Patents by Inventor Yoshio Sato

Yoshio 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: 11231133
    Abstract: Provided are a mechanical tube fitting for preventing bending fracture of a tube member to be joined when subjected to bending deformation, and a simple tube fitting structure including that tube fitting. In the tube fitting, a clearance between a tube member (32) to be joined and an outer pipe (12) or an inner pipe (14) which is coaxially inserted in the outer pipe (12) and gives a space between its outer surface and the inner surface of the outer pipe (12), in which space the tube member (32) is inserted, is sealed with a sealing member disposed between the outer pipe (12) and the inner pipe (14), and the above-mentioned components are fixed by caulking. The outer pipe (12) is configured to extend outwardly in its axial direction than the ends of the inner pipe (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NJT COPPER TUBE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Sato, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Koji Kanamori
  • Patent number: 10786050
    Abstract: A female member (1) of a snap fastener includes a main body (2) made of a metal and having a cylindrical tube portion (23) and a dish-shaped portion (22), a resin spring (3) housed in the main body (2), and a surface covering member (4) crimped onto the cylindrical tube portion (23). The resin spring (3) is a resin plate that can be housed in the main body (2), and the resin plate has a slot (35, 35A, 35B, 35C) at a central portion thereof. The cylindrical tube portion (23) has a support portion for the resin spring (3), and the resin spring (3, 3A, 3B, 3C) is fixed in position by the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MORITO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junya Ichikawa, Yoshio Sato, Yoshiki Nakatsuka
  • Publication number: 20200265394
    Abstract: Payment processing techniques and management control techniques concerning improved split bills and cost sharing are provided. A method for performing adjustment of payment between a first user associated with a first information processing terminal registered in a group managed on a server and one or more second users associated with one or more second information processing terminals registered in the group includes displaying the one or more second users associated with the one or more second information processing terminals on a screen of the first information processing terminal, and selecting persons who accept payment from the displayed one or more second users, via an interface on the screen of the first information processing terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: LINE Pay Corporation
    Inventors: Kei KUBO, Yoshio SATO, Tomohiro OKADA, Yohei FUSAYASU
  • Patent number: 10661811
    Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit obtaining automatic driving information including information indicating that each actuator of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller causing a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller causes the display to display: an image of a manual driving device corresponding to the actuator; a manual-operation recalling image that is superimposed on the image of the manual driving device corresponding to an actuator in the manual control mode and that recalls an operation performed by a person; and an automatic-operation recalling image that is superimposed on the image of the manual driving device corresponding to an actuator in the automatic control mode and that recalls an operation performed by a machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Junichi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200149664
    Abstract: Provided are a mechanical tube fitting for preventing bending fracture of a tube member to be joined when subjected to bending deformation, and a simple tube fitting structure including that tube fitting. In the tube fitting, a clearance between a tube member (32) to be joined and an outer pipe (12) or an inner pipe (14) which is coaxially inserted in the outer pipe (12) and gives a space between its outer surface and the inner surface of the outer pipe (12), in which space the tube member (32) is inserted, is sealed with a sealing member disposed between the outer pipe (12) and the inner pipe (14), and the above-mentioned components are fixed by caulking. The outer pipe (12) is configured to extend outwardly in its axial direction than the ends of the inner pipe (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicants: TOYO FITTING CO., LTD., TOYOKAWA HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Yoshio SATO, Hiroyuki WAKABAYASHI, Koji KANAMORI
  • Patent number: 10618528
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique which enables a driver to intuitively select and determine a target object to which a vehicle is to travel. A driving assistance apparatus includes a candidate selection unit which selects a target object candidate when the candidate selection unit determines that a visual line position of a driver is included in any setting range of a plurality of target object candidates and a target object determination unit which determines the target object candidate selected by the candidate selection unit as a target object when a determination button which can be operated by the driver is operated after the candidate selection unit selects the target object candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Tadashi Miyahara
  • Patent number: 10559284
    Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating whether each of actuators of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that causes a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller simultaneously displays a first image and a second image representing the manual control mode and the automatic control mode, respectively, of each of the actuators, and displays (i) the first image of an actuator in the manual control mode closer than the second image of the actuator in the manual control mode and (ii) the second image of an actuator in the automatic control mode closer than the first image of the actuator in the automatic control mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita
  • Patent number: 10464553
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving operation pattern storage in which a predetermined driving operation pattern is stored, an automatic driving controller configured to perform automatic driving of a vehicle in accordance with the driving operation pattern, a notification sequence storage configured to store a notification sequence corresponding to the driving operation pattern, and a notification processor configured to perform notification to a driver of the vehicle in accordance with the notification sequence. The notification sequence storage stores a plurality of notification sequences different in detail level for one driving operation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Junichi Kimura, Yoshio Sato
  • Patent number: 10355668
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: a Y-cut X-propagation lithium tantalate substrate having a cut angle of 20° or more and 48° or less; and a grating electrode that is composed of one or more metal films laminated on the substrate, and excites an acoustic wave, wherein when a density of each metal film in the one or more metal films is represented by ?i, a Poisson's ratio of each metal film is represented by Pi, a film thickness of each metal film is represented by hi, a density of Cu is represented by ?0, a Poisson's ratio of Cu is represented by P0 and a pitch is represented by ?, a total value of “(hi/?)×(?i/?0)×(Pi/P0)” for each metal film with respect to the one or more metal films is more than 0.08.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Iwaki, Yoshio Sato, Tabito Tanaka, Hidetaro Nakazawa, Takashi Matsuda, Jun Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20190133263
    Abstract: A female member (1) of a snap fastener includes a main body (2) made of a metal and having a cylindrical tube portion (23) and a dish-shaped portion (22), a resin spring (3) housed in the main body (2), and a surface covering member (4) crimped onto the cylindrical tube portion (23). The resin spring (3) is a resin plate that can be housed in the main body (2), and the resin plate has a slot (35, 35A, 35B, 35C) at a central portion thereof. The cylindrical tube portion (23) has a support portion for the resin spring (3), and the resin spring (3, 3A, 3B, 3C) is fixed in position by the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Junya ICHIKAWA, Yoshio SATO, Yoshiki NAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20190009773
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving operation pattern storage in which a predetermined driving operation pattern is stored, an automatic driving controller configured to perform automatic driving of a vehicle in accordance with the driving operation pattern, a notification sequence storage configured to store a notification sequence corresponding to the driving operation pattern, and a notification processor configured to perform notification to a driver of the vehicle in accordance with the notification sequence. The notification sequence storage stores a plurality of notification sequences different in detail level for one driving operation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi MIYAHARA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA, Junichi KIMURA, Yoshio SATO
  • Publication number: 20190012988
    Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating whether each of actuators of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that causes a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller simultaneously displays a first image and a second image representing the manual control mode and the automatic control mode, respectively, of each of the actuators, and displays (i) the first image of an actuator in the manual control mode closer than the second image of the actuator in the manual control mode and (ii) the second image of an actuator in the automatic control mode closer than the first image of the actuator in the automatic control mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi MIYAHARA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yoshio SATO, Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA
  • Patent number: 10110199
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes: series resonators connected in series; and one or more parallel resonators connected in parallel, wherein at least two series resonators and a parallel resonator therebetween are divided into a first divided resonator, which includes a piezoelectric substance sandwiched between a pair of electrodes in a c-axis orientation direction, and a second divided resonator, which includes another piezoelectric substance sandwiched between another pair of electrodes so that the another pair of electrodes in the c-axis orientation direction has an electric potential opposite to that of the electrodes of the first divided resonator in the c-axis orientation direction, a first group including the first divided resonators and a second group including the second divided resonators are interconnected in parallel between two nodes, and the first divided resonators and the second divided resonators of the at least two series resonators are not electrically interconnected at the two nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Kida, Tokihiro Nishihara, Yoshio Sato, Shinji Taniguchi, Taisei Irieda
  • Patent number: 10086845
    Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating that each actuator of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that displays images on a first display area and a second display area of a display based on the automatic driving information. The display controller displays an image corresponding to an actuator in the manual control mode on the first display area and an image corresponding to an actuator in the automatic control mode on the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Miyahara, Mitsuo Shimotani, Satoru Inoue, Yoshio Sato, Yuki Sakai, Yuji Karita, Yohei Akashi
  • Publication number: 20180244286
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique which enables a driver to intuitively select and determine a target object to which a vehicle is to travel. A driving assistance apparatus includes a candidate selection unit which selects a target object candidate when the candidate selection unit determines that a visual line position of a driver is included in any setting range of a plurality of target object candidates and a target object determination unit which determines the target object candidate selected by the candidate selection unit as a target object when a determination button which can be operated by the driver is operated after the candidate selection unit selects the target object candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yoshio SATO, Tadashi MIYAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180222491
    Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating that each actuator of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that displays images on a first display area and a second display area of a display based on the automatic driving information. The display controller displays an image corresponding to an actuator in the manual control mode on the first display area and an image corresponding to an actuator in the automatic control mode on the second display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi MIYAHARA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yoshio SATO, Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA, Yohei AKASHI
  • Publication number: 20180215396
    Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit obtaining automatic driving information including information indicating that each actuator of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller causing a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller causes the display to display: an image of a manual driving device corresponding to the actuator; a manual-operation recalling image that is superimposed on the image of the manual driving device corresponding to an actuator in the manual control mode and that recalls an operation performed by a person; and an automatic-operation recalling image that is superimposed on the image of the manual driving device corresponding to an actuator in the automatic control mode and that recalls an operation performed by a machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi MIYAHARA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI, Satoru INOUE, Yoshio SATO, Yuki SAKAI, Yuji KARITA, Junichi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 9641152
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric substrate; and an IDT formed on the piezoelectric substrate, wherein an anisotropy coefficient is positive, an overlap region where electrode fingers of the IDT overlap each other includes a center region and an edge region, the electrode fingers in the center and edge regions are continuously formed, the electrode finger in the edge region is inclined with respect to the electrode finger in the center region so that a pitch in a width direction of the electrode finger in the edge region is greater than a pitch in a width direction of the electrode finger in the center region, and an angle between the width direction in the center region and a crystal axis orientation of the piezoelectric substrate is less than an angle between the width direction in the edge region and the crystal axis orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nakamura, Jun Tsutsumi, Yoshio Sato, Tabito Tanaka, Takashi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9575545
    Abstract: The controller LSI is connected to an SPI flash memory having a deep power down mode (DPM), and brings the SPI flash memory to the DPM and then brings itself to low power consumption mode (LPM) that volatilizes data in a RAM. This invention solves the problem that the controller LSI cannot release the peripheral device from the DPM upon returning from the LPM due to the volatilization of the data. The controller LSI includes a CPU, the RAM, and an SPI control unit transmitting an SPI command to the flash memory. The SPI command includes a power down command to bring the flash memory into DPM and a release command to release it from the DPM. Upon returning from the LPM, the controller LSI causes the control unit to transmit a release command to the flash memory irrespective of whether it is in DPM or normal mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Sato, Hideaki Hayashi, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: PP28582
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Podocarpus macrophyllus, ‘Miu’, that is characterized by its growth tips and leaves that are yellow-white in color, its variegated foliage that is mottled with yellow and green throughout the leaves, its straight trunk with medium tapering, and its limited branching without pruning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Yoshio Sato