Nakajima, US
Edward Shintaro Nakajima, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20130216314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REEL LAYING SUBSEA PIPELINE TO REDUCE STRAIN IN USE - Disclosed are systems and methods for reel laying of subsea pipe in such a way that mitigates buckling and axial displacement of the pipe in use for conveying produced hydrocarbon fluids. The systems and methods include adjusting the settings of the pipe straightener and/or the pipe aligner during the reel laying process to provide non-straightened sections of pipe at predetermined locations along the length of the pipe. The non-straightened sections allow for thermal expansion of the pipe during use. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130220436 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SEALING AND SEVERING A SUBSEA PIPELINE - Disclosed is an apparatus for sealing and severing a subsea pipe adapted to convey fluids, e.g., hydrocarbons, and systems and methods using such apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing adapted to attach to the pipe, a piercing tool for providing an opening in the pipe at a predetermined location and a mechanism for establishing fluid communication between a source of sealant material and space within the pipe adjacent the opening in the pipe, and a cutting mechanism for cutting the pipe. Methods disclosed include piercing the pipe to form an opening, injecting sealant material through the opening into the pipe to form a fluid-tight seal, and cutting the pipe through the seal to form sealed cut ends. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140270967 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING SUBSEA PIPELINE FROM EXCESSIVE STRESS OR FATIGUE LOADING - Disclosed are systems and methods for protecting subsea pipeline from damage caused by excessive stress or fatigue loading caused by geo-hazards, and environmental and operating loads. The systems and methods utilize lifting buoyancy modules capable of being attached to a section of subsea pipeline to lift the subsea pipeline off the seabed to a predetermined height over a predetermined length upon being activated by a planned or unplanned triggering event. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140273677 | Systems And Methods For Protecting Subsea Pipeline From Excessive Stress Or Fatigue Loading. - Disclosed are systems and methods for protecting subsea pipeline from damage caused by excessive stress or fatigue loading caused by geo-hazards, and environmental and operating loads. The systems and methods utilize lifting buoyancy modules capable of being attached to a section of subsea pipeline to lift the subsea pipeline off the seabed to a predetermined height over a predetermined length upon being activated by a planned or unplanned triggering event. | 09-18-2014 |
Hajime Nakajima US
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| 20150344266 | ELEVATOR CAR POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - In an elevator car position detection device, a magnetic field generator generates an eddy current magnetic field on an identification member, and a magnetic field detector detects the eddy current magnetic field generated on the identification member. The identification member includes a plurality of conductors which are continuously arranged along an ascending and descending direction of a car, and are relatively different in a plate thickness with respect to a skin depth of an eddy current generated by the magnetic field generator on the identification member. A shape of at least a part of a boundary between the adjacent conductors is a straight line or a curve tilted with respect to a direction orthogonal to the ascending and descending direction of the car. | 12-03-2015 |
Junya Nakajima US
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| 20150203309 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE - A document reading device is capable of facilitating attachment/detachment of a reading unit provided inside a U-shaped document conveying path formed in a document conveying device. The document reading device includes a U-shaped document conveying path extending from a sheet supply tray to a sheet discharge tray through a reading section and a reading unit disposed inside the U-shaped document conveying path, a downstream part of the sheet supply tray on which a document is placed and a guide member provided upstream of the document conveying path to continue from the sheet supply tray and is arranged to be attachable/detachable with respect to the sheet supply tray or document conveying path. The reading unit is removable from inside the U-shaped document conveying path through an opening through which the downstream part of the sheet supply tray and guide member of the document conveying path are removed. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150217952 | PAPER SUPPLY DEVICE - A sheet supply device includes a sheet supply tray, a delivery roller contacting a topmost surface of a sheet bundle on the sheet supply tray to deliver the sheet, and separation means feeding the sheet delivered by the delivery roller one by one in a separated manner. The sheet supply device further includes an elevating tray freely elevated/lowered to support a leading end side of the sheet bundle placed on the sheet supply tray and to move the topmost surface of the sheet bundle to a delivery position, a first drive section elevating/lowering the elevating tray, a second drive section elevating/lowering the delivery roller, and a controller controlling the first and second drive sections to elevate the elevating tray until the topmost surface of the sheet bundle reaches the delivery position and thereafter lower the delivery roller to a position contacting the topmost surface of the sheet bundle. | 08-06-2015 |
Masayuki Nakajima, Allegheny County, PA US
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| 20120142817 | ONE COMPONENT EPOXY STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE COMPOSITION PREPARED FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES - Curable, one-package, stable adhesive compositions are provided comprising: | 06-07-2012 |
Masayuki Nakajima, Wexford, PA US
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| 20110212271 | HYDROPHILIC COMPOSITIONS, METHODS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION, AND SUBSTRATES COATED WITH SUCH COMPOSITIONS - Liquid compositions are disclosed that include a photocatalytic material and a hydrophilic binder that includes an essentially completely hydrolyzed organosilicate. Also disclosed are methods of making such compositions, methods of coating a substrate with a hydrophilic composition, and substrates coated with such compositions. The compositions may, for example, be embodied as stable one-pack compositions. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120128499 | STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed herein are 2K structural adhesive compositions comprising (a) a first component comprising (i) an epoxy-adduct formed as a reaction product of reactants comprising a first epoxy compound, a polyol, and an anhydride and/or a diacid; and (ii) a second epoxy compound; and (b) a second component that reacts with the first component. In one embodiment, the second component is an amine compound. These adhesives may be used to bond together substrate materials such as two half shells of wind turbine blades. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129980 | STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed herein are compositions including (a) a first component comprising (1) an epoxy-adduct that is the reaction product of reactants comprising a first epoxy compound, a polyol, and an anhydride and/or a diacid and (2) a second epoxy compound; (b) rubber particles having a core/shell structure and/or graphenic carbon particles; and (c) a second component that chemically reacts with the first component at ambient or slightly thermal conditions. Also disclosed herein are compositions including (a) an epoxy-capped flexibilizer; (b) a heat-activated latent curing agent; and optionally (c) rubber particles having a core/shell structure and/or graphenic carbon particles; (d) an epoxy/CTBN adduct; and/or (e) an epoxy/dimer acid adduct. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120211160 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING GRAPHENIC CARBON PARTICLES - Disclosed herein are adhesive compositions comprising (a) a first component; (b) a second component that chemically reacts with said first component; and (c) graphenic carbon particles having a compressed density of 0.9 or less. Disclosed herein are associated methods for forming the adhesive compositions and applying the adhesive compositions to a substrate to form a bonded substrate. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20140150970 | STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed herein are compositions including (a) a first component comprising (1) an epoxy-adduct that is the reaction product of reactants comprising a first epoxy compound, a polyol, and an anhydride and/or a diacid and (2) a second epoxy compound; (b) rubber particles having a core/shell structure and/or graphenic carbon particles; and (c) a second component that chemically reacts with the first component at ambient or slightly thermal conditions. Also disclosed herein are compositions including (a) an epoxy-capped flexibilizer; (b) a heat-activated latent curing agent; and optionally (c) rubber particles having a core/shell structure and/or graphenic carbon particles; (d) an epoxy/CTBN adduct; and/or (e) an epoxy/dimer acid adduct. The heat-activated latent curing agent may include at least one reaction product of reactants including an epoxy compound and an amine and/or an alkaloid. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140299270 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING GRAPHENIC CARBON PARTICLES - Disclosed herein are adhesive compositions comprising (a) a first component; (b) a second component that chemically reacts with said first component; and (c) graphenic carbon particles having an oxygen content of no more than 2 atomic weight percent. Disclosed herein are associated methods for forming the adhesive compositions and applying the adhesive compositions to a substrate to form a bonded substrate. | 10-09-2014 |
Noritaka Nakajima US
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| 20150258976 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - The control device of the present invention causes an engine to perform both partial cylinder operation and also all-cylinder operation, and moreover changes the operating point of the engine when the motor torque of a second motor-generator enters into operating point changeover ranges R | 09-17-2015 |
Shunsuke Nakajima US
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| 20150249409 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AC ROTATING MACHINE, AC ROTATING MACHINE DRIVE SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH CONTROL DEVICE FOR AC ROTATING MACHINE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - There are provided the control device for an AC rotating machine, and the AC rotating machine drive system and an electric power steering system including the control device for an AC rotating machine, which are capable of supplying high-frequency powers, on which high-frequency components corresponding to high-frequency signals input thereto are superimposed, to the AC rotating machine, and calculating a rotational position of the AC rotating machine based on a phase difference between an output torque high frequency contained in an output torque of the AC rotating machine and the high-frequency signals to estimate the rotational position of the AC rotating machine without being constrained by a rotational speed of the AC rotating machine, whether or not the AC rotating machine is electrically salient, and whether or not magnetic saturation has occurred. | 09-03-2015 |
Taido Lantz Nakajima, Mill Creek, WA US
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| 20100042954 | Motion based input selection - A method for selecting an input value based on sensed motion is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes varying a graphical element displayed on a handheld device in response to sensed motion to identify an input value. The motion-based input may be used to perform a function on the handheld device or on an external device. For example, the input may be used to open a lock or to rotate a displayed image. Various additional methods, devices, and systems employing motion-based inputs are also provided. | 02-18-2010 |
Tetsuya Nakajima US
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| 20150196952 | UP-DRAWING CONTINUOUS CASTING APPARATUS AND UP-DRAWING CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD - An up-thawing continuous casting apparatus includes a holding furnace that holds molten metal; a shape determining member that is arranged near a molten metal surface of a casting held in the holding furnace, and that determines a sectional shape of the molten metal by the molten metal passing through the shape determining member; a cooling portion that cools and solidifies the molten metal that has passed through the shape determining member; and a molten metal cooling portion that lowers a temperature of the molten metal held in the holding furnace. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150290702 | UP-DRAWING CONTINUOUS CASTING APPARATUS AND UP-DRAWING CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD - An up-drawing continuous casting apparatus includes a holding furnace that holds molten metal, and a shape defining member that is set near a molten metal surface of a molten metal held in the holding furnace, and defines a section shape of a casting to be cast, as the molten metal passes through the shape defining member. The shape defining member is able to be switched between a joined state and a partitioned state. With such a structure, it becomes possible to form a casting having a branched structure. | 10-15-2015 |
Toshihiro Nakajima US
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| 20150330981 | PGC-1beta-Protein-Function Regulator, Mitochondria-Function Regulator, Anti-Obesity Agent, And Screening Method Therefor | 11-19-2015 |
Yutaka Nakajima, Redmond, WA US
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| 20090315900 | GENERIC SURFACE MANAGER - A method, medium, and system are provided for a generic surface manager which allows graphics surfaces generated according to various existing and/or new graphics protocols to be rendered by a graphics consumer. The generic surface manager functions as an interface between a graphics consumer and one or more applications that generate graphics surfaces. Support is provided for various existing graphics protocols and the generic surface manager can be easily modified to accept surfaces generated according to new graphics protocols. An extensible system is thereby provided that can support a variety of graphics protocols without requiring modifications to be made to the graphics consumer. | 12-24-2009 |