Patents by Inventor Shinnichi HIRAMATSU

Shinnichi HIRAMATSU 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).

  • Surface treatment method and surface treatment device
    Patent number: 10570497
    Abstract: There is provided a surface treatment method in which a processing gas is brought in contact with a heated processing object made of steel, an element in the processing gas is solid-solutionized, and thus a surface treatment is performed on the processing object. The processing object is heated to a heating temperature in a vicinity of a processing temperature at which the surface treatment is performed by heating an atmosphere in which the processing object is disposed. The surface treatment is performed by bringing the processing gas in contact with a surface of the processing object while the processing object which is heated is directly heated to the processing temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Kazuomi Yamanishi, Shinnichi Hiramatsu, Izuru Yamamoto
  • SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD AND SURFACE TREATMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170362695
    Abstract: There is provided a surface treatment method in which a processing gas is brought in contact with a heated processing object made of steel, an element in the processing gas is solid-solutionized, and thus a surface treatment is performed on the processing object. The processing object is heated to a heating temperature in a vicinity of a processing temperature at which the surface treatment is performed by heating an atmosphere in which the processing object is disposed. The surface treatment is performed by bringing the processing gas in contact with a surface of the processing object while the processing object which is heated is directly heated to the processing temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki INOUE, Kazuomi YAMANISHI, Shinnichi HIRAMATSU, Izuru YAMAMOTO