Patents by Inventor Koji Sato

Koji 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).

  • Publication number: 20240155261
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes the plurality of normal pixels arranged in a matrix, the special pixel arranged by replacing a part of the normal pixels, the color filter corresponding to the normal pixels and arranged according to a predetermined rule, the special filter arranged corresponding to the special pixel, and the special pixel color filter arranged to surround at least a part of the periphery of the special filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji ISERI, Hodaka KIRA, Daisuke HAGIHARA, Kazuki YOSHIDA, Syo YASUNAGA, Koji YAMARYO, Takeo ONO, Kimihiko SATO
  • Patent number: 11976415
    Abstract: A storage portion includes a case which includes an internal space configured to accommodate raw material pieces having fibers, a discharge pipe coupled to a side wall of the case, and a transport motor which rotates the discharge pipe on an axis, in which one end in an axial direction of the discharge pipe communicates with the internal space and the other end has an outlet for discharging the raw material pieces, and a spiral member is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Motohashi, Makoto Sato, Takashi Abe
  • Patent number: 11976583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reservoir tank for coolant that stores the coolant for cooling an internal combustion engine. The reservoir tank includes: a tank chamber that stores the coolant; an opening, which is disposed in an upper part of the tank chamber, through which the coolant flows in and flows out, and in a circumferential wall of which a breathing hole is formed; and a first communication passage, a second communication passage, and a third communication passage that respectively communicate with the opening and the tank chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miyo Kitamura, Shinji Shimoyama, Keijiro Koide, Masahiro Kato, Tatsuya Kurimoto, Tatsuki Tanaka, Koji Sato, Takumi Tokinoya
  • Publication number: 20240140768
    Abstract: A lifting and lowering movement control system for controlling an automatic conveyance vehicle configured to move with an article loaded thereon and a lifting and lowering device configured to move up and down in a state in which the automatic conveyance vehicle is on board, the system includes a lifting and lowering relevant information acquisition section configured to acquire lifting and lowering relevant information relating to the lifting and lowering device scheduled to be boarded by the automatic conveyance vehicle, and a movement control section configured to set a movement path to the lifting and lowering device scheduled to be boarded based on the lifting and lowering relevant information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichiro KITO, Koji KAWAGUCHI, Takeshi SATO, Hisato SAWANAMI, Takuya ODA
  • Publication number: 20240142913
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a developing roller rotatable about a rotational axis thereof, and a frame configured to support the developing roller. A lever is connected to the frame, with the lever being elastically deformable such that a first part of the lever is movable relative to a second part of the lever and relative to the frame, and the lever protruding from the frame. A coupling member is configured to transmit a rotational force to the developing roller, the coupling member being rotatable about a rotational axis thereof, and the coupling member being movable relative to the frame in a direction of its rotational axis. When the cartridge is oriented with the lever and the electrode portion at a bottom portion of the cartridge, the lever protrudes downward from the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Yukio Kubo, Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Koji Wada
  • Patent number: 11972990
    Abstract: A unit includes a wiring board having a first face having a mounting portion on which an electronic device is mounted, a second face opposite to the first face, and end faces continuous with the first face and the second face, a resin member provided to cover the end faces and to have protrusions protruding upward from the end faces to face each other across a space above the mounting portion, and an insulating film covering the second face, wherein at least a part of an edge of the insulating film is provided away from an end of the second face on the end face side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Nozu, Yu Aoki, Hirotaka Sekiguchi, Koji Sato, Koji Tsuduki
  • Patent number: 11965562
    Abstract: An outer member of a rotation transmission device has an opening integral with an inner peripheral portion of the outer member. Engaging elements are disposed between an inner member and the inner peripheral portion. An outer ring is fitted to the inner peripheral portion. A first snap ring is attached to the inner peripheral portion. An inner ring is fitted to an end portion of the inner member at one axial end thereof. A second snap ring is attached to the end portion through the opening. A shaft is connected to the opening so as to be rotatable in unison with and coaxially with the outer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Sato
  • Publication number: 20240115959
    Abstract: Provided are a program, an information processing device, a method, and a system that allow properties of an organized party to be easily grasped. An information processing device 10 is an information processing device for executing a game and includes: a setting unit 231 for setting two or more game media on a deck with which indicator information is associated; an indicator-information-point calculation unit 232 for determining points for each item of the indicator information on the basis of predetermined data associated with the game media; and an indicator-information determination unit 233 for determining the indicator information to be displayed on a game screen on the basis of the points for each item of the indicator information obtained by the indicator-information-point calculation unit 232 and associating the determined indicator information with the deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: CYGAMES, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Sawa, Masayoshi Sato, Koji Otani, Yasuaki Hayashizaki, Ryota Yagi, Junpei Yamaguchi, Takafumi Oka
  • Publication number: 20240121898
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes a base film and a first wire. The base film has a first surface. The first wire is disposed on the first surface. The first wire has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is disposed on the first surface directly or indirectly. The second layer covers the first layer. In the first surface, a first groove is formed next to the first layer in a plan view. The second layer on a side surface of the first layer exists on a bottom surface and a side surface of the first groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Yosuke FUKAYA, Koji NITTA, Daisuke SATO
  • Patent number: 11945071
    Abstract: A polishing brush (1) includes a rod-shaped member (2) and a grinding element bundle (4) formed of a plurality of wire-shaped grinding elements (3). The rod-shaped member (2) has a holding hole (6) at a front portion (2a) to hold the grinding element bundle (4). The holding hole (6) has a bottom face (7) and a sleeve-shaped peripheral wall (8) extending from the bottom face (7) in an inclination direction (S). The grinding element bundle (4) has a seated portion (4a) seated in the holding hole (6) and a protruding portion (4b) protruding from an opening (6a) of the holding hole (6) in the inclination direction (S). The tip end of the protruding portion (4b) is located on the outside of the rod-shaped member (2) when viewed from the axis (L0) direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: XEBEC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., TAIMEI CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Sato
  • Patent number: 11947305
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomio Noguchi, Masaaki Sato, Kenji Matsuzaka, Koji Fujinaka, Takao Sameshima, Akitoshi Toyota, Yuichiro Inaba, Kenichi Iida
  • Publication number: 20240102239
    Abstract: A fibrous body processing apparatus includes a humidifying unit, a first processing unit, a second processing unit, a first supply passage, a second supply passage, and a returning passage. The humidifying unit generates humidified air. The first processing unit processes a material that contains fibers. The second processing unit processes the material that was processed at the first processing unit. Humidified air is supplied from the humidifying unit to the first processing unit through the first supply passage. Humidified air is supplied from the first processing unit to the second processing unit, together with the material, through the second supply passage. The returning passage includes an upstream-side end portion and a downstream-side end portion. Humidified air is returned from the second supply passage or the second processing unit to the humidifying unit through the returning passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Karen HASEBE, Makoto SATO, Koji MOTOHASHI, Jun SAKURADA, Toshihiko YAMAZAKI, Takashi ABE
  • Publication number: 20240102240
    Abstract: A fibrous body processing apparatus includes a coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit; a humidifying unit that generates humidified air and supplies the humidified air to the coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit; a weight measurement unit that measures a weight of the coarsely crushed pieces let out of the coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit; a fixed amount supplying unit that supplies a fixed amount of the coarsely crushed pieces measured by the weight measurement unit; a defibrating unit that defibrates the coarsely crushed pieces supplied from the fixed amount supplying unit; a first transportation portion through which the coarsely crushed pieces are sent from the coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit to the weight measurement unit; a second transportation portion through which the coarsely crushed pieces are sent from the fixed amount supplying unit to the defibrating unit; and a generated at the humidifying unit is supplied to the defibrating unit while bypassing the weight measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jun SAKURADA, Makoto SATO, Koji MOTOHASHI, Karen HASEBE, Toshihiko YAMAZAKI, Takashi ABE
  • Publication number: 20240107799
    Abstract: A novel functional panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a base material and a pair of pixels, and the base material covers the pair of pixels and has a light-transmitting property. The pair of pixels includes one pixel and another pixel, and the one pixel includes a light-emitting device and a first microlens. The light-emitting device emits light toward the base material, and the first microlens is interposed between the base material and the light emission and converges light. The first microlens includes a first surface and a second surface; the second surface is closer to the light-emitting device than the first surface is; and the second surface has a smaller radius of curvature than the first surface. The other pixel includes a photoelectric conversion device and a second microlens. The second microlens is interposed between the base material and the photoelectric conversion and converges external light incident from the base material side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Daiki NAKAMURA, Ryo HATSUMI, Rai SATO, Shingo EGUCHI, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • 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: 11940703
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer in a pixel. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the transistor. The first conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the transistor, the first insulating layer, and the first conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the third insulating layer is positioned over the pixel electrode, the common electrode is positioned over the third insulating layer, and the liquid crystal layer is positioned over the common electrode. The common electrode includes a region overlapping with the first conductive layer with the pixel electrode positioned therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Masataka Nakada, Ami Sato
  • Publication number: 20240093846
    Abstract: The vehicle light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element having a peak emission wavelength of 400 nm or greater and 510 nm or less, and a fluorescent member including a first phosphor excited by light emitted by the light-emitting element and emitting light having a peak emission wavelength of 480 nm or greater and 530 nm or less a second phosphor excited by the light emitted by the light-emitting element and emitting light having a peak emission wavelength of 540 nm or greater and 600 nm or less. The vehicle light-emitting device emits light in a region AL in a CIE1931 chromaticity diagram as defined in the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya GOTO, Koji KAJIKAWA, Yuji SATO
  • Patent number: 11931847
    Abstract: A magnet chuck has a piston assembly including a tube shaped permanent magnet and a core yoke able to move on the interior of a cylinder tube. The permanent magnet is provided on the outer periphery of the core yoke, is magnetized in the radial direction, and a magnetic sensor is attached to the side surface of the cylinder tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Yajima, Motohiro Sato, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Koji Hara, Kouichirou Kanda
  • Publication number: 20240083514
    Abstract: In the vehicle body structure including a body frame and a stabilizer which is supported by the body frame and connected to left and right front suspension arms, the body frame has an upper frame and a cross member connected to the upper frame, and the upper frame and the cross member are located upward of the front suspension arms. The cross member is connected to an air guide panel for redirecting ambient air flowing from the front of the vehicle body, and the air guide panel is arranged in a position overlapping the stabilizer in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Yamanaka, Koji Sato, Kenichi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20240085823
    Abstract: A cartridge is configured to be attachable to a main body of an image forming apparatus and configured to receive toner supplied from a supply container. The cartridge includes a supply port configured to receive the toner supplied from the supply container, a shutter member configured to cover the supply port, and a locking member. The locking member is moved from a lock position to an unlock position to allow movement of the shutter member by using electric power supplied from the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Takarada, Masaaki Sato