Patents by Inventor Shogo Sarumaru
Shogo Sarumaru 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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Patent number: 10222300Abstract: A uniformity waveform for a tire (T) and a rotational phase of a load drum (4) are measured with a load drum (4) pressed against the tire (T). In a waveform of the frequency domain acquired by frequency conversion of the uniformity waveform, the amplitude and phase for a component of an integer multiple of the rotational frequency of the load drum (4) are found and stored as a correction parameter. A corrected tire (T) uniformity waveform is calculated by subtracting from the uniformity waveform a correction waveform calculated on the basis of the correction parameter, the correction waveform being the one in the rotational phase range of the load drum (4) during tire measurement.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Okada, Shogo Sarumaru
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Publication number: 20150260613Abstract: A uniformity waveform for a tire (T) and a rotational phase of a load drum (4) are measured with a load drum (4) pressed against the tire (T). In a waveform of the frequency domain acquired by frequency conversion of the uniformity waveform, the amplitude and phase for a component of an integer multiple of the rotational frequency of the load drum (4) are found and stored as a correction parameter. A corrected tire (T) uniformity waveform is calculated by subtracting from the uniformity waveform a correction waveform calculated on the basis of the correction parameter, the correction waveform being the one in the rotational phase range of the load drum (4) during tire measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Toru Okada, Shogo Sarumaru
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Patent number: 9046444Abstract: To effectively suppress a shift of a rotating axis of an upper chuck with respect to a rotating axis of a lower chuck due to a separating force. A tire testing device (1) includes: vertical frames (30a, 30b) which are supported by a lower frame (20); a beam (40) which bridges between the vertical frames (30a, 30b) and is movable in the vertical direction; an upper chuck (45) which is attached to the center of the beam (40), the center corresponding to the center of the beam in the longitudinal direction; and a lower chuck (25) which is attached to the lower frame. When viewed from the vertical direction, a rotating axis of an upper rotating member (47) is positioned at the center of a straight line formed by connecting supporting points where each of the vertical frames (30a, 30b) support the beam (40).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Takehiko Wakazono, Tetsuya Yoshikawa, Glen Thompson, Yasuhiko Fujieda, Shogo Sarumaru
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Patent number: 8800358Abstract: A rotary drum used in a tire testing machine has a road surface base material made of an aluminum alloy and provided with a road surface onto which a tire is pushed. The road surface is coated with a thermally-sprayed steel film having higher hardness than the road surface base material, and polished. With such a configuration, a favorable test result can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Yu Sumimoto, Shogo Sarumaru, Munenori Soejima
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Patent number: 8776587Abstract: Disclosed is a tire tester (1) provided with: a device frame (3); a slide base (10) provided on the device frame (3) so as to be able to move up and down; a large spindle (11) that is attached to the slide base (10) and can rotatably support a large-diameter tire (T1); and a small spindle (12) that is attached to the slide base (10) and can rotatably support a small-diameter tire (T2) that is smaller than the large-diameter tire (T1). The disclosed tire tester (1) can push one of the tires (T1 or T2) against a simulated road surface (5), by means of the up/down movement of the slide base (10), and perform a tire test.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Sumitani, Shogo Sarumaru, Munenori Soejima
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Publication number: 20130233066Abstract: To effectively suppress a shift of a rotating axis of an upper chuck with respect to a rotating axis of a lower chuck due to a separating force. A tire testing device (1) includes: vertical frames (30a, 30b) which are supported by a lower frame (20); a beam (40) which bridges between the vertical frames (30a, 30b) and is movable in the vertical direction; an upper chuck (45) which is attached to the center of the beam (40), the center corresponding to the center of the beam in the longitudinal direction; and a lower chuck (25) which is attached to the lower frame. When viewed from the vertical direction, a rotating axis of an upper rotating member (47) is positioned at the center of a straight line formed by connecting supporting points where each of the vertical frames (30a, 30b) support the beam (40).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Takehiko Wakazono, Tetsuya Yoshikawa, Glen Thompson, Yasuhiko Fujieda, Shogo Sarumaru
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Patent number: 8397558Abstract: At least one of ground contact pressure, shear stress and amount of skidding is measured at a measurement point on a tread surface of a tire. A sensor is arranged on a road surface and the measurement point is made to contact the sensor while the tire rotates. An initial position of the tire is set, where the measurement point is at a previously-set reference position and the tire is at a running start position on the road surface. The tire is made to run from the initial position to obtain a rotation angle difference ? between a tire rotation angle until the rotation axis of the tire passes over the arrangement position of the sensor and a tire rotation angle until the measurement point contacts the road surface. The tire is set at the initial position and rotated by ? without changing the running start position of the tire.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noritaka Koguchi, Shogo Sarumaru
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Publication number: 20130031968Abstract: A rotary drum used in a tire testing machine has a road surface base material made of an aluminum alloy and provided with a road surface onto which a tire is pushed. The road surface is coated with a thermally-sprayed steel film having higher hardness than the road surface base material, and polished. With such a configuration, a favorable test result can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Yu SUMIMOTO, Shogo Sarumaru, Munenori Soejima
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Publication number: 20120167674Abstract: Disclosed is a tire tester (1) provided with: a device frame (3); a slide base (10) provided on the device frame (3) so as to be able to move up and down; a large spindle (11) that is attached to the slide base (10) and can rotatably support a large-diameter tire (T1); and a small spindle (12) that is attached to the slide base (10) and can rotatably support a small-diameter tire (T2) that is smaller than the large-diameter tire (T1). The disclosed tire tester (1) can push one of the tires (T1 or T2) against a simulated road surface (5), by means of the up/down movement of the slide base (10), and perform a tire test.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Takashi Sumitani, Shogo Sarumaru, Munenori Soejima
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Publication number: 20120048006Abstract: At least one of ground contact pressure, shear stress and amount of skidding is measured at a measurement point on a tread surface of a tire. A sensor is arranged on a road surface and the measurement point is made to contact the sensor while the tire rotates. An initial position of the tire is set, where the measurement point is at a previously-set reference position and the tire is at a running start position on the road surface. The tire is made to run from the initial position to obtain a rotation angle difference ? between a tire rotation angle until the rotation axis of the tire passes over the arrangement position of the sensor and a tire rotation angle until the measurement point contacts the road surface. The tire is set at the initial position and rotated by ? without changing the running start position of the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Koguchi, Shogo Sarumaru
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Patent number: 7562663Abstract: A mixing valve assembly 42 is communicated with a dedicated tank 51D, storing therein a compatibilizer D, via an inlet valve 43 and is also communicated with dedicated tanks 51A-51C via three injection valves, the tanks storing therein auxiliaries A-C respectively. A chemical formulation is prepared by selectively injecting any one(s) of four chemical agents into the mixing valve assembly 42 by way of on-off control of the inlet valve 43 and the injection valves and blending together the injected chemical agents. Then, the chemical formulation is pumped into SCF by a high-pressure pump 45 such that the SCF and the chemical formulation are mixed together to form a process fluid. Thus, the number of components of a high-pressure portion can be reduced to achieve a cost reduction of an apparatus. Furthermore, a pipe line for pumping the chemical agents is simplified.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2004Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Muraoka, Tomomi Iwata, Kimitsugu Saito, Masahiro Yamagata, Hisanori Oshiba, Shogo Sarumaru
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Patent number: 7384484Abstract: After subjected to a developing process, a rinsing process and a replacing process in this order in a developing unit 10A, 10B, a substrate W wet with an anti-drying solution is wet-transported to a supercritical drying unit 20 by a primary transport robot 30. The supercritical drying unit 20 performs a high-pressure drying process (supercritical drying process) in a dedicated manner. Accordingly, by virtue of the presence of the anti-drying solution, the substrate W is effectively prevented from becoming air-dry during the transportation of the substrate W.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2003Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignees: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko ShoInventors: Yusuke Muraoka, Kimitsugu Saito, Tomomi Iwata, Eiji Fukatsu, Ikuo Mizobata, Hiroyuki Ueno, Yasuo Okuyama, Takashi Gama, Yoshihiko Sakashita, Katsumi Watanabe, Jun Munemasa, Hisanori Oshiba, Shogo Sarumaru
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Patent number: 7252719Abstract: A high-pressure processing apparatus includes a processing vessel including a processing chamber formed therein to perform a certain process onto an object in the processing chamber; fluid feeding means which feeds a high-pressure fluid into the processing chamber; fluid discharging means which discharges the high-pressure fluid from the processing chamber; an agitating unit which is arranged in the processing chamber and is operative to flow the high-pressure fluid over the object by relative rotation to the processing vessel; a communicating channel which is formed in the processing vessel to communicate inside and outside of the processing chamber; a rotary driving member which is coupled to the agitating unit via a shaft portion provided in the communicating channel; and a sealing portion which is provided between the shaft portion and the processing vessel to disconnect the processing chamber from the rotary driving member.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiko Sakashita, Katsumi Watanabe, Hisanori Oshiba, Shogo Sarumaru, Yusuke Muraoka, Kimitsugu Saito, Ikuo Mizobata, Ryuji Kitakado
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Patent number: 7246984Abstract: A transferring apparatus transfers an article to be processed, which is carried by a carrier device, to a holder provided in a processing chamber defined by a processing vessel and adapted to hold the article at a specified processing position. The transferring apparatus includes a temporarily holding member, and transfers the article from the intermediate position to the processing position after receiving the article carried by the carrier device at an intermediate position distanced from the holder and temporarily holding it. The temporarily holding member is retracted to a position in the outside of the processing vessel after the article is transferred.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shogo Sarumaru, Hideshi Yamane, Katsumi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ueno, Hideki Adachi, Eiji Fukatsu
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Patent number: 7000653Abstract: A high-pressure processing apparatus includes a processing vessel including a processing chamber formed therein to perform a certain process onto an object in the processing chamber; fluid feeding means which feeds a high-pressure fluid into the processing chamber; fluid discharging means which discharges the high-pressure fluid from the processing chamber; an agitating unit which is arranged in the processing chamber and is operative to flow the high-pressure fluid over the object by relative rotation to the processing vessel; a communicating channel which is formed in the processing vessel to communicate inside and outside of the processing chamber; a rotary driving member which is coupled to the agitating unit via a shaft portion provided in the communicating channel; and a sealing portion which is provided between the shaft portion and the processing vessel to disconnect the processing chamber from the rotary driving member.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiko Sakashita, Katsumi Watanabe, Hisanori Oshiba, Shogo Sarumaru, Yusuke Muraoka, Kimitsugu Saito, Ikuo Mizobata, Ryuji Kitakado
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Publication number: 20060032520Abstract: A high-pressure processing apparatus includes a processing vessel including a processing chamber formed therein to perform a certain process onto an object in the processing chamber; fluid feeding means which feeds a high-pressure fluid into the processing chamber; fluid discharging means which discharges the high-pressure fluid from the processing chamber; an agitating unit which is arranged in the processing chamber and is operative to flow the high-pressure fluid over the object by relative rotation to the processing vessel; a communicating channel which is formed in the processing vessel to communicate inside and outside of the processing chamber; a rotary driving member which is coupled to the agitating unit via a shaft portion provided in the communicating channel; and a sealing portion which is provided between the shaft portion and the processing vessel to disconnect the processing chamber from the rotary driving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2005Publication date: February 16, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd), DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiko Sakashita, Katsumi Watanabe, Hisanori Oshiba, Shogo Sarumaru, Yusuke Muraoka, Kimitsugu Saito, Ikuo Mizobata, Ryuji Kitakado
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Patent number: 6895032Abstract: A high-pressure processing apparatus for supplying a pressure medium into a high-pressure processing chamber 4, which is formed in a pressure vessel 1 to treat a workpiece at a high pressure, is provided. The pressure vessel 1 includes a first vessel section 2 and a second vessel section 3, which can be separated from each other in the axial direction, wherein the high-pressure processing chamber 4 is formed between the first and second vessel sections 2 and 3. Furthermore, a face seal section 5 for tightly sealing the high-pressure processing chamber 4 is formed in the abutment of the first and second vessel sections 2 and 3. A press apparatus 7 for providing an axial force to the face seal section 5 is disposed and the press apparatus 7 has a space 15 for storing a supplementary apparatus, such as a stirrer or the like at a position corresponding to the axial center of the pressure vessel 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Takahiko Ishii, Shogo Sarumaru, Hideshi Yamane
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Patent number: 6823880Abstract: A high-pressure processing apparatus includes a processing vessel including a processing chamber formed therein to perform a certain process onto an object in the processing chamber; fluid feeding means which feeds a high-pressure fluid into the processing chamber; fluid discharging means which discharges the high-pressure fluid from the processing chamber; an agitating unit which is arranged in the processing chamber and is operative to flow the high-pressure fluid over the object by relative rotation to the processing vessel; a communicating channel which is formed in the processing vessel to communicate inside and outside of the processing chamber; a rotary driving member which is coupled to the agitating unit via a shaft portion provided in the communicating channel; and a sealing portion which is provided between the shaft portion and the processing vessel to disconnect the processing chamber from the rotary driving member.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiko Sakashita, Katsumi Watanabe, Masahiro Yamagata, Hisanori Oshiba, Shogo Sarumaru, Yusuke Muraoka, Kimitsugu Saito, Ikuo Mizobata, Ryuji Kitakado
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Publication number: 20040226588Abstract: The corrosion resistance against hydrogen fluoride of a cleaning apparatus using a high-pressure fluid is markedly improved by making at least the surfaces of portions in contact with hydrogen fluoride out of a Fe-based alloy or Ni-based alloy containing a predetermined amount of Cr. Even when cleaning is carried out with the high-pressure fluid containing hydrogen fluoride by this cleaning apparatus, the apparatus has excellent durability and is free from the eluation of a metal which causes the deterioration of a micro-structure as an object to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho(Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Takashi Onishi, Tetsuya Yoshikawa, Shogo Sarumaru
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Publication number: 20040194842Abstract: A high-pressure processing apparatus includes a processing vessel including a processing chamber formed therein to perform a certain process onto an object in the processing chamber; fluid feeding means which feeds a high-pressure fluid into the processing chamber; fluid discharging means which discharges the high-pressure fluid from the processing chamber; an agitating unit which is arranged in the processing chamber and is operative to flow the high-pressure fluid over the object by relative rotation to the processing vessel; a communicating channel which is formed in the processing vessel to communicate inside and outside of the processing chamber; a rotary driving member which is coupled to the agitating unit via a shaft portion provided in the communicating channel; and a sealing portion which is provided between the shaft portion: and the processing vessel to disconnect the processing chamber from the rotary driving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd), DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiko Sakashita, Katsumi Watanabe, Hisanori Oshiba, Shogo Sarumaru, Yusuke Muraoka, Kimitsugu Saito, Ikuo Mizobata, Ryuji Kitakado