Patents by Inventor Atsushi Sato

Atsushi 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: 20230299267
    Abstract: A lead alloy usable to manufacture a lead storage battery electrode the with easily predictable growth is described. The diffraction intensity determined by analyzing the surface of the lead alloy in a crystal orientation {211}<111> in a pole figure using an X-ray diffraction method is five or less times the diffraction intensity determined by analyzing powder of pure lead in a random orientation in a pole figure using the X-ray diffraction method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kaneko, Miho Yamauchi, Yoshiaki Ogiwara, Jun Furukawa, Keizo Yamada, Ayano Koide, Atsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20230299268
    Abstract: A lead alloy that is difficult to cause extension even when force is applied to the lead alloy is described. The half width of a (311) diffraction peak in a diffraction chart obtained by analyzing the lead alloy using an X-ray diffraction method is 1.4 or more times the half width of a (311) diffraction peak in a diffraction chart obtained by analyzing powder of pure lead using the X-ray diffraction method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kaneko, Miho Yamauchi, Yoshiaki Ogiwara, Jun Furukawa, Keizo Yamada, Ayano Koide, Atsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20230278318
    Abstract: A multilayer structure includes one or more resin layers; and a glass layer laminated over the resin layers via bonding layers, wherein when ?0 is a critical radius of curvature at which the glass layer does not break even though the multilayer structure being bent so that the glass layer is inside, a ratio t/?0 of a thickness t of the glass layer to the critical radius of curvature ?0 is 0.001 or more and 0.02 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Murashige, Junichi Inagaki, Keisuke Sato, Atsushi Kishi
  • Publication number: 20230282889
    Abstract: A liquid-type lead storage battery includes a positive electrode collector formed of a lead alloy having a rolled structure. A grid substrate of the collector has an upper frame bone located on the upper side and a lower frame bone located on the lower side, each extending laterally, and a pair of vertical frame bones extending vertically. A lug projects upward from a position shifted to the side close to either one of the pair of vertical frame bones from the longitudinal center of the upper frame bone. The intermediate bones have vertical intermediate bones from the upper to lower frame bone and lateral intermediate bones connecting the pair of vertical frame bones. At least one of the lateral intermediate bones has a cross-sectional area B larger than an average value A of the cross-sectional areas of the plurality of lateral intermediate bones, such that B/A is 1.15 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi Sato, Shinya Suge, Hideki Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20230275237
    Abstract: A liquid lead storage battery includes a grid-like substrate of a positive electrode current collector that includes a frame bone forming four sides of a rectangular shape. Intermediate bones are connected to and present inward of the frame bone. At least some vertical intermediate bones present in a range between the center between a pair of vertical frame bones and the first vertical frame bone, which is the vertical frame bone on the side where a lug is absent, are first vertical intermediate bones extending from the lower to the upper frame bone sides while obliquely expanding from each other, and directly reach an upper frame bone. Angles formed by the first vertical intermediate bones and the upper frame bone on the first vertical frame bone side are less than 90°. Connection points of the first vertical intermediate bones to the upper frame bone are present only in this range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sato, Shinya Suge, Hideki Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20230274714
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a position acquiring unit, and a control unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire an image. The position acquiring unit is configured to acquire a position of a display item which is displayed at a currently selected position in the image. The control unit, in a case where the image includes a plurality of feature regions, selects one of the plurality of feature regions based on a distance between each of the plurality of feature regions and the display item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: TAKUYA KOSUGE, HIROFUMI URABE, MASAHIRO SATO, ATSUSHI ISHII
  • Publication number: 20230266506
    Abstract: A louver film includes a louver part having a winding structure wherein a laminated body including a light transmittance layer and a light shielding layer is wound, where the louver part includes a light transmittance part defined by the light transmittance layer, and a light shielding part defined by the light shielding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TAKAHASHI, Atsushi SATO, Yoshihiro YOKOTE, Injo JEONG, Jeahyuck LEE, Jongseok YOON
  • Publication number: 20230257515
    Abstract: A resin composition containing a liquid crystal polymer (A) and a predetermined polyimide resin (B), wherein the liquid crystal polymer (A) contains at least one repeating structural unit selected from the group consisting of repeating structural units represented by the following formulas (I) to (IV), and a molded article containing the same: wherein a, b, and c represent an average number of repeating structural units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi SAKAI, Yuuki SATO
  • Publication number: 20230256328
    Abstract: A seat system includes a seat, a controller, and a terminal. The seat includes a seat body, and a plurality of sensors configured to acquire information for use in detecting a motion of a user seated on the seat body. The controller is configured to acquire the information from the sensors. The terminal comprises a screen. The controller is configured to cause an object operated by the user to move based on the information acquired from the sensors, and to cause a movable object on the screen to move according to a motion of the object operated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAKU, Takako MIYOSHI, Michinobu WAKU, Marie SOMA, Atsushi KUSANO, Satoru KANEDA, Munetaka KOWA, Yosuke HIGASHI, Ryuichiro HIROSE, Ryosuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20230252313
    Abstract: The learning apparatus for machine learning a score function to be used for two-class classification includes a score function optimization unit that updates, by setting, as an index, a total value of a value obtained by multiplying an AUC by a weight ? which is a positive real number and a value obtained by multiplying a pAUC by a weight (1-?), a parameter of the score function through machine learning that is performed, using training data, so as to maximize the index, while decreasing the value of the weight ?. The AUC indicates an area of a region on a horizontal axis side of a curve obtained by changing a threshold for determining a positive example and a negative example in the score function. The pAUC is a value of the AUC when the value of the false positive rate is set to a specific fixed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi SATO
  • Publication number: 20230249732
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a walking type electric transporter capable of being continuously used for a long time while preventing breakage of a storage battery due to a collision of cargo. A storage battery is accommodated in a box-shaped battery casing, the battery casing is detachably attached to a transporter main body portion, and the battery casing holds the storage battery while having spaces in such a manner that an upper portion and a front portion in an interior and an upper surface and a front surface of the storage battery are respectively separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yuya KATO, Takashi MOCHIZUKI, Koji SATO, Atsushi YOKOI, Akiko HATA, Keisuke MOMMA
  • Publication number: 20230207869
    Abstract: A method of producing a sulfide solid electrolyte and a method of producing an electrode mixture are described. The method of producing the sulfide solid electrolyte includes a step of mixing a raw material inclusion containing a lithium atom, a phosphorous atom, a sulfur atom, and a halogen atom with at least one lithium oxoacid salt of lithium nitrate, lithium nitrite, lithium silicate, lithium borate, and lithium carbonate. The sulfide solid electrolyte has high ion conductivity and excellent reactivity with an electrode active material, especially a positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito KONDO, Atsushi SATO
  • Publication number: 20230202356
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a first hinge rotatably supporting a left seatback framework and a second hinge rotatably supporting a center seatback framework. The first hinge includes a first base bracket and a first hinge bracket continuous to the first bracket, and the second hinge includes a second base bracket and a second hinge bracket continuous to the second base bracket. Each of the first hinge and the second hinge has a frame bracket coupled to the corresponding seatback framework and a shaft about which the hinge rotates. An urging member is wound on the shaft. A joining part joins a distal end of the first hinge bracket of the first hinge to a distal end of the second hinge bracket of the second hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi ONJI, Yuki ARITA, Yuki SATO, Masato NARAKI
  • Patent number: 11686229
    Abstract: Engine includes: crankcase housing crankshaft extending in vertical direction; cylinder block mounted on side of crankcase and formed with cylinder; cylinder head mounted on side of cylinder block and provided with air inlet port and air outlet port communicating with cylinder; cylinder head cover mounted on side of cylinder head and covering air inlet port and air outlet port; mount case including: supporting portion provided below crankcase and cylinder block and supporting crankcase and cylinder block; and extending portion extending from supporting portion below cylinder head and cylinder head cover; oil pan provided below mount case and storing lubricating oil; and communication tube communicating first space formed between cylinder head and cylinder head cover and second space formed between mount case and oil pan. Communication tube is provided between cylinder head cover and extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kuroda, Takanori Sato, Atsushi Murao
  • Publication number: 20230199126
    Abstract: An apparatus that is able to control a screen executes an area display step to display a tab display area and a content display area, a target display step that is able to display, in response to a display target tab being selected from one or more tabs, a display target content item associated with the display target tab in the content display area, and a tab adding step that is able to update, in response to a request to add an additional content item, the tab display area so as to display an additional tab associated with the additional content item, wherein the tab adding step is able to update the display of the tab display area such that the additional tab appears as a child node of the display target tab in the tree view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Atsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20230189491
    Abstract: A circuit module 2 comprises: a wiring structure 4; at least one electronic component 6a, 6b arranged on the upper surface of the wiring structure 4; an insulating resin layer 8 which is provided on the upper surface of the wiring structure 4 and in which at least one electronic component 6a, 6b is embedded; and a metal layer 10 provided on the upper surface of the insulating resin layer 8. The surface roughness of the portion S1 directly above each electronic component on the upper surface of the insulating resin layer 8 is expressed as R1. The surface roughness of the portion S2 other than the portion directly above all the electronic components on the upper surface of the insulating resin layer 8 is expressed as R2. At least one R1 satisfies the condition: R1>R2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi TAKIZAWA, Hironori SATO, Atsushi YOSHINO, Hideki KACHI
  • Publication number: 20230187603
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery electrodeposition detection method includes: a positive-electrode SOC map generation step of irradiating a lithium-ion battery with an X-ray, performing an X-ray diffraction measurement of a positive-electrode active material layer, and generating a positive-electrode SOC map that indicates a distribution of a charging depth along a thickness direction of the positive-electrode active material layer; a SOC difference value detection step of detecting a SOC difference value which is a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the positive-electrode SOC map; and a determination step of comparing the SOC difference value with a preset threshold value and determining a presence or absence of a lithium electrodeposition of a negative-electrode active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji Sato, Atsushi Tamai
  • Patent number: 11674912
    Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray diffraction measurement apparatus configured to measure properties of an object to be measured M based on X-ray diffraction generated by the object to be measured at an intersection position between an incident optical axis and outgoing optical axes, the X-ray diffraction measurement apparatus including: three slits of a linear shape through which X-rays pass and that are arranged so as to be inclined in an axial direction of the outgoing optical axis; a first two-dimensional detector and a second two-dimensional detector that detect the X-rays passing through the slits within a detection region; and a profile calculator that calculates diffraction profiles indicating intensities of the passing X-rays detected by the two-dimensional detectors, for each of the passing X-rays, thereby being capable of simultaneously obtaining measurement results relating to properties of a plurality of materials having different diffraction angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Kuwabara, Kenji Sato, Atsushi Tamai
  • Publication number: 20230173453
    Abstract: An oxygen scavenger composition comprising a water retention agent, a swelling agent, an ammonium salt, water, and iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Daiki SATO, Atsushi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230178712
    Abstract: A lead alloy is described that is capable of manufacturing a positive electrode for a lead storage battery with a reduced likelihood of causing growth. The lead alloy contains 0.4% by mass or more and 2% by mass or less of tin and 0.004% by mass or less of bismuth, with the balance being lead and inevitable impurities. The diffraction intensity of a Cube orientation {001} <100> in a pole figure created by analyzing the surface of the lead alloy by an X-ray diffraction method is 4 times or less the diffraction intensity of a random orientation in a pole figure created by analyzing a pure lead powder by the X-ray diffraction method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kaneko, Yoshiaki Ogiwara, Miho Yamauchi, Akira Tanaka, Hideto Nakamura, Masanobu Aragaki, Jun Furukawa, Toru Mangahara, Keizo Yamada, Ayano Koide, Atsushi Sato