Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Sato
Tsutomu 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).
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Patent number: 9619097Abstract: The touch panel is provided with: a touch panel substrate; and a flexible printed circuit board, wherein the touch panel substrate has an electrode for detection and a rear surface electrode, the flexible printed circuit board has a terminal portion, the terminals in the terminal portion are electrically and mechanically connected to connection terminals formed along a side of the touch panel substrate, the terminal portion has a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion, a terminal in the second terminal portion is shorter than a terminal in the first terminal portion, the flexible printed circuit board has a rear surface electrode connection portion and has a terminal for shielding, and the rear surface electrode connection portion is folded on a rear surface side of the touch panel substrate so that the terminal for shielding is mechanically and electrically connected to the rear surface electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Kengo Okazaki, Tsutomu Sato, Yasuaki Kondo
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Patent number: 9581938Abstract: A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignees: Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Publication number: 20160304911Abstract: Provided is a method for producing ambrein, comprising reacting tetraprenyl-?-curcumene cyclase with 3-deoxyachilleol A to obtain ambrein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Niigata UniversityInventors: Tsutomu Sato, Daijiro Ueda, Tsutomu Hoshino
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Patent number: 9451720Abstract: According to one embodiment, electronic device includes casing, circuit board, joint component, and bonding agent. The circuit board is held in the casing, includes first face and second face opposite the first face, and includes a first opening provided on the first face. The joint component includes: insertion portion that is inserted into the first opening; protruding portion that protrudes from the insertion portion toward a side opposite the second face; first end of the protruding portion provided at a side opposite the second face; and support portion extended along the first face. The joint component includes a second opening provided on the first end, extended to the insertion portion, and into which a joint tool is inserted. The bonding agent is provided between the insertion portion and the first opening and between the support portion and the first face, and bonds the circuit board and the joint component.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takiharu Yamada, Tsutomu Sato
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Patent number: 9301917Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition, including a drug and a collagen, in which the composition is satisfactory in handleability and has sustained-release property. The sustained-release pharmaceutical composition includes: a drug; a collagen; and at least one kind of sugar selected from monosaccharides, disaccharides, trisaccharides, and tetrasaccharides. The inventors of the present invention have found that the in vivo administration of a collagen solution containing a sugar results in the gelation of a collagen. Based on this finding, the inventors have found that a composition containing a drug, a collagen, and a sugar can control the release rate of the drug, and such composition can be used as a sustained-release pharmaceutical composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignees: Kyoto University, Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation, Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Koken Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Fukushima, Hiroaki Matsubara, Satoaki Matoba, Shigeki Hijikata, Yu Aso, Tsutomu Sato
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Publication number: 20160041500Abstract: In one embodiment, a toner container comprises a toner container body in which toner is stored, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, and a projection. The projection is provided in the vicinity of a rear end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion or a longitudinal direction of the toner container body, and projecting toward a rear side of the toner container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Patent number: 9201344Abstract: A toner container is configured to be insertable into an image forming device. The toner container comprises a toner container body including a toner chamber in which toner is stored and a toner discharge port provided at one end portion, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, a first projection provided at one end in a length direction of the cover portion to be orthogonal to a top surface of the cover portion, and a second projection projecting along an inserting direction into the image forming device at the other end in the length direction of the cover portion or a length direction of the toner container body. A surface of the first projection directed to the other end in the length direction along the inserting direction into the image forming device is an inclined portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Patent number: 9182703Abstract: A toner container comprises a container main body having a toner discharge port, a toner conveying section having an auger and a mixer, a handle at a first end portion of the container main body, a toner filling port at a second end portion of the container main body, a cap covering the toner filling port, a cylindrical supporting section positioned at a central part of the cap, a first gear positioned at one end portion of the mixer and configured to rotate the mixer and having a rotary axis inserted into the cylindrical supporting section, a coupling member configured to transmit rotation force from a driving device to the auger, and a second gear which rotates with the coupling member and is engaged with the first gear so that the first gear rotates when the driving device transmits rotation force from the driving device.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Publication number: 20150293475Abstract: A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Publication number: 20150277637Abstract: The touch panel is provided with: a touch panel substrate; and a flexible printed circuit board, wherein the touch panel substrate has an electrode for detection and a rear surface electrode, the flexible printed circuit board has a terminal portion, the terminals in the terminal portion are electrically and mechanically connected to connection terminals formed along a side of the touch panel substrate, the terminal portion has a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion, a terminal in the second terminal portion is shorter than a terminal in the first terminal portion, the flexible printed circuit board has a rear surface electrode connection portion and has a terminal for shielding, and the rear surface electrode connection portion is folded on a rear surface side of the touch panel substrate so that the terminal for shielding is mechanically and electrically connected to the rear surface electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Kengo OKAZAKI, Tsutomu SATO, Yasuaki KONDO
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Patent number: 9141212Abstract: Provided is a display device which includes: a display panel having a display screen on which an image is displayed; and a touch panel which is arranged on a display screen side of the display panel. The display panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate which is arranged on a side closer to the touch panel than the first substrate; and a polarizer which is arranged on a touch panel side of the second substrate. The touch panel is formed larger than the polarizer and is laminated to the polarizer. An auxiliary member is arranged between the touch panel and a portion of the second substrate which is exposed from the polarizer.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Masakazu Gunji, Tsutomu Sato, Yasuaki Kondo, Kengo Okazaki, Takashi Ueno
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Patent number: 9098015Abstract: A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Patent number: 9092099Abstract: The touch panel is provided with: a touch panel substrate; and a flexible printed circuit board, wherein the touch panel substrate has an electrode for detection and a rear surface electrode, the flexible printed circuit board has a terminal portion, the terminals in the terminal portion are electrically and mechanically connected to connection terminals formed along a side of the touch panel substrate, the terminal portion has a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion, a terminal in the second terminal portion is shorter than a terminal in the first terminal portion, the flexible printed circuit board has a rear surface electrode connection portion and has a terminal for shielding, and the rear surface electrode connection portion is folded on a rear surface side of the touch panel substrate so that the terminal for shielding is mechanically and electrically connected to the rear surface electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Kengo Okazaki, Tsutomu Sato, Yasuaki Kondo
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Patent number: 9063458Abstract: A toner container includes a toner container body having a toner chamber for housing a toner inside, a toner discharge port provided at one end of the toner container body, a cover portion having front edge and rear edge. The toner container also includes a projection provided near the discharge port and at one end of a top surface of the cover portion in a longitudinal direction, wherein a height of a surface of the projection facing the rear edge is declined towards the rear edge.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Patent number: 9034116Abstract: A manufacturing method for a composite steel part including manufacturing a first steel part by preparing an intermediate product in which an extra portion is added, and heating the intermediate product to an austenitizing temperature in a carburizing atmosphere to form a carburized layer, cooling the intermediate product at a rate less than a cooling rate at which martensitic transformation is caused and in which the intermediate product is cooled to a temperature equal to or less than a temperature at which structure transformation due to the cooling is completed, heating the intermediate product to an austenitizing range by high-density energy and thereafter cooled at a rate equal to or more than the cooling rate at which martensitic transformation is caused to form a carburized quenched portion, cutting the extra portion of the intermediate product, and welding the first steel part and the second steel part to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Obayashi, Daisuke Kasai, Keita Taguchi, Takaaki Ogiso, Tsutomu Sato
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Publication number: 20150093894Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a process tube, a substrate supporting unit, and a heater. A surface processing area is provided in a portion of the outer surface of the process tube facing the heater. The surface processing area is processed to reduce the heat radiation passing compared to that of other areas of the outer surface. The surface processing area is provided in a range sandwiched by a straight line connecting the upper end of the heater and the upper end of the substrate supporting unit and a straight line connecting the lower end of the heater and the lower end of the substrate supporting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kaori Deura, Shinya Higashi, Takahiro Terada, Tsutomu Sato, Kazuhiko Nakamura
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Patent number: 8948655Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a separating mechanism configured to move a transfer belt between a first position in which the transfer belt contacts a photoconductor to a second position, a separating shaft configured to rotate to cause the separating mechanism to move from the first position to the second position. The image forming apparatus further includes a lever configured to be removably mounted on a first end of the separating shaft, and an accommodation section configured to accommodate the lever in a body of the image forming apparatus. A second end of the separating shaft prevents the accommodation of the lever in the accommodation section when the lever is removed and when the separating shaft is in the first rotation position.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Publication number: 20150020924Abstract: A manufacturing method for a composite steel part including manufacturing a first steel part by preparing an intermediate product in which an extra portion is added, and heating the intermediate product to an austenitizing temperature in a carburizing atmosphere to form a carburized layer, cooling the intermediate product at a rate less than a cooling rate at which martensitic transformation is caused and in which the intermediate product is cooled to a temperature equal to or less than a temperature at which structure transformation due to the cooling is completed, heating the intermediate product to an austenitizing range by high-density energy and thereafter cooled at a rate equal to or more than the cooling rate at which martensitic transformation is caused to form a carburized quenched portion, cutting the extra portion of the intermediate product, and welding the first steel part and the second steel part to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Koji OBAYASHI, Daisuke KASAI, Keita TAGUCHI, Takaaki OGISO, Tsutomu SATO
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Patent number: D717369Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Patent number: RE45462Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first pMISFET region having an Si channel, a second pMISFET region having an Si channel and an nMISFET region having an Si channel. First SiGe layers which apply first compression strain to the Si channel are embedded and formed in the first pMISFET region to sandwich the Si channel thereof and second SiGe layers which apply second compression strain different from the first compression strain to the Si channel are embedded and formed in the second pMISFET region to sandwich the Si channel thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shinji Mori, Tsutomu Sato, Koji Matsuo