Patents by Inventor Shinnosuke SATO

Shinnosuke SATO 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: 11965468
    Abstract: A vehicle control system, a vehicle control method, and a storage medium are provided. A stopping process stops fuel supply to one or more stopping cylinders and supplies fuel to one or more remaining cylinders during a load operation of an engine. During execution of the stopping process, a compensating process compensates for a decrease in output of the one or more stopping cylinders due to the execution of the stopping process by increasing output generated by combustion in the one or more remaining cylinders. The system control circuit causes, when the engine rotation speed of the engine is the same, the output after being increased by the compensating process to decrease as a shaft torque of the crankshaft of the engine increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Honda, Yoshinori Fujitake, Suguru Kumazawa, Motohiko Taniyama, Keita Sato, Yuki Iizawa, Yoshiyuki Shogenji, Yasutaka Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20240053559
    Abstract: An optical cable includes an optical fiber, an outer sheath that houses the optical fiber, and a tubular reinforcement sheet disposed between the optical fiber and the outer sheath. In a cross section perpendicular to a length direction of the optical cable, an adhesive strength between the tubular reinforcement sheet and the outer sheath in a first zone is stronger than an adhesive strength between the tubular reinforcement sheet and the outer sheath in a second zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Sato, Daisuke Hikima, Daiki Takeda, Ken Osato
  • Patent number: 11769891
    Abstract: A fuel cell system (300) in which, at the time of starting up a first fuel cell set (109a) and a second fuel cell set (109b), one of a first air supply unit (102a) or a second air supply unit (102b) is driven and then the another air supply units is driven so that electric power of the another air supply units reaches a peak after an output voltage of the one of the fuel cell stacks reaches the first output value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Sato, Akiji Ando, Joji Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20230161125
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes: optical fiber units each comprising optical fibers, and twisted together in an SZ shape; a wrapping tube that wraps around the optical fiber units; fillings disposed inside the wrapping tube, wherein the fillings include at least one first filling and at least one second filling that are located between two adjacent optical fiber units; and a sheath that covers the wrapping tube. The first filling is in contact with the wrapping tube. The second filling is located more radially inward than the first filling in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Sato, Mizuki Isaji, Koji Tomikawa, Ken Osato
  • Patent number: 11592634
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes: optical fiber units each having optical fibers; a wrapping tube that wraps around the optical fiber units; a filling disposed inside the wrapping tube; and a sheath that covers the wrapping tube. The optical fiber units includes outer units that are disposed at an outermost layer of the optical fiber units. The outer units are twisted in an SZ shape around a cable central axis of the optical fiber cable. The filling is sandwiched between one of the outer units and the wrapping tube in a cross-sectional view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Sato, Mizuki Isaji, Koji Tomikawa, Ken Osato
  • Publication number: 20220320545
    Abstract: A fuel cell system (300) in which, at the time of starting up a first fuel cell set (109a) and a second fuel cell set (109b), one of a first air supply unit (102a) or a second air supply unit (102b) is driven and then the another air supply units is driven so that electric power of the another air supply units reaches a peak after an output voltage of the one of the fuel cell stacks reaches the first output value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Sato, Akiji Ando, Joji Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20220306124
    Abstract: To notify facility information according to occupant scale information. An information providing apparatus is connected to an in-vehicle apparatus, a user mobile terminal, and a facility information database, and includes an information acquiring unit that acquires the current location and destination of a user and vehicle occupant information including occupant scale information from the in-vehicle apparatus or the user mobile terminal, a facility notification information selection unit that selects facility notification information to be notified to the user from the facility notification information based on at least one of current location information on the user or destination information on the user and preference information regarding the destination of the user, and a facility information notification unit that notifies the user terminal of the selected facility notification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Shinnosuke SATO, Takeshi MURO
  • Patent number: 11262515
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes a core that includes an assembled plurality of optical fibers; an inner sheath that accommodates the core therein, a pair of tension members that are embedded in the inner sheath and that are disposed on opposite sides of the core, and an outer sheath that covers the inner sheath. The inner sheath is formed with a dividing portion that divides an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the inner sheath in a circumferential direction. The dividing portion extends along a longitudinal direction in which the optical fiber cable extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ohno, Shinnosuke Sato, Mizuki Isaji, Kouji Tomikawa, Akira Namazue, Ken Osato
  • Patent number: 11199676
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable manufacturing method using a manufacturing apparatus including an SZ twisting device, an extrusion molding device, and a pressing portion disposed between the SZ twisting device and the extrusion molding device is provided. The method including: twisting optical fibers or optical fiber units in an SZ manner using the SZ twisting device to form an optical fiber bundle; and covering the optical fiber bundle with a sheath using the extrusion molding device while pressing the optical fiber bundle using the pressing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Sato, Kouji Tomikawa, Ken Osato
  • Patent number: 11181706
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes: a first aggregate layer including first optical fiber units that are helically twisted together in a first direction without strand-back. Each of the first optical fiber units includes optical fibers twisted together in a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kaji, Shinnosuke Sato, Kouji Tomikawa, Ken Osato
  • Publication number: 20210278616
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes a core that includes an assembled plurality of optical fibers; an inner sheath that accommodates the core therein, a pair of tension members that are embedded in the inner sheath and that are disposed on opposite sides of the core, and an outer sheath that covers the inner sheath. The inner sheath is formed with a dividing portion that divides an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the inner sheath in a circumferential direction. The dividing portion extends along a longitudinal direction in which the optical fiber cable extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ohno, Shinnosuke Sato, Mizuki Isaji, Kouji Tomikawa, Akira Namazue, Ken Osato
  • Publication number: 20210271042
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes: optical fiber units each having optical fibers; a wrapping tube that wraps around the optical fiber units; a filling disposed inside the wrapping tube; and a sheath that covers the wrapping tube. The optical fiber units includes outer units that are disposed at an outermost layer of the optical fiber units. The outer units are twisted in an SZ shape around a cable central axis of the optical fiber cable. The filling is sandwiched between one of the outer units and the wrapping tube in a cross-sectional view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Sato, Mizuki Isaji, Koji Tomikawa, Ken Osato
  • Publication number: 20210141178
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes: a first aggregate layer including first optical fiber units that are helically twisted together in a first direction without strand-back. Each of the first optical fiber units includes optical fibers twisted together in a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kaji, Shinnosuke Sato, Kouji Tomikawa, Ken Osato
  • Patent number: 11002928
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes: a core comprising gathered optical fibers; an inner sheath housing the core; a wire body embedded in the inner sheath; tension members embedded in the inner sheath, wherein the core is interposed between the tension members; a reinforcing sheet that covers the inner sheath; and an outer sheath that covers the reinforcing sheet, wherein in the inner sheath, ti<Ti and to<To are satisfied, where a thickness of a radially inner portion between the core and the wire body is ti, a thickness of a radially inner portion between the core and each of the tension members is Ti, a thickness of a radially outer portion between the wire body and the reinforcing sheet is to, a thickness of a radially outer portion between each of the tension members and the reinforcing sheet is To.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mizuki Isaji, Masatoshi Ohno, Shinnosuke Sato, Kouji Tomikawa, Akira Namazue, Ken Osato, Naoki Nakagawa, Yuji Aoyagi, Shigekatsu Tetsutani
  • Patent number: 10775581
    Abstract: An optical cable includes: an optical fiber unit where a plurality of optical fibers are wrapped with a wrapping tape; at least three tensile strength members disposed in parallel with and on an outer side of the optical fiber unit at intervals in a circumferential direction; and a sheath that coats the optical fiber unit and the tensile strength members and that is disposed between the optical fiber unit and the tensile strength members. An inner wall surface of the sheath formed between the optical fiber unit and the tensile strength members protrudes toward a cable center in comparison with an inner wall surface of the sheath where none of the tensile strength members are disposed. A portion of the wrapping tape disposed on the inner wall surface that protrudes toward the cable center is depressed toward the cable center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Sato, Mizuki Isaji, Kouji Tomikawa, Ken Osato
  • Patent number: 10765044
    Abstract: An electric power conversion device is provided with a case (60) which includes: a first member (61) having a first region (73) defining therein a first passage (78, 79) in which a cooling medium flows, and a second region (74) disposed on a side of the first region; and a second member (88) disposed so as to at least partly overlap with the second region as seen from a direction orthogonal to the second region in a spaced apart relationship to the second region, and internally defining a second passage (91) connected to the first passage. A reactor (31) is positioned in the first region, and a switching device (33) is positioned on the surface of the second member facing away from the first member while a capacitor (35) is positioned between the second member and the second region of the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Ikeda, Jun Kato, Kosuke Nishiyama, Takanori Sakaguchi, Takaaki Fushimi, Shinnosuke Sato, Ryota Kitamoto, Yusuke Shindo
  • Patent number: 10644608
    Abstract: An electric power conversion device is provided with a case (60) including a mounting portion (61) extending along a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction that are orthogonal to each other, and a side wall (62) provided along a periphery of the mounting portion, a primary side connection portion (23) and a secondary side connection portion (27) provided on the case, a plurality of reactors arranged along the second direction in the case and connected in parallel to one another, and a switching unit including a plurality of switching devices positioned in the case on one side of the reactors in the first direction, arranged along the first direction, and respectively connected to the reactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Shindo, Jun Kato, Ryota Kitamoto, Shinnosuke Sato, Toshiki Ikeda, Takanori Sakaguchi, Kosuke Nishiyama, Takaaki Fushimi
  • Publication number: 20200003979
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable manufacturing method using a manufacturing apparatus including an SZ twisting device, an extrusion molding device, and a pressing portion disposed between the SZ twisting device and the extrusion molding device is provided. The method including: twisting optical fibers or optical fiber units in an SZ manner using the SZ twisting device to form an optical fiber bundle; and covering the optical fiber bundle with a sheath using the extrusion molding device while pressing the optical fiber bundle using the pressing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Sato, Kouji Tomikawa, Ken Osato
  • Publication number: 20190357392
    Abstract: An electric power conversion device is provided with a case (60) which includes: a first member (61) having a first region (73) defining therein a first passage (78, 79) in which a cooling medium flows, and a second region (74) disposed on a side of the first region; and a second member (88) disposed so as to at least partly overlap with the second region as seen from a direction orthogonal to the second region in a spaced apart relationship to the second region, and internally defining a second passage (91) connected to the first passage. A reactor (31) is positioned in the first region, and a switching device (33) is positioned on the surface of the second member facing away from the first member while a capacitor (35) is positioned between the second member and the second region of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiki IKEDA, Jun KATO, Kosuke NISHIYAMA, Takanori SAKAGUCHI, Takaaki FUSHIMI, Shinnosuke SATO, Ryota KITAMOTO, Yusuke SHINDO
  • Publication number: 20190356235
    Abstract: An electric power conversion device is provided with a case (60) including a mounting portion (61) extending along a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction that are orthogonal to each other, and a side wall (62) provided along a periphery of the mounting portion, a primary side connection portion (23) and a secondary side connection portion (27) provided on the case, a plurality of reactors arranged along the second direction in the case and connected in parallel to one another, and a switching unit including a plurality of switching devices positioned in the case on one side of the reactors in the first direction, arranged along the first direction, and respectively connected to the reactors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke SHINDO, Jun KATO, Ryota KITAMOTO, Shinnosuke SATO, Toshiki IKEDA, Takanori SAKAGUCHI, Kosuke NISHIYAMA, Takaaki FUSHIMI