Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa Maeda
Yoshihisa Maeda 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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Patent number: 8481885Abstract: A welding apparatus and a welding method are employed for laser narrow groove welding which performs welding scanning a laser beam in the welding direction while feeding a solid filler metal into a narrow groove. The welding apparatus includes a laser beam irradiation head having a mechanism periodically oscillating an irradiation point of the laser beam with a predetermined amplitude in the bottom of the groove, and a filler metal control device having a solid filler metal feeder feeding the solid filler metal to the molten pool formed in the bottom of the groove by the laser beam and adjusting the feeding position independent of a motion of the laser beam irradiation head so that the tip position of the solid filler metal detected is constantly positioned in the center of the groove.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Tsukamoto, Hirotsugu Kawanaka, Yoshihisa Maeda, Shinji Imaoka, Tetsuya Kuwano, Taiji Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8426766Abstract: A welding method for an impeller having a plurality of blades, a disc and an exterior body including a shroud welded to the plurality of blades, comprising the steps of: a first step for forming a groove having a prescribed depth and a prescribed width toward one of the blades on a surface of the disc or the exterior body, which is opposite to a surface against the blade abuts, emitting laser light toward the bottom of the groove, and performing melt-through bead welding to bond the bottom of the groove to an end of the blade in such a way that a bead formed on the back of the disc or the shroud is curved with an inward depression; and a second step for performing overlaying welding after completion of the first step by supplying a filler metal to a molten zone while the bottom of the groove is scanned with the laser light.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Tsukamoto, Yoshihisa Maeda, Hiromi Kobayashi, Hideto Nogiwa, Tetsuya Kuwano, Ryujiro Udo, Masaaki Iwasa
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Patent number: 8408873Abstract: Blades are connected to the surface of a disk and slots are formed in the surface of a shroud, which is opposite from the other surface of the shroud where the blades are to be welded. The blades are arranged on the opposite surface from the slots and a laser beam is applied from the surface in which the slots are formed, to weld the shroud and the blades. Components are installed on the surfaces of the slots on the opposite side from the blades after the blades and the shroud in which the slots are formed are welded. Alternatively, the slots are filled with a material different from that of the shroud, such as a resin. With this configuration, distortion caused by welding heat can be reduced without degrading the fluid performance.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Iwasa, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Hideto Nogiwa, Tetsuya Kuwano, Yoshihisa Maeda, Hiromi Kobayashi, Ryujiro Udo
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Publication number: 20100326969Abstract: A welding apparatus and a welding method are employed for laser narrow groove welding which performs welding scanning a laser beam in the welding direction while feeding a solid filler metal into a narrow groove. The welding apparatus includes a laser beam irradiation head having a mechanism periodically oscillating an irradiation point of the laser beam with a predetermined amplitude in the bottom of the groove, and a filler metal control device having a solid filler metal feeder feeding the solid filler metal to the molten pool formed in the bottom of the groove by the laser beam and adjusting the feeding position independent of a motion of the laser beam irradiation head so that the tip position of the solid filler metal detected is constantly positioned in the center of the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Takeshi TSUKAMOTO, Hirotsugu Kawanaka, Yoshihisa Maeda, Shinji Imaoka, Tetsuya Kuwano, Taiji Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20100063048Abstract: A therapeutic agent for subarachnoid hemorrhage or a drug for improving prognosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage, comprising a compound having a PAR1 inhibitory effect, its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate thereofType: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicants: Eisai R&D Mangement Co., Ltd., Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Katsuya Hirano, Yoshihisa Maeda, Tomio Sasaki, Hideo Kanaide, Yasutoshi Kai
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Publication number: 20090095719Abstract: A welding method for an impeller having a plurality of blades, a disc and an exterior body including a shroud welded to the plurality of blades, comprising the steps of: a first step for forming a groove having a prescribed depth and a prescribed width toward one of the blades on a surface of the disc or the exterior body, which is opposite to a surface against the blade abuts, emitting laser light toward the bottom of the groove, and performing melt-through bead welding to bond the bottom of the groove to an end of the blade in such a way that a bead formed on the back of the disc or the shroud is curved with an inward depression; and a second step for performing overlaying welding after completion of the first step by supplying a filler metal to a molten zone while the bottom of the groove is scanned with the laser light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Takeshi TSUKAMOTO, Yoshihisa MAEDA, Hiromi KOBAYASHI, Hideto NOGIWA, Tetsuya KUWANO, Ryujiro UDO, Masaaki IWASA
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Publication number: 20080237195Abstract: Blades are connected to the surface of a disk and slots are formed in the surface of a shroud, which is opposite from the other surface of the shroud where the blades are to be welded. The blades are arranged on the opposite surface from the slots and a laser beam is applied from the surface in which the slots are formed, to weld the shroud and the blades. If powder is melted and put in the slots formed for welding in the shroud to fill the slots, thermal distortion occurs. On the other hand, if the slots are left empty, a problem of degrading the fluid performance arises. To solve these problems, components are installed on the surfaces of the slots on the opposite side from the blades after the blades and the shroud in which the slots are formed are welded. Alternatively, the slots are filled with a material different from that of the shroud, such as a resin. With this configuration, distortion caused by welding heat can be reduced without degrading the fluid performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Masaaki Iwasa, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Hideto Nogiwa, Tetsuya Kuwano, Yoshihisa Maeda, Hiromi Kobayashi, Ryujiro Udo
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Publication number: 20080194559Abstract: A therapeutic agent for subarachnoid hemorrhage or a drug for improving prognosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage, comprising a compound having a PAR1 inhibitory effect, its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicants: Eisai R.& D Managment Co., Ltd., Kyushu University National University CorporationInventors: Katsuya Hirano, Yoshihisa Maeda, Tomio Sasaki, Hideo Kanaide, Yasutoshi Kai
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Patent number: 6283305Abstract: For uniformly, satisfactorily, and automatically removing foreign matter that has accumulated on the filter, the apparatus includes a housing having an inflow portion and an outflow portion, a filter having a large number of piled resilient filter chips between which a filtering gap for passage of fluid to be filtered is formed, an actuator for expanding the filtering gap between spring members in backwashing, and a backwashing channel for causing backwash fluid to flow through the filter.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: SMC CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Maeda, Go Endo, Takayuki Ishihara
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Patent number: 6209728Abstract: A filter medium, which is resiliently expandable in an axial direction and is able to deform the filtration gaps in size in accordance with its expansion, including a compression limiting member for providing required filtration gaps by limiting the amount of compression applied to the filter medium. The filter medium is held by a holder in such a manner that the amount of compression may be adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: SMC CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Maeda, Go Endoh
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Patent number: 5653870Abstract: The invention relates to a filter system, in which a filter case 3 and a filter cover 4 can be inserted or removed in easy and quick manner. On a cylindrical engaging portion of the filter case 3 with the filter cover 4, a plurality of projections 25 and a plurality of engaging recesses 26 engageable with each other are provided, and a vertical channel 26a extending in axial direction of the filter case 3 and a transverse channel 26b extending in circumferential direction are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: August 5, 1997Assignee: SMC CorporationInventors: Teruaki Tsuchiya, Yoshihisa Maeda, Yuusuke Fujii