Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Masuda
Tatsuya Masuda 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: 20240110314Abstract: A conjugate fiber includes two or more types of polymers, and having a fiber cross section in which a plurality of interfaces is formed, in which the conjugate fiber has a value, which is obtained by dividing a sum of lengths of interfaces between two types of the polymers by an area of the fiber cross section, of 0.0010 nm?1 or more, and each of the interfaces is continuous in a fiber axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Tatsuya Ishikawa, Tomohiko Matsuura, Masato Masuda
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Publication number: 20240091755Abstract: In a photocatalyst which is obtained by adding a co-catalyst to semiconductor particles containing strontium titanate and which causes a water decomposition reaction in which water molecules are decomposed into oxygen molecules and hydrogen molecules according to light emission, the semiconductor particles are doped with barium or additionally with scandium. A method of synthesizing a semiconductor for the photocatalyst includes a process of synthesizing semiconductor particles containing strontium titanate doped with barium by mixing barium titanate or additionally with scandium oxide into strontium chloride or mixing strontium titanate or additionally scandium oxide into strontium chloride and barium chloride and performing firing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Kenichi OKUMURA, Tatsuya HASEGAWA, Shigeru IKEDA
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Publication number: 20220136469Abstract: A steel pipe for a fuel injection pipe has a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %: C: 0.17 to 0.27%, Si: 0.05 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, O: 0.0040% or less, Ca: 0.0010% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, N: 0.0020 to 0.0080%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.015%, Nb: 0.015 to 0.045%, Cr: 0 to 1.00%, Mo: 0 to 1.00%, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, Ni: 0 to 0.50%, V: 0 to 0.15%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. The metal micro-structure consists substantially of tempered martensite, or tempered martensite and tempered bainite. The hardness is within the range of 350 to 460 HV1. A lattice spacing of a (211) diffraction plane measured by CoK? characteristic X-ray diffraction is 1.1716 ? or less, and a half-value width of the (211) diffraction plane is 1.200° or less. The number density of cementite having a diameter of 50 nm or more is 20/?m2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Taizo MAKINO, Masahiro YAMAZAKI, Tomohiko OMURA, Yuji ARAI, Osamu ENDO, Naoki SERIZAWA, Tatsuya MASUDA
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Publication number: 20220112572Abstract: A steel pipe for a fuel injection pipe has a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %: C: 0.17 to 0.27%, Si: 0.05 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, O: 0.0040% or less, Ca: 0.0010% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, N: 0.0020 to 0.0080%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.015%, Nb: 0.015 to 0.045%, Cr: 0 to 1.00%, Mo: 0 to 1.00%, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, Ni: 0 to 0.50%, V: 0 to 0.15%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. The metal micro-structure consists substantially of tempered martensite, or tempered martensite and tempered bainite. A prior-austenite grain size number is 9.0 or more. The hardness is within the range of 350 to 460 HV1. When a maximum value of a square root of an area of inclusions observed in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the steel pipe is taken as an (n=1 to 20), a maximum value amax of an is 30.0 ?m or less, and an average value aav of an is 40% or more of amax.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Taizo MAKINO, Masahiro YAMAZAKI, Yuji ARAI, Osamu ENDO, Naoki SERIZAWA, Tatsuya MASUDA
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Patent number: 11203793Abstract: A steel pipe for fuel injection pipe has a tensile strength of 500 to 900 MPa and a yield ratio of 0.50 to 0.85, and has a critical internal pressure (IP) satisfying [IP?0.41×TS×?] (?=[(D/d)2?1]/[0.776×(D/d)2], where TS: tensile strength (MPa) of the steel pipe, D: steel pipe outer diameter (mm), and d: steel pipe inner diameter (mm)), wherein a circumferential-direction residual stress on an inner surface of the pipe is ?20 MPa or lower after the steel pipe is split in half in a pipe axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignees: USUI CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Masuda, Tsugumi Yamazaki, Hiroaki Kondo, Taizo Makino, Masahiro Yamazaki, Katsunori Nagao
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Patent number: 10930492Abstract: A method for producing a SiC epitaxial wafer using an apparatus including a mounting plate having a recessed accommodation portion and a satellite disposed in the recessed accommodation portion, and configured so that a SiC substrate is placed on an upper surface thereof. The method includes supplying a dopant carrier gas to an outer circumference of the SiC epitaxial wafer from between the recessed accommodation portion and the satellite.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventor: Tatsuya Masuda
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Publication number: 20180233354Abstract: A method for producing a SiC epitaxial wafer using an apparatus including a mounting plate having a recessed accommodation portion and a satellite disposed in the recessed accommodation portion, and configured so that a SiC substrate is placed on an upper surface thereof. The method includes supplying a dopant carrier gas to an outer circumference of the SiC epitaxial wafer from between the recessed accommodation portion and the satellite.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventor: Tatsuya MASUDA
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Publication number: 20180171426Abstract: A steel pipe for fuel injection pipe has a tensile strength of 500 to 900 MPa and a yield ratio of 0.50 to 0.85, and has a critical internal pressure (IP) satisfying [IP?0.41×TS×?] (?=[(D/d)2?1]/[0.776×(D/d)2], where TS: tensile strength (MPa) of the steel pipe, D: steel pipe outer diameter (mm), and d: steel pipe inner diameter (mm)), wherein a circumferential-direction residual stress on an inner surface of the pipe is ?20 MPa or lower after the steel pipe is split in half in a pipe axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Tatsuya MASUDA, Tsugumi YAMAZAKI, Hiroaki KONDO, Taizo MAKINO, Masahiro YAMAZAKI, Katsunori NAGAO
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Publication number: 20160369759Abstract: A steel pipe has a composition consisting, by mass percent, of, C: 0.12 to 0.27%, Si: 0.05 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, N: 0.0020 to 0.0080%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.015%, Nb: 0.015 to 0.045%, Cr 0 to 1.0%, Mo: 0 to 1.0%, Cu: 0 to 0.5%, Ni: 0 to 0.5%, V: 0 to 0.15%, and B: 0 to 0.005%, the balance being Fe and impurities. As impurities, contents are Ca: 0.001% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.01% or less, and O: 0.0040% or less. The micro-structure is tempered martensitic or tempered martensite and tempered bainite, in which a prior-austenite grain size number is 10.0 or more. Tensile strength is TS 800 MPa or higher. Critical internal pressure is [0.3·TS·a] or more, a=[(D/d)2?1]/[0.776 ·(D/d)2], D: pipe outer diameter (mm), d: pipe inner diameter (mm).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Tatsuya MASUDA, Tsugumi YAMAZAKI, Taizo MAKINO, Katsunori NAGAO, Tsutomu OKUYAMA
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Patent number: 8062475Abstract: To provide a detaching method capable of detaching a first substrate and a second substrate bonded together through a pressure-sensitive adhesive film, while minimizing the physical external load imposed on these substrates. A method for detaching a first substrate and a second substrate bonded together by a pressure-sensitive adhesive film comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive polymer having dispersed therein a thermally decomposable metal hydroxide or metal salt hydrate filler, the method comprising a step of heating the pressure-sensitive adhesive film to a temperature capable of causing decomposition and dehydration of the metal hydroxide or metal salt hydrate, thereby accelerating the detachment.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Tatsuya Masuda, Shingo Amari
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Patent number: 7899216Abstract: In order to acquire a suitable fingerprint image by correcting an elongated fingerprint image, a line sensor acquires fingerprint image as a plurality of line-shaped images. A computation unit computes a similarity value by use of an evaluation function for evaluating the degree of similarity between the line-shaped images. The similarity value represents the degree of similarity between a first line-shaped image and a second line-shaped image which serve as a similarity evaluation target and are included in the plurality of the line-shaped image. A compression unit compresses the first line-shaped image and the second line-shaped image when the similarity value is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value to generate a new line-shaped image. A generation unit generates the entire fingerprint image by combining the new line-shaped image with the other line-shaped images.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Watanabe, Tatsuya Masuda, Tatsushi Ohyama, Hirofumi Saitoh, Yasunari Takasaki, Masaya Okumura
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Publication number: 20100305731Abstract: A digital-data-processing apparatus comprising: an encoding unit to encode inputted digital data to generate encoded data with a predetermined bit rate including frames of first and second data sizes, and allow the encoded data to be sequentially stored in a memory; a frame-number-calculation unit to calculate at least either of the numbers of frames of the first and second data sizes, out of the frames, the number of which is n; and an address-calculation unit to calculate a second address of the memory based on a first address of the memory, the first and second data sizes, and a calculation result of the frame-number-calculation unit, the second address having beginning data stored therein of a frame stored in the memory subsequently to the n frames, the first address having beginning data stored therein indicating beginning of a frame stored in the memory the earliest in time among the n frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tatsuya Masuda
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Publication number: 20100175829Abstract: To provide a detaching method capable of detaching a first substrate and a second substrate bonded together through a pressure-sensitive adhesive film, while minimizing the physical external load imposed on these substrates. A method for detaching a first substrate and a second substrate bonded together by a pressure-sensitive adhesive film comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive polymer having dispersed therein a thermally decomposable metal hydroxide or metal salt hydrate filler, the method comprising a step of heating the pressure-sensitive adhesive film to a temperature capable of causing decomposition and dehydration of the metal hydroxide or metal salt hydrate, thereby accelerating the detachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventors: Tatsuya Masuda, Shingo Amari
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Patent number: 7631718Abstract: A secondary sheave shaft of a transmission is disposed vertically higher than a drive shaft when viewed along the axial direction of the shafts. An idle shaft of a speed-reduction mechanism is disposed between a primary sheave and an imaginary plane that extends through an axis of rotation of the secondary sheave shaft and an axis of rotation of the drive shaft. The drive shaft is disposed inside a profile of a transmission case when viewed along the axial direction of the secondary sheave shaft and the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuya Masuda, Yousuke Ishida
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Patent number: 7398753Abstract: An engine has a built-in continuously variable transmission (CVT) interconnecting a crankshaft connected through a connecting rod to a piston and a transmission shaft to which the rotation of the crankshaft is transmitted for changing speed between both of the shafts. A driven pulley and a clutch are disposed on the transmission shaft. A balancer shaft to which the rotation of the crankshaft is transmitted and the clutch are disposed in an overlapping positional relationship with each other in the direction of the crankshaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuya Masuda, Yousuke Ishida
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Publication number: 20080029360Abstract: An automatic clutch mechanism that allows the feel of gear shifting to be readily transmitted to a rider through a pedal. The automatic clutch mechanism shifts gears while disengaging a clutch in conjunction with one pedal operation. A transmission effects a gear shift in conjunction with a pedal operation. The clutch includes an elastic member, and an engaging portion for bringing the transmission and an engine into engagement with each other by the elastic reaction force of the elastic member. The elastic member has a gradient-decreasing range in which the gradient of a change in elastic load with respect to deformation of the elastic member decreases as the deformation increases. The gradient-decreasing range is included in the use range of the elastic member determined by operation of the clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji YAMASHITA, Tatsuya MASUDA
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Patent number: 7311623Abstract: An engine has a continuously variable transmission in which a drive pulley is attached to an end of a crankshaft. The drive pulley is coupled by a flexible transmitter to a driven pulley. The driven pulley is attached to an end of a transmission shaft. A centrifugal clutch mechanism is axially aligned with the transmission shaft. The centrifugal clutch is positioned inboard of the driven pulley. A case supports the crankshaft and the transmission shaft. The case comprises a first case portion and a second case portion that are joined along a plane that is positioned between the driven pulley and a longitudinal plane that intersects an axis of a cylinder of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuya Masuda, Yousuke Ishida
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Patent number: 7201686Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle has an engine unit with a continuously variable transmission. The transmission has a primary sheave and a secondary sheave that are connected by a flexible transmitter such as a belt. The primary sheave, the secondary sheave and the belt are positioned in a transmission case. A starting kick shaft is positioned on the same side of the engine unit as the transmission case but the starting kick shaft is positioned outside of a profile of the transmission case when the engine unit is viewed from a lateral side.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2006Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuya Masuda, Yousuke Ishida
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Patent number: 7159558Abstract: An engine is constructed such that respective centers of gravity of a crank shaft, a balancer shaft and a cylinder are positioned close to one another and the mass of the engine is thus centralized. The engine includes a shaft center of a cylinder that is offset to one side with respect to a shaft center of a crank shaft, and a balancer shaft is disposed on a side of the engine where the cylinder shaft center is offset with respect to a first parallel line which intersects with the crank shaft center and extends substantially parallel to the cylinder shaft center.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mamoru Suzuki, Masashi Omoto, Tatsuya Masuda
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Publication number: 20060239514Abstract: In order to acquire a suitable fingerprint image by correcting an elongated fingerprint image, a line sensor acquires fingerprint image as a plurality of line-shaped images. A computation unit computes a similarity value by use of an evaluation function for evaluating the degree of similarity between the line-shaped images. The similarity value represents the degree of similarity between a first line-shaped image and a second line-shaped image which serve as a similarity evaluation target and are included in the plurality of the line-shaped image. A compression unit compresses the first line-shaped image and the second line-shaped image when the similarity value is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value to generate a new line-shaped image. A generation unit generates the entire fingerprint image by combining the new line-shaped image with the other line-shaped images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Keisuke Watanabe, Tatsuya Masuda, Tatsushi Ohyama, Hirofumi Saitoh, Yasunari Takasaki, Masaya Okumura