Patents by Inventor Takuya Nishio

Takuya Nishio 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: 20220333221
    Abstract: A cold-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition; a structure of the told-rolled steel sheet at a position which is ¼ of a sheet thickness from a surface contains, in a volume percentage, 80.0% or more of tempered martensite, more than 2.5% and less than 10.0% of residual austenite, 0% or more and 15.0% or less of ferrite and bainite in total, 0% or more and 3.0% or less of martensite, and the remainder structure. With respect to the above-described structure, a maximum value of a random specific intensity Iq is 4.0 or less, an average diameter of a region Rq which has an orientation within 10° from a crystal orientation in which the random specific intensity Iq is maximum is 10.0 ?m or less, a surface density of the region Rq is 1000 pieces/mm2 or more, a tensile strength is 1310 MPa or more, a uniform elongation is 5.0% or more, and TS×? is 35000 MPa·% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIO, Ryosuke NAKAMURA, Masafumi AZUMA
  • Patent number: 11473164
    Abstract: This high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, wherein a microstructure at a ¼ position of a sheet thickness from a surface includes predetermined ranges of volume percentages of tempered martensite, residual austenite, ferrite and bainite, and martensite, wherein a microstructure at a position 25 ?m from the surface includes, predetermined ranges of volume percentage of ferrite and bainite, and martensite and tempered martensite, wherein in the position 25 ?m from the surface, an average grain size of the martensite and the tempered martensite is 5.0 ?m or less, a tensile strength is 1,310 MPa or more, and a uniform elongation is 5.0% or more, and R/t is 5.0 or less, the R/t being a ratio of a limit bend radius R in 90° V-bending to a sheet thickness t.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nishio, Kojiro Akiba, Yoshimasa Narita, Kotaro Ohno, Satoshi Kato, Masafumi Azuma
  • Patent number: 11235683
    Abstract: The vehicle seat slide apparatus includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a locking spring for restricting movement of the upper rail by engaging with the lower rail, and an unlocking member that releases an engagement state between the locking spring and the lower rail to release movement restriction of the upper rail. The unlocking member is located inside the locking spring in both a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the upper rail, the unlocking member is rotatably attached to a mounting member, and a wire support wall that supports a wire for operating the unlocking member is connected to the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nishio, Kohei Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 11142098
    Abstract: A vehicle seat slide apparatus includes: a lower rail; an upper rail movably mounted on the lower rail and configured to support a seat; an annular-shaped lock spring attached to the upper rail; and an unlocking member attached to the upper rail, wherein: the lock spring has a lock portion configured to engage the lower rail to restrict upper rail movement; the unlocking member is configured to release movement restriction of the upper rail by displacing the lock spring to release an engagement state between the lock spring and the lower rail, is disposed inside the lock spring in both longitudinal and width directions of the upper rail, and includes a rotating portion and a pressing portion; the rotating portion is made of one flat plate material, and is configured to rotate; and the pressing portion is configured to be connected to the rotating portion and press the lock spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nishio, Takanori Sato
  • Publication number: 20210309126
    Abstract: The vehicle seat slide apparatus includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a locking spring having a locking portion that restricts movement of the upper rail by engaging with the lower rail, and an unlocking mechanism that releases movement restriction of the upper rail. One end side of the locking spring is movably attached to the upper rail, the other end side of the locking spring is fixed to the upper rail, and the locking portion is provided between the one end side and the other end side. The upper rail includes a during locking restricting portion that restricts movement of the one end side of the locking spring by contacting the one end side of the locking spring when the locking spring and the lower rail are in an engaged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20210309125
    Abstract: The vehicle seat slide apparatus includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a locking spring for restricting movement of the upper rail by engaging with the lower rail, and an unlocking member that releases an engagement state between the locking spring and the lower rail to release movement restriction of the upper rail. The unlocking member is located inside the locking spring in both a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the upper rail, the unlocking member is rotatably attached to a mounting member, and a wire support wall that supports a wire for operating the unlocking member is connected to the mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIO, Kohei NISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11118717
    Abstract: A male coupling member detachably couplable to a female coupling member includes an outer coupling body having a first end inserted and fitted into the female coupling member, a second end opposite to the first end, and a passage extending from the first end to the second end. The male coupling member further includes an inner coupling body disposed coaxially with the outer coupling body at a position closer to the first end, and a filtration member detachably attached to the inner coupling body. The inner coupling body is attachable to and detachable from the outer coupling body from the first end. The filtration member is held in the passage when the inner coupling body is attached to the outer coupling body. The filtration member is detachable when the inner coupling body is detached from the outer coupling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Nishio, Hidetoshi Nohara, Hirofumi Onishi, Masaaki Kondo, Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11059391
    Abstract: A vehicle seat slide device includes an upper rail, a lower rail, a lock mechanism, and a lock release mechanism. The lock mechanism restricts relative movement of the upper rail. The upper rail includes two side walls and an upper wall. The lock release mechanism includes a lever member, a push portion, and a spring member. The push portion pushes an unlock element of the lock mechanism and performs an unlocking action with the lock mechanism when the lever member is pivoted based on an operation force. The spring member applies an urging force to the lever member in a direction opposite to the direction in which the lever member is pivoted. The spring member includes an engagement end, which engages the lever member, and a spring body. At least the spring body is arranged in an inner space of the upper rail defined below the upper wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nishio, Takanori Sato, Koji Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20210062288
    Abstract: This high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, a microstructure at a ¼ position of a sheet thickness from a surface includes, by a volume percentage, 70.0% or more of tempered martensite, more than 3.0% and less than 10.0% of residual austenite, a total of 25.0% or less of ferrite and bainite, and 5.0% or less of martensite, a microstructure at a position 25 ?m from the surface includes, by the volume percentage, a total of 70% or more of ferrite and bainite and a total of 30% or less of martensite and tempered martensite, in the position 25 ?m from the surface, an average grain size of the martensite and the tempered martensite is 5.0 ?m or less, a tensile strength is 1,310 MPa or more, a uniform elongation is 5.0% or more, and Rh is 5.0 or less, the Rh/t being a ratio of a limit bend radius R in 90° V-bending to a sheet thickness t.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIO, Kojiro AKIBA, Yoshimasa NARITA, Kotaro OHNO, Satoshi KATO, Masafumi AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20200406786
    Abstract: A vehicle seat slide apparatus includes: a lower rail; an upper rail movably mounted on the lower rail and configured to support a seat; an annular-shaped lock spring attached to the upper rail; and an unlocking member attached to the upper rail, wherein: the lock spring has a lock portion configured to engage the lower rail to restrict upper rail movement; the unlocking member is configured to release movement restriction of the upper rail by displacing the lock spring to release an engagement state between the lock spring and the lower rail, is disposed inside the lock spring in both longitudinal and width directions of the upper rail, and includes a rotating portion and a pressing portion; the rotating portion is made of one flat plate material, and is configured to rotate; and the pressing portion is configured to be connected to the rotating portion and press the lock spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIO, Takanori SATO
  • Patent number: 10774412
    Abstract: A hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of 750 MPa or higher, a composition consisting, in mass percent, C: more than 0.10% and less than 0.25%, Si: more than 0.50% and less than 2.0%, Mn: more than 1.50% and 3.0% or less, and optionally containing one or more types of Ti, Nb, V, Cr, Mo, B, Ca, Mg, REM, and Bi, P: less than 0.050%, S: 0.010% or less, sol. Al: 0.50% or less, and N: 0.010% or less, and a main phase as a low-temperature transformation product and a second phase as retained austenite. The retained austenite volume fraction is more than 4.0% and less than 25.0% of the whole structure, and has an average grain size of less than 0.80 ?m. A number density of retained austenite grains having a grain size of 1.2 ?m or more is 3.0×10?2/?m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norio Imai, Masayuki Wakita, Takuya Nishio, Jun Haga, Kengo Hata, Yasuaki Tanaka, Mitsuru Yoshida, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Suguhiro Fukushima, Toshiro Tomida
  • Publication number: 20200070688
    Abstract: A vehicle seat slide device includes an upper rail, a lower rail, a lock mechanism, and a lock release mechanism. The lock mechanism restricts relative movement of the upper rail. The upper rail includes two side walls and an upper wall. The lock release mechanism includes a lever member, a push portion, and a spring member. The push portion pushes an unlock element of the lock mechanism and performs an unlocking action with the lock mechanism when the lever member is pivoted based on an operation force. The spring member applies an urging force to the lever member in a direction opposite to the direction in which the lever member is pivoted. The spring member includes an engagement end, which engages the lever member, and a spring body. At least the spring body is arranged in an inner space of the upper rail defined below the upper wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIO, Takanori SATO, Koji KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 10526671
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent ductility and stretch flangeability includes: a chemical composition consisting, in mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.3, Si: 0.6 to 2.5%, Mn: 0.6 to 3.5%, P: at most 0.1%, S: at most 0.05%, Ti: 0 to 0.08%, Nb: 0 to 0.04%, total of Ti and Nb: 0 to 0.10%, sol.Al: 0 to 2.0%, Cr: 0 to 1%, Mo: 0 to 0.3%, V: 0 to 0.3%, B: 0 to 0.005%, Ca: 0 to 0.003%, REM: 0 to 0.003% and the remainder of Fe and impurities; a microstructure having a main phase including at least 40 area % in total of martensite and/or bainite; and a texture in which proportion of an average X-ray intensity in an {100}<011> to {211}<011> orientations relative to an average X-ray intensity of a random structure not having a texture is less than 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Hata, Toshiro Tomida, Norio Imai, Jun Haga, Takuya Nishio
  • Patent number: 10487949
    Abstract: A coupling member is provided that includes a filtration member provided in a fluid passage in a coupling body to divide the fluid passage into an upstream pre-filtration passage section and a downstream post-filtration passage section. The filtration member includes a cylindrical part extending in the direction of a longitudinal axis and having a filtration portion. The cylindrical part divides a downstream portion of the pre-filtration passage section and an upstream portion of the post-filtration passage section from each other in the radial direction of the cylindrical part. Further, the fluid passage has a dust collecting part extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis from the downstream portion to a position closer to a downstream opening than the filtration portion of the filtration member. The dust collecting part is closed at a downstream end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Nishio, Hidetoshi Nohara, Hirofumi Onishi
  • Patent number: 10407749
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet having a composition comprising, in mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.3%, Si: 0.4 to 2.5%, Mn: 0.6 to 3.5%, P: at most 0.1%, S: at most 0.05%, Ti: 0 to 0.08%, Nb: 0 to 0.04%, a total content of Ti and Nb: 0 to 0.10%, sol.Al: 0 to 2.0%, Cr: 0 to 1%, Mo: 0 to 0.3%, V: 0 to 0.3%, B: 0 to 0.005%, Ca: 0 to 0.003%, REM: 0 to 0.003%, the remainder Fe and impurities, is cold rolled, then heated at an average heating rate of at least 15° C./sec so that a proportion of an unrecrystallization of a region not transformed to austenite at a time of reaching (Ac1 point+10° C.) is at least 30 area %, and then held for 30 seconds at temperature of at least (0.9×Ac1 point+0.1×Ac3 point) and at most (Ac3 point+100° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Hata, Toshiro Tomida, Norio Imai, Jun Haga, Takuya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20190225119
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle slide rail structure includes: a lower rail including a bottom wall extending in a first direction; an upper rail attached to the lower rail; a member including a first surface, two ends in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a continuous region, a first fitting element, and a second fitting element and attached to the bottom wall, the first surface facing the bottom wall, the two ends being on the first surface, the continuous region being of the first surface continuous between the two ends in the second direction; and a projection located between the first fitting element and the second fitting element in the first direction, protruding from the continuous region, and configured to abut against the bottom wall to elastically deform the member such that the first fitting element and the second fitting element are pressed against the bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIO, Haruki SETO, Koji KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 10234050
    Abstract: A check valve is provided which comprises a casing having a fluid passage, a valve seat member disposed in the fluid passage, and a valve element housing with a valve element disposed therein. The valve seat member has a valve seat surface on an end surface facing downstream. The valve element housing is a discrete member separate from the valve seat member and detachably secured to a downstream end portion of the same. The valve element is displaceable between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Nishio, Hidetoshi Nohara, Hirofumi Onishi
  • Patent number: 10214540
    Abstract: Provision of orally-available and low-toxic somatostatin receptor subtype 2 agonist. Since the compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein all symbols represent the same meanings as those described in the description, a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof is non-peptidic low-molecular compound which has strong somatostatin receptor subtype 2 agonist activity, the compound is orally-available. Additionally, since the compound is low-toxic, the compound is useful for the prevention and/or treatment of the somatostatin related diseases such as acromegaly or gastrointestinal obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiharu Ishida, Takeshi Matsushita, Tetsuya Sekiguchi, Tatsuya Komagata, Takuya Nishio
  • Patent number: 10174392
    Abstract: A method for producing a high-tensile cold-rolled steel sheet includes subjecting a slab having a composition containing C: more than 0.020% and less than 0.30%, Si: more than 0.10% and 3.00% or less, and Mn: more than 1.00% and 3.50% or less to hot rolling wherein the roll draft of the final one pass is higher than 15%, and rolling is finished in the temperature region of Ar3 point or higher, optionally annealing wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet is heated to 300° C. or higher after being cooled to 780° C. or lower, coiling higher than 400° C. or lower than 400° C., cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet or the annealed steel sheet, and annealing wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet is soaked in the temperature region of (Ac3 point?40° C.) or higher, cooling to 500° C. or lower and 300° C. or higher, and holding in that temperature region for 30 seconds or longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Haga, Takuya Nishio, Masayuki Wakita, Yasuaki Tanaka, Norio Imai, Toshiro Tomida, Mitsuru Yoshida, Kengo Hata
  • Publication number: 20180283594
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a male coupling member detachably couplable to a female coupling member that includes an outer coupling body having a first end inserted and fitted into the female coupling member, a second end opposite to the first end, and a passage extending from the first end to the second end. The male coupling member further includes an inner coupling body disposed coaxially with the outer coupling body at a position closer to the first end, and a filtration member detachably attached to the inner coupling body. The inner coupling body is attachable to and detachable from the outer coupling body from the first end. The filtration member is held in the passage when the inner coupling body is attached to the outer coupling body. The filtration member is detachable when the inner coupling body is detached from the outer coupling body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicants: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIO, Hidetoshi NOHARA, Hirofumi ONISHI, Masaaki KONDO, Akira YAMASHITA