Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Sakai
Nobuaki Sakai 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: 20240136532Abstract: An electrode mixture including an electrode active material, a conductive fibrous carbon material, and inorganic nanoparticles applied to a surface of the electrode active material. The conductive fibrous carbon material contains magnetic metal. A ratio of coverage of the inorganic nanoparticles covering the surface of the electrode active material to content of the magnetic metal contained in the conductive fibrous carbon material is 38.5 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Hidenori YOKOO, Ryotaro SAKAI, Nobuaki KOIWA, Kentaro SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20240097197Abstract: A non-aqueous rechargeable battery includes an electrode body in which a positive plate and a negative electrode plate are stacked in a stacking direction with a separator arranged in between. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode substrate, and a positive electrode mixture layer and an insulating layer arranged on each of two opposite surfaces of the positive electrode substrate. The positive electrode substrate includes a positive electrode uncoated portion. The electrode body includes a positive electrode current collector portion in which layers of the positive electrode uncoated portion are stacked in the stacking direction. A first insulating layer on a first surface of the positive electrode substrate, facing a center of the positive electrode current collector portion in the stacking direction, has a thickness that is greater than that of a second insulating layer on a second surface of the positive electrode substrate opposite to the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Kazutaka YOSHIKAWA, Shotaro DEGUCHI, Ryotaro SAKAI, Shota UCHIYAMA, Nobuaki KOIWA, Kentaro SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11685177Abstract: A recording device includes a first cover that is movable with respect to a recording unit that performs recording on a sheet, and that moves to a first open position for opening a space where the recording medium to be recorded by the recording unit is transported, and to a first closed position for closing the space, and a second cover movable with respect to the first cover. A movement direction of the first cover includes the same directional component as a movement direction of the second cover with respect to the recording unit, and a first coupling portion that couples the first cover and the second cover is provided in the recording device.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Nobuaki Sakai, Yukiya Beppu
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Publication number: 20220363113Abstract: A guide rail includes: a first rail that has a bottom wall on which a load roller rolls and supports the weight of a sliding door; a second rail that has side walls on which two guide rollers roll and defines a moving direction of the sliding door; and a first restriction part that restricts the motion of the load roller in an axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohito KIRYU, Koichi MORITA, Hideaki KANASUGI, Shunsuke KANAGAI, Nobuo HAYAMA, Yusuke KATO, Nobuaki SAKAI
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Publication number: 20220316256Abstract: A slide door driving device includes a support plate that is an elongated plate member, two driven pulleys supported respectively by opposite ends of the support plate in a longitudinal direction of the support plate; a belt wound around the two driven pulleys; a connector by which the belt is connected to the slide door; and a driving portion supported by the support plate and configured to drive the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi SHIBAYAMA, Masato MORI, Shunsuke KANAGAI, Hideaki KANASUGI, Nobuo HAYAMA, Yusuke KATO, Nobuaki SAKAI
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Patent number: 11292260Abstract: An ink storing device includes an ink tank having an injection port, a first cover including a cap configured to close the injection port, the first cover being movable between a closing position, and an opening position, a second cover including, at an inner face thereof, a display unit configured to display information relating to the ink, the second cover being movable between a covering position at which the inner face covers the first cover at the closing position, with the inner face being oriented downward, and a cover opening position at which the inner face does not cover the first cover at the closing position, wherein the cap, when viewed in a vertical direction, does not overlap the display unit included in the second cover at the cover opening position when the first cover moves between the closing position and the opening position.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Koki Fukasawa, Nobuaki Sakai
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Publication number: 20210323327Abstract: A recording device includes a first cover that is movable with respect to a recording unit that performs recording on a sheet, and that moves to a first open position for opening a space where the recording medium to be recorded by the recording unit is transported, and to a first closed position for closing the space, and a second cover movable with respect to the first cover. A movement direction of the first cover includes the same directional component as a movement direction of the second cover with respect to the recording unit, and a first coupling portion that couples the first cover and the second cover is provided in the recording device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Nobuaki SAKAI, Yukiya BEPPU
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Patent number: 10928417Abstract: An atomic force microscope includes a raster scan control mechanism configured to perform a raster scan between a cantilever having a probe at a free end and a sample relative to each other across an XY plane in a fluid, an interaction control mechanism configured to vibrate the cantilever and to control an interaction generated between the probe and the sample, and a sample information acquisition circuit configured to acquire sample information including inclination information of a sample surface with respect to the XY plane based on a control result of the interaction control mechanism. The interaction control mechanism is configured to control the interaction generated between the probe and the sample in accordance with inclination of the sample surface with respect to the XY plane.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuaki Sakai
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Publication number: 20210039395Abstract: An ink storing device includes an ink tank having an injection port, a first cover including a cap configured to close the injection port, the first cover being movable between a closing position, and an opening position, a second cover including, at an inner face thereof, a display unit configured to display information relating to the ink, the second cover being movable between a covering position at which the inner face covers the first cover at the closing position, with the inner face being oriented downward, and a cover opening position at which the inner face does not cover the first cover at the closing position, wherein the cap, when viewed in a vertical direction, does not overlap the display unit included in the second cover at the cover opening position when the first cover moves between the closing position and the opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Koki FUKASAWA, Nobuaki SAKAI
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Patent number: 10639887Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium in a transport direction, a printing unit that prints on a printing surface of the medium, and a removal unit that is provided on an upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the transport unit and is provided so as to come into contact with the printing surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Nobuaki Sakai, Takao Yamamoto, Akira Ishikawa, Yusuke Makishima, Daiki Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20200081032Abstract: An atomic force microscope includes a raster scan control mechanism configured to perform a raster scan between a cantilever having a probe at a free end and a sample relative to each other across an XY plane in a fluid, an interaction control mechanism configured to vibrate the cantilever and to control an interaction generated between the probe and the sample, and a sample information acquisition circuit configured to acquire sample information including inclination information of a sample surface with respect to the XY plane based on a control result of the interaction control mechanism. The interaction control mechanism is configured to control the interaction generated between the probe and the sample in accordance with inclination of the sample surface with respect to the XY plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuaki SAKAI
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Publication number: 20190047285Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit 30 that transports a medium M in a transport direction F, a printing unit that prints on a printing surface M1 of the medium M, and a removal unit 60 that is provided on an upstream side in the transport direction F with respect to the transport unit 30 and is provided so as to come into contact with the printing surface M1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Nobuaki SAKAI, Takao YAMAMOTO, Akira ISHIKAWA, Yusuke MAKISHIMA, Daiki ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190011478Abstract: An observation method using a compound microscope of an inverted optical microscope and an atomic force microscope includes scanning a cantilever so that a probe approaches a sample until surface layer information is acquired, observing the cantilever through the optical microscope to acquire shape information of the cantilever, moving an observation position of the optical microscope downward based on a length of the probe, performing fluorescence observation through the optical microscope, and scanning the cantilever to acquire the surface layer information. The probe approach, cantilever observation, and observation position movement are performed in order. The fluorescence observation is performed after the observation position movement. The surface layer information acquisition is performed after the probe approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitsugu UEKUSA, Nobuaki SAKAI
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Patent number: 10161959Abstract: An atomic force microscope acquires sample information by performing relative raster scanning between a cantilever and a sample across an XY-plane, while causing an interaction to be generated between a probe provided at a free end of the cantilever and the sample. The atomic force microscope includes a raster-scanning-information generator to generate raster scanning information, a raster-scanning controller to control the raster scanning based on the raster scanning information, and an interaction controller to control strength of the interaction based on the raster scanning information. The interaction controller relatively reduces the strength of the interaction, when a relative speed between the cantilever and the sample across the XY-plane of the raster scanning relatively decreases.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuaki Sakai
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Patent number: 10107833Abstract: An atomic force microscope is to acquire sample information by a raster scanning of a cantilever with respect to a sample. The atomic force microscope includes a raster-scanning-information generator to generate raster scanning information including timing information. The timing information includes a first timing at which a relative speed between the cantilever and sample decreases lower than a threshold, and a second timing at which the relative speed increases higher than the threshold after the first timing. The atomic force microscope also includes a raster-scanning controller to control the raster scanning, and an interaction controller to decrease the strength of an interaction between the cantilever and sample at the first timing, and increase the strength of the interaction at the second timing.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuaki Sakai
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Publication number: 20180143220Abstract: An atomic force microscope is to acquire sample information by a raster scanning of a cantilever with respect to a sample. The atomic force microscope includes a raster-scanning-information generator to generate raster scanning information including timing information. The timing information includes a first timing at which a relative speed between the cantilever and sample decreases lower than a threshold, and a second timing at which the relative speed increases higher than the threshold after the first timing. The atomic force microscope also includes a raster-scanning controller to control the raster scanning, and an interaction controller to decrease the strength of an interaction between the cantilever and sample at the first timing, and increase the strength of the interaction at the second timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuaki SAKAI
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Patent number: 9977049Abstract: A scanning probe microscope includes a cantilever having a probe at a free end thereof; a scanner to three-dimensionally relatively move the probe and a sample; a vibrator to vibrate the cantilever based on a vibrating signal; a displacement detector to detect a displacement of the cantilever and to output a displacement signal indicating the displacement; and a phase difference information detecting section to generate a phase signal including information of a phase difference between the vibrating signal and the displacement signal. The phase difference information detecting section includes a phase regulating portion to provide, to the phase difference, a phase offset to cancel an initial phase difference present in a state in which the probe is not in contact with the sample.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuaki Sakai
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Patent number: 9968017Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding tube has a resin inner layer as the innermost layer, a resin outer layer as the outermost layer, and a metal metal-layer between the inner layer and the outer layer. The bonding strength between the outer layer and the metal layer is made weaker with respect to the bonding strength between the inner layer and the metal layer. For example, while an adhesive layer is provided between the inner layer and the metal layer, the outer layer can be directly extrusion coated onto the metal layer without providing an adhesive layer or the like between the outer layer and the metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignees: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Yamasaki, Tatsuya Yuasa, Yoshiyuki Hirayama, Nobuaki Sakai, Naoko Omori, Masakazu Kozawa, Takuro Yamada, Manabu Kojima
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Publication number: 20180120343Abstract: An atomic force microscope acquires sample information by performing relative raster scanning between a cantilever and a sample across an XY-plane, while causing an interaction to be generated between a probe provided at a free end of the cantilever and the sample. The atomic force microscope includes a raster-scanning-information generator to generate raster scanning information, a raster-scanning controller to control the raster scanning based on the raster scanning information, and an interaction controller to control strength of the interaction based on the raster scanning information. The interaction controller relatively reduces the strength of the interaction, when a relative speed between the cantilever and the sample across the XY-plane of the raster scanning relatively decreases.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuaki SAKAI
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Publication number: 20180074092Abstract: An information acquiring method in an atomic force microscope includes, during causing the microscope to raster scan a cantilever and a sample relatively while causing a mechanical interaction between the sample and a probe provided at a free end of the cantilever, causing a first interaction having first strength between the probe and sample, acquiring first information on the sample when the first interaction is generated, causing a second interaction having second strength between the probe and sample, and acquiring second information on the sample when the second interaction is generated. The first strength and second strength are different. The causing the first interaction, the acquiring the first information, the causing the second interaction, and the acquiring the second information are performed in a same scanning region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuaki SAKAI