Patents by Inventor Ryotaro SHIMADA
Ryotaro SHIMADA 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).
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Publication number: 20240042665Abstract: An injection molding condition generation system improves the quality of injection molding. The injection molding condition generation system acquires a material property value of a resin material and an injection molding condition using the first resin material based on a target value of a quality parameter related to a quality of a molded article, the first material property value, and a predetermined relational expression. The predetermined relational expression indicates a relation among the material property value of the resin material, a plurality of injection molding conditions input to an injection molding machine, and a quality parameter related to the quality of the molded article molded by the injection molding machine based on the material property value and the injection molding conditions, and is generated based on data accumulated in the memory in association with the material property value of the resin material, the injection molding conditions, and the quality parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke YAGI, Ryotaro SHIMADA, Kan KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230373145Abstract: Provided is an injection molding support system and method that can support searching for suitable materials. This injection molding support system 1 comprises: a process 35 of acquiring a production result using a combination of a mold and a predetermined material and material information on a predetermined material; a process 36 of acquiring the production result, the material information on a predetermined material, and material information on a plurality of previously acquired materials, and selecting at least one candidate material from among the plurality of materials on the basis of the acquired information; a process 43 of creating a correction molding condition for injection molding using a combination of the selected candidate material and the mold; and a process 34 of providing, to a user, the created correction molding condition and the output candidate material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Ryotaro SHIMADA, Satoshi ARAI
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Patent number: 11745403Abstract: An injection molding system includes a step of determining a manufacturing condition including a combination of a first mold and a first injection molding machine, a step of confirming presence or absence of a first track record in production, in which a combination of the first mold and the first injection molding machine is used, by searching a production-track-record storage unit to, and a step of producing, in a case of the absence of the first track record in production, a corrected molding condition for injection molding by using the combination of the first injection molding machine and the first mold, based on first molding machine-specific information acquired in advance for the first injection molding machine, second molding machine-specific information acquired in advance for a second injection molding machine that is combined with the first mold and has a second track record in production, and the second track record in production acquired from the production-track-record storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ryotaro Shimada, Satoshi Arai
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Patent number: 11440229Abstract: An injection molding system includes: determining a manufacturing condition including a first mold and a first injection molding machine; checking whether a first actual production result acquired using the combination of the first mold and the first injection molding machine exists by searching an actual production result storage unit; and generating a correction molding condition for performing injection molding using the combination of the first injection molding machine and first mold based on first molding-machine-unique information acquired in advance for the first injection molding machine, second molding-machine-unique information acquired in advance for a second injection molding machine with which a second actual production result is acquired in combination with the first mold, and the second actual production result acquired from the actual production result storage unit when the first actual production result does not exist, and inputs the generated correction molding condition to the second injecType: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Ryotaro Shimada, Satoshi Arai
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Patent number: 11353349Abstract: A flow-rate sensor is provided with a lead frame, a semiconductor chip that is disposed on one surface of the lead frame, and in which a diaphragm including a void portion on the lead frame side is formed, a flow rate detecting unit that is formed on the one surface including the diaphragm of the semiconductor chip, and resin that includes a flow passage opening portion exposing at least a portion of the flow rate detecting unit formed on the diaphragm, and covers the lead frame and the semiconductor chip. A lower side resin portion of the resin covering another surface side of the lead frame, on an opposite side to the one surface side thereof, has a thinned portion that is thinner than a periphery thereof in a region facing a peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Nakatsuchi, Yasuo Onose, Takayuki Yogo, Ryotaro Shimada
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Publication number: 20220088844Abstract: Provided is an injection molding system capable of improving usability for a user. The injection molding system determines a combination of a mold and an injection molding machine and a specific molding condition specific to the combination of the mold and the injection molding machine, and outputs the determined specific molding condition in a predetermined form for manual input to the injection molding machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Ryotaro SHIMADA, Satoshi ARAI
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Publication number: 20210370568Abstract: An injection molding system includes a step of determining a manufacturing condition including a combination of a first mold and a first injection molding machine, a step of confirming presence or absence of a first track record in production, in which a combination of the first mold and the first injection molding machine is used, by searching a production-track-record storage unit to, and a step of producing, in a case of the absence of the first track record in production, a corrected molding condition for injection molding by using the combination of the first injection molding machine and the first mold, based on first molding machine-specific information acquired in advance for the first injection molding machine, second molding machine-specific information acquired in advance for a second injection molding machine that is combined with the first mold and has a second track record in production, and the second track record in production acquired from the production-track-record storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Ryotaro SHIMADA, Satoshi ARAI
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Patent number: 11175166Abstract: A flow meter includes: a flat substrate; a housing that houses the substrate and has an open in at least one surface; a cover that covers the substrate and covers an open surface of the housing; a support that supports the substrate and is in contact with the cover and the substrate; and a fixing unit that connects the substrate and the housing, in which, in a first region and a second region formed by dividing the substrate into two parts at a center in a longitudinal direction, the support is disposed in the first region, and the fixing unit is disposed in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Nakatsuchi, Tsutomu Kono, Shinobu Tashiro, Ryotaro Shimada
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Publication number: 20210278263Abstract: A flow-rate sensor is provided with a lead frame, a semiconductor chip that is disposed on one surface of the lead frame, and in which a diaphragm including a void portion on the lead frame side is formed, a flow rate detecting unit that is formed on the one surface including the diaphragm of the semiconductor chip, and resin that includes a flow passage opening portion exposing at least a portion of the flow rate detecting unit formed on the diaphragm, and covers the lead frame and the semiconductor chip. A lower side resin portion of the resin covering another surface side of the lead frame, on an opposite side to the one surface side thereof, has a thinned portion that is thinner than a periphery thereof in a region facing a peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Hiroki NAKATSUCHI, Yasuo ONOSE, Takayuki YOGO, Ryotaro SHIMADA
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Patent number: 11060962Abstract: Provided is a flow analysis method capable of predicting a flow state of a composite resin material by taking into account a change in filler dispersion degree of the composite resin material. In a flow analysis method for a composite resin material having a filler and a resin, in a certain process of identifying a region in which the composite resin material flows and analyzing a flow, an exothermic reaction speed of the composite resin material in the region is computed using a filler dispersion degree in the composite resin material, a temperature and the filler dispersion degree of the composite resin material in the region is computed using the computed exothermic reaction speed, and an exothermic reaction speed in a process subsequent to a process is computed using the computed filler dispersion degree.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu Kono, Ryotaro Shimada, Tsubasa Watanabe, Hiroki Nakatsuchi
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Publication number: 20210003437Abstract: A flow meter includes: a flat substrate; a housing that houses the substrate and has an open in at least one surface; a cover that covers the substrate and covers an open surface of the housing; a support that supports the substrate and is in contact with the cover and the substrate; and a fixing unit that connects the substrate and the housing, in which, in a first region and a second region formed by dividing the substrate into two parts at a center in a longitudinal direction, the support is disposed in the first region, and the fixing unit is disposed in the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroki NAKATSUCHI, Tsutomu KONO, Shinobu TASHIRO, Ryotaro SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20200307055Abstract: A method of generating the analysis conditions of an injection molding machine by using at least one computer, the at least one computer executing the steps of: selecting one of injection molding machines, each being associated with a predetermined correction amount of injection molding; generating a second analysis condition for the selected injection molding machine on the basis of an acquired first analysis condition and the predetermined correction amount of the selected injection molding machine; and outputting the generated second analysis condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Ryotaro SHIMADA, Satoshi ARAI, Kei YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200307053Abstract: An injection molding system includes: determining a manufacturing condition including a first mold and a first injection molding machine; checking whether a first actual production result acquired using the combination of the first mold and the first injection molding machine exists by searching an actual production result storage unit; and generating a correction molding condition for performing injection molding using the combination of the first injection molding machine and first mold based on first molding-machine-unique information acquired in advance for the first injection molding machine, second molding-machine-unique information acquired in advance for a second injection molding machine with which a second actual production result is acquired in combination with the first mold, and the second actual production result acquired from the actual production result storage unit when the first actual production result does not exist, and inputs the generated correction molding condition to the second injecType: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Ryotaro Shimada, Satoshi Arai
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Publication number: 20190120739Abstract: Provided is a flow analysis method capable of predicting a flow state of a composite resin material by taking into account a change in filler dispersion degree of the composite resin material. In a flow analysis method for a composite resin material having a filler and a resin, in a certain process of identifying a region in which the composite resin material flows and analyzing a flow, an exothermic reaction speed of the composite resin material in the region is computed using a filler dispersion degree Vwf in the composite resin material, a temperature and the filler dispersion degree Vwf of the composite resin material in the region is computed using the computed exothermic reaction speed, and an exothermic reaction speed in a process subsequent to a process to is computed using the computed filler dispersion degree Vwf.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu KONO, Ryotaro SHIMADA, Tsubasa WATANABE, Hiroki NAKATSUCHI
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Publication number: 20160332370Abstract: Provided is a method capable of enhancing the quality (interlaminar strength, void reduction) of a lamination shaped article and using a high-heat resistant resin, and which has low cost and good quality and does not use a process window, and enhances release properties of a support. A laser powder shaping method for fabricating a lamination shaped article, the method having a step for providing a powder material as a thin layer and a laser irradiating step for irradiating the provided powder material with a laser and thereby sintering or melting the powder material, the laser powder shaping method characterized by having a step for performing a surface modification treatment for generating or increasing the number of oxygen functional groups in a region irradiated by the laser before or after the step for providing the powder material, or before or after the laser irradiation step.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Satoshi ARAI, Wataru SAWADA, Ryotaro SHIMADA