Patents by Inventor Satoshi Ogasawara

Satoshi Ogasawara 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: 20240085252
    Abstract: [Problem] To Provide a fabric-like sensor in which an output signal can be improved when in use and damage or fracture of a sensor element hardly occurs, and a fabric-like sensor device using it. Solution In a fabric-like sensor S having a fabric base material 1 and a line-shaped sensor element 2, at least one line-shaped cavity portion 11 is provided inside the fabric base material 1, and at least a part of the cavity portion 11 is composed of a raw fabric at least a part of the cavity portion has no elasticity in a line direction of the cavity portion 11, and further the line-shaped sensor element 2 is arranged in a state of not being substantially constrained or fixed in at least one of cavity portions in a fabric 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: TOHO KASEI CO., LTD., SHINDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken OGASAWARA, Satoshi SHIMIZU, Masaaki SASAKI, Manabu NAKAJIMA, Masahiro MURAO, Ken MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240047116
    Abstract: A printed board coil forms a coil with a plurality of turns, each formed by stacking a first layer having a first winding pattern and a second layer having a second winding pattern while having an insulation layer intervening therebetween. The first layers and the second layers are used for forming each of the coils. The coils are stacked having each of the insulation layers intervening between the coils by arranging the first layer and the second layer alternately in the stacking direction of the respective layers. The coils are connected in parallel to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Koji ORIKAWA, Satoshi OGASAWARA, Naoki MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230308069
    Abstract: A common mode filter circuit comprises a common mode transformer unit, an inverter, and a capacitor unit. Each of the first common mode transformer, the second common mode transformer, and the third common mode transformer comprises a first secondary wound wire, a second secondary wound wire, a third secondary wound wire, and a primary wound wire. A ratio of a number of turns of the primary wound wire to a number of turns of the first secondary wound wire, a ratio of a number of turns of the primary wound wire to a number of turns of the second secondary wound wire, and a ratio of a number of turns of the primary wound wire to a number of turns of the third secondary wound wire are each 3:1 in each of the first common mode transformer, the second common mode transformer, and the third common mode transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Koji YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi OGASAWARA, Shunsuke OHARA
  • Publication number: 20230159748
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition having light-guiding performance, characterized by including, per 100 parts by weight of (A) a polycarbonate resin (component A), 0.005 to 0.2 parts by weight of (B) a thioether-based compound (component B). This resin composition is characterized by excellent light-guiding properties with less yellowing during molding and less degradation in a moist heat environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Seiichi TANABE, Satoshi OGASAWARA
  • Publication number: 20220285077
    Abstract: Variation in inductance is reduced with a secondary-side coil substrate on which a plurality of wiring layers are superimposedly disposed, and a plurality of coils provided in the secondary-side coil substrate. On the wiring layer, coil patterns corresponding to parts of one circumferences of the coils are formed. On the wiring layer, coil patterns corresponding to remaining parts of the one circumferences of the coils are formed. The coil patterns, and the coil patterns that are provided on the different wiring layers are connected to each other via conduction points in a superimposition direction of the wiring layers, and the one circumferences of the respective coils are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi Ogasawara, Koji Orikawa, Hirohito Funato, Junnosuke Haruna, Fumihiro Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11404202
    Abstract: A planar transformer includes: a primary side planar air core coil; a secondary side planar air core coil; a primary side planar core; and a secondary side planar core. The secondary side planar air core coil is arranged so as to be spaced from the primary side planar air core coil in the winding center axis direction of the primary side planar air core coil, the secondary side planar air core coil having a non-facing portion configured not to face the primary side planar air core coil in the winding center axis direction. The primary side planar core and the secondary side planar core are stacked on outer sides of the primary side planar air core coil and the secondary side planar air core coil in the directions of the winding center axes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: Marelli Corporation, National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Utsunomiya University
    Inventors: Fumihiro Okazaki, Satoshi Ogasawara, Hirohito Funato
  • Patent number: 11306152
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cancer cell-specific anti-podoplanin antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof having an epitope in a Thr85-containing region of an amino acid sequence of human podoplanin represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, the Thr85 having a sialylated O-glycan added thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Tohoku University, Zenogen Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinari Kato, Mika Kato, Shinji Yamada, Satoshi Ogasawara, Takuro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11290024
    Abstract: A power supply control device according to one or more embodiments may be provided to: control a power conversion device that has a configuration in which a resonant circuit is provided on an output side of a matrix converter including switching circuits having snubber elements, and that performs AC-AC conversion of output from a multi-phase AC power supply. The power supply control device performs control such that: the output current, which has a phase difference caused by the resonant circuit, is negative during a period in which an absolute value of a positive-going output voltage that is output from the power conversion device increases while the output current is positive during a period in which the absolute value of a negative-going output voltage increases; and a polarity of the output current does not change within a period in which the snubber element is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON Corporation, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokusaki, Takashi Hyodo, Satoshi Ogasawara, Wataru Kodaka
  • Patent number: 11218069
    Abstract: A power conversion device, including: a voltage detector that detects a common mode voltage generated upon a switching operation of a power semiconductor device; a voltage superimposer that superimposes the common mode voltage detected by the voltage detector onto an output of the power conversion device to cancel the common mode voltage having a frequency greater than or equal to a switching frequency generated upon the switching operation of the power semiconductor device; and a residual voltage detector that detects the common mode voltage of the power conversion device superimposed by the voltage superimposer. The voltage superimposer includes a feedback mechanism for adding and superimposing the common mode voltage detected by the residual voltage detector onto the output of the power conversion device. The voltage detector includes a first choke coil and a first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yushin Yamamoto, Satoshi Ogasawara, Shunsuke Ohara
  • Publication number: 20210313873
    Abstract: A power conversion device, including: a voltage detector that detects a common mode voltage generated upon a switching operation of a power semiconductor device; a voltage superimposer that superimposes the common mode voltage detected by the voltage detector onto an output of the power conversion device to cancel the common mode voltage having a frequency greater than or equal to a switching frequency generated upon the switching operation of the power semiconductor device; and a residual voltage detector that detects the common mode voltage of the power conversion device superimposed by the voltage superimposer. The voltage superimposer includes a feedback mechanism for adding and superimposing the common mode voltage detected by the residual voltage detector onto the output of the power conversion device. The voltage detector includes a first choke coil and a first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yushin YAMAMOTO, Satoshi OGASAWARA, Shunsuke OHARA
  • Patent number: 11046778
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cancer microenvironment-targeting anti-podocalyxin antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, ZENOAQ RESOURCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinari Kato, Mika Kato, Satoshi Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20210115151
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cancer cell-specific anti-podoplanin antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof having an epitope in a Thr85-containing region of an amino acid sequence of human podoplanin represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, the Thr85 having a sialylated O-glycan added thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Yukinari Kato, Mika Kato, Shinji Yamada, Satoshi Ogasawara, Takuro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10936836
    Abstract: A portable terminal includes a device body, a grip section located closer to a first end than to a second end of the device body, and a projecting section located closer to the second end than to the first end of the device body. An operation switch is provided between the projection section and the first end of the device body. The operation switch includes a pressing surface that is at an angle with respect to a thickness direction of the device body to face outward from the device body and in a direction toward the second end of the device body. The grip section includes a sloped surface provided between the operation switch and the first end of the device body. And the sloped surface faces away from a direction faced by the pressing surface of the operation switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Chiba, Satoshi Ogasawara, Shinya Okumura, Yoshiaki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10929624
    Abstract: A portable terminal including a grip section provided as one end of a terminal main body and capable of being gripped by one hand of a user in a gripping style where the user places the thumb on a first surface of the terminal main body and holds a second surface on the rear side thereof by the index and middle fingers, in which the second surface has a first raised portion provided such that a first vertex portion is positioned between the index and middle fingers, and a second raised portion having a second vertex portion such that the index finger is interposed between the first and second vertex portions, and in which a switch section is provided such that a pressing target portion is exposed to a sloped surface area of the second raised portion on a side opposite to a side where the index finger is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Chiba, Satoshi Ogasawara, Shinya Okumura, Yoshiaki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10906972
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an antibody against podocalyxin expressed specifically in cancer cells. The method includes a step of introducing a nucleic acid encoding all or a portion of podocalyxin into cells expressing a cancer cell-specific sugar chain structure to cause cancer cell-specific podocalyxin or a portion thereof to be expressed therein, a step of immunizing a non-human mammal with the cancer cell-specific podocalyxin or portion thereof to obtain antibodies, and a step of purifying the antibodies by primary screening using purified cancer cell-specific podocalyxin or a portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: Tohoku University, ZENOAQ RESOURCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinari Kato, Mika Kaneko, Satoshi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 10848072
    Abstract: A power supply control device according to one or more embodiments may be provided, in which a power conversion device has a configuration in which a resonant circuit is provided on an output side of a matrix converter using switching circuits including snubber elements so as to perform AC-AC conversion of output from a multi-phase AC power supply. The power conversion device is controlled to make an amplitude of an output current, a phase of the output current and an instantaneous reactive power as close to a control target as possible. The amplitude and the phase of the output current and the instantaneous reactive power are derived based on: an input voltage and a phase of a multi-phase current input to the power conversion device; and characteristics of the resonant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: OMRON Corporation, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokusaki, Takashi Hyodo, Satoshi Ogasawara, Wataru Kodaka
  • Patent number: 10734746
    Abstract: A terminal structure in which a groove extending in a predetermined direction is provided in a contact target section with which a tip portion of a contact pin comes in contact, and the tip portion slides on an edge of the groove along the groove by a pressing force occurred when the tip portion is butted against the contact target section so as to come in contact with the contact target section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ogasawara, Takahiro Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20200235674
    Abstract: A power supply control device according to one or more embodiments may be provided, in which a power conversion device has a configuration in which a resonant circuit is provided on an output side of a matrix converter using switching circuits including snubber elements so as to perform AC-AC conversion of output from a multi-phase AC power supply. The power conversion device is controlled to make an amplitude of an output current, a phase of the output current and an instantaneous reactive power as close to a control target as possible. The amplitude and the phase of the output current and the instantaneous reactive power are derived based on: an input voltage and a phase of a multi-phase current input to the power conversion device; and characteristics of the resonant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: OMRON Corporation, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKUSAKI, Takashi HYODO, Satoshi OGASAWARA, Wataru KODAKA
  • Publication number: 20200211765
    Abstract: A planar transformer includes: a primary side planar air core coil; a secondary side planar air core coil; a primary side planar core; and a secondary side planar core. The secondary side planar air core coil is arranged so as to be spaced from the primary side planar air core coil in the winding center axis direction of the primary side planar air core coil, the secondary side planar air core coil having a non-facing portion configured not to face the primary side planar air core coil in the winding center axis direction. The primary side planar core and the secondary side planar core are stacked on outer sides of the primary side planar air core coil and the secondary side planar air core coil in the directions of the winding center axes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: Marelli Corporation, National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Utsunomiya University
    Inventors: Fumihiro Okazaki, Satoshi Ogasawara, Hirohito Funato
  • Patent number: 10700616
    Abstract: A power conversion device that converts electric power by having a power semiconductor element perform a switching operation includes a voltage detector detecting a common mode voltage generated in the switching operation of the power semiconductor element, a voltage control power supply that generates a voltage opposite in polarity to and as high as the common mode voltage with a circuit that amplifies power of the common mode voltage detected by the voltage detector, and a voltage superimposition structure canceling the common mode voltage not lower than a switching frequency generated in the switching operation of the power semiconductor element, by superimposing the voltage generated by the voltage control power supply on an output from the power conversion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ogasawara, Shunsuke Ohara, Masatsugu Takemoto, Yushin Yamamoto