Patents by Inventor Masaru Satou
Masaru 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: 8967367Abstract: An article transport facility includes an article transport vehicle and a rotatable member transporting device. The article transport vehicle is configured to travel along a predetermined travel path by obtaining propelling force by drivingly rotating a propelling rotatable member with the propelling rotatable member in contact with a contact portion. The propelling rotatable member can be in contact with the rotatable member transporting device. And the rotatable member transporting device transports, in an advancing direction, the propelling rotatable member in contact with the rotatable member transporting device, and is provided in place of the contact portion in a specific section included in the predetermined travel path. The propelling rotatable member is configured to be able to be drivingly rotated while in contact with the rotatable member transporting device.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kasuya, Masaru Satou
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Publication number: 20140252803Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle in which a positioning antenna can be installed above a roof plate of a cab at an accurate position and in a proper attitude while preventing a positioning accuracy from being decreased by vibrations. The work vehicle includes a first mount member, a second mount member and a positioning antenna. The first mount member includes a left-side member fixed on the roof beam at the left side and a right-side member fixed on the roof beam at the right side. The second mount member is disposed above the roof plate across the left-side member and the right-side member. The positioning antenna is mounted on the second mount member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Jun Matsumoto, Masamichi Miyazaki, Masaru Satou, Kouji Nagami, Takeshi Ikeda, Hitoshi Katayanagi, Osamu Kuroyanagi, Takahiro Shimojo
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Publication number: 20130313071Abstract: An article transport facility includes an article transport vehicle and a rotatable member transporting device. The article transport vehicle is configured to travel along a predetermined travel path by obtaining propelling force by drivingly rotating a propelling rotatable member with the propelling rotatable member in contact with a contact portion. The propelling rotatable member can be in contact with the rotatable member transporting device. And the rotatable member transporting device transports, in an advancing direction, the propelling rotatable member in contact with the rotatable member transporting device, and is provided in place of the contact portion in a specific section included in the predetermined travel path. The propelling rotatable member is configured to be able to be drivingly rotated while in contact with the rotatable member transporting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kasuya, Masaru Satou
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Publication number: 20090295038Abstract: A monofilament obtained by smelt-spinning and stretching of a vinylidene fluoride resin is subjected to a high-temperature relaxation treatment for an extremely short period of 0.05-0.5 sec. within a high-temperature heating oil bath at a temperature of 140-175° C., thereby producing a vinylidene fluoride resin monofilament, which comprises a vinylidene fluoride resin having an inherent viscosity of at least 1.40 dl/g, and has a knot strength (JIS L1013) of at least 600 MPa and excellent anti-twist property represented by a twist index of at least 0.90 when measured after the monofilament being subjected to application for 1 minute of a tensile load equal to approximately 50% of a maximum tensile load (JIS K7113), removal of the load, and standing for 3 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Masaru Satou, Masayuki Hino, Toshiya Mizuno
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Patent number: 7597957Abstract: [Object] In a fishing line for capturing large fishes made by a polyvinylidenefluoride resin filament, a polyvinylidenefluoride resin filament wherein even by enhancing the tensile strength at break by enlarging the filament diameter than that of usual fishing line, an appropriate tensile elongation at break can be obtained, so that the rapid and enormous impact generated when large fishes have taken the bait can be reduced, and that has a homogenous fiber structure which generates almost no inner cavity when forming a filament with a large diameter, is developed.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Kureha CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Matsui, Hiroshi Ochiai, Masaru Satou, Satoshi Hashimoto, Toshiya Mizuno
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Patent number: 7582353Abstract: Monofilaments comprising resin compositions which contain 1% by mass or more of a comonomer component (for example, hexafluoropropylene), have an intrinsic viscosity of 1.3 dl/g or more and a melting point of 165° C. or higher and contain a PVDF-based resin. Owing to the above composition and physical properties, the crystallinity and elastic modulus of the PVDF-based resin are altered. As a result, an appropriate flexibility can be imparted to the monofilaments while preventing deterioration in the mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Kureha CorporationInventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Shingo Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Tada, Masayuki Hino, Masaru Satou, Takeo Takahashi
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Publication number: 20080155791Abstract: To provide a knotless cord that is capable of exerting sufficient tensile strength of a fibrous body. A knotless cord has a sleeve and a fibrous body inserted into the sleeve, wherein the sleeve and the fibrous body are connected to each other by applying tension in a longitudinal direction of the sleeve and then tightening the sleeve. Moreover, in the knotless cord a locking portion for preventing the fibrous body from slipping out of the sleeve is provided in at least two sections (first locking portion, second locking portion). Therefore, stress generated by applying tension is dispersed throughout the entire fibrous body, while preventing the fibrous body from slipping out of the sleeve, whereby stress concentration occurring in each locking portion is alleviated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Hirokazu Matsui, Masaru Satou, Satoshi Hashimoto, Toru Nakamura
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Patent number: 7172810Abstract: Monofilaments comprising resin compositions which contain 1% by mass or more of a comonomer component (for example, hexafluoropropylene), have an intrinsic viscosity of 1.3 dl/g or more and a melting point of 165° C. or higher and contain a PVDF-based resin. Owing to the above composition and physical properties, the crystallinity and elastic modulus of the PVDF-based resin are altered. As a result, an appropriate flexibility can be imparted to the monofilaments while preventing deterioration in the mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Kureha CorporationInventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Shingo Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Tada, Masayuki Hino, Masaru Satou, Takeo Takahashi
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Publication number: 20070009734Abstract: A monofilament obtained by smelt-spinning and stretching of a vinylidene fluoride resin is subjected to a high-temperature relaxation treatment for an extremely short period of 0.05-0.5 sec. within a high-temperature heating oil bath at a temperature of 140-175° C., thereby producing a vinylidene fluoride resin monofilament, which comprises a vinylidene fluoride resin having an inherent viscosity of at least 1.40 dl/g, and has a knot strength (JIS L1013) of at least 600 MPa and excellent anti-twist property represented by a twist index of at least 0.90 when measured after the monofilament being subjected to application for 1 minute of a tensile load equal to approximately 50% of a maximum tensile load (JIS K7113), removal of the load, and standing for 3 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2004Publication date: January 11, 2007Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Masaru Satou, Masayuki Hino, Toshiya Mizuno
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Patent number: 7146462Abstract: A computer system includes a host computer, a disk control device controlling operation of a storage sub-system, and a management server managing configuration of the storage sub-system. The host computer registers the result of grouping of a plurality or volumes in the storage sub-system according to a use purpose in a volume management table including a volume identifier, a physical address, and a group identifier allocated in the disk control unit. During access to the volume via the host, the disk control unit obtains the physical address belonging to a storage belonging to a group identical to the group input via the host, notifies information described on the volume list of the storage allocated at the physical address to the management server, and causes the server to display the information.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Nagasuka, Katsuhisa Miyata, Masaru Satou, Kenichi Oyamada, Nobuyuki Osaki
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Publication number: 20060257654Abstract: [Object] In a fishing line for capturing large fishes made by a polyvinylidenefluoride resin filament, a polyvinylidenefluoride resin filament wherein even by enhancing the tensile strength at break by enlarging the filament diameter than that of usual fishing line, an appropriate tensile elongation at break can be obtained, so that the rapid and enormous impact generated when large fishes have taken the bait can be reduced, and that has a homogenous fiber structure which generates almost no inner cavity when forming a filament with a large diameter, is developed. [Solving Means] In a polyvinylidenefluoride resin composition comprised of a polyvinylidenefluoride resin and a copolymer of vinylidenefluoride and fluoroalkene as composition ingredients, wherein the fluoroalkene content is 1 mass % or more and less than 6 mass %, the intrinsic viscosity is 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Hirokazu Matsui, Hiroshi Ochiai, Masaru Satou, Satoshi Hashimoto, Toshiya Mizuno
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Patent number: 7124246Abstract: A storage system is disclosed comprising a management computer and multiple storage subsystems with multiple volumes accessible to a host computer. The host computer sends volume configuration information to the management computer. Each storage subsystem retrieves information from the volume directory corresponding to a requested volume and sends it to the management computer. The management computer comprises a volume information table holding the volume configuration information obtained from the host computer, information on storage subsystems, and use-related ID group IDs; a unit which identifies the volumes belonging to a specified group ID, locates the storage subsystems these volumes belong to, and obtains information on the desired volumes from their corresponding volume directories; and a display device which displays information on the usage of the volumes that is obtained from storage subsystems.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Nagasuka, Masaru Satou, Kenichi Oyamada, Katsuhisa Miyata, Atsushi Tanaka, Shuuzou Takeo, Masaya Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20060121277Abstract: Monofilaments comprising resin compositions which contain 1% by mass or more of a comonomer component (for example, hexafluoropropylene), have an intrinsic viscosity of 1.3 dl/g or more and a melting point of 165° C. or higher and contain a PVDF-based resin. Owing to the above composition and physical properties, the crystallinity and elastic modulus of the PVDF-based resin are altered. As a result, an appropriate flexibility can be imparted to the monofilaments while preventing deterioration in the mechanical properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2006Publication date: June 8, 2006Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Shingo Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Tada, Masayuki Hino, Masaru Satou, Takeo Takahashi
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Publication number: 20060101170Abstract: A control method for changing an input/output object includes the steps of determining, by an input/output object changing unit on a disk control device for processing an input/output issued by an application program to a logical volume, whether or not change of the input/output object is performed on the basis of identification information of a computer as an input/output issued source having been added to control information and the input/output; performing the input/output by an input-output execution control unit after changing the input/output object from the logical volume into a replica volume of the logical volume if the change is required; and after performing the input/output, reporting an executed result to the application program after restoring the logical volume targeted for the input/output to the logical volume if the change of the targeted logical volume has been performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Masamichi Okajima, Hiroshi Suzuki, Masaru Satou
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Publication number: 20050210192Abstract: A storage system is disclosed comprising a management computer and multiple storage subsystems with multiple volumes accessible to a host computer. The host computer sends volume configuration information to the management computer. Each storage subsystem retrieves information from the volume directory corresponding to a requested volume and sends it to the management computer. The management computer comprises a volume information table holding the volume configuration information obtained from the host computer, information on storage subsystems, and use-related ID group IDs; a unit which identifies the volumes belonging to a specified group ID, locates the storage subsystems these volumes belong to, and obtains information on the desired volumes from their corresponding volume directories; and a display device which displays information on the usage of the volumes that is obtained from storage subsystems.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2004Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: Hirofumi Nagasuka, Masaru Satou, Kenichi Oyamada, Katsuhisa Miyata, Atsushi Tanaka, Shuuzou Takeo, Masaya Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20040250007Abstract: A computer system includes a host computer, a disk control device controlling operation of a storage sub-system, and a management server managing configuration of the storage sub-system. The host computer registers the result of grouping of a plurality or volumes in the storage sub-system according to a use purpose in a volume management table including a volume identifier, a physical address, and a group identifier allocated in the disk control unit. During access to the volume via the host, the disk control unit obtains the physical address belonging to a storage belonging to a group identical to the group input via the host, notifies information described on the volume list of the storage allocated at the physical address to the management server, and causes the server to display the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Nagasuka, Katsuhisa Miyata, Masaru Satou, Kenichi Oyamada, Nobuyuki Osaki
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Publication number: 20040076825Abstract: Monofilaments comprising resin compositions which contain 1% by mass or more of a comonomer component (for example, hexafluoropropylene), have an intrinsic viscosity of 1.3 dl/g or more and a melting point of 165° C. or higher and contain a PVDF-based resin. Owing to the above composition and physical properties, the crystallinity and elastic modulus of the PVDF-based resin are altered. As a result, an appropriate flexibility can be imparted to the monofilaments while preventing deterioration in the mechanical properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Shingo Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Tada, Masayuki Hino, Masaru Satou, Takeo Takahashi
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Patent number: 5988784Abstract: Ink jet recording encounters deviations in the position at which a recorded dot is applied due to changes in the distance from the recording head to a recording medium, the carriage movement speed and the ink discharge speed or the like. When bidirectional recording is performed while moving the carriage having the recording head mounted thereon, deviations of the recorded dot may occur in the forward and rearward recording operations. The present invention is arranged in such a manner that values for correcting the deviations occurring in bidirectional recording and corresponding to the changes of the distance from the recording head to a recording medium, the carriage movement speed and the ink discharge speed or the like are previously stored. A drive signal, the timing of which has been corrected with the correction value, is used to operate the apparatus so that high-quality recordings free from deviations occurring in the bidirectional recording operation are obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1993Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Takemura, Shinji Kanemitsu, Makoto Kashimura, Shinya Matsui, Toshiyuki Onishi, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Yasuhiro Unosawa, Hajime Yoshida, Masaru Satou, Hisashi Morioka, Hiroshi Yoshino
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Patent number: 5764246Abstract: A printing apparatus has a control unit for controlling the driving of a print head in accordance with a temperature measured by a sensor which is provided on a movable carriage for mounting the print head. The control unit controls a sensor such that the sensor measures the temperature when the carriage is in a position where the heat from motors or the like in the printing apparatus does not affect the sensor on the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1997Date of Patent: June 9, 1998Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masafumi Wataya, Shinji Kanemitsu, Makoto Kashimura, Makoto Takemura, Shinya Matsui, Toshiyuki Onishi, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Yasuhiro Unosawa, Satoshi Saikawa, Masaru Satou, Hiroshi Yoshino