having an equivalent circle diameter of 500 nm or larger in a vicinity of a grain boundary in an austenite crystal grain is represented as Ngb, Ngb/Nc is 1.3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadaaki NAKAMURA, Nobuhiko SAITO, Nobuyoshi KOMAI, Keita HASHIMOTO, Yuya KONNO
  • Patent number: 11458537
    Abstract: A heat treatment method for an additive manufactured object formed of a laminate-molded Ni-base alloy includes: a heat treatment step for carbide precipitation optimization of heating the additive manufactured object for 1 hour or longer and 100 hours or shorter at a temperature which is equal to or higher than a temperature T1 determined by Formula (1) according to amounts of component elements and is equal to or lower than 1,350° C.; and an aging treatment step of heating the additive manufactured object for 1 to 30 hours at a temperature of 800° C. to 950° C. after the heat treatment step for carbide precipitation optimization. T1 (° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Taneike, Kosuke Fujiwara, Hidetaka Haraguchi, Shuji Tanigawa, Nobuhiko Saito
  • Patent number: 11378526
    Abstract: A faulted condition determination method is designed to detect a chromium content and a nickel content in a predetermined boundary region proximate to a boundary between a high-strength ferrite steel and a weld material in a welded joint in which the high-strength ferrite steel and another steel are welded together using the weld material containing nickel and to thereby determine the faulted condition of the predetermined boundary region based on the chromium content and the nickel content. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately determine the faulted condition of welding of a replacement part in which a high-strength ferrite steel and another steel are welded together using a nickel-based weld material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Saito, Nobuyoshi Komai, Yuichi Hirakawa, Hiroaki Fukushima, Kota Sawada, Kazuhiro Kimura, Kaoru Sekido
  • Publication number: 20210326755
    Abstract: A learning model creation device includes, a verifying unit that verifies a learning model for predicting, from a predetermined manufacturing condition including at least one condition, a predetermined material property of a material manufactured under the manufacturing condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Keita HASHIMOTO, Nobuyoshi KOMAI, Takashi HONDA, Nobuhiko SAITO, Takahiro SHIRANE, Ko ARISUE, Yusuke YASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20210114532
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) includes a storage (13), a controller (14), and an output interface (15). The controller (14) detects an image of an object from a captured image. The controller (14) stores a newly detected state of the object by including the newly detected state in a state history of the object stored in the storage (13). The controller (14) determines an action of a moveable body (1) based on the state history stored in the storage. The output interface (15) outputs, to the moveable body, information with an instruction to perform the determined action of the moveable body (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori FUKUSHIMA, Ryosuke MOTEKI, Daisuke KIJIMA, Nobuhiko SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200342757
    Abstract: The disclosed image processing apparatus (10) includes a communication interface (12) and a processor (13). The processor (13) detects an image of an object from a surrounding image capturing the surroundings of a moveable body (1) and determines an action of the moveable body (1) based on the state of the detected object. The communication interface (12) outputs, to the moveable body (1), an instruction to perform the determined action. The processor (14) determines a first action of the moveable body (1) based on the state of the object detected from the surrounding image and outputs an instruction to perform the determined first action to the moveable body (1) via the communication interface (12). The processor (14) determines a second action of the moveable body (1) based on the state of the object detected from the surrounding image after the first action by the moveable body (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke MOTEKI, Yoshitake OHWADA, Yousuke IDA, Tomohiro MITSUGI, Takahiro AOYAMA, Shota IWANO, Nobuhiko SAITO, Daisuke KIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200094325
    Abstract: A heat treatment method for an additive manufactured object formed of a laminate-molded Ni-base alloy includes: a heat treatment step for carbide precipitation optimization of heating the additive manufactured object for 1 hour or longer and 100 hours or shorter at a temperature which is equal to or higher than a temperature T1 determined by Formula (1) according to amounts of component elements and is equal to or lower than 1,350° C.; and an aging treatment step of heating the additive manufactured object for 1 to 30 hours at a temperature of 800° C. to 950° C. after the heat treatment step for carbide precipitation optimization. T1 (° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki TANEIKE, Kosuke FUJIWARA, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Shuji TANIGAWA, Nobuhiko SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190338382
    Abstract: A method of heat-treating for a metal molded article includes: a shape holding layer formation step of forming on a shape holding layer having a melting point higher than a solidus temperature Ts of a composition of the metal molded article on a surface of the metal molded article by treating the metal molded article; and a first heat-treatment step of performing a first heat treatment on the metal molded article at a first temperature T1, after forming the shape holding layer. When a reference temperature Ta is a temperature lower than the solidus temperature Ts by 100° C., and Tm is the melting point of the shape holding layer, the shape holding layer formation step and the first heat-treatment step are performed so as to satisfy an expression Ta?T1?Tm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Kousuke FUJIWARA, Hidetaka HARAGUCHI, Shuji TANIGAWA, Masashi KITAMURA, Masaki TANEIKE, Nobuhiko SAITO, Toshinobu OHARA
  • Publication number: 20190250110
    Abstract: A faulted condition determination method is designed to detect a chromium content and a nickel content in a predetermined boundary region proximate to a boundary between a high-strength ferrite steel and a weld material in a welded joint in which the high-strength ferrite steel and another steel are welded together using the weld material containing nickel and to thereby determine the faulted condition of the predetermined boundary region based on the chromium content and the nickel content. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately determine the faulted condition of welding of a replacement part in which a high-strength ferrite steel and another steel are welded together using a nickel-based weld material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuhiko SAITO, Nobuyoshi KOMAI, Yuichi HIRAKAWA, Hiroaki FUKUSHIMA, Kota SAWADA, Kazuhiro KIMURA, Kaoru SEKIDO
  • Publication number: 20100307429
    Abstract: In order to provide a welding structure of a tube header and tube stubs which successfully improves the durability thereof against creep and fatigue damage of the tube stubs without interposing a component of a different material between the tube header and the tube stubs, i.e. requiring additional components, a welding structure of the present invention comprises: a tube header (2) being made of ferritic heat resisting steel; a plurality of tube stubs (4) which are welded onto an outer surface of the tube header, each of the tube stubs having a bended section, in which the plurality of tube stubs (4) are made of austenite stainless steel, and welded to the tube header (2) by using nickel base alloy as a welding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Komai, Takeshi Miyazawa, Fumio Nishi, Takumi Tokiyoshi, Nobuhiko Saito, Toshiyuki Imazato, Masahiko Hokano