Patents by Inventor Takuya Aoki

Takuya Aoki 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: 20160002926
    Abstract: A beam is an H-shaped steel having flange parts above and under a web part. A through hole is formed on web part to let pipes and the like pass through. A ring beam reinforcing metallic material is disposed through hole. A beam reinforcing metallic material is disposed along the upper and lower flange parts at positions away from the through hole. The beam reinforcing metallic material on the front surface of the web part (opposite side of a flange of the ring beam reinforcing metallic material). The beam reinforcing metallic material in a direction in which a counter-flange surface of the beam reinforcing metallic material faces the flange part. A contacting surface is in contact with web part and is fixed to the web part with a welded section. At this time, the welded section is formed up to the height to which an angle varying section is covered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hisatomo MOCHIZUKI, Takuya AOKI, Hidenori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20150266161
    Abstract: To control cutting process with cutting quality to obtain product without any uncut portion on a corner portion, and to respond to a change in cutting speed. Water jet cutting performed by: inputting a cutting program, set cutting speed, cutting parameters; calculating cutting speed matching the cutting quality; calculating cutting shape from the cutting program and dividing the cutting shape into a linear portion and a corner portion; calculating a corner cutting speed for the corner portion on the basis of a shape of the corner portion within range from the calculation cutting speed to the set cutting speed, set cutting speed equal to or higher than the calculation cutting speed; set cutting speed and the corner cutting speed to the linear portion and the corner portion, respectively, in the cutting program; moving the nozzle relative to the workpiece on the basis of the cutting program assigned with cutting speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Koichi NODA, Takuya AOKI, Naotsugu TERASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140031710
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining sleep apnea includes: an expiratory gas collector which is configured to collect an expiratory gas of a subject; an analyzer which is configured to analyze a constituent and a concentration of the constituent in the collected expiratory gas; and a determiner which is configured to determine whether the subject is in sleep apnea or not, based on a concentration of at least VOC in the analyzed expiratory gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicants: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, TOKAI UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, WASEDA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Muneshige KURAHASHI, Naofumi Kobayashi, Sunao Takeda, Takashi Nagaoka, Tadashi Abe, Tetsuya Urano, Takuya Aoki, Chizuko Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20130267152
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasive water jet nozzle comprising a mixing chamber for absorbing the abrasives with air through a supply port; a water nozzle; a mixing nozzle disposed on the downstream side against the water nozzle, to mix the abrasives in a water jet jetted out of the water nozzle, and to jet the water jet into the mixing chamber out of a through hole of the mixing nozzle; and an abrasive nozzle disposed on the downstream side against the mixing nozzle, to introduce the water jet thereinto to jet an abrasive water jet. A diameter of the through hole is larger than that of the water nozzle so that the abrasives in the mixing chamber are absorbed with air in a clearance between the through hole and the water jet passing through the through hole to mix the abrasives in the water jet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Sugino Machine Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TERA, Masashi Tsunemoto, Takuya Aoki, Nobuhide Takasugi
  • Patent number: 8342912
    Abstract: An abrasive water jet processing machine for jetting a fluid and performing a cutting includes a fluid supply device, an abrasive supply device, an injection pressure controller, wherein the abrasive supply device includes a reservoir hopper consisting of a pressure vessel for reserving the abrasive, an abrasive supply tube for communicating with the reservoir hopper and the nozzle, and an air purge device for supplying compressed air to the abrasive supply tube and the reservoir hopper; the injection pressure controller performs a two-stage control of controlling injection pressure in a piercing; and the air purge device includes a flow pressure controller for controlling flow pressure of compressed air passing through the abrasive supply tube, wherein the flow pressure controller controls the flow pressure in the piercing to be higher than that in the cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sugino Machine Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Funatsu, Takuya Aoki
  • Patent number: 8282853
    Abstract: A novel NiMnZn-based ferrite which can reduce magnetic loss (core loss) at a high frequency of about 2 MHz or higher and achieve higher saturated magnetic flux density while forming high sintered density is provided. The NiMnZn-based ferrite contains a main component comprising 54.0 to 57.5 mol % of iron oxide in terms of Fe2O3, 2.0 to 7.0 mol % of zinc oxide in terms of ZnO, 0.5 to 4.7 mol % of nickel oxide in terms of NiO, and a remainder of manganese oxide (in terms of MnO); and an accessory component comprising 100 to 1000 ppm by weight of Si in terms of SiO2, 800 to 3000 ppm by weight of Ca in terms of CaCO3, and 520 to 1000 ppm by weight of Nb in terms of Nb2O5 with respect to the main component; while having an average ferrite crystal particle size of 2.1 to 8.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Mori, Takuya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20120214386
    Abstract: An abrasive water jet processing machine for jetting a fluid and performing a cutting includes a fluid supply device, an abrasive supply device, an injection pressure controller, wherein the abrasive supply device includes a reservoir hopper consisting of a pressure vessel for reserving the abrasive, an abrasive supply tube for communicating with the reservoir hopper and the nozzle, and an air purge device for supplying compressed air to the abrasive supply tube and the reservoir hopper; the injection pressure controller performs a two-stage control of controlling injection pressure in a piercing; and the air purge device includes a flow pressure controller for controlling flow pressure of compressed air passing through the abrasive supply tube, wherein the flow pressure controller controls the flow pressure in the piercing to be higher than that in the cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: SUGINO MACHINED LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiro Funatsu, Takuya AOKI
  • Publication number: 20120196516
    Abstract: An abrasive water jet processing machine for jetting a fluid and performing a cutting includes a fluid supply device, an abrasive supply device, an injection pressure controller, wherein the abrasive supply device includes a reservoir hopper consisting of a pressure vessel for reserving the abrasive, an abrasive supply tube for communicating with the reservoir hopper and the nozzle, and an air purge device for supplying compressed air to the abrasive supply tube and the reservoir hopper; the injection pressure controller performs a two-stage control of controlling injection pressure in a piercing; and the air purge device includes a flow pressure controller for controlling flow pressure of compressed air passing through the abrasive supply tube, wherein the flow pressure controller controls the flow pressure in the piercing to be higher than that in the cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Akihiro FUNATSU, Takuya AOKI
  • Patent number: 8158018
    Abstract: The ferrite sintered body of the present invention contains main components consisting of 52 to 54 mol % Fe2O3, 35 to 42 mol % MnO and 6 to 11 mol % ZnO as oxide equivalents and additives including Co, Ti, Si and Ca in specified amounts, and has a temperature at which the power loss is a minimal value (bottom temperature) of higher than 120° C. in a magnetic field with an excitation magnetic flux density of 200 mT and a frequency of 100 kHz, and a power loss of 350 kW/m3 or less at the bottom temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nakahata, Tomokazu Ishikura, Takuya Aoki
  • Patent number: 7713465
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a MnZn-base ferrite comprising: firing a compacted raw material to produce the MnZn-base ferrite, wherein the firing comprises, in the following order: a heating phase comprising gradually bringing a firing temperature from room temperature up to a maximum temperature; a maximum temperature holding phase comprising maintaining the maximum temperature for a period of time, wherein a partial pressure of oxygen (p2) at the maximum temperature holding phase is greater than an equilibrium partial pressure of oxygen (p1) as follows: p2>p1, wherein the equilibrium partial pressure of oxygen (p1) is represented by the following equation: log(p1)=log(PO2)=a?b/T, wherein PO2 is measured in a unit of %, and T is measured in a unit of absolute temperature K; and a cooling phase comprising gradually bringing the maximum temperature down to near room temperature, wherein a partial pressure of oxygen (p3) at the cooling phase is operated at an equilibrium partial pressure of oxygen bas
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shenglei Che, Kentaro Mori, Masahiko Watanabe, Takuya Aoki, Tomofumi Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20100078587
    Abstract: A novel NiMnZn-based ferrite which can reduce magnetic loss (core loss) at a high frequency of about 2 MHz or higher and achieve higher saturated magnetic flux density while forming high sintered density is provided. The NiMnZn-based ferrite contains a main component comprising 54.0 to 57.5 mol % of iron oxide in terms of Fe2O3, 2.0 to 7.0 mol % of zinc oxide in terms of ZnO, 0.5 to 4.7 mol % of nickel oxide in terms of NiO, and a remainder of manganese oxide (in terms of MnO); and an accessory component comprising 100 to 1000 ppm by weight of Si in terms of SiO2, 800 to 3000 ppm by weight of Ca in terms of CaCO3, and 520 to 1000 ppm by weight of Nb in terms of Nb2O5 with respect to the main component; while having an average ferrite crystal particle size of 2.1 to 8.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Mori, Takuya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20090242827
    Abstract: The ferrite sintered body of the present invention contains main components consisting of 52 to 54 mol % Fe2O3, 35 to 42 mol % MnO and 6 to 11 mol % ZnO as oxide equivalents and additives including Co, Ti, Si and Ca in specified amounts, and has a temperature at which the power loss is a minimal value (bottom temperature) of higher than 120° C. in a magnetic field with an excitation magnetic flux density of 200 mT and a frequency of 100 kHz, and a power loss of 350 kW/m3 or less at the bottom temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Isao NAKAHATA, Tomokazu Ishikura, Takuya Aoki
  • Patent number: 7527744
    Abstract: An NiCuZn-base ferrite of the invention comprises as main components an iron oxide in an amount of 45.0 to 49.0 mol % on Fe2O3 basis, an copper oxide in an amount of 5.0 to 14.0 mol % on CuO basis and a zinc oxide in an amount of 1.0 to 32.0 mol % on ZnO basis with a nickel oxide accounting for the rest mol % on NiO basis. With respect to the main components, a bismuth oxide is contained in an amount of 0.25 exclusive to 0.40% by weight on Bi2O3 basis, and a tin oxide is contained in an amount of 1.00 to 2.50% by weight on SnO2 basis. The invention ensures a leap upward in direct-current bias characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Wada, Takuya Aoki, Hiroshi Momoi, Yukio Takahashi, Takahiro Satoh
  • Patent number: 7524433
    Abstract: The temperature properties of the initial permeability of a Ni—Cu—Zn based ferrite material are improved while the degradation of the magnetic properties of the ferrite material is being suppressed. The ferrite material is formed of a sintered body comprising, as main constituents, Fe2O3: 47.0 to 50.0 mol %, CuO: 0 to 7 mol %, NiO: 13 to 26 mol %, and ZnO substantially constituting the balance, wherein the sintered body comprises 40 ppm or less of P in terms of P2O5 and 50 to 1800 ppm of one or more additives of Al2O3, CaO and MgO in relation to the sum of the contents of the main constituents. In the Ni—Cu—Zn based ferrite material, the mean grain size can be set at 12 ?m or less and the standard deviation of the grain size can be set at 4.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Takane, Takuya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20090084235
    Abstract: An origin correction method of matching a set processing top point with a machine top point of a high pressure jet in a jetting apparatus having a two-axis angle control for controlling tilt and -pivot angles other than a three-axis control consisting of X, Y, Z-axes includes: a jet radial-runout measurement process of measuring a position of the jet passing through an XY-plane; a jet radial-runout correction process of calculating an error at the processing top point and correcting radial runout of the jet; a jet top-point variation measurement process of changing the tilt angle and measuring two positions, where the jet passes through the XY-plane; and a jet top-point variation correction process of calculating an error at the processing top point from position data of the two positions and correcting a deviation of the processing top point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira KATA, Naotsugu TERASAKI, Takuya AOKI
  • Publication number: 20080236706
    Abstract: Firing is carried out such that for operation of a partial pressure of oxygen and temperature at the high-temperature holding operation phase and cooling operation phase, the following equilibrium relation equation (1) indicative of an equilibrium relation of a partial pressure of oxygen (PO2 in %) to a temperature (T in absolute temperature K) is used to set the values of a and b at given values of a=a* and b=b*, respectively, Log(PO2)=a?b/T ??Eq.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shenglei CHE, Kentaro MORI, Masahiko WATANABE, Takuya AOKI, Tomofumi KURODA
  • Patent number: 7378036
    Abstract: A ferrite material of the present invention is configured such that 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of bismuth oxide in terms of Bi2O3, 0.5 to 3.0 wt % of tin oxide in terms of SnO2, and 30 to 5000 wt ppm of chromium oxide in terms of Cr2O3 are added to a predetermined main component mixture composition. Therefore, it is possible to achieve an improvement in DC bias characteristics, an improvement in temperature characteristics of initial magnetic permeability, and an improvement in resistivity and further achieve an improvement in burned body strength, particularly in burned body flexural strength (bending strength).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Wada, Takuya Aoki, Atsuhito Matsukawa, Kensaku Asakura
  • Patent number: 7289010
    Abstract: There is provided a Mn—Zn based ferrite member excellent in mass productivity, high in withstand voltage, low in loss and excellent in direct current superposition property. The Mn—Zn based ferrite member is provided with a surface layer portion having the properties that ?5 defined in the specification satisfies the relation that ?5?103 ?m and ?50 defined in the specification satisfies the relation that ?50?102 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kajino, Kenya Takagawa, Taku Murase, Takuya Aoki
  • Publication number: 20070181847
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a ferrite material which has a higher saturation magnetic flux density and low core loss, both at 100° C. The ferrite material is composed of a sintered body containing Fe, Mn and Zn as main constituents at x, y and z % by mol in terms of Fe2O3, MnO and ZnO, respectively, and containing Li as an additive at v % by weight in terms of Li2CO3 based on the main constituents, wherein x=55.7 to 60, z=3 to 8.5, y=100?x?z, v=0.3 to 0.8, and x1?x?x2 (x1=52.9?0.1z+8.5v and x2=54.4?0.1z+8.5v).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomofumi Kuroda, Isao Nakahata, Masahiko Watanabe, Masahito Furukawa, Osamu Hasegawa, Takuya Aoki
  • Patent number: 7238298
    Abstract: An Ni—Cu—Zn-based ferrite material contains TiO2 alone as an additive in an amount of 0.1 wt %<x?4.0 wt % in which x denotes a content of the TiO2 and unavoidable impurities. The principal components thereof are 43.0 to 49.8 mol % of Fe2O3, 4.0 to 13.0 mol % of CuO, 5 to 35 mol % of ZnO and the balance of NiO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Aoki, Taku Murase