Patents by Inventor Takehiro Matsunaga

Takehiro Matsunaga 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: 20220281742
    Abstract: In a hermetic vessel filled with hydrogen gas, a sodium borate and aluminum powder are reacted at not less than 400° C. and not more than 560° C. while performing stirring to produce sodium borohydride with the molar ratio of sodium contained in the sodium borate being larger than 0.5 relative to boron contained in the sodium borate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kaoru SUGITA, Yuji OOTA, Yo Rene ABE, Takuma HACHISU, Takehiro MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220274832
    Abstract: A sodium borate, aluminum powder and fluoride powder are mixed together in a hermetic vessel filled with hydrogen gas, and the mixture is reacted at not less than 410° C. and not more than 560° C. to produce sodium borohydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kaoru SUGITA, Yuji OOTA, Yo Rene ABE, Takuma HACHISU, Takehiro MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11377349
    Abstract: Provided are sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals capable of long-term storage that have improved stability of sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate, which is effective as an oxidizing 5 agent or bactericide, in the vicinity of normal temperatures, and a method for producing the same. The sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals are such that peaks appear at the locations of the angles of diffraction described in Table 1 of claim 1 over a range of 10°?2? (angle of diffraction)?65° as measured by powder X-ray diffraction using a Cuk? radiation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohide Okada, Hideo Shimazu, Hiromichi Ito, Yukihiro Sugiyama, Takashi Toyama, Kaoru Shimada, Hiroshi Fujihisa, Satoshi Takeya, Takehiro Matsunaga, Yoshito Gotoh
  • Patent number: 11205865
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire (1) includes a connector terminal (2), a wire (3), a relay conductor (4) and a sealing member (5). The connector terminal (2) is arranged in an insertion hole (71) provided in a connector case (7). The wire (3) is formed by bundling a plurality of conductors (31). The relay conductor (4) is composed of one conductor and electrically connects the connector terminal (2) and the wire (3). The sealing member (5) is mounted on the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and arranged in the insertion hole (71) to close a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the sealing member (5) and the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and a clearance (S2) between the outer periphery of the sealing member (5) and the inner periphery of the insertion hole (71).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Hisashi Sawada, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Takehiro Matsunaga, Yasuto Takeda, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20200259275
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire (1) includes a connector terminal (2), a wire (3), a relay conductor (4) and a sealing member (5). The connector terminal (2) is arranged in an insertion hole (71) provided in a connector case (7). The wire (3) is formed by bundling a plurality of conductors (31). The relay conductor (4) is composed of one conductor and electrically connects the connector terminal (2) and the wire (3). The sealing member (5) is mounted on the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and arranged in the insertion hole (71) to close a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the sealing member (5) and the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and a clearance (S2) between the outer periphery of the sealing member (5) and the inner periphery of the insertion hole (71).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Hisashi Sawada, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Takehiro Matsunaga, Yasuto Takeda, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20200010320
    Abstract: Provided are sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals capable of long-term storage that have improved stability of sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate, which is effective as an oxidizing agent or bactericide, in the vicinity of normal temperatures, and a method for producing the same. The sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate crystals are such that peaks appear at the locations of the angles of diffraction described in Table 1 of claim 1 over a range of 10°?2? (angle of diffraction)?65° as measured by powder X-ray diffraction using a CuK? radiation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohide OKADA, Hideo SHIMAZU, Hiromichi ITO, Yukihiro SUGIYAMA, Takashi TOYAMA, Kaoru SHIMADA, Hiroshi FUJIHISA, Satoshi TAKEYA, Takehiro MATSUNAGA, Yoshito GOTOH
  • Patent number: 8957276
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a method of processing a waste material that contains mercury or a mercury compound, and chlorine or a mercury chloride, the method including a step of adding a chlorine scavenger to the waste material, and stowing the waste material in a treatment vessel; and a step of subjecting the waste material to a blasting treatment by fitting an explosive to the treatment vessel and detonating the explosive inside a pressure-proof container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Matsunaga, Ken Okada, Miyako Akiyoshi, Shiyuu Usuba, Masaya Ueda, Koichi Hayashi, Kiyoshi Asahina
  • Patent number: 8671814
    Abstract: A blast treatment method capable of performing blast treatment of a treatment subject with a simple structure, with high efficiency, and at low cost, while inhibiting scattering of harmful substances or the like to the outside. The method includes: inside disposing an inside explosive for blasting a treatment subject around the treatment subject; disposing an outside explosive having a detonation velocity greater than that of the inside explosive at a position outside the inside explosive; and detonating the outside explosive using an initiation device, and initiating the inside explosive by detonation of the outside explosive, thereby performing blast treatment of the treatment subject by initiation of the inside explosive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Mitsuaki Iida, Takehiro Matsunaga, Kenji Koide, Ryusuke Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20120024133
    Abstract: A blast treatment method capable of performing blast treatment of a treatment subject with a simple structure, with high efficiency, and at low cost, while inhibiting scattering of harmful substances or the like to the outside. The method includes: inside disposing an inside explosive for blasting a treatment subject around the treatment subject; disposing an outside explosive having a detonation velocity greater than that of the inside explosive at a position outside the inside explosive; and detonating the outside explosive using an initiation device, and initiating the inside explosive by detonation of the outside explosive, thereby performing blast treatment of the treatment subject by initiation of the inside explosive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED IND SCI AND TECH
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Mitsuaki Iida, Takehiro Matsunaga, Kenji Koide, Ryusuke Kitamura
  • Patent number: 8042446
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve durability of a pressure vessel for blasting an article to be treated such as hazardous substance or explosive therein. The pressure vessel 10, means for achieving the object, has an external vessel 31 and an internal vessel 32 installed in the external vessel 31. The external vessel 31 has a strength for retaining pressure caused by blasting the article. The internal vessel 32 receives fragments of the treated article 100 to protect the external vessel 31 against the fragments. The internal vessel 32 preferably covers almost entire internal surface of the external vessel 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Takehiro Matsunaga, Kiyoshi Asahina, Kenji Tamai, Kenji Koide, Katsuo Kurose
  • Patent number: 8006600
    Abstract: A method of blasting hazardous substance or explosive in a pressure vessel is provided to improve efficiency while suppressing enlargement of the pressure vessel. To achieve it, the method includes an installing step of installing two or more articles to be treated at a certain spacing in the pressure vessel, an initial blasting step of blasting one of the articles to be treated, and a following blasting step of blasting the article to be treated next to the previously blasted article to be treated after a particular time from the instant of the previous blast. Each of the articles is blasted sequentially through the initial and following blasting steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Takehiro Matsunaga, Kiyoshi Asahina, Kenji Koide, Takashi Gotou, Hideaki Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20100292525
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a method of processing a waste material that contains mercury or a mercury compound, and chlorine or a mercury chloride, the method including a step of adding a chlorine scavenger to the waste material, and stowing the waste material in a treatment vessel; and a step of subjecting the waste material to a blasting treatment by fitting an explosive to the treatment vessel and detonating the explosive inside a pressure-proof container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Takehiro Matsunaga, Ken Okada, Miyako Akiyoshi, Shiyuu Usuba, Masaya Ueda, Koichi Hayashi, Kiyoshi Asahina
  • Publication number: 20090095146
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve durability of a pressure vessel for blasting an article to be treated such as hazardous substance or explosive therein. The pressure vessel 10, means for achieving the object, has an external vessel 31 and an internal vessel 32 installed in the external vessel 31. The external vessel 31 has a strength for retaining pressure caused by blasting the article. The internal vessel 32 receives fragments of the treated article 100 to protect the external vessel 31 against the fragments. The internal vessel 32 preferably covers almost entire internal surface of the external vessel 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUST SCI & TECH, KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Takehiro Matsunaga, Kiyoshi Asahina, Kenji Tamai, Kenji Koide, Katsuo Kurose
  • Publication number: 20090081928
    Abstract: A method of blasting hazardous substance or explosive in a pressure vessel is provided to improve efficiency while suppressing enlargement of the pressure vessel. To achieve it, the method includes an installing step of installing two or more articles to be treated at a certain spacing in the pressure vessel, an initial blasting step of blasting one of the articles to be treated, and a following blasting step of blasting the article to be treated next to the previously blasted article to be treated after a particular time from the instant of the previous blast. Each of the articles is blasted sequentially through the initial and following blasting steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicants: National Inst of Adv Industrial Science and Tech., KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Takehiro Matsunaga, Kiyoshi Asahina, Kenji Koide, Takashi Gotou, Hideaki Shimoda
  • Patent number: 7497165
    Abstract: A blasting method of blasting an explosive device at least containing an explosive and a chemical agent in a sealed pressure vessel that prevents soot generation during blasting and improves an efficiency of decomposing the chemical agent. First, a transported chemical bomb (explosive) 100 is placed and sealed in a blasting chamber (pressure vessel) 10. The blasting chamber 10 is then brought into a reduced-pressure or vacuum state by aspiration of the air therein by using a vacuum pump 13a and oxygen is supplied through an injection port 12 into the blasting chamber 10 to a pressure of 15 to 30% of atmospheric pressure. The chemical bomb 100 is then blasted, as it is ignited by an ignition device not shown in the Figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Takehiro Matsunaga, Katsuo Kurose, Kiyoshi Asahina, Kenji Koide
  • Patent number: 7398720
    Abstract: A blasting method of processing a bomb by forming an explosive layer on an outermost surface of the bomb to be processed having a casing in a particular shape and by exploding the explosive layer, wherein the explosive layer comprises a first explosive layer formed around the outermost surface of the casing and a second explosive layer formed as to surround the first explosive layer, an explosive in the second explosive layer has a higher explosion velocity than an explosive in the first explosive layer, and the second and first explosive layers are exploded at a certain time interval by igniting a particular region of the second explosive layer. The method allows low-cost blasting of bombs, by relaxing the impact of the scattering casing fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Takehiro Matsunaga, Ken Okada, Katsuo Kurose, Kenji Koide
  • Publication number: 20070151437
    Abstract: A blasting method of processing a bomb by forming an explosive layer on an outermost surface of the bomb to be processed having a casing in a particular shape and by exploding the explosive layer, wherein the explosive layer comprises a first explosive layer formed around the outermost surface of the casing and a second explosive layer formed as to surround the first explosive layer, an explosive in the second explosive layer has a higher explosion velocity than an explosive in the first explosive layer, and the second and first explosive layers are exploded at a certain time interval by igniting a particular region of the second explosive layer. The method allows low-cost blasting of bombs, by relaxing the impact of the scattering casing fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Takehiro Matsunaga, Ken Okada, Katsuo Kurose, Kenji Koide
  • Publication number: 20070144637
    Abstract: A blasting method of blasting an explosive device at least containing an explosive and a chemical agent in a sealed pressure vessel that prevents soot generation during blasting and improves an efficiency of decomposing the chemical agent. First, a transported chemical bomb (explosive) 100 is placed and sealed in a blasting chamber (pressure vessel) 10. The blasting chamber 10 is then brought into a reduced-pressure or vacuum state by aspiration of the air therein by using a vacuum pump 13a and oxygen is supplied through an injection port 12 into the blasting chamber 10 to a pressure of 15 to 30% of atmospheric pressure. The chemical bomb 100 is then blasted, as it is ignited by an ignition device not shown in the Figure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujiwara, Takehiro Matsunaga, Katsuo Kurose, Kiyoshi Asahina, Kenji Koide
  • Patent number: 6415658
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a wear detection probe in which the deflection of a folded portion of an electric detection wire is suppressed so as to be able to cut the folded portion of the wire in a secure position. A truncated cone is formed at the edge part of a retention member, and a groove extending in a diametric direction is cut at the edge part. A supporting protrusion is formed by traversing the groove, and the electric detection wire is retained in a position in which the folded portion is securely mounted on the supporting protrusion which extends from both openings from which the electric wire extends. The wire is sandwiched by both side walls of the groove and the side walls operate as regulating walls so that when the folded portion of the electric wire begins to be exposed and contacts a brake drum, the folded portion will not be pulled out by a deflecting force in a sidewards direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takanashi, Takehiro Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20020062975
    Abstract: A waterproof structure applied to a wire harness has a length direction and includes a plurality of electrical cables, each of the electrical cables including a tubular coating and a core made up of plural wires. The electrical cables are respectively stripped of the tubular coating at a same given portion chosen in the length direction of the wire harness, and the cores are exposed. The exposed core wires are adhered to one another by soldering, thereby forming an aggregated external surface. The aggregated external surface is provided with a waterproofing material including an adhering material. That portion of the wire harness corresponding to the aggregated external surface is provided with a bend-prevention device. The waterproof structure of the invention can be applied to a wire harness subjected to frequent bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takehiro Matsunaga