Patents by Inventor Keisuke Satou
Keisuke Satou 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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Patent number: 11918986Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas purification device that shows a high HC removal performance under a condition in which a rich air-fuel mixture is introduced. The exhaust gas purification device includes a substrate, a first catalyst layer, and a second catalyst layer. The substrate includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The first catalyst layer is disposed on a surface of the partition wall in an upstream region including the upstream end of the substrate. The second catalyst layer is disposed inside the partition wall in a downstream region including the downstream end of the substrate. The first catalyst layer contains a first metal catalyst and alumina-zirconia composite oxide. The second catalyst layer contains a second metal catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Sugiura, Takeshi Hirabayashi, Akemi Satou, Keisuke Murawaki, Takaya Ota, Masatoshi Ikebe, Kohei Takasaki, Takeshi Morishima
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Patent number: 9809489Abstract: A composition for forming a conductive film includes at least one of a metal salt (A1) and a metal particle (A2) as component (A) that serves as a metal source of the conductive film, and a metalloxane compound (B). The metal salt (A1) and the metal particle (A2) contain one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, and Au. The metalloxane compound (B) has at least one metal atom selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Sn, Si, and Al in its main chain. Preferably, the metal salt (A1) is a carboxylate containing a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, and Ni. Preferably, the metal particle (A2) has an average particle diameter of 5 nm to 100 nm and comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, and Ni.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: JSR CorporationInventors: Sugirou Shimoda, Kenzou Ookita, Keisuke Satou, Kazuto Watanabe
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Patent number: 9742025Abstract: A battery pack includes a module stack body having a plurality of stacked battery modules; first and second connecting members each provided on the same surface of the module stack body in order to hold the stacked battery modules and extending in the stacking direction of the battery modules; a first reinforcing member fixed to the first and second connecting members at first and second fixed points; and a second reinforcing member fixed to the first and second connecting members at third and fourth fixed points. Orientation of the components along the stacking direction of the battery modules of vectors having respectively the first and third fixed points as a start point and the second and fourth fixed points as an end point are opposed to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro Hatta, Keisuke Satou, Ryuichi Amagai
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Patent number: 9478775Abstract: A battery pack with improved assembly workability includes a plurality of battery modules stacked on each other, each provided with a case accommodating a unit cell and a through-bolt that penetrates a through hole formed in the cases along the stacking direction of the battery modules to connect the battery modules each other. The battery modules are further provided with an insertion auxiliary member that is inserted into at least one opening of the through hole, and the insertion auxiliary member has a tapered portion such that the inner diameter thereof gradually decreases towards the tip of the insertion auxiliary member.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Satou, Ryuichi Amagai, Kentaro Hatta
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Publication number: 20160081189Abstract: A composition for forming a conductive film includes at least one of a metal salt (A1) and a metal particle (A2) as component (A) that serves as a metal source of the conductive film, and a metalloxane compound (B). The metal salt (A1) and the metal particle (A2) contain one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, and Au. The metalloxane compound (B) has at least one metal atom selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Sn, Si, and Al in its main chain. Preferably, the metal salt (A1) is a carboxylate containing a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, and Ni. Preferably, the metal particle (A2) has an average particle diameter of 5 nm to 100 nm and comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, and Ni.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: JSR CorporationInventors: Sugirou SHIMODA, Kenzou OOKITA, Keisuke SATOU, Kazuto WATANABE
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Publication number: 20150270570Abstract: A battery pack includes a module stack body having a plurality of stacked battery modules; first and second connecting members each provided on the same surface of the module stack body in order to hold the stacked battery modules and extending in the stacking direction of the battery modules; a first reinforcing member fixed to the first and second connecting members at first and second fixed points; and a second reinforcing member fixed to the first and second connecting members at third and fourth fixed points. Orientation of the components along the stacking direction of the battery modules of vectors having respectively the first and third fixed points as a start point and the second and fourth fixed points as an end point are opposed to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Kentaro Hatta, Keisuke Satou, Ryuichi Amagai
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Publication number: 20150221907Abstract: A battery pack with improved assembly workability includes a plurality of battery modules stacked on each other, each provided with a case accommodating a unit cell and a through-bolt that penetrates a through hole formed in the cases along the stacking direction of the battery modules to connect the battery modules each other. The battery modules are further provided with an insertion auxiliary member that is inserted into at least one opening of the through hole, and the insertion auxiliary member has a tapered portion such that the inner diameter thereof gradually decreases towards the tip of the insertion auxiliary member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Keisuke Satou, Ryuichi Amagai, Kentaro Hatta
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Patent number: 8903523Abstract: An audio processing device includes an audio input selecting unit configured to select a predetermined audio input from among a plurality of audio inputs; a signal processing unit configured to give a predetermined sound field characteristic to audio signals of the audio input selected by the audio input selecting unit; a signal output unit configured to output the audio signals obtained in the signal processing unit; a genre information receiving unit configured to receive genre information transmitted from any of audio signal output devices; and a sound field control unit configured to control the signal processing unit to give a sound field characteristic corresponding to the genre information if the genre information received by the genre information receiving unit is determined to be the genre information corresponding to the audio input selected by the audio input selecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Keisuke Satou, Takayuki Niitsuma
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Patent number: 8898347Abstract: A repeater device connected to source and sink devices includes: an input terminal receiving transmission data supplied from the source device; relay means for relaying the transmission data; an output terminal outputting the transmission data relayed by the relay means to the sink device; control means for setting an operating mode of a limited state where a dynamic function of causing a superficial dynamic change and allowing a user to visually confirm the superficial dynamic change is deactivated and only a static function of not causing the superficial dynamic change is activated in response to a user's predetermined operation even when the source and sink device are connected to each other in a controllable state; and switch means for switching activated and deactivated states of a connecting line to the sink device by controlling the ON and OFF states.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Sasaki, Satoshi Higuchi, Keisuke Satou
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Patent number: 8883363Abstract: A fuel gas supply device for supplying fuel gas to a fuel cell stack includes a control valve provided in a fuel gas path connecting a fuel tank and the fuel cell stack, an upstream-side pressure sensor and a downstream-side pressure sensor for detecting an upstream-side pressure and a downstream-side pressure, and a programmable controller. The programmable controller calculates a required opening based on a target fuel gas pressure and the downstream-side pressure and calculates an opening time and a closing time based on the required opening and the upstream-side pressure, or calculates an opening time and a closing time based on the target fuel gas pressure and the downstream-side pressure and calculates a required opening based on the opening time and the upstream-side pressure, and controls the control valve using the calculated required opening, opening time and closing time.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Odashima, Keisuke Satou, Takatada Usami, Kentaro Kono, Akinobu Moriyama, Masahiro Haruyama, Akira Inoue
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Patent number: 8869214Abstract: There is provided a device control apparatus including a transmission signal input/output unit for receiving a signal including a control signal for controlling an internal state from another device or outputting the signal to the other device, an application acquisition unit for properly accessing an application server over a network and properly acquiring the application, a display control unit for controlling a display based on the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and an operation control unit for executing the application acquired by the application acquisition unit and controlling an operation of the other device connected to the transmission signal input/output unit. The operation control unit permits the other device to transmit its status upon initiation of the execution of the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and prohibits the other device from transmitting the status upon termination of the application execution.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi, Keisuke Satou
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Patent number: 8451388Abstract: An audio processing apparatus includes: a transmission signal input/output unit that inputs or outputs a video signal, an audio signal, and a control signal; a reproduction processing unit that reproduces the audio signal inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit or an audio signal inputted to any other audio signal input unit; an output unit that outputs the audio signal, which is processed by the reproduction processing unit, through a loudspeaker; and a control unit that when detecting that a control signal signifying that a predetermined mode concerning the display image quality represented by the video signal should be designated is inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit, instructs the reproduction processing unit to perform predetermined sound-field processing or sound-quality processing during the reproduction.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Takayuki Niitsuma, Keisuke Satou, Junichiro Matsumoto, Hiromichi Fujita
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Publication number: 20120070758Abstract: A fuel gas supply device for supplying fuel gas to a fuel cell stack includes a control valve provided in a fuel gas path connecting a fuel tank and the fuel cell stack, an upstream-side pressure sensor and a downstream-side pressure sensor for detecting an upstream-side pressure and a downstream-side pressure, and a programmable controller. The programmable controller calculates a required opening based on a target fuel gas pressure and the downstream-side pressure and calculates an opening time and a closing time based on the required opening and the upstream-side pressure, or calculates an opening time and a closing time based on the target fuel gas pressure and the downstream-side pressure and calculates a required opening based on the opening time and the upstream-side pressure, and controls the control valve using the calculated required opening, opening time and closing time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Masato Odashima, Keisuke Satou, Takatada Usami, Kentaro Kono, Akinobu Moriyama, Masahiro Haruyama, Akira Inoue
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Publication number: 20120023267Abstract: A repeater device connected to source and sink devices includes: an input terminal receiving transmission data supplied from the source device; relay means for relaying the transmission data; an output terminal outputting the transmission data relayed by the relay means to the sink device; control means for setting an operating mode of a limited state where a dynamic function of causing a superficial dynamic change and allowing a user to visually confirm the superficial dynamic change is deactivated and only a static function of not causing the superficial dynamic change is activated in response to a user's predetermined operation even when the source and sink device are connected to each other in a controllable state; and switch means for switching activated and deactivated states of a connecting line to the sink device by controlling the ON and OFF states.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi SASAKI, Satoshi Higuchi, Keisuke Satou
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Publication number: 20110167465Abstract: There is provided a device control apparatus including a transmission signal input/output unit for receiving a signal including a control signal for controlling an internal state from another device or outputting the signal to the other device, an application acquisition unit for properly accessing an application server over a network and properly acquiring the application, a display control unit for controlling a display based on the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and an operation control unit for executing the application acquired by the application acquisition unit and controlling an operation of the other device connected to the transmission signal input/output unit. The operation control unit permits the other device to transmit its status upon initiation of the execution of the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and prohibits the other device from transmitting the status upon termination of the application execution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Koichi Tashiro, Ken Onogi, Keisuke Satou
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Publication number: 20100271560Abstract: An audio processing apparatus includes: a transmission signal input/output unit that inputs or outputs a video signal, an audio signal, and a control signal; a reproduction processing unit that reproduces the audio signal inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit or an audio signal inputted to any other audio signal input unit; an output unit that outputs the audio signal, which is processed by the reproduction processing unit, through a loudspeaker; and a control unit that when detecting that a control signal signifying that a predetermined mode concerning the display image quality represented by the video signal should be designated is inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit, instructs the reproduction processing unit to perform predetermined sound-field processing or sound-quality processing during the reproduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Takayuki Niitsuma, Keisuke Satou, Junichiro Matsumoto, Hiromichi Fujita
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Publication number: 20090281643Abstract: An audio processing device includes an audio input selecting unit configured to select a predetermined audio input from among a plurality of audio inputs; a signal processing unit configured to give a predetermined sound field characteristic to audio signals of the audio input selected by the audio input selecting unit; a signal output unit configured to output the audio signals obtained in the signal processing unit; a genre information receiving unit configured to receive genre information transmitted from any of audio signal output devices; and a sound field control unit configured to control the signal processing unit to give a sound field characteristic corresponding to the genre information if the genre information received by the genre information receiving unit is determined to be the genre information corresponding to the audio input selected by the audio input selecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Keisuke Satou, Takayuki Niitsuma
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Publication number: 20090190648Abstract: A TMDS driver outputs differential signals via a pair of differential signal lines. The input differential pair includes a first transistor and a second transistor with one terminals thereof connected to each other so as to form a common terminal, and operates with termination resistors, which are arranged on the side of a differential receiver connected via the differential signal lines, as a part of the load. A tail current source supplies constant current to the input differential pair. An impedance adjusting unit is provided between the input differential pair and the differential signal lines, and adjusts the load impedance of the first transistor and the second transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihisa Sakano, Keisuke Satou
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Publication number: 20090101070Abstract: A member for a plasma processing apparatus, which is excellent in film-formability, durability, and reliability, is provided. On a substrate, a ceramic film having a purity not less than 98% is provided. In the ceramic film, grains constituting the film have a grain diameter not greater than 50 nm and the amount of moisture released from the film is not more than 1019 molecules/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Masafumi Kitano, Yoshihumi Tsutai, Keisuke Satou, Mabito Iguchi