Patents by Inventor Takanori Matsui

Takanori Matsui 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: 20240300395
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat that can be appropriately changed in shape so that a seated occupant can take a comfortable posture. The conveyance seat includes a seat back frame; a skin material covering the seat back frame; movable bodies arranged between the seat back frame and the skin material and protruding forward with respect to the seat back frame; and a control device controlling movements of the movable bodies. The movable bodies have the right and left shoulder movable bodies arranged at upper parts of the seat back frame, and the lumbar movable body arranged below the shoulder movable bodies in the seat back frame, and the control device controls the amount of protrusion of one of the shoulder movable body and the lumbar movable body based on the amount of protrusion of the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kensuke MIZOI, Naoya NISHIMOTO, Yudai MATSUI, Takanori YAMAGUCHI, Naoto YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11883875
    Abstract: A forging apparatus and a forged product manufacturing method aim to prevent decrease in the temperature of a forging space and the temperature of a forging material, efficiently maintain the uniformity of the temperatures of upper and lower dies, and improve forging efficiency. In the forging apparatus and the forged product manufacturing method according to the present invention, the upper and lower dies are heated by a heating mechanism in a housing in which a charging port of an integrally formed housing body is closed by a door, the upper and lower dies are moved relatively in a facing direction of the upper and lower dies, the heating mechanism is moved relatively in the facing direction with respect to at least one of the relatively moving upper and lower dies, and whereby the forging material is forged between the upper and lower dies. Furthermore, the forged product manufacturing method is used to manufacture a forged product from the forging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Shoichi Takahashi, Takanori Matsui, Etsuo Fujita, Takeshi Fukuyama, Shogo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230047447
    Abstract: Provided are a Ni-based heat resistant superalloy for aircraft engine cases excellent in high-temperature characteristic such as tensile characteristics and low-cycle fatigue characteristics in a high-temperature range and also excellent in workability, and an aircraft engine case formed of the same. The Ni-based heat resistant superalloy has composition containing, by mass, Co: 4.0 to 11.0%, Cr: 12.0 to 17.0%, Al: 2.0 to 4.0%, Ti: 2.0 to 4.0%, Al+Ti: 4.6 to 6.7%, Mo: more than 5.5 to 10.0%, W: more than 0 to 4.0%, B: 0.001 to 0.040%, C: 0.02 to 0.06%, Zr: 0 to 0.05%, Mg: 0 to 0.005%, P: 0 to 0.01%, Nb: 0 to 1.0%, Ta: 0 to 1.0%, and Fe: 0 to 2.0%, and the balance of Ni with inevitable impurities, and is suitable for aircraft engine cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Takanori MATSUI, Tadashi FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11519056
    Abstract: Provided are a Ni-based heat resistant superalloy for aircraft engine cases excellent in high-temperature characteristic such as tensile characteristics and low-cycle fatigue characteristics in a high-temperature range and also excellent in workability, and an aircraft engine case formed of the same. The Ni-based heat resistant superalloy has composition containing, by mass, Co: 4.0 to 11.0%, Cr: 12.0 to 17.0%, Al: 2.0 to 4.0%, Ti: 2.0 to 4.0%, Al+Ti: 4.6 to 6.7%, Mo: more than 5.5 to 10.0%, W: more than 0 to 4.0%, B: 0.001 to 0.040%, C: 0.02 to 0.06%, Zr: 0 to 0.05%, Mg: 0 to 0.005%, P: 0 to 0.01%, Nb: 0 to 1.0%, Ta: 0 to 1.0%, and Fe: 0 to 2.0%, and the balance of Ni with inevitable impurities, and is suitable for aircraft engine cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Matsui, Tadashi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20220219225
    Abstract: A forging apparatus and a forged product manufacturing method aim to prevent decrease in the temperature of a forging space and the temperature of a forging material, efficiently maintain the uniformity of the temperatures of upper and lower dies, and improve forging efficiency. In the forging apparatus and the forged product manufacturing method according to the present invention, the upper and lower dies are heated by a heating mechanism in a housing in which a charging port of an integrally formed housing body is closed by a door, the upper and lower dies are moved relatively in a facing direction of the upper and lower dies, the heating mechanism is moved relatively in the facing direction with respect to at least one of the relatively moving upper and lower dies, and whereby the forging material is forged between the upper and lower dies. Furthermore, the forged product manufacturing method is used to manufacture a forged product from the forging material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Takahashi, Takanori Matsui, Etsuo Fujita, Takeshi Fukuyama, Shogo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11358209
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a hot forged material capable of preventing the generation of double-barreling shaped forging defects. The method for producing a hot forged material, wherein both an upper die and a lower die are made of Ni-based super heat-resistant alloy and the method comprises a hot forging step of pressing a material for hot forging by the lower die and the upper die in the air to form the hot forged material, the method comprising: a raw material heating step of heating the material for hot forging in a furnace to a heating temperature within a range of 1025 to 1150° C.; a die heating step of heating the upper die and the lower die to a heating temperature within a range of 950 to 1075° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Tomonori Ueno, Shinichi Kobayashi, Shoichi Takahashi, Takanori Matsui
  • Patent number: 11278953
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a hot forged material capable of preventing the generation of double-barreling shaped forging defects. A method for producing a hot forged material, wherein both an upper die and a lower die are made of Ni-based super heat-resistant alloy, and a material for hot forging is pressed by the lower die and the upper die in the air to form the hot forged material, the method comprising: a raw material heating step of heating the material for hot forging in a furnace to a heating temperature within a range of 1000 to 1150° C.; a jig heating step of heating a holding jig for holding the material for hot forging within a temperature range of 50° C. lower than and 100° C. higher than the heating temperature of the material for hot forging; a die heating step of heating the upper die and the lower die to a heating temperature within a range of 950 to 1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Tomonori Ueno, Shinichi Kobayashi, Shoichi Takahashi, Takanori Matsui
  • Patent number: 11135642
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ring-rolled product, which manufactures the ring-rolled product from a ring material, includes a step of rolling the ring material, which has an operation of rolling the ring material from both inner and outer circumferential sides thereof between a mandrel roll and a main roll in a state of rotating the ring material toward one side in a circumferential direction thereof, and induction-heating the ring material by induction heating elements. An induction heating element is disposed on only an outer circumferential side of the ring material or is disposed on each of both the inner and outer circumferential sides in a region immediately before the rolling, or an inclined portion is provided in an outer-peripheral edge portion of a coil in the induction heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Murai, Takanori Matsui, Yuji Ishiwari, Tomoyoshi Kiwake
  • Patent number: 11077481
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ring-rolled product forms the ring-rolled product from a ring material by using a mandrel roll and a main roll. The mandrel roll and the main roll are configured so as to contact inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the ring material, respectively, and are configured so as to press the ring material in a radial direction thereof in a state in which the ring material is rotated in a circumferential direction thereof. The method includes a step of rolling the ring material that includes an operation of induction-heating the main roll by at least one induction heating element and rolling the ring material between the mandrel roll and the main roll, which is induction-heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Murai, Takanori Matsui, Yuji Ishiwari, Tomoyoshi Kiwake
  • Publication number: 20200407825
    Abstract: Provided are a Ni-based heat resistant superalloy for aircraft engine cases excellent in high-temperature characteristic such as tensile characteristics and low-cycle fatigue characteristics in a high-temperature range and also excellent in workability, and an aircraft engine case formed of the same. The Ni-based heat resistant superalloy has composition containing, by mass, Co: 4.0 to 11.0%, Cr: 12.0 to 17.0%, Al: 2.0 to 4.0%, Ti: 2.0 to 4.0%, Al +Ti: 4.6 to 6.7%, Mo: more than 5.5 to 10.0%, W: more than 0 to 4.0%, B: 0.001 to 0.040%, C: 0.02 to 0.06%, Zr: 0 to 0.05%, Mg: 0 to 0.005%, P: 0 to 0.01%, Nb: 0 to 1.0%, Ta: 0 to 1.0%, and Fe: 0 to 2.0%, and the balance of Ni with inevitable impurities, and is suitable for aircraft engine cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Takanori MATSUI, Tadashi FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20200306817
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ring-rolled product, which manufactures the ring-rolled product from a ring material, includes a step of rolling the ring material, which has an operation of rolling the ring material from both inner and outer circumferential sides thereof between a mandrel roll and a main roll in a state of rotating the ring material toward one side in a circumferential direction thereof, and induction-heating the ring material by induction heating elements. An induction heating element is disposed on only an outer circumferential side of the ring material or is disposed on each of both the inner and outer circumferential sides in a region immediately before the rolling, or an inclined portion is provided in an outer-peripheral edge portion of a coil in the induction heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Takuya MURAI, Takanori MATSUI, Yuji ISHIWARI, Tomoyoshi KIWAKE
  • Publication number: 20200306818
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ring-rolled product forms the ring-rolled product from a ring material by using a mandrel roll and a main roll. The mandrel roll and the main roll are configured so as to contact inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the ring material, respectively, and are configured so as to press the ring material in a radial direction thereof in a state in which the ring material is rotated in a circumferential direction thereof. The method includes a step of rolling the ring material that includes an operation of induction-heating the main roll by at least one induction heating element and rolling the ring material between the mandrel roll and the main roll, which is induction-heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Takuya MURAI, Takanori MATSUI, Yuji ISHIWARI, Tomoyoshi KIWAKE
  • Publication number: 20200269308
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a hot forged material capable of preventing the generation of double-barreling shaped forging defects. A method for producing a hot forged material, wherein both an upper die and a lower die are made of Ni-based super heat-resistant alloy, and a material for hot forging is pressed by the lower die and the upper die in the air to form the hot forged material, the method comprising: a raw material heating step of heating the material for hot forging in a furnace to a heating temperature within a range of 1000 to 1150° C.; a jig heating step of heating a holding jig for holding the material for hot forging within a temperature range of 50° C. lower than and 100° C. higher than the heating temperature of the material for hot forging; a die heating step of heating the upper die and the lower die to a heating temperature within a range of 950 to 1100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Shogo SUZUKI, Tomonori UENO, Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Shoichi TAKAHASHI, Takanori MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20200222969
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a hot forged material capable of preventing the generation of double-barreling shaped forging defects. The method for producing a hot forged material, wherein both an upper die and a lower die are made of Ni-based super heat-resistant alloy and the method comprises a hot forging step of pressing a material for hot forging by the lower die and the upper die in the air to form the hot forged material, the method comprising: a raw material heating step of heating the material for hot forging in a furnace to a heating temperature within a range of 1025 to 1150° C.; a die heating step of heating the upper die and the lower die to a heating temperature within a range of 950 to 1075° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Shogo SUZUKI, Tomonori UENO, Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Shoichi TAKAHASHI, Takanori MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20200061686
    Abstract: In a method of cooling a main roll, strength of a shaft and a peripheral portion thereof of the main roll is sufficiently secured, maintenance of the main roll is facilitated, and the shaft and the peripheral portion thereof of the main roll are efficiently cooled. In a method of manufacturing a ring rolled body, a high-quality ring rolled body is produced. The present invention relates to a method of cooing a main roll 1 for ring rolling in a state in which one side, in the rotation axis direction, of the main roll 1 faces upward, and relates to a method of manufacturing a ring rolled body, including the cooling method. In the cooling method, the shaft 11 is cooled by injecting a liquid W into a receiving part 13, 17 which is recessed from an upper end surface 12c of a die 12 of the main roll 1 facing the one side in the rotation axis direction and surrounds the shaft 11 of the main roll 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Takuya MURAI, Takanori MATSUI, Tomoyoshi KIWAKE
  • Patent number: 10208364
    Abstract: A Ni-based alloy comprises nitrides, of which an estimated largest size is an area-equivalent diameter of 12 ?m to 25 ?m, the estimated largest size of the nitrides being determined by calculating an area-equivalent diameter D which is defined as D=A1/2 in relation to an area A of a nitride with a largest size among nitrides present in a measurement field of view area S0 of an observation of the Ni-based alloy, repeatedly performing this operation for n times corresponding to a measurement field of view number n to acquire n pieces of data of the area-equivalent diameter D, arranging the pieces of data of area-equivalent diameter D in ascending order into D1, D2, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Okada, Masaki Taneike, Hidetaka Oguma, Yoshitaka Uemura, Daisuke Yoshida, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Masato Itoh, Kenichi Yaguchi, Tadashi Fukuda, Takanori Matsui
  • Patent number: 9828656
    Abstract: In a Ni-base alloy, an area-equivalent diameter D is calculated. D is defined by D=A1/2 from an area A of a largest nitride in a field of view when an observation area S0 is observed. This process is repeated in n fields of view for measurement, where n is the number of the fields of view for measurement, so as to acquire n pieces of data on D, and the pieces are arranged in ascending order D1, D2, . . . , Dn to obtain a reduced variate yj. The obtained values are plotted on X-Y axis coordinates, where an X axis corresponds to D and a Y axis corresponds to yj. In a regression line yj=a×D+b, yj is obtained when a target cross-sectional area S is set to 100 mm2. When the obtained yj is substituted into the regression line, the estimated nitride maximum size is ?25 ?m in diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals MMC Superalloy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Kenichi Yaguchi, Tadashi Fukuda, Takanori Matsui
  • Publication number: 20160177423
    Abstract: A Ni-based alloy comprises nitrides, of which an estimated largest size is an area-equivalent diameter of 12 ?m to 25 ?m, the estimated largest size of the nitrides being determined by calculating an area-equivalent diameter D which is defined as D=A1/2 in relation to an area A of a nitride with a largest size among nitrides present in a measurement field of view area S0 of an observation of the Ni-based alloy, repeatedly performing this operation for n times corresponding to a measurement field of view number n to acquire n pieces of data of the area-equivalent diameter D, arranging the pieces of data of area-equivalent diameter D in ascending order into D1, D2, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Ikuo OKADA, Masaki TANEIKE, Hidetaka OGUMA, Yoshitaka UEMURA, Daisuke YOSHIDA, Yoshiyuki INOUE, Masato ITOH, Kenichi YAGUCHI, Tadashi FUKUDA, Takanori MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20150010427
    Abstract: In a Ni-base alloy, an area-equivalent diameter D is calculated. D is defined by D=A1/2 from an area A of a largest nitride in a field of view when an observation area S0 is observed. This process is repeated in n fields of view for measurement, where n is the number of the fields of view for measurement, so as to acquire n pieces of data on D, and the pieces are arranged in ascending order D1, D2, . . . , Dn to obtain a reduced variate yj. The obtained values are plotted on X-Y axis coordinates, where an X axis corresponds to D and a Y axis corresponds to yj. In a regression line yj=a×D+b, yj is obtained when a target cross-sectional area S is set to 100 mm2. When the obtained yj is substituted into the regression line, the estimated nitride maximum size is ?25 ?m in diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicants: HITACHI METALS MMC SUPERALLOY, LTD., MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Kenichi Yaguchi, Tadashi Fukuda, Takanori Matsui
  • Patent number: 8211360
    Abstract: A Ni-based heat resistant alloy for a gas turbine combustor, comprising a composition containing, in mass %, Cr: 14.0 to 21.5%, Co: 6.5 to 14.5%, Mo: 6.5 to 10.0%, W: 1.5 to 3.5%, Al: 1.2 to 2.4%, Ti: 1.1 to 2.1%; Fe: 7.0% or less, B: 0.001 to 0.020%, C: 0.03 to 0.15%, and a balance consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, wherein a content of S and P contained in the unavoidable impurities is controlled to be, in mass %, S: 0.015% or less, and P: 0.015% or less, wherein the alloy has a texture in which M6C type carbide and MC type carbide are uniformly dispersed in ? phase matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Takanori Matsui, Komei Kato, Takuya Murai, Yoshitaka Uemura, Daisuke Yoshida, Ikuo Okada