Patents by Inventor Satoru Tanaka

Satoru Tanaka 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: 11181546
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate; a movable body that is displaceable about a support axis according to a physical quantity and includes an opening; a support that is provided on the substrate and is located in the opening, and the support includes a first fixed plate and a second fixed plate that are fixed to the substrate and provided so as to sandwich the support axis in plan view; a first beam and a second beam that each connect the first fixed plate with the second fixed plate and are spaced apart from each other; a third beam extending in a direction of the support axis and connecting the first beam with the movable body; and a fourth beam extending in a direction of the support axis and connecting the second beam with the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210333779
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement value measured regarding control target equipment, a first control unit configured to output an operation amount of the control target equipment according to the measurement value by at least one of feedback control or feed-forward control, a second control unit configured to output an operation amount of the control target equipment according to the measurement value using a model learnt by using learning data, and a switching unit configured to perform switching between the first control unit and the second control unit by which the control target equipment is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Go TAKAMI, Fumio NISHIJO, Satoru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210333303
    Abstract: The physical quantity sensor includes a movable body oscillating around an oscillation axis, and a detection electrode disposed so as to be opposed to the movable body. The substrate has a first area through an m-th area, and the detection electrode is disposed so as to straddle the first area through an n-th area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210292283
    Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (I): wherein or the like Y1 is O or the like; Z1 is C(R4) or N; Z2a is C(R5a) or the like; Z3a is C(R6) or the like; R4, R5a and R6 are each independently a hydrogen atom or the like; R1 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl or the like; R2a, R2b, R2c and R2d are each independently a hydrogen atom or the like; X is N(R7a) or the like; R7a is a hydrogen atom or the like; R3 is or the like Ring B is a 6-membered aromatic carbocycle or the like; R9a and R10a are each independently halogen or the like; n is an integer from 1 to 5; m is an integer from 0 to 4; and p 1 is an integer from 0 to 3, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru TANAKA, Tomoyuki OGAWA, Hiroyuki KAI, Yuki OGATA, Keiichiro HIRAI, Noriyuki KUROSE, Yasuhiko FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210285983
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes, when three directions orthogonal to one another are defined as a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction, a substrate; and a moving member facing the substrate in the third direction via a gap and becoming displaced in the third direction in relation to the substrate. The moving member has a first region that has a plurality of penetration holes penetrating the moving member in the third direction and having a square opening shape as viewed from the third direction, and a second region having no penetration hole. At least one of a length in the first direction and a length in the second direction of the second region is equal to or greater than S0+2×S1, where S0 is a length of one side of the penetration hole, and S1 is a space between the penetration holes next to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210255212
    Abstract: An inertial sensor, includes: a substrate; a fixing portion that is provided on the substrate; a first movable body that faces the substrate and that is displaceable with a first support beam as a first rotation axis; the first support beam that is arranged in a first direction and that couples the first movable body and the fixing portion; a second movable body that is displaceable due to deformation of a second support beam; the second support beam that is arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction and that couples the first movable body and the second movable body; and a protrusion that is provided on the substrate or the second movable body, overlaps the second movable body in plan view from a third direction and that protrudes toward the second movable body or the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuyuki NAGATA, Satoru TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11085946
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a fixed member fixed to the substrate, a movable member displaceable in a first direction with respect to the fixed member, a movable electrode assembly provided in the movable member, a fixed electrode assembly fixed to the substrate and opposing the movable electrode assembly in the first direction, and a restrictor configured to restrict a movable range of the movable member in the first direction. The movable member includes a first outer edge disposed on one side in the first direction and a second outer edge disposed on the other side. The restrictor includes at least one of a first restrictor facing the first outer edge across a gap and a second restrictor facing the second outer edge across another gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11073392
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes: a movable body that includes a beam, a coupling portion that is connected with the beam and is provided in a direction intersecting with the beam, and a first and second mass portions that are connected with the coupling portion at connection positions; a first and second fixed electrodes are opposed to the first and second mass portions; and a protrusion are provided and protrude toward the first and second mass portions. In the intersecting direction, in a case where a distance from connection positions to end portions of the first and second mass portions opposite to the beam is L, and a distance from the protrusions to end portions of the first and second mass portions opposite to the beam is L1, the distance L1 is 0.5 L or longer and 3.1 L or shorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210223283
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a pair of first elements detecting acceleration in a first direction, and a pair of second elements detecting an acceleration in a second direction. The first element portion includes a first movable portion displaceable in the first direction, first and second movable electrode fingers disposed in the first movable portion, first and second fixing electrode fingers disposed to face the first and second movable electrode fingers, and first and second support portions supporting the first and second fixing electrode fingers. The second element includes a second movable portion displaceable in the second direction, third and fourth movable electrode fingers disposed in the second movable portion, third and fourth fixing electrode fingers disposed to face the third and fourth movable electrode fingers, and third and fourth support portions supporting the third and fourth fixing electrode fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11035875
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a movable section displaceable in a first direction with respect to the substrate, first and second movable electrode sections provided in the movable section, a first fixed electrode section fixed to the substrate and disposed to be opposed to the first movable electrode section in the first direction, a second fixed electrode section fixed to the substrate and disposed to be opposed to the second movable electrode section in the first direction, a restricting section configured to restrict a movable range in the first direction of the movable section, a first wire provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the first fixed electrode section, and a second wire provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the second fixed electrode section. The first wire and the second wire are respectively cross the restricting section in a plan view of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11022625
    Abstract: A inertial sensor includes a substrate, a fixed portion that is fixed to the substrate, a movable portion is connected to the fixed portion, and is displaceable in an X axis direction, and a movable electrode that is supported at the movable portion, and a frame part includes a first edge that is located on one side of the X axis direction, and is disposed along a Y axis direction, and a second edge that is located on the other side of the X axis direction, and is disposed along the Y axis direction. The fixed portion is disposed further toward the second edge than the first edge, and the substrate includes a first projection that overlaps the first edge, and is disposed to be separated from the first edge, and a second projection that overlaps the second edge, and is disposed to be separated from the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11009521
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a pair of first elements detecting acceleration in a first direction, and a pair of second elements detecting an acceleration in a second direction. The first element portion includes a first movable portion displaceable in the first direction, first and second movable electrode fingers disposed in the first movable portion, first and second fixing electrode fingers disposed to face the first and second movable electrode fingers, and first and second support portions supporting the first and second fixing electrode fingers. The second element includes a second movable portion displaceable in the second direction, third and fourth movable electrode fingers disposed in the second movable portion, third and fourth fixing electrode fingers disposed to face the third and fourth movable electrode fingers, and third and fourth support portions supporting the third and fourth fixing electrode fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210140605
    Abstract: An optical element with which it is possible to control not only the light emission direction but also the illuminance, and an optical system device in which the optical element is used. An optical element having at least a part of a rotation body obtained by rotating a reference planar shape for converting light from a prescribed location into light that is parallel with a prescribed direction, or a parallel translation body obtained by performing a parallel translation on the reference planar shape, wherein: the reference planar shape has an illuminance adjustment part and an emission direction adjustment part; the illuminance adjustment part is shaped so as to convert the direction of light entering from the prescribed location so that the illuminance at the emission direction adjustment part is uniform; and the emission direction adjustment part is shaped so as to convert the direction of light to the prescribed direction by refraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Akifumi Nawata, Satoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210139377
    Abstract: A sintered Ni ferrite body having a composition comprising, calculated as oxide, 47.0-48.3% by mol of Fe2O3, 14.5% or more and less than 25% by mol of ZnO, 8.2-10.0% by mol of CuO, and more than 0.6% and 2.5% or less by mol of CoO, the balance being NiO and inevitable impurities, and having an average crystal grain size of more than 2.5 ?m and less than 5.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru TANAKA, Norikazu KOYUHARA, Tomoyuki TADA
  • Publication number: 20210143550
    Abstract: A coil device comprising a coil, and a ferrite core arranged in a hollow portion of the coil, and a resin covering them; the ferrite core being a Ni ferrite core having initial permeability ?i of 450 or more at a frequency of 100 kHz and a temperature of 20° C., and an average crystal grain size of 5-9 ?m, both of temperature-dependent inductance change ratios TLa and TLb and stress-dependent inductance change ratios PLa and PLb being ?0.6% to +0.6%, and both of the sum of TLa and PLa and the sum of TLb and PLb being more than ?1.0% and less than +1.0%; and an antenna comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki TADA, Satoru TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10996237
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a movable flat plate having a plurality of openings passing therethrough that is swingable around an axis of rotation, a support substrate linked to the flat plate via a column to suspend the movable flat plate over the support substrate via a gap, and a protrusion protruding toward the movable element. In a plan view, the openings are excluded from a D/2-width annular range surrounding the outer circumference of the protrusion, where D is the maximum outer diametrical dimension of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210123944
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, and a moving member facing the substrate in a third direction via a gap and becoming displaced in the third direction in relation to the substrate. The moving member has a first part and a second part, and a plurality of penetration holes arranged at the first part and the second part and penetrating the moving member in the third direction. In at least one of a first area overlapping the first part and a second area overlapping the second part, as viewed in a plan view from the third direction, C?1.5×Cmin is satisfied, where C is a damping and Cmin is a minimum value of the damping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10974957
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes: a movable body that includes a beam portion as a rotation shaft, a coupling portion that is connected with the beam portion and is provided in a direction intersecting with the beam portion, and a first and a second mass portions as a mass portion that are connected with the coupling portion; a first and a second fixed electrodes as a measurement electrode that are provided on a support substrate and are opposed to the first and the second mass portions; and a protrusion that is provided in a region where the first and the second fixed electrodes are provided and protrudes from the support substrate toward the first and the second mass portions, in which a length of the coupling portion in the intersecting direction is 1.4 or more times a length from the beam portion to the first and the second mass portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10969403
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a stationary electrode, an X-axis displaceable movable member, and a movable electrode. The stationary electrode includes first and second movable electrodes arranged side by side along the Y-axis direction. The first and second stationary electrodes respectively include first and second stationary electrode fingers extending from first and second trunks in the ±Y-axis directions. The movable electrode includes first and second movable electrodes arranged side by side in the Y-axis direction. The first and second movable electrodes respectively include first and second movable electrode fingers located on both sides in the Y-axis direction of the first and second trunks, and opposed to the first and second stationary electrode fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210078859
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a movable body, a support portion supporting the movable body through a connecting portion, and a substrate that is disposed so as to overlap the movable body in plan view and provided with a first fixed electrode and a second fixed electrode along a first direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the connecting portion. In plan view, a dummy electrode that is disposed next to the first fixed electrode and is at the same potential as the movable body is provided on the substrate. The first fixed electrode and the dummy electrode includes a first electrode material layer provided on the substrate, and a second electrode material layer provided on the substrate and on the first electrode material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Satoru TANAKA