Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Shinohara

Nobuhiro Shinohara 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: 20240327297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a SiC—Si composite component. The method includes preparing a first molded body containing SiC particles by a 3D printing method, wherein the first molded body has a first average pore diameter M1; forming a second molded body, in which the first molded body and a dispersion containing carbon particles are brought into contact so that the pores are impregnated with the carbon particles, wherein the carbon particles have a secondary particle having an average particle diameter M2, and the carbon particles satisfy the following formula: M2?M1/10; and forming a SiC—Si composite component by carrying out that the second molded body is impregnated with a metallic si and is reactively sintered; wherein the content of Si is in the range of 5% by mass to 40% by mass in the SiC—Si composite component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji YAMADA, Kenichiro TERADA, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Shinya KIKUGAWA, Yasuo SHINOZAKI, Shunsuke SUSA
  • Publication number: 20240253162
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus forming an inclined shaped object on an additive target surface of a base substrate, includes a material supply unit supplying the build material to a machining area of the additive target surface, an emission unit emitting laser beam to the machining area to melt the build material, and a control device controlling formation of the inclined shaped object by controlling the material supply unit and the emission unit. The control device causes a first inclination bead to be formed on a top surface of a lower inclination bead layer, and then causes a second inclination bead in contact with the top surface of the lower inclination bead layer and a side surface of the first inclination bead, to be formed at a position where part of the bottom surface of the second inclination bead has no contact with the lower inclination bead layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daiji MORITA, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Takashi YUZAWA
  • Patent number: 12037779
    Abstract: A flush water tank apparatus has a reservoir tank, a discharge valve, a discharge valve hydraulic drive portion configured to drive the discharge valve, and a discharge/vacuum break valve device configured to supply the water supplied from the upstream side to the discharge valve hydraulic drive portion on a downstream side. The discharge valve hydraulic drive portion includes a cylinder, and a piston configured to be moved by a pressure of the water flowing into the cylinder to move the discharge valve. The discharge/vacuum break valve device includes a valve body that operates to discharge the water flowing backward from the discharge valve hydraulic drive portion while opening the upstream side to an atmosphere when the supply of the water from the upstream side is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Shimuta, Hidekazu Kitaura, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Masahiro Kuroishi, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Koki Shinohara, Kenji Hatama, Takashi Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20230321914
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes a step of measuring a temperature of an object of processing or a shaping material and outputting temperature data, a step of correcting basic commands based on a basic processing program and the temperature data, and determining post-correction commands including a material supply command, a heat source supply unit command, a drive command, and a gas supply command, a step of supplying the shaping material to a processing position of a shaped article based on the material supply command, a step of supplying a heat source to melt the shaping material supplied to the processing position based on the heat source supply unit command, a step of changing the relative position between the processing position and the shaped article based on the drive command, and a step of supplying, to the processing position, a shielding gas based on the gas supply command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Daiji MORITA
  • Publication number: 20230131125
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus manufactures a shaped object by stacking layers in each of which unit beads that are solidified products of a molten material are laid side by side. The additive manufacturing apparatus includes a material supply unit that supplies a wire as the material to a workpiece, an irradiation unit that emits a laser beam for melting the material supplied, and a controller device that controls the material supply unit and the irradiation unit to form the unit beads. In the formation of unit beads brought into contact with each other to form the layer, the controller device performs control such that a formed unit bead is flattened by irradiation with the beam, and a unit bead is formed in contact with the unit bead that has been flattened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daiji MORITA, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Yoshikazu UKAI
  • Publication number: 20230113344
    Abstract: A dense ceramic sintered body is appropriately manufactured. A manufacturing method for the ceramic sintered body includes: a step of performing heat treatment on a ceramic green body as a green body of ceramic powder under a first condition; a step of performing heat treatment, under a second condition with a higher pressure than the first condition, on the ceramic green body subjected to the heat treatment under the first condition; and a step of performing heat treatment, under a third condition with a higher pressure than the second condition, on the ceramic green body subjected to the heat treatment under the second condition to manufacture the ceramic sintered body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuto OHKOSHI, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20230101500
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing path generation apparatus includes: a formation path generation unit that divides an additive manufacturing object into layers that are units of formation of the additive manufacturing object such that a formation height of a bead that forms the layers does not exceed an upper limit and generates formation paths that are paths for formation of the divided layers from layer definition information and a formation path surface, the layer definition information defining division of the additive manufacturing object into the layers, the formation path surface being a surface restricting positions of the formation paths; and a formation path correction unit that corrects the formation paths to a formation path that causes a plurality of layers to be partially formed in a collective manner while maintaining the formation height within a range between the upper limit and a lower limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji IRIGUCHI, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Nobuyuki SUMI, Shinji FUJISHIRO
  • Publication number: 20230041863
    Abstract: An NC device as a numerical control device controls an additive manufacturing apparatus for producing an object by layering, on a workpiece, a material melted by being irradiated with a beam. The NC device includes: a feature quantity extracting unit that extracts, from image data, a feature quantity for determining a welding state that is a state where a molten material is added to the workpiece; and a process map creating unit that creates a process map in which a shape of the object and a layering condition are associated with each other. The layering condition is selected from among a plurality of layering conditions on the basis of a result of determination of the welding state, and includes at least one of beam intensity and a supply amount of a material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji UOZUMI, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Nobuyuki SUMI
  • Patent number: 11480947
    Abstract: A control information generation device generates control information for controlling an additive manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a layer shape using a bead that is a manufactured object formed by adding a molten processing material to a target surface while moving a processing position along a manufacturing path, and manufactures a three-dimensional shape in which the layer shapes are stacked. The device includes: a bead width correction unit that obtains a corrected width on the basis of the manufacturing path and a reference width of a cross section of the bead, the corrected width being a width of the cross section for allowing the beads to be adjacent to each other without overlapping; a path correction unit that obtains a corrected path on the basis of the manufacturing path and the corrected width; and a control information output unit that outputs control information indicating the corrected path and the corrected width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Iriguchi, Nobuhiro Shinohara, Daiji Morita, Nobuyuki Sumi, Shun Kayashima
  • Publication number: 20220331904
    Abstract: A machining program generation device that generates a machining program for controlling a 3D printing apparatus to form an object by stacking a plurality of layers, includes: a machining route generation unit that extracts a plurality of support points that are based on an end point, an intersection point, and a bending point of the machining path from machining path data indicating a shape and a position of the machining path for forming each of the plurality of layers, and generates a machining route by adding, to the machining path, an order of shaping indicating that shaping of the support points is to be executed first and then shaping of a gap line segment connecting the plurality of support points shaped is to be executed; and a machining program generation unit that generates a machining program for controlling the 3D printing apparatus according to the machining route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Daiji MORITA
  • Patent number: 11383327
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing method uses an additive manufacturing device performing additive machining by controlling a machining head including a nozzle to supply columnar build material to a machining region on a target surface and a beam nozzle to irradiate the machining region with beam melting the build material, the nozzle and the beam nozzle being provided non-coaxially. When additive machining is performed in a state where the machining head is located with central axes of the beam and the build material being positioned on a single vertical plane, the machining path is divided into divided machining paths such that the machining head is moved in one direction along a direction of the build-material central axis when motion of the machining head is projected onto a plane perpendicular to an irradiation direction of the beam, and the machining head is moved along each divided machining path to perform additive machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiji Morita, Nobuhiro Shinohara, Satoshi Hattori
  • Patent number: 11351736
    Abstract: An NC device, which is a numerical control device, includes: a program analyzing unit that analyzes a machining program to obtain a movement path along which to move a supply position of a material on a workpiece; a storage temperature extracting unit that extracts, from data on surface temperature of the workpiece, storage temperature in an area including the movement path on the workpiece; a layering volume calculating unit that calculates a volume of a layer forming an object on the basis of a relation between the storage temperature and a volume of the material that solidifies at the storage temperature in a given time; and a layering shape changing unit that changes a shape of the layer on the basis of the volume of the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Uozumi, Nobuhiro Shinohara, Daiji Morita, Nobuyuki Sumi
  • Publication number: 20220143928
    Abstract: An NC device, which is a numerical control device, includes: a program analyzing unit that analyzes a machining program to obtain a movement path along which to move a supply position of a material on a workpiece; a storage temperature extracting unit that extracts, from data on surface temperature of the workpiece, storage temperature in an area including the movement path on the workpiece; a layering volume calculating unit that calculates a volume of a layer forming an object on the basis of a relation between the storage temperature and a volume of the material that solidifies at the storage temperature in a given time; and a layering shape changing unit that changes a shape of the layer on the basis of the volume of the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji UOZUMI, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Daiji MORITA, Nobuyuki SUMI
  • Patent number: 11325190
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes: forming first and second linear beads parallel to each other under a same predetermined formation condition such that a gap having a predetermined width is formed between the first and second linear beads; forming a third linear bead in the gap under the same formation condition; forming, after forming the third linear bead, the linear bead that is formed as an even-numbered line under the formation condition such that the linear bead is parallel to the first linear bead and a gap having a predetermined width is formed between the linear bead formed as an even-numbered line and a linear bead formed two lines before; and forming, after forming the third linear bead, the linear bead that is formed as an odd-numbered line in the gap between the linear bead formed immediately before and the linear bead formed three lines before under the formation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiji Morita, Nobuhiro Shinohara, Satoshi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20220043430
    Abstract: A control information generation device generates control information for controlling an additive manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a layer shape using a bead that is a manufactured object formed by adding a molten processing material to a target surface while moving a processing position along a manufacturing path, and manufactures a three-dimensional shape in which the layer shapes are stacked. The device includes: a bead width correction unit that obtains a corrected width on the basis of the manufacturing path and a reference width of a cross section of the bead, the corrected width being a width of the cross section for allowing the beads to be adjacent to each other without overlapping; a path correction unit that obtains a corrected path on the basis of the manufacturing path and the corrected width; and a control information output unit that outputs control information indicating the corrected path and the corrected width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji IRIGUCHI, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Daiji MORITA, Nobuyuki SUMI, Shun KAYASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210323092
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a material supply unit that supplies a build material to a process area of an additive target surface; an irradiation unit that irradiates the process area with a laser beam that melts the build material; and a control device that controls the material supply unit and the irradiation unit for creating at least a part of an object using a dot-shaped bead, the dot-shaped bead being formed of the build material melted by radiation of the laser beam. The additive manufacturing apparatus can improve the shape accuracy of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daiji MORITA, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Yoshikazu NAKANO, Yoshikazu UKAI
  • Publication number: 20210316368
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes: forming first and second linear beads parallel to each other under a same predetermined formation condition such that a gap having a predetermined width is formed between the first and second linear beads; forming a third linear bead in the gap under the same formation condition; forming, after forming the third linear bead, the linear bead that is formed as an even-numbered line under the formation condition such that the linear bead is parallel to the first linear bead and a gap having a predetermined width is formed between the linear bead formed as an even-numbered line and a linear bead formed two lines before; and forming, after forming the third linear bead, the linear bead that is formed as an odd-numbered line in the gap between the linear bead formed immediately before and the linear bead formed three lines before under the formation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daiji MORITA, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Satoshi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20210308796
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing method uses an additive manufacturing device performing additive machining by controlling a machining head including a nozzle to supply columnar build material to a machining region on a target surface and a beam nozzle to irradiate the machining region with beam melting the build material, the nozzle and the beam nozzle being provided non-coaxially. When additive machining is performed in a state where the machining head is located with central axes of the beam and the build material being positioned on a single vertical plane, the machining path is divided into divided machining paths such that the machining head is moved in one direction along a direction of the build- material central axis when motion of the machining head is projected onto a plane perpendicular to an irradiation direction of the beam, and the machining head is moved along each divided machining path to perform additive machining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daiji MORITA, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Satoshi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20210009473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a SiC—Si composite component. The method includes preparing a first molded body containing SiC particles by a 3D printing method, wherein the first molded body has a first average pore diameter M1; forming a second molded body, in which the first molded body and a dispersion containing carbon particles are brought into contact so that the pores are impregnated with the carbon particles, wherein the carbon particles have a secondary particle having an average particle diameter M2, and the carbon particles satisfy the following formula: M2?M1/10; and forming a SiC—Si composite component by carrying out that the second molded body is impregnated with a metallic Si and is reactively sintered; wherein the content of Si is in the range of 5% by mass to 40% by mass in the SiC—Si composite component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji YAMADA, Kenichiro TERADA, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Shinya KIKUGAWA, Yasuo SHINOZAKI, Shunsuke SUSA
  • Patent number: 10734933
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes: an oscillation instruction unit outputting an oscillation instruction signal; a filter unit performing filtering processing having frequency characteristic defined by a filter parameter; an oscillation forcing unit configuring a control loop in an oscillation period together with the filter unit, a current control unit, a motor, and a velocity calculation unit and causing the control loop to oscillate during the oscillation period in which the oscillation instruction signal is in the on-state; an amplitude evaluation unit acquiring, as an evaluation value, the amplitude ratio of an input signal to an output signal of the oscillation forcing unit when the control loop oscillates; and a filter adjustment unit comparing evaluation values provided when filter parameter candidates are set in the filter unit sequentially, selecting one of the filter parameters achieving a smaller evaluation value, and setting the selected filter parameter in the filter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Kimura, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Nobuhiro Shinohara