Patents by Inventor Yoichi Sato

Yoichi 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: 20240084714
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path and including a plurality of blades; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the blades in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber and movable to a protruding position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path; a plurality of slits formed closer to the blades with respect to the accommodation chamber in the housing and connected to the intake flow path; a plurality of compartment walls circumferentially separating the plurality of slits; and an outer circumferential wall connecting radially outer ends of the plurality of compartment walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi YONEMURA, Ryota SAKISAKA, Yoichi SATO, Taiki KANZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240085400
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology for performing a test for prostate cancer. This method is for testing the possibility of having prostate cancer, the method comprising (1) measuring the amount or concentration of a biomarker in a body fluid sample collected from a subject, the biomarker being at least one member selected from the group consisting of dimethyl glutarate, 2,6-xylidine, 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropiophenone, 2,6-di(propan-2-yl) phenol, dimethyl succinate, acetophenone, 2-phenyl-2-propanol, and 3,5,5-trimetyl-2-cyclohexenone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AINO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Atsufumi OZOE, Kentaro KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiko TAKAHASHI, Kohei MATSUNAGA, Takaaki SATO, Yoichi MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20240010861
    Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink composition containing a pigment, an alkali-soluble resin, a surfactant, a water-soluble solvent, colloidal silica, and water, in which the surfactant includes a surfactant having an HLB value equal to or greater than 3 and less than 10 and a surfactant having an HLB value of 10-20 (inclusive), the water-soluble solvent has a boiling point of 170-250° C. (inclusive) at 1 atm, and the percentage of the colloidal silica in the aqueous inkjet ink composition is 0.05-2 mass % (inclusive). The aqueous inkjet ink composition has excellent storage stability, mechanical stability, discharge stability, coating film drying properties, and cissing resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Hirohito Maeda, Kazuki Moriyasu, Eri Ueda, Takaaki Sano
  • Patent number: 11869219
    Abstract: An inspection support system for erroneous attachment includes an imaging device and an erroneous attachment detector. The imaging device is configured to capture an image that represents a state in which multiple components are attached to each other. The erroneous attachment detector is configured to convert a color space of the image into an HSV color space, create a comparative image on the basis of hue and saturation in the HSV color space, determine whether the multiple components are each a correct component and whether the multiple components are attached in a correct manner by comparing the comparative image with a correct image that is based on the hue and the saturation, and detect the erroneous attachment of at least one of the multiple components, in a case where the at least one of the multiple components is not the correct component and/or is not attached in the correct manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Shoichiro Sako, Marosuke Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20230375004
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path and including a plurality of blades; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the blades in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber and movable to a protruding position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path; and one or more grooves formed over an inner circumferential surface and a side face closer to the blades in the movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi YONEMURA, Ryota SAKISAKA, Yoichi SATO, Ryosuke INOMATA, Taiki KANZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230280582
    Abstract: An inspection cable guide mechanism of the present disclosure includes a heat-resistant sheath having flexibility through which a cable is allowed to be inserted and cooling air is allowed to flow toward a tip through a gap between the cable and the heat-resistant sheath, a segment stacked body configured by stacking segments having heat resistance configured to cover the heat-resistant sheath in a centerline direction, and a plurality of wires disposed around the heat-resistant sheath and extending along a centerline, one segment of the segment stacked body is swingable with respect to two segments adjacent to the one segment about swing axes extending in a direction perpendicular to the centerline, the two swing axes becoming centers when the one segment swings with respect to the two segments are perpendicular to each other when viewed in the centerline direction, and one end of each wire is fixed to one of the segments in the segment stacked body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yasutaka FUKE, Hirone KOMATSU, Takashi MATSUZAWA, Shin ASANO, Kotaro TADANO, Koshiro IRIE, Yoichi SATO
  • Publication number: 20230193068
    Abstract: A primer composition including a resin emulsion, an aggregation accelerator, a surfactant, and water, the surfactant containing one or more of acetylene-based surfactants and silicone-based surfactants, and a nonionic surfactant other than the surfactant, the nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 10 or above and below 15.5 and having multiple polyoxyalkylene groups, and the proportion of the nonionic surfactant in the primer composition is 3 mass % or below. The primer composition has excellent storage stability and makes it possible to form a primer layer that has excellent transparency and that produces excellent bleeding resistance and printability when a solid image is printed by an aqueous inkjet ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Yoichi SATO, Hirohito MAEDA, Kazuki MORIYASU, Eri UEDA, Takaaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20230193060
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method for storing or transporting an aqueous white ink composition for inkjet that does not cause precipitation of a pigment therein during storage for a long period or transport, and allows the pigment to be easily redispersed even if precipitation occurs. As means for solving the problems, a storing method is provided that includes placing an aqueous white ink composition for inkjet containing titanium oxide and a pigment dispersant in a tank and maintaining the entire aqueous white ink composition for inkjet in the tank at a temperature of ?5 to ?35° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Yoichi SATO, Hirohito MAEDA, Kazuki MORIYASU, Eri UEDA, Takaaki SANO
  • Patent number: 11679457
    Abstract: An assembling device includes a holding member and a processing device. The holding member is configured to hold a first assembly component and a second assembly component. The processing device is configured to process a first excess thickness portion and a second excess thickness portion. The first excess thickness portion is provided at the first assembly component and is configured to adjust a gap between the first assembly component and the second assembly component. The second excess thickness portion is provided at the second assembly component and is configured to adjust the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Marosuke Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11623998
    Abstract: An object is to achieve both good washing fastness and texture by combining a urethane resin of high fracture elongation with a small quantity of crosslinking agent. As a means for achieving the object, a white inkjet ink composition for textile printing is provided that contains a white pigment, a water-dispersible urethane resin having reactivity to cationic compounds, a crosslinking agent, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water; wherein the crosslinking agent is contained by 0.02 to 0.15 parts by mass relative to 1 part by mass of the water-dispersible urethane resin, and as the water-soluble organic solvent, a glycol ether that dissolves by 1 to 60 g in 100 g of water is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Ayumi Minegishi, Hiroyuki Konishi, Ryuta Noda
  • Patent number: 11610300
    Abstract: A determination device includes a computer. The computer is configured to compare an image of a component that is captured and a correct image that is associated with an operation procedure manual and in which the component is captured. The computer is configured to determine whether a component shape in the image of the component and a component shape in the correct image agree. If the two component shapes do not agree, the computer is configured to determine that the component and the operation procedure manual do not match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Marosuke Kikuchi, Shoichiro Sako, Yuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11566141
    Abstract: An object is to achieve both good washing fastness and texture by combining a urethane resin of high fracture elongation with a small quantity of crosslinking agent. As a means for achieving the object, an inkjet ink composition for textile printing is provided that contains a pigment, a water-dispersible resin, a crosslinking agent, and water; wherein, as the water-dispersible resin, a resin of 1200 to 1800% in fracture elongation and 10 to 48 MPa in tensile strength is contained by 1.0 to 3.0 parts by mass relative to 1 part by mass of the pigment, and the crosslinking agent is contained by 0.03 to 0.17 parts by mass relative to 1 part by mass of the water-dispersible resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Hiroyuki Konishi, Ayumi Minegishi, Ryuta Noda
  • Patent number: 11559873
    Abstract: A polishing device (1) includes a polishing brush (3) and a polishing brush holder (4) that holds the polishing brush (3). The polishing brush holder (4) includes a shank (6), a support mechanism (21) that has a sleeve (7) and supports the polishing brush (3) so as to be movable in an axial direction L of the shank (6), and a moving mechanism (22) that moves the polishing brush (3) in the axial direction L. The polishing brush holder (4) includes a pressure sensor (53) that detects a load (sensor detection pressure (P)) applied from a workpiece (W) to the polishing brush (3) when the workpiece (W) is polished by the polishing brush (3) supported by the support mechanism (21), and a control unit (51) that drives the moving mechanism (22) on the basis of the output (sensor detection pressure (P)) from the pressure sensor (53) to move the polishing brush (3) in the axial direction L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: XEBEC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., TAIMEI CHEMICALS CO.. LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Fukushima, Yoichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20220402054
    Abstract: A beveling cutter (1) is provided in which a cutting blade (10) is composed of, when seen from an axial direction (X): an inner cutting blade portion (16) extending linearly toward a rear side R2 in a rotational direction R and toward the outer peripheral side; an outer cutting blade portion (17) extending linearly toward a forward side (R1) in the rotational direction (R) and toward the outer peripheral side on the radially outer side of the inner cutting blade portion (16); and a bending cutting blade portion (18) that connects the outer peripheral end of the inner cutting blade portion (16) with the inner peripheral end of the outer cutting blade portion (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Koji SATO, Yoichi SATO
  • Patent number: 11517992
    Abstract: An assembly apparatus includes a retainer, a position measurement device, and a machining device. The retainer is configured to hold an assembly. The position measurement device is configured to measure a difference between an intended machining position and an actual machining position of a first coupling hole in a first assembly component. The first coupling hole is capable of being coupled to the assembly. The machining device is configured to form a second coupling hole capable of communicating with the first coupling hole in the assembly based on a reference position set on the assembly and the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Marosuke Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11493278
    Abstract: An evaporator includes: a container; a first supplying unit configured to supply a liquid phase refrigerant to an inside of the container; a second supplying unit configured to supply the liquid phase refrigerant along a surface of the container; a heat absorbing unit configured to be disposed on the inside, and in which the liquid phase refrigerant supplied to the inside by the first supplying unit absorbs heat supplied from an outside of the container; a storage part configured to be disposed on the inside, stores the liquid phase refrigerant absorbing the heat in the heat absorbing unit, and stores the liquid phase refrigerant obtained by cooling and condensing a gaseous phase refrigerant evaporated by heat absorption in the heat absorbing unit by using the liquid phase refrigerant supplied along the surface by the second supplying unit; and a discharging unit configured to discharge the liquid phase refrigerant stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20220298398
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a packaging material having excellent printed image quality as well as excellent laminate strength and heat sealability. Provided is a packaging material including at least: a base film, a primer layer, a printed layer, an adhesive layer, and a sealant film in a stated order, the primer layer being formed of a primer composition containing a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt, a chlorinated polyolefin emulsion, and at least one selected from the group consisting of an acrylic emulsion, a vinyl acetate emulsion, and a urethane-modified polyester resin, the printed layer being formed of a printing ink containing a polyester polyurethane resin, the adhesive layer being formed of an aliphatic ester adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yoichi SATO, Kazuki MORIYASU, Eri UEDA, Takaaki SANO
  • Patent number: 11401435
    Abstract: An object is to improve the lamination strength and anti-blocking suitability of matters printed with an aqueous white inkjet ink composition containing titanium oxide, etc., on polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, nylon, and other resin films. As a means for achieving the object, an ink set is provided that includes a combination of: an aqueous primer composition containing an acrylic resin and/or vinyl acetate resin, and a calcium salt; and an aqueous white inkjet ink composition containing a polyester polyurethane resin emulsion with a rate of elongation of 500 to 1500% by 0.1 to 10.0 percent by mass in solids content in the aqueous white inkjet ink composition, a wax emulsion, and a titanium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Kazuki Moriyasu, Eri Takahashi, Takaaki Sano
  • Patent number: 11359108
    Abstract: An object is to improve the dispersion stability and discharge stability, while also improving the image quality and various resistance properties of printed matters even when the cohesion promoter contained in the primer ink is small in quantity. As a means to achieve the object, an ink set is provided that comprises: an aqueous inkjet ink composition containing (a) a pigment, (b) a water-soluble organic solvent, (c) water, and (d) a resin emulsion, wherein the pigment (a) has a crosslinked resin layer on its surface; and a primer ink composition containing a cohesion promoter that promotes cohesion of the aforementioned ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Hiroyuki Konishi, Kazuki Moriyasu
  • Patent number: 11335016
    Abstract: An object checking device includes an area specifying unit, an image generator, and a difference specifying unit. The area specifying unit is configured to, based on a feature part extracted from captured image data obtained by capturing an object, specify an area corresponding to the captured image data in 3D model data of the object. The image generator is configured to generate image data of the specified area from the 3D model data. The difference specifying unit is configured to specify a part in which there is a difference between the captured image data and the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Shoichiro Sako, Marosuke Kikuchi