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).

  • Automatically routing nets according to parasitic constraint rules
    Patent number: 8751996
    Abstract: A system of automatically routing interconnect of a integrated circuit design while taking into consideration the parasitic issues of the wiring as it is created. The system will be able to select an appropriate wiring pattern so that signals meet their performance requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Pulsic Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy Birch, Mark Waller, Mark Williams, Graham Balsdon, Fumiaki Sato, Tim Parker
  • Clubhead of iron golf club
    Patent number: 8740722
    Abstract: A clubhead of an iron golf club includes: a head main body including a face portion and a hosel portion; a back member including a sole surface and a back surface; and a fixing member configured to detachably fix the back member to the head main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Fumiaki Sato
  • Golf club shaft and golf club therewith
    Patent number: 8734268
    Abstract: A golf club shaft has a length of a shaft of 1050 mm to 1170 mm and a sum of flexural rigidities at positions 150 mm, 200 mm and 250 mm from a front end of the shaft of A1, a sum of flexural rigidities at positions 400 mm, 450 mm and 500 mm from the front end of the shaft of A2 and a sum of flexural rigidities at positions 650 mm, 700 mm and 750 mm from the front end of the shaft of A3, distribution of flexural rigidities is 1.70?A3/A2 and 0.60?A1/A3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Fumiaki Sato
  • COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO TRASTUZUMAB THERAPY IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
    Publication number: 20140073533
    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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC
    Inventors: Akira Myomoto, Satoko Kozono, Fumiaki Sato, Masakazu Toi, Takayuki Ueno, Zhipeng Wang, Gozoh Tsujimoto, Kazuharu Shimizu
  • AMMONIA RECOVERY DEVICE AND RECOVERY METHOD
    Publication number: 20140056777
    Abstract: A method includes a first step of, with a CO2.H2S stripper maintained to have a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, from the ammonia-containing wastewater, discharging CO2 and H2S in a form of gas having a low moisture concentration from a tower top of the CO2.H2S stripper while discharging an ammonia-containing solution from a tower bottom of the CO2.H2S stripper; a second step of introducing the ammonia-containing solution obtained after the first step into an ammonia stripper which is maintained to have a lower pressure than that of the CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Hiroyuki Furuichi, Yudai Kato, Kazuo Ishida
  • GOLF CLUB, SHAFT INSERTION DEPTH CHANGING METHOD AND SHAFT REPLACING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140051527
    Abstract: A golf club includes: a shaft; a head mounted on the leading end of the shaft; and a shaft case having a substantially cylindrical shape and fixed to the leading end of the shaft and inserted into a hosel formed in the head, the shaft case being fixed to the head by a bolt inserted from the sole side of the head, wherein the shaft case includes a small-diameter cylindrical portion on the leading end side thereof and a key portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter cylindrical portion, and multiple slits having different depths and engageable with the key portion are formed in the deep portion of the inside of the hosel, whereby, by changing the slits engageable with the key portion, the insertion depth of the shaft case into the hosel can be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiaki SATO
  • Golf club and method of adjusting properties thereof
    Patent number: 8636606
    Abstract: A golf club includes: a hosel of a head to which a leading end of a shaft is attached; a weight material for adjusting weight being provided in a lower end portion of a hosel hole; and a communication opening which communicates the lower end portion of the hosel hole with an inside of the head, wherein the weight material is detachably screwed into the communication opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumiaki Sato
  • Golf club
    Patent number: 8632418
    Abstract: A golf club includes: a shaft; a head including a hosel formed with a hosel hole; a shaft case with a substantially tube shape being bonded to a leading end of the shaft, the shaft case being inserted into the hosel hole, the shaft case being fixed to the hosel by a ring-shaped screw member fitted onto an upper portion of the shaft case and detachably screwed into a female screw in an inner circumferential surface of the hosel hole, wherein an outer side surface of a lower side part of the shaft case and a lower side part of the hosel hole have non-circular cross-section shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumiaki Sato
  • Golf club, head of golf club and method for adjusting properties of golf club
    Patent number: 8628430
    Abstract: A golf club head with a leading end of a shaft mountable thereon, the golf club head includes: a head main body, formed with a hosel insertion hole; a hosel, formed with a shaft case insertion hole and removably mounted in the hosel insertion hole; and a shaft case, formed with a shaft insertion hole and removably mounted in the shaft case insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Hiroshi Takahashi, Hideo Matsunaga
  • SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING HIGH-PURITY CO2 FROM GASIFICATION GAS CONTAINING CO, CO2, COS AND H2S
    Publication number: 20140010747
    Abstract: A method and system for recovering CO2 from gasification gas, prevents the recovered CO2 from being contaminated with COS, without repeating cooling and heating operations and without increasing the steam consumption. Gasification gas being produced in a gasifier 10 and containing CO, CO2, COS and H2S is subjected to dust removal in a scrubber 20. Then, a part of the gas is subjected to a CO shift reaction, in which CO is converted into CO2, in a CO shift reactor 30. Another part of the gasification gas is not subjected to the CO shift reaction by means of a bypass 34, and is mixed with the gas after the CO shift reaction. Thereby, the temperature of the mixture gas is set at 180° C. to 300° C., and COS in the mixture gas is converted into H2S in a COS converter 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Shinji Ogino, Motonari Aihara, Yudai Kato, Kazuo Ishida, Seiji Kakesako
  • Ammonia recovery device and recovery method
    Patent number: 8603427
    Abstract: A method includes a first step of, with a CO2.H2S stripper maintained to have a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, from the ammonia-containing wastewater, discharging CO2 and H2S in a form of gas having a low moisture concentration from a tower top of the CO2.H2S stripper while discharging an ammonia-containing solution from a tower bottom of the CO2.H2S stripper; a second step of introducing the ammonia-containing solution obtained after the first step into an ammonia stripper which is maintained to have a lower pressure than that of the CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Hiroyuki Furuichi, Yudai Kato, Kazuo Ishida
  • Golf club head and golf club
    Patent number: 8585511
    Abstract: A golf club head includes: a head main body formed with a hosel column inserting hole; a hosel column which is formed with a shaft inserting hole and is installed on the hosel column inserting hole; a bolt inserting hole penetrating from a sole side of the head main body to the hosel column inserting hole; and a bolt which is inserted into the bolt inserting hole and is screwed into the hosel column, wherein: the hosel column includes a trunk portion provided with a shaft inserting hole, and a leg portion which protrudes from a lower end surface of the trunk portion and is inserted into the hosel column inserting hole; and at least a lower end side of the leg portion and an inner portion of the hosel column inserting hole are polygonal sectional shape portions and are engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Kozue Wada, Hideo Matsunaga
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD
    Publication number: 20130303304
    Abstract: According to an aspect of this invention, a golf club head includes: a head main body; and a weight material detachably mounted in a weight material mounting portion in the head main body, an external screw thread on the weight material meshing with an internal screw thread in the weight material mounting portion, wherein: the weight material comprises a head portion having the external screw thread and a rod portion which projects from the head portion; and the internal screw thread is provided on an entrance side and a cylindrical portion is provided on a deeper side for engagement with the rod portion in the weight material mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiaki SATO
  • GOLF CLUB
    Publication number: 20130296068
    Abstract: According to an aspect of this invention, a golf club includes: a shaft; a head attached to a distal end of the shaft; a substantially cylindrical shaft case is secured to the distal end of the shaft; the shaft case is inserted into a hosel hole in the head; and the shaft case is fixed to the head by a bolt which is inserted from a sole side of the head, wherein: a stopper member is attached to an outer circumference of the shaft case so that an attaching position can be changed; the stopper member is in abutment with an upper end portion of a hosel; and an inserting depth of the shaft case into the hosel hole can be changed by changing the attaching position of the stopper member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiaki SATO
  • Golf club head and golf club
    Patent number: 8574093
    Abstract: A golf club head includes: a head main body having a shaft holder inserting hole; a shaft holder which has a shaft inserting hole and is attachably and detachably installed in the shaft holder inserting hole; a bolt inserting hole which penetrates from a sole side of the head main body to the shaft holder inserting hole; and a bolt which is inserted into the bolt inserting hole, screwed into the shaft holder, and fixes the shaft holder to the head main body, an axis center of the shaft inserting hole and an axis center of the shaft holder inserting hole being non-coaxial shapes, wherein a lower end side of the shaft holder and an inner portion of the shaft holder inserting hole are polygonal sectional shape portions and are engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Hiroshi Takahashi, Hideo Matsunaga
  • Golf club
    Patent number: 8562453
    Abstract: A golf club includes: a shaft case being inserted into a hosel from the upper end side of a hosel hole in a head; an extending member with a lower end side which is screwed into the upper end side of the hosel hole, into which the screw member is screwed; and a pair of attachments which is fit onto the shaft and interposed between an upper end surface of the shaft case and a lower end surface of the screw member and each of which has a half-split cylindrical shape, wherein: the shaft case is fixed to the hosel hole by the screw member pressing the shaft via the attachments; and the shaft case is fixable to the hosel hole by removing the extending member and the attachments and screwing the screw member onto the upper end side of the hosel hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumiaki Sato
  • System for recovering high-purity COfrom gasification gas containing CO, CO, COS and HS
    Patent number: 8551416
    Abstract: A method and system for recovering CO2 from gasification gas, prevents the recovered CO2 from being contaminated with COS, without repeating cooling and heating operations and without increasing the steam consumption. Gasification gas being produced in a gasifier 10 and containing CO, CO2, COS and H2S is subjected to dust removal in a scrubber 20. Then, a part of the gas is subjected to a CO shift reaction, in which CO is converted into CO2, in a CO shift reactor 30. In one embodiment, part of the gasification gas is not subjected to the CO shift reaction by means of a bypass 34, and is mixed with the gas after the CO shift reaction. Thereby, the temperature of the mixture gas is set at 180° C. to 300° C., and COS in the mixture gas is converted into H2S in a COS converter 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Shinji Ogino, Motonari Aihara, Yudai Kato, Kazuo Ishida, Seiji Kakesako
  • GOLF CLUB
    Publication number: 20130260910
    Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft and a head. The shaft has a torque of the entire length of the shaft of from 3 to 5°. In the torsional rigidity distribution of the shaft, an integrated value of the torsional rigidity on the grip end side of the shaft is at least 85% of the integrated value of the torsional rigidity of the entire length of the shaft. The head has a distance to the center of gravity of from 25 mm to 35 mm and has a gravity center angle of from 10° to 20°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiaki SATO
  • Method and apparatus for separating acidic gases from syngas
    Patent number: 8535613
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for separating acidic gases from syngas are capable of reducing the necessary power and are capable of obtaining high-purity CO2 at a high recovery ratio. A purification method and a purification system of coal gasification gas using the method and the apparatus are also provided. An apparatus for separating acidic gases from syngas containing acidic gases of C02 and H2S, in order, converts CO in the syngas into C02, removes H2S contained in the syngas by using a solvent for physical absorption, removes physical solvent from the syngas followed by heating in a heat exchanger using the converted syngas heat, and removes C02 from the heated syngas by using a solvent for chemical absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Ogino, Fumiaki Sato, Yudai Kato, Motonari Aihara, Kazuo Ishida, Seiji Kakesako
  • Putter head
    Patent number: 8491415
    Abstract: A putter head prevents a ball from sliding over a green while maintaining golfers' preferred hitting feel and roll of the ball. A face insert fitted in a face of the putter head has an outer layer which serves as a ball-hitting surface and an inner layer which is located on an inner side of a head body. A smash factor of a second polymer material forming the inner layer is greater than a smash factor of a first polymer material forming the outer layer. Two types of groove, grooves of a first groove group and grooves of a second groove group are formed in an external surface of the outer layer. The grooves of the first groove group may be 0.25 to 1.6 mm wide and 0.05 to 0.5 mm deep and the grooves of the second groove group may be 0.075 to 0.5 mm wide and 0.025 to 0.1 mm deep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ishikawa, Wataru Ban, Fumiaki Sato