Patents by Inventor Yusuke Hirano
Yusuke Hirano 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: 20240158552Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition containing methyl methacrylate and methyl isobutyrate, in which the methyl isobutyrate content is more than 300 ppm by mass and 50,000 ppm by mass or less relative to the total mass of the monomer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Hiroaki ITO, Yusuke HIRANO, Issei TANIGUCHI, Manabu ISOMURA, Kouichi KANEMORI
-
Patent number: 11958475Abstract: A parking assist method uses a parking assist device which includes a controller configured to, when a subject vehicle travels by manual driving of a driver, determine whether or not the subject vehicle can be parked in a target parking space from a current position by first parking control for parking the subject vehicle by moving the subject vehicle only backward, and when it is determined that the subject vehicle can be parked in the target parking space by the first parking control, enable acceptance of a selection of the driver to execute the first parking control.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Yusuke Hirano
-
Publication number: 20240084055Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition containing methyl methacrylate, and at least one compound of methyl pyruvate and methyl 2-methylbutyrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Hiroaki ITO, Yusuke HIRANO, Issei TANIGUCHI, Manabu ISOMURA, Kouichi KANEMORI
-
Publication number: 20240083835Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition containing methyl methacrylate and methyl propionate, in which the methyl propionate content is more than 200 ppm by mass and 50,000 ppm by mass or less relative to the total mass of the monomer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Hiroaki ITO, Yusuke HIRANO, Issei TANIGUCHI, Manabu ISOMURA, Kouichi KANEMORI
-
Patent number: 11897037Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one ?-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the ?-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (1,0,16) of a (1,0,16) plane is from 0.4 or more to 3.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Satoh, Yusuke Hirano
-
Publication number: 20230406980Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition comprising methyl methacrylate and ?-olefin, wherein a methacrylic resin obtained by polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising the monomer composition guarantees excellent heat resistance and has excellent weather resistance, in which yellowing is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Yusuke Hirano, Kouichi Kanemori, Manabu Isomura, Issei Taniguchi, Tooru Kajiwara, Yusuke Morita, Hiroaki Ito
-
Patent number: 11717893Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one ?-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the ?-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (0,1,8) of a (0,1,8) plane is from 0.5 or more to 3.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Satoh, Yusuke Hirano
-
Publication number: 20220332308Abstract: A parking assist method uses a parking assist device which includes a controller configured to, when a subject vehicle travels by manual driving of a driver, determine whether or not the subject vehicle can be parked in a target parking space from a current position by first parking control for parking the subject vehicle by moving the subject vehicle only backward, and when it is determined that the subject vehicle can be parked in the target parking space by the first parking control, enable acceptance of a selection of the driver to execute the first parking control.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Yusuke Hirano
-
Patent number: 11219953Abstract: A cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer has, from a side closer to the substrate, a lower layer that contains a compound having a composition represented by (AlxTi1-x)N, and an upper layer that is formed on the lower layer and contains a compound having a composition represented by (AlyTi1-yN; the average thickness of the lower layer is 1.0 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less; the average thickness of the upper layer is 1.0 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less; and an area ratio GOSi of crystal grains having a GOS value of 1 degree or lower in the lower layer and an area ratio GOSs of crystal grains having a GOS value of 1 degree or lower in the upper layer satisfy GOSi<GOSs.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoyuki Fukushima, Yusuke Hirano
-
Patent number: 11084103Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the coating layer including an alternating laminate structure in which two or more compound layers of each of two or three or more kinds, each kind having a different composition, are laminated in an alternating manner, wherein: the alternating laminate structure is constituted by: a compound layer containing a compound having a composition represented by formula (1) below: (TixMySiz)N??(1) [wherein M denotes an element of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W and Al, x denotes an atomic ratio of Ti based on a total of Ti, an element denoted by M and Si, y denotes an atomic ratio of the element denoted by M based on a total of Ti, the element denoted by M and Si, z denotes an atomic ratio of Si based on a total of Ti, the element denoted by M and Si, x satisfies 0.20?x?0.50, y satisfies 0.20?y?0.50, z satisfies 0.03?z?0.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Hirano, Shigeki Tanaka
-
Patent number: 11020803Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one ?-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the ?-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (1,1,9) of a (1,1,9) plane is from 0.5 or more to 3.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Satoh, Yusuke Hirano
-
Patent number: 10946453Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one ?-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the ?-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (1,2,11) of a (1,2,11) plane is from 0.5 or more to 3.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Satoh, Yusuke Hirano
-
Patent number: 10946454Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer provided on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one ?-type aluminum oxide layer; and a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane of the ?-type aluminum oxide layer is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less; and a texture coefficient TC (1,0,10) of a (1,0,10) plane thereof is from 0.4 or more to 3.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Satoh, Yusuke Hirano
-
Publication number: 20210023627Abstract: A cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer has, from a side closer to the substrate, a lower layer that contains a compound having a composition represented by (AlxTi1-x)N, and an upper layer that is formed on the lower layer and contains a compound having a composition represented by (AlyTi1-yN, the average thickness of the lower layer is 1.0 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less; the average thickness of the upper layer is 1.0 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less; and an area ratio GOSi of crystal grains having a GOS value of 1 degree or lower in the lower layer and an area ratio GOSs of crystal grains having a GOS value of 1 degree or lower in the upper layer satisfy GOS<GOSs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoyuki FUKUSHIMA, Yusuke HIRANO
-
Patent number: 10780506Abstract: A tool having a cutting edge that includes a sintered body containing cubic boron nitride. The sintered body integrally and inseparably includes an inner region and a binder phase enriched layer formed on at least part of a surface of the inner region. The inner region includes: 15-90 volume % of cubic boron nitride; and 10-85 volume % of a mixture of a binder phase and impurities. The binder phase enriched layer includes: 90-100 volume % of the binder phase and impurities mixture; and 0-10 volume % of cubic boron nitride; and the binder phase contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of: at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Al, Co, Ni and Si; and a compound of the element and at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Hirano, Yuichiro Fukushima
-
Patent number: 10737332Abstract: Provided is a coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate. The coating layer includes an alternating laminate structure of an alternating laminate of: a first composite nitride layer including a compound having a composition represented by (TixAl1-x)N (wherein x denotes an atomic ratio of the Ti element based on a total of the Ti element and the Al element and satisfies 0.10?x?0.35); and a second composite nitride layer including a compound having a composition represented by (TiyAlzM1-y-z)N (wherein: M denotes an element of at least one kind selected from Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Si and Y; y satisfies 0.30?y?0.90; z satisfies 0.10?z?0.70; and y and z satisfy y+z?1). The first composite nitride layer includes a phase having a lattice constant of from 0.400 nm or more to 0.430 nm or less and a phase having a lattice constant of from 0.755 nm or more to 0.810 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Hirano, Hirosato Nishizawa
-
Publication number: 20200189006Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one ?-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the ?-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (1,0,16) of a (1,0,16) plane is from 0.4 or more to 3.0 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki SATOH, Yusuke HIRANO
-
Patent number: 10640864Abstract: The coated tool has a substrate and a coating layer. The coating layer contains alternating first and second laminated structures. The first laminated structure contains at least two kinds of alternating layers having different compositions. An average thickness of the layers contained in the first laminated structure is 60 nm or more and 500 nm or less. The second laminated structure contains at least two kinds of alternating layers having different compositions. An average thickness of the layers contained in the second laminated structure is 2 nm or more and less than 60 nm. The layers contained in the first laminated structure and the second laminated structure contain a compound having one or more specific metals and at least one or more of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and boron. Average thickness(es) of the first and second laminated structure is/are continuously or stepwisely increased in a direction away from the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Hirano, Kenji Metoki
-
Patent number: 10596636Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate is provided, the coating layer including an alternating laminate structure in which two or more compound layers of each of two or three or more kinds, each kind having a different composition, are laminated in an alternating manner, wherein: the alternating laminate structure is constituted by: a compound layer containing a compound having a composition represented by (TixM1-x)N [wherein M denotes an element of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Al and Si, x denotes an atomic ratio of Ti based on a total of Ti and an element denoted by M, and x satisfies 0.57?x?0.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Hirano, Shigeki Tanaka
-
Publication number: 20200078868Abstract: A tool having a cutting edge that includes a sintered body containing cubic boron nitride. The sintered body integrally and inseparably includes an inner region and a binder phase enriched layer formed on at least part of a surface of the inner region. The inner region includes: 15-90 volume % of cubic boron nitride; and 10-85 volume % of a mixture of a binder phase and impurities. The binder phase enriched layer includes: 90-100 volume % of the binder phase and impurities mixture; and 0-10 volume % of cubic boron nitride; and the binder phase contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of: at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Al, Co, Ni and Si; and a compound of the element and at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke HIRANO, Yuichiro FUKUSHIMA