Patents by Inventor Takehiko Watanabe
Takehiko Watanabe 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: 20240143284Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an arithmetic circuit that performs an acquiring step of acquiring swing data indicating relationship between a physical quantity concerning an amount of deformation of an object to be measured and time, a determining step of determining whether the swing data indicates the physical quantity concerning the amount of deformation of the object to be measured, which occurs when the object to be measured is swung, to determine whether the swing data is to be deleted, and a deleting step of deleting the swing data if it is determined that the swing data does not indicate the physical quantity concerning the amount of deformation of the object to be measured, which occurs when the object to be measured is swung.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Jun MAKINO, Koji KAWANO, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Takashi WATANABE, Takehiko IIZUKA, Kenta AGO
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Publication number: 20240142216Abstract: A sensor unit includes: a sensor that is attached to a measurement target object becoming deformed in response to a swing taken with the measurement target object and that generates an output signal indicating a relationship between a physical quantity related to an amount of deformation of the measurement target object and a time; a feature value generation circuit that generates a feature value, the feature value being a parameter indicating a feature of the swing, on the basis of the output signal obtained by the sensor; and a communication unit that is attached to the measurement target object and that transmits the feature value to an external device by wireless communication or wired communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Jun MAKINO, Koji KAWANO, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Takashi WATANABE, Takehiko IIZUKA, Kenta AGO
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Publication number: 20240077466Abstract: A first synthesized characteristic value calculated based on a first blending ratio of constituent materials contained in a first composite material and on a first characteristic value corresponding to the constituent materials contained in the first composite material, as well as first blending information of the constituent materials contained in the first composite material are used as input parameters (explanatory variables) for an approximate function to estimate a value of physical quantity (objective variable) for the first composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Daisuke SHANAI, Tomonori WATANABE, Takahiro SUZUKI, Tamotsu KIBE, Takehiko TANI
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Publication number: 20240068796Abstract: Provided is a sensor unit including a first sensor portion that detects deformation of a measuring target object and a second sensor portion that detects deformation of the measuring target object, in which in a state in which the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are attached to the measuring target object, the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are fixed to the measuring target object such that the measuring target object is disposed between the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion in a first direction, and a physical property value of the first sensor portion and a physical property value of the second sensor portion are changed according to first deformation of the measuring target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takehiko IIZUKA, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Koji KAWANO, Takashi WATANABE, Jun MAKINO, Kenta AGO
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Patent number: 10022891Abstract: A manufacturing method of the honeycomb structure has a forming step of forming a honeycomb formed body having partition walls defining a plurality of cells; a convex end portion forming step of forming a convex end portion including a convex end face in the obtained honeycomb formed body; a mounting step of directing downward one end face on which the convex end portion is formed and mounting the honeycomb formed body on a shelf plate; a firing step of firing the honeycomb formed body mounted on the shelf plate to form a honeycomb fired body; and an end face grinding step of grinding one end face of the honeycomb fired body to remove the convex end portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Yukichi Kitaguchi, Takehiko Watanabe
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Patent number: 9862649Abstract: A raw setter has a plate shape, is made of the same material as in a honeycomb formed body, and has a chamfered portion in which a circumferential portion of one end face is chamfered in an oblique direction and whose has a tapered cross-sectional shape by reducing a diameter of an end face portion to an outer diameter, a ratio of an area of a flat portion to an end face area is from 10 to 85%, an angle formed between the flat portion and the chambered portion is from 3 to 50°, a flatness of each of the flat portion of the one end face and a flat portion of the other end face is 0.3 mm or less, and a thickness of cell partition walls is 0.1 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Takehiko Watanabe, Akira Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9795161Abstract: Provided is a taste-improving agent that suppresses the unpleasant taste of potassium, such as harshness, irritativeness, and bitterness without reducing the salty taste of a potassium-containing food or drink. The taste-improving agent for a potassium-containing food or drink comprises a lactic acid-fermented yeast extract that is obtainable by fermenting a yeast extract with a lactic acid bacterium and contains 7.5 (w/w) % or more of lactic acid relative to the solid content of the yeast extract.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: RIKEN VITAMIN CO., LTD., KIKKOMAN CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuyuki Kobayashi, Takehiko Watanabe, Takeharu Nakahara, Yoshikazu Endo
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Patent number: 9486794Abstract: A die has two surfaces, in a forming material supplying surface which is one surface, a plurality of back holes to introduce a forming material of a honeycomb formed body into the die are formed, and in a honeycomb formed body extruding surface which is the other surface, lattice-shaped slits corresponding to cell partition walls are formed, the back holes communicate with the slits in slit intersecting portions of the slits, polygonal cell blocks defined by the slits include chamfered portions in which parts of corner portions and the like are chamfered at a chamfering angle ? of 1.0 to 8.0° to the extruding direction, from the honeycomb formed body extruding surface toward a slit depth direction, and straight portions which are not chamfered, and a ratio of a length L of the straight portion to a slit depth D is from 20 to 60%.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Takehiko Watanabe, Seiichiro Hayashi, Kazuhiko Hamatsuka
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Publication number: 20160243723Abstract: A manufacturing method of the honeycomb structure has a forming step of forming a honeycomb formed body having partition walls defining a plurality of cells; a convex end portion forming step of forming a convex end portion including a convex end face in the obtained honeycomb formed body; a mounting step of directing downward one end face on which the convex end portion is formed and mounting the honeycomb formed body on a shelf plate; a firing step of firing the honeycomb formed body mounted on the shelf plate to form a honeycomb fired body; and an end face grinding step of grinding one end face of the honeycomb fired body to remove the convex end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Daniel Yukichi KITAGUCHI, Takehiko WATANABE
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Publication number: 20160136633Abstract: A die has two surfaces, in a forming material supplying surface which is one surface, a plurality of back holes to introduce a forming material of a honeycomb formed body into the die are formed, and in a honeycomb formed body extruding surface which is the other surface, lattice-shaped slits corresponding to cell partition walls are formed, the back holes communicate with the slits in slit intersecting portions of the slits, polygonal cell blocks defined by the slits include chamfered portions in which parts of corner portions and the like are chamfered at a chamfering angle ? of 1.0 to 8.0° to the extruding direction, from the honeycomb formed body extruding surface toward a slit depth direction, and straight portions which are not chamfered, and a ratio of a length L of the straight portion to a slit depth D is from 20 to 60%.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Takehiko WATANABE, Seiichiro HAYASHI, Kazuhiko HAMATSUKA
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Publication number: 20160137558Abstract: A raw setter has a plate shape, is made of the same material as in a honeycomb formed body, and has a chamfered portion in which a circumferential portion of one end face is chamfered in an oblique direction and whose has a tapered cross-sectional shape by reducing a diameter of an end face portion to an outer diameter, a ratio of an area of a flat portion to an end face area is from 10 to 85%, an angle formed between the flat portion and the chambered portion is from 3 to 50°, a flatness of each of the flat portion of the one end face and a flat portion of the other end face is 0.3 mm or less, and a thickness of cell partition walls is 0.1 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Takehiko WATANABE, Akira NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9173428Abstract: A method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil that releases fats and oils when dissolved in hot water and that has an excellent powder property during storage is provided. The method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil includes adding a fat and oil to an aqueous solution containing a meat extract and a salt and emulsifying the mixture, and then drying the emulsified solution. The method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil includes emulsifying the aqueous solution that further contains an excipient and then drying the emulsified solution. A powdered soup produced using the obtained powdery emulsified fat and oil has a good aroma and richness, and is provided as a food product with an excellent shelf life.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2009Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: RIKEN VITAMIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kuramoto, Takehiko Watanabe, Eichi Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8974723Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb structure includes: a mixing step where forming raw materials including a ceramic raw material are mixed to obtain a forming blended material, a kneading step where the forming blended material is kneaded to obtain kneaded clay, a forming step where the kneaded clay is formed into a honeycomb shape to obtain a honeycomb formed article, and a firing step where the honeycomb formed article is fired to obtain a honeycomb structure. The ceramic raw material is a cordierite forming raw material, and a magnetic powder contained in the kneaded clay is at a ratio of 400 ppm or less with respect to solid content conversion mass of the whole kneaded clay. There is provided a honeycomb structure capable of improving trapping efficiency, in particular, initial trapping efficiency by reducing the number of coarse pores in the partition walls.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Noguchi, Takehiko Watanabe, Takeshi Tokunaga, Yukari Nakane
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Publication number: 20140328991Abstract: Provided is a taste-improving agent that suppresses the unpleasant taste of potassium, such as harshness, irritativeness, and bitterness without reducing the salty taste of a potassium-containing food or drink. The taste-improving agent for a potassium-containing food or drink comprises a lactic acid-fermented yeast extract that is obtainable by fermenting a yeast extract with a lactic acid bacterium and contains 7.5 (w/w) % or more of lactic acid relative to the solid content of the yeast extract.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicants: KIKKOMAN CORPORATION, RIKEN VITAMIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuyuki Kobayashi, Takehiko Watanabe, Takeharu Nakahara, Yoshikazu Endo
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Patent number: 8283282Abstract: There is disclosed a ceramic structure which comprises a material having a controlled pore distribution and including cordierite as the main crystal phase. In the pore distribution, the volume of pores having pore diameters smaller than 20 ?m accounts for 15% or less of the total pore volume, and the volume of pores having pore diameters of 20 to 100 ?m accounts for 70% or more of the total pore volume. This ceramic structure is suitable for realizing a ceramic catalyst body which has excellent purification efficiency, is reduced in pressure loss, and is mountable even in a limited space.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Noguchi, Kyoko Makino, Takehiko Watanabe
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Patent number: 8058198Abstract: A method of producing cordierite ceramic where the degree of stacking faults and the particle diameter of kaolinite used as a component of a cordierite-forming raw material are appropriately adjusted so that microcracks having an average width of 0.3 ?m or more are introduced into the resulting cordierite ceramic to produce a high-quality cordierite ceramic that includes a cordierite crystal oriented in a specific direction and has a porosity of 25% or more and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 0.30×10?6/° C. or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Yamazaki, Yuji Katsuda, Atsushi Watanabe, Yohei Ono, Takehiko Watanabe
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Publication number: 20110183060Abstract: A method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil that releases fats and oils when dissolved in hot water and that has an excellent powder property during storage is provided. The method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil includes adding a fat and oil to an aqueous solution containing a meat extract and a salt and emulsifying the mixture, and then drying the emulsified solution. The method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil includes emulsifying the aqueous solution that further contains an excipient and then drying the emulsified solution. A powdered soup produced using the obtained powdery emulsified fat and oil has a good aroma and richness, and is provided as a food product with an excellent shelf life.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kuramoto, Takehiko Watanabe, Eichi Kikuchi
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Patent number: 7704442Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb structure by obtaining clay from a cordierite-forming raw material containing an alumina source, a silica source, and a magnesia source; and forming the clay into a honeycomb shape, wherein a material having, in its volume particle size distribution, a 50 volume % particle size (V50) [?m] of 1 to 25 ?m is used, as each of alumina source, silica source, and magnesia source; and a material having, in the volume particle size distribution of the whole cordierite-forming raw material, a ratio of 90 volume % particle size (Vall90) [?m] to 10 volume % particle size (Vall10) [?m] [a volume particle size distribution ratio (Vall90/Vall10)] of 10 or less and a difference (Vall90?Vall10) between 90 volume % particle size (Vall90) [?m] and 10 volume % particle size (Vall10) [?m] of 25 ?m or less is used, as the cordierite-forming raw material.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Noguchi, Takehiko Watanabe, Yukari Nakane
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Publication number: 20090239734Abstract: A method of producing cordierite ceramic where the degree of stacking faults and the particle diameter of kaolinite used as a component of a cordierite-forming raw material are appropriately adjusted so that microcracks having an average width of 0.3 ?m or more are introduced into the resulting cordierite ceramic to produce a high-quality cordierite ceramic that includes a cordierite crystal oriented in a specific direction and has a porosity of 25% or more and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 0.30×10?6/° C. or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Yamazaki, Yuji Katsuda, Atsushi Watanabe, Yohei Ono, Takehiko Watanabe
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Publication number: 20090146350Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb structure includes: a mixing step where forming raw materials including a ceramic raw material are mixed to obtain a forming blended material, a kneading step where the forming blended material is kneaded to obtain kneaded clay, a forming step where the kneaded clay is formed into a honeycomb shape to obtain a honeycomb formed article, and a firing step where the honeycomb formed article is fired to obtain a honeycomb structure. The ceramic raw material is a cordierite forming raw material, and a magnetic powder contained in the kneaded clay is at a ratio of 400 ppm or less with respect to solid content conversion mass of the whole kneaded clay. There is provided a honeycomb structure capable of improving trapping efficiency, in particular, initial trapping efficiency by reducing the number of coarse pores in the partition walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2009Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yasushi NOGUCHI, Takehiko WATANABE, Takeshi TOKUNAGA, Yukari NAKANE