Patents by Inventor Yusuke Nojima

Yusuke Nojima 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: 12603107
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a suspension assembly includes a wiring member. The tail connector of the wiring member includes a base layer, a cover layer, and a conductive layer interposed between the base layer and the cover layer. The cover layer includes a groove. The conductive layer includes a first wire, a second wire, and a connection terminal extending between the first wire and the second wire across the groove. The base layer includes a first base covering the first wire, a second base covering the second wire first protrusion pair protruding from the first base to partially cover the connection terminal, and second protrusion pair protruding from the second base to partially cover the connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Nojima, Kenichiro Aoki
  • Publication number: 20260014617
    Abstract: A steel continuous-casting machine including: a cooling apparatus that is configured to cool cast steel with water, wherein: the cooling apparatus includes a plurality of cooling-water-discharging nozzles configured to be arranged in a width direction of the cast steel, and the plurality of cooling-water-discharging nozzles are configured to be arranged such that spray discharge surfaces of adjacent cooling-water-discharging nozzles of the plurality of cooling-water-discharging nozzles that are adjacent to each other in the width direction of the cast steel do not overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NOJIMA, Hirokazu SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: 12462835
    Abstract: A disk apparatus includes a carriage, a magnetic disk, a base plate, a load beam, a flexure, and a magnetic head. The carriage rotates around a first rotation axis. The base plate includes a first surface facing the magnetic disk and is attached to the carriage. The load beam is attached to the base plate. The flexure includes a plurality of wirings and is attached to the base plate and the load beam. The magnetic head is attached to the flexure and electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of wirings. The flexure includes a thin portion that is thinner than other portions of the flexure. The thin portion includes a first portion which covers the first surface and at which the plurality of wirings extends in non-parallel directions with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Nojima
  • Publication number: 20250316287
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a suspension assembly includes a wiring member. The tail connector of the wiring member includes a base layer, a cover layer, and a conductive layer interposed between the base layer and the cover layer. The cover layer includes a groove. The conductive layer includes a first wire, a second wire, and a connection terminal extending between the first wire and the second wire across the groove. The base layer includes a first base covering the first wire, a second base covering the second wire first protrusion pair protruding from the first base to partially cover the connection terminal, and second protrusion pair protruding from the second base to partially cover the connection terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Yusuke NOJIMA, Kenichiro AOKI
  • Patent number: 12322421
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a load beam, a first protrusion, a flexure, a slider, and a second element. The first protrusion protrudes from the load beam away from a rotation axis in a first direction. The flexure includes a mounting part supported by the first protrusion. The slider is mounted on the mounting part, and includes a first element that reads and writes information from and to a magnetic disk, and a floating surface facing the magnetic disk. The second element is attached to the slider apart from a geometric center of the floating surface in the first direction. On a projection plane as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the floating surface, a contact position between the first protrusion and the mounting part is located between a geometric center of the slider and a center of gravity of the second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Nojima, Takuma Kido
  • Publication number: 20250144702
    Abstract: A steel continuous casting method effectively reducing center segregation occurring inside a cast piece includes cooling of a cast piece performed with a water volume density per surface area of the cast piece in a first section set within a range of 50 to 2000 L/(m2×min) or lower. The first section is a range along a cast piece withdrawing direction in a continuous casting machine, from a start point at which an average value of a solid phase ratio along a thickness direction at a final solidified part in a cast piece width direction is 0.8 or lower to an end point at which the average value of the solid phase ratio along the thickness direction at the final solidified part in the cast piece width direction is higher than the solid phase ratio at the start point but not higher than 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norichika ARAMAKI, Shuhei IRIE, Akitoshi MATSUI, Hirokazu SUGIHARA, Yusuke NOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20250104734
    Abstract: A disk apparatus includes a carriage, a magnetic disk, a base plate, a load beam, a flexure, and a magnetic head. The carriage rotates around a first rotation axis. The base plate includes a first surface facing the magnetic disk and is attached to the carriage. The load beam is attached to the base plate. The flexure includes a plurality of wirings and is attached to the base plate and the load beam. The magnetic head is attached to the flexure and electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of wirings. The flexure includes a thin portion that is thinner than other portions of the flexure. The thin portion includes a first portion which covers the first surface and at which the plurality of wirings extends in non-parallel directions with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventor: Yusuke NOJIMA
  • Patent number: 12190921
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes an arm with a through hole, a base plate, a load beam, and a damper. The arm has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The base plate has a first protrusion in the through hole. The load beam is attached to the base plate and has a fourth surface and a fifth surface opposite the fourth surface. The first surface and the fourth surface faces one magnetic disk. The fifth surface is inclined so as to be closer to the one magnetic disk as is further away from the arm. The damper is attached to the fifth surface. A value obtained by dividing a first distance between the first surface and the second surface by a second distance between an end of the damper and an axis of the through hole is 0.11 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Ryusuke Kimura, Yusuke Nojima, Yasutaka Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240321298
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a load beam, a first protrusion, a flexure, a slider, and a second element. The first protrusion protrudes from the load beam away from a rotation axis in a first direction. The flexure includes a mounting part supported by the first protrusion. The slider is mounted on the mounting part, and includes a first element that reads and writes information from and to a magnetic disk, and a floating surface facing the magnetic disk. The second element is attached to the slider apart from a geometric center of the floating surface in the first direction. On a projection plane as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the floating surface, a contact position between the first protrusion and the mounting part is located between a geometric center of the slider and a center of gravity of the second element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke NOJIMA, Takuma KIDO
  • Publication number: 20240221781
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes an arm with a through hole, a base plate, a load beam, and a damper. The arm has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The base plate has a first protrusion in the through hole. The load beam is attached to the base plate and has a fourth surface and a fifth surface opposite the fourth surface. The first surface and the fourth surface faces one magnetic disk. The fifth surface is inclined so as to be closer to the one magnetic disk as is further away from the arm. The damper is attached to the fifth surface. A value obtained by dividing a first distance between the first surface and the second surface by a second distance between an end of the damper and an axis of the through hole is 0.11 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ryusuke KIMURA, Yusuke NOJIMA, Yasutaka SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11984144
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a magnetic head, a piezoelectric element and a flexure. The piezoelectric element includes two electrodes. The flexure includes a first part and a second part that swings. The first part has a first surface to which a first electrode is joined. The second part has a second surface to which the magnetic head is joined. The magnetic head has a third surface facing the first surface and the second surface. The first electrode is spaced apart from a second electrode in a first direction. The first surface and an end of the third surface face each other. The second surface and another end of the third surface face each other. A distance between the first surface and the one end of the third surface is longer than a distance between the second surface and the other end of the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Nojima
  • Publication number: 20240096354
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a magnetic head, a piezoelectric element and a flexure. The piezoelectric element includes two electrodes. The flexure includes a first part and a second part that swings. The first part has a first surface to which a first electrode is joined. The second part has a second surface to which the magnetic head is joined. The magnetic head has a third surface facing the first surface and the second surface. The first electrode is spaced apart from a second electrode in a first direction. The first surface and an end of the third surface face each other. The second surface and another end of the third surface face each other. A distance between the first surface and the one end of the third surface is longer than a distance between the second surface and the other end of the third surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Yusuke NOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11884812
    Abstract: A hydrogenated block copolymer containing polymer blocks (A1) and (A2) each mainly containing an aromatic vinyl compound-derived structural unit and polymer blocks (B) and (C) each mainly containing a conjugated diene compound-derived structural unit, at least one of the polymer blocks (B) and (C) being present between the polymer blocks (A1) and (A2), the hydrogenated block copolymer having a total content of the polymer blocks (A1) and (A2) of 5 to 30% by mass, a 3,4-bond and 1,2-bond content in the polymer block (B) of 1 to 40% by mole, a 3,4-bond and 1,2-bond content in the polymer block (C) of 50 to 100% by mole, and a mass ratio [(C)/{(B)±(C)} of the polymer block (C) to the sum of the polymer blocks (B) and (C) of 26/100 to 63/100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Takahashi, Yusuke Nojima
  • Patent number: 11279789
    Abstract: Provided are a hydrogenated block copolymer capable of giving a resin composition having good moldability and sufficient mechanical strength and excellent in flexibility, kink resistance and transparency and also excellent in pressure sensitive adhesiveness, adhesiveness and weather resistance, and a resin composition containing the hydrogenated block copolymer, as well as a pressure sensitive adhesive, an adhesive, a molded article, a liquid-packaging container, a medical tool, a medical tube, a corner member for weather seal, and a weather seal that are produced using these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Oshita, Yusuke Nojima, Mikio Masuda
  • Patent number: 11195549
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a recording medium, electronic components including a magnetic head, a flexure, and an adhesive. The flexure includes a surface on which the electronic component is mounted, a first wiring and a second wiring each extending along the surface, and a groove provided on the surface between the first/second wirings. The adhesive is in contact with an inner surface of the groove and includes an adhesive portion attaching the electronic component to the surface. A first portion in the flexure is provided in a position apart from the electronic component. A second portion in the flexure is positioned closer to the adhesive portion than the first portion. A distance between the first wiring and the second wiring is larger than that in the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Nojima
  • Publication number: 20210277224
    Abstract: A hydrogenated block copolymer containing polymer blocks (A1) and (A2) each mainly containing an aromatic vinyl compound-derived structural unit and polymer blocks (B) and (C) each mainly containing a conjugated diene compound-derived structural unit, at least one of the polymer blocks (B) and (C) being present between the polymer blocks (A1) and (A2), the hydrogenated block copolymer having a total content of the polymer blocks (A1) and (A2) of 5 to 30% by mass, a 3,4-bond and 1,2-bond content in the polymer block (B) of 1 to 40% by mole, a 3,4-bond and 1,2-bond content in the polymer block (C) of 50 to 100% by mole, and a mass ratio [(C)/{(B)±(C)} of the polymer block (C) to the sum of the polymer blocks (B) and (C) of 26/100 to 63/100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto TAKAHASHI, Yusuke NOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210122868
    Abstract: Provided are a hydrogenated block copolymer capable of giving a resin composition having good moldability and sufficient mechanical strength and excellent in flexibility, kink resistance and transparency and also excellent in pressure sensitive adhesiveness, adhesiveness and weather resistance, and a resin composition containing the hydrogenated block copolymer, as well as a pressure sensitive adhesive, an adhesive, a molded article, a liquid-packaging container, a medical tool, a medical tube, a corner member for weather seal, and a weather seal that are produced using these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Oshita, Yusuke Nojima, Mikio Masuda
  • Patent number: 10822485
    Abstract: Described herein is a resin composition capable of giving a liquid-packaging container satisfying both high flexibility and low-temperature impact resistance, excellent in low-temperature heat seal strength an also excellent in bag-breakage strength; a heat sealing agent and a film for liquid-packaging container containing the resin composition; a liquid-packaging container formed of the film for liquid-packaging container; a liquid-packaging container and a liquid discharge member obtained using the resin composition; and a medical container having the liquid-packaging container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nojima, Hajime Takagi, Shinya Oshita
  • Patent number: 10825482
    Abstract: A magnetic disk device includes a casing having a box-like base that has a bottom wall and a cover that has a first surface facing the bottom wall, a magnetic disk provided in the casing, a head configured to write data to the magnetic disk and to read data from the magnetic disk, an actuator assembly that supports the head in the casing, a conductive container on the first surface of the cover, and a conductive body in contact with the conductive container and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Suzuki, Kouichi Toukairin, Hisashi Hasegawa, Masaya Kudo, Kenji Hayasaka, Yusuke Nojima
  • Publication number: 20200286527
    Abstract: A magnetic disk device includes a casing having a box-like base that has a bottom wall and a cover that has a first surface facing the bottom wall, a magnetic disk provided in the casing, a head configured to write data to the magnetic disk and to read data from the magnetic disk, an actuator assembly that supports the head in the casing, a conductive container on the first surface of the cover, and a conductive body in contact with the conductive container and the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hirofumi SUZUKI, Kouichi TOUKAIRIN, Hisashi HASEGAWA, Masaya KUDO, Kenji HAYASAKA, Yusuke NOJIMA