Patents by Inventor Shinsuke Sato

Shinsuke 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).

  • Publication number: 20200163460
    Abstract: A bead foam molded member for a vehicle seat, the bead foam molded member being integrated in a layer shape on a side opposite to a seating surface of a resin foam molded body which is a cushion member of the vehicle seat, wherein the bead foam molded member has at least one bottomed substantially tubular lightening hole extending in a direction towards the seating surface from a surface on a side opposite to the seating surface, and a bottom surface portion of the at least one lightening hole on a seating surface side has a substantially hemispherical surface shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki MIYAWAKI, Shinsuke SATO
  • Patent number: 10401585
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an optical unit to a rack is provided. The bracket comprises a bracket body and a fastener. The bracket body has a first wall including a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, and a protrusion extending in a direction intersecting with the first wall from the second face against the first face. The bracket body is provided with a hole penetrating through the first wall from the first face to the second face. The fastener is arranged to pass through the hole on the first wall and is configured to be rotatable with respect to the first wall. The fastener has a first hook including a holding surface substantially parallel to the second face. The holding surface of the first hook faces the second face to define a first gap between the holding surface and the second face of the first wall at least when the fastener rotates from an initial position to a first locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE CORP.
    Inventors: Eisuke Oki, Shinsuke Sato, Hisahiko Narukawa, Takayuki Yokochi, Takashi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10362552
    Abstract: A terminal device that includes a first execution unit that executes a first application having a navigation function for a user in a vehicle, and a second execution unit that executes a second application having a transmission function and a reception function of a message, and the second execution unit automatically replies to the message in cooperation with the first application in a case where the second execution unit receives the message to the second application while the vehicle is being driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miho Anan, Yasuaki Hyodo, Takamitsu Iriyama, Shinsuke Sato
  • Patent number: 10272810
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a seat back that is connected to a rear part of the seat cushion; a head rest; and a connected member that is provided in the head rest. The head rest is arranged on top of the seat back in a standing state through the connecting member. The connecting member has a frame part, which constitutes a frame of the head rest, and a bracket part, which is fixed to the seat back side, in an integrated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Sato, Daisuke Miyamoto, Kazuki Aojima
  • Patent number: 10107629
    Abstract: An information processing system according to the present application comprises a user terminal and a server apparatus, the user terminal including a magnetic field measuring unit that measures magnetic fields, a movement measuring unit that measures manners of movement, and an output unit that outputs the measured magnetic fields and results of the measurement performed by the movement measuring unit while associating each of the measured magnetic fields and a corresponding one of the measurement results with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ninomiya, Shinsuke Sato, Miyuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170341545
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a seat back that is connected to a rear part of the seat cushion; a head rest; and a connected member that is provided in the head rest. The head rest is arranged on top of the seat back in a standing state through the connecting member. The connecting member has a frame part, which constitutes a frame of the head rest, and a bracket part, which is fixed to the seat back side, in an integrated manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke SATO, Daisuke MIYAMOTO, Kazuki AOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170273047
    Abstract: A terminal device that includes a first execution unit that executes a first application having a navigation function for a user in a vehicle, and a second execution unit that executes a second application having a transmission function and a reception function of a message, and the second execution unit automatically replies to the message in cooperation with the first application in a case where the second execution unit receives the message to the second application while the vehicle is being driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miho ANAN, Yasuaki HYODO, Takamitsu IRIYAMA, Shinsuke SATO
  • Patent number: 9738350
    Abstract: A device for reducing frictional resistance includes: a chamber which is provided to a draft part of a hull and in which blowing holes blowing out air into the water of the outside of the hull from different positions to each other in a height direction of the hull are formed; a supply pipe supplying the air to an internal space of the chamber; and a distributor provided to each of the blowing holes, and guiding a part of the air, which was supplied inside the chamber from the supply pipe, to each of the blowing holes. The plurality of distributors has a flow-amount adjuster adjusting a flow amount of the air guided to the blowing hole corresponding to each of the distributors so that the flow amount of the air blown out from the plurality of blowing holes is equalized in each of the blowing holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takano, Chiharu Kawakita, Shinsuke Sato, Yoichiro Kodan, Mitsuhiro Kawano, Shuji Mizokami, Seijiro Higasa
  • Publication number: 20170082440
    Abstract: An information processing system according to the present application comprises a user terminal and a server apparatus, the user terminal including a magnetic field measuring unit that measures magnetic fields, a movement measuring unit that measures manners of movement, and an output unit that outputs the measured magnetic fields and results of the measurement performed by the movement measuring unit while associating each of the measured magnetic fields and a corresponding one of the measurement results with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NINOMIYA, Shinsuke SATO, Miyuki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160185423
    Abstract: A device for reducing frictional resistance includes: a chamber which is provided to a draft part of a hull and in which blowing holes blowing out air into the water of the outside of the hull from different positions to each other in a height direction of the hull are formed; a supply pipe supplying the air to an internal space of the chamber; and a distributor provided to each of the blowing holes, and guiding a part of the air, which was supplied inside the chamber from the supply pipe, to each of the blowing holes. The plurality of distributors has a flow-amount adjuster adjusting a flow amount of the air guided to the blowing hole corresponding to each of the distributors so that the flow amount of the air blown out from the plurality of blowing holes is equalized in each of the blowing holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi TAKANO, Chiharu KAWAKITA, Shinsuke SATO, Yoichiro KODAN, Mitsuhiro KAWANO, Shuji MIZOKAMI, Seijiro HIGASA
  • Patent number: 9139150
    Abstract: An assembly of an airbag module includes an airbag housing receiving an airbag cushion and a steering wheel having a mounting plate part. The airbag housing has first hooks, the mounting plate part has second hooks coupled with the first hooks, respectively, and at least one of the first and second hooks has a protective member, at least a portion of which is interposed between the first and second hooks to prevent abrasion and contact noise between the first and second hooks due to the elastic movement of the airbag housing to the mounting plate part. The assembly minimizes the striking noise and the abrasion caused by friction between the airbag housing and the mounting plate part through the preventive member due to the elastic movement of the airbag housing to the mounting plate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Jea Hyung Oh, Yeon Jin Ham, Hoon Choi, Shinsuke Sato, Akira Ueki
  • Patent number: 9068253
    Abstract: A steel plate is provided which has excellent hydrogen induced cracking resistance. The steel plate is suitable for use in a line pipe. The steel plate satisfies a predetermined composition. In a composition of an inclusion contained in the steel and having a width of 1 ?m or more, the ratio (RES/CaS) of the mass of an REM sulfide (RES) to that of a Ca sulfide (CaS) is equal to or more than 0.05, a Zr content of the inclusion is in a range of 5 to 60%, and a Nb content of the inclusion is 5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Kato, Hiroki Imamura, Shinsuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20150069739
    Abstract: An assembly of an airbag module includes an airbag housing receiving an airbag cushion and a steering wheel having a mounting plate part. The airbag housing has first hooks, the mounting plate part has second hooks coupled with the first hooks, respectively, and at least one of the first and second hooks has a protective member, at least a portion of which is interposed between the first and second hooks to prevent abrasion and contact noise between the first and second hooks due to the elastic movement of the airbag housing to the mounting plate part. The assembly minimizes the striking noise and the abrasion caused by friction between the airbag housing and the mounting plate part through the preventive member due to the elastic movement of the airbag housing to the mounting plate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Jea Hyung Oh, Yeon Jin Ham, Hoon Choi, Shinsuke Sato, Akira Ueki
  • Patent number: 8820781
    Abstract: An attachment structure for driver seat airbag devices that enables smoother operation of a horn switch. The attachment structure includes: an armature connected to a steering mechanism of the vehicle; and a housing that accommodates the airbag module and that is positioned with respect to the armature. The housing includes positioning pins for implementing relative positioning in XY directions with respect to the armature at a plurality of locations and first openings for implementing positioning in a Z direction at a plurality of locations. The armature is provided with a plurality of second openings through which the positioning pins of the housing are inserted and with a plurality of protrusions that are inserted through the first openings of the housing. The position of Z-direction lower edge sections of the first openings of the housing lies within a range of the depth of the second openings of the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Shinsuke Sato, Masaru Narita, Yasutaka Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 8698342
    Abstract: A wind turbine generating apparatus includes a rotor head that rotates upon receiving outside wind on a wind turbine blade, a generator that generates electricity, and a nacelle interior air passage through which outside air flows isolatedly from an interior space of the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto Hirai, Shinsuke Sato, Tatsuo Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 8684682
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus of renewable energy type includes a tower, a nacelle which is supported rotatably by a tip portion of the tower; a main shaft rotatable with a blade; a hydraulic pump which is housed in the nacelle and is driven by rotation of the main shaft; a hydraulic motor which is driven by operating oil supplied from the hydraulic pump; a generator which is coupled to the hydraulic motor; an operating-oil line which is provided between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor and through which the operating oil circulates; a cooling-medium line through which cooling medium for cooling the operating oil circulates via an intermediate heat exchanger; and a main heat exchanger which cools the cooling medium by heat exchange with cool water source around a base portion of the tower, and one of the operating-oil line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Akashi, Takeshi Matsuo, Shinsuke Sato, Takuro Kameda, Yoshiyuki Morii, Fumio Hamano
  • Patent number: 8672628
    Abstract: With a simple and low-cost structure, it is possible to introduce a sufficient amount of external wind while suppressing power consumption, and thereby, inside a nacelle and a tower are satisfactorily cooled. A wind turbine generator, in which a rotor head generates power by driving a generator installed inside a nacelle and in which the nacelle is installed at a top end of a tower, wherein an introducing vent that takes the external wind into an internal space in the wind turbine generator is provided at a portion of an outer circumference surface of the tower or the nacelle that receives positive pressure due to the external wind; and an exhaust vent that externally exhausts cooling air in the internal space is provided at a portion of an outer circumference surface of the tower or the nacelle that receives the negative pressure due to the external wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Sato, Tatsuo Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 8632303
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator includes a tower, at least one blade, a hub supporting the blade, a nacelle supported by the tower and having a duct part with an intake port and an exhaust port, and a heat exchanger provided in the duct part and cooling a cooling medium for a heat-producing component inside the tower or nacelle. The wall of the nacelle has a double wall structure constituted of an inner wall and an outer wall in an area where the duct part is provided. The inner wall forms a bottom surface of the duct part and has a curved portion which curves inward toward a center line of the nacelle with increasing distance from the hub. The duct part increases in cross-section from a side of the intake port to a side of the exhaust port at least in an area where the curved portion is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Akashi, Takeshi Matsuo, Shinsuke Sato, Takuro Kameda
  • Patent number: 8601804
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus includes a rotating shaft, a hydraulic pump driven by the rotating shaft, a hydraulic motor driven by operating oil supplied from the hydraulic pump; and a generator coupled to the hydraulic motor. The apparatus further includes an oil line connected to the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor for circulating the operating oil between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor, an oil cooler connected to the oil line for cooling the operating oil by heat exchange with a cooling medium, a cooling-medium line supplying the cooling medium to the oil cooler; a bypass line diverging from at least one of the oil line and the cooling-medium line and merging into at least one of the oil line and the cooling-medium line to bypass the oil cooler; and a flow regulating valve in at least one of the oil line and the cooling-medium line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Akashi, Takeshi Matsuo, Shinsuke Sato, Takuro Kameda
  • Patent number: 8601805
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus of renewable energy includes a tower, a nacelle provided at the tower, a main shaft housed in the nacelle and rotating with a blade, a hydraulic pump housed in the nacelle and connected to the main shaft, a hydraulic motor driven by operating oil supplied from the hydraulic pump, a generator connected to the hydraulic motor, and a piping between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor is housed in at least one of the nacelle and the end part of the tower, the generator is housed in at least one of the nacelle and the end part of the tower, and at least one of the hydraulic motor and the generator is arranged in a space excluding an area between the main shaft and the hydraulic pump; and a rear end wall surface of a wall of the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuro Kameda, Yu Akashi, Takeshi Matsuo, Shinsuke Sato, Yoshiyuki Morii