Patents by Inventor Yoshio Shoda

Yoshio Shoda 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: 11174342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pellet of a liquid crystal polyester resin composition, including a liquid crystal polyester resin (A) and an inorganic filler (B), in which the pellet has voids with a sphere equivalent diameter of 10 ?m to 1000 ?m, an abundance ratio of voids having a sphere equivalent diameter of less than 400 ?m in a total amount of the voids is in a range of 40% to 90%, and an average number of the voids in one pellet having a length of 1 mm to 5 mm and a maximum diameter of 1 mm to 3 mm is in a range of 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hara, Masanobu Uonami, Yoshio Shoda
  • Patent number: 10927225
    Abstract: Aromatic polyether microparticles contain a plurality of particles containing an aromatic polyether in which a content of the particles having a particle diameter equal to or smaller than 50 ?m to a total volume of the aromatic polyether microparticles is equal to or higher than 50% by volume. The aromatic polyether microparticles contain phenolic hydroxyl groups in a content equal to or greater than 80 ?mol/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinji Ohtomo, Yoshio Shoda
  • Patent number: 10899889
    Abstract: The invention provides an aromatic polysulfone including an aromatic polysulfone having at least one highly polar functional group at its terminus, wherein in the aromatic polysulfone, an area of a signal attributed to the aromatic polysulfone having a highly polar functional group with respect to a total area of all signals attributed to the aromatic polysulfone in a chromatogram obtained by measurement through a gel permeation chromatography method under the following conditions is 0.1% or more and 11% or less, wherein the sample injection volume is 5 ?L, column is “Shodex KF-803” manufactured by Showa Denko K.K., column temperature is 40° C., eluent is N,N-dimethylformamide, eluent flow rate is 0.5 mL/min, detector is ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer (UV), and detection wavelength is 277 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ito, Yoshio Shoda
  • Patent number: 10899890
    Abstract: The invention provides an aromatic polysulfone including an aromatic polysulfone having at least one highly polar functional group at its terminus, wherein in the aromatic polysulfone, an area of a signal attributed to the aromatic polysulfone having a highly polar functional group with respect to a total area of all signals attributed to the aromatic polysulfone in a chromatogram obtained by measurement through a gel permeation chromatography method under the following conditions is 19% or more and 100% or less, wherein sample injection volume is 5 ?L, column is “Shodex KF-803” manufactured by Showa Denko K.K., column temperature is 40° C., eluent is N,N-dimethylformamide, eluent flow rate is 0.5 mL/min, and detector is ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer (UV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ito, Yoshio Shoda
  • Publication number: 20200362099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pellet of a liquid crystal polyester resin composition, including a liquid crystal polyester resin (A) and an inorganic filler (B), in which the pellet has voids with a sphere equivalent diameter of 10 ?m to 1000 ?m, an abundance ratio of voids having a sphere equivalent diameter of less than 400 ?m in a total amount of the voids is in a range of 40% to 90%, and an average number of the voids in one pellet having a length of 1 mm to 5 mm and a maximum diameter of 1 mm to 3 mm is in a range of 4 to 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HARA, Masanobu UONAMI, Yoshio SHODA
  • Publication number: 20190270855
    Abstract: Aromatic polyether microparticles contain a plurality of particles containing an aromatic polyether in which a content of the particles having a particle diameter equal to or smaller than 50 ?m to a total volume of the aromatic polyether microparticles is equal to or higher than 50% by volume. The aromatic polyether microparticles contain phenolic hydroxyl groups in a content equal to or greater than 80 ?mol/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji OHTOMO, Yoshio SHODA
  • Publication number: 20190185625
    Abstract: The invention provides an aromatic polysulfone including an aromatic polysulfone having at least one highly polar functional group at its terminus, wherein in the aromatic polysulfone, an area of a signal attributed to the aromatic polysulfone having a highly polar functional group with respect to a total area of all signals attributed to the aromatic polysulfone in a chromatogram obtained by measurement through a gel permeation chromatography method under the following conditions is 0.1% or more and 11% or less, wherein the sample injection volume is 5 ?L, column is “Shodex KF-803” manufactured by Showa Denko K.K., column temperature is 40° C., eluent is N,N-dimethylformamide, eluent flow rate is 0.5 mL/min, detector is ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer (UV), and detection wavelength is 277 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuyuki ITO, Yoshio SHODA
  • Publication number: 20190185626
    Abstract: The invention provides an aromatic polysulfone including an aromatic polysulfone having at least one highly polar functional group at its terminus, wherein in the aromatic polysulfone, an area of a signal attributed to the aromatic polysulfone having a highly polar functional group with respect to a total area of all signals attributed to the aromatic polysulfone in a chromatogram obtained by measurement through a gel permeation chromatography method under the following conditions is 19% or more and 100% or less, wherein sample injection volume is 5 ?L, column is “Shodex KF-803” manufactured by Showa Denko K.K., column temperature is 40° C., eluent is N,N-dimethylformamide, eluent flow rate is 0.5 mL/min, and detector is ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer (UV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuyuki ITO, Yoshio SHODA
  • Publication number: 20120230622
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes: fitting grooves of a rotating ring for mounting seal devices formed on both end surfaces of the rotating ring into same shapes; and seal grooves of a stationary ring formed on both end surfaces of the stationary ring into shapes symmetrical about a rolling element, wherein: each of the pair of seal devices is configured by connecting a fitting portion made of an elastic material to be fit to the seal fitting groove to an end portion of each core metal, and a seal lip portion made of an elastic material to be brought into sliding contact with the seal groove to the other end portion; the pair of seal devices are formed into shapes symmetrical about the rolling element; and a magnet portion facing a magnetic sensor of a magnetic encoder is bonded to one of the core metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yabe, Yoshio Shoda
  • Patent number: 7394395
    Abstract: The wireless sensor adds identification information peculiar to respective sensor modules to detection data of vibration, temperature, and soon, detected by the sensor modules respectively. The wireless sensor transmits the detection data with the identification information as a signal through a communication unit by radio waves. On the other hand, the management apparatus receiving the signal classifies and files the detection data on the basis of the identification information included in the signal. Then, the monitoring system is designed to make the management apparatus manage a plurality of wireless sensors attached to movable shafts of processing machines or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikunori Sakatani, Kouichi Morita, Takeshi Takizawa, Shigeru Endo, Tomoyuki Yanagisawa, Yoshio Shoda
  • Publication number: 20060145881
    Abstract: The wireless sensor adds identification information peculiar to respective sensor modules to detection data of vibration, temperature, and soon, detected by the sensor modules respectively. The wireless sensor transmits the detection data with the identification information as a signal through a communication unit by radio waves. On the other hand, the management apparatus receiving the signal classifies and files the detection data on the basis of the identification information included in the signal. Then, the monitoring system is designed to make the management apparatus manage a plurality of wireless sensors attached to movable shafts of processing machines or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Ikunori Sakatani, Kouichi Morita, Takeshi Takizawa, Shigeru Endo, Tomoyuki Yanagisawa, Yoshio Shoda
  • Patent number: 7034711
    Abstract: The wireless sensor adds identification information peculiar to respective sensor modules to detection data of vibration, temperature, and so on, detected by the sensor modules respectively. The wireless sensor transmits the detection data with the identification information as a signal through a communication unit by radio waves. On the other hand, the management apparatus receiving the signal classifies and files the detection data on the basis of the identification information included in the signal. Then, the monitoring system is designed to make the management apparatus manage a plurality of wireless sensors attached to movable shafts of processing machines or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikunori Sakatani, Kouichi Morita, Takeshi Takizawa, Shigeru Endo, Tomoyuki Yanagisawa, Yoshio Shoda
  • Patent number: 6989618
    Abstract: The rolling bearing with a built-in motor includes a bearing part including an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements, and a motor part including a stator and a rotor for driving and rotating the inner and outer rings of the bearing part with respect to each other. In the rolling bearing, the bearing part includes a first bearing ring having a cylindrical-shaped inner fixing portion formed in one end face of the inner ring so as to be coaxial therewith, and a second bearing ring having a cylindrical-shaped outer fixing portion formed in one end face of the outer ring so as to be coaxial therewith. When viewed in the radial direction of the rolling bearing, the stator and rotor are interposed between the inner fixing portion of the first bearing ring and the outer fixing portion of the second bearing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Fukuyama, Hideo Okano, Yoshio Shoda, Ikunori Sakatani
  • Publication number: 20050259903
    Abstract: A rolling bearing with sensor includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner and outer rings, and a sensor having a detecting part detecting a state of the rolling bearing and a circuit part connected to the detecting part. The detecting part and the circuit part are attached to the rolling bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Takeshi Takizawa, Shigeru Endo, Kouichi Morita, Yoshio Shoda, Hiromasa Fukuyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6948856
    Abstract: A rolling bearing with sensor includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner and outer rings, and a sensor having a detecting part detecting a state of the rolling bearing and a circuit part connected to the detecting part. The detecting part and the circuit part are attached to the rolling bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takizawa, Shigeru Endo, Kouichi Morita, Yoshio Shoda, Hiromasa Fukuyama, Toshio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6782385
    Abstract: When an information provision program is implemented, an input screen is displayed on a display section (step 101). A specific designation number is input (step 103), and one or plural bearing performance indexes are selected (step 107). When bearing performance indexes are selected, bearing service conditions which are required depending on the bearing performance indexes are input. Then, performance calculation programs corresponding to selected bearing performances are activated (steps 110-1, 110-2, . . .), and obtained calculation results are simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Natsumeda, Hirotoshi Aramaki, Yoshio Shoda
  • Patent number: 6616339
    Abstract: The roller bearing 10 comprises a plurality of rollers 15 which are respectively interposed between a concave-shaped race surface 12 formed on an outer race 11 and a concave-shaped race surfaces 14 formed on an inner race 13. Each of the rollers 15 is structured such that the central portion of the rolling surface thereof is formed by a first convex-shaped bus 17 which corresponds to the concave-shaped race surfaces 12 and 14, while the two end portions of the rolling surface thereof are respectively formed by second buses 16 which have a radius of curvature smaller than the radius of curvature of the first bus 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Unno, Yoshio Shoda
  • Patent number: 6575631
    Abstract: Into a raceway groove formed between outer and inner races, there are incorporated a plurality of rolling elements of which outside diameters serving as the rolling contact surfaces thereof each has a curvature in the axial direction as well and also each of which has a radius smaller than the radius of the raceway surfaces of the outer and inner races. The rolling elements are arranged in such a manner that the mutually adjoining rolling elements cross each other alternately and also that the outside diameters of the respective rolling elements are always contacted at two points with the raceway surfaces of one race and the raceway surfaces of the other race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Shoda, Jun Liu, Yukio Sato
  • Publication number: 20030030565
    Abstract: The wireless sensor adds identification information peculiar to respective sensor modules to detection data of vibration, temperature, and so on, detected by the sensor modules respectively. The wireless sensor transmits the detection data with the identification information as a signal through a communication unit by radio waves. On the other hand, the management apparatus receiving the signal classifies and files the detection data on the basis of the identification information included in the signal. Then, the monitoring system is designed to make the management apparatus manage a plurality of wireless sensors attached to movable shafts of processing machines or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Ikunori Sakatani, Kouichi Morita, Takeshi Takizawa, Shigeru Endo, Tomoyuki Yanagisawa, Yoshio Shoda
  • Patent number: 6513985
    Abstract: In the roller bearing, plural of rollers 15 are interposed between an outer raceway 11 of an outer race 12 and an inner raceway 13 of an inner race 14, and a collar portion 16 is formed along one of the axial-direction end portions of the inner raceway 13. The central portion of one of the outer race and inner raceways 11, 14 and the opposing outer peripheral surface of the roller 15 is formed of a first bus with a given radius of curvature. The two end portion sides adjacent to the central portion are formed of a second bus with such a radius of curvature that causes the two end portion sides to part away from the other. The collar surface 19 of the collar portion 16 contacting with an end face of the roller 15 being a convex-shaped spherical surface is formed as a concave-shaped spherical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Unno, Yoshio Shoda