Patents by Inventor Yohei Sato

Yohei 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: 11772379
    Abstract: There are provided an inkjet head, an inkjet image forming apparatus, a nozzle plate manufacturing method, and an inkjet head manufacturing method capable of improving durability against wiping on an ink discharge surface. The inkjet head includes a nozzle substrate including nozzle holes from which ink is discharged. The nozzle substrate has an irregularity structure formed on an ink discharge surface such that neither ink particles contained in the ink nor a wiping member that wipes the ink discharge surface get caught by the irregularity structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kozai, Yohei Sato, Yusuke Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11752808
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion; a pair of sidewall portions; a pair of bead portions each with a bead core embedded therein; a toroidal carcass extending between the bead portions; and a sidewall rubber disposed axially outside the carcass in each of the sidewall portions. The bead portion has a bead bottom surface which contacts with a bead seat of a wheel rim when the tire is mounted thereon. The bead bottom surface comprises an axially inner region including a bead toe and an axially outer region including a bead heel. The axially inner region is formed by a canvas chafer. The axially outer region is formed by the sidewall rubber extended radially inwardly from the sidewall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yohei Sato
  • Patent number: 11758261
    Abstract: The immediacy is not reduced, and autofocus is not started while the focus position being selected. The image pickup apparatus includes an operation member that selects a position for performing autofocus using a light input device that detects the movement of the finger and instructs the start of autofocus by an operation by the finger. When autofocus being performed, a display object for selecting a position for performing autofocus is displayed on the display unit 28 and the viewfinder in-field display unit 41. The system control unit 50 moves the display object according to the movement amount of the finger detected by the light input device, and starts autofocus at the position of the display object when the operation member is operated. The light input device is disposed below the face, of the operation member, on which the finger is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayasu Shigematsu, Yohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20230187258
    Abstract: [Object] Provided are a stamp tool whose transport head can be easily shared, a transport device capable of allowing the stamp tool to easily pick up an transport object element disposed on a surface of a substrate from the substrate and transporting the element without being left on the substrate side, and an element array manufacturing method using the same. [Solution] A stamp tool 10 includes a stamp layer 12 allowing an element 32r as an transport object element to detachably adhere thereto, a support plate 14 to which the stamp layer 12 is fixed, and an adapter plate 16 having a mounting surface 16a, the support plate 14 being replaceably attached thereto, and a transport head 22 being allowed to be detachably attached thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seijiro SUNAGA, Makoto YAMASHITA, Toshinobu MIYAGOSHI, Yasuo KATO, Tatsunori OTOMO, Mitsuyoshi MAKIDA, Yohei SATO
  • Publication number: 20230140856
    Abstract: A stamp tool holding device capable of holding a stamp tool while keeping a stamp surface of the stamp tool clean, a stamp tool positioning device that easily positions a stamp tool with respect to a transport head, a multi-element transfer device for efficiently transferring a transport object element such as an element using a stamp tool, and a method of manufacturing an element array using the same, wherein the stamp tool holding device has an installation stage on which a stamp tool is detachably installed. The installation stage has an installation surface on which a housing recess for accommodating a stamp layer of the stamp tool is formed, and a suction hole capable of detachably adsorbing a part of the stamp tool located around the stamp layer is formed on the installation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seijiro SUNAGA, Makoto YAMASHITA, Toshinobu MIYAGOSHI, Yasuo KATO, Tatsunori OTOMO, Mitsuyoshi MAKIDA, Yohei SATO
  • Publication number: 20220404974
    Abstract: A first controller included in a data recorder automatically starts transmission of data in response to contactless communication being enabled between a first communication module included in the data recorder and a second communication module included in a communication device. First control A3 includes automatically starting transmission of the data in response to contactless communication being enabled between the first communication module and the second communication module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Sho NAKAMITSU, Yohei SATO
  • Patent number: 11504967
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing, a metal nozzle plate, in which is formed a nozzle for discharging a liquid and that is to be bonded with adhesive to a head chip provided with an actuator for discharging the liquid, the method including: forming the nozzle in a metal plate-like member; forming a groove in the metal plate-like member; and performing exterior processing with respect to the nozzle plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Marubayashi, Akihisa Shimomura, Yusuke Hayashi, Tadashi Hirano, Shingo Uraki, Yohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20220305849
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion; a pair of sidewall portions; a pair of bead portions each with a bead core embedded therein; a toroidal carcass extending between the bead portions; and a sidewall rubber disposed axially outside the carcass in each of the sidewall portions. The bead portion has a bead bottom surface which contacts with a bead seat of a wheel rim when the tire is mounted thereon. The bead bottom surface comprises an axially inner region including a bead toe and an axially outer region including a bead heel. The axially inner region is formed by a canvas chafer. The axially outer region is formed by the sidewall rubber extended radially inwardly from the sidewall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yohei SATO
  • Patent number: 11451690
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus that includes a cleaning member and cleans a detection surface of a detection element included in a detection device includes a fixing unit configured to fix the detection device attached to the cleaning apparatus, an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the detection device with respect to the cleaning apparatus and a measurement unit configured to measure a position and an inclination of the detection element of the detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20220273712
    Abstract: Engineered Treg-like cells, CD4LVFOXP3 T cells, and their use in cellular therapy to promote immune tolerance are disclosed. In particular, CD4LVFOXP3 T cells are produced by transduction of CD4+ T cells with a lentiviral vector expressing FOXP3 under the control of a constitutive promoter. Transduced cells express FOXP3 at high and persistent levels and acquire immune suppressive characteristics resembling naturally occurring Treg cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Rosa Bacchetta, Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Yohei Sato, Luigi Naldini, Laura Passerini
  • Patent number: 11420440
    Abstract: An inkjet head having a metal wiring on a board in an ink flow path or an ink tank includes a base layer and an organic protective layer on the metal wiring, arranged in an order of the metal wiring, the base layer, and the organic protective layer. The base layer has an interface that is in contact with the metal wiring and that includes at least one of a metal oxide and a metal nitride. The base layer has an interface that is in contact with the organic protective layer and that includes at least one of a silicon oxide and a silicon nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Sato, Shinichi Kawaguchi, Akihisa Yamada
  • Patent number: 11396180
    Abstract: An inkjet head manufacturing method for an inkjet head that includes a head chip including: a nozzle ejecting ink; and a flow path substrate including an ink flow path which communicates with the nozzle and through which the ink flows, the method including: composite substrate manufacturing that is manufacturing a composite substrate including a plurality of regions which forms flow path substrates by being split; first protective film forming that is forming a first protective film on a surface of the composite substrate and an inner wall surface of the ink flow path; splitting that is splitting the composite substrate into the flow path substrates; and second protective film forming that is forming a second protective film on at least an exposed face in a split face of the flow path substrate generated in the splitting, the exposed face being exposed in a surface of the head chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Sato, Akihisa Shimomura, Hikaru Hamano
  • Patent number: 11344921
    Abstract: A cleaning method by which a cleaning apparatus including a first cleaner and a second cleaner cleans a detection element including a detection surface includes cleaning by the first cleaner the detection surface of the detection element by wind pressure, and wiping the detection surface of the detection element with the second cleaner in a contacted manner, wherein the cleaning by the first cleaner and the wiping by the second cleaner are performed in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yohei Sato, Momoe Katsumata
  • Patent number: 11331075
    Abstract: A sensor includes a first element part and a second element part. The first element part includes a first upper main electrode part, a first upper sub electrode part and a first lower electrode layer. In the second element part, a configuration of electrodes is inverse to that of the first element part. It includes a second lower main electrode part, a second lower sub electrode part and a second upper electrode layer. The first upper main electrode part and the second lower sub electrode part are connected. The first upper sub electrode part and the second lower main electrode part are connected. The first lower electrode layer and the second upper electrode layer are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20220105727
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet head containing a nozzle plate having at least a substrate, wherein the nozzle plate has a liquid-repellent layer on an outermost surface of the substrate on an ink ejection surface side; a liquid-repellent layer base film is provided between the substrate and the liquid-repellent layer; and the liquid-repellent layer base film contains at least silicon (Si) and carbon (C), and having a maximum peak P of a binding energy of a Si2p orbital of a surface portion measured by X-ray photoeletron spectroscopy is in the range represented by the following Formula (1), Formula (1): 99.6 (eV)?P?101.9 (eV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei SATO, Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Hiroaki KOZAI
  • Publication number: 20220097377
    Abstract: There are provided an inkjet head, an inkjet image forming apparatus, a nozzle plate manufacturing method, and an inkjet head manufacturing method capable of improving durability against wiping on an ink discharge surface. The inkjet head includes a nozzle substrate including nozzle holes from which ink is discharged. The nozzle substrate has an irregularity structure formed on an ink discharge surface such that neither ink particles contained in the ink nor a wiping member that wipes the ink discharge surface get caught by the irregularity structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: HIROAKI KOZAI, YOHEI SATO, YUSUKE HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11241463
    Abstract: A composition includes cells of Lactobacillus paracasei MCC1849 (NITE BP-01633). The composition is in the form of a pharmaceutical composition, a food, a drink, or a feed. The pharmaceutical composition can be used for treating an inflammatory disease, ulcer, food allergies, bronchial asthma, urticaria, pollinosis, anaphylactic shock or an opportunistic infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Tanaka, Noriyuki Iwabuchi, Yohei Sato, Kanetada Shimizu, Toshitaka Odamaki
  • Publication number: 20220008034
    Abstract: An ultrasound detection device includes a probe and a transceiver. The probe includes first and second transducers, and an amplifier circuit. The first transducer transmits ultrasound. The second transducer includes a first electrode connected to a first wire, and converts the ultrasound into an electrical signal. The amplifier circuit includes first and second transistors. The first transistor includes a third electrode connected to the first wire, a fourth electrode as a gate or a base connected to a second electrode of the second transducer, and a fifth electrode connected to the fourth electrode via a resistor and connected to a second wire via a resistor. The second transistor includes an electrode connected to the first wire, an electrode as a gate or a base connected to the fifth electrode, and an electrode connected to the second wire via a resistor and connected to the second wire via a capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Yohei SATO
  • Publication number: 20210339573
    Abstract: A tire includes a tread portion including a row of blocks arranged in a tire circumferential direction divided by lateral grooves. Each block includes a block tread surface, a first block sidewall surface located on a leading side in a rotation direction of the block, and a leading-side corner portion between the block tread surface and the first block sidewall surface. The leading-side corner portion includes a first portion and a second portion extending in a tire axial direction. The first portion is formed sharper than the second portion. In a plan view of each block, an angle ?1 of the first portion to the tire circumferential direction is larger than an angle ?2 of the second portion to the tire circumferential direction. Each lateral groove has a groove width (A) at the first portion that is larger than a groove width (B) at the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yohei SATO
  • Publication number: 20210245505
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing, a metal nozzle plate, in which is formed a nozzle for discharging a liquid and that is to be bonded with adhesive to a head chip provided with an actuator for discharging the liquid, the method including: forming the nozzle in a metal plate-like member; forming a groove in the metal plate-like member; and performing exterior processing with respect to the nozzle plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jun MARUBAYASHI, Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Yusuke HAYASHI, Tadashi HIRANO, Shingo URAKI, Yohei SATO