Patents by Inventor Yoshiro Hirai

Yoshiro Hirai 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: 10793935
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a clock screw having a deep interference film blue color that contributes to decorativeness while also having superior scratch resistance and corrosion resistance, and a method for producing the same. The means for solving provided by the present invention consists of: a clock screw comprising a screw base material made of steel containing carbon at 0.5% by weight to 1.0% by weight, an oxide layer of the steel on the screw base material having a thickness of 60 nm to 80 nm, and a fluorine coating film on the oxide layer; and, a method for producing the clock screw comprising: a step for preparing the screw base material, a step for forming the oxide layer by heating the screw base material for 30 minutes or longer at a temperature of 300° C. or lower in an air atmosphere, and a step for forming the fluorine coating film on the oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruko Yamazaki, Yoshiro Hirai
  • Publication number: 20180334736
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a clock screw having a deep interference film blue color that contributes to decorativeness while also having superior scratch resistance and corrosion resistance, and a method for producing the same. The means for solving provided by the present invention consists of: a clock screw comprising a screw base material made of steel containing carbon at 0.5% by weight to 1.0% by weight, an oxide layer of the steel on the screw base material having a thickness of 60 nm to 80 nm, and a fluorine coating film on the oxide layer; and, a method for producing the clock screw comprising: a step for preparing the screw base material, a step for forming the oxide layer by heating the screw base material for 30 minutes or longer at a temperature of 300° C. or lower in an air atmosphere, and a step for forming the fluorine coating film on the oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Haruko YAMAZAKI, Yoshiro HIRAI
  • Patent number: 9503531
    Abstract: A content server (10) includes a receiving unit (14) that receives a request signal from a request source terminal, an acquisition unit (15) that acquires an IP address assigned to the request source terminal from the request signal, and a determination unit (16) that determines a location region of a user of the request source terminal by referring to an address storage unit (11) based on the acquired IP address. The address storage unit (11) stores address information including location regions of registered users set based on addresses of the registered users and IP addresses assigned to terminals of the registered users in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Oura, Yoshiro Hirai, Shinsuke Nakano
  • Patent number: 4095129
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for an electro-mechanical transducer of an electronic timepiece, in which a metallic protecting member is fixedly mounted on a rotary shaft. A rare earth magnet is fixedly supported at its outer periphery by the metallic protecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Company Limited
    Inventors: Kunio Tanai, Yasuaki Nakayama, Yoshiro Hirai, Shigeru Aoyama, Yoshinobu Kashima