Patents by Inventor Masanori Satou
Masanori 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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Publication number: 20240052857Abstract: A hydraulic control device for a hydraulic actuation machine including a main oil pump configured to supply oil to the hydraulic actuation machine, a sub oil pump configured to temporarily supply oil to the hydraulic actuation machine based on a drive request so as to compensate for an oil shortfall when supply of oil from the main oil pump to the hydraulic actuation machine is stopped or insufficient, and a drive unit configured to drive the sub oil pump, wherein when an elapsed time elapsed from a time point when the sub oil pump is driven reaches a predetermined time, the hydraulic control device generates an air discharge command for discharging air accumulated in the sub oil pump and outputs the air discharge command to the drive unit, and the drive unit drives the sub oil pump to discharge the air accumulated in the sub oil pump based on the output air discharge command.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji OISHI, Keisuke IWADO, Hiroyuki TOKOI, Masanori SATOU
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Patent number: 9857725Abstract: An electrophotographic device member R is used in an electrophotographic device. The electrophotographic device member R has a surface layer 1. The surface layer 1 has a matrix polymer 11 forming a skeleton of the surface layer 1 and a surface modifier 12 contained in the matrix polymer 11. The surface modifier 12 is composed of a copolymer containing, in its molecule, a first polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a silicone group 121 and a second polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a fluorine-containing group 122.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kentaro Imai, Yosuke Hayashi, Masanori Ishida, Fumio Misumi, Masanori Satou, Toshihiko Arata, Atsushi Ozaki
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Publication number: 20150234311Abstract: An electrophotographic device member R is used in an electrophotographic device. The electrophotographic device member R has a surface layer 1. The surface layer 1 has a matrix polymer 11 forming a skeleton of the surface layer 1 and a surface modifier 12 contained in the matrix polymer 11. The surface modifier 12 is composed of a copolymer containing, in its molecule, a first polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a silicone group 121 and a second polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a fluorine-containing group 122.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kentaro Imai, Yosuke Hayashi, Masanori Ishida, Fumio Misumi, Masanori Satou, Toshihiko Arata, Atsushi Ozaki
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Patent number: 8136420Abstract: Provided are a gear in which oil film formation between the tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high speed can be effected to a sufficient degree, in which generation of pitting, abrasion, and scoring is prevented, and which helps to prevent an increase in temperature and wear to achieve an improvement in durability, and a gear drive unit. A multitude of minute concave recesses are provided at random on a tooth surface, and an average area of the recesses is set to a range of 160 to 740 ?m2. Accordingly, the tooth surface can obtain a high oil film forming capacity. Thus, even under a low-viscosity/thin-lubrication condition in which the thickness of the oil film is extremely small, it is possible to achieve a long service life.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: NTN CorporationInventors: Masanori Satou, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Katsufumi Abe
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Patent number: 8044950Abstract: A driver circuit usable for a display panel can generate an output signal in response to an input pulse signal supplied to only one input signal terminal thereof. The driver circuit includes a pulse generating circuit for generating an output signal at the output terminal. The pulse generating circuit has a first and second differential input stage for respectively driving a push-pull construction of output transistors in response to the input pulse signal supplied through the input signal terminal with respect to the push-pull output, whereby to simplify the circuitry, operate at a high slew rate, and decrease electric current consumption.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanori Satou
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Patent number: 8024989Abstract: Provided are a gear and a gear drive unit which allow oil film formation to a sufficient degree between tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high-speed and which help to prevent generation of pitting, abrasion, and prevent scoring, temperature rise, and wear to thereby achieve an improvement in terms of durability. A tooth surface is provided with a multitude of minute recesses arranged at random, in which an axial surface roughness parameter Ryni of the surface thus provided with the recesses is set to a range: 0.8 ?m?Ryni?2.3 ?m. As a result, the tooth surface is endowed with a high oil film formation performance, and it is possible to attain a long service life even under a low-viscosity/thin-lubrication condition in which the oil film is extremely thin.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: NTN CorporationInventors: Masanori Satou, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Katsufumi Abe
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Publication number: 20100120576Abstract: The present invention provides a planetary gear device that can prevent wear and seizing of a pinion gear and a carrier, has few components, and of which assembly is not complicated. In the planetary gear device of the invention, a pinion gear 14 is supported such as to rotate freely by an outer circumferential surface of a pinion shaft 13 with a needle roller 15 interposed therebetween. The pinion shaft 13 is fixed between a pair of carriers 11 and 11. A hard coating including a diamond-like carbon is formed on surfaces of the carriers 11 and 11 facing both end surfaces of the pinion gear 14 and the needle roller 15. Wear and seizing can be prevented as a result of the hard coating even when the end surfaces of the pinion gear 14 and the needle roller 15 come into sliding contact with the surfaces of the carriers 11 and 11 during operation of the planetary gear device. Because the number of washers 16 can be reduced, the number of components can be reduced and complicated assembly can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Masanori Satou, Takanori Terada
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Publication number: 20100071495Abstract: Provided are a gear in which oil film formation between the tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high speed can be effected to a sufficient degree, in which generation of pitting, abrasion, and scoring is prevented, and which helps to prevent an increase in temperature and wear to achieve an improvement in durability, and a gear drive unit. A multitude of minute concave recesses are provided at random on a tooth surface, and an average area of the recesses is set to a range of 160 to 740 ?m2. Accordingly, the tooth surface can obtain a high oil film forming capacity. Thus, even under a low-viscosity/thin-lubrication condition in which the thickness of the oil film is extremely small, it is possible to achieve a long service life.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2006Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Satou, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Katsufumi Abe
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Publication number: 20100000356Abstract: Provided are a gear and a gear drive unit which allow oil film formation to a sufficient degree between tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high-speed and which help to prevent generation of pitting, abrasion, and prevent scoring, temperature rise, and wear to thereby achieve an improvement in terms of durability. A tooth surface is provided with a multitude of minute recesses arranged at random, in which an axial surface roughness parameter Ryni of the surface thus provided with the recesses is set to a range: 0.8 ?m?Ryni?2.3 ?m. As a result, the tooth surface is endowed with a high oil film formation performance, and it is possible to attain a long service life even under a low-viscosity/thin-lubrication condition in which the oil film is extremely thin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Satou, Yoshiyasu Nakano, Katsufumi abe
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Patent number: 7348584Abstract: An infrared projector including: a light source which radiates an infrared ray; and an emitter which emits visible light when exposed to infrared light, wherein the emitter is provided on a position where the infrared ray radiated from the light source reaches.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanori Satou
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Patent number: 7265661Abstract: A display system for a vehicle is provided with a sensor sensing a traveling condition of a vehicle, an image pick-up device executing an image pick-up to take an image of an outside of the vehicle, a display displaying the image taken by the image pick-up device, an image irregularity determination section determining whether there is an image irregularity or not in the image taken by the image pick-up device based on the traveling condition of the vehicle sensed by the sensor, and a display control section executing a display control processing with respect to one of the image still containing the image irregularity and the image previously picked up and not containing the image irregularity when the image irregularity determination section determines that there is the image irregularity in the image.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2004Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanori Satou
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Publication number: 20070176913Abstract: A driver circuit usable for a display panel can generate an output signal in response to an input pulse signal supplied to only one input signal terminal thereof. The driver circuit includes a pulse generating circuit for generating an output signal at the output terminal. The pulse generating circuit has a first and second differential input stage for respectively driving a push-pull construction of output transistors in response to the input pulse signal supplied through the input signal terminal with respect to the push-pull output, whereby to simplify the circuitry, operate at a high slew rate, and decrease electric current consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventor: Masanori Satou
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Patent number: 7166841Abstract: An object detection apparatus has a laser radar and near infrared ray projector. The projector has a near infrared ray projecting lens, a laser oscillator, a laser receiver and a swivel actuator. The laser oscillator emits a laser beam, while the swivel actuator scans the laser beam in a laser scanning range. A laser receiver receives the laser beam reflected on an object. The near infrared ray projecting lens diverges the laser beam and projects a near infrared ray into a range including the laser scanning range and a near infrared ray projecting range. The near infrared camera obtains an infrared image by receiving a near infrared ray reflected on the object. An electronic control unit calculates object information based on the received laser beam when detecting an object and causes the near infrared ray to be projected to obtain the infrared image when acquiring the infrared image.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Satou, Kazutaka Mizoguchi
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Publication number: 20060197019Abstract: An object detection apparatus has a laser radar and near infrared ray projector. The projector has a near infrared ray projecting lens, a laser oscillator, a laser receiver and a swivel actuator. The laser oscillator emits a laser beam, while the swivel actuator scans the laser beam in a laser scanning range. A laser receiver receives the laser beam reflected on an object. The near infrared ray projecting lens diverges the laser beam and projects a near infrared ray into a range including the laser scanning range and a near infrared ray projecting range. The near infrared camera obtains an infrared image by receiving a near infrared ray reflected on the object. An electronic control unit calculates object information based on the received laser beam when detecting an object and causes the near infrared ray to be projected to obtain the infrared image when acquiring the infrared image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2005Publication date: September 7, 2006Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanori Satou
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Patent number: 7078692Abstract: In an system in which a night vision image photographed with an infrared camera installed at a vehicle is displayed at a head-up display, the display state of the night vision image displayed at the head-up display is changed as a high beam switch enters an ON state to allow the driver to check the image of the field far ahead on the head-up display.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Satou, Nobuhiro Hama
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Publication number: 20060043295Abstract: In an system in which a night vision image photographed with an infrared camera installed at a vehicle is displayed at a head-up display, the display state of the night vision image displayed at the head-up display is changed as a high beam switch enters an ON state to allow the driver to check the image of the field far ahead on the head-up display.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Satou, Nobuhiro Hama
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Patent number: 6932708Abstract: This communication game system comprises a client system 1 and a game server system 2 for communicating with the client system 1. The game server system 2 comprises a database 21 for storing group information which relates a plurality of client systems to each other as a battle group. The game server system 2 is structured to decide a battle combination among the client systems 1 belonging to the same battle group, to perform a battle by managing the sending and receiving of data between the client systems determined by the above-mentioned combination, and to decide the next combination in accordance with the results of the battle. Each client system 1 has its own character select function and chat function when watching games.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega EnterprisesInventors: Nobuyuki Yamashita, Masanori Satou
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Publication number: 20050062848Abstract: A display system for a vehicle is provided with a sensor sensing a traveling condition of a vehicle, an image pick-up device executing an image pick-up to take an image of an outside of the vehicle, a display displaying the image taken by the image pick-up device, an image irregularity determination section determining whether there is an image irregularity or not in the image taken by the image pick-up device based on the traveling condition of the vehicle sensed by the sensor, and a display control section executing a display control processing with respect to one of the image still containing the image irregularity and the image previously picked up and not containing the image irregularity when the image irregularity determination section determines that there is the image irregularity in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Inventor: Masanori Satou
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Publication number: 20050017204Abstract: An infrared projector including: a light source which radiates an infrared ray; and an emitter which emits visible light when exposed to infrared light, wherein the emitter is provided on a position where the infrared ray radiated from the light source reaches.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventor: Masanori Satou
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Publication number: 20040198498Abstract: This communication game system comprises a client system 1 and a game server system 2 for communicating with the client system 1. The game server system 2 comprises a database 21 for storing group information which relates a plurality of client systems to each other as a battle group. The game server system 2 is structured to decide a battle combination among the client systems 1 belonging to the same battle group, to perform a battle by managing the sending and receiving of data between the client systems determined by the above-mentioned combination, and to decide the next combination in accordance with the results of the battle. Each client system 1 has its own character select function and chat function when watching games.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA ENTERPRISESInventors: Nobuyuki Yamashita, Masanori Satou