Patents by Inventor Takao KAWARADA

Takao KAWARADA 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: 20240377189
    Abstract: An optical system for a shape measuring device of the present invention includes a parallel light irradiation system and an imaging optical system, in which the parallel light irradiation system includes a point light source, a collimator lens, and a telecentric lens having a both side or object side telecentric structure to be irradiated with light from the collimator lens through an object to be measured, the imaging optical system includes an image sensor onto which an image of a portion of the object to be measured, the image by light passing through the telecentric lens is projected, and the point light source includes an LED, a diffusion member that diffuses and emits light from the LED; and a pinhole member having a pinhole into which light from the diffusion member is incident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Kohei NISHIYAMA, Takao KAWARADA, Yohei FURUTA
  • Patent number: 12102015
    Abstract: A precursor, which is a drawn wire product of a composite pipe, the composite pipe having: a composite wire group; a barrier layer; and a protective layer, wherein the composite wire group has: a plurality of tin wires each having at least one tin core being made of tin or a tin alloy, and a copper matrix which surrounds the at least one tin core; and a plurality of niobium wires each having a plurality of niobium cores being made of niobium or a niobium alloy, and a copper matrix which surrounds the plurality of niobium cores, the plurality of niobium wires being disposed such that each of the tin wires is surrounded by the niobium wires, the composite wire group contains titanium in an amount of from 0.38% by mass to 0.55% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Kawashima, Takao Kawarada
  • Publication number: 20210359191
    Abstract: A precursor, which is a drawn wire product of a composite pipe, the composite pipe having: a composite wire group; a barrier layer; and a protective layer, wherein the composite wire group has: a plurality of tin wires each having at least one tin core being made of tin or a tin alloy, and a copper matrix which surrounds the at least one tin core; and a plurality of niobium wires each having a plurality of niobium cores being made of niobium or a niobium alloy, and a copper matrix which surrounds the plurality of niobium cores, the plurality of niobium wires being disposed such that each of the tin wires is surrounded by the niobium wires, the composite wire group contains titanium in an amount of from 0.38% by mass to 0.55% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Shinya KAWASHIMA, Takao KAWARADA