Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Sato

Kazuhiro 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).

  • Patent number: 11978481
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a base portion, a stator, and a rotor. The shaft extends along a central axis extending in an axial direction. The base portion extends in a radial direction on one axial direction side of the shaft. The stator is located in another axial direction with respect to the base portion and surrounds the shaft. The rotor is rotatable around the central axis. The rotor includes a rotor tube portion, a magnet, and a rotor flange portion. The rotor tube portion surrounds the stator. The magnet is opposed to the stator in the radial direction. The rotor flange portion extends in a radially outer direction from one axial end portion of the rotor tube portion. The rotor tube portion includes a yoke tube portion and a hub tube portion. The yoke tube portion is located on a radially inside surface of the hub tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kimura, Kazuhiro Sato, Tomoki Uchibori
  • Patent number: 11971683
    Abstract: Provided an electrophotographic electro-conductive member that can stably suppress an occurrence of fogging in an electrophotographic image. The member comprises a support having an electro-conductive outer surface, and an electro-conductive layer on the outer surface of the support, the electro-conductive layer having a matrix including a cross-linked product of a first rubber, and domains dispersed in the matrix, the domains each includes a cross-linked product of a second rubber and an electro-conductive particle, at least some of the domains is exposed to the outer surface of the electro-conductive member to constitute protrusions on an outer surface of the member, the outer surface of the electro-conductive member is constituted by the matrix and the domains exposed to the outer surface of the electrophotographic electro-conductive member, the electrophotographic electro-conductive member has an impedance of 1.0×103? or more and 1.0×108? or less, and some of the domains satisfy two specific requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Nishioka, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Hiroaki Watanabe, Takumi Furukawa, Yasuhiro Fushimoto, Masahiro Kurachi, Kenji Takashima, Yuichi Kikuchi, Kana Sato
  • Publication number: 20240136897
    Abstract: A magnet array method that can improve assemblability of magnets is provided. A magnet array method according to an aspect of the present disclosure is for arraying a plurality of magnetized magnets using a magnet array jig and includes disposing magnetic force parts of the magnet array jig at positions facing magnets to be arrayed, and arraying the magnets. The magnetic force parts are disposed so as to impart, to the magnets to be arrayed, a magnetic force for cancelling a force acting on the magnets to be arrayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SATO, Kei OHTA
  • Publication number: 20240128733
    Abstract: An attachment structure of a flat wire harness includes: an attachment target member; a flat wire harness; and an attachment part. In the flat wire harness, a through hole is formed in a part of a base material where a plurality of electrical wires are not disposed. The attachment part includes a rod-like part passing through the through hole, a fixing part provided to a first end portion of the rod-like part to fix the rod-like part to the attachment target member, and a retaining part provided to a second end portion of the rod-like part to prevent the rod-like part from coming out of the through hole. An outer size of the retaining part is larger than a dimension of the through hole, and the dimension of the through hole is equal to or larger than a thickness of the rod-like part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsumi SATO, Kazuhiro NISHIMURA, Hirozumi OKANIWA, Tomohiko TATEISHI, Tatsuya AIDA, Mitsuhiro KATO, Akinori ISHIKAWA, Kazuhiro KUSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240126261
    Abstract: A system, adapted for correcting an effect of an external disturbance on a boat. The system includes a control unit including a processor configured to function as: a disturbance obtaining unit, that obtains disturbance information of the boat, the disturbance information of the boat including at least one of a flow direction of the boat, a flow speed of the boat, or a rotation direction of the boat while a propulsion unit of the boat is stopped; a switching unit, that switches a control mode of the control unit to an automatic driving mode; a setting unit, that sets a steering route of the automatic driving mode, wherein, when the control mode is switched to the automatic driving mode, the control unit controls an automatic steering of the boat based on the disturbance information of the boat and the steering route of the automatic driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20240120788
    Abstract: A magnet arrangement method capable of easily assembling magnets is provided. A magnet arrangement method according to one aspect of the present invention is a magnet arrangement method for arranging a plurality of magnetized magnets in a Halbach array, the method comprising: a process of forming a first magnet group by combining magnets in such a way that a direction of a magnetic force that acts on the magnets is oriented in a first direction; a process of forming a second magnet group by combining magnets in such a way that the direction of a magnetic force that acts on the magnets is oriented in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and a process of assembling a plurality of the first magnet groups and a plurality of the second magnet groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SATO, Kei OHTA
  • Publication number: 20240109503
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an attachment structure for attaching a wiring member to an instrument panel reinforcement, which is an attachment object, provided near an instrument panel. The wiring member includes a linear transmission member that transmits electricity or light, and a covering member that covers the linear transmission member. The wiring member attachment structure includes a rail member provided on the instrument panel reinforcement, and an insertion member that is provided on the covering member and inserted into the rail member. The wiring member is attached to the instrument panel reinforcement in a state in which the insertion member is inserted into the rail member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tatsumi SATO, Kazuhiro Nishimura, Hirozumi Okaniwa, Tomohiko Tateishi, Tatsuya Aida, Yuji Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 11941182
    Abstract: A housing of an example of an electronic apparatus has a top surface and a bottom surface and has a flat shape. A power supply section having a flat shape is a power supply section, which is a housing case capable of accommodating a battery or is a battery, and the power supply section is provided at a position inside the housing that intersects with a reference plane perpendicular to the up-down direction. A first substrate is provided parallel to the reference plane on the top surface side relative to the power supply section. A second substrate is provided parallel to the reference plane on the bottom surface side relative to the power supply section. The electronic apparatus includes at least one of a vibrator and a speaker at a position that intersects with the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wakana Ohori, Kazuhiro Maruyama, Yoshitaka Tamura, Masaya Takei, Takahiro Sato, Koji Saito, Mitsuru Katayama
  • Patent number: 11928453
    Abstract: A control method of a device, communicably connected to a control device, includes a rewriting control of firmware of the device. The rewriting control includes receiving a rewrite instruction of firmware of the device. The rewrite instruction includes first acquisition source information identifying an acquisition source of a script for rewriting firmware. The rewriting control further includes acquiring, based on a first acquisition source information, a script for rewriting firmware from an external device, and executing the script for rewriting firmware. By executing the script, acquisition of the firmware from an external device, control of the device so as to be in a state in which rewriting of firmware is enabled, transfer of the acquired firmware to the device, and rewrite of the firmware are performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: JIG-SAW INC.
    Inventors: Daikazu Sato, Kazuhiro Ozuchi
  • Publication number: 20240079177
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body, a plurality of coil conductors, a first resistive layer, and a second resistive layer. The plurality of coil conductors are disposed in the element body and electrically connected to each other. The plurality of coil conductors include a first coil conductor and a second coil conductor adjacent to each other. The first resistive layer and the second resistive layer oppose each other between the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor. The first resistive layer is in contact with the first coil conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Takahiro SATO, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Takashi ENDO, Yuya ISHIMA, Kosuke ITO, Takuya MIYASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240071793
    Abstract: In a substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention, a heating mechanism for heating a substrate includes a gas discharge nozzle arranged in an internal space, a heater attached to an outer wall of a chamber, and a pipe feeding to the discharge nozzle. An observing mechanism includes a light source part and an image pickup part which are arranged at a separation position away from an attachment portion in the outer wall of the chamber. Thus, the light source part and the image pickup part become less susceptible to an effect of heat generated by the heater. In other words, it is possible to prevent the reduction in the observation accuracy due to an effect of temperature change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Shuhei NEMOTO, Kazuhiro SHOJI, Daisuke HISHITANI, Yusuke SATO, Tomomitsu NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11871728
    Abstract: A feeding management system for a free stall cow barn includes an evaluation-related information storage unit, an association information storage unit, an evaluating unit, a selecting unit, a transmission unit, a reading unit, a feed information acquiring unit, a device information acquiring unit, and a control information transmitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakagawa, Takeshi Fujieda, Takashi Mikami, Kazuhiro Sato, Ai Onishi
  • Patent number: 11834779
    Abstract: Functional agent-containing fibers according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a functional agent is supported by silicone fixed to the fibers. The silicone includes an acrylic-modified organopolysiloxane having two or more acrylic groups per molecule. A rate of decrease in the functional agent after the functional agent-containing fibers are washed 10 times is less than 40%. In the present invention, the functional agent-containing fibers may be produced, e.g., by irradiating fibers impregnated with a fiber treatment agent A containing silicone with an electron beam so that the silicone is fixed to the fibers, and impregnating the fibers to which the silicone has been fixed with a fiber treatment agent B containing a functional agent. The functional agent-containing fibers may be produced, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., KURASHIKI BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Irifune, Tomoya Kanai, Masaki Tanaka, Minoru Sugiyama, Hidenobu Morishima, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20230384666
    Abstract: Provided is an imprint method of performing an imprint process including a contacting step of bringing a mold into contact with an imprint material on a substrate, a curing step of curing the imprint material, and a separating step of separating the mold from the cured imprint material. The method includes acquiring global alignment information, performing a pre-alignment measurement including moving, based on the acquired global alignment information, a second shot region to a measurement position at which a measurement device performs measurement, and measuring a first relative positional shift between the second shot region and the mold using the measurement device, and moving, based on the global alignment information and the measured first relative positional shift, a first shot region to an imprint position at which the imprint process is performed, and starting the contacting step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SATO, Hiroshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20230350313
    Abstract: A lithography device includes: a pattern forming unit that forms a pattern in a shot region on a substrate held by a substrate holding unit by using a pattern unit; an acquisition unit that acquires relationships among the amount of positional deviation of the substrate relative to the substrate holding unit, a holding force applied to at least a part of the substrate to hold the substrate, and an overlapping error between the substrate and the pattern unit; a measurement unit that measures the amount of positional deviation of the substrate relative to the substrate holding unit; and a control unit that controls the holding force to reduce the overlapping error between the substrate and the pattern unit on the basis of the amount of positional deviation measured by the measuring unit and the relationships acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: KAZUHIRO SATO
  • Publication number: 20230352049
    Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a base portion, a stator, and a rotor. The shaft extends along a central axis extending in an axial direction. The base portion extends in a radial direction on one axial direction side of the shaft. The stator is located in another axial direction with respect to the base portion and surrounds the shaft. The rotor is rotatable around the central axis. The rotor includes a rotor tube portion, a magnet, and a rotor flange portion. The rotor tube portion surrounds the stator. The magnet is opposed to the stator in the radial direction. The rotor flange portion extends in a radially outer direction from one axial end portion of the rotor tube portion. The rotor tube portion includes a yoke tube portion and a hub tube portion. The yoke tube portion is located on a radially inside surface of the hub tube portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Naoyuki KIMURA, Kazuhiro SATO, Tomoki UCHIBORI
  • Patent number: 11768433
    Abstract: Provided is an imprint method of performing an imprint process including a contacting step of bringing a mold into contact with an imprint material on a substrate, a curing step of curing the imprint material, and a separating step of separating the mold from the cured imprint material. The method includes acquiring global alignment information, performing a pre-alignment measurement including moving, based on the acquired global alignment information, a second shot region to a measurement position at which a measurement device performs measurement, and measuring a first relative positional shift between the second shot region and the mold using the measurement device, and moving, based on the global alignment information and the measured first relative positional shift, a first shot region to an imprint position at which the imprint process is performed, and starting the contacting step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sato, Hiroshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11723731
    Abstract: An adapter set is provided with an adapter placed between a robot arm and a surgical instrument, and a stopper mounted on the adapter. The stopper includes a rotation restricting part configured to restrict a rotation of a driving transmission member of the adapter. The driving transmission member includes a first member that includes an engaging depressed part configured to fit together with a driven member of the surgical instrument and another engaging depressed part that is provided separately from the engaging depressed part and is configured to fit together with the rotation restricting part of the stopper, and a second member that includes an engaging depressed part configured to fit together with a driving member. The stopper is configured to be removed from the adapter after the driving member fits together with the second member of the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ago, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11676638
    Abstract: A spindle motor includes a base, a shaft arranged on the base and extending in a vertical direction, a stator having a coil defined by a wound conductive wire and arranged on an upper surface of the base, and a rotor rotatably supported around the shaft. The base has a through hole that penetrates the base from the upper surface to a lower surface. The conductive wire is drawn out to the lower surface side through the inside of the through hole. The through hole is sealed by a sealing material. The through hole includes a columnar lower column body and a columnar upper column body. The lower column body is arranged on the lower surface side of the base. A cross-sectional area of the upper column body orthogonal to an axial direction is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the lower column body orthogonal to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sato, Masahiro Imahori, Junya Mizukami, Shingo Suginobu, Tomoki Uchibori
  • Patent number: D1021712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomi Hirai, Yuki Isogai, Kazuhiro Sato, Takuya Ishibashi, Kenji Kido