Patents by Inventor Satoru Sasaki

Satoru Sasaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240177915
    Abstract: A coil component includes an exterior body, a coil positioned inside the exterior body, and terminal electrodes arranged on a surface of the exterior body and connected to lead parts of the coil. The exterior body is a columnar shape or a polyhedron shape, and includes a first plane for arranging the terminal electrodes, a second plane opposing the first plane, and one or more connecting planes connecting the first plane and the second plane; and the exterior body has a jagged edge on at least part of an edge positioned between the second plane and the one or more connecting planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto TSUKAMOTO, Satoru KUROKAWA, Tomohiko AIDA, Masashi GOTOH, Hirofumi SASAKI, Ryuji ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240170432
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a die; a mold material layer in which the die is embedded in a state where an electrode surface of the die is exposed from a surface of the mold material layer; and a redistribution layer provided on a surface of the mold material layer and having an insulating layer and a wiring in a multilayer state, as a fan out wafer level package. The semiconductor device further has a reinforcing structure made of a material harder than the insulating layer, on the insulating layer of the redistribution layer. The reinforcing structure is located between the wiring and a surface of the mold material layer. The reinforcing structure is at a position corresponding to a boundary region between the die and the mold material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yoichi SASAKI, Satoru WAKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240170367
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a die; a mold material layer in which the die is embedded in a state where an electrode surface of the die is exposed from the mold material layer; and a redistribution layer provided on a surface of the mold material layer and having an insulating layer and a wiring in a multilayer state, as a fan out wafer level package. The wiring of the redistribution layer has a reinforcing portion that is thicker in a thickness direction within an area corresponding to a boundary region between the die and the mold material layer than the other area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yoichi SASAKI, Satoru WAKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11939459
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photosensitive resin composition having good liquid repellency. The photosensitive resin composition of the present invention at least contains a fluororesin having a crosslinking site, a solvent, and a photopolymerization initiator, and the fluororesin contains a repeating unit derived from a hydrocarbon having a fluorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuzuru Kaneko, Satoru Miyazawa, Keiko Sasaki, Asuka Sano, Yusuke Nomura
  • Patent number: 11929651
    Abstract: An inverter integrated gas supply device includes a fluid machine configured to discharge air, an electric motor having a motor casing and configured to drive the fluid machine, an inverter having an inverter casing and configured to supply a drive current to the electric motor, a motor-side connection part attached to the motor casing and configured to receive the drive current, and an inverter-side connection part attached to the inverter casing, connected to the motor-side connection part. The motor-side connection part includes a motor-side connector housing, and a motor connector. The inverter-side connection part includes an inverter-side connector housing, and an inverter connector. A position of the motor connector relative to the motor-side connector housing is fixed; and a position of the inverter connector relative to the inverter-side connector housing is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ikeya, Yuji Sasaki, Masaya Taniguchi, Gen Kuwata, Satoru Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20240077829
    Abstract: A foreign substance collection apparatus includes: a frame body; a photosensitive drum; a cleaning roller which collects foreign substances from a surface of the photosensitive drum; a collecting roller which further collects the foreign substances having been collected by the cleaning roller from the cleaning roller; and a scraping member which scrapes off the foreign substances from the collecting roller. A foreign substance collecting portion included in the frame body has, in a posture during use: a first inner bottom surface which is positioned below the scraping member in a gravity direction; an outer bottom surface which is positioned further below the first inner bottom surface; and a connecting surface which intersects the first inner bottom surface and the outer bottom surface and which connects the first inner bottom surface and the outer bottom surface with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Noriyuki Komatsu, Tomonori Mori, Teruhiko Sasaki, Makoto Hayashida, Shunsuke Uratani, Yuuki Nakamura, Satoru Motohashi
  • Patent number: 11899999
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a former that performs image formation on a sheet conveyed on a conveyance path; a first hardware processor that detects a type of the sheet on which the image is formed; a second hardware processor that receives specification of a type of a sheet from a user; and a third hardware processor that receives a user setting regarding the image formation, wherein the user setting includes a setting for allowing the former to continuously perform the image formation in a case where the sheet type detected by the first hardware processor is different from the sheet type specified by the user received by the second hardware processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Akinori Kimata, Kenichi Hayashi, Shiro Umeda, Yukinobu Iguchi, Satoru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230278426
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure receives an utterance-based inquiry of a passenger in a vehicle, and identifies the passenger that is an utterer of the received inquiry. The vehicle-mounted apparatus selects, in accordance with a result of the identification of the passenger, an output device serving as a destination to which a response to the inquiry is to be output. Then, the vehicle-mounted apparatus outputs the response to the inquiry to the selected output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke TSUDA, Satoru SASAKI, Ko KOGA, Kimi SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 11719596
    Abstract: A gas leak sensing device includes a constant flow rate control valve, a pressurization control valve, a supply-side gas circuit, a master-side gas circuit, a workpiece-side gas circuit, an equal pressure valve, an exhaust valve, a test pressure sensor, and a differential pressure sensor. The supply-side gas circuit is connected with the constant flow rate control valve and the pressurization control valve. The equal pressure valve performs opening and closing between the supply-side gas circuit and the master-side gas circuit and opening and closing between the supply-side gas circuit and the workpiece-side gas circuit. The exhaust valve performs opening and closing between the workpiece-side gas circuit and outside. The test pressure sensor detects pressure in the supply-side gas circuit. The differential pressure sensor detects a differential pressure between the master-side gas circuit and the workpiece-side gas circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: COSMO INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Furuse, Satoru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230156127
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a first hardware processor that receives setting of a type of a recording medium by a user; a detector that detects a type determination parameter for a recording medium including a recording medium for which setting of a type has been received by the first hardware processor; a second hardware processor that determines a type of a recording medium based on a detection result of the detector; an image former that forms an image on the recording medium; and a third hardware processor that transmits, to an external device, at least two pieces of information of information regarding the type received, information regarding the type determined by the second hardware processor, or information regarding matching or mismatching of the type received and the type determined with respect to the recording medium for which setting of a type has been received by the first hardware processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: AKINORI KIMATA, TAKAHIRO TSUJIMOTO, NORIYUKI JINBO, KENICHI HAYASHI, SHIRO UMEDA, SATORU SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11581122
    Abstract: A magnetic part including: a coil that generates a magnetic flux when a current flows through the coil; a core that is formed of a magnetic substance that forms a magnetic path of the magnetic flux; a support member that supports the core; and a fixing member that fixes the core to the support member. The core includes a column portion that is vertically provided with respect to a surface where the core is in contact with the support member. The fixing member presses the column portion of the core against the support member. The support member has a recess in a portion of a facing surface that faces the core, where the portion of a facing surface does not face the column portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventor: Satoru Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230035820
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a former that performs image formation on a sheet conveyed on a conveyance path; a first hardware processor that detects a type of the sheet on which the image is formed; a second hardware processor that receives specification of a type of a sheet from a user; and a third hardware processor that receives a user setting regarding the image formation, wherein the user setting includes a setting for allowing the former to continuously perform the image formation in a case where the sheet type detected by the first hardware processor is different from the sheet type specified by the user received by the second hardware processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Akinori KIMATA, Kenichi HAYASHI, Shiro UMEDA, Yukinobu IGUCHI, Satoru SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220082469
    Abstract: A gas leak sensing device includes a constant flow rate control valve, a pressurization control valve, a supply-side gas circuit, a master-side gas circuit, a workpiece-side gas circuit, an equal pressure valve, an exhaust valve, a test pressure sensor, and a differential pressure sensor. The supply-side gas circuit is connected with the constant flow rate control valve and the pressurization control valve. The equal pressure valve performs opening and closing between the supply-side gas circuit and the master-side gas circuit and opening and closing between the supply-side gas circuit and the workpiece-side gas circuit. The exhaust valve performs opening and closing between the workpiece-side gas circuit and outside. The test pressure sensor detects pressure in the supply-side gas circuit. The differential pressure sensor detects a differential pressure between the master-side gas circuit and the workpiece-side gas circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: COSMO INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio FURUSE, Satoru SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220070307
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a state monitor that monitors an apparatus state; an electrostatic noise detector that detects electrostatic noise; and an erroneous detection determiner that determines whether or not the state monitor has erroneously detected a change in the apparatus state due to electrostatic noise from a detection result of the change in the apparatus state by the state monitor and a detection result of the electrostatic noise detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi HAYASHI, Akinori KIMATA, Noriyuki JINBO, Shiro UMEDA, Yukinobu IGUCHI, Satoru SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11056106
    Abstract: A system comprises an apparatus having a first voice I/O device; and a voice interface apparatus having a second voice I/O device, and connected to the apparatus by audio connection via short-range wireless communication, wherein the apparatus includes a voice I/O unit that performs voice input and output by using the first voice I/O device or the second voice I/O device; an interaction unit that performs voice interaction with a user; and a process unit that performs a process other than the voice interaction, by using the voice I/O, and the voice I/O unit switches a device used for the voice input and output to the first voice input/output device in a case where the process unit is brought into a first state in which the voice input and output is required when the voice interaction with the user is performed by using the second voice I/O device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizuma, Atsushi Ikeno, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yuta Yamamoto, Toshifumi Nishijima, Satoru Sasaki, Hiromi Tonegawa, Norihide Umeyama
  • Patent number: 10999937
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an electronic component; and a mounting member on which the electronic component is mounted. A center of gravity of the electronic component is at a position separated from the mounting member. The electronic device further includes: a rigid member having a frame shape, which is fixed to the mounting member and surrounds the electronic component in a direction perpendicular to a direction from the center of gravity of the electronic component to the mounting member; and a connecting member which connects the electronic component to the rigid member on a side opposite to the mounting member with respect to the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Sasaki, Tomoyoshi Kobayashi, Masato Kasashima, Akihiro Kojima
  • Publication number: 20210070573
    Abstract: Provided is an inspection device that performs inspection using ultrasonic waves transmitted on the basis of a burst signal including a plurality of pulses, the inspection device includes: a decider that decides the number of pulses included in the burst signal, or a burst cycle of the burst signal, on the basis of an atmospheric pressure at an installation position of the inspection device; a generator that repeatedly generates the burst signal including the decided number of pulses, or the burst signal having the decided burst cycle; a transmitter that transmits ultrasonic waves on the basis of the burst signal repeatedly generated; and a receiver that receives ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Akinori KIMATA, Yukinobu IGUCHI, Satoru SASAKI, Kenichi HAYASHI, Shiro UMEDA, Noriyuki JINBO
  • Publication number: 20210067647
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a transport device that transports a sheet placed on a sheet holding member; a detector that detects one type from among a first number of types as a type of the sheet transported by the transport device; a display that displays the type of the sheet placed on the sheet holding member; and an input device that accepts an instruction related to a display pattern of the type of the sheet, wherein the input device accepts an instruction to select the display pattern from a first display pattern in which the type of the sheet is selected from among the first number of types, and a second display pattern in which the type of the sheet is selected from a second number of types, and the display displays the type that is a result of the detection by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Akinori KIMATA, Yukinobu IGUCHI, Satoru SASAKI, Kenichi HAYASHI, Shiro UMEDA, Noriyuki JINBO
  • Patent number: 10896677
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to acquire voice data of a voice uttered by a user, recognize the acquired voice, determine a timing of an interjection in accordance with time from completion of the voice data acquisition to start of output of a response generated based on a result of the voice recognition, output the interjection at the determined timing of the interjection, and output the response at the time of start of the output of the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoru Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10828773
    Abstract: A voice interactive robot interacting with a user by voice includes a main body, a movable part capable of moving relative to the main body, a following control unit that moves the movable part so that the movable part follows the user, a temporary origin setting unit that sets a temporary origin of the movable part in response to movement of the movable part by the following control unit, an acquisition unit that acquires an operation instruction issued in relation to the movable part, and an operation execution unit that moves the movable part in accordance with the operation instruction using the temporary origin as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hayato Sakamoto, Atsushi Ikeno, Masaaki Hanada, Takehiko Ishiguro, Masayuki Taniyama, Toshifumi Nishijima, Hiromi Tonegawa, Norihide Umeyama, Satoru Sasaki