Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Iwata

Noriyuki Iwata 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: 9738945
    Abstract: A forging process is conducted in a temperature range of 350-600° C. on at least a portion that is required to have a fatigue strength in an intermediate forged product having a ferrite and pearlite texture obtained by conducting a hot forging on a steel in which N is not greater than an amount at which N is unavoidably dissolved as a solid, thereby improving strength of the portion that is required to have a fatigue strength. With this, there is provided a forged product having a good strength and a low price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yoshida, Daisuke Kaneko, Noriyuki Iwata
  • Publication number: 20140373351
    Abstract: A forging process is conducted in a temperature range of 350-600° C. on at least a portion that is required to have a fatigue strength in an intermediate forged product having a ferrite and pearlite texture obtained by conducting a hot forging on a steel in which N is not greater than an amount at which N is unavoidably dissolved as a solid, thereby improving strength of the portion that is required to have a fatigue strength. With this, there is provided a forged product having a good strength and a low price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yoshida, Daisuke Kaneko, Noriyuki Iwata
  • Patent number: 8147942
    Abstract: A write-once-read-many optical recording medium is disclosed that includes a support substrate; a recording layer on the support substrate, the recording layer containing an oxide of one of a metal and a metalloid as a principal component; and a layer adjacent to the recording layer. The recording layer includes a region where a constituent element of the adjacent layer is dispersed. Recording and reproduction are performable with laser light of a blue wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Sasa, Masayuki Fujiwara, Yoshitaka Hayashi, Toshishige Fujii, Toshihide Sasaki, Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Hideyuki Yasufuku, Kawori Tanaka, Kengo Makita, Noriyuki Iwata
  • Patent number: 8139468
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical recording medium containing a laminated structure of a first deformable material layer containing a phase-change material that absorbs light at a recording wavelength to generate heat and is subject to exothermic melting and deformation and a second deformable material layer containing a material which contains a silicon oxide (SiOx; 0<x?2) that transmits light and is subject to thermal deformation and alteration. After information is recorded, the thickness of the first deformable material layer is changed according to the recorded information making center of the recorded marks thicker than the ends and the second deformable material layer is deformed and altered corresponding to the concave-convex-pattern formed on the first deformable material layer based on the recorded information and when the information is reproduced, the first deformable material layer is altered from solid to molten state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miura, Nobuaki Toyoshima, Yoshitaka Hayashi, Suguru Sangu, Noriyuki Iwata
  • Patent number: 7784443
    Abstract: A spark-ignition gasoline engine having at least a spark plug, the engine including an engine body having a geometrical compression ratio set at 14 or more, and an intake valve and an exhaust valve provided, respectively, in intake and exhaust ports connected to each of a plurality of cylinders of the engine body. The intake and exhaust valves are adapted to open and close corresponding respective ones of the intake and exhaust ports. The engine further includes an operation-state detector adapted to detect an operation state of the engine body and a control system adapted, based on detection of the operation-state detector, to perform at least an adjustment control of an ignition timing of the spark plug, the control system being operable, when an engine operation zone is a high-load operation zone including a wide open throttle region within at least a low speed range, to retard the ignition timing to a point within a predetermined stroke range just after a top dead center of a compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hitomi, Noriyuki Iwata, Masahisa Yamakawa, Toshiaki Nishimoto, Takashi Yohso, Takayoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20090197117
    Abstract: A write-once-read-many optical recording medium is disclosed that includes a support substrate; a recording layer on the support substrate, the recording layer containing an oxide of one of a metal and a metalloid as a principal component; and a layer adjacent to the recording layer. The recording layer includes a region where a constituent element of the adjacent layer is dispersed. Recording and reproduction are performable with laser light of a blue wavelength region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Noboru Sasa, Masayuki Fujiwara, Yoshitaka Hayashi, Toshishige Fujii, Toshihide Sasaki, Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Hideyuki Yasufuku, Kawori Tanaka, Kengo Makita, Noriyuki Iwata
  • Publication number: 20090197102
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution to the above-described drawbacks, and more specifically, as the tape-like or sheet-like insulation member, the resin matrix in which the first particles having a heat conductivity of 1 W/mK or higher and 300 W/mK or lower, that are diffused in the resin matrix, and the second particles having a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/mK or higher and 300 W/mK or lower, are diffused, is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Tetsushi Okamoto, Hiroyoshi Tsuchiya, Fumio Sawa, Noriyuki Iwata, Mitsuhiko Koyama, Yukio Suzuki, Akihiko Suzuki, Tooru Ootaka, Shigehito Ishii, Susumu Nagano
  • Publication number: 20090159045
    Abstract: A spark-ignition gasoline engine having at least a spark plug, the engine including an engine body having a geometrical compression ratio set at 14 or more, and an intake valve and an exhaust valve provided, respectively, in intake and exhaust ports connected to each of a plurality of cylinders of the engine body. The intake and exhaust valves are adapted to open and close corresponding respective ones of the intake and exhaust ports. The engine further includes an operation-state detector adapted to detect an operation state of the engine body and a control system adapted, based on detection of the operation-state detector, to perform at least an adjustment control of an ignition timing of the spark plug, the control system being operable, when an engine operation zone is a high-load operation zone including a wide open throttle region within at least a low speed range, to retard the ignition timing to a point within a predetermined stroke range just after a top dead center of a compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hitomi, Noriyuki Iwata, Masahisa Yamakawa, Toshiaki Nishimoto, Takashi Yohso, Takayoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7524557
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution to the above-described drawbacks, and more specifically, as the tape-like or sheet-like insulation member, the resin matrix in which the first particles having a heat conductivity of 1 W/mK or higher and 300 W/mK or lower, that are diffused in the resin matrix, and the second particles having a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/mK or higher and 300 W/mK or lower, are diffused, is employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsushi Okamoto, Hiroyoshi Tsuchiya, Fumio Sawa, Noriyuki Iwata, Mitsuhiko Koyama, Yukio Suzuki, Akihiko Suzuki, Tooru Ootaka, Shigehito Ishii, Susumu Nagano
  • Patent number: 7507523
    Abstract: An optical information recording medium is provided. This medium at least stores information that indicates a maximum recording linear velocity Vh. The medium comprises a substrate having a concentric circular guide groove. This guide grove has land portions and groves portions. At least a phase change type recording layer is formed on the substrate. The recording layer has such a composition and thickness that a dislocation linear velocity V satisfies the relation V?Vh×0.85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Yamada, Shinya Narumi, Makoto Harigaya, Katsuhiko Tani, Noriyuki Iwata, Nobuaki Onagi, Kazunori Ito, Takashi Shibaguchi, Eiko Hibino, Hajime Yuzurihara, Hiroko Ohkura, Akira Shimofuku, Yuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7507911
    Abstract: A coil for an electric rotating machine is configured with a conductor which is formed by bundling a plurality of square strands and stacking the square strands like a coil with Roebel transposition, mica tape which is wound a plurality of layers around an outer surface of the conductor and made up of mica paper and glass cloth backing, and an insulation wall formed by impregnating and curing resin between wound layers of the mica tape. Inorganic particles are supported with the glass cloth backing on the mica tape using an adhesive containing glue insoluble in the impregnated resin as an indispensable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yoshida, Noriyuki Iwata, Hiroshi Hatano, Susumu Nagano, Shinobu Sekito, Toshimitsu Yamada, Makoto Kawahara
  • Patent number: 7498517
    Abstract: A mica tape comprising a mica foil, a glass cloth, and an inorganic filler arranged on the glass cloth, wherein the mica tape is wound a plurality of times about an outer circumferential surface of a conductor portion of an electrical rotating machine coil so as to form an insulating layer for the coil, and the inorganic filler has a Mohs hardness falling within a range of 1 to 7 and exhibits a heat conductivity superior to those of the mica foil and the glass cloth, whereby, the inorganic filler is excellent in the heat conductivity and has a Mohs hardness not lower than that of the glass cloth contained in the mica tape, when used together with the inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumio Sawa, Noriyuki Iwata, Hiroshi Hatano, Tetsushi Okamoto, Kazuma Mukai, Toshiyuki Aso, Makoto Kawahara, Mikio Kakiuchi
  • Patent number: 7484498
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spark-ignition gasoline engine, which comprises control means operable, when an engine operation zone is a high-load operation zone including a WOT region within at least a low speed range, to adjust a closing timing of an intake valve in such a manner as to maintain an effective compression ratio at 13 or more, and retard an ignition timing to a point within a predetermined stroke range just after a top dead center of a compression stroke, wherein the effective compression ratio is calculated based on an intake-valve closing timing defined by a valve lift amount of 1 mm. The present invention can provide a spark-ignition gasoline engine having both a low-cost performance and a high engine-power performance even in a high-load operation zone (particularly WOT region) in a low speed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hitomi, Noriyuki Iwata, Masahisa Yamakawa, Toshiaki Nishimoto, Takashi Yohso, Takayoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7425366
    Abstract: The invention aims to provide a highly heat conductive tape member or sheet member and a method for easily producing a highly heat conductive tape member or sheet member. The mica tape member or mica sheet member of the invention includes a mica-containing layer and a lining material, and the mica-containing layer contains scaly particles, particles having a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/mK or higher and a size of 1 ?m or smaller, and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsushi Okamoto, Fumio Sawa, Noriyuki Iwata, Mikio Kakiuchi, Toshimitsu Yamada
  • Patent number: 7364781
    Abstract: An optical recording medium including a recording layer which includes a reversible phase-change recording material, the recording layer being capable of writing information therein, reading written information therefrom, and rewriting written information by utilizing the reversible phase change of the phase-change recording material, wherein when a recording mark formed in the recording layer is repeatedly read 5000 times, using a continuous wave laser beam having such an intensity Pr that satisfies the condition of 1.1?R?2.0, in which R is ?repeat/?1 as defined in the specification, the optical recording medium satisfies a relationship of d1>dow as defined in the specification. The phase-change recording material, a method of producing the optical recording medium, and a method of writing information in the optical recording medium, reading written information therefrom and rewriting written information therein are proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Ito, Eiko Hibino, Makoto Harigaya, Takashi Shibaguchi, Hajime Yuzurihara, Nobuaki Onagi, Hiroko Ohkura, Katsuhiko Tani, Noriyuki Iwata
  • Patent number: 7294788
    Abstract: A coil for an electric rotating machine is configured with a conductor which is formed by bundling a plurality of square strands and stacking the square strands like a coil with Roebel transposition, mica cape which is wound a plurality of layers around an outer surface of the conductor and made up of mica paper and glass cloth backing, and an insulation wall formed by impregnating and curing resin between wound layers of the mica tape. Inorganic particles are supported with the glass cloth backing on the mica tape using an adhesive containing glue insoluble in the impregnated resin as an indispensable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yoshida, Noriyuki Iwata, Hiroshi Hatano, Susumu Nagano, Shinobu Sekito, Toshimitsu Yamada, Makoto Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20070227503
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spark-ignition gasoline engine, which comprises control means operable, when an engine operation zone is a high-load operation zone including a WOT region within at least a low speed range, to adjust a closing timing of an intake valve in such a manner as to maintain an effective compression ratio at 13 or more, and retard an ignition timing to a point within a predetermined stroke range just after a top dead center of a compression stroke, wherein the effective compression ratio is calculated based on an intake-valve closing timing defined by a valve lift amount of 1 mm. The present invention can provide a spark-ignition gasoline engine having both a low-cost performance and a high engine-power performance even in a high-load operation zone (particularly WOT region) in a low speed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hitomi, Noriyuki Iwata, Masahisa Yamakawa, Toshiaki Nishimoto, Takashi Yohso, Takayoshi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20070222307
    Abstract: A mica tape comprising a mica foil, a glass cloth, and an inorganic filler arranged on the glass cloth, wherein the mica tape is wound a plurality of times about an outer circumferential surface of a conductor portion of an electrical rotating machine coil so as to form an insulating layer for the coil, and the inorganic filler has a Mohs hardness falling within a range of 1 to 7 and exhibits a heat conductivity superior to those of the mica foil and the glass cloth, whereby, the inorganic filler is excellent in the heat conductivity and has a Mohs hardness not lower than that of the glass cloth contained in the mica tape, when used together with the inorganic filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Fumio Sawa, Noriyuki Iwata, Hiroshi Hatano, Tetsushi Okamoto, Kazuma Mukai, Toshiyuki Aso, Makoto Kawahara, Mikio Kakiuchi
  • Publication number: 20070222308
    Abstract: A coil for an electric rotating machine is configured with a conductor which is formed by bundling a plurality of square strands and stacking the square strands like a coil with Roebel transposition, mica tape which is wound a plurality of layers around an outer surface of the conductor and made up of mica paper and glass cloth backing, and an insulation wall formed by impregnating and curing resin between wound layers of the mica tape. Inorganic particles are supported with the glass cloth backing on the mica tape using an adhesive containing glue insoluble in the impregnated resin as an indispensable component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuhiko YOSHIDA, Noriyuki Iwata, Hiroshi HATANO, Susumu NAGANO, Shinobu SEKITO, Toshimitsu YAMADA, Makoto KAWAHARA
  • Patent number: 7219634
    Abstract: For the purpose of improving the fuel efficiency by lean combustion and enhancing the fuel efficiency improvement effects by performing compression ignition efficiently in some cylinders, a multi-cylinder spark ignition engine is constructed such that exhaust gas, that is exhausted from preceding cylinders 2A, 2D on the exhaust stroke side among pairs of cylinders whose exhaust stroke and intake stroke overlap in a low load, low rotational speed region, is directly introduced through an inter-cylinder gas passage 22 into following cylinders 2B, 2C on the intake stroke side and only gas exhausted from the following cylinders 2B, 2C is fed to an exhaust passage 20, which is provided with a three-way catalyst 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hitomi, Toshiaki Nishimoto, Yoshiyuki Shinya, Kouji Sumida, Takayoshi Hayashi, Noriyuki Iwata, Kouji Asanomi, Taketoshi Yamauchi, Keiji Araki