Patents by Inventor Satoshi Abe
Satoshi Abe 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: 20190091923Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a three-dimensional shaped object, the method being capable of reducing a warp deformation of the three-dimensional shaped object. The manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention produces a three-dimensional shaped object by alternate repetition of a powder-layer forming and a solidified-layer forming by light beam irradiation, wherein as a platform for the three-dimensional shaped object, a plate laminate body comprising a dummy solidified layer and a base plate for the shaped object is used, and the dummy solidified layer is formed on one of principal surfaces of the base plate, whereas the three-dimensional shaped object is manufactured on the other of the principal surfaces of the base plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi ABE, Isao FUWA, Mikio MORI
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Publication number: 20190076923Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a three-dimensional shaped object, the method being capable of reducing a warp deformation of the three-dimensional shaped object. The manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention produces a three-dimensional shaped object by alternate repetition of a powder-layer forming and a solidified-layer forming on a base plate, wherein the forming of at least one prior solidified layer is performed under a higher temperature condition than that for the forming of a subsequent solidified layer, the at least one prior solidified layer being formed prior to the subsequent solidified layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi ABE, Isao FUWA, Mikio MORI
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Publication number: 20190061217Abstract: In order to provide a sprue-bush which is capable of more suitably cooling a melt raw resin in a flow path for a raw resin, there is provided a sprue-bush comprising a flow path for a raw resin and a flow path for cooling media located around the flow path for the raw resin, wherein the sprue-bush comprises a low heat transfer portion, the low heat transfer portion being located at a local region between an upper side portion of the flow path for the raw resin and the flow path for the cooling media, the low heat transfer portion being in a heat transfer relatively lower than that of a region other than the local region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventor: Satoshi ABE
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Publication number: 20190001415Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object comprising an undercut portion by alternate repetition of a powder-layer forming and a solidified-layer forming, the repetition comprising: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby allowing a sintering of the powder in the predetermined portion or a melting and subsequent solidification of the powder; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by newly forming a powder layer on the formed solidified layer, followed by an irradiation of a predetermined portion of the newly formed powder layer with the light beam. Especially, in the manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, a modeling process for pre-identifying the undercut portion is performed prior to a performance of the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori MORIMOTO, Satoshi ABE
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Publication number: 20190002288Abstract: Provided is a fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid having excellent fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersibility. The fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid contains a solvent and one or more fibrous carbon nanostructures that exhibit a convex upward shape in a t-plot obtained from an adsorption isotherm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: ZEON CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi ABE
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Publication number: 20180273772Abstract: Provided is a fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid having excellent fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersibility. The fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid contains a solvent and one or more fibrous carbon nanostructures having a percentage mass loss of 3.0 mass % or less upon heating from 23° C. to 200° C. at a heating rate of 20° C./min in a nitrogen atmosphere as measured by thermogravimetric analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: ZEON CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi ABE
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Publication number: 20180254686Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes a magnetic detection element circuit that includes first and second magnetic detection elements, which are connected in series, and an output terminal, which is positioned between the first and second magnetic detection elements; an impedance matching device, which has a prescribed input voltage range and is connected to an output terminal of the magnetic detection element circuit; a first current supply source, which supplies an electric current to the magnetic detection element circuit; and a second current supply source, which supplies an electric current to the impedance matching device. A resistor is provided between the output terminal of the magnetic detection element circuit and the first current supply source and/or a reference electric potential point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Yosuke Komasaki, Naoki Ohta, Hayato Miyashita, Takakazu Imai, Hiraku Hirabayashi, Masanori Sakai, Satoshi Abe, Tsuyoshi Umehara
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Publication number: 20180221952Abstract: There is provided a more efficient method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object. The method of the present invention comprises a successive formation of a plurality of solidified layers through a light beam irradiation, wherein the solidified layers are provided by a hybrid of combined systems of an after irradiation system and a simultaneous irradiation system, the after irradiation system being such that the light beam irradiation is performed after a formation of a powder layer, the simultaneous irradiation system being such that the light beam irradiation is performed while a raw material is supplied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Norio YOSHIDA, Akifumi NAKAMURA, Satoshi ABE, Masanori MORIMOTO, Yoshiyuki UCHINONO
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Publication number: 20180214948Abstract: In order to provide a manufacturing method of the three-dimensional shaped object having a more proper heat property to be used as a metal mold, there is provided a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object by alternate repetition of a powder-layer forming and a solidified-layer forming, the repetition comprising: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby allowing a sintering of the powder in the predetermined portion or a melting and subsequent solidification of the powder; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by forming a new powder layer on the formed solidified layer, followed by irradiation of a predetermined portion of the newly formed powder layer with the light beam, wherein the three-dimensional shaped object is manufactured such that it has a heat source element in the three-dimensional shaped object, and also has a surface in a form of a concavity-convexity, and wherein a main surface of the heat source eType: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori MORIMOTO, Satoshi ABE, Isao FUWA, Akifumi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180200795Abstract: In order to to provide a manufacturing method of a three-dimensional shaped object having a more proper heat removal property to be used as a metal mold, there is provided that a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object by alternate repetition of a powder-layer forming and a solidified-layer forming, the repetition comprising: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby allowing a sintering of the powder in the predetermined portion or a melting and subsequent solidification of the powder; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by forming a new powder layer on the formed solidified layer, followed by irradiation of a predetermined portion of the newly formed powder layer with the light beam, wherein the manufacturing method of the present invention, the three-dimensional shaped object is manufactured such that it has a flow path for cooling media in the three-dimensional shaped object, and also has a surface in a formType: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori MORIMOTO, Satoshi ABE, Akifumi NAKAMURA, Isao FUWA
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Patent number: 10022797Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object wherein the warping of the base plate is suitably addressed. The method of the present invention comprises: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer on a base plate with a light beam, thereby allowing sintering of the powder of the predetermined portion or melting and subsequent solidification thereof; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by newly forming a powder layer on the resulting solidified layer, and then irradiating another predetermined portion of the new powder layer with the light beam, the steps (i) and (ii) being repeatedly performed; wherein, prior to or upon the manufacturing of the three-dimensional shaped object, the base plate is subjected to a heat treatment, thereby causing the base plate to be warped, and at least a lower surface of the warped base plate is subjected to a flattening process.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Abe, Norio Yoshida, Isao Fuwa, Yoshikazu Higashi, Masataka Takenami, Isamu Matumoto
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Publication number: 20180178290Abstract: Three dimensional shaped object manufacturing method, which is capable of making a life time of a machining tool longer when machining of the surface of a solidified layer is performed using the machining tool. The method includes an alternate repetition of forming a powder-layer and a solidified-layer. The repetition includes: forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby allowing a sintering of the powder in the predetermined portion or a melting and subsequent solidification of the powder; and forming another solidified layer by forming a new powder layer on the formed solidified layer, followed by irradiation of a predetermined portion of the newly formed powder layer with the light beam. A surface of the solidified layer is subjected to a machining process, and the machining process is performed on a basis of a condition of an ultrasonic vibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Noboru URATA, Yoshiyuki UCHINONO, Satoshi ABE
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Patent number: 10000021Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object. The method of the present invention comprises the repeated steps of: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby allowing a sintering of the powder in the predetermined portion or a melting and subsequent solidification thereof; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by newly forming a powder layer on the resulting solidified layer, followed by the irradiation of a predetermined portion of the powder layer with the light beam; wherein only the surface portion of the solidified layer, to which a force is applied when the three-dimensional shaped object is used, is subjected to a machining process.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Abe, Yoshikazu Higashi, Isao Fuwa, Masataka Takenami
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Patent number: 9995337Abstract: A rack bushing supported by an annular elastic member in a housing includes a bushing body and a flange portion extending outward in a radial direction from a first axial end of the rack bushing. The flange portion is positioned at a step portion of an inner periphery of the housing. The bushing body includes a second axial slit extending from a second axial end to a middle portion in an axial direction. A gap that communicates with the second axial slit is formed between the inner periphery of the housing and an outer surface of the bushing body. A recessed groove (communication passage) of the flange portion allows a first space, disposed on a housing-end side with respect to the rack bushing in the housing, to communicate with the gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Hidetoshi Sumihara, Satoshi Abe, Rika Kagawa, Kenji Kuboki, Kaname Joushita
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Patent number: 9902113Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object, comprising the steps of: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby allowing sintering of the powder of the predetermined portion or melting and subsequent solidification thereof; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by newly forming a powder layer on the resulting solidified layer, and then irradiating another predetermined portion of the new powder layer with the light beam, the steps (i) and (ii) being repeatedly performed, wherein the three-dimensional shaped object is manufactured such that it has three different solidified portions of high-density, intermediate-density and low-density solidified portions in at least a part of the object, and wherein the intermediate-density solidified portion is formed to be located in a part of a surface of the three-dimensional shaped object.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Isamu Matsumoto, Satoshi Abe, Masataka Takenami, Yoshiyuki Uchinono
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Publication number: 20180021931Abstract: An impact tool that realizes an ON-lock function with a simple mechanism and makes it possible to switch between activation and deactivation of the ON-lock function with few operation processes is provided. A hammer drill having at least two operating modes including a hammer mode in which an impact force is transmitted to a tool bit whereas a rotational force is not transmitted thereto includes: a motor as a power source; a trigger lever and an ON-lock button that are operated by an operator; a sensor that detects whether a selected operating mode is the hammer mode or not; and a controller that controls the motor based on an operation of the trigger lever and the ON-lock button. When the ON-lock button is operated while the hammer mode is selected, the controller performs ON-lock control to maintain the motor in the operating state even when the trigger lever is not operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Satoshi ABE, Takahiro OOKUBO, Hideyuki HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20180015603Abstract: An impact tool in which stop control of a motor as power source of a tool bit is changed in accordance with a predetermined condition is provided. A hammer drill having two or more operating modes including a hammer mode in which an impact force is transmitted to a tool bit whereas a rotational force s not transmitted thereto and a hammer drill mode in which at least the rotational force is transmitted to the tool bit includes a motor as a power source and a control part that performs stop control to stop the motor, and the control part performs any one of two or more of the stop controls in accordance with a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Satoshi ABE, Kuniaki KANBE
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Publication number: 20170341143Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of the three-dimensional shaped object, the method being capable of reducing an undesirable phenomenon associated with the contamination of the light transmission window with the fume substance. The manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object by alternate repetition of a powder-layer forming and a solidified-layer forming, wherein the irradiation with light beam for the solidified-layer forming is performed by directing the light beam into the chamber through a light transmission window of the chamber, and wherein a gas blow is supplied to the light transmission window by use of a movable gas supply device, the light transmission window having been contaminated with a fume generated upon the formation of the solidified layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi ABE, Isao FUWA, Masataka TAKENAMI, Mikio MORI
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Patent number: 9808925Abstract: An impact tool includes a casing (13) supporting a tip tool (12), a piston (41) provided in the casing (13), an electric motor (11) provided in the casing (13), a motion converting mechanism (45) provided in the casing (13), and a vibration reducing mechanism (47) provided in the casing (13). The vibration reducing mechanism (47) has a supporting member, which is swingable with using a fixing position (J) as a supporting point and a weight (49) attached to a free end side of the supporting member. In a plane including a center line (C), the gravity center (H) of the weight (49) and the gravity center (G) of the casing (13) are disposed at mutually different locations, and the fixing position (J) is disposed on the side of the gravity center (G) relative to the center line (C).Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Yamada, Takahiro Ookubo, Satoshi Abe
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Patent number: 9799635Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting apparatus including a substrate, first and second pairs of terminals, each pair including two terminals disposed at two opposed positions on the substrate, a first plurality of light-emitting devices which are mounted in one of two sections formed by bisecting a mounting region on the substrate by a line segment jointing the two positions, and which are connected to the first pair of terminals, and a second plurality of light-emitting devices which are mounted in the other section of the mounting region, and which are connected to the second pair of terminals, and wherein the first and second plurality of light-emitting devices are arranged in a direction parallel to the line segment, and are each mounted at an angle relative to one side of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: CITIZENS WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Kuriki, Takakazu Yano, Takeshi Yoshida, Toshihisa Shirai, Satoshi Abe