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).

  • Patent number: 8967367
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kasuya, Masaru Satou
  • Publication number: 20140252803
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Jun Matsumoto, Masamichi Miyazaki, Masaru Satou, Kouji Nagami, Takeshi Ikeda, Hitoshi Katayanagi, Osamu Kuroyanagi, Takahiro Shimojo
  • Publication number: 20130313071
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kasuya, Masaru Satou
  • Publication number: 20090295038
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Masaru Satou, Masayuki Hino, Toshiya Mizuno
  • Patent number: 7597957
    Abstract: [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: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Kureha Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Matsui, Hiroshi Ochiai, Masaru Satou, Satoshi Hashimoto, Toshiya Mizuno
  • Patent number: 7582353
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Kureha Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Shingo Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Tada, Masayuki Hino, Masaru Satou, Takeo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080155791
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Hirokazu Matsui, Masaru Satou, Satoshi Hashimoto, Toru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7172810
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kureha Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Shingo Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Tada, Masayuki Hino, Masaru Satou, Takeo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070009734
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Masaru Satou, Masayuki Hino, Toshiya Mizuno
  • Patent number: 7146462
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nagasuka, Katsuhisa Miyata, Masaru Satou, Kenichi Oyamada, Nobuyuki Osaki
  • Publication number: 20060257654
    Abstract: [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: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Hirokazu Matsui, Hiroshi Ochiai, Masaru Satou, Satoshi Hashimoto, Toshiya Mizuno
  • Patent number: 7124246
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nagasuka, Masaru Satou, Kenichi Oyamada, Katsuhisa Miyata, Atsushi Tanaka, Shuuzou Takeo, Masaya Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20060121277
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Shingo Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Tada, Masayuki Hino, Masaru Satou, Takeo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20060101170
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Masamichi Okajima, Hiroshi Suzuki, Masaru Satou
  • Publication number: 20050210192
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nagasuka, Masaru Satou, Kenichi Oyamada, Katsuhisa Miyata, Atsushi Tanaka, Shuuzou Takeo, Masaya Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20040250007
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nagasuka, Katsuhisa Miyata, Masaru Satou, Kenichi Oyamada, Nobuyuki Osaki
  • Publication number: 20040076825
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Shingo Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Tada, Masayuki Hino, Masaru Satou, Takeo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5988784
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Takemura, Shinji Kanemitsu, Makoto Kashimura, Shinya Matsui, Toshiyuki Onishi, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Yasuhiro Unosawa, Hajime Yoshida, Masaru Satou, Hisashi Morioka, Hiroshi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 5764246
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Wataya, Shinji Kanemitsu, Makoto Kashimura, Makoto Takemura, Shinya Matsui, Toshiyuki Onishi, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Yasuhiro Unosawa, Satoshi Saikawa, Masaru Satou, Hiroshi Yoshino