Patents by Inventor Yuuki Nagai

Yuuki Nagai 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: 20230151197
    Abstract: Provided is a halogen-free resin composition including a polyolefin resin, containing a phosphorus compound in an amount of 0.05 to 2.5 mass % as a phosphorus content; a NOR-type hindered amine in an amount of 0.05 to 5 mass %; and an inorganic filler in an amount of 3 to 50 mass %, respectively, with respect to the total amount of the resin composition, wherein a DTA (Differential Thermal Analysis) curve obtained by differential thermal analysis of the inorganic filler has an endothermic portion in a temperature range of 180 to 500° C.; and in the inorganic filler, a ratio value of a number of particles having a maximum diameter of 300 ?m or more to a number of particles having a maximum diameter of 100 ?m or more is ? or less, or there are no particles having a maximum diameter of 100 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yo NAKAJIMA, Masashi MAMINO, Takeshi KOJIMA, Yuuki NAGAI
  • Patent number: 11636087
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes an identification unit that identifies a telecommunications carrier with which the mobile terminal is subscribed; an input unit that receives an input of an access request to a link destination, including information regarding multiple access destinations, selected by the user of the mobile terminal; a selection unit that, based on information regarding the telecommunications carrier identified by the identification unit, selects an access destination indicating, among the multiple access destinations, an access destination in a server corresponding to the telecommunications carrier; and a communication unit that accesses the access destination selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KDDI Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki Nagai, Hideyuki Kotou, Akira Kozawa, Atsushi Mikasa
  • Publication number: 20220389196
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for injection molding including a polyolefin resin, containing: at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide and a phosphorus compound in an amount of 10 to 60 mass %; a NOR-type hindered amine compound in an amount of 0.05 to 5 mass %; and a fibrous filler having an aspect ratio of 10 or more in an amount of 1 to 20 mass %, respectively, relative to the total amount of the resin composition, wherein a phosphorous content is 5 mass % or less relative to the total amount of the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi KOJIMA, Masashi MAMINO, Yuuki NAGAI, Yo NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220381741
    Abstract: A damage evaluation device includes: a phased array probe that irradiates an ultrasonic signal from a surface of an inspection metal toward an inside of the inspection metal and detects a reflection signal reflected in a predetermined region inside the inspection metal; and an arithmetic processor. The arithmetic processor sets planes parallel to each other in an inspection region, calculates pixel data by quantifying the reflection signal from segments set in each of the planes; calculates a scattering degree of the pixel data, and evaluates damage of the inspection metal based on the scattering degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki NAGAI, Masahiro HATO, Hiroaki HATANAKA
  • Patent number: 11458590
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an abrasive slurry regeneration method capable of efficiently regenerating an abrasive slurry having a high polishing rate. The abrasive slurry regeneration method is an abrasive slurry regeneration method for polishing a polishing target containing silicon oxide as a main component using an abrasive slurry containing abrasive particles and a plurality of kinds of additives and then regenerating a collected abrasive slurry, characterized by including a regeneration step of collecting an additive having a molecular weight of 500 or more and an additive adsorbed by the abrasive particles among additives contained in the collected abrasive slurry together with the abrasive particles while an abrasive concentration (% by mass) is maintained within a range of 0.2 to 3000% with respect to an abrasive concentration (% by mass) of an unused abrasive slurry when being used for polishing a polishing target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Chie Inui, Akihiro Maezawa, Yuuki Nagai, Natsumi Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20220136082
    Abstract: A tungsten recovery method including leaching tungsten while suppressing leaching of silicon by using a weak alkali compound with respect to a tungsten raw material containing silicon with tungsten oxide, separating most of the silicon as a residue during the leaching of the tungsten, and recovering a tungsten leachate having an extremely low silicon concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, JAPAN NEW METALS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Daisuke Haraguchi, Junji Abe, Yuuki Nagai
  • Publication number: 20210317292
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin A, a hard filler B and a compatibilizer C, wherein the hard filler B contains a hard filler B1 having an average particle diameter in the range of 0.7 to 40 ?m and a hard filler B2 having an average particle diameter in the range of 0.01 to 0.5 ?m, the compatibilizer C at least adheres to a surface of the hard filler B1, and a ratio WB1/WB2 is 1.5 or more, when WB1 and WB2 are adhesion masses of the compatibilizer C adhered to the surfaces of the hard filler B1 and the hard filler B2, respectively, and WB1 and WB2 each are measured per unit cross-sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yo NAKAJIMA, Yuuki NAGAI, Masashi MAMINO, Takeshi KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210209090
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes an identification unit that identifies a telecommunications carrier with which the mobile terminal is subscribed; an input unit that receives an input of an access request to a link destination, including information regarding multiple access destinations, selected by the user of the mobile terminal; a selection unit that, based on information regarding the telecommunications carrier identified by the identification unit, selects an access destination indicating, among the multiple access destinations, an access destination in a server corresponding to the telecommunications carrier; and a communication unit that accesses the access destination selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki NAGAI, Hideyuki KOTOU, Akira KOZAWA, Atsushi MIKASA
  • Patent number: 10286522
    Abstract: A method for collecting an abrasive from an abrasive slurry which has been used for polishing an object including silicon as a main component includes: (i) adding a solvent to the abrasive slurry; (ii) dissolving particles of the polished object among components of the polished object contained in the abrasive slurry; and (iii) filtering the abrasive slurry to collect the abrasive, in which the steps (i) to (iii) are carried out without a pH adjuster to remove components of the polished object to collect the abrasive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Chie Inui, Akihiro Maezawa, Yuuki Nagai, Natsumi Hirayama
  • Patent number: 10266725
    Abstract: A method for preparing a recycled abrasive slurry includes: polishing a material to be polished, which includes silicon as a main component, with an abrasive slurry including a plurality of kinds of additives added for different purposes; and preparing a recycled abrasive slurry from a collected abrasive slurry collected after the polishing, wherein the recycled abrasive slurry is prepared through: step 1 of removing, from the collected abrasive slurry, at least an additive B capable of decreasing a polishing rate among the plurality of additives, and step 2 of replenishing at least an additive A capable of increasing a polishing rate among the plurality of additives, to the abrasive slurry from which an additive has been removed, which has been prepared in step 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Chie Inui, Akihiro Maezawa, Yuuki Nagai, Natsumi Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20180339399
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an abrasive slurry regeneration method capable of efficiently regenerating an abrasive slurry having a high polishing rate. The abrasive slurry regeneration method is an abrasive slurry regeneration method for polishing a polishing target containing silicon oxide as a main component using an abrasive slurry containing abrasive particles and a plurality of kinds of additives and then regenerating a collected abrasive slurry, characterized by including a regeneration step of collecting an additive having a molecular weight of 500 or more and an additive adsorbed by the abrasive particles among additives contained in the collected abrasive slurry together with the abrasive particles while an abrasive concentration (% by mass) is maintained within a range of 0.2 to 3000% with respect to an abrasive concentration (% by mass) of an unused abrasive slurry when being used for polishing a polishing target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Chie INUI, Akihiro MAEZAWA, Yuuki NAGAI, Natsumi HIRAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10017675
    Abstract: Method for separating a polishing material, which is capable of separating and recovering cerium oxide from a used polishing material that is mainly composed of cerium oxide and a regenerated polishing material which can be obtained by the separation method. This method for separating a polishing material is characterized in that a divalent alkaline earth metal salt is added into the slurry of the used polishing material, while controlling the temperature of the slurry within the range of 10-70 DEG C., thereby causing the polishing material to aggregate under such conditions that the mother liquor has a pH of less than 10.0 as the pH is converted to one at 25 DEG C. so that the polishing material is separated from the mother liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takahashi, Yuuki Nagai, Akihiro Maezawa
  • Publication number: 20180056483
    Abstract: A method for collecting an abrasive from an abrasive slurry which has been used for polishing an object including silicon as a main component includes: (i) adding a solvent to the abrasive slurry; (ii) dissolving particles of the polished object among components of the polished object contained in the abrasive slurry; and (iii) filtering the abrasive slurry to collect the abrasive, in which the steps (i) to (iii) are carried out without a pH adjuster to remove components of the polished object to collect the abrasive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Chie INUI, Akihiro MAEZAWA, Yuuki NAGAI, Natsumi HIRAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9868885
    Abstract: Disclosed are polishing material particles which have polishing performance suitable for precision polishing and also have a high polishing speed and high monodispersibility; a polishing material containing the polishing material particles; and a polishing processing method using the polishing material. The polishing material particles are spherical particles having an average aspect ratio of 1.00 to 1.15, wherein the particle diameter (D50 (nm)) of the polishing material particles as determined from a particle diameter cumulative distribution curve falls within the range from 50 to 1500 nm. The average content of cerium or the total content of cerium and at least one element selected from lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm) and europium (Eu) in the polishing material particles is 81 mol % or more relative to the total content of all of rare earth elements that constitute the polishing material particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke Mizoguchi, Akihiro Maezawa, Natsuki Ito, Atsushi Takahashi, Hideaki Wakamatsu, Yuuki Nagai, Chie Inui
  • Patent number: 9868187
    Abstract: A diamond abrasive recovery method in which diamond abrasive is recovered from polishing material slurry including diamond abrasive used for polishing a polishing target mainly composed of silicon. The method comprises (1) recovering polishing material slurry including the used diamond abrasive; (2) adding inorganic salt including a metallic element which is to be a divalent or trivalent cation to the recovered polishing material slurry to aggregate the diamond abrasive and separating a supernatant liquid from a diamond abrasive included dispersion medium; and (3) extracting diamond abrasive from the separated diamond abrasive included dispersion medium using a low polarity dispersion medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuki Nagai, Akihiro Maezawa, Chie Inui
  • Patent number: 9802337
    Abstract: Technique to provide an abrasive regeneration method which, from a used abrasive, can recover an abrasive by an efficient method and can thereafter obtain a high-purity regenerated abrasive by a simple method. This abrasive regeneration method uses an abrasive comprising at least one type of abrasive selected from diamond, boron nitride, silicon carbide, alumina, alumina zirconia, zirconium oxide and cerium oxide. The abrasive regeneration involves a slurry recovery step (A) for recovering an abrasive slurry discharged from a polishing machine, a separation and concentration step (B) for adding an alkaline earth metal salt as an inorganic salt to the recovered abrasive slurry to aggregate the abrasive, and separating and concentrating the abrasive from a mother liquor, an abrasive recovery step (C) for recovering the separated and concentrated abrasive, and a second concentration step (D) for filter-treating the concentrated abrasive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuuki Nagai, Akihiro Maezawa, Atsushi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9796894
    Abstract: Abrasive material regeneration method regenerates a cerium oxide abrasive material from a used abrasive material slurry containing the cerium oxide abrasive material and resulting from grinding a grinding subject having silicon as the primary component, characterized by regenerating the abrasive material containing cerium oxide through: a slurry recovery step (A) for recovering an abrasive material slurry discharged from a grinder; an isolation/concentration step (B) for adding a magnesium salt as an inorganic salt to the recovered abrasive material slurry, aggregating the abrasive material under the condition that the pH value of the mother liquor converted to 25 DEG C is at least 6.5 and less than 10.0, and thus isolating and concentrating the abrasive material from the mother liquor; and an abrasive material recovery step (C) for recovering the isolated and concentrated abrasive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takahashi, Yuuki Nagai, Akihiro Maezawa
  • Patent number: 9701878
    Abstract: Technique to provide an abrasive regeneration method which, from a used abrasive slurry, can recover an abrasive by an efficient method and can thereafter obtain a high-purity regenerated abrasive by a simple method. This abrasive regeneration method uses an abrasive comprising at least one type of abrasive selected from diamond, boron nitride, silicon carbide, alumina, alumina zirconia and zirconium oxide. The abrasive regeneration involves a slurry recovery step (A) for recovering an abrasive slurry discharged from a polishing machine, a separation and concentration step (B) for adding an alkaline earth metal salt as an inorganic salt to the recovered abrasive slurry to aggregate the abrasive, and separating and concentrating the abrasive from a mother liquor, and an abrasive recovery step (C) for recovering the separated and concentrated abrasive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuki Nagai, Akihiro Maezawa, Atsushi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160376468
    Abstract: A method for preparing a recycled abrasive slurry includes: polishing a material to be polished, which includes silicon as a main component, with an abrasive slurry including a plurality of kinds of additives added for different purposes; and preparing a recycled abrasive slurry from a collected abrasive slurry collected after the polishing, wherein the recycled abrasive slurry is prepared through: step 1 of removing, from the collected abrasive slurry, at least an additive B capable of decreasing a polishing rate among the plurality of additives, and step 2 of replenishing at least an additive A capable of increasing a polishing rate among the plurality of additives, to the abrasive slurry from which an additive has been removed, which has been prepared in step 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Chie INUI, Akihiro MAEZAWA, Yuuki NAGAI, Natsumi HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160194539
    Abstract: A polishing material comprising a polishing material particle including cerium, wherein, the polishing material particle is a secondary particle obtained by baking a primary particle which is a polishing material precursor particle; the primary particle is a sphere shape; an average particle size of the primary particle is within a range of 100 to 1000 nm; and an average particle size of the secondary particle is within a range of 300 to 10000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yuuki NAGAI, Akihiro MAEZAWA, Chie INUI, Natsumi HIRAYAMA