Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Yamauchi

Yuichiro Yamauchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240234366
    Abstract: A circuit board having a circuit pattern on a base plate and an additional metal layer laid and bonded on the circuit pattern, wherein the additional metal layer comprises an attachment plane portion configured to fix a semiconductor chip using solder, and an engagement uneven portion provided adjacent to the attachment plane portion, wherein the attachment plane portion is a face having unevenness smaller than the engagement uneven portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo TANAKA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI, Kohei SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240237158
    Abstract: An induction heating device according to one embodiment includes a first coil portion and a second coil portion. A bar-shaped workpiece is placed between the first coil portion and the second coil portion. The first coil portion includes a pair of first narrow pitch portions formed in respective end portions thereof, a first wide pitch portion formed between the first narrow pitch portions, and a first medium pitch portion formed in the center. The second coil portion includes a pair of second narrow pitch portions formed in respective end portions, a second wide pitch portion formed between the second narrow pitch portions, and a second medium pitch portion formed in the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuki YOSHIDA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI, Hidetoshi MIZUTA
  • Publication number: 20240229884
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a coil spring is formed of a wire which is helically wound, and includes an end turn portion and an effective portion, and a surface of the wire in the end turn portion includes an area which is softer than a surface of the wire in the effective portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki OKADA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI, Ryo TANAKA, Takeshi SUZUKI, Kosuke SHIBAIRI
  • Publication number: 20240136325
    Abstract: A circuit board having a circuit pattern on a base plate and an additional metal layer laid and bonded on the circuit pattern, wherein the additional metal layer comprises an attachment plane portion configured to fix a semiconductor chip using solder, and an engagement uneven portion provided adjacent to the attachment plane portion, wherein the attachment plane portion is a face having unevenness smaller than the engagement uneven portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo TANAKA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI, Kohei SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240138034
    Abstract: An induction heating device according to one embodiment includes a first coil portion and a second coil portion. A bar-shaped workpiece is placed between the first coil portion and the second coil portion. The first coil portion includes a pair of first narrow pitch portions formed in respective end portions thereof, a first wide pitch portion formed between the first narrow pitch portions, and a first medium pitch portion formed in the center. The second coil portion includes a pair of second narrow pitch portions formed in respective end portions, a second wide pitch portion formed between the second narrow pitch portions, and a second medium pitch portion formed in the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuki YOSHIDA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI, Hidetoshi MIZUTA
  • Publication number: 20240133440
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a coil spring is formed of a wire which is helically wound, and includes an end turn portion and an effective portion, and a surface of the wire in the end turn portion includes an area which is softer than a surface of the wire in the effective portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki OKADA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI, Ryo TANAKA, Takeshi SUZUKI, Kosuke SHIBAIRI
  • Patent number: 11964321
    Abstract: A coiling machine includes feed rollers for moving a wire, a wire guide, a first forming roller, a second forming roller, a pitch tool, a cutting mechanism, and a support mechanism for supporting the wire. The cutting mechanism includes a cutting rotor. The wire coming out of the wire guide is formed into a helical shape by the first forming roller, the second forming roller and the pitch tool. After one coil spring of a predetermined length is formed, the wire is cut by moving the cutting rotor in the radial direction of the wire. The cutting rotor cuts the wire supported by the support mechanism in the radial direction of the wire between the second forming roller and the pitch tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Furuse, Daiki Hagiwara, Takuya Sato, Yuichiro Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20230398914
    Abstract: A seat frame includes: a plate member; and a bar member joined to the plate member, the bar member including a planar portion on at least part of a side surface of the bar member, wherein the plate member and the bar member are joined to each other by a welded portion including a base portion configured to: extend in a longitudinal direction of the bar member; and have a central line positioned closer to a position at which a load from a user is applied upon use of the seat frame than a central portion of the bar member, the central portion being at a center of a length of the bar member, the length being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the bar member, the position being in an area of contact between the plate member and the planar portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamauchi, Junichi Nakayama, Atsuki Yoshida, Ryo Tanaka, Hiroki Hayashida
  • Patent number: 11820192
    Abstract: A stabilizer includes a main body cylinder portion which is elastically deformable; and a pair of connection portions respectively connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices. Each of the pair of connection portions is provided with a fixed shaft portion which is solid and fixed to the main body cylinder portion. The fixed shaft portion includes a fitting portion fitted into the main body cylinder portion and a large diameter portion connecting the fitting portion and a connection portion of the pair of connection portions and formed to have a diameter larger than that of the fitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Inaba, Junichi Nakayama, Yuichiro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11549535
    Abstract: A joined body includes: a thin plate including through holes; a first member including a proximal portion having a portion contacting the thin plate, and a protruding portion that protrudes in relation to a contact surface of the proximal portion and is inserted through the through hole; and a second member arranged oppositely to the proximal portion via the thin plate and made of a material that is same as that of the first member. The thin plate is made of a material having a specific gravity smaller than that of the material forming the first and the second members. The second member and an end portion of the protruding portion are connected to each other, by a part of the second member and a part of the end portion being melt-solidified, the end portion being at a side opposite to a side connected to the proximal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamauchi, Ayane Sato, Katsuji Goto, Masakazu Ando, Takuya Sato, Yu Yoda, Shimpei Kurokawa, Masatake Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20220363103
    Abstract: A stabilizer is a stabilizer including: a main body cylinder portion which is elastically deformable; and a pair of connection portions respectively connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices, wherein a fixed shaft portion which is solid and fixed to the main body cylinder portion is provided to the connection portion, wherein the fixed shaft portion includes a fitting portion fitted into the main body cylinder portion and a large diameter portion connecting the fitting portion and the connection portion and formed to have a diameter larger than that of the fitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masato INABA, Junichi NAKAYAMA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11498466
    Abstract: A joined body includes: a thin plate including through holes; first members each including: a base portion and a protruding portion inserted into one of the through holes; and a second member placed oppositely to the base portion via the thin plate and made of a material that is of a same kind as a material of the first members. The thin plate is made of a material having a specific gravity smaller than the materials of the first and the second members. The second member and an end portion of the protruding portion are connected together by melt-solidification. A post-joining hardness difference in a range of 30% along a direction orthogonal to a joint interface between the second member and the protruding portion, the range being centered on the joint interface, is equal to or less than 90% of a pre-joining hardness difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamauchi, Yu Yoda, Takuya Sato, Katsuji Goto, Masakazu Ando, Ayane Sato
  • Publication number: 20220266650
    Abstract: A stabilizer is a stabilizer including: a main body cylinder portion which is elastically deformable and a pair of connection plate portions respectively connected to a pair of left and right suspension devices, wherein the connection plate portion includes a pair of base material portions located on both sides in the connection plate portion in a plate thickness direction T and an alloy oxide region which is disposed between the pair of base material portions and in which alloy oxides are scattered, and wherein crystal grains constituting the pair of base material portions straddle the alloy oxide region in the plate thickness direction and the pair of base material portions are joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Masato INABA, Junichi NAKAYAMA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210362274
    Abstract: A coiling machine includes a laser heating machine configured to irradiate a wire formed into a helical shape with laser light to thereby heat a part of the wire, and cutting components configured to cut a portion of the wire after the irradiation of the laser light is stopped, a temperature of the portion being higher than before irradiated with the laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya SATO, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI, Takeshi FURUSE, Ryo TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210323047
    Abstract: A coiling machine includes feed rollers for moving a wire, a wire guide, a first forming roller, a second forming roller, a pitch tool, a cutting mechanism, and a support mechanism for supporting the wire. The cutting mechanism includes a cutting rotor. The wire coming out of the wire guide is formed into a helical shape by the first forming roller, the second forming roller and the pitch tool. After one coil spring of a predetermined length is formed, the wire is cut by moving the cutting rotor in the radial direction of the wire. The cutting rotor cuts the wire supported by the support mechanism in the radial direction of the wire between the second forming roller and the pitch tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi FURUSE, Daiki HAGIWARA, Takuya SATO, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200317100
    Abstract: A joined body includes: a thin plate including through holes; first members each including: a base portion and a protruding portion inserted into one of the through holes; and a second member placed oppositely to the base portion via the thin plate and made of a material that is of a same kind as a material of the first members. The thin plate is made of a material having a specific gravity smaller than the materials of the first and the second members. The second member and an end portion of the protruding portion are connected together by melt-solidification. A post-joining hardness difference in a range of 30% along a direction orthogonal to a joint interface between the second member and the protruding portion, the range being centered on the joint interface, is equal to or less than 90% of a pre-joining hardness difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamauchi, Yu Yoda, Takuya Sato, Katsuji Goto, Masakazu Ando, Ayane Sato
  • Publication number: 20200124069
    Abstract: A joined body includes: a thin plate including through holes; a first member including a proximal portion having a portion contacting the thin plate, and a protruding portion that protrudes in relation to a contact surface of the proximal portion and is inserted through the through hole; and a second member arranged oppositely to the proximal portion via the thin plate and made of a material that is same as that of the first member. The thin plate is made of a material having a specific gravity smaller than that of the material forming the first and the second members. The second member and an end portion of the protruding portion are connected to each other, by a part of the second member and a part of the end portion being melt-solidified, the end portion being at a side opposite to a side connected to the proximal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamauchi, Ayane Sato, Katsuji Goto, Masakazu Ando, Takuya Sato, Yu Yoda, Shimpei Kurokawa, Masatake Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10435792
    Abstract: A laminate includes: a substrate; and a metallic coating that is formed from copper powder containing 0.002% to 0.020% by weight of phosphorus and having been subjected to reduction treatment, the metallic coating being deposited on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Takimoto, Yuichiro Yamauchi, Satoshi Hirano, Naoya Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20180315680
    Abstract: A laminate includes: an insulating substrate; an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the substrate and containing a metal or an alloy as a main component; and a metal film formed of a copper powder having a hydrogen content of 0.002% by mass or less and laminated on the intermediate layer. An interface between the intermediate layer and the metal film is plastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Aikawa, Satoshi Hirano, Yuichiro Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20180298498
    Abstract: A laminate includes: a substrate made of a metal or an alloy having a Vickers hardness of 120 HV or more and having irregularities on a surface of the substrate; and a film made of a metal or an alloy and formed on the surface of the substrate. The film forms metal bonding with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihito Araki, Yuichiro Yamauchi