Patents by Inventor Yuichi Sasaki

Yuichi Sasaki 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: 11512951
    Abstract: The measuring jig for the rotary machine is a measuring jig for a rotary machine including a casing that extending about an axis, a rotor that is disposed in the casing and extends in an axial direction about the axis, and a plurality of bearings that are disposed at intervals in the axial direction and supports the rotor in the casing. The measuring jig includes a plurality of casing fixing portions that are respectively attachable to and detachable from bearing holding portions to which the bearings are attached in the casing; a main member that extends in the axial direction so as to connect the plurality of casing fixing portions to each other; an arm that extends from the main member in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction; and a reference surface that is disposed at a distance from a measurement target part of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kawamura, Kyoichi Ikeno, Yuzo Tsurusaki, Yuichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220374084
    Abstract: A tactile presentation panel according to the present invention includes a tactile presentation voltage generation circuit that generates a voltage signal having a first frequency to be applied to at least one first electrode located in at least a partial region on an operation surface of the tactile presentation panel, and generates a voltage signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency to be applied to at least one second electrode located in at least a partial region on the operation surface of the tactile presentation panel, a charge discharge portion that is connected to the tactile electrode and discharges charges accumulated in a conductive elastic portion, and a touch detection circuit that detects contact of the user with a tactile presentation knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae ORITA, Takeshi ONO, Takayuki MORIOKA, Yuichi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220330603
    Abstract: A device for producing a foamed-food-product comprises a container which stores a liquid-food-product and is filled with filling gas at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, the filling gas containing argon or nitrogen as a main component; an agitator provided at the bottom of the inside of the container; a driving unit detachably connected to the bottom of the container to rotate the agitator, agitate the liquid-food-product in the container by the rotation of the agitator, and mix the filling gas in the liquid-food-product; and a dispenser mounted to the container and having a discharge outlet and a gas filling inlet for injecting the filling gas into the container, the dispenser causing the liquid-food-product having the filling gas mixed therein to be discharged from the discharge outlet by pressure in the container, so that the liquid-food-product foams while being discharged from the discharge outlet and is made into the foamed-food-product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Noriko SUGITA, Naotada SAKAI, Yuichi SASAKI, Naoki OIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220291784
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a cover panel having a front surface including an operation region on which a touch operation is performed and a back surface as a surface on a side opposite to the front surface, a first adhesive material provided on the back surface, a touch panel unit that includes a base substrate and a plurality of touch sensor electrodes provided on a region of the base substrate corresponding to the operation region and is arranged to face the back surface via the first adhesive material, a first displacement detection electrode provided on a part of the back surface outside a region of the back surface corresponding to the operation region, and a second displacement detection electrode provided on a part of the base substrate outside the region of the base substrate corresponding to the operation region to face the first displacement detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi ONO, Tae ORITA, Seiichiro MORI, Yusuke SHIMASAKI, Yuichi SASAKI, Masaya NIDAIRA
  • Patent number: 11435264
    Abstract: A probe device includes a probe that detects a state of a rotary shaft, a probe holding member having a first end fixed to a bearing portion, in which the probe is fixed to the first end, a cylindrical guide sleeve inserted into a communication hole of a casing, a second end of the probe holding member being inserted into the cylindrical guide sleeve, and a plurality of elastic support members disposed at an interval in an extending direction of the probe holding member between the second end of the probe holding member and an inner peripheral surface of the guide sleeve, and formed of an elastic material to form an annular shape extending along an outer peripheral surface of the probe holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Sasaki, Yasuhiko Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11435862
    Abstract: A touch operation is performed on a touch panel on which a knob for input operation can be placed, using the knob or another operation object. A touch detection unit detects the touch operation in a first detection method and a second detection method which are different from each other. Based on the result of detection in the first detection method, a knob touch point determining unit identifies the position where the touch operation has been performed by the knob, and outputs the touch information. A knob-finger contact determining unit determines whether a finger is in contact with the knob based on the touch information and the result of detection in the second detection method. It is possible to perform, without fail, the determination as to whether a knob or another object is in contact with the touch panel, and whether a finger is in contact with the knob which is in contact with the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Sasaki, Yuki Furumoto, Kimika Ikegami
  • Patent number: 11384652
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a casing which is dividable and of which both ends are open, and a bundle accommodated in the casing. The bundle includes a rotor, a plurality of diaphragms which can be divided, a bundle casing to which the diaphragm is fixed inside thereof, and a bearing portion fixed to an inside of the bundle casing on an outside of the diaphragm, and a seal portion fixed to the inside of the bundle casing between the diaphragm and the bearing portion. The bundle casing can be attached and detached to and from the casing in a state of holding the rotor, the diaphragm, the bearing portion, and the seal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220179515
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a cover panel that has an operation surface and bends corresponding to a depressing force applied to the operation surface; a touch sensor unit including touch sensor electrodes that output touch sensor signals; an elastic member that has a dielectric constant changing corresponding to a temperature and deforms due to the bending of the cover panel, the elastic member including an adhesive agent provided between the cover panel and the touch sensor unit; a first sensor unit that detects a capacitance changing depending on the dielectric constant and a thickness of the elastic member; and processing circuitry to estimate the temperature based on the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; to detect the depressing force based on the estimated temperature and the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; and to execute processing of the touch sensor signals based on the detected depressing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya NIDAIRA, Yuichi SASAKI, Takeshi ONO, Seiichiro MORI
  • Publication number: 20220171495
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes processing circuitry to generate coordinate information based on a signal outputted from the touch panel and to output a detection value based on depressing force. The processing circuitry previously stores a plurality of pieces of predictive detection value information, selects a piece of predictive detection value information based on a gradient of the detection value, obtains a final predictive detection value that the predictive detection value finally reaches by using the selected predictive detection value information, obtains a present predictive detection value by using the selected predictive detection value information, and executes a correction process of reducing influence of a memory effect by bringing a present detection value close to the final predictive detection value when an absolute value of a difference between the present predictive detection value and the present detection value is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito YAMAMOTO, Kentaro MORI, Yuichi SASAKI, Sohei OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20220164069
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes: a touch panel; an elastic member that supports the touch panel; a plurality of depressing force sensors arranged at installation positions where depression or upward warps of the touch panel occur due to the application of depressing force; and processing circuitry to obtain touch coordinates; to obtain a plurality of detection values corresponding to the sensor signals; and to load a plurality of predetermined depressing force calculation modes from a storage storing a plurality of regions on the operation surface and the plurality of predetermined depressing force calculation modes corresponding to the plurality of regions, to select a depressing force calculation mode for a region corresponding to the touch coordinates from the plurality of depressing force calculation modes, and to calculate the depressing force by using the selected depressing force calculation mode and the plurality of detection values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro MORI, Yuichi SASAKI, Akihito YAMAMOTO, Sohei OSAWA
  • Patent number: 11338435
    Abstract: A gripping system includes a hand that grips a workpiece, a robot that supports the hand and changes at least one of a position and a posture of the hand, and an image sensor that acquires image information from a viewpoint interlocked with at least one of the position and the posture of the hand. Additionally, the gripping system includes a construction module that constructs a model by machine learning based on collection data. The model corresponds to at least a part of a process of specifying an operation command of the robot based on the image information acquired by the image sensor and hand position information representing at least one of the position and the posture of the hand. An operation module executes the operation command of the robot based on the image information, the hand position information, and the model, and a robot control module operates the robot based on the operation command of the robot operated by the operation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shota Ishikawa, Koji Sokabe, Keisuke Nakamura, Masaru Adachi, Yuichi Sasaki, Antoine Pasquali, Thomas Wilmotte
  • Publication number: 20220155901
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes processing circuitry to generate coordinate information indicating a position of a touch operation; to generate a pressing value corresponding to pressing force applied to an operation surface of a touch panel; to classify the positions of touch operations included in operation logs each being data including the coordinate information and information indicating the pressing value into groups and to determine group regions respectively corresponding to the groups; to determine a threshold value of the pressing value in each of the group regions based on the operation logs; and to judge that the touch operation is a depressing operation with pressing force if the pressing value is greater than or equal to the threshold value and to judge that the touch operation is a normal touch operation other than the depressing operation if the pressing value is less than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Sohei OSAWA, Yuichi SASAKI, Akihito YAMAMOTO, Kentaro MORI
  • Patent number: 11337301
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a line formation layer including a differential line having a first conductor and a second conductor, a first component for a countermeasure against a surge, a first connection conductor having one end connected to the first conductor and another end connected to the first component, a second component for a countermeasure against a surge, a second connection conductor having one end connected to the second conductor and another end connected to the second component, a ground layer, and a dielectric mounted between the line formation layer and the ground layer. Lengths of the first conductor and second conductor are adjusted based on a difference of capacitance values in the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Sakai, Fujiyuki Nakamoto, Yuichi Sasaki, Naoto Oka, Hideyuki Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20220094108
    Abstract: A connector includes: a conductive inner shielded cable holding portion having a first bent portion having a shape conforming to the peripheral shape of a first inner shielded cable, and a second bent portion having a shape conforming to the peripheral shape of a second inner shielded cable; and a conductive clamp ring housing having hollow space for allowing the first inner shielded cable and the second inner shielded cable to pass therethrough, and an inner peripheral surface defining the hollow space and having a shape conforming to both the peripheral shape of the first bent portion and the peripheral shape of the second bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke WATANABE, Kyota OTSUKA, Kenji HIROSE, Ryota KOBAYASHI, Yuichi SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11269470
    Abstract: An operation support device that is placed on a touch panel detecting a change in electrostatic capacitance or a change in a contact region, includes: a case part; a first member attached inside the case part; a first deforming member that is an elastic member provided on an end of the first member and is provided between the first member and the touch panel; and a wall part that is attached inside the case part and sets a direction of deformation of the first deforming member when the case part approaches the touch panel, to a predetermined direction. As the case part approaches the touch panel, the electrostatic capacitance in a region facing the first defaming member increases due to defamation of the first deforming member or area of the contact region of the first defaming member increases due to deformation of the first defaming member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Mori, Yuichi Sasaki, Atsushi Hori
  • Publication number: 20220067962
    Abstract: The computer stores the plurality of first positions in the image captured by the image pickup device and the second positions corresponding to the plurality of first positions in the graphic corresponding to the image as a relationship. The computer acquires a third position related to the object in the image, a positional relationship between a part of the plurality of first positions and the third position, and one of the relationships. A method specifies a position in a figure corresponding to a position in an image including generating a fourth position in the figure corresponding to the third position using parts or all. In a method, a part of the plurality of first positions is three first positions closest to the third position among the plurality of first positions. A method includes generating the fourth position using the sides of a triangle composed of the three first positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: NEURAL POCKET INC.
    Inventors: Alex Edward DANIELS, Yuichi SASAKI, Taichi KOIDO, Roi SHIGEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220044843
    Abstract: A noise reduction element includes a protruded portion on which a bent portion of a conductive wire is hooked, and a winder portion around which both a first conductive wire portion extending in one direction from the bent portion of the conductive wire hooked on the protruded portion and a second conductive wire portion extending in another direction from the bent portion of the conductive wire hooked on the protruded portion are wound in a state where the first and second conductive wire portions are parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumi SAKAI, Yosuke WATANABE, Yuichi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210336413
    Abstract: A laser diode drive circuit includes: a laser diode; a differential line including a first signal line having a first end connected with an anode terminal of the laser diode and a second signal line having a first end connected with a cathode terminal of the laser diode; first power supply wiring having a first end connected with a positive side terminal of a direct current power supply and a second end connected with the anode terminal; second power supply wiring having a first end connected with a negative side terminal of the direct current power supply and a second end connected with the cathode terminal; a first capacitor inserted in the first signal line; and a second capacitor inserted in the second signal line. In the laser diode drive circuit, at least one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor is a variable capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota KOBAYASHI, Yuichi SASAKI, Chiharu MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210332722
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotor, a casing, a partition plate, and a center guide pin. The center guide pin has a positioning portion. In a state of being attached to a pin attachment portion formed in one of the casing and the partition plate, the positioning portion is disposed in a groove portion formed in the other of the casing and the partition plate. The positioning portion includes a plurality of abutment portions capable of abutting on an inner side surface of the groove portion, around a pin axis. The plurality of abutment portions is formed to have different horizontal distances from the pin axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Terada, Hiroaki Irikawa, Yuichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20210337658
    Abstract: A first capacitance C1 exists between a first connection conductor (21) as well as a first component (31) and a ground layer (3), and a second capacitance C2 exists between a second connection conductor (22) as well as a second component (32) and the ground layer (3). The length of the first conductor (11) and the length of the second conductor (12) are each adjusted depending on a difference ?C between the first capacitance C1 and the second capacitance C2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi SAKAI, Fujiyuki NAKAMOTO, Yuichi SASAKI, Naoto OKA, Hideyuki OHASHI