Patents by Inventor Masanao Sato

Masanao 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: 11919570
    Abstract: To simultaneously avoid contact with a front subframe and secure a connection space for a harness, a front subframe has a right and left pair of side frame sections, each of which is located in front of and below a dashboard. A converter and a vehicle component are provided behind a rear end portion of one of the side frame sections. The converter is arranged along a lower surface of a floor panel, and the vehicle component is arranged adjacent to rear of the converter. The converter is arranged in a vertically inclined state, a front-end portion of the converter is located higher than the rear end portion of the side frame section, and a rear end portion of the converter is located lower than the vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanao Sato, Katsutoshi Noguchi, Tomokazu Murakami, Yudai Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230030846
    Abstract: A battery unit arrangement structure for a vehicle increases legroom for a passenger while disposing a battery in front of the passenger seat. The structure includes a dash vertical wall separating an interior from an engine compartment, a floor panel of the interior, and a curved corner portion connecting the lower end of the dash vertical wall and the front end of the floor panel together. The battery unit is mounted on the corner portion in front of the passenger seat with the upper surface of the battery unit inclined downward toward the vehicle rear so the rear end of the battery unit is lower than the front end of the battery unit. The battery unit is covered from above with a cover member inclined downward toward the vehicle rear so the rear end of the cover member is lower than the front end of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya TAKEMOTO, Mayumi FUNADA, Masanao SATO, Tadashi OKIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220306204
    Abstract: To simultaneously avoid contact with a front subframe and secure a connection space for a harness, a front subframe has a right and left pair of side frame sections, each of which is located in front of and below a dashboard. A converter and a vehicle component are provided behind a rear end portion of one of the side frame sections. The converter is arranged along a lower surface of a floor panel, and the vehicle component is arranged adjacent to rear of the converter. The converter is arranged in a vertically inclined state, a front-end portion of the converter is located higher than the rear end portion of the side frame section, and a rear end portion of the converter is located lower than the vehicle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masanao SATO, Katsutoshi NOGUCHI, Tomokazu MURAKAMI, Yudai KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10566255
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having a pad on a semiconductor chip, a first passivation film formed over the semiconductor chip and having an opening portion on the pad of a probe region and a coupling region, a second passivation film formed over the pad and the first passivation film and having an opening portion on the pad of the coupling region, and a rewiring layer formed over the coupling region and the second passivation film and electrically coupled to the pad. The pad of the probe region placed on the periphery side of the semiconductor chip relative to the coupling region has a probe mark and the rewiring layer extends from the coupling region to the center side of the semiconductor chip. The present invention provides a technology capable of achieving size reduction, particularly pitch narrowing, of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Akiba, Bunji Yasumura, Masanao Sato, Hiromi Abe
  • Patent number: 10556223
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that can achieve high purification performance while suppressing H2S emissions. The object is solved by an exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which the top layer of a catalyst coating layer comprises a ceria-zirconia composite oxide having a pyrochlore-type ordered array structure, in which the ceria-zirconia composite oxide contains at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of praseodymium, lanthanum, and yttrium at 0.5 to 5.0 mol % in relation to the total cation amount, and the molar ratio of (cerium+additional element):(zirconium) is within the range from 43:57 to 48:52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Suzuki, Takeru Yoshida, Masahide Miura, Yuki Aoki, Isao Chinzei, Yoshinori Saito, Daisuke Ochiai, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Toshitaka Tanabe, Akihiko Suda, Masanao Sato, Akiya Chiba, Akira Morikawa, Hirotaka Ori
  • Publication number: 20190348332
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having a pad on a semiconductor chip, a first passivation film formed over the semiconductor chip and having an opening portion on the pad of a probe region and a coupling region, a second passivation film formed over the pad and the first passivation film and having an opening portion on the pad of the coupling region, and a rewiring layer formed over the coupling region and the second passivation film and electrically coupled to the pad. The pad of the probe region placed on the periphery side of the semiconductor chip relative to the coupling region has a probe mark and the rewiring layer extends from the coupling region to the center side of the semiconductor chip. The present invention provides a technology capable of achieving size reduction, particularly pitch narrowing, of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Toshihiko Akiba, Bunji Yasumura, Masanao Sato, Hiromi Abe
  • Patent number: 10322406
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that can achieve high purification performance while suppressing H2S emissions. The object is solved by an exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which the top layer of a catalyst coating layer comprises a ceria-zirconia composite oxide having a pyrochlore-type ordered array structure, in which the ceria-zirconia composite oxide contains at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of praseodymium, lanthanum, and yttrium at 0.5 to 5.0 mol % in relation to the total cation amount, and the molar ratio of (cerium+additional element):(zirconium) is within the range from 43:57 to 48:52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Suzuki, Takeru Yoshida, Masahide Miura, Yuki Aoki, Isao Chinzei, Yoshinori Saito, Daisuke Ochiai, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Toshitaka Tanabe, Akihiko Suda, Masanao Sato, Akiya Chiba, Akira Morikawa, Hirotaka Ori
  • Publication number: 20190057913
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having a pad on a semiconductor chip, a first passivation film formed over the semiconductor chip and having an opening portion on the pad of a probe region and a coupling region, a second passivation film formed over the pad and the first passivation film and having an opening portion on the pad of the coupling region, and a rewiring layer formed over the coupling region and the second passivation film and electrically coupled to the pad. The pad of the probe region placed on the periphery side of the semiconductor chip relative to the coupling region has a probe mark and the rewiring layer extends from the coupling region to the center side of the semiconductor chip. The present invention provides a technology capable of achieving size reduction, particularly pitch narrowing, of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Toshihiko Akiba, Bunji Yasumura, Masanao Sato, Hiromi Abe
  • Patent number: 10163740
    Abstract: A technique is provided that can prevent cracking of a protective film in the uppermost layer of a semiconductor device and improve the reliability of the semiconductor device. Bonding pads formed over a principal surface of a semiconductor chip are in a rectangular shape, and an opening is formed in a protective film over each bonding pad in such a manner that an overlapping width of the protective film in a wire bonding region of each bonding pad becomes wider than an overlapping width of the protective film in a probe region of each bonding pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bunji Yasumura, Fumio Tsuchiya, Hisanori Ito, Takuji Ide, Naoki Kawanabe, Masanao Sato
  • Patent number: 10134648
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having a pad on a semiconductor chip, a first passivation film formed over the semiconductor chip and having an opening portion on the pad of a probe region and a coupling region, a second passivation film formed over the pad and the first passivation film and having an opening portion on the pad of the coupling region, and a rewiring layer formed over the coupling region and the second passivation film and electrically coupled to the pad. The pad of the probe region placed on the periphery side of the semiconductor chip relative to the coupling region has a probe mark and the rewiring layer extends from the coupling region to the center side of the semiconductor chip. The present invention provides a technology capable of achieving size reduction, particularly pitch narrowing, of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Akiba, Bunji Yasumura, Masanao Sato, Hiromi Abe
  • Patent number: 9993804
    Abstract: A catalyst for exhaust gas purification is described which includes a substrate and a catalyst coating layer provided on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer includes first and second metal oxide particles. The first metal oxide particles have a catalyst metal supported thereon, and the second metal oxide particles do not have a catalyst metal supported thereon. The first and second metal oxide particles have a specific particle size. This is because, when the sizes of the particles supporting the catalyst metal remain relatively large but the sizes of the particles not supporting a catalyst metal are minimized, it is possible to decrease the thickness of the catalyst coating layer while maintaining durability and improving gas diffusibility of the coating layer. Therefore, a thickness of the catalyst coating is decreased without decreasing durability, and the catalyst can exhibit high exhaust gas purification performance even under high load conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Saito, Masahide Miura, Tetsuhiro Hirao, Masanao Sato, Hirotaka Ori
  • Publication number: 20180145001
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having a pad on a semiconductor chip, a first passivation film formed over the semiconductor chip and having an opening portion on the pad of a probe region and a coupling region, a second passivation film formed over the pad and the first passivation film and having an opening portion on the pad of the coupling region, and a rewiring layer formed over the coupling region and the second passivation film and electrically coupled to the pad. The pad of the probe region placed on the periphery side of the semiconductor chip relative to the coupling region has a probe mark and the rewiring layer extends from the coupling region to the center side of the semiconductor chip. The present invention provides a technology capable of achieving size reduction, particularly pitch narrowing, of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Toshihiko Akiba, Bunji Yasumura, Masanao Sato, Hiromi Abe
  • Patent number: 9911673
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having a pad on a semiconductor chip, a first passivation film formed over the semiconductor chip and having an opening portion on the pad of a probe region and a coupling region, a second passivation film formed over the pad and the first passivation film and having an opening portion on the pad of the coupling region, and a rewiring layer formed over the coupling region and the second passivation film and electrically coupled to the pad. The pad of the probe region placed on the periphery side of the semiconductor chip relative to the coupling region has a probe mark and the rewiring layer extends from the coupling region to the center side of the semiconductor chip. The present invention provides a technology capable of achieving size reduction, particularly pitch narrowing, of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Akiba, Bunji Yasumura, Masanao Sato, Hiromi Abe
  • Publication number: 20180040521
    Abstract: A technique is provided that can prevent cracking of a protective film in the uppermost layer of a semiconductor device and improve the reliability of the semiconductor device. Bonding pads formed over a principal surface of a semiconductor chip are in a rectangular shape, and an opening is formed in a protective film over each bonding pad in such a manner that an overlapping width of the protective film in a wire bonding region of each bonding pad becomes wider than an overlapping width of the protective film in a probe region of each bonding pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Bunji YASUMURA, Fumio TSUCHIYA, Hisanori ITO, Takuji IDE, Naoki KAWANABE, Masanao SATO
  • Publication number: 20170348674
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that can achieve high purification performance while suppressing H2S emissions. The object is solved by an exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which the top layer of a catalyst coating layer comprises a ceria-zirconia composite oxide having a pyrochlore-type ordered array structure, in which the ceria-zirconia composite oxide contains at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of praseodymium, lanthanum, and yttrium at 0.5 to 5.0 mol % in relation to the total cation amount, and the molar ratio of (cerium+additional element):(zirconium) is within the range from 43:57 to 48:52.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa SUZUKI, Takeru YOSHIDA, Masahide MIURA, Yuki AOKI, Isao CHINZEI, Yoshinori SAITO, Daisuke OCHIAI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Toshitaka TANABE, Akihiko SUDA, Masanao SATO, Akiya CHIBA, Akira MORIKAWA, Hirotaka ORI
  • Patent number: 9824944
    Abstract: A technique is provided that can prevent cracking of a protective film in the uppermost layer of a semiconductor device and improve the reliability of the semiconductor device. Bonding pads formed over a principal surface of a semiconductor chip are in a rectangular shape, and an opening is formed in a protective film over each bonding pad in such a manner that an overlapping width of the protective film in a wire bonding region of each bonding pad becomes wider than an overlapping width of the protective film in a probe region of each bonding pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bunji Yasumura, Fumio Tsuchiya, Hisanori Ito, Takuji Ide, Naoki Kawanabe, Masanao Sato
  • Publication number: 20170291163
    Abstract: When sizes of particles supporting a catalyst metal remain relatively large but sizes of particles not supporting a catalyst metal are minimized among metal oxide particles included in a catalyst coating layer, it is possible to decrease a thickness of the catalyst coating layer while maintaining durability and improve gas diffusibility of the coating layer. Therefore, a thickness of the catalyst coating is decreased without decreasing durability and a catalyst can exhibit high exhaust gas purification performance even under high load conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori SAITO, Masahide MIURA, Tetsuhiro HIRAO, Masanao SATO, Hirotaka ORI
  • Publication number: 20170229359
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having a pad on a semiconductor chip, a first passivation film formed over the semiconductor chip and having an opening portion on the pad of a probe region and a coupling region, a second passivation film formed over the pad and the first passivation film and having an opening portion on the pad of the coupling region, and a rewiring layer formed over the coupling region and the second passivation film and electrically coupled to the pad. The pad of the probe region placed on the periphery side of the semiconductor chip relative to the coupling region has a probe mark and the rewiring layer extends from the coupling region to the center side of the semiconductor chip. The present invention provides a technology capable of achieving size reduction, particularly pitch narrowing, of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Toshihiko Akiba, Bunji Yasumura, Masanao Sato, Hiromi Abe
  • Patent number: 9646901
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having a pad on a semiconductor chip, a first passivation film formed over the semiconductor chip and having an opening portion on the pad of a probe region and a coupling region, a second passivation film formed over the pad and the first passivation film and having an opening portion on the pad of the coupling region, and a rewiring layer formed over the coupling region and the second passivation film and electrically coupled to the pad. The pad of the probe region placed on the periphery side of the semiconductor chip relative to the coupling region has a probe mark and the rewiring layer extends from the coupling region to the center side of the semiconductor chip. The present invention provides a technology capable of achieving size reduction, particularly pitch narrowing, of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Akiba, Bunji Yasumura, Masanao Sato, Hiromi Abe
  • Publication number: 20170018470
    Abstract: A technique is provided that can prevent cracking of a protective film in the uppermost layer of a semiconductor device and improve the reliability of the semiconductor device. Bonding pads formed over a principal surface of a semiconductor chip are in a rectangular shape, and an opening is formed in a protective film over each bonding pad in such a manner that an overlapping width of the protective film in a wire bonding region of each bonding pad becomes wider than an overlapping width of the protective film in a probe region of each bonding pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Bunji YASUMURA, Fumio TSUCHIYA, Hisanori ITO, Takuji IDE, Naoki KAWANABE, Masanao SATO