Patents by Inventor Akira Sasaki
Akira 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).
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Patent number: 12253402Abstract: A liquid level sensor 1 comprises a sleeve 2 disposed so as to extend in the vertical direction, a float 3 configured so as to move along said sleeve according to fluctuation of liquid level, a resistor string 4, a plurality of grounding means 5 disposed inside the sleeve 2 and a liquid level signal output means 6 to take out an electric signal detected between a positive electrode side end part 4a and a junction part grounded by the grounding means 5 as a liquid level signal that is a signal corresponding to the liquid level, and further comprises a warning signal output means 7 to output a warning signal when the float 3 is located within a predetermined distance from a warning position that is a predetermined position within a movable range of the float 3. Thereby, a compact and reliable liquid level sensor is realized.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Kuwana Metals, Ltd.Inventor: Akira Sasaki
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Publication number: 20250018635Abstract: A rubber member molding apparatus (10) of an embodiment includes an extruding machine (11) that extrudes a long rubber member for a tire forward, upper and lower forming rollers (13, 14) that sandwich the long rubber member extruded from the extruding machine (11), and a molding drum (15) to which the long rubber member moved forward after having passed through a gap (18) between the upper and lower forming rollers (13, 14) is attached. In the rubber member molding apparatus (10), the upper forming roller (13) is disposed forward of the lower forming roller (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventors: Akira Sasaki, Hitoshi Nakamoto
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Publication number: 20250018634Abstract: A rubber member molding apparatus (10) includes an extruding machine (11) that extrudes a long rubber member forward, a nozzle (23) provided as part of the extruding machine (11), an opening end (24) which is the front end of the nozzle (23) and a long rubber member extruding port, upper and lower forming rollers (13, 14) that sandwich the long rubber member extruded from the opening end (24), a gap (18) which is a location formed between the upper and lower forming rollers (13, 14) such that the long rubber member is sandwiched therebetween, and a molding drum (15) to which the long rubber member moved forward after having passed through the gap (18). The opening end (24) is in a circular shape as viewed in a front-back direction, and the area of the opening end (24) is twice to five times the area of the gap (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Toyo Tire CorporationInventors: Akira Sasaki, Hitoshi Nakamoto
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Publication number: 20240353094Abstract: This vaporizer comprises: a vaporizing unit for vaporizing a precursor to generate a material gas; a gas flow passageway for guiding the generated material gas to the outside of the vaporizing unit; a first heater for heating the vaporizing unit but not heating the gas flow passageway; and a second heater for heating both the vaporizing unit and the gas flow passageway. In variations, one of the first heater and the second heater has a planar shape, and include a portion having a large power consumption and a portion having a small power consumption per unit area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventor: Akira Sasaki
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Patent number: 12011998Abstract: A vehicle display device that includes: a display part having a front-side display part and a rear-side display part provided inside a vehicle cabin, each of the front-side display part and the rear-side display part having a display face; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, raises the selected display face, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Sasaki, Eisuke Ando, Misako Hayashima, Saki Kitoh, Masahiro Yamashita
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Patent number: 11954624Abstract: A vehicle allocation system includes: an automatic driving vehicle; a mobile terminal configured to transmit a vehicle allocation request signal containing at least information on a vehicle allocation place of the automatic driving vehicle; and a server configured to allocate the automatic driving vehicle at the vehicle allocation place in response to reception of the vehicle allocation request signal, give a notification to the mobile terminal in response to arrival of the automatic driving vehicle from the vehicle allocation place within a predetermined distance range, and permit usage of the automatic driving vehicle when a user of the mobile terminal is authenticated based on authentication information transmitted from the mobile terminal in response to the notification.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akira Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240022523Abstract: In a smartphone or a personal computer, when there is an application which performs communication which a user is unconscious of, a communication volume increases unintentionally, and there arise problems in that a maximum communication volume is exceed, a network bandwidth of a base station is compressed, or communication being intentionally performed is disturbed. In order to solve the above problems, provided is a communication control method used in a communication control device capable of performing communication using an application via a communication line, and includes an application control step of switching a plurality of applications between a foreground state and a background state and a communication control step of changing an allocation amount of a network bandwidth of an application in accordance with whether the switched application is in the foreground state or the background state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventor: Akira SASAKI
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Patent number: 11820225Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: a display part having a front-side display part, a rear-side display part and an upper-side display part provided inside a vehicle cabin, each of the front-side display part, the rear-side display part and the upper-side display part having a display face; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face. The display face of the upper-side display part is provided at a roof head lining inside the vehicle cabin.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Sasaki, Eisuke Ando, Misako Hayashima, Saki Kitoh, Masahiro Yamashita
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Patent number: 11761934Abstract: An accommodation unit includes a plurality of accommodation positions, each of the plurality of accommodation positions being capable of accommodating one of the plurality of samples. A detection unit detects identification information of each of the plurality of samples in the accommodation unit. A control unit holds the identification information of each of the plurality of samples received from the detection unit as detected identification information. The control unit is configured to receive identification information of each of a plurality of samples designated as analysis targets, and hold the received identification information as designated identification information. The control unit includes a notification means configured to output a warning before analysis is started by the analysis unit, when the control unit makes a comparison between the designated identification information and the detected identification information and determines that there is a mismatch therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Hikaru Shibata, Akira Sasaki
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Patent number: 11760269Abstract: A trunk structure for a vehicle is provided which can house both a spare tire and a tonneau cover below a floor board in a trunk, and has high operability in housing, removing, and replacing the spare tire and the tonneau cover. A trunk of a vehicle has a spare tire housing and a tonneau cover housing below a floor board. A tonneau cover has a tube portion, a sheet portion, and an extension plate portion. The tonneau cover housing has a portion located between the spare tire and a rear end of the trunk, in which the tube portion of the tonneau cover is stored in a rolled state. The housing also has a portion above a part of the spare tire where the extension plate portion, extending outward from the tube portion when the sheet portion is rolled in the tube portion, is horizontally disposed.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Keishi Nishimura, Akira Sasaki
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Patent number: 11762395Abstract: A server includes a controller configured to control operation of a vehicle, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus held by a first user. The communication interface acquires, from the terminal apparatus, a list including a vehicle designation condition designated by the first user when the first user reserves boarding of a vehicle. The controller determines a vehicle to be boarded by the first user based on the list.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Saori Matsumoto, Keigo Yamada, Akira Sasaki, Mitsuhiro Miura
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Patent number: 11750529Abstract: In a smartphone or a personal computer, when there is an application which performs communication which a user is unconscious of, a communication volume increases unintentionally, and there arise problems in that a maximum communication volume is exceed, a network bandwidth of a base station is compressed, or communication being intentionally performed is disturbed. In order to solve the above problems, provided is a communication control method used in a communication control device capable of performing communication using an application via a communication line, and includes an application control step of switching a plurality of applications between a foreground state and a background state and a communication control step of changing an allocation amount of a network bandwidth of an application in accordance with whether the switched application is in the foreground state or the background state.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventor: Akira Sasaki
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Publication number: 20230258491Abstract: A liquid level sensor 1 comprises a sleeve 2 disposed so as to extend in the vertical direction, a float 3 configured so as to move along said sleeve according to fluctuation of liquid level, a resistor string 4, a plurality of grounding means 5 disposed inside the sleeve 2 and a liquid level signal output means 6 to take out an electric signal detected between a positive electrode side end part 4a and a junction part grounded by the grounding means 5 as a liquid level signal that is a signal corresponding to the liquid level, and further comprises a warning signal output means 7 to output a warning signal when the float 3 is located within a predetermined distance from a warning position that is a predetermined position within a movable range of the float 3. Thereby, a compact and reliable liquid level sensor is realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventor: Akira Sasaki
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Patent number: 11694485Abstract: An information processing device mounted on a vehicle includes a processor configured to: send abnormality occurrence information to a predetermined server through a first communication unit when an occurrence of an abnormality is detected in the vehicle, the abnormality occurrence information indicating the occurrence of the abnormality, the first communication unit being mounted on the vehicle and configured to perform communication via a base station using a first communication method; and send a proxy sending request to a terminal around the vehicle through a second communication unit when communication with the predetermined server cannot be performed through the first communication unit, the proxy sending request being a request to send the abnormality occurrence information to the predetermined server in proxy mode, the second communication unit being mounted on the vehicle and configured to perform communication using a second communication method that allows for terminal-to-terminal direct communicatType: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Sasaki, Jun Hioki, Kazuki Matsumoto, Fumio Wada
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Patent number: 11643046Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to, upon determining, based on behavior classification, that a behavior of a passenger detected from a captured image or a sound of inside of a vehicle is threatening, transmit a first instruction to increase tension of a seat belt worn by the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Manabu Ishihara, Akira Sasaki, Sachin Ahire
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Publication number: 20230136617Abstract: A sensor comprises a protecting tube fixed to a through hole formed in a partition of a container, a detection part arranged inside the protecting tube, conducting wires connected with the detection part in the inside of the protecting tube, and a fixing member fixed to the partition, and the conducting wires are detachably fixed to the fixing member outside the protecting tube. In a preferred embodiment, the container is an airtight container, and the protecting tube is fixed to the partition indivisibly and integrally. Thereby, a sensor which comprises a detection part and conducting wires in the inside of a protecting tube fixed to a partition of a container and makes it possible to easily exchange a part of members at the time of malfunction and easily adjust a position of the detection part, etc., by a simple structure can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Akira Sasaki
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Patent number: 11618468Abstract: A server device configured to communicate with a communication device mounted in a vehicle, the server device includes a controller configured to execute acquiring a position of an emergency vehicle, specifying a non-emergency vehicle at a predetermined distance from the position of the emergency vehicle, and transmitting, to a communication device mounted in the non-emergency vehicle, a request as information requiring the non-emergency vehicle to stop use of wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Sasaki, Jun Hioki, Kazuki Matsumoto, Fumio Wada
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Publication number: 20230065327Abstract: An LIS receives, from a laboratory technician, information for evaluation to designate at least one item of a content to be used by an analysis device for deriving an analysis result. The LIS transmits an analysis instruction and a request for the information for evaluation, to the analysis device. The analysis device transmits, to the LIS, a value (for example, a reagent name used for analysis) of an item designated by the information for evaluation together with the analysis result. In the LIS, the laboratory technician evaluates the analysis result with reference to the value of the item designated by the information for evaluation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Daisuke KAWAKAMI
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Patent number: 11577738Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin having a first room and a second room that are capable of accommodating at least one passenger, and configured to isolate one or more passengers accommodated in the first room from one or more passengers accommodated in the second room, a guidance apparatus configured to guide the at least one passenger to be accommodated in either the first room or the second room, and a control apparatus configured to control the guidance apparatus. When a user boards as the at least one passenger, the control apparatus determines which of the first room and the second room the user is to board, based on information regarding the user. The guidance apparatus is configured to guide and board the user to whichever of the first room and the second room determined by the control apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Saori Matsumoto, Keigo Yamada, Akira Sasaki, Mitsuhiro Miura
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Patent number: 11570254Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit/receive information to/from another apparatus using the communication interface. Upon receiving a request for vehicle dispatch from a terminal apparatus, the controller is configured to transmit an instruction to pick up a user of the terminal apparatus to a vehicle that includes a game apparatus corresponding to a game preference of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Akira Sasaki, Manabu Ishihara