Patents by Inventor Ayumi SATOU

Ayumi SATOU 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: 20240118223
    Abstract: A surface inspection device (1) according to the present invention comprises: a plate-shaped sample holding member (3) which can hold a sample (2); a spindle motor (4) for rotating the sample holding member (3); a turntable (5) which is fixed to the spindle motor (4) and rotated by the spindle motor (4); a frame (6) to which the spindle motor (4) is fixed; a plurality of support members (12) each having one end fixed to the sample holding member (3) and the other end fixed to the turntable (5), the support members supporting the sample holding member (3) such that the sample holding member is displaceable in a focus direction which is the height direction with respect to the turntable (5); and a sample drive unit (11) which displaces the sample holding member (3) in the focus direction with respect to the turntable (5). This surface inspection device (1) can accurately drive the sample (2) in the focus direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuhiko KIMURA, Yoshihiro SATOU, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Ayumi TOMIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9518524
    Abstract: A fuel injection controller controls a fuel injector which injects a fuel directly into a cylinder of an engine. The fuel injection controller conducts a correction to increase a fuel injection quantity injected from the fuel injector according to a fuel-adhered quantity which is an amount of the fuel adhered to an opened intake valve. Thus, even when the fuel is adhered to the intake valve, an appropriate amount of the fuel can be injected into the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Satou, Hiromichi Katoh, Mikio Teramura, Yuuta Hosaka, Kensuke Mizui
  • Publication number: 20150027414
    Abstract: A fuel injection controller controls a fuel injector which injects a fuel directly into a cylinder of an engine. The fuel injection controller conducts a correction to increase a fuel injection quantity injected from the fuel injector according to a fuel-adhered quantity which is an amount of the fuel adhered to an opened intake valve. Thus, even when the fuel is adhered to the intake valve, an appropriate amount of the fuel can be injected into the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Ayumi SATOU, Hiromichi KATOH, Mikio TERAMURA, Yuuta HOSAKA, Kensuke MIZUI