Patents by Inventor Takumi Nishimoto

Takumi Nishimoto 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: 20230412910
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a plurality of operation members to which functions specified by a user are assignable; and at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an assignment unit configured to assign a function selected by the user to each of the plurality of operation members, where the functions assignable by the assignment unit includes a lock function that sets/releases a lock state in which operation for operation members is disabled; and a display control unit configured to control such that information on an operation member to which the lock function is assigned is displayed on a display unit in a case where a predetermined operation is received from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Takumi NISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230305648
    Abstract: An input device includes two fixed electrodes and an operating member. The two fixed electrodes is configured to be placed to overlap with specific line electrodes of a plurality of line electrodes . The operating member is movable with respect to the two fixed electrodes. The operating member is movable within a movable range including a plurality of click points. Electrical states of the two fixed electrodes change among a plurality of states in accordance with a movement of the operating member. A divisor of an integer N does not include 4, where the integer N is a total number of times of change in the electrical states of the at least two fixed electrodes when the operating member moves from one to a next one of adjacent two click points of the plurality of click points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kota ARAKI, Hiroaki NISHIONO, Sohui JEON, Takumi NISHIMOTO, Yukio HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11667986
    Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel is characterized by including, by mass %: Cr: 12.0% to 16.0%; C: 0.020% or less; Si: 2.50% or less; Mn: 1.00% or less; P: 0.050% or less; S: 0.0030% or less; Al: 2.50% or less; N: 0.030% or less; Nb: 0.001% to 1.00%; one or more of B: 0.0200% or less, Sn: 0.20% or less, Ga: 0.0200% or less, Mg: 0.0200% or less, and Ca: 0.0100% or less; and a balance consisting of Fe and impurities, in which Expression (1) is satisfied. 10(B+Ga)+Sn+Mg+Ca>0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Mitsuki Sugeoi, Takumi Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 11535915
    Abstract: A stainless steel material including a base material made of ferritic stainless steel, a Cr oxide layer formed on a surface of the base material, and a spinel oxide layer formed on a surface of the Cr oxide layer, wherein a chemical composition of the base material satisfies [16.0?Cr+3×Mo?2.5×B?17×C?3?Si?35.0], a thickness of the Cr oxide layer (TCr) and a thickness of the spinel oxide layer (TS) satisfy [0.55?TCr/TS?6.7], the base material contains precipitate including one or more kinds selected from a M23C6, a M2B, a complex precipitate in which M2B acts as a precipitation nucleus, and M23C6 precipitates on a surface of the M2B, and a complex precipitate in which NbC acts as a precipitation nucleus, and M23C6 precipitates on a surface of the NbC, and a part of the precipitate protrude from the surface of the Cr oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Nishimoto, Yoshio Tarutani
  • Patent number: 11387058
    Abstract: An input device is configured to provide input to various electronic devices. The input device includes: a manipulation unit; a substrate; a tilting mechanism; and a detector. The manipulation unit includes a handle which is rotatable around a rotation axis and is pressed along the rotation axis, and outputs a first signal corresponding to rotation of the handle and a second signal corresponding to pressing of the handle. The tilting mechanism includes a cylindrical shaft fixed to the substrate, and a bearing fixed to the body, wherein the shaft is perpendicular to the rotation axis, and the tilting mechanism allows the substrate to swing around the shaft between a first manipulation position and a second manipulation position. The detector is disposed on the surface of the substrate facing the body, and outputs a third signal when the substrate is in the second manipulation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hai Hwang, Seung Bo Lee, Hideto Sadamori, Yu Hasegawa, Takumi Nishimoto, Akira Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11268195
    Abstract: Provided is an austenitic heat resistant alloy capable of exhibiting sufficient molten-salt corrosion resistance even when exposed to a molten salt of 600° C., and a production method thereof. The austenitic heat resistant alloy includes a base metal and a Fe—Cr—Ni—W film on the surface of the base metal. The base metal has a chemical composition consisting of: C: 0.030 to 0.120%, Si: 0.02 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.10 to 2.00%, Cr: 20.0% or more to less than 28.0%, Ni: more than 35.0% to 50.0% or less, W: 4.0 to 10.0%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.30%, Nb: 0.01 to 1.00%, sol. Al: 0.0005 to 0.0400%, and B: 0.0005 to 0.0100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. The Fe—Cr—Ni—W film contains, as oxides, Fe: 15.0 to 35.0 at %, Cr: 15.0 to 35.0 at %, Ni: 10.0 to 45.0 at %, and W: 0.5 to 16.5 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Nishimoto, Yoshitaka Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11248297
    Abstract: Provided are an austenitic heat resistant alloy capable of exhibiting sufficient molten-salt corrosion resistance even when exposed to a molten salt of 600° C. and a production method thereof, and an austenitic heat-resistant alloy material. An austenitic heat resistant alloy includes a base metal, and a Ni—Fe oxide having a spinel structure on or above the surface of the base metal. The base metal has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030 to 0.120%, Si: 0.02 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.10 to 2.00%, Cr: 20.0% or more to less than 28.0%, Ni: more than 35.0% to 50.0% or less, W: 4.0 to 10.0%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.30%, Nb: 0.01 to 1.00%, sol. Al: 0.0005 to 0.0400%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0100%, Mo: less than 0.5%, Co: 0 to 0.80%, and Cu: 0 to 0.50%, with the balance being Fe and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Nishimoto, Yoshitaka Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11066720
    Abstract: A Si/Mn ratio of steel material components of a base material is not less than 0.27 nor more than 0.90 in mass ratio, an internal oxide layer having a thickness of not less than 1 ?m nor more than 30 ?m is provided right below an oxide scale of a steel sheet surface layer portion, and regarding the internal oxide layer, an internal oxide in a crystal grain of the internal oxide layer is an oxide containing Si and having a thickness of not less than 10 nm nor more than 200 nm in a crystal grain in a range of greater than 0% and 30% or less of a thickness of the internal oxide layer from an interface between the internal oxide layer and base iron toward a direction of the surface layer oxide scale, one or more branches of the internal oxide exist in a cross section of 1 ?m×1 ?m square, and in any crystal grain boundary having a length of 1 ?m, one or more of the internal oxides in the crystal grain are connected to an internal oxide of the crystal grain boundary to form a net-like structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Fujii, Hiromitsu Date, Akira Taniyama, Takumi Nishimoto, Kenichiro Tadokoro
  • Patent number: 11052433
    Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaning equipment (1) according to the present invention includes a treatment tank (10) that stores a cleaning liquid that cleans an object to be cleaned and in which the object to be cleaned is immersed; an ultrasonic application mechanism (20) that applies ultrasonic waves to the cleaning liquid retained in an interior of the treatment tank; and a curved surface member (30) that is located in a range defined by an angle of inclination from a perpendicular direction in an end portion of a vibrating surface of the ultrasonic application mechanism to an outside with respect to the vibrating surface and that is held on a wall surface and/or a bottom surface of the treatment tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eri Hoshiba, Hiromitsu Date, Takumi Nishimoto, Kenichi Uemura
  • Publication number: 20210115543
    Abstract: A stainless steel material including a base material made of ferritic stainless steel, a Cr oxide layer formed on a surface of the base material, and a spinel oxide layer formed on a surface of the Cr oxide layer, wherein a chemical composition of the base material satisfies [16.0?Cr+3×Mo?2.5×B?17×C?3?Si?35.0], a thickness of the Cr oxide layer (TCr) and a thickness of the spinel oxide layer (TS) satisfy [0.55?TCr/TS?6.7], the base material contains precipitate including one or more kinds selected from a M23C6, a M2B, a complex precipitate in which M2B acts as a precipitation nucleus, and M23C6 precipitates on a surface of the M2B, and a complex precipitate in which NbC acts as a precipitation nucleus, and M23C6 precipitates on a surface of the NbC, and a part of the precipitate protrude from the surface of the Cr oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi NISHIMOTO, Yoshio TARUTANI
  • Publication number: 20210062345
    Abstract: Provided is an austenitic heat resistant alloy capable of exhibiting sufficient molten-salt corrosion resistance even when exposed to a molten salt of 600° C., and a production method thereof. The austenitic heat resistant alloy of the present disclosure includes a base metal and a Fe—Cr—Ni—W film on the surface of the base metal. The base metal has a chemical composition consisting of: C: 0.030 to 0.120%, Si: 0.02 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.10 to 2.00%. Cr: 20.0% or more to less than 28.0%, Ni: more than 35.0% to 50.0% or less, W: 4.0 to 10.0%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.30%, Nb: 0.01 to 1.00%, sol. Al: 0.0005 to 0.0400%, and B: 0.0005 to 0.0100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. The Fe—Cr—Ni—W film contains, as oxides, Fe: 15.0 to 35.0 at %, Cr: 15.0 to 35.0 at %, Ni: 10.0 to 45.0 at %, and W: 0.5 to 16.5 at %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takumi NISHIMOTO, Yoshitaka NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210054509
    Abstract: Provided are an austenitic heat resistant alloy capable of exhibiting sufficient molten-salt corrosion resistance even when exposed to a molten salt of 600° C. and a production method thereof, and an austenitic heat-resistant alloy material. An austenitic heat resistant alloy of the present disclosure includes a base metal, and a Ni—Fe oxide having a spinel type structure on or above the surface of the base metal. The base metal has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030 to 0.120%, Si: 0.02 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.10 to 2.00%, Cr: 20.0% or more to less than 28.0%, Ni: more than 35.0% to 50.0% or less, W: 4.0 to 10.0%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.30%, Nb: 0.01 to 1.00%, sol. Al: 0.0005 to 0.0400%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0100%, Mo: less than 0.5%, Co: 0 to 0.80%, and Cu: 0 to 0.50%, with the balance being Fe and impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Takumi NISHIMOTO, Yoshitaka NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210025022
    Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel is characterized by including, by mass %: Cr: 12.0% to 16.0%; C: 0.020% or less; Si: 2.50% or less; Mn: 1.00% or less; P: 0.050% or less; S: 0.0030% or less; Al: 2.50% or less; N: 0.030% or less; Nb: 0.001% to 1.00%; one or more of B: 0.0200% or less, Sn: 0.20% or less, Ga: 0.0200% or less, Mg: 0.0200% or less, and Ca: 0.0100% or less; and a balance consisting of Fe and impurities, in which Expression (1) is satisfied. 10(B+Ga)+Sn+Mg+Ca >0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu HATANO, Mitsuki SUGEOI, Takumi NISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10886539
    Abstract: A carbon material for catalyst carrier use excellent in both durability and power generation performance under operating conditions at the time of low humidity, in particular both durability of a carbon material for catalyst carrier use with respect to repeated load fluctuations due to startup and shutdown and power generation performance under operating conditions at the time of low humidity, and a catalyst for solid-polymer fuel cell use prepared using the same etc. are provided. To solve this technical problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a carbon material for catalyst carrier use satisfying the following (A) to (D): (A) an oxygen content OICP of 0.1 to 3.0 mass % contained in the carbon material for catalyst carrier use; (B) a residual amount of oxygen O1200° C. of 0.1 to 1.5 mass % remaining after heat treatment in an inert gas (or vacuum) atmosphere at 1200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Iijima, Noriyuki Negi, Masataka Hiyoshi, Katsumasa Matsumoto, Shinya Furukawa, Kenichiro Tadokoro, Takumi Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Takumi Kouno, Kazuhiko Mizuuchi
  • Publication number: 20200047220
    Abstract: To make ultrasonic waves can be propagated with better efficiency throughout the entirety of a treatment tank, and an object to be cleaned can be cleaned with better efficiency regardless of the type of the object to be cleaned. An ultrasonic cleaning equipment (1) according to the present invention includes a treatment tank (10) that stores a cleaning liquid that cleans an object to be cleaned and in which the object to be cleaned is immersed; an ultrasonic application mechanism (20) that applies ultrasonic waves to the cleaning liquid retained in an interior of the treatment tank; and a curved surface member (30) that is located in a range prescribed by a prescribed angle of inclination from a normal direction in an end portion of a vibrating surface of the ultrasonic application mechanism to an outside with respect to the vibrating surface and that is held on a wall surface and/or a bottom surface of the treatment tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eri HOSHIBA, Hiromitsu DATE, Takumi NISHIMOTO, Kenichi UEMURA
  • Publication number: 20200051764
    Abstract: An input device is capable of providing input to various electronic devices. The input device includes: an manipulation unit; a substrate; a tilting mechanism; and a detector. The manipulation unit includes a handle which is rotatable around a rotation axis and is pressed along the rotation axis, and outputs a first signal corresponding to rotation of the handle and a second signal corresponding to pressing of the handle. The first substrate has a surface where the manipulation unit is attached. The second substrate is on an opposite side of the first substrate from the manipulation unit. The tilting mechanism includes a cylindrical shaft fixed to the substrate, and a bearing fixed to the body, wherein the shaft is perpendicular to the rotation axis, the bearing rotatably supports the shaft, and the tilting mechanism allows the substrate to swing around the shaft between a first manipulation position and a second manipulation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Seung Hai Hwang, Seung Bo Lee, Hideto Sadamori, Yu Hasegawa, Takumi Nishimoto, Akira Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10074857
    Abstract: A titanium or titanium alloy material for a separator of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell having high contact conductivity with carbon and high durability, and including an oxide film formed on a titanium or titanium alloy substrate by a stabilization treatment performed after a passivation treatment, and one or more kinds of conductive materials selected from carbide, nitride, carbonitride, and boride of tantalum, titanium, vanadium, zirconium, and chromium, the conductive materials being dispersed in the oxide film and having a major axis diameter of from 1 nm to 100 nm. A contact resistance value with a carbon paper is 20 m?·cm2 or less at a surface pressure of 10 kgf/cm2 before and after an accelerated deterioration test in which the titanium or titanium alloy material is immersed in a sulfuric acid aqueous solution having an adjusted pH of 4 at 80° C. for four days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kihira, Yuuichi Yosida, Taku Kagawa, Takumi Nishimoto, Koki Tanaka, Masao Kimura, Kiyonori Tokuno, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Takashi Domoto
  • Patent number: 9947942
    Abstract: A titanium or titanium alloy material for a fuel cell separator has a surface shape in which a plurality of projections are distributed, and a titanium oxide film on a surface of the projections. Fine projections are assumed to increase the contact conductivity remarkably. By increasing contact conductivity with carbon and durability of a titanium or titanium alloy material for a fuel cell separator, the lifetime of a fuel cell may be increased. The material has high usability in the cell manufacturing industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Taku Kagawa, Hiroshi Kihira, Kiyonori Tokuno, Takumi Nishimoto, Koki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180069247
    Abstract: A carbon material for catalyst carrier use excellent in both durability and power generation performance under operating conditions at the time of low humidity, in particular both durability of a carbon material for catalyst carrier use with respect to repeated load fluctuations due to startup and shutdown and power generation performance under operating conditions at the time of low humidity, and a catalyst for solid-polymer fuel cell use prepared using the same etc. are provided. To solve this technical problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a carbon material for catalyst carrier use satisfying the following (A) to (D): (A) an oxygen content OICP of 0.1 to 3.0 mass % contained in the carbon material for catalyst carrier use; (B) a residual amount of oxygen O1200° C. of 0.1 to 1.5 mass % remaining after heat treatment in an inert gas (or vacuum) atmosphere at 1200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi IIJIMA, Noriyuki NEGI, Masataka HIYOSHI, Katsumasa MATSUMOTO, Shinya FURUKAWA, Kenichiro TADOKORO, Takumi NISHIMOTO, Hiroyuki HAYASHIDA, Takumi KOUNO, Kazuhiko MIZUUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170369964
    Abstract: A Si/Mn ratio of steel material components of a base material is not less than 0.27 nor more than 0.90 in mass ratio, an internal oxide layer having a thickness of not less than 1 ?m nor more than 30 ?m is provided right below an oxide scale of a steel sheet surface layer portion, and regarding the internal oxide layer, an internal oxide in a crystal grain of the internal oxide layer is an oxide containing Si and having a thickness of not less than 10 nm nor more than 200 nm in a crystal grain in a range of greater than 0% and 30% or less of a thickness of the internal oxide layer from an interface between the internal oxide layer and base iron toward a direction of the surface layer oxide scale, one or more branches of the internal oxide exist in a cross section of 1 ?m×1 ?m square, and in any crystal grain boundary having a length of 1 ?m, one or more of the internal oxides in the crystal grain are connected to an internal oxide of the crystal grain boundary to form a net-like structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi FUJII, Hiromitsu DATE, Akira TANIYAMA, Takumi NISHIMOTO, Kenichiro TADOKORO