Patents by Inventor Satoshi Yamada

Satoshi Yamada 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).

  • Transformable toy
    Patent number: 9975058
    Abstract: A toy with an exterior structure. Constructed to transform from a rollable first shape to a second shape. An interior structure inside the exterior structure is endowed with a magnetic body that moves by way of a magnetic force that acts from the exterior of the toy, an interior locking portion that moves simultaneously with the movement of this magnetic body, and a biasing member that effects a force which moves or turns this interior locking portion in a particular direction. If the magnetic force does not act from the exterior of the toy, the first shape of the exterior structure maintained. In the event that a magnetic force has acted from the exterior of the said toy, the exterior structure transforms from the first shape to the second shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Spin Master Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Fujio Nobata
  • Vehicle-mounted communication device, inter-vehicle communication system, and communication method
    Patent number: 9948717
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication device for transmitting uplink data as data generated in a vehicle includes a first wireless communication unit configured to establish an uplink connection to a second vehicle-mounted communication device, a second wireless communication unit configured to establish a downlink connection to a third vehicle-mounted communication device, an authentication unit configured to authenticate the third vehicle-mounted communication device, an address management unit configured to assign a network address to the third vehicle-mounted communication device, and an address translation unit configured to perform translation of the network address assigned from the second vehicle-mounted communication device and the network address used by the vehicle-mounted communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryokichi Onishi, Toshiyuki Namba, Satoshi Yamada
  • Artificial blood vessel
    Patent number: 9943424
    Abstract: An artificial blood vessel includes a tubular woven fabric composed of a multifilament yarn A including a first polyester and a multifilament yarn B including a second polyester, and has an inner diameter of 8 mm or less and a layer thickness of 50 ?m or more and 250 ?m or less, wherein the multifilament yarn A has a single fiber fineness of 1.0 dtex or more and a total fineness of 33 dtex or less, the multifilament yarn B has a single fiber fineness of 0.08 dtex or less and a total fineness of 66 dtex or less, and the multifilament yarn B forms loops on an inner wall surface of the tubular woven fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Nobuaki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Yuka Sakaguchi, Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki
  • Sputtering apparatus
    Patent number: 9905404
    Abstract: A sputtering apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a substrate holder, a target support member, a cathode magnet arranged on a side of the target support member, which is opposite to a side of a substrate held by the substrate holder, a magnet moving unit configured to adjust a distance between the cathode magnet and the target support member, a target moving unit configured to adjust a distance between the target support member and the substrate, and a control unit configured to control the target moving unit and the magnet moving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Ryuji Higashisaka
  • POLYMER AND CROSSLINKED BODY THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180051140
    Abstract: Provided are a copolymer having enough biocompatibility to be used in a medical material application, and a method of forming a crosslinked body, which involves modifying a substrate surface with the copolymer so that the surface may be biocompatible. More specifically, a protein adsorption-suppressing effect and a cell adhesion-suppressing effect, which are features of a phosphorylcholine group, are imparted to the substrate surface. It has been found that the object is achieved by a copolymer containing a phosphorylcholine constitutional unit, a hydrophobic constitutional unit, and a photoreactive constitutional unit at a specific ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ishihara, Yuuki Inoue, Kyoko Fukazawa, Masaru Matsuda, Satoshi Yamada, Tomozumi Noda
  • Driving current generation circuit, LED power supply module and LED lamp
    Patent number: 9888538
    Abstract: A driving current generation circuit includes a semiconductor device configured to operate with a variable voltage as a reference voltage, a driving current generator configured to generate a driving current for driving an LED (Light Emitting Diode) based on an instruction received from the semiconductor device, and a dimming voltage converter configured to generate a second dimming voltage set based on the variable voltage from a first dimming voltage set based on a ground voltage, wherein the semiconductor device performs a driving control of the driving current generator based on the second dimming voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichiro Niikura, Kazuaki Kitaga, Satoshi Yamada, Masamichi Iwaki
  • Protein-stabilizing agent and protein-stabilizing method
    Patent number: 9879250
    Abstract: There is provided a protein stabilizer containing a compound represented by Formula (1) as an active ingredient. The protein stabilizer is capable of stabilizing a protein in a solution state for a long period of time without affecting an assay system, the protein being not limited to enzymes, labeling substances such as fluorescent substances and chemiluminescent substances, and assay target substances. There is also provided a protein stabilization method containing making the protein coexist with the compound represented by Formula (1) in a water-containing solution. In Formula (1), X is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n is an integer of 3 to 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumio Nakashima, Masaru Matsuda, Tomozumi Noda, Satoshi Yamada
  • Coated fabric and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9878684
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a cloth which, when used as an air bag main body cloth, does not undergo the damage caused by a high-temperature gas generated from an inflater, and therefore has high heat resistance and is suitable for an air bag. The means for solving the problem is a coated cloth for an air bag, which is produced by applying an elastomer resin layer on at least one surface of a three-dimensional woven fabric in an amount of 50 to 500 g/m2 per one surface, said coated cloth being characterized by having void spaces formed therein, wherein the void content in the coated cloth is 15 to 60%. Preferably, the coated cloth is used in applications in which the coated cloth is attached onto the periphery of an inflater connection opening in an air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Satoshi Yamada
  • Transformable toy
    Patent number: 9868073
    Abstract: A toy with an exterior structure. Constructed to transform from a rollable first shape to a second shape. An interior structure inside the exterior structure is endowed with a magnetic body that moves by way of a magnetic force that acts from the exterior of the toy, an interior locking portion that moves simultaneously with the movement of this magnetic body, and a biasing member that effects a force which moves or turns this interior locking portion in a particular direction. If the magnetic force does not act from the exterior of the toy, the first shape of the exterior structure maintained. In the event that a magnetic force has acted from the exterior of the said toy, the exterior structure transforms from the first shape to the second shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Spin Master Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Fujio Nobata
  • Airbag fabric and airbag
    Patent number: 9834167
    Abstract: An airbag fabric is excellent in slippage amount and strength in a sewn portion. The airbag fabric is made of a synthetic fiber, the fabric having a constant (load of 98 N/30 mm) elongation of 1 to 5% and having a residual strain rate of 0.1 to 1.5%, the residual strain rate being obtained when the fabric is allowed to stand still for 10 minutes from the removal of the 98 N/30 mm load after the retention of the fabric for 10 minutes while the 98 N/30 mm load is applied to the fabric. The strength in the sewn portion is preferably 1200 N or more in each of the warp and the weft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Satoshi Yamada
  • FIBER STRUCTURE FOR USE AS CELL SCAFFOLD MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20170342376
    Abstract: A fiber structure can be used as a cell scaffold material, which fiber structure includes a multifilament formed by bundling monofilaments having an average fiber diameter of 1 to 15 ?m, wherein each of the monofilaments satisfies Formula (1): (Y/X)×100>50 . . . (1) wherein, in Formula (1), X represents the number of monofilaments for which the average crossing angle is investigated, and Y represents the number of monofilaments having an average crossing angle of not more than 25° in X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Koji Kadowaki, Chisa Kuga, Masaki Fujita, Kazuhiro Tanahashi, Satoshi Yamada, Takayuki Kaneko, Hiroshi Tsuchikura
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONTAINER FOR FORMING EMBRYOID BODY
    Publication number: 20170335266
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a vessel for embryoid body formation excellent in formability of an embryoid body and suitable for optical observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomozumi NODA, Fumio NAKASHIMA, Satoshi YAMADA, Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Power switching circuit, semiconductor integrated circuit, radio apparatus, radio system, and power switching method
    Patent number: 9812894
    Abstract: A power switching circuit includes a current mirror circuit to generate mirror currents, by transferring, at different mirror ratios, monitored currents that are obtained by monitoring power supply voltages, a selector to select the mirror currents with a combination having the different mirror ratios for the monitored currents, according to a switching state of the power supply voltages, a comparator to compare the mirror currents selected by the selector and output a comparison result, and a switching circuit to switch a supply voltage to be supplied to a load to one of the power supply voltages, based on the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventor: Satoshi Yamada
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170317234
    Abstract: There are provided a setting process configured to set in a chamber an aluminum nitride substrate in which a semiconductor layer is formed on a first principal plane, and an oxide film forming process configured to heat an inside of the chamber with a water molecule (H2O) being introduced in the chamber and to form an oxide film including an amorphous oxide film and/or a crystalline oxide film on a second principal plane located on an opposite side to the first principal plane of the aluminum nitride substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koumei TAKEDA, Satoshi YAMADA
  • PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20170305210
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire with excellent tire noise-reducing properties. The pneumatic tire includes a resonator attached to the inner periphery of the tire, the resonator including a tube with an opening, and a cavity connected to the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki YUKAWA, Mutsuki SUGIMOTO, Satoshi YAMADA
  • RESIN FILM, BARRIER FILM, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20170306113
    Abstract: Provided is a resin film having excellent size stability in a high-temperature environment. A resin film formed of a resin containing an alicyclic structure-containing polymer having crystallizability, wherein an absolute value of a thermal size change ratio when the film is heated at 150° C. for 1 hour is 1% or less in any in-plane direction of the film. The alicyclic structure-containing polymer may preferably be a hydrogenated product of a ring-opened polymer of dicyclopentadiene. Also provided is a method for producing the resin film including a step of relaxing strain of the crystallized film while the crystallized. film is kept flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide MURAKAMI, Satoshi YAMADA, Yasunori II
  • PNEUMATIC TIRE
    Publication number: 20170297281
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having sufficient sealing performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a sealant layer located radially inside an innerliner, the sealant layer being formed by applying a sealant to the inner periphery of a tire from which mold release agents have been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki YUKAWA, Mutsuki SUGIMOTO, Satoshi YAMADA
  • PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20170291379
    Abstract: Provided are a pneumatic tire in which the attachment start portion of the sealant does not easily peel off, and a method for producing the pneumatic tire. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a generally string-shaped adhesive sealant, the sealant being continuously and spirally attached at least to the inner periphery of the tire that corresponds to a tread portion, the sealant having a wider portion at at least one of the longitudinal ends thereof, the wider portion having a width larger than that of the longitudinally adjoining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki YUKAWA, Satoshi YAMADA, Mutsuki SUGIMOTO
  • Image pickup element for detecting saturation and outputting the result of saturation detection in association with pixel signal, method for controlling image pickup element, and image pickup apparatus
    Patent number: 9781328
    Abstract: An image pickup element including an image pickup unit including an array of a plurality of unit pixels, each of the plurality of unit pixels including a plurality of pixels; a saturation detection unit configured to detect a saturated pixel based on a plurality of pixel signals of a subject image output from the plurality of pixels of each of the plurality of unit pixels; a first image signal generation unit configured to generate a first image signal of the subject image by combining the plurality of pixel signals output from each of ones of the plurality of pixels; and an output unit configured to output information indicating a result of detection of the saturated pixel conducted by the saturation detection unit and the first image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Yamada
  • PROTEIN ADSORPTION INHIBITOR AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING PROTEIN ADSORPTION
    Publication number: 20170261481
    Abstract: A protein adsorption inhibitor includes a compound of Formula (1) as an active ingredient. The protein adsorption inhibitor is capable of highly inhibiting non-specific adsorption of a protein such as an antibody or an enzyme to a surface of a base body such as an immune reaction vessel or an assay instrument. Also provided is a coating layer-formed base body having a coating layer containing the protein adsorption inhibitor on the base body. The coating layer-formed base body has an excellent protein adsorption-inhibiting function. A method for inhibiting the adsorption of the protein to the base body is provided. The method includes forming the coating layer containing the protein adsorption inhibitor on the surface of the base body: wherein, X is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and n is an integer of 9 to 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: NOF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumio NAKASHIMA, Satoshi YAMADA, Tomozumi NODA, Masaru MATSUDA