Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa Kobayashi

Yoshimasa Kobayashi 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).

  • Honeycomb structure and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9339799
    Abstract: To provide a honeycomb structure capable of using as a catalyst carrier, which functions as a heater, and where a bonding layer is hard to break and an electrical resistance value is hard to rise; including a honeycomb segment bonded body where honeycomb segments are bonded by bonding layer, and a pair of electrode members disposed on a side surface of the bonded body, the electrode members is formed into a band shape, and in a cross section perpendicular to the cell extending direction, one electrode member is disposed on an opposite side across the center of the bonded body to another electrode member, and in at least a part of the bonding layer, inorganic fibers made of ?-SiC and a metal silicide are included in a porous body where silicon carbide are bound with silicon in a state where pores are held among the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kikuchi, Hiroharu Kobayashi, Kenichi Hidaka, Miyuki Kojima, Yoshimasa Kobayashi
  • MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160110875
    Abstract: A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes a storage, and processing circuitry. The storage stores therein a mammography image of a breast of a patient and information indicating an image taking direction of the mammography image. The processing circuitry sets a region of interest in the mammography image. The processing circuitry specifies position information of the region of interest in a schematic drawing that schematically expresses the breast, on the basis of position information of the region of interest in the mammography image and the information indicating the image taking direction. The processing circuitry outputs the position information of the region of interest in the schematic drawing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Yoshinori NAKATANI, Katsuhiko FUJIMOTO, Mariko SHIBATA, Natsuki SATO, Toshie MARUYAMA
  • JOINED BODY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160096342
    Abstract: A joined body 20 includes a first member 21, a second member 22, and a joint portion 30 which is formed from an oxide ceramic containing a Fe3O4 phase in which a solute component capable of forming a spinel-type oxide with Fe is solid-dissolved and which joins the first member 21 and the second member 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yunie IZUMI, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI
  • HEAT-RESISTANT MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160096775
    Abstract: A heat-resistant member 10 includes a member 12 that is a target to be protected and a protective layer 14 arranged on the whole or part of a surface of the member 12. The protective layer 14 includes an oxide ceramic containing an Fe3O4 phase in which a solute component capable of forming a spinel-type oxide with Fe is solid-dissolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yunie IZUMI, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI
  • JOINED BODY
    Publication number: 20160096341
    Abstract: A joined body 20 includes a first member 21 which is a ceramic containing Si, a second member 22, and a joining portion 30 which is formed of an electrically conductive oxide containing a Fe3O4 phase and which joins the first member 21 and the second member 22. In the joined body 20, no reaction layer is preferably formed at a joining interface between the electrically conductive oxide and the first member 21. The joining portion 30 is preferably formed to have a multilayer structure in which from the first matter 21 to the second member 22, a first layer containing a first oxide of a transition metal, a second layer containing an electrically conductive oxide of a transition metal having a low valence as compared to that of the first oxide, and a mixed layer containing a transition metal and an oxide thereof are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yunie IZUMI, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI
  • JOINED BODY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160099089
    Abstract: A joined body 20 includes comprises a first member 21, a second center 22 having a high coefficient of thermal expansion as compared to that of the first member 21, and a joint portion 30 which at least partially includes a mixed layer 33 containing metal of a transition metal and an oxide of the transition metal and which joins the first member 21 and the second member 22. In this joint portion 30, a first layer 31 containing a first oxide of a transition metal, a second layer 32 containing a second oxide of a transition metal having a low valence as compared to that of the first oxide, and the mixed layer 33 metal of a transition metal and an oxide thereof preferably are formed so as to form a multilayer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yunie IZUMI, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI
  • HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160096777
    Abstract: A honeycomb structural body 40 includes: a partition wall 48 formed of a porous ceramic which forms and defines a plurality of cells 47 each functioning as a flow path of a fluid and extending from one end surface to the other end surface; and an outer circumference wall 49 formed along the outermost circumference, where an oxide ceramic containing a Fe3O4 phase in which a solute component capable of forming a spinel-type oxide with Fe is solid-dissolved is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yunie IZUMI, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI
  • Porous material, manufacturing method of the same, and honeycomb structure
    Patent number: 9289707
    Abstract: There are disclosed a porous material having excellent heat resisting properties and an excellent resistance to heat shock. A porous material contains aggregates and an amorphous binding agent to bind the aggregates to one another in a state where pores are formed among the aggregates, the binding agent contains a rare earth element, the amorphous binding agent preferably contains magnesium, aluminum, silicon, the rare earth element and oxygen, and the amorphous binding agent preferably contains 8.0 to 15.0 mass % of MgO, 30.0 to 60.0 mass % of Al2O3, 30.0 to 55.0 mass % of SiO2, and 1.5 to 10.0 mass % of the rare earth oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunie Izumi, Yoshimasa Kobayashi
  • X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160073998
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an radiography system radiographs the subject, a support frame movably supports the radiography system, a communication circuitry obtains skin dose information of the subject, a processing circuitry decides the irradiation range at the movement destination of the radiography system based on the skin doses of the subject, a control circuitry controls the support frame to move the radiography system to an radiography position corresponding to the decided irradiation range at the movement destination. The irradiation range at the movement destination comes close to the irradiation range on the subject immediately before the movement, and a skin dose corresponding to the irradiation range at the movement destination is less than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunari SHIMA, Masanori MATSUMOTO, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Yusuke NARABU
  • Protective layer transfer sheet
    Patent number: 9278570
    Abstract: Provided is a protective layer transfer sheet which includes a protective layer, whereby it becomes possible to form an image on the protective layer set on a print without causing the abnormal transfer of a dye layer, the breakage of the dye layer and the like, and it also becomes possible to achieve a satisfactory level of plasticizer resistance of the print. The protective layer transfer sheet including a substrate and a protective layer peelably formed on the substrate, wherein the protective layer includes one or both of a cellulose ester having a number average molecular weight of not less than 15000 and not more than 30000 and a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer having a number average molecular weight of not less than 15000 and not more than 30000, and a cellulose ester having a number average molecular weight of not more than 7000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Yabe, Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Kazumasa Maeda, Kazuya Yoshida
  • Thermal transfer sheet
    Patent number: 9272560
    Abstract: Provided is a thermal transfer sheet capable of repressing residue that accumulates before insertion of a heating element of the thermal head. In the thermal transfer sheet, a heat-resistant lubricating layer is formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the heat-resistant lubricating layer includes one or more of layers which include a back face layer, the back face layer is arranged at a position farthest from the substrate, at least one layer which composes the heat-resistant lubricating layer includes a binder resin and organic minute particles which each has a polygonal shape, and a portion of surfaces of the organic minute particles protrude from a surface of the back layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Suzuki, Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Kano Sakamoto
  • Porous material, honeycomb structure, and method of manufacturing porous material
    Patent number: 9273575
    Abstract: There is disclosed a porous material which has an improved thermal shock resistance. The porous material contains aggregates and a composite binder. The composite binder includes glass as a binder and mullite particles as reinforcing particles, and the mullite particles are dispersed in the glass. The aggregates are connected to each other by the composite binder in a state where pores are formed in the porous material. Preferably, a lower limit of a percentage of a content of the composite binder to a total mass of the aggregates and composite binder is 12 mass %, and an upper limit of the percentage of the content of the composite binder to the total mass of the aggregates and composite binder is 50 mass %. Preferably, the glass contains MgO, Al2O3 and SiO2 and further contains at least one selected from a group consisting of Na2O, K2O and CaO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunie Izumi, Yoshimasa Kobayashi
  • JOINED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160046531
    Abstract: A joined body 20 includes a porous ceramic 22 made of porous ceramic, a metal member 24 made of a metal, and a joint 30 formed of an oxide ceramic that penetrates into pores 23 of the porous ceramic 22 and joins the porous ceramic 22 to the metal member 24. The penetration depth of the oxide ceramic into the pores of the porous ceramic is preferably 10 ?m or more, and more preferably 15 to 50 ?m. The joined body 20 may be produced through a joining step of forming a joint by placing a metal raw material between a porous ceramic and a metal member and firing the metal raw material in the air at a temperature in the range of 400° C. to 900° C., where an oxide ceramic produced by oxidation of the metal raw material penetrates into the pores of the porous ceramic in the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Yunie IZUMI, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Kenji MORIMOTO, Shinji KAWASAKI
  • THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET, COATING LIQUID FOR COLORANT LAYER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160039237
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer sheet which can prevent a kick and a scumming, and can form a photographic tone color image of high quality with a continuous tone image by sublimation transfer, while expanding the range of choices for colorants to be included in a colorant layer; a coating liquid for colorant layer to be used for forming the colorant layer of this thermal transfer sheet; a method for manufacturing this thermal transfer sheet; and image forming method employing this thermal transfer sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuya YOSHIDA, Hiroaki SEGAWA, Tomohiko IMODA, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Tomoko SUZUKI, Hiroyuki HASEGAWA, Kano SAKAMOTO
  • Recovery method for logistics system
    Patent number: 9244443
    Abstract: The object is to maintain the operations of a logistic system. The recovering method of the logistic system includes a plurality of controllers connected with each other via a local network. A recovery method for the logistic system comprises detecting an abnormal state of the plurality of controllers, outputting a switching requesting signal, receiving a control signal, and outputting the control signal. In outputting the switching requesting signal, when an abnormal controller that shows the abnormal state is detected, a switching requesting signal to switch from the abnormal controller to an alternate controller is outputted from the logistic system to the alternate controller. In receiving the control signal, a control signal that controls at least a part of operations of the logistic system instead of the abnormal controller is received from the alternate controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Kobayashi
  • X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160007949
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray tube holding device, an X-ray detector, a rotator, an arm, and a tubular body. The X-ray tube holding device generates X-rays. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays. The rotator holds the X-ray tube holding device so as to be rotatable about a first rotation axis obtained by setting an irradiation direction of the X-rays as an axis. The arm holds the rotator and the X-ray detector and is rotatable about a second rotation axis different from the first rotation axis. The tubular body connects the X-ray tube holding device and a device away from the arm. The arm holds the rotator so as to be rotatable about the first rotation axis in a direction in which torsion of the tubular body is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Shumpei OHASHI
  • DIELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND COMPOSITE CERAMIC STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20160002114
    Abstract: Strontium titanate (SrTiO3) and barium zirconate (BaZrO3) are made into a solid solution at a predetermined ratio. Specifically, a dielectric ceramic composition is represented by a basic composition (SrTiO3)(1-x)(BaZrO3)x (in the formula, X satisfies 0.63?X?0.95). More preferably, X satisfies 0.67?X?0.90 in this range. Such a dielectric ceramic composition may be integrated with alumina to form a composite ceramic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Masashi GOTO, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI
  • DIELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND COMPOSITE CERAMIC STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20160002113
    Abstract: Barium titanate (BaTiO3) and barium zirconate (BaZrO3) are made into a solid solution at a predetermined ratio. Specifically, a dielectric ceramic composition is represented by a basic composition (BaTiO3)(1-X)(BaZrO3)X (in the formula, X satisfies 0.70?X?0.95). More preferably, X satisfies 0.73?X?0.90 in this range. Such a dielectric ceramic composition may be integrated with alumina to form a composite ceramic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Masashi GOTO, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI
  • JOINED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160002110
    Abstract: A joined body 20 according to the present invention includes a first member 22 made of a porous ceramic, a second member 24 made of a metal, and a joint 30 formed of an oxide ceramic of a transition metal, the joint 30 joining the first member 22 to the second member 24. Alternatively, a joined body may include a first member made of a dense material, a second member made of a dense material, and a joint formed of an oxide ceramic of a transition metal, the joint joining the first member to the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yunie IZUMI, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Kenji MORIMOTO, Shinji KAWASAKI
  • X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150317771
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a grid is provided between an X-ray generator and a flat panel detector. Processing circuitry configured to convert original image based on X-rays having passed through the grid and detected into a plurality of pieces of frequency band data, remove interference fringes contained in at least one piece of frequency band data among the pieces of frequency band data, reduce noise contained in the pieces of frequency band data, correct a scattered radiation of the original image based on a scattered radiation contained in the X-rays having passed through the grid and a scattered radiation contained in X-rays having passed through a grid that removes scattered radiation to a larger extent than the grid, and synthesize a plurality of pieces of frequency band data to generate image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori KATO, Yasuhiro Sugawara, Yoshimasa Kobayashi