Patents by Inventor Fumiaki Sato

Fumiaki 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).

  • Patent number: 10416403
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes optical fiber ribbons of no less than 12, a slot rod including slot grooves in which the optical fiber ribbons are housed, a tension member, and a cable sheath. The optical fiber ribbons include, at a part of or through all of the optical fiber core wires, in a state where the optical fiber core wires are arranged in parallel, a connecting part where adjacent optical fiber core wires are connected and a non-connecting part where adjacent optical fiber core wires are not connected, which are provided intermittently in a longitudinal direction. A relationship between the number “x” of the optical fiber core wires housed in the optical fiber cable and flexural rigidity “y” (N·mm2) of the optical fiber cable satisfies following Expression 1. y?3e0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Okada, Fumiaki Sato, Yoshiaki Nagao, Nobuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10416612
    Abstract: A control device for tuning a servo motor is suggested. The control device comprises a calculation unit configured to determine a current proportional speed gain of the servo motor and to calculate a stabilization time ratio based on a current stabilization time of the servo motor and a target stabilization time, a determination unit configured to select a gain determination process based on the calculated stabilization time ratio, to determine a next proportional speed gain using the selected gain determination process starting from the current proportional speed gain, wherein the calculation unit is further configured to update parameters of the servo motor according to the determined next proportional speed gain, and a control unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling the servo motor for driving a load based on the updated parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasumoto Mori, Mamoru Egi, Fumiaki Sato, Aimar Arrate, Pere Llibre, Federico Heras
  • Patent number: 10384344
    Abstract: A processing device is provided and electrically connected to a drive controller for driving a control object. The drive controller has a predetermined control structure that includes a feedback system and a control model part, and that enables model follow-up control according to the control models, and has the predetermined control structures corresponding to the control objects, respectively. The processing device determines a common control gain to set a predetermined control gain in the control model part of each predetermined control structure corresponding to the control objects to the common control gain for all the control model parts when synchronous control of the control objects is performed, and instructs the drive controller to set the common control gain for the control model part corresponding to each predetermined control structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Mamoru Egi
  • Publication number: 20190204519
    Abstract: There is provided an intermittent connection type optical fiber ribbon in which at least a part of a plurality of optical fibers that are arranged to be in parallel come into contact with each other, and between a part or the entirety of the optical fibers, a connection portion at which the adjacent optical fibers are connected to each other with an adhesive resin, and a non-connection portion at which the adjacent optical fibers are not connected to each other with the adhesive resin, are intermittently provided in the longitudinal direction, in which an outer diameter dimension of the optical fiber is equal to or less than 0.22 mm, and an inter-center distance of the adjacent optical fibers is 0.20±0.02 mm, and in which at least a part of the outer periphery of the optical fiber has no adhesive resin attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki SATO, Yoshiaki NAGAO, Nobuyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190143802
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure prevents early deterioration of fastening portions on side members of a battery pack having a large mass caused by vertical vibrations during travelling of a vehicle. The vehicle rear structure includes a pair of side members disposed on right and left sides of the vehicle in a width direction of the vehicle and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and a battery pack whose bottom surface side is fastened to the side members. The vehicle rear structure also includes an upper back skeletal member extending in the width direction of the vehicle above the battery pack and fixed to the body of the vehicle, in which an upper surface side of the battery pack is fixed to the upper back skeletal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Fumiaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20190121044
    Abstract: In a step of intermittently applying an adhesive resin, while rotating an adhesive resin conveying roller formed by alternately laminating a disk-like fiber roller installed in a pass line, a disk-like partition plate having a diameter larger than that of the fiber roller and including a gap portion for holding the adhesive resin in a part of the vicinity of a peripheral edge portion in a circumferential direction, the adhesive resin conveying roller is immersed in the adhesive resin, which is not cured, to hold the adhesive resin in the gap portion, and then the optical fibers are brought into contact with the partition plate such that the partition plate is sandwiched between the optical fibers in running, so as to intermittently apply the adhesive resin held in the gap portion to the optical fibers in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki ISHIKAWA, Toshihisa SATO, Fumiaki SATO, Masahiko ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10268009
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable comprises optical units having a plurality of optical fiber ribbons, a slot rod having a plurality of slot grooves in which the optical units are accommodated, and a cable sheath configured to cover an outer side of the slot rod, each of the optical fiber ribbons is intermittently provided with coupling portions, at which adjacent optical fibers are coupled therebetween, and non-coupling portions, at which adjacent optical fibers are not coupled therebetween, in a longitudinal direction between a part or all of the optical fibers in a state where the plurality of optical fibers is arranged in parallel, and an outer diameter of the optical fiber cable is 35 mm or less and a number of the optical fibers in the optical unit accommodated in one slot groove is 100 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Kenta Tsuchiya, Keisuke Okada, Yoshiaki Nagao, Nobuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10268015
    Abstract: This optical fiber cable comprises an optical unit obtained by creating strands of a plurality of optical fiber tape cores, a tube in which the optical unit is housed, and a cable sheath that covers the outside of an aggregate of a plurality of tubes. The optical fiber tape cores have provided thereto, between some or all of optical fiber cores when a plurality of optical fiber cores are positioned in parallel, and intermittently in the longitudinal direction thereof, connecting parts that connect adjoining optical fiber cores, and non-connecting parts at which adjoining optical fiber cores are not connected. The tube has a Young's modulus lower than the Young's modulus of the cable sheath, and the aggregate is such that the plurality of tubes on the inside of the cable sheath deform elastically with respect to one another, with some thereof being in surface contact with the cable sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Keisuke Okada, Yoshiaki Nagao, Nobuyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190064462
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes optical fiber ribbons of no less than 12, a slot rod including slot grooves in which the optical fiber ribbons are housed, a tension member, and a cable sheath. The optical fiber ribbons include, at a part of or through all of the optical fiber core wires, in a state where the optical fiber core wires are arranged in parallel, a connecting part where adjacent optical fiber core wires are connected and a non-connecting part where adjacent optical fiber core wires are not connected, which are provided intermittently in a longitudinal direction. A relationship between the number “x” of the optical fiber core wires housed in the optical fiber cable and flexural rigidity “y” (N·mm2) of the optical fiber cable satisfies following Expression 1. y?3e0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke OKADA, Fumiaki SATO, Yoshiaki NAGAO, Nobuyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190025783
    Abstract: The disclosure enables mutual relationships among operation statuses of each motor to be ascertained without using synchronous serial communication between multiple motor control devices. The motor control system is equipped with: a motor driver having a trigger determination part for determining whether or not a trigger condition is satisfied, a trigger notification part for transmitting a trigger notification indicating that the trigger condition is satisfied to motor drivers by asynchronous communication, and a trace result information generation part for causing a storage part to store a trigger data number for identifying operation data when the trigger condition is satisfied; and motor drivers each having a trace result information generation part for causing a storage part to store a slave trigger time at which the trigger notification is received, a trigger data number for identifying operation data corresponding to the slave trigger time, and a master trigger time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke TAMASHIMA, Fumiaki SATO, Takao USHIYAMA, Naoya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190011656
    Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber cable whereby macrobend loss can be suppressed even when ribbons are mounted at high density in grooves. An optical fiber cable provided with optical units in which ribbons each having a plurality of optical fiber cores arranged in parallel are collected, a slot rod having a plurality of grooves for accommodating optical units, a tension member on which tension is applied, and a cable jacket for covering the outside of the slot rod. Each of the optical units is accommodated in the corresponding groove in a stranded state, and the occupancy of the optical units calculated from the cross-sectional area of the optical units with respect to the cross-sectional area of the groove is 25% to 65%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki SATO, Keisuke OKADA, Yoshiaki NAGAO, Kenta TSUCHIYA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180348464
    Abstract: This optical fiber cable comprises an optical unit obtained by creating strands of a plurality of optical fiber tape cores, a tube in which the optical unit is housed, and a cable sheath that covers the outside of an aggregate of a plurality of tubes. The optical fiber tape cores have provided thereto, between some or all of optical fiber cores when a plurality of optical fiber cores are positioned in parallel, and intermittently in the longitudinal direction thereof, connecting parts that connect adjoining optical fiber cores, and non-connecting parts at which adjoining optical fiber cores are not connected. The tube has a Young's modulus lower than the Young's modulus of the cable sheath, and the aggregate is such that the plurality of tubes on the inside of the cable sheath deform elastically with respect to one another, with some thereof being in surface contact with the cable sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki SATO, Keisuke OKADA, Yoshiaki NAGAO, Nobuyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180321454
    Abstract: An intermittent-connection-type optical fiber ribbon includes: a plurality of optical fiber core wires that are disposed in parallel; a connecting resin that is coated on surfaces of the plurality of optical fiber core wires; and slits that are provided intermittently in the connecting resin partially between the optical fiber core wires in a longitudinal direction, and a marking is on the connecting resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki SATO, Keisuke OKADA, Yoshiaki NAGAO, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Yuuki SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20180321453
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable comprises optical units having a plurality of optical fiber ribbons, a slot rod having a plurality of slot grooves in which the optical units are accommodated, and a cable sheath configured to cover an outer side of the slot rod, each of the optical fiber ribbons is intermittently provided with coupling portions, at which adjacent optical fibers are coupled therebetween, and non-coupling portions, at which adjacent optical fibers are not coupled therebetween, in a longitudinal direction between a part or all of the optical fibers in a state where the plurality of optical fibers is arranged in parallel, and an outer diameter of the optical fiber cable is 35 mm or less and a number of the optical fibers in the optical unit accommodated in one slot groove is 100 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki SATO, Kenta TSUCHIYA, Keisuke OKADA, Yoshiaki NAGAO, Nobuyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180314020
    Abstract: An intermittent-connection-type optical fiber ribbon in which a plurality of optical fiber core wires are disposed in parallel, and which includes: a connecting part where adjacent optical fiber core wires are connected; and a non-connecting part where adjacent optical fiber core wires are not connected, the connecting parts and the non-connecting parts are provided intermittently in a longitudinal direction, the non-connecting parts are not provided in the longitudinal direction between two the optical fiber core wires, the connecting part is recessed, and in a case where, in the longitudinal direction, a is length of the connecting part, b is length of a part where the non-connecting part between different optical fiber core wires overlap, c is length of the non-connecting part, and p is an interval of the connecting parts, c/a?1.5, b?50 mm, and (c/a)×p?200 mm are set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki SATO, Kenta TSUCHIYA, Keisuke OKADA, Yoshiaki NAGAO, Nobuyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180277418
    Abstract: A wafer holding device includes a wafer chuck that includes a wafer holding surface coming into contact with a wafer to be held and a plurality of attraction regions provided on the wafer holding surface, and a controller configured to independently control an attraction force of an at least one of the plurality of attraction regions. In a case where fixing of the wafer is released, the controller establishes a temporarily fixing state in which the attraction force of the at least one of the plurality of attraction regions is smaller than an attraction force in fixing the wafer, and thereafter, the controller sets attraction forces of all of the plurality of attraction regions to be smaller than the attraction force in fixing the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Suguru Hirokawa, Masamitsu Shinozuka
  • Publication number: 20180264647
    Abstract: A processing device is provided and electrically connected to a drive controller for driving a control object. The drive controller has a predetermined control structure that includes a feedback system and a control model part, and that enables model follow-up control according to the control models, and has the predetermined control structures corresponding to the control objects, respectively. The processing device determines a common control gain to set a predetermined control gain in the control model part of each predetermined control structure corresponding to the control objects to the common control gain for all the control model parts when synchronous control of the control objects is performed, and instructs the drive controller to set the common control gain for the control model part corresponding to each predetermined control structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki SATO, Mamoru EGI
  • Patent number: 9873916
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition and a method for prediction of a response to Trastuzumab therapy in a breast cancer patient, and more specifically, a composition, a kit, a DNA chip, and a method for predicting a response to Trastuzumab therapy by using polynucleotides each comprising a nucleotide sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 9, 11 to 19, and 21 to 23 in the Sequence Listing or a nucleotide sequence derived therefrom by substitution of u with t, mutants thereof, derivatives thereof, or fragments thereof comprising at least 16 continuous nucleotides, or a polynucleotide comprising a complementary sequence thereof, and using an increase or decrease in Her2 protein expression level as an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akira Myomoto, Satoko Kozono, Fumiaki Sato, Masakazu Toi, Takayuki Ueno, Zhipeng Wang, Gozoh Tsujimoto, Kazuharu Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20170261946
    Abstract: A control device for tuning a servo motor is suggested. The control device comprises a calculation unit configured to determine a current proportional speed gain of the servo motor and to calculate a stabilization time ratio based on a current stabilization time of the servo motor and a target stabilization time, a determination unit configured to select a gain determination process based on the calculated stabilization time ratio, to determine a next proportional speed gain using the selected gain determination process starting from the current proportional speed gain, wherein the calculation unit is further configured to update parameters of the servo motor according to the determined next proportional speed gain, and a control unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling the servo motor for driving a load based on the updated parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasumoto MORI, Mamoru EGI, Fumiaki SATO, Aimar ARRATE, Pere LLIBRE, Federico HERAS
  • Publication number: 20170261950
    Abstract: The invention supports the easy and appropriate setting of a plurality of control parameters. A setting support device of the invention includes: a test action instruction part, for changing at least one value among control parameters, so as to enable a servo driver to actually control test actions, or controlling test actions by utilizing the simulation of a hypothetical model; and a performance index calculation part, for working out performance indexes of the control of the servo driver according to a result of test actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasumoto MORI, Mamoru EGI, Fumiaki SATO