Patents by Inventor Yukio Sato

Yukio 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: 20170112569
    Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency treatment tool. A positioning member that regulates movement of a second wire part within a sheath relative to a first wire part in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the second wire part is present in the sheath. In a state in which a folded part is located close to a distal end of the sheath, a loop formation part is fed from the distal end of the sheath with the second wire part fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke MOTOSUGI, Yukio SATO, Yoshio ONUKI
  • Patent number: 9557045
    Abstract: A light source device includes an outer housing, a partitioning member for forming a multi-stage structure in the outer housing, thereby partitioning each stage, a plurality of light source units disposed in respective stages of the outer housing, each of which has light source members and a heat pump unit for cooling the light source members, an opening portion for taking air acting as cooling air to be supplied to a cooling body from an outer part of the outer housing into an inner part thereof, and an opening portion formed along arrangement of the light source units in the partitioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Sato, Mitoru Yabe, Shigetoshi Ipposhi
  • Publication number: 20160293312
    Abstract: A choke coil for a brake control device, includes: lead wires; a magnetic core; and a case housing the core. The case includes: a cylindrical core part around which the lead wires are wound; and a base part provided on an outer peripheral surface of the core part. End portions of the lead wires extend laterally from the core part, and holding portions configured to hold the end portions of the lead wires are formed on an outer surface of the base part on the opposite side to the core part side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Sotaro KANAI, Motoyasu NAKAMURA, Sekihei SIMOZONO, Tetsuo KOBORI, Ryuichi UENO, Yukio SATO
  • Patent number: 9459109
    Abstract: A navigation device, when a vehicle travels through an area in which the use of an ETC device provided in the vehicle is not possible, can prevent that vehicle from being guided along an ETC device utilization rout. The navigation device sets, for each area, whether or not the use of the ETC device is possible; performs a first route search using a first cost condition regarding the route cost of an ETC device utilization route; performs a second route search using a second cost condition regarding a route cost for which the route cost of an ETC device utilization route is higher than with the first cost condition; and, on the basis of a setting status for whether or not the use of the ETC device in each area is possible, controls whether to perform the first route search or the second route search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yamaki, Yukio Sato
  • Publication number: 20160206278
    Abstract: An ultrasonic biopsy needle includes a sheath inserted through a channel of an ultrasonic endoscope; a needle tube which is inserted through the sheath and capable of advancing and retracting inside the sheath; and an operation portion which is connected to a proximal end of the sheath and is provided to advance and retract. The sheath includes an extension limiting portion that is positioned more distal than a proximal end of a bending portion of the ultrasonic endoscope. The extension limiting portion is formed of a metal coil, the ratio of the inner diameter of the channel to the outer diameter of the coil is in a range from 1.0:0.84 to 1.0:0.96, the initial tension of the coil is equal to or greater than 2.0 [N] or greater, and extension of the sheath caused by the forward and backward movement of the needle tube is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuji UEMICHI, Yasuhiko KIKUCHI, Yukio SATO, Ryuji NAGAMATSU, Koji ONISHI, Yuji SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160206297
    Abstract: An ultrasonic biopsy needle includes a sheath inserted through a channel of an ultrasonic endoscope; a needle tube which is inserted through the sheath and capable of advancing and retracting in the sheath; and an operation portion which is connected to a proximal end of the sheath and is provided to advance and retract the needle tube. The sheath includes a meandering suppressing portion positioned more proximal than a proximal end of a bending portion of the ultrasonic endoscope when a distal end of the sheath is positioned in a visual field of an optical image-capturing mechanism of the ultrasonic endoscope. The meandering suppressing portion is formed of a metal coil, the ratio of the inner diameter of the channel to the outer diameter of the coil is in a range from 1.0:0.66 to 1.0:0.84, and the initial tension of the coil is equal to or greater than 5.0 [N].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuji UEMICHI, Yasuhiko KIKUCHI, Yukio SATO, Ryuji NAGAMATSU, Koji ONISHI, Yuji SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9347137
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode for electrical-discharge surface treatment includes increasing oxygen content in the powder; mixing the powder, in which the oxygen content is increased, with an organic binder and a solvent to prepare a liquid mixture; granulating the powder in the liquid mixture to form granulated powder; and forming the granulated powder to prepare a compact in which an oxygen concentration ranges from 4 weight % to 16 weight %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Teramoto, Yukio Sato, Akihiro Suzuki, Akihiro Goto, Kazushi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9036312
    Abstract: A semiconductor device for protecting loads from power surges includes a first resistor having a first end connected to a first supply terminal, a capacitor connected to a second end of the first resistor and a second supply terminal. There is a first transistor with a source connected to the first supply terminal and a gate connected to a point between the first resistor and the capacitor. A second resistor is connected between the drain of the first transistor and the second supply terminal, and a first diode is connected between the gate and the source of the first transistor. A second transistor has a drain connected to the first supply terminal, a source connected to the second supply terminal, and a gate connected to the drain of the first transistor. There is a second diode connected between the gate and the source of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Hiroyuki Tsurumi, Yukio Sato, Takehito Ikimura, Akira Kumamoto, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Shoichi Imakake, Tooru Asakawa
  • Patent number: 8994168
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a wiring board; a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring board; and a radiation plate mounted on the semiconductor chip, including an insulating member including a resin that is the same as a resin included in the wiring board, as a main constituent, a first metal foil formed on a first surface of the insulating member, a second metal foil formed on a second surface of the insulating member, the second surface being an opposite to the first surface, the radiation plate being provided with a through hole that penetrates the first metal foil, the insulating member and the second metal foil, and a metal layer formed to cover the inner surface of the through hole to thermally connect the first metal foil and the second metal foil by penetrating the insulating member in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Sato
  • Patent number: 8967828
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes an outer casing. A light source member and a light source module having a cooling body which cools the light source member are disposed in the outer casing. A wind tunnel which surrounds a heat pipe unit as the cooling body of the light source module is provided in the outer casing. The wind tunnel includes a wind passage which allows cooling wind to pass through the heat pipe unit. An intake-opening is formed in a surface of the outer casing, and cooling wind is taken into the outer casing from outside thereof through the intake-opening. One end of the wind passage of the wind tunnel is connected to the intake-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Kijima, Koji Kumano, Yukio Sato, Mitoru Yabe
  • Patent number: 8960974
    Abstract: Included are a plurality of cylindrical holders having holes into which laser modules are fitted and fixed, respectively; a plate-like base that has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a plurality of through holes through which the laser beams from the plurality of laser modules fixed to the holder pass, the holders abutting against the first surface so as to connect the holes thereof to the through holes of the base, the second surface of the base being arranged with a plurality of lenses corresponding to the through holes; and adhesives applied to outer corners of abutment portions, at which the base and the LD holders abut against each other, for fixing the base and the LD holders to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitoru Yabe, Yukio Sato, Toru Yoshihara, Tetsuo Funakura
  • Publication number: 20150039219
    Abstract: A navigation device, when a vehicle travels through an area in which the use of an ETC device provided in the vehicle is not possible, can prevent that vehicle from being guided along an ETC device utilization rout. The navigation device sets, for each area, whether or not the use of the ETC device is possible; performs a first route search using a first cost condition regarding the route cost of an ETC device utilization route; performs a second route search using a second cost condition regarding a route cost for which the route cost of an ETC device utilization route is higher than with the first cost condition; and, on the basis of a setting status for whether or not the use of the ETC device in each area is possible, controls whether to perform the first route search or the second route search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yamaki, Yukio Sato
  • Patent number: 8733995
    Abstract: An objective is to provide a light source device having a light emission source such as a semiconductor laser (LD), an LED and a lamp, and an optical part such as a lens and a fiber for transmitting, transferring and light-focusing, in which, by controlling the amount of sulfate ions inside the device at a low level, adhesion of ammonium sulfate to the optical part can be prevented. The light source device includes a light source for emitting light, an optical part for processing light emitted from the light source, and a housing in which the optical part is housed, or to which the optical part is mounted, and the housing is formed by machining material that includes no sulfur component, and the material is exposed on the surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Sato, Mitoru Yabe, Toru Yoshihara, Yasuyuki Nakagawa, Hiroshi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 8724668
    Abstract: Included are, a module fixing body having a plurality of mounting holes into which laser modules are fitted and accommodated, respectively; an electricity-supplying member having an end provided with electricity-supplying terminals, which are connected to electricity-receiving terminals of the laser module accommodated in the mounting hole; and a cooling member that cools each of the laser modules. A groove in which the electricity-supplying member is accommodated is formed in a surface of the module fixing body, and the cooling member is closely arranged on the surface of the module fixing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitoru Yabe, Yukio Sato, Toru Yoshihara, Tetsuo Funakura
  • Publication number: 20130335993
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light source modules each including at least one light source unit, light guide lines connected respectively to the light source units, and a casing accommodating the plurality of light source modules and the plurality of light guide lines. The light guide lines are led from the light source units so as not to intervene in the plurality of light source modules when viewed in a direction perpendicular to an array direction of the plurality of light source modules. The plurality of light source modules are separately attachable and detachable in the direction perpendicular to the array direction of the plurality of light source modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitoru YABE, Yukio SATO, Takumi KIJIMA, Motoaki TAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20130313697
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a wiring board; a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring board; and a radiation plate mounted on the semiconductor chip, including an insulating member including a resin that is the same as a resin included in the wiring board, as a main constituent, a first metal foil formed on a first surface of the insulating member, a second metal foil formed on a second surface of the insulating member, the second surface being an opposite to the first surface, the radiation plate being provided with a through hole that penetrates the first metal foil, the insulating member and the second metal foil, and a metal layer formed to cover the inner surface of the through hole to thermally connect the first metal foil and the second metal foil by penetrating the insulating member in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukio SATO
  • Publication number: 20130258666
    Abstract: A light source device includes an outer housing, a partitioning member for forming a multi-stage structure in the outer housing, thereby partitioning each stage, a plurality of light source units disposed in respective stages of the outer housing, each of which has light source members and a heat pump unit for cooling the light source members, an opening portion for taking air acting as cooling air to be supplied to a cooling body from an outer part of the outer housing into an inner part thereof, and an opening portion formed along arrangement of the light source units in the partitioning member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio SATO, Mitoru YABE, Shigetoshi IPPOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130242449
    Abstract: A semiconductor device for protecting loads from power surges includes a first resistor having a first end connected to a first supply terminal, a capacitor connected to a second end of the first resistor and a second supply terminal. There is a first transistor with a source connected to the first supply terminal and a gate connected to a point between the first resistor and the capacitor. A second resistor is connected between the drain of the first transistor and the second supply terminal, and a first diode is connected between the gate and the source of the first transistor. A second transistor has a drain connected to the first supply terminal, a source connected to the second supply terminal, and a gate connected to the drain of the first transistor. There is a second diode connected between the gate and the source of the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KATO, Hiroyuki TSURUMI, Yukio SATO, Takehito IKIMURA, Akira KUMAMOTO, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Shoichi IMAKAKE, Tooru ASAKAWA
  • Patent number: 8504297
    Abstract: A map display device that displays a map image around a vehicle position includes a display unit; a first storage unit storing map data including road data of a road and road-related information related to the road; a second storage unit storing adjustment data based on a relationship between display positions of the road data and the road-related information; and a map display control unit for calculating the display position of the road-related information based on the adjustment data for the individual road, and displaying the road-related information on a screen of the display unit. A road width to be displayed o the screen may be determined in accordance with the number of lanes and a road type. The adjustment data may be a distance between the display positions of the road and the road-related information, and may be determined in accordance with the road type and the road width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc
    Inventors: Kazuomi Chiba, Yukio Sato
  • Publication number: 20130176730
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes an outer casing. A light source member and a light source module having a cooling body which cools the light source member are disposed in the outer casing. A wind tunnel which surrounds a heat pipe unit as the cooling body of the light source module is provided in the outer casing. The wind tunnel includes a wind passage which allows cooling wind to pass through the heat pipe unit. An intake-opening is formed in a surface of the outer casing, and cooling wind is taken into the outer casing from outside thereof through the intake-opening. One end of the wind passage of the wind tunnel is connected to the intake-opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Takumi KIJIMA, Koji KUMANO, Yukio SATO, Mitoru YABE