Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Ono

Yoshihiko Ono 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).

  • Patent number: 12138023
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes: a case including an outer case, a base housed in the outer case, and a back cover that covers an opening of the outer case; a movable portion arranged in a gap between the outer case, the base and the back cover, and including a bag-shaped cuff that inflates when a fluid is supplied to an internal space; and a seal member that is formed of a gel body having a lower elastic modulus than that of the cuff, and that is provided in the gap to seal the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nishida, Hirokazu Tanaka, Shinji Mizuno, Noboru Kohara, Kotaro Kitajo, Keitaro Nagano, Yoshihiko Sano, Takashi Ono
  • Patent number: 12133719
    Abstract: Provided is a blood pressure measurement device capable of discharging a fluid from three cuffs even when either one of a pump valve or an on-off valve fails, that includes a pump including a pump valve; a first flow path including a first on-off valve and fluidly connecting the pump and a sensing cuff; a second flow path branching from the first flow path between the pump and the first on-off valve, including a second on-off valve, a third on-off valve, and a fourth on-off valve, and connecting the pump and atmosphere; a third flow path branching from an intermediate portion between the second on-off valve and the third on-off valve and fluidly connecting the pump and the tensile cuff; and a fourth flow path branching from an intermediate portion between the third on-off valve and the fourth on-off valve and fluidly connecting the pump and the pressing cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ono, Takeshi Kubo, Yasuo Asano, Ko Nakaoka, Yoshihiko Sano, Takanori Nishioka
  • Patent number: 12123069
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite: 5% or less, and at least one of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained ?: 95% to 100% by area percentage, and retained ?: 4% to 15% by volume percentage. Retained ?UB has a specified area percentage S?UB, retained ?LB has a specified distribution number N?LB, and at least one of (i) fresh martensite has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio and (ii) retained ? grains has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Junya Tobata, Hiroyuki Akimoto, Yoichiro Matsui, Shinjiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 12077831
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a tensile strength of 1,320 MPa or more, and methods for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a specified microstructure including martensite and bainite, the total area fraction of the martensite and the bainite being 95% or more and 100% or less, the balance being one or more selected from ferrite and retained austenite. The forumulae [% Ti]+[% Nb]>0.007 and [% Ti]×[% Nb]2?7.5×10?6 are satisfied in the chemical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda, Nobuyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12071682
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a tensile strength of 1,320 MPa or more, and methods for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a specified microstructure including martensite and bainite, the total area fraction of the martensite and the bainite being 92% or more and 100% or less, the balance being one or more selected from ferrite and retained austenite. The forumulae [% Ti]+[% Nb]>0.007 and [% Ti]×[% Nb]2?7.5×10?6 are satisfied in the chemical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda, Nobuyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12064222
    Abstract: Provided is a blood pressure measurement device including a curler including a cover portion that fixes a device body to a hand back side of the wrist, a pressing cuff including a first bag-like structure and a first flow path body which is integrally formed with the first bag-like structure by joining two sheet members forming the first bag-like structure facing the curler and is fluidly connecting a pump and the first bag-like structure, a sensing cuff including a second bag-like structure and a second flow path body which is integrally formed with the second bag-like structure by joining two sheet members forming the second bag-like structure and is including one end disposed on the wrist side of the cover portion, and a tensile cuff including a third bag-like structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ono, Yoshihiko Sano, Masaki Harada, Takayuki Matsuoka, Takanori Nishioka
  • Patent number: 12059236
    Abstract: The blood pressure measurement device includes a bag-like cuff wound around the living body and inflated with a fluid supplied to its internal space, a supply device configured to supply the fluid into the cuff, and guides arranged on the living body side of the cuff and configured to create wrinkles in the cuff on the living body side in a direction intersecting the winding direction of the cuff, when the cuff is inflated to pressurize the living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nishida, Takanori Nishioka, Yoshihiko Sano, Brian Brigham, Takashi Ono
  • Patent number: 12043876
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a microstructure comprising ferrite: 5% or less, and at least one of upper bainite, fresh martensite, tempered martensite, lower bainite, and retained ?: 95% to 100%, and retained ?: 5% to 20%. Retained ?UB has a specified area percentage S?UB, retained ?LB has a specified distribution number N?LB, and at least one of (i) fresh martensite has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio and (ii) retained ? grains has a specified equivalent circular grain diameter and aspect ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Junya Tobata, Hiroyuki Akimoto, Yoichiro Matsui, Shinjiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 12043883
    Abstract: A high-yield-ratio high-strength electrogalvanized steel sheet having an electrogalvanized coating layer formed on a surface of a base steel sheet, in which the base steel sheet has a certain chemical composition, and a steel microstructure, in which a total area fraction of one or both of bainite containing carbides having an average grain diameter of 50 nm or less and tempered martensite containing carbides having an average grain diameter of 50 nm or less is 90% or more in the whole of the steel microstructure, and in which a total area fraction of one or both of the bainite containing and the tempered martensite containing carbides is 80% or more in a region from the surface of the base steel sheet to a position located at ? of a thickness of the base steel sheet, and diffusible hydrogen in steel in an amount of 0.20 mass ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hirashima, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Patent number: 11946112
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet of the present invention has a specific chemical composition. Furthermore, in the steel sheet, a degree of Mn segregation in a specific region is 1.5 or less; a maximum P concentration in a specific region is 0.08 mass % or less; in a specific region, at least one specific MnS particle group is present, the number of specific MnS particle groups is 2.0 or fewer per 1 mm2, and the number of specific oxide-based inclusions is 8 or fewer per 1 mm2; of all oxide-based inclusions, oxide-based inclusions having a specific composition are present in a number ratio of 80% or greater; the microstructure includes, in terms of a volume fraction, 30 to 95% martensite, 5 to 70% ferrite phase, less than 30% (and 0% or greater) bainite, and less than 2.0% (and 0% or greater) austenite phase; and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda, Shimpei Yoshioka, Koichi Taniguchi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takeshi Murai, Nobuyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11898230
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet according to the present invention includes a specific chemical composition, and a steel structure in which a total area fraction of martensite and bainite in a position of ¼ of a sheet thickness is 95% or more and 100% or less, the balance in a case where the total area fraction is not 100% contains retained austenite, and an area fraction of ferrite in a region extending up to 10 ?m in a sheet thickness direction from a surface is 10% or more and 40% or less, in which a tensile strength is 1320 MPa or more, and a Vickers hardness in a position of 15 ?m in the sheet thickness direction from the surface satisfies a specified formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Patent number: 11846002
    Abstract: The high-strength steel sheet according to the present invention includes a specific chemical composition, a steel structure in which a total area fraction of martensite and bainite in a position of ¼ of a sheet thickness is 92% or more and 100% or less, the balance in a case where the total area fraction is not 100% contains retained austenite, and an area fraction of ferrite in a region extending up to 10 ?m in a sheet thickness direction from a surface is 10% or more and 40% or less, in which a tensile strength is 1320 MPa or more, and a Vickers hardness in a position of 15 ?m in the sheet thickness direction from the surface satisfies a specified formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda, Nobuyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11795520
    Abstract: A hot-pressed member having excellent bending collapsibility, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for manufacturing a steel sheet for the hot-pressed member. The hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet as a base material, the steel sheet having a specified chemical composition. The hot-pressed member has a microstructure in which a martensite microstructure is present in a volume fraction of 70% or greater, and a number density of inclusions having a longest diameter of 25 ?m or greater is 0.02/mm2 or less. The hot-pressed member has a tensile strength of 1.8 GPa or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Ono, Katsutoshi Takashima, Takayuki Futatsuka, Kentaro Sato
  • Patent number: 11795531
    Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet of the present invention includes a steel sheet having a specific chemical composition, and a steel structure containing, in terms of area ratio, 4% or more and 20% or less of retained austenite, 30% or less (including 0%) of ferrite, 40% or more of martensite, and 10% or more and 50% or less of bainite; and a galvanized layer provided on the steel sheet, in which an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel is less than 0.20 mass ppm, a tensile strength is 1100 MPa or more, a relationship between a tensile strength TS (MPa), an elongation El (%), and a sheet thickness t (mm) satisfies a (1) formula below, and a yield ratio YR is 67% or more. TS×(El+3?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi Yoshitomi, Yoshihiko Ono, Tatsuya Nakagaito
  • Patent number: 11739392
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of 1320 MPa or more and excellent workability. The high-strength steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.20% or more and 0.40% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: more than 2.4% and 5.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less, N: 0.010% or less, and Fe and inevitable impurities. A microstructure of the steel sheet includes, in terms of area fraction with respect to the whole steel sheet microstructure, lower bainite in an amount of 40% or more and less than 85%, martensite including tempered martensite in an amount of 5% or more and less than 40%, retained austenite in an amount of 10% or more and 30% or less, and polygonal ferrite in an amount of 10% or less (including 0%).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kimata, Yoshihiko Ono, Kenji Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11732340
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength hot-rolled coated steel sheet having a TS of 980 MPa or more, excellent bulging formability and stretch flange formability, and excellent coatability. The high-strength hot-rolled coated steel sheet includes a steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% to 0.09%, Si: 0.01% to 1.60%, Mn: 2.20% to 3.60%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.0100% or less, Ti: 0.05% to 0.18%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005% to 0.40%, N: 0.010% or less, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a CSM value expressed by the equation 33.8[% C][% Mn]+12.4[% Si]/[% Mn] is 3.3 to 12.0, and a steel microstructure containing bainite in an amount of 85% or more in terms of area fraction and martensite in an amount of 2.0% or more and 15.0% or less in terms of area fraction and includes a coating layer or an alloyed coating layer on a surface of the steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota Goto, Kazuhiko Yamazaki, Thi Huyen Doan, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Patent number: 11603574
    Abstract: A high-ductility, high-strength steel sheet having excellent close-contact bendability and a method for producing the same. The steel sheet has a specified chemical composition and a microstructure comprising, by area percentage, 50% or more of a ferrite phase, 5% to 30% of a pearlite phase, and 15% or less in total of bainite, martensite, and retained austenite, in which the area percentage of ferrite grains each containing three or more cementite grains having an aspect ratio of 1.5 or less is 30% or less, and the number of inclusions having a particle size of 10 ?m or more present in a portion extending from a surface to a ¼ thickness position is 2.0 particles/mm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hirashima, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Patent number: 11453926
    Abstract: A steel sheet having excellent fatigue resistance as a material for automobile parts and a TS of 590 MPa or more, and a method for producing the same. The steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a microstructure of 50% or more and 90% or less of martensite, 10% to 50% of ferrite and bainite in total, in terms of an area ratio, and an average concentration of solute Mn in ferrite in a region from a surface of a base steel to a depth of 0.5 ?m is 60% or more relative to an average concentration of solute Mn in ferrite at a location of ¼ in the thickness of the steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Yoshihiko Ono, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11453927
    Abstract: A cold rolled steel sheet having a high strength, an aging resistance, a high yield ratio and a small anisotropy of tensile strength is obtained by hot rolling and cold rolling a steel material containing in percent by mass C: 0.06-0.14%, Si: less than 0.50%, Mn: 1.6-2.5%, Nb: not more than 0.080% (including 0%), Ti: not more than 0.080% (including 0%), provided that Nb and Ti are contained in an amount of 0.020-0.080% in total, subjecting a cold rolled steel sheet continuous annealing including steps of soaking-annealing at a temperature of 840-940° C. for a holding time of 30-120 seconds, cooling from the soaking temperature to 600° C. at a rate of not less than 5° C./s, retaining in a temperature range of 600-500° C. for 30-300 seconds and then conducting a secondary cooling to apply such a steel structure that martensite is finely dispersed into ferrite base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuma Honda, Yoshihiko Ono
  • Publication number: 20220298594
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a steel microstructure including, by area %, martensite in a range of 20% or more and 100% or less, ferrite in a range of 0% or more and 80% or less, and the balance being 5% or less. A residual stress generated at the transverse center of the steel sheet when the steel sheet is subjected to a V-bending process is 800 MPa or less. A residual stress generated at the transverse end of the steel sheet when the steel sheet is subjected to a V-bending process is 90% or more and 110% or less of the residual stress generated at the transverse center of the steel sheet. The maximum amount of warpage of the steel sheet sheared to a length of 1 m in the longitudinal direction is 15 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya HIRASHIMA, Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Shinjiro KANEKO, Soshi YOSHIMOTO, Tomohiro HASHIMUKAI, Yoshihiko ONO