Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Yanagisawa

Yoshinori Yanagisawa 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: 11972898
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet according to one embodiment includes: a coil including a superconducting layer having a first portion and a second portion, and a joining portion; and a cryostat in which the coil is stored. The first portion and the second portion are located in a termination portion. The superconducting layer forms a closed loop by superconducting joining of the first portion and the second portion at the joining portion. The superconducting layer is made of a high-temperature superconductor. A current flows through the joining portion in a superconducting state when a magnetic field equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 5.0 tesla is applied to the joining portion at 77 kelvin. The cryostat is configured such that a temperature inside the cryostat is equal to or greater than 2.0 kelvin and equal to or less than 77 kelvin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: RIKEN, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Maeda, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Kotaro Ohki, Tatsuoki Nagaishi
  • Patent number: 11945238
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes: a printing unit including a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid to a medium and a head holder configured to form an air cooling path, and a cooling mechanism configured to cause air in the air cooling path to flow therethrough to air-cool the liquid ejecting head, wherein the printing unit is provided so as to be movable with respect to a transport path along which the medium is transported, the cooling mechanism includes a first air hole and a second air hole that are configured to be coupled to the air cooling path, and the air cooling path is coupled to one of the first air hole and the second air hole corresponding to a position of the printing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Saka, Tetsuji Yatsunami, Yoshikane Tsuchihashi, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Kohei Usuda
  • Publication number: 20240038427
    Abstract: A superconducting coil device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: A superconducting coil device including: a bobbin having a tubular body; superconducting wires, a part of which constitutes a wound portion where the superconducting wires are wound on the bobbin; a bobbin-side guide portion holding the superconducting wires extending from the bobbin, the bobbin-side guide portion being provided to extend in a bobbin axial direction, which is an axial direction of the body of the bobbin; a first guide portion holding the superconducting wires extending from the bobbin-side guide portion, the first guide portion being arranged on an outer side of the bobbin-side guide portion in a direction intersecting the bobbin axial direction and provided to extend in the direction intersecting the bobbin axial direction; and a second guide portion capable of holding the superconducting wires extending from the first guide portion, the second guide portion being provided to extend in a direction in
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC., RIKEN, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi YOSHIKAWA, Yasuyuki MIYOSHI, Mamoru HAMADA, Kazuyoshi SAITO, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Renzhong PIAO, Kotaro OHKI, Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI
  • Patent number: 11780697
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: an output tray into which the paper sheet on which recording has been performed is outputted, wherein the output tray has a rib—includes a pair of first ribs disposed at an upstream position, the pair of first ribs being elongated in an output direction and protruding, and a pair of second ribs disposed at a downstream position, the pair of second ribs being elongated in the output direction and protruding, the output tray has an upstanding end portion (edge receiving section) formed at a downstream end in the output direction, the second rib is formed to be continuous from the edge receiving section, and each of the pair of first ribs and the pair of second ribs are symmetrically arranged to a center (center line) in a width direction, which is perpendicular to the output direction of the paper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Soshi Okawa, Ryoichi Morisawa, Satoshi Tamai, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Shomaru Kondo
  • Patent number: 11777269
    Abstract: Provided is a connection body of high-temperature superconducting wire materials including a first oxide high-temperature superconducting wire material and a second oxide high-temperature superconducting wire material, characterized in that a first superconducting layer of the first oxide high-temperature superconducting wire material and a second superconducting layer of the second oxide high-temperature superconducting wire material are bonded together via a junction including M-Cu—O (wherein M is a single metal element or a plurality of metal elements included in the first superconducting layer or the second superconducting layer). The connection body may be, for example, a connection body of Bi2223 wire materials, and the junction may include CaCuO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Xinzhe Jin, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Renzhong Piao, Yu Suetomi
  • Publication number: 20230134913
    Abstract: A gravity center position of a recording apparatus is on a side close to a second side plate with respect to an intermediate position between a first side plate and the second side plate. The number of components of a recording unit that are supported by the first side plate is smaller than the number of components thereof that are supported by the second side plate. The recording unit includes a transport belt configured to transport a medium, and the transport belt is stretched around a first pulley and a second pulley. When the transport path of the medium is viewed from a side, the components of the recording unit that are supported by the first side plate are positioned on the inner side of the transport belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshinori YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 11551842
    Abstract: To provide a superconducting magnet apparatus with a structure which can prevent an increase in apparatus size even when a number of connection portions serving to connect superconducting wires is great. The superconducting magnet apparatus includes a first wiring-holding portion (tubular body (12)) extending from a bobbin (6) in an axial direction of a superconducting coil (1) and a second wiring-holding portion (joint plate (13)) which is provided on a same side in the axial direction as the tubular body (12), extends in a direction intersecting with the axial direction, and has a greater diameter than that of the bobbin (6) and the tubular body (12). Superconducting wires (7a to 11a) which extend from the superconducting coil (1) and connect to one another are spirally wound on the tubular body (12) and fastened to a groove (13a) formed on the joint plate (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC., RIKEN
    Inventors: Mamoru Hamada, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Yu Suetomi
  • Publication number: 20220351880
    Abstract: A superconducting wire holding structure includes a holding member made of a first material, a superconducting wire disposed inside the holding member, and a filler made of a second material different from the first material. The superconducting wire includes a substrate, an intermediate layer formed on the substrate, a superconducting layer formed on the intermediate layer, and a first protective layer and a second protective layer that are formed on the superconducting layer. The superconducting layer includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion along a longitudinal direction of the superconducting wire. The first protective layer is formed on the first portion, and the second protective layer is formed on the second portion. The filler is filled between the third portion and the holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., RIKEN, Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Kotaro OHKI, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Mamoru HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220344564
    Abstract: A persistent current switch includes a superconducting wire including a substrate and a superconducting layer disposed on the substrate, and a heater. The superconducting wire includes a surface including a first portion and a second portion that are disposed apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the superconducting wire. The first portion and the second portion face each other. The heater is sandwiched between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., RIKEN, Japan Superconductor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Kotaro OHKI, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Mamoru HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220203734
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes: a printing unit including a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid to a medium and a head holder configured to form an air cooling path, and a cooling mechanism configured to cause air in the air cooling path to flow therethrough to air-cool the liquid ejecting head, wherein the printing unit is provided so as to be movable with respect to a transport path along which the medium is transported, the cooling mechanism includes a first air hole and a second air hole that are configured to be coupled to the air cooling path, and the air cooling path is coupled to one of the first air hole and the second air hole corresponding to a position of the printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SAKA, Tetsuji YATSUNAMI, Yoshikane TSUCHIHASHI, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Kohei USUDA
  • Patent number: 11177588
    Abstract: In a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire connection assembly in which HTS wires each including a HTS layer are connected to each other, a first HTS wire and a second HTS wire that face each other are connected to each other at a plurality of joint portions separated from each other along a longitudinal direction of the first HTS wire and the second HTS wire. Each of the plurality of joint portions may preferably have any one of a rectangle shape, a rounded rectangle shape, and an ellipse shape, and it is preferable to satisfy 0.1<L/W<1.5, and is more preferable to satisfy 0.25<L/W<0.75 when a length in the longitudinal direction of the HTS wire is taken as L and a length in a width direction of the HTS wire is taken as W. It is also preferable that W and/or L monotonously increase from upstream side toward downstream side along the longitudinal direction of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Shintetsu Kanazawa, Hideaki Maeda, Yoshinori Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20210094785
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: an output tray into which the paper sheet on which recording has been performed is outputted, wherein the output tray has a rib—includes a pair of first ribs disposed at an upstream position, the pair of first ribs being elongated in an output direction and protruding, and a pair of second ribs disposed at a downstream position, the pair of second ribs being elongated in the output direction and protruding, the output tray has an upstanding end portion (edge receiving section) formed at a downstream end in the output direction, the second rib is formed to be continuous from the edge receiving section, and each of the pair of first ribs and the pair of second ribs are symmetrically arranged to a center (center line) in a width direction, which is perpendicular to the output direction of the paper sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Soshi OKAWA, Ryoichi MORISAWA, Satoshi TAMAI, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Shomaru KONDO
  • Publication number: 20200365303
    Abstract: To provide a superconducting magnet apparatus with a structure which can prevent an increase in apparatus size even when a number of connection portions serving to connect superconducting wires is great. The superconducting magnet apparatus includes a first wiring-holding portion (tubular body (12)) extending from a bobbin (6) in an axial direction of a superconducting coil (1) and a second wiring-holding portion (joint plate (13)) which is provided on a same side in the axial direction as the tubular body (12), extends in a direction intersecting with the axial direction, and has a greater diameter than that of the bobbin (6) and the tubular body (12). Superconducting wires (7a to 11a) which extend from the superconducting coil (1) and connect to one another are spirally wound on the tubular body (12) and fastened to a groove (13a) formed on the joint plate (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicants: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC., RIKEN
    Inventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Yu SUETOMI
  • Publication number: 20200212605
    Abstract: In a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire connection assembly in which HTS wires each including a HTS layer are connected to each other, a first HTS wire and a second HTS wire that face each other are connected to each other at a plurality of joint portions separated from each other along a longitudinal direction of the first HTS wire and the second HTS wire. Each of the plurality of joint portions may preferably have any one of a rectangle shape, a rounded rectangle shape, and an ellipse shape, and it is preferable to satisfy 0.1<L/W<1.5, and is more preferable to satisfy 0.25<L/W<0.75 when a length in the longitudinal direction of the HTS wire is taken as L and a length in a width direction of the HTS wire is taken as W. It is also preferable that W and/or L monotonously increase from upstream side toward downstream side along the longitudinal direction of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Shintetsu KANAZAWA, Hideaki MAEDA, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 10699830
    Abstract: There is provided a superconducting magnet device that suppresses interference of a part of a tape wire wound around a center axis with another adjacent part. The number of unit wire layer turns of a first coil among the plurality of first coils is smaller than a mean value of the respective numbers of unit wire layer turns of the plurality of first coils, the number of unit wire layer turns of each of the first coils being expressed by a mean value of the respective numbers of turns of the tape wire in the plurality of wire layers, the first coil being disposed at such a position that compressive force acting on the first coil in a direction in which the center axis extends is the largest on the assumption that the respective numbers of unit wire layer turns of the plurality of first coils were the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC., RIKEN
    Inventors: Mamoru Hamada, Yoshinori Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 10656223
    Abstract: A magnetic field generation apparatus includes a main coil and a variable-current correction coil. The main coil is formed by winding a ReBCO-based superconductive wire rod and generates a magnetic field in a measurement space. The variable-current correction coil is variable in a value of a current, coaxial with the main coil and disposed inside the main coil, and generates a magnetic field which corrects a uniformity of the magnetic field generated by the main coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mamoru Hamada, Hideaki Maeda, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Hideki Nakagome
  • Publication number: 20200106229
    Abstract: Provided is a connection body of high-temperature superconducting wire materials including a first oxide high-temperature superconducting wire material and a second oxide high-temperature superconducting wire material, characterized in that a first superconducting layer of the first oxide high-temperature superconducting wire material and a second superconducting layer of the second oxide high-temperature superconducting wire material are bonded together via a junction including M-Cu—O (wherein M is a single metal element or a plurality of metal elements included in the first superconducting layer or the second superconducting layer). The connection body may be, for example, a connection body of Bi2223 wire materials, and the junction may include CaCuO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Xinzhe JIN, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Renzhong PIAO, Yu SUETOMI
  • Publication number: 20200075207
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet according to one embodiment includes: a coil including a superconducting layer having a first portion and a second portion, and a joining portion; and a cryostat in which the coil is stored. The first portion and the second portion are located in a termination portion. The superconducting layer forms a closed loop by superconducting joining of the first portion and the second portion at the joining portion. The superconducting layer is made of a high-temperature superconductor. A current flows through the joining portion in a superconducting state when a magnetic field equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 5.0 tesla is applied to the joining portion at 77 kelvin. The cryostat is configured such that a temperature inside the cryostat is equal to or greater than 2.0 kelvin and equal to or less than 77 kelvin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicants: RIKEN, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki MAEDA, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA, Kotaro OHKI, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI
  • Publication number: 20180315531
    Abstract: There is provided a superconducting magnet device that suppresses interference of a part of a tape wire wound around a center axis with another adjacent part. The number of unit wire layer turns of a first coil among the plurality of first coils is smaller than a mean value of the respective numbers of unit wire layer turns of the plurality of first coils, the number of unit wire layer turns of each of the first coils being expressed by a mean value of the respective numbers of turns of the tape wire in the plurality of wire layers, the first coil being disposed at such a position that compressive force acting on the first coil in a direction in which the center axis extends is the largest on the assumption that the respective numbers of unit wire layer turns of the plurality of first coils were the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicants: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC., RIKEN
    Inventors: Mamoru HAMADA, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 9941032
    Abstract: Provided is a low-resistance connection body for a high-temperature superconducting wire, in which a high-temperature superconducting bulk body and a high-temperature superconducting wire including a high-temperature superconducting layer are connected to each other, wherein a melting point of the high-temperature superconducting layer is higher than a melting point of the high-temperature superconducting bulk body; the high-temperature superconducting layer and the high-temperature superconducting bulk body are in contact at a connection site of the high-temperature superconducting wire and the high-temperature superconducting bulk body; and a surface of the high-temperature superconducting bulk body that is in contact with the high-temperature superconducting layer is crystallized due to crystal growth. Two high-temperature superconducting wires can be connected, with low resistance, through connection of the two high-temperature superconducting wires to one high-temperature superconducting bulk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Riken
    Inventors: Xinzhe Jin, Hideaki Maeda, Yoshinori Yanagisawa