Patents by Inventor Eiji Sato
Eiji Sato 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).
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Publication number: 20220415578Abstract: An electronic component manufacturing method comprising: a first step of moving an electronic component body in a first direction relative to a dip layer of a conductive paste to immerse the electronic component body in the dip layer; a second step of moving the electronic component body relative to the dip layer in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, thereby separating the electronic component body from the dip layer; a third step of forcibly cutting a connection between the conductive paste coated on the end portions of the electronic component body and the dip layer, using a contact with a solid or fluid cutter; and a fourth step of removing excess paste from the conductive paste coated on the end portions of the electronic component body. The third and fourth steps may be conducted simultaneously by cutting and removing the paste with the paste removal member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji SATO, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220282368Abstract: A method for forming a barium titanate film by conducting an ALD cycle, wherein the ALD cycle comprises forming a titanium oxide film and forming barium oxide film. In the forming of a titanium oxide film, TDMAT (Ti[N(CH3)2]4) is used as first raw material gas, and an OH radical is used as reaction gas, and in the forming of barium oxide film, a vaporized barium complex is used as second raw material gas, and an OH radical is used as reaction gas, and the titanium oxide film and the barium oxide film are alternately formed in a normal order or a reverse order.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji SATO, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220285985Abstract: A contactless power supply device includes a handle attachable and detachable with respect to a main body case at least partially covering a main body part including an electric unit, a power transmission module to be provided to protrude from the main body case, and having a power transmission coil electrified based on power supplied to the main body part, a power reception module housed in the handle to face the power transmission module when the handle is fixed to the main body case, and having a power reception coil contactlessly supplied with power via the power transmission coil, and a detection unit provided in the handle, driven based on the power supplied via the power reception module, and configured to detect whether the handle is being gripped.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Eiji SATO, Takayuki Nagata, Fumio Ohta
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Publication number: 20220259732Abstract: A film formation method for forming a CVD film and an ALD film on a film formation target. In an ALD process, an ALD cycle is repeatedly executed a plurality of times, the ALD cycle including: a first step for filling a reaction container with a source gas introduced through a first supply pipe; a second step for exhausting the source gas from the reaction container; a third step for filling the reaction container with a reactant gas activated by an inductively coupled plasma in a second supply pipe and introduced through the second supply pipe; and a fourth step for exhausting the reactant gas from the reaction container. In a CVD process, the ALD cycle is executed at least once, and the second step is finished while leaving the source gas in a gas phase in the reaction container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji SATO, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11345994Abstract: A method for forming a coating film on a powder includes: a dispersion step of setting a container having contained the powder P in a main body of a dispersion device, and dispersing the powder in the container by the main body of the dispersion device; and an ALD step for forming the coating film on a surface of the powder, by setting the container having been removed from the main body of the dispersion device in a main body of an ALD apparatus in such a state that gas can be introduced and be exhausted, introducing a gas for performing an ALD cycle into the container, filling the container with the gas, and then exhausting the gas.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Sato, Hitoshi Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11338317Abstract: An electronic component manufacturing apparatus has a holding member for holding an electronic component body, a surface plate, a moving unit that causes the holding member and the surface plate to relatively move, and a control unit that controls the moving unit. The control unit causes the moving unit to simultaneously perform a distance changing movement for changing, by shortening or extending, the distance between an end face of each electronic component body and a surface of the surface plate, and a position changing movement for changing a two-dimensional position where the end face of the electronic component body is projected on the surface of the surface plate in such a manner that the direction in which the two-dimensional position moves in parallel with the surface of the surface plate successively varies (for example, along a circular path).Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Sato, Hitoshi Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20220011366Abstract: A failure diagnosing device of a drive mechanism of a mechanical apparatus with a body including a motor, a speed reducer configured to slow down rotational power of the motor, and an operation part configured to operate by the slowed rotational power, and a vibration-proof controller configured to perform a vibration-proof control to prevent vibration of the body, the mechanism including the speed reducer and the motor. The device sends a command for suspending the vibration-proof control to the controller, then identifies an acceleration-and-deceleration period during which operation of the mechanical apparatus of which the control is suspended accelerates and decelerates, and determines whether the mechanism indicates a sign of failure based on a change in a frequency spectrum of load current of the motor or a current value having a correlation with the load current to a change in a rotational speed of the motor during the acceleration-and-deceleration period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki KATO, Eiji SATO, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Shinji KITAMURA, Makoto KAWAI
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Publication number: 20210351219Abstract: Effective use is achieved of a region in a proximity of a joining plane of semiconductor substrates in a semiconductor device including a stacked semiconductor substrate in which multilayer wiring layers of a plurality of semiconductor substrates are electrically connected to each other. The stacked semiconductor substrate includes plural semiconductor substrates on each of which a multilayer wiring layer is formed. In this stacked semiconductor substrate, the multilayer wiring layers are joined together and electrically connected to each other. In the proximity of a joining plane of the plurality of semiconductor substrates, a conductor is formed. This conductor is formed such that it is electrified in a direction of the joining plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime YAMAGISHI, Eiji SATO, Akira YAMAZAKI, Takayuki SEKIHARA, Makoto HAYAFUCHI, Syunsuke ISHIZAKI
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Publication number: 20210339963Abstract: A paste coating apparatus includes a first feeder that feeds a first belt, a mounter that joins one end portion of each of a plurality of electronic components to the first belt, a first coater that coats paste on the other end portion of each of the plurality of electronic components mounted on the first belt, a first dryer that dries the paste, a second feeder that feeds a second belt, a transfer device that transfers the plurality of electronic components from the first belt to the second belt, a second coater that coats the paste on the one end portion of each of the plurality of electronic components mounted on the second belt, a second dryer that dries the paste, and a collection device that winds and collects the second belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji SATO, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210308717Abstract: An electronic component manufacturing method includes a blotting process of bringing a conductive paste applied to an end portion of each electronic component body held by a jig into contact with a surface of a surface plate. The blotting process includes simultaneous performance of a distance changing process of changing the distance between an end face of each electronic component body and the surface of the surface plate and a position changing process of changing a two-dimensional position where the end face of the electronic component body is projected on the surface of the surface plate in such a manner that the direction of the movement of two-dimensional position in parallel to the surface of the surface plate successively varies (e.g., along a circular path).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji SATO, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11125654Abstract: An abnormality cause identifying system for a device including a rotating member includes: acceleration sensors, a pickup sensor, and a temperature sensor, which observe a state of a rotating member and acquire a measurement data piece; a measurement data piece converting portion configured to convert the measurement data piece into two or more new-format conversion data pieces that are different from each other; and an abnormality cause identifying portion configured to identify an abnormality cause of the device by analyzing the conversion data pieces created by the measurement data piece converting portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiji Sato, Hisao Wada
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Publication number: 20210285106Abstract: A film deposition apparatus includes: a chamber having a film deposition gas introduced thereinto and exhausted therefrom, in which film deposition with the film deposition gas is performed on an object to be treated; and a film conveying part disposed in the chamber and conveying in a roll-to-roll manner a long film that is the object to be treated. The film conveying part includes: a rotatable roller with part of whose peripheral surface the long film comes into contact; and a nozzle pipe for spraying an inert gas onto a region of the roller, the region being not covered by the long film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji SATO, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11052422Abstract: An electronic component manufacturing method includes a blotting process of bringing a conductive paste applied to an end portion of each electronic component body held by a jig into contact with a surface of a surface plate. The blotting process includes simultaneous performance of a distance changing process of changing the distance between an end face of each electronic component body and the surface of the surface plate and a position changing process of changing a two-dimensional position where the end face of the electronic component body is projected on the surface of the surface plate in such a manner that the direction of the movement of two-dimensional position in parallel to the surface of the surface plate successively varies (e.g., along a circular path).Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Sato, Hitoshi Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20210147979Abstract: A method for forming a coating film on a powder includes: a dispersion step of setting a container having contained the powder P in a main body of a dispersion device, and dispersing the powder in the container by the main body of the dispersion device; and an ALD step for forming the coating film on a surface of the powder, by setting the container having been removed from the main body of the dispersion device in a main body of an ALD apparatus in such a state that gas can be introduced and be exhausted, introducing a gas for performing an ALD cycle into the container, filling the container with the gas, and then exhausting the gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Creative Coatings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji SATO, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210107081Abstract: A control method for gas-shielded arc welding includes providing a normal arc period in which the welding current is maintained at a setting current Icc set in advance, and providing a separation control period after the separation timing of the molten droplet is detected in the normal arc period, the separation control period including a current decreasing section, a current maintaining section, and a current increasing section. In the separation control period, at least one of the following controls for preventing a short circuit is performed: control of an output voltage, control of a feeding speed, and control of a gas ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Baini JO, Shogo NAKATSUKASA, Akira OGAWA, Eiji SATO
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Publication number: 20210088418Abstract: An abnormality cause identifying system for a device including a rotating member includes: acceleration sensors, a pickup sensor, and a temperature sensor, which observe a state of a rotating member and acquire a measurement data piece; a measurement data piece converting portion configured to convert the measurement data piece into two or more new-format conversion data pieces that are different from each other; and an abnormality cause identifying portion configured to identify an abnormality cause of the device by analyzing the conversion data pieces created by the measurement data piece converting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiji SATO, Hisao WADA
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Publication number: 20210000007Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cutter device for cutting plant in a field, a storage section for storing plant cut by the cutter device, an inclination angle sensor for detecting an inclination angle ((?d)) of the vehicle body, a display device for displaying the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle sensor, and a reporting device for reporting the inclination angle exceeding a permissible inclination angle ((?a)).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Eiji Sato, Yuta Horibe, Takashi Kumashiro, Tomohisa Yamamoto, Akihito Mihara
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Patent number: 10851392Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a methacrylic acid ester using a biocatalyst, said method comprising a step for treating methacrylyl-CoA with an alcohol or phenol in the presence of an alcohol acyltransferase to synthesize the methacrylic acid ester. According to this production method, a methacrylic acid ester can be efficiently produced while largely reducing energy, resource and environmental load, compared with the conventional chemical production processes.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Eiji Sato, Fujio Yu, Wataru Mizunashi, Eiji Nakajima
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Patent number: 10820492Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cutter device for cutting plant in a field, a storage section for storing plant cut by the cutter device, an inclination angle sensor for detecting an inclination angle ((?d)) of the vehicle body, a display device for displaying the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle sensor, and a reporting device for reporting the inclination angle exceeding a permissible inclination angle ((?a)).Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Eiji Sato, Yuta Horibe, Takashi Kumashiro, Tomohisa Yamamoto, Akihito Mihara
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Publication number: 20200281124Abstract: In a riding-type mower, a vehicle body includes a rear portion in which a pair of right/left vehicle body frames extend in a front-rear direction relative to the vehicle body, with a gap therebetween in a lateral width direction. A mowing device is configured to discharge mown grass rearward relative to the vehicle body such that the mown grass falls onto the ground. A cover is provided in a bottom portion of the vehicle body, at a position that is rearward of the mowing device, and covers a gap between the pair of right/left vehicle body frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Kazuaki Nogami, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Takahiro Shiraga, Eiji Sato, Seiya Yoshida