Patents by Inventor Satoshi Hirano

Satoshi Hirano 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: 10435792
    Abstract: A laminate includes: a substrate; and a metallic coating that is formed from copper powder containing 0.002% to 0.020% by weight of phosphorus and having been subjected to reduction treatment, the metallic coating being deposited on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Takimoto, Yuichiro Yamauchi, Satoshi Hirano, Naoya Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20190283174
    Abstract: An ironing plate is attached to a friction stir welding apparatus in such a manner that the ironing plate surrounds an outer peripheral portion of a rotating tool and does not rotate together with the rotating tool, an inside diameter of a portion of the ironing plate into which the rotating tool is inserted is larger than the diameter of the rotating tool, and a material inflow path through which an excessive material of two metallic plates flows in is formed between the ironing plate and the rotating tool when the ironing plate is disposed to surround the outer peripheral portion of the rotating tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuru ONOSE, Shinichi KAGA, Satoshi HIRANO, Akihiro SATOU
  • Patent number: 10381904
    Abstract: A rotor coil for a revolving armature includes a strand coil that includes a part arranged in a core slot of the rotor and is composed of a plurality of element wires; and a solid coil welded to an end of the strand coil wherein the end of the strand coil and an end of the solid coil are welded by friction stir welding. A manufacturing method of a rotor coil includes the step of performing friction stir welding wherein the friction stir welding is performed for the butt joint with the end of the strand coil arranged in an advancing side defined by a rotation direction of a tool and with the solid coil arranged in a retreating side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Umezu, Yasuaki Kageyama, Juichi Enyama, Seunghwan Park, Satoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 10350616
    Abstract: A film forming method of forming a film by accelerating powder of a material with gas and spraying and depositing the powder onto a surface of a substrate with the powder being kept in a solid state includes: a substrate film forming step of forming a film. The film forming step includes jetting out the powder and inert gas from a nozzle towards the substrate, causing inside of the chamber to be under positive pressure by the inert gas, and depositing the powder on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 10315388
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate in which a spray coating film made of a material different from a base material is laminated on the base material includes: a base material heating step of heating the base material; an intermediate layer forming step of forming, on a surface of the heated base material, an intermediate layer made of a material different from the base material and the spray coating film; and a spray coating film forming step of forming the spray coating film on a surface of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Jun Futakuchiya, Yasuaki Ishioka, Naoki Ito, Yohei Itami
  • Publication number: 20190150792
    Abstract: A gait evaluation apparatus that evaluates a training gait of a paralyzed patient suffering from paralysis in a leg includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of motion amounts of a paralyzed body portion according to a gait motion and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate that the gait motion is an abnormal gait in a case where at least one of the motion amounts acquired by the acquisition unit meets any one of a plurality of abnormal gait criteria set in advance. The abnormal gait criteria include at least two or more first criteria, which are criteria relevant to motion amounts of different parts of the paralyzed body portion, or at least two or more second criteria, which are criteria relevant to motion amounts of the same part of the paralyzed body portion in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Masayuki Imaida, Takeru Fukagawa, Eiichi Saitoh, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Hiroki Tanikawa
  • Publication number: 20180361464
    Abstract: A caulking jig comprises a main body, a blade portion having a blade edge, a projection member fit in the main body, an urging member which urges the projection member, and an engagement mechanism configured to engage the projection member to the main body. In a state in which the projection member is not engaged, the projection member is held at a projected position where a distal end portion of the projection member is projected from the blade edge. In a state in which the projection member is engaged, the projection member is held at an entered position where the distal end portion is retracted to a more entered position than the blade edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi HIRANO, Arata TATSUMI, Takatoshi NANBU
  • Publication number: 20180315680
    Abstract: A laminate includes: an insulating substrate; an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the substrate and containing a metal or an alloy as a main component; and a metal film formed of a copper powder having a hydrogen content of 0.002% by mass or less and laminated on the intermediate layer. An interface between the intermediate layer and the metal film is plastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Aikawa, Satoshi Hirano, Yuichiro Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20180281104
    Abstract: A friction stir welding apparatus includes a FSW tool that is held by a housing and welds to-be-welded members to each other by friction stir, and a gradual cooling device that gradually cools a weld site of the to-be-welded members welded by the FSW tool. The gradual cooling device is a contactless heat source that heats the weld site without coming into contact with the weld site. The contactless heat source is a high-frequency heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Tomio ODAKURA, Akihiro SATOU, Satoshi HIRANO, Ittou SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180280756
    Abstract: A walking training apparatus including a treadmill having an infinite orbital rotation type walking surface, the walking training apparatus including: a holding part that a walking trainee holds, in which the holding part is capable of supporting a load applied to the walking surface by the walking trainee and is movable in a direction including a component parallel to the walking surface, is provided. By providing a pseudo stick with the aforementioned structure, the trainee is able to perform training of the upper part of the body that uses the stick in parallel to training of the leg part that uses the treadmill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei NAKASHIMA, Tomio Ikeda, Eiichi Saitoh, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Hiroki Tanikawa, Akihito Uno
  • Publication number: 20180185896
    Abstract: A clad pipe includes: a first tubular member formed of first metal or alloy; a second tubular member provided on an inner circumferential surface of the first tubular member, and formed of a second metal or alloy of a different type from the first metal or alloy, a thickness of the second tubular member in a radial direction being at least 50 ?m; and an anchor layer formed on a boundary surface where the first tubular member and the second tubular member are in contact with each other, wherein a material of one of the first and the second tubular members digs into a material of another tubular member in the anchor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20180154382
    Abstract: A film forming method forms a film by spraying and depositing material powder in a solid phase state on a base member, and includes: adjusting, in accordance with a type of the material powder, a distance between: a position where a diameter of a through passage formed inside a nozzle is smallest, the diameter of the through passage decreases and thereafter increases from a base end toward a distal end; and a mixing position where the material powder introduced into the nozzle is mixed with gas; mixing the material powder with the gas in the mixing position, introducing the mixture into the nozzle, accelerating the mixture toward the position where the diameter is the smallest, and injecting the material powder and the gas from the distal end of the nozzle; and spraying the material powder and the gas injected from the distal end onto the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Koichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9962787
    Abstract: A friction stir welding method for bonding a to-be bonded material, includes: a step of supplying nitrogen and introducing nitrogen into the to-be bonded material while melting the to-be bonded material; and a step of friction stir welding a portion of the non-bonded material in which the nitrogen is introduced. A friction stirring device for bonding a to-be bonded material, includes: a heating source for melting the to-be bonded material; a nitrogen supply source for supplying nitrogen to a melted portion of the to-be bonded material and introducing nitrogen into the to-be bonded material; and a friction stir tool for friction stir welding a portion of the non-bonded material in which the nitrogen is introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Itto Sugimoto, Satoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 9846044
    Abstract: A travel information recording system for associating travel information on a vehicle obtained immediately after travel through a branch location with an appropriate road segment includes: travel segment specifying unit for specifying a travel segment that is a road segment in which a vehicle is traveling; and travel information recorder for recording travel information on the vehicle obtained during travel in the travel segment in association with the travel segment in a storage medium. In the case where there occurs a segment variation in which the travel segment is varied from one of several road segments branched off from a branch location, the travel information recorder acquires the travel information to be recorded in association with a post-variation segment, which is the travel segment after the segment variation, on the basis of the travel information obtained before the segment variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Sanami, Satoshi Hirano, Takayuki Miyajima, Tomoki Kodan, Kuniaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9834197
    Abstract: Section acquisition systems, methods, and programs acquire a scheduled travel route of a vehicle driven by at least one of an internal combustion engine or a motor. The systems, methods, and programs divide the scheduled travel route that is in a range of a predetermined distance from a current location into a plurality of sections such that a difference in traffic congestion degree is distinguished, and divide the scheduled travel route that is not in the range of the predetermined distance from the current location into a plurality of sections such that a difference in travel load is distinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Takayuki Miyajima, Tomoki Kodan, Kuniaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170145552
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate in which a spray coating film made of a material different from a base material is laminated on the base material includes: a base material heating step of heating the base material; an intermediate layer forming step of forming, on a surface of the heated base material, an intermediate layer made of a material different from the base material and the spray coating film; and a spray coating film forming step of forming the spray coating film on a surface of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Jun Futakuchiya, Yasuaki Ishioka, Naoki Ito, Yohei Itami
  • Patent number: 9658075
    Abstract: A travel assist system, a travel assist method, and a computer program that prevent frequent corrections of a travel plan due to variations in congestion information are provided. Congestion information is acquired from a VICS center. The current state of a vehicle is acquired. It is determined whether or not the congestion status of an expected travel route for the vehicle has been varied from the congestion information using a criterion based on the state of the vehicle. In the case where it is determined that the congestion status of the expected travel route has been varied, the travel plan 48 is corrected using the congestion status after the variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Sanami, Takayuki Miyajima, Satoshi Hirano, Akira Matsuda, Tomoki Kodan, Kuniaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170140459
    Abstract: Purchase from sellers of selection is enabled to be made through simple operations. Furthermore, prospective purchase events are distributed to sellers as needed. Demands of purchase candidates are retrieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Satoshi HIRANO, Nuttapong ATTRAPADUNG, Senlin GUAN
  • Publication number: 20170133917
    Abstract: A rotor coil for a revolving armature includes a strand coil that includes a part arranged in a core slot of the rotor and is composed of a plurality of element wires; and a solid coil welded to an end of the strand coil wherein the end of the strand coil and an end of the solid coil are welded by friction stir welding. A manufacturing method of a rotor coil includes the step of performing friction stir welding wherein the friction stir welding is performed for the butt joint with the end of the strand coil arranged in an advancing side defined by a rotation direction of a tool and with the solid coil arranged in a retreating side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Ryosuke UMEZU, Yasuaki KAGEYAMA, Juichi ENYAMA, Seunghwan PARK, Satoshi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20170058406
    Abstract: A laminate includes: a substrate; and a metallic coating that is formed from copper powder containing 0.002% to 0.020% by weight of phosphorus and having been subjected to reduction treatment, the metallic coating being deposited on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Masaru Takimoto, Yuichiro Yamauchi, Satoshi Hirano, Naoya Aikawa