Patents by Inventor Shuji Yamamoto

Shuji Yamamoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20200156646
    Abstract: A road degradation information collecting device includes: a position detection unit that detects a traveling position of a vehicle; a speed detection unit that detects a speed of the vehicle; a degradation detection unit that detects degradation in a road surface of a road where the vehicle is traveling; a timing calculation unit that calculates a timing at which the vehicle passes through a position separated by a predetermined distance from a degradation position that is the traveling position at which the degradation is detected among traveling positions detected by the position detection unit on the basis of the speed detected by the speed detection unit; and a recording control unit that records a captured image obtained by imaging the road surface with an imaging unit the vehicle at the timing calculated by the timing calculation unit, on a storage unit in correlation with the degradation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiro Umemura, Toshiaki Hamada, Shuji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10603712
    Abstract: A method of increasing the thickness of a tube which increases a thickness of an end part of a tube without a burr being formed, comprising placing a tube 21 between a die 25 and mandrel 22 in the state with a space for increasing the thickness between a small diameter part 22a of the mandrel 22 and a first end part 21a of a tube 21 and between a large diameter hole part 25C of the die 25 and a second end part 21b of the tube 21, using a first upsetting punch 23 and a second upsetting punch 24 to respectively process the first end part 21a and the second end part 21b of the tube 21, pulling out the mandrel 22 from the tube 31 in the state with the second upsetting punch 24 constraining the second end part 31b of the tube 31, and using the first upsetting punch 23 to push up the first end part 31a of the tube 31 to take out the tube 31 from the die 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Yamamoto, Junichi Hamada, Atsuhisa Yakawa, Mitsuhiro Fujinaga
  • Publication number: 20190321873
    Abstract: A press forming method includes a first process of obtaining a pressing force applied to each portion of a tool by an workpiece material during press forming while independently driving the respective each portion of the tool divided into multiple portions and press forming the workpiece material, and a second process of adjusting at least one of an applied driving force, an applied driving speed, and an applied driving timing for each portion of the tool to cause a processing portion of the workpiece material in which the state approaching an overload state is detected based on the pressing force to flow to other processing portions of the workpiece material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Mitsuharu YAMAGATA
  • Patent number: 10376941
    Abstract: A press forming method includes a first process of obtaining a pressing force applied to each portion of a tool by an workpiece material during press forming while independently driving the respective each portion of the tool divided into multiple portions and press forming the workpiece material, and a second process of adjusting at least one of an applied driving force, an applied driving speed, and an applied driving timing for each portion of the tool to cause a processing portion of the workpiece material in which the state approaching an overload state is detected based on the pressing force to flow to other processing portions of the workpiece material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Wada, Shuji Yamamoto, Mitsuharu Yamagata
  • Patent number: 10029296
    Abstract: A forming die includes: a lower forming die having a bottom part and a side wall part; an upper forming die that is movable toward the bottom part of the lower forming die along an axis parallel to the side wall part of the lower forming die; and a push-in die that is movable toward the bottom part of the lower forming die along the axis between the side wall part of the lower forming die and the upper forming die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Takeshi Kawachi
  • Patent number: 9944169
    Abstract: A fuel tank for a vehicle is formed of a tank main body in which an upper tank and a lower tank are mutually joined to form a closed space in which fuel is housed, and a sub-tank fixed to a bottom surface part of the lower tank by spot welding, in which a plurality of rows of the spot welding are set along a longitudinal direction of the lower tank with an interval therebetween in a width direction of the sub-tank, at least one bead positioned between the rows of the spot welding and extending continuously along the longitudinal direction of the lower tank is formed on the bottom surface part of the lower tank, and a lower surface of the sub-tank has no portion that is not brought into contact with the bottom surface part of the lower tank except for the bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuichi Yosida, Shuji Yamamoto, Atsushi Seto
  • Patent number: 9919493
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic wave penetrative metal film having high mass productivity and an extremely low attenuation rate in the electromagnetic wave penetrated through, a manufacturing method of the electromagnetic wave penetrative metal film, and a radome for a vehicle-mounted radar devices using the electromagnetic wave penetrative metal file. To achieve the object, the present invention provides an electromagnetic wave penetrative metal film composed of more than 10000 of fine metal film pieces per unit area (1 mm2) provided on a surface of a substrate through an electroless plating step, wherein fine metal film pieces adjacent to each other are electrically isolated, a manufacturing method of the electromagnetic wave penetrative metal film, and a radome for a vehicle-mounted radar devices using the electromagnetic wave penetrative metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sankei Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180056370
    Abstract: A method of increasing the thickness of a tube which increases a thickness of an end part of a tube without a burr being formed, comprising placing a tube 21 between a die 25 and mandrel 22 in the state with a space for increasing the thickness between a small diameter part 22a of the mandrel 22 and a first end part 21a of a tube 21 and between a large diameter hole part 25C of the die 25 and a second end part 21b of the tube 21, using a first upsetting punch 23 and a second upsetting punch 24 to respectively process the first end part 21a and the second end part 21b of the tube 21, pulling out the mandrel 22 from the tube 31 in the state with the second upsetting punch 24 constraining the second end part 31b of the tube 31, and using the first upsetting punch 23 to push up the first end part 31a of the tube 31 to take out the tube 31 from the die 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji YAMAMOTO, Junichi HAMADA, Atsuhisa YAKAWA, Mitsuhiro FUJINAGA
  • Patent number: 9877544
    Abstract: A shoe insole is provided which has a balance adjustability and a shock absorbability, can maintain a balance with a standard foot shape without discomfort, and improves fit and comfort by fitting to a user's foot. The insole is used by insertion into an inner bottom part of a shoe and includes a part that supports an arch of the foot, a part that recovers the balance of the foot to standard values, and a part that supports a heel of an underside of the foot, which improves stability and fit feel. A shock absorbing member is attached by pressure at least to a back side of the part that supports the heel of the underside of the foot. The body part is made of a hard material, and the shock absorbing member is made of a soft material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: PRESS CONTROL Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180021836
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a tooth-shaped component including drawing process of draw-forming a workpiece so as to obtain a cylindrical container which has a bottom surface portion and a side surface portion; diameter-reducing process of reducing a diameter of a particular part in which a tooth tip portion is to be formed in the side surface portion of the cylindrical container, so as to increase a thickness of a corner portion such that an external shape of the corner portion between the bottom surface portion and the side surface portion satisfies the following conditional expression (1); and tooth shape-forming process of forming the tooth tip portion in the particular part of the cylindrical container reduced in diameter in the diameter-reducing process, so as to obtain a tooth-shaped component which has the bottom surface portion, the side surface portion, and the tooth tip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu YAMAGATA, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Yasushi TSUKANO
  • Publication number: 20170348763
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mechanical part of the present invention includes a first process of forming, by performing a folding processing to an end portion of the material, a portion to be processed having a structure, in which a plurality of layers respectively having a thickness corresponding to a plate thickness of a material overlap each other, in the material such that a plate thickness direction of the layer is orthogonal to a plate thickness direction of the material; and a second process of changing, by performing a forging processing to the portion to be processed, a shape of the portion to be processed to a target shape while press-welding the layers of the portion to be processed to each other by plastic deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu YAMAGATA, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro WADA
  • Patent number: 9707617
    Abstract: While a compression part (B1) in a bottom wall part of a cup-shaped workpiece (B) is compressed by an inner punch (11) and an inner die (14) and moved in a direction to get away from an intermediate die (15), the inner die (14) is pushed toward the inner punch (11); and a compression part (B2) being an outer end portion in a radial direction of the workpiece (B) is compressed by an outer punch (13) and an outer die (16) and moved in an direction to approach the intermediate die (15), to thereby suppress the workpiece (B) in the compression part (B2) from material-flowing in a direction to get away from a central axis (10), whereby thickness reduction processing of the compression part (B1) and thickness increase processing of a vertical wall part (B3) of the workpiece (B) sandwiched by an intermediate punch (12) and the inner die (15) and a vertical wall part (B4) of the workpiece (B) sandwiched by the intermediate punch (12) and an outer die (16) are performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Publication number: 20170106431
    Abstract: A forming die includes: a lower forming die having a bottom part and a side wall part; an upper forming die that is movable toward the bottom part of the lower forming die along an axis parallel to the side wall part of the lower forming die; and a push-in die that is movable toward the bottom part of the lower forming die along the axis between the side wall part of the lower forming die and the upper forming die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu YAMAGATA, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Takeshi KAWACHI
  • Publication number: 20170100761
    Abstract: A press forming method includes a first process of obtaining a pressing force applied to each portion of a tool by an workpiece material during press forming while independently driving the respective each portion of the tool divided into multiple portions and press forming the workpiece material, and a second process of adjusting at least one of an applied driving force, an applied driving speed, and an applied driving timing for each portion of the tool to cause a processing portion of the workpiece material in which the state approaching an overload state is detected based on the pressing force to flow to other processing portions of the workpiece material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Mitsuharu YAMAGATA
  • Publication number: 20160353839
    Abstract: A shoe insole is provided which has a balance adjustability and a shock absorbability, can maintain a balance with a standard foot shape without discomfort, and improves fit and comfort by fitting to a user's foot. The insole is used by insertion into an inner bottom part of a shoe and includes a part that supports an arch of the foot, a part that recovers the balance of the foot to standard values, and a part that supports a heel of an underside of the foot, which improves stability and fit feel. A shock absorbing member is attached by pressure at least to a back side of the part that supports the heel of the underside of the foot. The body part is made of a hard material, and the shock absorbing member is made of a soft material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventor: Shuji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9505047
    Abstract: A press-forming method includes: a step of forming a first cup-shaped workpiece (B); a step of moving an axial pressing punch (13) relatively to a die (15) to abut on a cup opening end (B21) of a cup sidewall portion (B2), and while constraining the cup opening end (B21), moving a second-stage forming punch (11) relatively to the die (15) to insert the second-stage forming punch (11) into a second die hole portion (155), and pushing a part of the first cup-shaped workpiece into the second die hole portion (155) through a second die shoulder portion (154), to thereby reduce the cup sidewall portion (B2) in diameter and thicken the cup sidewall portion (B2); and a step of, in a state of the constraint of the cup opening end (B21) by the axial pressing punch (13) being released, moving the second-stage forming punch (11) relatively to the die (15) and further pushing the first cup-shaped workpiece deeper in the second die hole portion (155), to thereby form a second cup-shaped workpiece smaller in diameter than
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 9468971
    Abstract: An inner punch (11), an outer punch (12), and a die (13) are disposed on the same center axis (10). The outer punch (12) is disposed so as to be apart from the inner punch (11) in a radial direction perpendicular to the center axis (10) by a first space S1 which is larger than a plate thickness T of a cup longitudinal wall portion (A2). Further, an inner peripheral surface of the outer punch (12) has, on its die (13) side, a punch shoulder R portion (12A) widening as it goes toward the die (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 9452461
    Abstract: A press forming apparatus (1a) consecutively carries out: a first step of pushing a flat plate-shaped workpiece into a die (14) by a forming punch (11), to form the workpiece into a cup-shaped workpiece (B); a second step of making the cup-shaped workpiece (B) move relatively to a position where a space (S2) is formed between a cup bottom part (B2) and the forming punch (11) by a holding down member (12) abutting on an end part of a cup vertical wall part (B1); and a third step of making a counter punch (13) approach the forming punch (11), to push a cup bottom part (B2) to a forming punch (11) side so that the cup bottom part (B2) is compressed by the forming punch (11) and the counter punch (13), making a material of the cup vertical wall part (B1) flow to a cup shoulder part (B3), thereby to thicken the cup shoulder part (B3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 9421597
    Abstract: A press mold includes an inner punch (23), an intermediate punch (24) disposed along an outer periphery of the inner punch (23) and having an intermediate punch inclined portion (24a) at a leading end, an outer punch (25) disposed along an outer periphery of the intermediate punch (24), and a die (27) having a die inclined portion (27a) facing the intermediate punch inclined portion (24a), central axes (20) of all of which are coaxially disposed. While a bottom portion of a bottomed container (22) is constrained by the inner punch (23) and the die (27), an end portion of the bottomed container (22) is pressed by the outer punch (25), and the intermediate punch (24) is moved in a direction opposite a direction in which the outer punch (25) is pressed, whereby a bottomed container inclined portion (22a) of the bottomed container (22) sandwiched by the intermediate punch inclined portion (24a) and the die inclined portion (27a) is thickened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Wada, Mitsuharu Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20160130278
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of formula [IA] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: which are useful in the prevention or treatment of diseases such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, dementia, anxiety disorders (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, specific phobias, acute stress disorder), depression, drug dependence, spasm, tremor, pain, Parkinson's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, eating disorder, or sleep disorders, which is based on the glycine uptake-inhibiting action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yousuke YAMADA, Hiroshi OHTA, Tomoko TAMITA, Kumi ABE, Shuji YAMAMOTO, Shin-ichi SHIROKAWA, Masahito ABE, Yohei MATSUDA, Yuko ARAKI