Patents by Inventor Ryoji Hiraoka

Ryoji Hiraoka 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: 20240131638
    Abstract: An overlay welding method includes irradiating a surface of a metal member with a laser beam while supplying a weld metal powder, and performing overlay welding on the surface of the metal member, and repeatedly performing a weld bead formation step of melting and solidifying the weld metal powder with the laser beam to form a plurality of weld beads on the surface of the metal member. Each of the plurality of weld beads has one portion in a width direction overlapping each other. In the overlay welding method, in a case of forming an adjacent weld bead, which is a weld bead adjacent to a previously formed weld bead, an energy density of the laser beam is adjusted to be higher at a portion of the adjacent weld bead overlapping the previously formed weld bead than at a portion not overlapping the previously formed weld bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ryoji FUSHINO, Takuya HIRAOKA, Akito HIGASA, Koji TSUKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230168125
    Abstract: A mode of a spectrometer according to the present invention includes a spectrum measurement unit (11, 12) configured to repeatedly measure a spectrum over a predetermined wavelength range for measurement target light that is laser light; a peak counting unit (21, 22) configured to, every time a spectrum is obtained by the spectrum measurement unit, detect a peak from the spectrum and count the number of detected peaks; and a display processing unit (24) configured to display a numerical value of a peak counting result by the peak counting unit on a screen of a display unit in real time. With the spectrometer of the above mode, adjustment and the like of the multimode laser oscillator can be efficiently and accurately performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoji HIRAOKA, Zeno YONEZAWA, Tetsuya NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20190094132
    Abstract: An optical measurement probe is a probe for guiding light generated from a measurement target to an appliance, and includes an optical window and an optical fiber. The optical window is formed in a columnar shape, one of end surfaces of which forms a reflection surface (tapered surface), the optical window transmitting light entering from an incident surface (flat surface) formed on a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the optical window, causing the light to be reflected by the reflection surface, and emitting the light from the other end surface. The optical fiber guides the light emitted from the other end surface of the optical window to the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicants: Shimadzu Corporation, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji HIRAOKA, Mitsuru KOWADA, Isao AZUMAGAKITO, Hirofumi FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 10031021
    Abstract: Light from a direction (D) different from a predetermined direction is reflected by a tapered surface (21) so as to enter an optical fiber (4) for guiding light entering along the predetermined direction to an appliance. Light from the desired direction (D) may thereby be reflected by the tapered surface (21) according to the angle of the tapered surface (21) and may be made to enter the optical fiber (4). Accordingly, even in a case where the installation position of an optical measurement probe (1) is limited, if the angle of the tapered surface (21) is appropriately set, light from the desired direction (D) may be made to enter the optical fiber (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hiraoka, Nobuyuki Iwai, Tetsuya Nagai, Yasuyuki Furukawa, Isao Azumagakito, Mitsuru Kowada, Satoru Okada
  • Patent number: 9759178
    Abstract: There are provided a plug built-in type optical measurement probe capable of obtaining a more accurate measurement value, and an optical measurement device provided with the same. A spark section and a light receiving section are held by a plug main body while being arranged next to each other in a protruding manner such that an end face of a holder is arranged at a position where discharge light from the spark section does not enter the field of view of the light receiving section. Accordingly, the light receiving section can be held in a manner protruding from the plug main body, and entering of the discharge light from the spark section can be restricted by the holder of the light receiving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hiraoka, Nobuyuki Iwai, Tetsuya Nagai, Isao Azumagakito, Satoru Okada
  • Publication number: 20160349107
    Abstract: Light from a direction (D) different from a predetermined direction is reflected by a tapered surface (21) so as to enter an optical fiber (4) for guiding light entering along the predetermined direction to an appliance. Light from the desired direction (D) may thereby be reflected by the tapered surface (21) according to the angle of the tapered surface (21) and may be made to enter the optical fiber (4). Accordingly, even in a case where the installation position of an optical measurement probe (1) is limited, if the angle of the tapered surface (21) is appropriately set, light from the desired direction (D) may be made to enter the optical fiber (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicants: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hiraoka, Nobuyuki Iwai, Tetsuya Nagai, Yasuyuki Furukawa, Isao Azumagakito, Mitsuru Kowada, Satoru Okada
  • Patent number: 9239298
    Abstract: There are provided an optical measurement probe capable of obtaining a more stable measurement result, and an optical measurement device provided with the same. An incidence surface of an optical window to be used in a high temperature environment is covered by a deposited film. The optical window is formed of sapphire, and the deposited film is formed from SiO2. Adhesion of dirt to the incidence surface, and an influence, on a measurement result, of the adhesion of dirt on the incidence surface can thereby be prevented, and a more stable measurement result can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nagai, Nobuyuki Iwai, Yasuyuki Furukawa, Ryoji Hiraoka, Isao Azumagakito, Satoru Okada
  • Publication number: 20150085283
    Abstract: There are provided an optical measurement probe capable of obtaining a more stable measurement result, and an optical measurement device provided with the same. An incidence surface of an optical window to be used in a high temperature environment is covered by a deposited film. The optical window is formed of sapphire, and the deposited film is formed from SiO2. Adhesion of dirt to the incidence surface, and an influence, on a measurement result, of the adhesion of dirt on the incidence surface can thereby be prevented, and a more stable measurement result can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicants: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nagai, Nobuyuki Iwai, Yasuyuki Furukawa, Ryoji Hiraoka, Isao Azumagakito, Satoru Okada
  • Publication number: 20150054514
    Abstract: There are provided a plug built-in type optical measurement probe capable of obtaining a more accurate measurement value, and an optical measurement device provided with the same. A spark section and a light receiving section are held by a plug main body while being arranged next to each other in a protruding manner such that an end face of a holder is arranged at a position where discharge light from the spark section does not enter the field of view of the light receiving section. Accordingly, the light receiving section can be held in a manner protruding from the plug main body, and entering of the discharge light from the spark section can be restricted by the holder of the light receiving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicants: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Hiraoka, Nobuyuki Iwai, Tetsuya Nagai, Isao Azumagakito, Satoru Okada