Patents by Inventor Hideki Sato

Hideki 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: 12769190
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus to which a cooling apparatus including a fan is detachable includes a heat generating member, a first exterior member that forms a first surface of a housing and has a first opening, a second exterior member that forms a second surface of the housing and has a second opening, a heat radiating member that is arranged inside the housing to face a surface opposite to the first surface and is configured to cool heat generated by the heat generating member, a first sealant arranged between the first exterior member and the heat radiating member, and a second sealant arranged between the first exterior member and the second exterior member, and between the heat radiating member and the second exterior member. The first and second exterior members and the heat radiating member form a first flow path of air between the first and second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideki Sato
  • Publication number: 20260287643
    Abstract: To smoothly perform precise alignment between the contacts of a semiconductor package and the contact pieces. In a semiconductor socket for positioning each solder ball arranged in a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped semiconductor package and each corresponding contact piece arranged in a state of being electrically insulated from each other, a through-hole is formed having a guide portion for guiding the semiconductor package into the guide body from the arrangement surface of the solder balls, and a housing portion for accommodating the semiconductor package guided by the guide portions, and the guide portions, include a tapered portion facing each side edge of the arrangement surface and becoming narrower toward the guiding direction of the semiconductor package and a clearance portion facing each corner portion of the arrangement surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Applicant: United Precision Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji YAMADA, Hideki SATO
  • Publication number: 20260283285
    Abstract: Fastener tape and fabric are sewn along a second imaginary line that is parallel to a first imaginary line established by direct contact between two or more fastener elements and a presser foot. The fastener tape and the fabric are sewn along a fourth imaginary line that is parallel to a third imaginary line established by direct contact between a plastic member and a presser foot. The plastic member has a guiding surface with which the presser foot comes into contact such that the first and third imaginary lines extend collinearly so as to form one guiding line and the second and fourth imaginary lines extend collinearly so as to form one projected sewing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Inventors: Rito KOBAYASHI, Hideki SATO, Yusuke MEIWA, Tiantian FENG
  • Publication number: 20260185560
    Abstract: A ceramic ball material according to an embodiment including: a spherical portion; and a band-shaped portion formed over a circumference of a surface of the spherical portion. The ceramic ball material has a ratio Rtb/Rts of 1.0 or more, where Rtb denotes a maximum cross-sectional height of a roughness profile on an outer peripheral surface of the band-shaped portion; and Rts denotes a maximum cross-sectional height of roughness on an outer peripheral surface of the spherical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: Niterra Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai FUNAKI, Hideki SATO
  • Patent number: 12667901
    Abstract: A heat treatment furnace apparatus according to an embodiment heats, when a metal plate is brazed to a ceramic substrate, at least one storage container made of stainless steel, in which a plurality of ceramic metal substrates are stored, to subject the plurality of ceramic metal substrates to a heat treatment at 600 degrees Celsius or more and less than 950 degrees Celsius. The heat treatment furnace apparatus includes: a heater provided outside a furnace body; a rail section that transports the storage container placed inside the furnace body; and a transport device that transports the storage container placed on the rail section in a predetermined transport direction along the rail section while moving the storage container in a direction perpendicular to the rail section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Niterra Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hoshino, Hiromasa Kato, Hideki Sato
  • Patent number: 12668037
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a continuous assemblage of pots for continuous transplanting capable of handling a seedling crop that requires a wide interval between plants, facilitated in manufacture, and reduced in manufacturing cost, and a method for manufacturing the assemblage. [Solution] A link piece 3 is formed by folding back both sides in a width direction of a strip-shaped sheet onto an identical face by one-sixth of a width of the sheet, using a water-soluble adhesive 21 to attach folded back inner faces, folding back the sheet onto an opposite side of the folding back by a width same as the folded back width, and using the water-soluble adhesive 21 to attach folded back inner faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: NIPPON BEET SUGAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Hidekazu Terasawa, Kazuhiko Chiba
  • Publication number: 20260166890
    Abstract: A drawing apparatus that includes a light source section and a scanning section. The scanning section irradiates a surface of the recording medium with a plurality of laser beams. The light source section generates at least one laser beam among the plurality of laser beams to cause a beam shape of each of the laser beams at a position of the recording medium to satisfy a relational expression below, and to cause a length of the beam shape in a direction parallel to a scanning direction of the laser beams to be 0 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less with respect to the scanning direction of the laser beams: L ? y × 1 . 1 ? L ? x < L ? y × 5. d × 0.8 ? L ? y ? d × 1.3 Lx: Length of the beam shape in a direction parallel to the scanning direction of the laser beams Ly: Length of the beam shape in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction of the laser beams d: Pixel size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KURIHARA, Satoko ASAOKA, Isao TAKAHASHI, Hideki SATO, Eiji NOMURA
  • Patent number: 12624728
    Abstract: A ceramic ball material according to an embodiment including: a spherical portion; and a band-shaped portion formed over a circumference of a surface of the spherical portion. The ceramic ball material has a ratio Rtb/Rts of 1.0 or more, where Rtb denotes a maximum cross-sectional height of a roughness profile on an outer peripheral surface of the band-shaped portion; and Rts denotes a maximum cross-sectional height of roughness on an outer peripheral surface of the spherical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Niterra Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai Funaki, Hideki Sato
  • Patent number: 12610015
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to operate a predetermined part included in a device after a sound collecting section is installed to the device and before the device is operated in a test mode of the sound collecting section, the sound collecting section being used for specifying an abnormal spot of the device from an operating sound of the device; acquire signal data output from the sound collecting section when the predetermined part is operating; and display a diagnosis result indicating malfunction of the sound collecting section in a case where the signal data does not match reference data which is set in advance and is output from the sound collecting section when the sound collecting section is correctly fixed at a predetermined position of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Hideki Sato
  • Publication number: 20260096634
    Abstract: A slide fastener slider, includes: a slider body; a puller, and a lock pin. The lock pin is made of a stainless steel material. A black oxide film is formed on a surface of the lock pin. The surface of the lock pin has brightness L* satisfying 31.70?L*?35.90, and a* of a value satisfying ?0.708?a*?1.929, the brightness L? and the a* of the value according to definitions in a CIELAB color space defined in JIS Z8781-4 (2013).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Sugimoto, Shigehiro Kuroda, Hideki Sato
  • Patent number: 12590962
    Abstract: Provided is a means capable of predicting a formation of thrombus or a risk thereof in a medical device performing blood circulation by a pump, by a simple and minimally invasive method. A method for predicting a formation of thrombus or a risk thereof in a medical device performing blood circulation by a pump, wherein it is predicted that thrombus is formed or there is a risk thereof in the medical device when a concentration or expression amount of ADAM28 in a body fluid sample collected from a subject wearing the medical device is elevated compared with a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiro Hirahara, Shinpei Furukawa, Koko Kumano, Hideki Sato
  • Publication number: 20260082479
    Abstract: A ceramic circuit board according to an embodiment includes a ceramic substrate and a metal circuit. The metal circuit is bonded to a first surface of the ceramic substrate via an active metal brazing material layer. A thickness of the metal circuit is not less than 1 mm. The metal circuit has a through-hole extending through the metal circuit along a first direction perpendicular to the first surface. A portion of the first surface overlaps the through-hole in the first direction. The active metal brazing material layer is present at the portion of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: NITERRA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya ODA, Hiromasa KATO, Hideki SATO
  • Patent number: 12578660
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an image capturing apparatus and an image capturing method that can accurately capture an image of a sample irrespective of the presence or absence of thermal expansion by the sample. [Solving Means] An image capturing apparatus includes a table, a chuck having a back surface secured to the table and a front surface for holding a sample under suction, a temperature sensor that obtains a temperature of the chuck, a column that captures an image of the sample mounted on the chuck, a mirror provided on the table, a laser interferometer that emits laser light onto the mirror and measures a distance to the mirror, and a control unit that calculates an amount of position correction for an image capturing location on the basis of the temperature of the chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nishioka, Shuichi Nakagawa, Hideki Sato, Tomotaka Shibazaki, Masaki Mizuochi, Takanori Kato
  • Patent number: 12560115
    Abstract: A cooling system for an internal combustion engine is equipped with an air conditioner having a heat exchanger, a first passage connected to the heat exchanger and supplies cooling water of the engine to the heat exchanger, a second passage connected to a cooling apparatus for oil which fills a speed change mechanism connected to the engine or for oil which fills the engine and which supplies the cooling water to the cooling apparatus, a flow control valve configured to control the flow rate of the cooling water to the first passage and the second passage, and a controller configured to control the engine and the flow control valve. When the temperature of the oil is higher than the temperature of the cooling water, the controller performs a first control which controls the flow control valve to a position in which the first passage and the second passage are open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihiro Homma, Kentaro Baba, Hideki Sato, Shinsaku Tomita
  • Patent number: 12540279
    Abstract: A liquid crystal element includes two substrates with a transparent conductive film, the substrates being arranged such that transparent conductive films face each other, and a liquid crystal-polymer composite film which is sandwiched between the two substrates with a transparent conductive film, in which the liquid crystal-polymer composite film contains an acetylene alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tomofumi Hamamura, Hideki Sato, Makoto Yanagie, Katsutoshi Nakamura, Takashi Komori
  • Publication number: 20260010542
    Abstract: An information processing device, comprising: a first acquisition unit 127; a second acquisition unit 128; and an extraction unit 129, wherein the first acquisition unit 127 acquires a first data set including at least a first process data related to a first process and first system data related to a system where the first process is performed, the second acquisition unit 128 acquires a second data set including at least a second process data related to a second process and second system data related to a system where the second process is performed, and the extraction unit 129 extracts at least one of a pair of the first process data and the second process data whose contents are the same as or similar to each other and a pair of the first system data and the second system data whose contents are the same as or similar to each other from the first data set and the second data set, and stores at least one of the pairs extracted in a storage unit in a manner where their correspondence relationship is identifia
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki SATO, Shizuka IKAWA, Motoki IRIKURA
  • Patent number: 12517920
    Abstract: An information processing device, comprising: a first acquisition unit 127; a second acquisition unit 128; and an extraction unit 129, wherein the first acquisition unit 127 acquires a first data set including at least a first process data related to a first process and first system data related to a system where the first process is performed, the second acquisition unit 128 acquires a second data set including at least a second process data related to a second process and second system data related to a system where the second process is performed, and the extraction unit 129 extracts at least one of a pair of the first process data and the second process data whose contents are the same as or similar to each other and a pair of the first system data and the second system data whose contents are the same as or similar to each other from the first data set and the second data set, and stores at least one of the pairs extracted in a storage unit in a manner where their correspondence relationship is identifia
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Shizuka Ikawa, Motoki Irikura
  • Patent number: 12468295
    Abstract: An assistance method comprising steps of: acquiring information related to a process or a reduced system when the process to be performed in a plant is performed in the reduced system with a smaller scale than the plant; and generating at least a part of a model for predicting a process to be performed in the plant, or an intermediate system with a scale between the plant and the reduced system, based on a relationship between systems when the process is performed in a plurality of systems of different scales, from the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Sato, Shizuka Ikawa, Motoki Irikura
  • Publication number: 20250342915
    Abstract: An information processing device including a processor that acquires an operating parameter regarding a reaction device that performs a predetermined chemical reaction and information regarding a substance used in the chemical reaction in the reaction device, the information processing device determines a parameter of a first reaction state predicted as the reaction state of the substance when the chemical reaction is performed with the operating parameter in the reaction device, the information processing device learns a prediction model that outputs a parameter of a second reaction state that is a reaction state of the substance in response to inputting information regarding the substance and the operating parameter by using the acquired information regarding the substance, the acquired operating parameter and the parameter of the first reaction state as learning data, and the information processing device stores the learned prediction model in a storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicant: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki SATO, Eiji KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20250334862
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a heat radiating member to which heat generated by an electronic component is transferred, an exterior member covering the heat radiating member, and a positioning structure configured to position the heat radiating member relative to the exterior member so that the heat radiating member does not contact the exterior member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: HIDEKI SATO, MASAYASU SHIGEMATSU