Patents by Inventor Takayuki Murai
Takayuki Murai 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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Publication number: 20240125389Abstract: A shaft sealing structure includes a V-packing; a first guide bush attached to an inner circumference of the holder; and a scraper arranged at an end of the holder. The V-packing is formed of a thick-walled top portion, a thin-walled inner side skirt portion extending diagonally inward from the top portion, and a thin-walled outer side skirt portion extending diagonally outward from the top portion. The inner side skirt portion slidably contacts an outer surface of the rod at a distal end of the inner side skirt portion, and the outer side skirt portion abuts against an inner surface of the holder at a distal end of the outer side skirt portion. The top portion is sandwiched between the scraper and the first guide bush, and the inner and outer side skirt portions are freely deformable inside a space formed between the first guide bush and the scraper.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: SMC CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki MURAI, Takashi ARAKAWA
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Publication number: 20230267892Abstract: A display device includes: a first liquid crystal panel; a second liquid crystal panel disposed on a back face of the first liquid crystal panel; and a controller, wherein the controller determines, based on a maximum value of a target pixel value of the display device and a surrounding pixel value of the display device and a minimum value of the target pixel value and the surrounding pixel value, a value of a gray scale of a target pixel of the second liquid crystal panel with reference to at least one of a plurality of conversion characteristics indicating characteristics different from each other as characteristics configured to convert the target pixel value into the value of the gray scale of the target pixel of the second liquid crystal panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Tatsunori NAKAMURA, Takayuki MURAI
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Patent number: 11680076Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a novel triazole silane compound and a method for synthesizing the same, and a silane coupling agent containing the triazole silane compound as a component; and a surface treatment solution, a surface treatment method, and a method for bonding two different materials, which use said triazole silane compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: SHIKOKU CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Murai, Miya Tanioka, Shusaku Iida, Masato Katsumura, Noriaki Yamaji, Takahito Imamine, Masahiko Tsujino, Hirohiko Hirao
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Publication number: 20220404668Abstract: A video processer controls a display panel including a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel, and a backlight disposed facing one another, and includes a plurality of video processing units configured to control the first liquid crystal panel, the second liquid crystal panel, and the backlight. The plurality of video processing units control at least the first liquid crystal panel among the first liquid crystal panel, the second liquid crystal panel, and the backlight, by dividing the first liquid crystal panel into a plurality of sections. In a case where at least two units of the first liquid crystal panel, the second liquid crystal panel, and the backlight are compared with each other, patterns of the sections controlled by the plurality of video processing units are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventor: TAKAYUKI MURAI
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Patent number: 11501726Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight, a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel, and a driver. The second liquid crystal panel is overlapped with the first liquid crystal panel, and disposed closer to the backlight than to the first liquid crystal panel. The driver is configured to drive the backlight, the first liquid crystal panel, and the second liquid crystal panel. The second liquid crystal panel is lower in resolution than the first liquid crystal panel. The driver drives the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel at different refresh rates.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Murai, Makoto Shiomi
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Patent number: 11472823Abstract: The objectives of the present invention are: to provide a novel tetrazole silane compound, a method for synthesizing the same, and a silane coupling agent containing the tetrazole silane compound as a component; and to provide a surface treatment solution using the tetrazole silane compound, a method for surface treatment, and a method for adhering two different materials. The tetrazole silane compound according to the present invention is a compound represented by chemical formula (I). (In formula (I), X, R, and n are respectively the same as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SHIKOKU CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Yamaji, Takayuki Murai, Miya Tanioka, Shusaku Iida, Masato Katsumura, Takahito Imamine, Masahiko Tsujino, Tomoya Mae, Hirohiko Hirao
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Publication number: 20220307600Abstract: A shaft sealing structure includes a plurality of V-packings that are stacked in multiple stages, and each of the V-packings is formed of a thick-walled annular top portion, a thin-walled inner side skirt portion, and a thin-walled outer side skirt portion. Adjacent ones of the top portions abut against each other, adjacent ones of the inner side skirt portions do not interfere with each other, and adjacent ones of the outer side skirt portions do not interfere with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: SMC CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki MURAI, Takashi ARAKAWA
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Patent number: 11450459Abstract: A soft magnetic powder contains Fe in a proportion of 45.0 mass % or more and 52.0 mass % or less, Co in a proportion of 47.0 mass % or more and 52.0 mass % or less, V in a proportion of 0.030 mass % or more and less than 2.0 mass %, and Si in a proportion of 0.10 mass % or more, wherein the sum of the content of V and the content of Si is 2.5 mass % or less, and the soft magnetic powder has a specific surface area of 0.15 m2/g or more and 0.80 m2/g or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventor: Takayuki Murai
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Patent number: 11413670Abstract: Provided is a cooling device, where a hot-finish-rolling mill includes a plurality of nozzles which spray cooling water toward one of or both of upper and lower surfaces of a hot-rolled steel sheet just after rolled by rolling stands, the nozzles are provided on the inside of the upper and lower guides or adjoining to the guides on a downstream side, and a nozzle spray distance changes depending on a position of the nozzle in a rolling direction, wherein a spray angle of the nozzle at a position whose nozzle spray distance is the largest is smaller than a spray angle of the nozzle at a position whose nozzle spray distance is the smallest, and the spray angle of the nozzle becomes the same or smaller as the nozzle spray distance becomes large.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Serizawa, Takayuki Murai, Yoshiaki Suematsu, Satoru Hayashi, Tomoya Nakao, Hiroshi Niitani
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Patent number: 11353122Abstract: A gate valve includes a valve box; a linear channel formed inside the valve box; a valve disc displaceable in an axis direction perpendicular to the channel and that can obstruct the channel by the external surface thereof abutting the inner wall of the channel; a valve rod that extends from the base end of the valve disc; and a valve chamber that accommodates the valve disc. The external surface of the portion of the valve disc protruding into the channel while in an open position is configured to be a streamline curved face.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: SMC CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki Murai
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Publication number: 20220044647Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight, a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel, and a driver. The second liquid crystal panel is overlapped with the first liquid crystal panel, and disposed closer to the backlight than to the first liquid crystal panel. The driver is configured to drive the backlight, the first liquid crystal panel, and the second liquid crystal panel. The second liquid crystal panel is lower in resolution than the first liquid crystal panel. The driver drives the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel at different refresh rates.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: TAKAYUKI MURAI, MAKOTO SHIOMI
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Publication number: 20210299748Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal composite sintered body includes: a molding step of injection-molding a first molded product and a second molded product from a kneaded product of a metal powder and a binder; an assembling step of fitting the first molded product to the second molded product without performing a solvent degreasing treatment to form a composite; and a heating step of subjecting the composite to a thermal degreasing treatment and a sintering treatment, in which the first molded product and the second molded product have fitting portions that fit to each other, at least one of the fitting portion of the first molded product and the fitting portion of the second molded product has a tapered shape, in the assembling step, a maximum meshing when the fitting portions are fitted to each other is 0.002 mm or more and 0.010 mm or less, and a content of the binder in the kneaded product is 2 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less with respect to a total amount of the kneaded product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventor: Takayuki MURAI
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Publication number: 20210190214Abstract: Provided is a gate valve (10) that comprises: a valve box (14); a linear channel (12) that is formed inside the valve box (14); a valve disc (16) that is displaceable in an axis direction perpendicular to the channel (12) and that can obstruct the channel (12) by the external surface thereof abutting the inner wall (12a) of the channel (12); a valve rod (20) that extends from the base end (16a) of the valve disc (16); and a valve chamber (18) that accommodates the valve disc (16); wherein the external surface of the portion of the valve disc (16) protruding into the channel (12) while in an open position is configured to be a streamline curved face.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: SMC CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki MURAI
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Patent number: 11014946Abstract: The objectives of the present invention are: to provide a novel tetrazole silane compound, a method for synthesizing the same, and a silane coupling agent containing the tetrazole silane compound as a component; and to provide a surface treatment solution using the tetrazole silane compound, a method for surface treatment, and a method for adhering two different materials. The tetrazole silane compound according to the present invention is a compound represented by chemical formula (I). (In formula (I), X, R, and n are respectively the same as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SHIKOKU CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Yamaji, Takayuki Murai, Miya Tanioka, Shusaku Iida, Masato Katsumura, Takahito Imamine, Masahiko Tsujino, Tomoya Mae, Hirohiko Hirao
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Patent number: 10975108Abstract: The objectives of the present invention are: to provide a novel tetrazole silane compound, a method for synthesizing the same, and a silane coupling agent containing the tetrazole silane compound as a component; and to provide a surface treatment solution using the tetrazole silane compound, a method for surface treatment, and a method for adhering two different materials. The tetrazole silane compound according to the present invention is a compound represented by chemical formula (I). (In formula (I), X, R, and n are respectively the same as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SHIKOKU CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Yamaji, Takayuki Murai, Miya Tanioka, Shusaku Iida, Masato Katsumura, Takahito Imamine, Masahiko Tsujino, Tomoya Mae, Hirohiko Hirao
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Publication number: 20210027724Abstract: A video processor included in a display device that includes a backlight having a plurality of divided regions, the video processor including: a first video processing unit configured to perform video processing on a partial video region that is a partial region of an input video; and a second video processing unit configured to perform video processing on a region different from the partial video region, wherein the first video processing unit transmits control data for controlling the plurality of divided regions of the backlight to the backlight, and the plurality of divided regions of the backlight controlled by the control data, which is transmitted by the first video processing unit, and the plurality of divided regions of the backlight corresponding to the partial video region, which is processed by the first video processing unit, are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: TAKAYUKI MURAI, RYOJI SAKURAI, KAZUYOSHI YOSHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20200031852Abstract: The abstract of the international application is being replace by the following abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a novel triazole silane compound and a method for synthesizing the same, and a silane coupling agent containing the triazole silane compound as a component; and a surface treatment solution, a surface treatment method, and a method for bonding two different materials, which use said triazole silane compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: SHIKOKU CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki MURAI, Miya TANIOKA, Shusaku IIDA, Masato KATSUMURA, Noriaki YAMAJI, Takahito IMAMINE, Masahiko TSUJINO, Hirohiko HIRAO
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Patent number: 10498932Abstract: A multiple-frame detecting unit performs a prescribed detection process by taking the time corresponding to a plurality of unit images of the video signal. A video change detecting unit detects a change in video between the unit images of the video signal. If no change in the video is detected by the video change detecting unit, a correction unit performs a correction process with a first correction intensity on the video signal corresponding to a detection target image area in the unit images of the detection process being performed by the multiple-frame detecting unit, and a correction process with a second correction intensity on the video signal corresponding to an image area other than the detection target image area. When the video change detecting unit detects the change in the video, the correction unit performs the correction process with the second correction intensity on the video signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Murai, Masaaki Moriya
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Publication number: 20190304645Abstract: A soft magnetic powder contains Fe in a proportion of 45.0 mass % or more and 52.0 mass % or less, Co in a proportion of 47.0 mass % or more and 52.0 mass % or less, V in a proportion of 0.030 mass % or more and less than 2.0 mass %, and Si in a proportion of 0.10 mass % or more, wherein the sum of the content of V and the content of Si is 2.5 mass % or less, and the soft magnetic powder has a specific surface area of 0.15 m2/g or more and 0.80 m2/g or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventor: Takayuki MURAI
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Publication number: 20190304646Abstract: A soft magnetic powder contains Fe in a proportion of 45.0 mass % or more and 52.0 mass % or less, Co in a proportion of 47.0 mass % or more and 52.0 mass % or less, and V in a proportion of 0.10 mass % or more and less than 2.0 mass %, wherein in a mass-based particle size distribution measured by a laser diffraction particle size distribution analyzer, when a particle diameter at a cumulative frequency from a small diameter side of 10% is represented by D10, a particle diameter at a cumulative frequency of 50% is represented by D50, and a particle diameter at a cumulative frequency of 90% is represented by D90, (D90?D10)/D50 satisfies 1.0 or more and 3.5 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventor: Takayuki MURAI