Patents by Inventor Takafumi Ozeki
Takafumi Ozeki 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: 11933762Abstract: A metal structure evaluator for rolled steel sheets includes: a magnetic property measuring unit configured to measure a magnetic property of an evaluation target point in at least two or more different magnetization directions by performing, in the at least two or more different magnetization directions, processing of: applying a magnetic field on a surface of a rolled steel sheet in one direction; and measuring a magnetic property of the evaluation target point on the surface of the rolled steel sheet; and a determination unit configured to determine a metal structure of the evaluation target point based on the magnetic property measured by the magnetic property measuring unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Yutaka Matsui, Kenji Adachi, Junji Shimamura
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Publication number: 20240066678Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, a spindle, an inner housing, an outer housing formed by an upper member and a lower member, a pair of interposing members and a pair of elastic members. The interposing members are arranged leftward and rightward of the inner housing, respectively, and fixedly connected to a first member, which is one of the upper member and the lower member, and at least partially in contact with an inner surface of the first member. The elastic members are held between a left portion of the inner housing and one of the interposing members and between a right portion of the inner housing and the other of the interposing members, respectively. A first end portion of each of the interposing members has at least one first surface extending to be closer to the inner housing toward a tip end of the first end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi KOTSUJI, Shin NAKAMURA, Akira MIZUTANI, Masatoshi NAKAHAMA, Yoshihiro OZEKI
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Patent number: 11898985Abstract: A metal structure evaluator for rolled steel sheets includes: a magnetic property measuring unit configured to measure a magnetic property of an evaluation target point in at least two or more different magnetization directions by performing, in the at least two or more different magnetization directions, processing of: applying a magnetic field on a surface of a rolled steel sheet in one direction; and measuring a magnetic property of the evaluation target point on the surface of the rolled steel sheet; and a determination unit configured to determine a metal structure of the evaluation target point based on the magnetic property measured by the magnetic property measuring unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Yutaka Matsui, Kenji Adachi, Junji Shimamura
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Publication number: 20230251226Abstract: Provided are: a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities; a substance manufacturing equipment and method that can improve the production yield rate. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a classification processing unit (81) configured to select one of a plurality of calculation models (M1, M2, . . . , Mn) for calculating a mechanical property of the substance, based on at least two of the plurality of physical quantities measured; and a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate the mechanical property of the substance using the calculation model selected by the classification processing unit (81) and the at least two of the plurality of physical quantities.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MATSUI, Takafumi OZEKI, Kazuki TERADA, Kenji ADACHI, Hiroki IMANAKA, Daichi IZUMI, Junji SHIMAMURA
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Publication number: 20230228713Abstract: Provided are: a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities; a substance manufacturing equipment and method that can improve the production yield rate and high-quality substance. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate, using a plurality of calculation models each for calculating a mechanical property of the substance and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities measured, the mechanical property of the substance for each of the plurality of calculation models; and a selection processing unit (81) configured to select one mechanical property based on the at least two of the plurality of physical quantities.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka MATSUI, Takafumi OZEKI, Kazuki TERADA, Kenji ADACHI, Hiroki IMANAKA, Daichi IZUMI, Junji SHIMAMURA
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Publication number: 20230228712Abstract: Provided are a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities, etc. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a calculation model generating unit (81) configured to select a plurality of pieces of learning data and generate a calculation model for calculating a mechanical property of the substance; and a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate the mechanical property of the substance using the calculation model generated and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities, wherein the selection physical quantities include at least one physical quantity measured using a first measurement signal and at least one physical quantity measured using a second measurement signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi OZEKI, Yutaka MATSUI, Kazuki TERADA, Daichi IZUMI, Hiroki IMANAKA
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Publication number: 20220205950Abstract: A metal structure evaluator for rolled steel sheets includes: a magnetic property measuring unit configured to measure a magnetic property of an evaluation target point in at least two or more different magnetization directions by performing, in the at least two or more different magnetization directions, processing of: applying a magnetic field on a surface of a rolled steel sheet in one direction; and measuring a magnetic property of the evaluation target point on the surface of the rolled steel sheet; and a determination unit configured to determine a metal structure of the evaluation target point based on the magnetic property measured by the magnetic property measuring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi OZEKI, Yutaka MATSUI, Kenji ADACHI, Junji SHIMAMURA
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Patent number: 9683838Abstract: An ultrasonic measurement method includes: a measuring point setting step of setting an arbitrary measuring point near a weld portion inside of steel material and assuming a virtual reflecting surface that includes the measuring point and is parallel to a weld line direction; a focused beam setting step of transmitting ultrasonic waves of a shear wave mode and focusing onto the measuring point via a coupling medium at a predetermined incident angle with respect to the virtual reflecting surface; a detecting step of detecting reflected waves of the transmitted ultrasonic waves at a boundary between a base metal portion and the weld portion; and an evaluating step of evaluating a shape of the weld portion based on the reflected waves.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Yukinori Iizuka
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Ultrasonic flaw detection method, ultrasonic flaw detection apparatus, and pipe manufacturing method
Patent number: 9341599Abstract: An ultrasonic flaw detection method to detect flaws on an inner surface of a metallic pipe using ultrasonic waves includes a waveform hold step that acquires and holds waveform data of an echo signal when an ultrasonic probe that generates ultrasonic signals toward the inner surface and the metallic pipe are moved relative to each other, a signal analyzing step that calculates a path length up to receiving an echo signal from the inner surface and a change rate of the path length based on the waveform data held, and a flaw detecting step that detects flaws on the inner surface based on the path length and the change rate of the path length.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Yukinori Iizuka, Takafumi Ozeki, Yutaka Matsui -
Publication number: 20160054266Abstract: An ultrasonic flaw detection method includes a condition setting step of setting a boundary echo detection threshold and a gate end point relative position, according to a type of a test object, a flaw detection signal obtaining step of obtaining a flaw detection signal by converting ultrasonic waves received from the test object to an electric signal, a boundary echo detection step of detecting a boundary echo detection time of the flaw detection signal by using the boundary echo detection threshold, a flaw echo detection gate setting step of setting an end point of a flaw echo detection gate by subtracting the gate end point relative position from the boundary echo detection time, and a flaw echo detection step of detecting a flaw echo by using the flaw detection signal within the flaw echo detection gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Junichi Yotsuji, Hideki Takada, Yasuo Tomura
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Publication number: 20150192412Abstract: An ultrasonic measurement method includes: a measuring point setting step of setting an arbitrary measuring point near a weld portion inside of steel material and assuming a virtual reflecting surface that includes the measuring point and is parallel to a weld line direction; a focused beam setting step of transmitting ultrasonic waves of a shear wave mode and focusing onto the measuring point via a coupling medium at a predetermined incident angle with respect to the virtual reflecting surface; a detecting step of detecting reflected waves of the transmitted ultrasonic waves at a boundary between a base metal portion and the weld portion; and an evaluating step of evaluating a shape of the weld portion based on the reflected waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Yukinori Iizuka
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Publication number: 20150176727Abstract: A line pipe having a wall thickness of 20 mm or more and a tensile strength of 560 MPa or more and a production method therefor are provided. The base metal portion contains particular amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Nb, Ca, N, and O, one or more component selected from Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, V, and Ti as optional components, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The microstructure in the pipe thickness direction contains 90% or more bainite and 1% or less of MA in a region that extends from a position 2 mm from an inner surface to a position 2 mm from an outer surface. In a hardness distribution in the pipe thickness direction, the hardness in a region other than a center segregation area is 220 Hv10 or less and the hardness in the center segregation area is 250 Hv10 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Tanizawa, Haruo Nakamichi, Toru Kawanaka, Noriaki Uchitomi, Takafumi Ozeki
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Publication number: 20150152982Abstract: A line pipe and a production method therefor are provided. The microstructure in the pipe thickness direction contains 90% or more bainite in a region that extends from a position 2 mm from an inner surface to a position 2 mm from an outer surface. In a hardness distribution in the pipe thickness direction, the hardness in a region other than a center segregation area is 220 Hv10 or less and the hardness in the center segregation area is 250 Hv0.05 or less. The major axes of pores, inclusions, and inclusion clusters that are present in a portion that extends from a position 1 mm from the inner surface to a 3/16 position of the tube thickness and in a portion that extends from a position 1 mm from the outer surface to a 13/16 position of the tube thickness in the tube thickness direction are 1.5 mm or less. A continuous casting slab having the above-described composition is hot-rolled under particular conditions and then subjected to accelerated cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Tanizawa, Haruo Nakamichi, Toru Kawanaka, Noriaki Uchitomi, Takafumi Ozeki
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ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION METHOD, ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION APPARATUS, AND PIPE MANUFACTURING METHOD
Publication number: 20150000095Abstract: An ultrasonic flaw detection method to detect flaws on an inner surface of a metallic pipe using ultrasonic waves includes a waveform hold step that acquires and holds waveform data of an echo signal when an ultrasonic probe that generates ultrasonic signals toward the inner surface and the metallic pipe are moved relative to each other, a signal analyzing step that calculates a path length up to receiving an echo signal from the inner surface and a change rate of the path length based on the waveform data held, and a flaw detecting step that detects flaws on the inner surface based on the path length and the change rate of the path length.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2012Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinori Iizuka, Takafumi Ozeki, Yutaka Matsui -
Patent number: 5606819Abstract: A reel leg fixing device is made up of a tubular main body 3 provided with a first reel leg receive portion 2 and fittable loosely onto a rod 1, a support portion 4 disposed on one side portion of the tubular main body 3 and extended in the longitudinal direction of the rod 1, a partially cylindrical engaging receive portion 6' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, and a fastening tubular member 8' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, provided with a second reel leg receive portion 7 and fittable with the engaging receive portion 6'. The fastening tubular member 8' is designed to fasten the engaging receive portion 6' onto the rod 1 to adjust the fixing position of the reel leg and to fix the reel leg to the rod positively.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1994Date of Patent: March 4, 1997Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Masaru Akiba, Shuichi Kimura, Nobuo Nodera, Tomoyoshi Tsurufuji
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Patent number: 5392556Abstract: A reel leg fixing device is made up of a tubular main body 3 provided with a first reel leg receive portion 2 and fittable loosely onto a rod 1, a support portion 4 disposed on one side portion of the tubular main body 3 and extended in the longitudinal direction of the rod 1, a partially cylindrical engaging receive portion 6' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, and a fastening tubular member 8' fitted loosely onto the rod 1, provided with a second reel leg receive portion 7 and fittable with the engaging receive portion 6'. The fastening tubular member 8' is designed to fasten the engaging receive portion 6' onto the rod 1 to adjust the fixing position of the reel leg and to fix the reel leg to the rod positively.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1993Date of Patent: February 28, 1995Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Masaru Akiba, Shuichi Kimura, Nobuo Nodera, Tomoyoshi Tsurufuji
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Patent number: 4848022Abstract: The handle for a fishing rod according to the present invention can improve the sense of fit of the fingers with respect to a reel-attaching portion when said portion is taken hold of. The handle comprises a reel-depositing surface of the reel-attaching portion expanded in both right and left directions to form a bulgy portion which makes the width of said surface larger than that of a reel-foot. In accordance with the reel-depositing surface, the finger-placing surface of the reel-attaching portion is formed to have a large circular surface area which fits well with the dispositions and the bending angle of the fingers. This configulation is very advantageous in giving an improved sense of fit of the fingers with respect to the finger-placing surface of the reel-attaching portion and also a comfortable and safe gripping performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1988Date of Patent: July 18, 1989Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Kikuo Sakai, Noriyasu Fukushima