Patents by Inventor Yutaka Matsui

Yutaka Matsui 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: 20240120595
    Abstract: This battery unit is a battery unit including a battery pack that houses a battery cell, and a water-cooling medium flow path formed outside a bottom surface of the battery pack, in which the water-cooling medium flow path is made of a Zn-based plated steel sheet, an inorganic film or a resin film is formed as a chemical conversion coating film on a surface of the Zn-based plated steel sheet, and the inorganic film contains a Si-based component or a Zr-based component as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei MIYAKE, Atsuo KOGA, Kohei UEDA, Yutaka MIKAZUKI, Katsunari NORITA, Sho MATSUI, Takashi OKE
  • Patent number: 11933762
    Abstract: A metal structure evaluator for rolled steel sheets includes: a magnetic property measuring unit configured to measure a magnetic property of an evaluation target point in at least two or more different magnetization directions by performing, in the at least two or more different magnetization directions, processing of: applying a magnetic field on a surface of a rolled steel sheet in one direction; and measuring a magnetic property of the evaluation target point on the surface of the rolled steel sheet; and a determination unit configured to determine a metal structure of the evaluation target point based on the magnetic property measured by the magnetic property measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Yutaka Matsui, Kenji Adachi, Junji Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11898985
    Abstract: A metal structure evaluator for rolled steel sheets includes: a magnetic property measuring unit configured to measure a magnetic property of an evaluation target point in at least two or more different magnetization directions by performing, in the at least two or more different magnetization directions, processing of: applying a magnetic field on a surface of a rolled steel sheet in one direction; and measuring a magnetic property of the evaluation target point on the surface of the rolled steel sheet; and a determination unit configured to determine a metal structure of the evaluation target point based on the magnetic property measured by the magnetic property measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Yutaka Matsui, Kenji Adachi, Junji Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20230251226
    Abstract: Provided are: a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities; a substance manufacturing equipment and method that can improve the production yield rate. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a classification processing unit (81) configured to select one of a plurality of calculation models (M1, M2, . . . , Mn) for calculating a mechanical property of the substance, based on at least two of the plurality of physical quantities measured; and a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate the mechanical property of the substance using the calculation model selected by the classification processing unit (81) and the at least two of the plurality of physical quantities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka MATSUI, Takafumi OZEKI, Kazuki TERADA, Kenji ADACHI, Hiroki IMANAKA, Daichi IZUMI, Junji SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230228712
    Abstract: Provided are a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities, etc. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a calculation model generating unit (81) configured to select a plurality of pieces of learning data and generate a calculation model for calculating a mechanical property of the substance; and a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate the mechanical property of the substance using the calculation model generated and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities, wherein the selection physical quantities include at least one physical quantity measured using a first measurement signal and at least one physical quantity measured using a second measurement signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi OZEKI, Yutaka MATSUI, Kazuki TERADA, Daichi IZUMI, Hiroki IMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230228713
    Abstract: Provided are: a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities; a substance manufacturing equipment and method that can improve the production yield rate and high-quality substance. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate, using a plurality of calculation models each for calculating a mechanical property of the substance and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities measured, the mechanical property of the substance for each of the plurality of calculation models; and a selection processing unit (81) configured to select one mechanical property based on the at least two of the plurality of physical quantities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka MATSUI, Takafumi OZEKI, Kazuki TERADA, Kenji ADACHI, Hiroki IMANAKA, Daichi IZUMI, Junji SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230177959
    Abstract: A vehicle accident prediction system, a vehicle accident prediction method, a vehicle accident prediction program, and a learned model creation system obtain a training data set containing feature group data, which includes a first feature representing an attribute of a driver of a vehicle, a second feature representing a state of the vehicle, and a third feature combining a plurality of second features, and accident data relating to an accident of the vehicle, create, through learning, a learned model that predicts an accident of the vehicle from the feature group data using a plurality of the obtained training data sets, input the feature group data that is to be a prediction target, and predict an accident of the vehicle from the input feature group data using the created learned model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi UTSUGI, Hideyuki Zushi, Hajime Shimatani, Yukinobu Mukaida, Junji Tanaka, Kenichi Hagiya, Yutaka Matsui, Ryosuke Nakahata, Naoya Takahashi, Masaki Kubota
  • Publication number: 20220205950
    Abstract: A metal structure evaluator for rolled steel sheets includes: a magnetic property measuring unit configured to measure a magnetic property of an evaluation target point in at least two or more different magnetization directions by performing, in the at least two or more different magnetization directions, processing of: applying a magnetic field on a surface of a rolled steel sheet in one direction; and measuring a magnetic property of the evaluation target point on the surface of the rolled steel sheet; and a determination unit configured to determine a metal structure of the evaluation target point based on the magnetic property measured by the magnetic property measuring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi OZEKI, Yutaka MATSUI, Kenji ADACHI, Junji SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 11235713
    Abstract: A tractor in which a basic shape of a hot-wind blocking plate disposed between a motor unit and an operation unit is commonalized as a sharable element, and cutting of an outer edge portion of the hot-wind blocking plate enables application to various specifications including different sizes of motors and operation units, thus achieving convenience in assembling the tractor, enabling mass production by using the sharable element, enabling an efficient inventory storage, and providing an advantage in costs. The tractor includes: a hot-wind blocking plate disposed between a motor unit and an operation unit, the dimension of the hot-wind blocking plate being adjustable by cutting an outer edge portion of the blocking plate; and an operation unit component mounted in the outer edge portion of the hot-wind blocking plate, a position where the operation unit component is mounted is changeable depending on a specification of the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Toshitaka Komiya, Yutaka Matsui, Tomoyuki Kuroda
  • Patent number: 10908126
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flaw detection device includes: a matrix array probe; an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit that controls the matrix array probe; and an evaluation unit that detects a planar defect based on the reflected ultrasonic waves received by the ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit. The matrix array probe has a plurality of vibration elements arranged lattice-like, an array pitch of the vibration elements in the pipe axis direction is larger than a wavelength of ultrasonic waves transmitted and received, widths of the vibration elements in the pipe axis direction decrease outward in the pipe axis direction from a pipe axis direction center position of the matrix array probe, and the widths and center coordinates of the vibration elements in the pipe axis direction have been adjusted such that all of ultrasonic waves from the vibration elements overlap in a focal position control range for the ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsui, Yukinori Iizuka, Noriaki Uchitomi, Toshihiro Miwa
  • Patent number: 10788461
    Abstract: There are proposed a method for measuring hydrogen-induced cracking which can measure hydrogen-induced cracking initiated in an interior of a test specimen during HIC test and a measuring apparatus used in this method. When cracks initiated in an interior of a test specimen 1 immersed in a test solution 5 containing hydrogen sulfide is measured by an ultrasonic probe 2 placed in a vessel 3, the position and size of cracks initiated in the interior of the test specimen 1 are measured with the lapse of time at a state of immersing the test specimen 1 in the test solution by scanning the ultrasonic probe 2 or the test specimen 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Mizuno, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Yutaka Matsui, Kyono Yasuda, Koji Fujimoto, Shigeaki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20200189493
    Abstract: A tractor in which a basic shape of a hot-wind blocking plate disposed between a motor unit and an operation unit is commonalized as a sharable element, and cutting of an outer edge portion of the hot-wind blocking plate enables application to various specifications including different sizes of motors and operation units, thus achieving convenience in assembling the tractor, enabling mass production by using the sharable element, enabling an efficient inventory storage, and providing an advantage in costs. The tractor includes: a hot-wind blocking plate disposed between a motor unit and an operation unit, the dimension of the hot-wind blocking plate being adjustable by cutting an outer edge portion of the blocking plate; and an operation unit component mounted in the outer edge portion of the hot-wind blocking plate, a position where the operation unit component is mounted is changeable depending on a specification of the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Toshitaka KOMIYA, Yutaka MATSUI, Tomoyuki KURODA
  • Patent number: 10604088
    Abstract: A tractor in which a basic shape of a hot-wind blocking plate disposed between a motor unit and an operation unit is commonalized as a sharable element, and cutting of an outer edge portion of the hot-wind blocking plate enables application to various specifications including different sizes of motors and operation units, thus achieving convenience in assembling the tractor, enabling mass production by using the sharable element, enabling an efficient inventory storage, and providing an advantage in costs. The tractor includes: a hot-wind blocking plate disposed between a motor unit and an operation unit, the dimension of the hot-wind blocking plate being adjustable by cutting an outer edge portion of the blocking plate; and an operation unit component mounted in the outer edge portion of the hot-wind blocking plate, a position where the operation unit component is mounted is changeable depending on a specification of the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshitaka Komiya, Yutaka Matsui, Tomoyuki Kuroda
  • Patent number: 10588555
    Abstract: A pulse oximeter (1, 2) includes a first light emitter (11) configured to generate first light, a second light emitter (12) configured to generate second light with a different wavelength from that of the first light, and a light receiver (13) configured to receive each of first return light of the first light from a living body and second return light of the second light from the living body. The pulse oximeter is provided with: a contact pressure detecting device (14) configured to detect a signal associated with contact pressure between the pulse oximeter and the living body; and an outputting device (100) configured to output information regarding oxygen saturation, on the basis of respective signals outputted from the light receiver due to the first return light and the second return light, and the detected signal associated with the contact pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka Matsui
  • Patent number: 10584405
    Abstract: A resistance welded steel pipe is provided. A hot-rolled steel sheet having a composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.025 to 0.168%, Si: 0.10 to 0.30%, Mn: 0.60 to 1.90%, and one or at least two selected from Ca, Nb, V, and Ti such that Pcm is 0.20 or less is subjected to continuous cold roll forming to obtain a pipe-shaped body. Tapered grooves are formed in the steel sheet such that the ratio of the tapered portions to the wall thickness of the steel sheet is 10 to 80%. Then end surfaces of the pipe-shaped body are butted against each other and subjected to electric resistance welding. Ultrasonic waves are transmitted toward the electric resistance weld surface such that a beam width is within the range of 0.1 to 4.0 mm, and the reflected waves are used for ultrasonic flaw detection using an ultrasonic flaw detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Toyoda, Takatoshi Okabe, Sota Goto, Yutaka Matsui, Satoru Yabumoto
  • Patent number: 10463131
    Abstract: A cosmetic device and related methods of manufacturing and using a cosmetic device. The device may comprise a porous part formed using a soluble filler and a non-porous part molded to the porous part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: INOAC PACKAGING GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Yutaka Matsui
  • Patent number: 10436755
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flaw detection apparatus includes: a seam detection unit that captures a thermal image of a welded seam portion of an electric resistance welded pipe; an ultrasonic flaw detection sensor head that includes an ultrasonic probe that performs ultrasonic flaw detection on the welded seam portion; a seam position calculation unit that calculates a seam position and a bead cutting position of the electric resistance welded pipe; a bead cutting band detection unit that detects a bead cutting band of the electric resistance welded pipe; a bead cutting position calculation unit that calculates a bead cutting position of the electric resistance welded pipe; a tracking movement amount calculation unit that calculates a tracking movement amount of the ultrasonic flaw detection sensor head; and a sensor head driving unit that moves the ultrasonic flaw detection sensor head to track the welded seam portion according to the tracking movement amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsui, Shigeto Sakashita, Atsushi Yonemoto
  • Publication number: 20190242854
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flaw detection device includes: a matrix array probe; an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit that controls the matrix array probe; and an evaluation unit that detects a planar defect based on the reflected ultrasonic waves received by the ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit. The matrix array probe has a plurality of vibration elements arranged lattice-like, an array pitch of the vibration elements in the pipe axis direction is larger than a wavelength of ultrasonic waves transmitted and received, widths of the vibration elements in the pipe axis direction decrease outward in the pipe axis direction from a pipe axis direction center position of the matrix array probe, and the widths and center coordinates of the vibration elements in the pipe axis direction have been adjusted such that all of ultrasonic waves from the vibration elements overlap in a focal position control range for the ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsui, Yukinori Iizuka, Noriaki Uchitomi, Toshihiro Miwa
  • Publication number: 20180360192
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cosmetic device and related methods of manufacturing and using a cosmetic device. The device may comprise a porous part formed using a soluble filler and a non-porous part molded to the porous part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Yutaka MATSUI
  • Patent number: D1021989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusuke Tsushima, Ryutaro Matsui, Aozora Hamano, Yutaka Takei, Takumi Hirose, Yoshiteru Tomooka, Toshiko Osaka