Patents by Inventor Akihiro Saito

Akihiro Saito 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: 20240154355
    Abstract: A charging inlet includes a rear holder installed to a housing and supporting electric wires connected to the terminals accommodated in the terminal accommodating chambers. The rear holder includes an inner rear holder and an outer rear holder. In an outer peripheral portion of the inner rear holder, a plurality of outer electric wire insertion portions each having an inner electric wire support surface is provided. In an inner peripheral portion of the outer rear holder, a plurality of inner electric wire insertion portions each having an outer electric wire support surface. The plurality of inner electric wire insertion portions communicates with an outer peripheral side of the outer rear holder through a communication portion. The electric wires are sandwiched between the inner electric wire support surfaces and the outer electric wire support surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiro Saito, Shinsuke Aoshima, Koudai Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240154325
    Abstract: A terminal connection structure includes a housing having a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers, a terminal accommodated in each of the terminal accommodating chambers, and a terminal-equipped electric wire in which a connection terminal connected to end portion of an electric wire is electrically connected to an electric wire connection portion of the terminal. A connection portion of the electric wire connection portion to which the connection terminal is connected is shifted relative to a central axis of electric connection portion of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Akihiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20240136519
    Abstract: The positive electrode active material disclosed here includes: first lithium composite oxide particles in the form of single particles; and second lithium composite oxide particles in the form of secondary particles. When in a volume-based particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method, a 10%-particle size (D10) is a particle size with a cumulative frequency of 10%, a 50%-particle size (D50) is a particle size with a cumulative frequency of 50%, and a 90%-particle size (D90) is a particle size with a cumulative frequency of 90%, a 50%-particle size of the second lithium composite oxide particles is larger than that of the first lithium composite oxide particles, and a particle size distribution width of the second lithium composite oxide particles expressed by (D90-D10)/D50 is 0.50 to 0.65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Masaya SAITO, Akihiro TABUSHI, Takatoshi HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240116849
    Abstract: Provided are a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus for efficiently manufacturing a halogen oxoacid solution with a high quality and excellent industrial properties. Specifically, a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus of a halogen oxoacid are provided. The manufacturing method and the manufacturing apparatus include continuously supplying an organic alkaline solution and a halogen from a first end to a second end of a reaction tube so that liquid phase parts and/or gas phase parts are alternately and repeatedly provided in a transfer passage of the reaction tube, to perform gas-liquid mixing of the organic alkaline solution and the halogen at the liquid phase parts and/or gas phase parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro SAITO, Naoto MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240114225
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus of an embodiment includes a rotor image-pickup unit for picking up an image of a rotor using a rotor image-pickup device in the air gap between the rotor and a stator. The rotor image-pickup device includes: a carriage casing; a camera; an image-pickup position changing part; and an image-pickup direction changing part. The camera is installed in the carriage casing, and picks up an image of a ventilation hole of the rotor in the air gap. The image-pickup position changing part is installed in the carriage casing, and changes an image-pickup position of the camera by moving the carriage casing in a circumferential direction of the rotor in the air gap. The image-pickup direction changing part is installed in the carriage casing, and changes an image-pickup direction of the camera to an inclined angle to a radial direction of the rotor in the air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori YUMINAMOCHI, Akihiro MATSUZAKI, Masaoki SAITO, Hitoshi KATAYAMA, Fumio SATO, Dai NOZAKI
  • Patent number: 11937410
    Abstract: A package-type fluid machine includes a compressor unit including a compression portion that compresses a fluid, a motor that drives the compression portion, and a cooling fan that is driven by the motor; a machine chamber in which the compressor unit is disposed; an inverter chamber which is adjacent to the machine chamber and in which an inverter is disposed; a partition wall that partitions off the machine chamber from the inverter chamber and has an opening; and an inverter intake port that is disposed in the inverter chamber to take in a cooling gas. The cooling fan is disposed on a side of the machine chamber, the opening being located on the side. The cooling fan is driven to cause the cooling gas to flow from the inverter intake port to the opening to cool the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuminori Kato, Yoshiyuki Kanemoto, Hiroaki Saito, Daichi Oka, Akihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240080396
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is capable of preventing lowering of operability when printing is performed. In a client terminal, an OS acquires capability information related to printing capability from a server that provides a cloud print service or a printer, and a controller displays a screen. The capability information has a hierarchical structure including at least one item name and a plurality of attribute values belonging to the item name. The controller can perform first display for collectively displaying the item name and the attribute values and second display for displaying the plurality of attribute values in a state sorted into groups of attribute values relevant to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KAZUSHIGE SHIMADA, SHINYA SUZUKI, KAZUYUKI SAITO, AKIHIRO YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20240055474
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer; cell trenches formed in the semiconductor layer; an insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; electrodes, each embedded in corresponding one of the cell trenches via the insulating layer; and one or more outer peripheral trenches formed in the semiconductor layer, wherein the cell trenches include: first set of cell trenches extending in first direction and arranged at first pitch in second direction; and second set of cell trenches extending in the second direction and arranged at second pitch in the first direction, wherein the semiconductor layer includes first and second cell regions where the first and second sets of cell trenches are arranged respectively, and the one or more peripheral trenches surround the first and second cell regions in a plan view, and wherein inter-cell distance between the first and second cell regions is smaller than both the first and second pitches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro SAITO, Kenta WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230402539
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a first conductive film formed on a first principal surface of the semiconductor chip, a fourth conductive film formed on a second principal surface of the semiconductor chip, a third impurity region formed in the semiconductor chip, a vertical-type semiconductor element structure which includes a gate trench formed in an active region and arrayed at a cell pitch and allows a current to flow between the first conductive film and the fourth conductive film, a first outer peripheral trench which is annular and formed in the outer peripheral region, and a plurality of second outer peripheral trenches which are annular and formed in the outer peripheral region further outside than the first outer peripheral trench, in which a first outer peripheral pitch between the first outer peripheral trench and the second outer peripheral trench is not less than 2 times and not more than 4 times the cell pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro SAITO, Masatsugu YUTANI
  • Patent number: 11738997
    Abstract: The present invention provides industrially advantageous production method and production apparatus, with respect to production of a halogen oxyacid solution. There is solved by a method for producing a halogen oxyacid solution, comprising continuously supplying an organic alkaline solution and halogen to a static mixer and mixing them, to thereby continuously obtain a halogen oxyacid generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Negishi, Takafumi Shimoda, Akihiro Saito, Naoki Matsuda, Kenichi Kakizono, Takeshi Kawano, Masayuki Moriwaki
  • Patent number: 11565165
    Abstract: A walking training system includes a treadmill configured to prompt a trainee to walk, a display device installed such that the trainee views the display device while walking on the treadmill, a camera configured to image the trainee at an angle of view at which a gait of the trainee is recognizable, a calculation unit configured to calculate a tilt of a body core of the walking trainee based on an image captured by the camera, and a display control unit configured to control the display device to display a body core line associated with the tilt, and an index indicating at least an end of a permissible range of a deflection of the body core line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei Nakashima, Nagisa Tanaka, Eiichi Saitoh, Akihiro Saito, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Takuma Il
  • Publication number: 20220411265
    Abstract: A method for producing a high-purity hydrogen chloride gas comprises performing a purification process that includes the steps 1) to 3) below on a byproduct hydrogen chloride gas: 1) a crude hydrochloric acid generation step of allowing water to absorb the byproduct hydrogen chloride gas; 2) a volatile organic impurity-removed hydrochloric acid generation step of bringing the crude hydrochloric acid obtained in the step 1) into contact with an inert gas at a liquid temperature of 20 to 45° C. to dissipate volatile organic impurities; and 3) a high-purity hydrogen chloride gas generation step of supplying the volatile organic impurity-removed hydrochloric acid obtained in the step 2) to a distillation column and performing distillation under conditions of a column bottom temperature of higher than 60° C. and 108° C. or lower and a column top temperature of 60° C. or lower to distill out a high-purity hydrogen chloride gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro SAITO, Dai TSUNODA, Masayuki MORIWAKI
  • Patent number: 11539173
    Abstract: A terminal equipped electric wire includes an electric wire including: a conductor and an insulating sheath covering the conductor, a part of the conductor extending out of an end portion of the insulating sheath being an exposed portion, a terminal fitting having an electric wire connection portion at a rear side of the terminal fitting, the electric wire connection portion being connected to the exposed portion, a water stop shrinkable tube covering the electric wire connection portion connected to the exposed portion in a watertight manner, a sensor disposed on an outer surface of the water stop shrinkable tube, the sensor contacting the outer surface of the water stop shrinkable tube and a sensor fixing shrinkable tube covering and fixing the sensor on the outer surface of the water stop shrinkable tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Saito, Tsutomu Sawada
  • Patent number: 11508258
    Abstract: The rehabilitation training system includes: an evaluation unit configured to evaluate rehabilitation training performed by a trainee; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of evaluation comments regarding the evaluation; a reception unit configured to receive, from an authorized training assistant, designation of an evaluation comment that is restricted from being presented to a specific trainee among the plurality of evaluation comments; a selection unit configured to select an evaluation comment to be presented to the specific trainee from the plurality of evaluation comments based on the evaluation for the rehabilitation training of the specific trainee that is performed by the evaluation unit and the designation; and a presentation unit configured to present the evaluation comment selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei Nakashima, Makoto Kobayashi, Eiichi Saitoh, Akihiro Saito, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Takuma Il
  • Publication number: 20220356061
    Abstract: A method for producing halogen oxyacid, which includes a step of continuously supplying and mixing an organic alkali solution and a halogen and continuously collecting a reaction solution containing halogen oxyacid, and an production apparatus of halogen oxyacid, which includes a reactor, a means of supplying an organic alkali solution to the reactor, a means of supplying a halogen to the reactor, and a means of collecting a reaction solution for taking out the reaction solution from the reactor, in which the organic alkali solution and the halogen are continuously supplied by the means of supplying an organic alkali solution and the means of supplying a halogen, respectively, to the reactor so as to be mixed therein such that a solution containing halogen oxyacid is generated as a reaction solution, and the reaction solution is continuously collected by the means of collecting a reaction solution are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki NEGISHI, Takafumi SHIMODA, Akihiro SAITO, Naoki MATSUDA, Masayuki MORIWAKI
  • Patent number: 11484753
    Abstract: The walking training system includes: a treadmill; a determination unit configured to determine whether a walking of the trainee on the treadmill is an abnormal walking based on predetermined abnormal walking symptoms; a display unit configured to display a result of a determination of each of the abnormal walking symptoms; a reception unit configured receive a selection of at least one result of the determination from the results of the determinations, each of which displayed on the display unit, in which regarding pieces of advice about adjustment items for improving the abnormal walking symptoms in the result of the determination which the reception unit has received the selection, the display unit preferentially displays the pieces of advice that are common to pieces of advice about adjustment items for improving the abnormal walking symptoms in a result of another determination in which the determination unit determines the abnormal walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei Nakashima, Takuma Nakamura, Taiga Matsumoto, Eiichi Saitoh, Akihiro Saito, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Takuma Il
  • Patent number: 11462864
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal fitting connected to an end of an electric wire, a housing including a terminal accommodating chamber configured to accommodate the terminal fitting, a temperature sensor connected to an end of a detection line and configured to be attached to the terminal fitting, and a heat retaining cover. The heat retaining cover is configured to be attached to the housing such that the heat retaining cover covers a rear end portion of the housing and to retain heat inside the terminal accommodating chamber, the heat retaining cover having an electric wire guiding out portion through which the electric wire and the detection line drawn out from the terminal accommodating chamber are to be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Saito, Tsutomu Sawada, Yoshitaka Tsushima
  • Publication number: 20220218098
    Abstract: Provided is a polyester-based monofilament for a toothbrush, the monofilament having exceptional flexibility (usage feel), durability (bristle breaking resistance), and restoration properties (bristle opening resistance). The present invention relates to: a polyester-based monofilament for a toothbrush, the monofilament being characterized in that polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) are mixed at a proportion ranging from 85/15 to 65/35 in terms of weight ratio, and the shrinkage in boiling water is less than 1.0%; and a toothbrush in which the aforementioned polyester-based monofilament for a toothbrush is used in an erected bristle section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Morita, Akihiro Saito, Haruka Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11336046
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing to accommodate the terminal and a retainer including a locking portion to lock the terminal when the terminal is accommodated in the housing. The housing includes a front housing having a terminal accommodating chamber and a rear housing to be attached to the front housing from a rear side of an insertion direction of the terminal, the rear housing including a lance to, when the terminal is accommodated in the terminal accommodating chamber, lock a rear portion of the terminal. The retainer is to be attached between the front housing and the rear housing and to be displaceable along a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction between a locking position and a non-locking position. The retainer moves from the non-locking position to the locking position and the locking portion locks the rear portion of the terminal in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Saito, Tsutomu Sawada
  • Patent number: 11309663
    Abstract: A connector includes a sensing member inserted into the second housing along the first direction, and a sensing mechanism allowing the sensing member to advance to a predetermined engaged position along the first direction when the first housing and the second housing are completely fitted, and locking the sensing member at a position before the engaged position when the first housing and the second housing are not completely fitted. The sensing member includes an exposed portion exposed to an outer space when the sensing member is in the engaged position. In the exposed portion, a first surface exposed to a side opposite to a side of a central axis of the second housing is an inclined surface or an arc-shaped surface extending in a direction inclined with respect to the first direction and facing a side opposite to a side of the first housing in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Saito