Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Horii

Nobuyuki Horii 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: 20040208682
    Abstract: A label to be attached to a linear or bar-shaped object is created by printing on a translucent printing tape and cutting off a printed tape part in a width direction of the printing tape. For creating the label, the printed tape part is divided parallel to its longitudinal direction and a print region where printing is performed is set. Printing is performed in the print region and the printed tape part is cut off. This region setting is performed in such a manner that the print region is overlaid with a non-print region, i.e., a non-print part in attaching the label around the object from an edge portion of the printed tape part in its width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicants: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, KING JIM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Akaiwa, Nobuyuki Horii
  • Patent number: 6779332
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and a water injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor to a temperature lower than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Publication number: 20040093850
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and an injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas. to be introduced into the compressor than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droppers having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Patent number: 6711888
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and a water injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor to a temperature lower than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Patent number: 6705074
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and a water injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor to a temperature lower than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Patent number: 6637956
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus and method which is capable of printing based on internal data stored within the apparatus or external data inputted from an external storage device, and at the same time capable of setting the enabling/disabling of an automatic power-off function. A tape printing apparatus has a keyboard for entering data indicative of characters and various commands. A RAM stores the data entered via the keyboard, as the internal data. The external data stored in a personal computer is inputted into the tape printing apparatus via a cable. The printing mode is sets to either an internal printing mode in which printing is performed based on the internal data stored in the RAM or an external printing mode in which printing is performed based on the external data inputted from the personal computer via the cable. A printer block performs printing on a tape in the set printing mode. A CPU determines ON/OFF setting of an automatic power-off function of automatically turning off power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, King Jim Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Konishi, Kiyoshi Ogawa, Nobuyuki Horii
  • Publication number: 20030174177
    Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus which is capable easily adding menu options and image elements made selectable via the menu options for use in forming a print image, a menu-adding method for the printing apparatus, a printing system incorporating the printing apparatus, as well as storage media storing programs for the printing apparatus and the menu-adding. The printing apparatus forms a print image having an image element selected from a displayed menu, arranged therein. A receiving device receives additional menu data from a predetermined other end of communication, the additional menu data including information of an additional menu option which can be added as a menu option of the menu display, and information of image elements displayed as options hierarchically under the additional menu option. An additional menu-storing device stores the additional menu data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tsukuda, Yasuhide Anbiru, Ko Kojima, Yoichi Hine, Shinji Ishizuka, Nobuyuki Horii, Takuya Suetani
  • Patent number: 6593948
    Abstract: A character information processor including display means having a display area in which a limitation is imposed on an allowable number of lines of a character string to be displayed, including: means for dividing the display area into at least a function display region and a guidance display region in a function mode in which a function is selected; and means for displaying, at the function display region, options of a function menu in a hierarchical manner, and for displaying, at the guidance display region, an explanatory sentence corresponding to an option designated out of the options displayed at the function display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignees: King Jim Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Suetani, Tomoki Nakamura, Nobuyuki Horii, Hideyuki Tsukuda
  • Patent number: 6568168
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and a water injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor to a temperature lower than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Patent number: 6568167
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and a water injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor to a temperature lower than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Patent number: 6530210
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and a water injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor to a temperature lower than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Publication number: 20030019202
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and an injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Publication number: 20030014978
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and an injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, lsao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Publication number: 20030014958
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and an injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Publication number: 20020139105
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and an injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Patent number: 6424423
    Abstract: A character information processing apparatus prints at least one line of an input character string on a printing medium having a size limited at least in width thereof. There is stored information of settings concerning at least one attribute of a first kind of predetermined attributes concerning a layout of characters of the input character string and a second kind of predetermined attributes which can be set to the characters of the input character string on character-by-character basis, in a manner correlating the information of the settings with the input character string. A first instruction signal is generated to start a modification process for modifying the information of the settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, King Jim Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hosokawa, Takuya Suetani, Tomoki Nakamura, Nobuyuki Horii
  • Publication number: 20020085870
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus and method which is capable of printing based on internal data stored within the apparatus or external data inputted from an external storage device, and at the same time capable of setting the enabling/disabling of an automatic power-off function. A tape printing apparatus has a keyboard for entering data indicative of characters and various commands. A RAM stores the data entered via the keyboard, as the internal data. The external data stored in a personal computer is inputted into the tape printing apparatus via a cable. The printing mode is sets to either an internal printing mode in which printing is performed based on the internal data stored in the RAM or an external printing mode in which printing is performed based on the external data inputted from the personal computer via the cable. A printer block performs printing on a tape in the set printing mode. A CPU determines ON/OFF setting of an automatic power-off function of automatically turning off power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Konishi, Kiyoshi Ogawa, Nobuyuki Horii
  • Patent number: 6406202
    Abstract: There are provided a tape cartridge-holding mechanism which is capable of reliably and immovably holding a tape cartridge in a cartridge compartment without spoiling the ease of mounting and removal of the tape cartridge, and a tape printing apparatus including the tape cartridge-holding mechanism. The tape cartridge-holding mechanism comprises a lid for opening/closing a cartridge compartment, at least one pair of left and right holding nails for engaging with a tape cartridge mounted in the cartridge compartment and thereby sandwiching the tape cartridge such that the holding nails press the tape cartridge against a bottom surface of the cartridge compartment, and an urging mechanism arranged in contact with at least one of the pair of holding nails, for urging the holding nail in a direction of sandwiching the tape cartridge as closing operation of the lid is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, King Jim Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruhiko Unno, Akira Hashimoto, Takuya Suetani, Tomoki Nakamura, Nobuyuki Horii
  • Publication number: 20010022078
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and an injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh
  • Patent number: 6260350
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and a water injection unit which injects water into the gas to be supplied to the compressor, thereby lowering the temperature of the gas to be introduced into the compressor to a temperature lower than the atmospheric temperature, and causing water droplets having been injected in the gas and within the compressor to be vaporized while flowing down therein, wherein the quantity of water spray injection is controlled while monitoring operational conditions of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Horii, Isao Takehara, Hidetaro Murata, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara, Tetsuo Sasada, Fumiyuki Hirose, Yasuhiro Katoh