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).
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Patent number: 8408254Abstract: The invention comprises a hydrogen source, a detachable connecting port to which a hydrogen storage container is connected in order to store hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen source, a container cooling unit (an air blower) for cooling a hydrogen storage container connected to the connecting port, a container connection recognition unit (a limit switch, a controller) for recognizing connection of a hydrogen storage container to the connecting port, and a fill-up detection unit (a pressure transmitter, a hydrogen remaining sensor, a controller) for detecting that the hydrogen storage container connected to the connecting port is filled up with hydrogen. Consequently, it contributes to simple and safe hydrogen filling in the general public.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Shibukawa, Yukio Sato, Yoshinori Kawaharazaki, Yasuhiro Fujita, Shouichi Sato
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Patent number: 8341091Abstract: A computer system may manage orders for goods from a plurality of purchasers. The computer system may receive the orders, calculate an approximate volume that the goods which are the subject of each order would collectively occupy during shipment, and compare each calculated approximate volume to a pre-determine maximum allowed volume that the purchaser of the order is permitted. The computer system may accept each order whose approximate volume does not exceed the maximum allowed volume for the purchaser of the order, or reject each order whose approximate volume exceeds this maximum allowed volume.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bruce Smith, Chuck Hamilton, Stephen D. Osborne, Tony E. Gomes, Kathy Howell, Steven M. Bailey, Anthony Rivalsky, Don Edwards, Eric Wehrley, Al Ortlepp, Nina Bryson, Mark Seraydarian, Sammy Tom, Jim Dromey, Karen Moore, Kathy Kamiya, Sandy Bustillos, Sue Trainoff, Karen Patterson, Yukio Sato, Renee Neighbours, Suzanne Li, Adrian Reilly, Daniel Tan, Ping Kao, Cathy Brady, Grace Tachibana, Homs Lee, Amit Bagade, Nagesh Tavarageri, Simin Mofidi
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Publication number: 20120319982Abstract: A terminal device is provided enabling automatic switching of an LCD display of a slave device to a touch panel manipulation screen when a master and the slave devices are unified; particularly, a compact, highly convenient terminal device and a method of controlling a terminal system that enables removal and attachment of a plurality of terminals. The terminal device has a structure in which a slave terminal having a unification/separation detection section, an LCD display screen, and a short range wireless communication section is inserted into a master terminal having a unification/separation detection section, a touch panel, and a short range wireless communication section, the compact touch panel being provided in the master terminal at a position where the compact touch panel overlaps the LCD display screen of the slave terminal, and short range wireless communication sections can perform linked communication control of the master and slave terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yukio Sato
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Publication number: 20120056133Abstract: An electrode for electrical-discharge surface treatment is made of a compact obtained by forming metal powder, metal compound powder, or conductive ceramics powder. Pulsed discharges between the electrode and a work in a working fluid or in air cause a film to form at the surface of the work, the film being made of a material of the electrode or made of a substance with which the material of the electrode reacts. A resistance of a surface of the electrode measured using a four-terminal method ranges from 5×10?3 ? to 10×10?3 ?, and an oxygen concentration in the electrode ranges from 4 weight % to 10 weight %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicants: IHI CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki TERAMOTO, Yukio SATO, Akihiro SUZUKI, Akihiro GOTO, Kazushi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20110096543Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Mitoru YABE, Yukio SATO, Toru YOSHIHARA, Tetsuo FUNAKURA
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Publication number: 20110096542Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Mitoru YABE, Yukio SATO, Toru YOSHIHARA, Tetsuo FUNAKURA
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Publication number: 20110093195Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Kazuomi Chiba, Yukio Sato
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Publication number: 20110044069Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Yukio SATO, Mitoru Yabe, Toru Yoshihara, Yasuyuki Nakagawa, Hiroshi Kurokawa
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Patent number: 7883273Abstract: An end portion of a pin 2 rotatably supporting a rolling body 1 is fitted in a pin-receiving hole 4 formed in an annular side plate 3. The pin-receiving hole 4 has interference in a range from 5 to 40 ?m between itself and the outer diameter of the pin 2. The end portion of the pin 2 pressed in the pin-receiving hole 4 with 5-40 ?m interference is welded to the annular side plate 3.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Otaka, Junichi Uneya, Yoshihiko Shirosaki, Yukio Sato, Takashi Yamamoto, Tasuku Suzuki
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Patent number: 7871984Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a polynucleotide, which can effectively suppress the immunoreactivity caused by DNA having a CpG motif and which can be used for preventing and/or treating immune-mediated diseases such as arthritis. The present invention provides a polynucleotide comprising a CpG motif wherein guanine is methylated, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the above-mentioned polynucleotide.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2004Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignees: Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Sato, Hiroko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7750969Abstract: Camera calibration which is robust against noise factors such as variation in environmental lighting and obstructions is realized. Light-emitting markers, whose on/off states can be controlled, are arrayed in a matrix on a reference panel on which an object is placed. The light-emitting markers blink in accordance with respective switching patterns in synchronism with the frame of continuous imaging of a camera. A three-dimensional measuring instrument determines the time-varying bright-and-dark pattern of a blinking point from the image of each frame and identifies, on the basis of the pattern, to which light-emitting marker each point corresponds. By reference to the identification results, camera calibration is performed, and a coordinate transformation parameter is computed.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Spacevision, Inc.Inventors: Yukio Sato, Susumu Shibata
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Publication number: 20100118283Abstract: An object is to provide a light source unit that focuses a laser beam, having different divergence angles in longitudinal direction and lateral direction, so as not to allow longitudinally and laterally deviating from an incident end-face of an optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Jyunichi AIZAWA, Yukio Sato, Mitoru Yabe, Hiroshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20100074580Abstract: A light source unit includes a laser element that includes a plurality of light emitting points that are arranged along one direction on an end face thereof and irradiates laser beams having a spread in a spreading direction that is perpendicular to the one direction. A cylindrical lens held by a first body tube collimates the laser beams in block. Circular lenses held by a second body tube condense the collimated beams into an inlet of an optical fiber. The first body part and the second body part are positioned and directly coupled to each other so that an optical axis of the cylindrical lens accords with that of the circular lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Jyunichi AIZAWA, Yoko INOUE, Yukio SATO, Mitoru YABE, Hiroshi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20100074284Abstract: An object is to provide a light source unit that focuses a laser beam having different divergence angles in longitudinal direction and lateral direction, without deviating longitudinally and laterally from an incident end-face of an optical fiber, and also that simplifies assembling lenses into a lens barrel. The light source unit herein provided includes a first lens barrel 1 that holds cylindrical lenses 10 and 11, and 12 for forming a parallel-ray laser beam by refracting the laser beam 9 having different divergence angles in longitudinal direction and lateral direction emitted from a laser element 7, a second lens barrel 2 that holds circular lenses 13 and 14 for focusing the parallel-ray laser beam onto the entrance of the optical fiber 3, and a lens holder 15 that holds at least one of the cylindrical lenses and is inserted into the first lens barrel 1 and fixed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Jyunichi AIZAWA, Yukio Sato, Mitoru Yabe
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Publication number: 20100051240Abstract: A variable conductance heat pipe is provided. The variable conductance heat pipe includes a sealed container in which a working fluid and a noncondensable gas are sealed, the sealed container extending in an axial direction. The sealed container includes one end to be connected to a heating source and a part to be connected to a heat sink. On a cross section of the sealed container along a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, a portion having water conveying property better than other portions is provided. The portion having the better water conveying property extends in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shigetoshi IPPOSHI, Tetsuya Nagayasu, Shingo Hironaka, Kuraki Kitazaki, Yukio Sato
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Publication number: 20100051254Abstract: A variable conductance heat pipe is provided. The variable conductance heat pipe includes a sealed container in which a working fluid and a noncondensable gas are sealed. The sealed container includes a heat receiving portion to which an element to be cooled is provided, and heat radiating portion. An amount of heat is supplied to the heat receiving portion when the element to be cooled is in a waiting state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shigetoshi IPPOSHI, Tetsuya Nagayasu, Shingo Hironaka, Kuraki Kitazaki, Yukio Sato
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Publication number: 20100012219Abstract: The invention comprises a hydrogen source, a detachable connecting port to which a hydrogen storage container is connected in order to store hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen source, a container cooling unit (an air blower) for cooling a hydrogen storage container connected to the connecting port, a container connection recognition unit (a limit switch, a controller) for recognizing connection of a hydrogen storage container to the connecting port, and a fill-up detection unit (a pressure transmitter, a hydrogen remaining sensor, a controller) for detecting that the hydrogen storage container connected to the connecting port is filled up with hydrogen. Consequently, it contributes to simple and safe hydrogen filling in the general public.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Koichi Shibukawa, Yukio Sato, Yoshinori Kawaharazaki, Yasuhiro Fujita, Shouichi Sato
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Publication number: 20090254398Abstract: A computer system may manage orders for goods from a plurality of purchasers. The computer system may receive the orders, calculate an approximate volume that the goods which are the subject of each order would collectively occupy during shipment, and compare each calculated approximate volume to a pre-determine maximum allowed volume that the purchaser of the order is permitted. The computer system may accept each order whose approximate volume does not exceed the maximum allowed volume for the purchaser of the order, or reject each order whose approximate volume exceeds this maximum allowed volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Bruce Smith, Chuck Hamilton, Stephen D. Osborne, Tony E. Gomes, Kathy Howell, Steven M. Bailey, Anthony Rivalsky, Don Edwards, Eric Wehrley, Al Ortlepp, Nina Bryson, Mark Seraydarian, Sammy Tom, Jim Dromey, Karen Moore, Kathy Kamiya, Sandy Bustillos, Sue Trainoff, Karen Patterson, Yukio Sato, Renee Neighbours, Suzanne Li, Adrian Reilly, Daniel Tan, Ping Kao, Cathy Brady, Grace Tachibana, Homs Lee, Amit Bagade, Nagesh Tavarageri, Simin Mofidi
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Patent number: 7560680Abstract: In a matrix of light detectors forming a part of a three-dimensional measurement sensor, outputs of light detectors belonging to a same row are connected to a common signal line. An output of each light detector is read, through scanning by the horizontal scan circuit, to the signal line from left to right in order, during a horizontal scan period which is sufficiently short such that slit light of a light-sectioning method can be assumed to be substantially stationary. A position detector determines a time from start of the horizontal scan period until detection of a maximum peak of a signal in the signal line. The time indicates a distance from an end of the row from which scanning is started to the light detector detecting the peak of the slit light. A recording processor records a value of a distance determined by the position detector in correspondence to a value of a counter indicating a projection angle of the slit angle.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Spacevision, Inc.Inventors: Yukio Sato, Susumu Shibata
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Publication number: 20090127110Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, IHI CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Teramoto, Yukio Sato, Akihiro Suzuki, Akihiro Goto, Kazushi Nakamura