Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Sakamoto

Hiroaki Sakamoto 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: 20240030837
    Abstract: The task of the present invention is to provide a magnetostrictive power generation device that is low cost and excellent in durability and can achieve a power generation amount equal to or exceeding those of conventional magnetostrictive power generation devices. The present invention provides a power-generating magnetostrictive element that is formed from a laminate comprising at least one electromagnetic steel sheet layer which comprises at least one electromagnetic steel sheet and satisfies at least one of the following Condition A and Condition B. Condition A: The at least one electromagnetic steel sheet layer comprises two or more electromagnetic sheets, and the two or more electromagnetic sheets are bonded to each other through a brazing material part. Condition B: The laminate further comprises at least one elastic material layer, and the at least one electromagnetic steel sheet layer is bonded to the elastic material layer through a brazing material part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKAMOTO, Masao TANABE, Shinichi TERASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230395979
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a feeding point that excites a high-frequency signal; a first conductor having a first end serving as a first open end and extending from the feeding point to the first open end; and a second conductor having a first end serving as a second open end and extending spirally between the feeding point and the second open end in a direction different from a direction directed from the feeding point to the first open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKAMOTO, Hidetoshi MAKIMURA, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • JIG
    Publication number: 20230253769
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a jig that is capable of being easily attached and detached. A jig (21) includes a harness protective part (22) configured to be enlargeable and reduceable into shapes including an annular shape of a mounted state in which the harness protective part is mounted to cover a periphery (13a) of a through hole (13) provided in a panel (11). The jig (21) includes a pair of tab operating parts (23) for deforming the harness protective part (22) to a reduced state side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yuka INOUE, Hiroaki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230046395
    Abstract: Task of the present invention is to provide a power-generating magnetostrictive element and a magnetostrictive power generation device equipped with the same, which are capable of achieving the same or a greater magnetostrictive power generation amount compared to conventional technology while employing materials lower in cost compared to conventional magnetostrictive materials. The task is achieved by providing a magnetostrictive element comprising a magnetostrictive part formed of an electromagnetic metal sheet. The present invention also provides a power-generating magnetostrictive element and a power-generating magnetostrictive element having high voltage with little variation. The task is achieved by providing a magnetostrictive element comprising a magnetostrictive part formed from a magnetostrictive material and a stress control part formed from an elastic material, the materials each having a Young's modulus and a sheet thickness simultaneously satisfying specific relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKAMOTO, Masao TANABE
  • Patent number: 11525859
    Abstract: There is provided an insertion/extraction mechanism for having one or multiple block members being inserted into or extracted from a frame member forming an intermediate connection member that is disposed between a first member having multiple first members and a second member having multiple second terminals and electrically connects the first terminals and the second terminals, the block member having multiple connection terminals for electrically connecting the first terminals and the second terminals. The insertion/extraction mechanism comprises a first engaging unit and a second engaging unit that are engaged with a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion of the block member, respectively, thereby holding the block member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakamoto, Masanori Ueda, Jun Fujihara
  • Patent number: 11360115
    Abstract: An inspection system configured to inspect a device within a substrate is provided. The inspection system includes an inspection module, an alignment module, a supporting device and a fixing device. The inspection module has multiple testers and multiple inspection chambers. The multiple testers are allowed to be accommodated in the multiple inspection chambers, respectively. The alignment module has an aligner. The aligner is placed in an alignment space. The aligner is configured to adjust a position of the substrate to be inspected with respect to one tester of the multiple testers, which is accommodated in the alignment space. The supporting device is configured to support the tester accommodated in the alignment space from below. The fixing device is configured to fix the tester accommodated in the alignment space in cooperation with the supporting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takanori Hyakudomi, Jun Fujihara, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Tomoya Endo, Xingjun Jiang
  • Patent number: 11196175
    Abstract: Included are: a coaxial line (10) provided so as to pass through a second ground conductor (6), a first dielectric substrate (8), and a second dielectric substrate (9), the coaxial line (10) including an outer conductor (11) allowing a first ground conductor (1), a second ground conductor (6), and a third ground conductor (7) to be conductive thereamong; and a conductive member (15) provided so as to pass through the first dielectric substrate (8), the conductive member (15) allowing the first ground conductor (1) and the second ground conductor (6) to be conductive therebetween. An interface circuit (18) combines a plurality of signals having mutually different phases output from each of plurality of element antennas (3a), (3b), (3c), and (3d) and outputs the combined signal to the coaxial line (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakamoto, Takashi Yanagi, Yusuke Kitsukawa, Moriyasu Miyazaki, Takuma Kadoya, Yuichi Hagito
  • Patent number: 10935570
    Abstract: There is provided an intermediate connection member which is provided between a first member having a plurality of first terminals and a second member having a plurality of second terminals and electrically connects the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals, respectively, the intermediate connection member including: a pogo block including a main body and a plurality of pogo pins provided in the main body, the pogo block configured to connect the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals, respectively; and a pogo frame having an insertion hole into which the pogo block is inserted, wherein the pogo block has a positioning pin, and the pogo frame has a positioning hole into which the positioning pin is inserted, and wherein the pogo block is positioned with respect to the pogo frame when the positioning pin is inserted into the positioning hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Fujihara, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200274251
    Abstract: Included are: a coaxial line (10) provided so as to pass through a second ground conductor (6), a first dielectric substrate (8), and a second dielectric substrate (9), the coaxial line (10) including an outer conductor (11) allowing a first ground conductor (1), a second ground conductor (6), and a third ground conductor (7) to be conductive thereamong; and a conductive member (15) provided so as to pass through the first dielectric substrate (8), the conductive member (15) allowing the first ground conductor (1) and the second ground conductor (6) to be conductive therebetween. An interface circuit (18) combines a plurality of signals having mutually different phases output from each of plurality of element antennas (3a), (3b), (3c), and (3d) and outputs the combined signal to the coaxial line (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKAMOTO, Takashi YANAGI, Yusuke KITSUKAWA, Moriyasu MIYAZAKI, Takuma KADOYA, Yuichi HAGITO
  • Publication number: 20200153189
    Abstract: There is provided an insertion/extraction mechanism for having one or multiple block members being inserted into or extracted from a frame member forming an intermediate connection member that is disposed between a first member having multiple first members and a second member having multiple second terminals and electrically connects the first terminals and the second terminals, the block member having multiple connection terminals for electrically connecting the first terminals and the second terminals. The insertion/extraction mechanism comprises a first engaging unit and a second engaging unit that are engaged with a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion of the block member, respectively, thereby holding the block member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKAMOTO, Masanori UEDA, Jun FUJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200018778
    Abstract: There is provided an intermediate connection member which is provided between a first member having a plurality of first terminals and a second member having a plurality of second terminals and electrically connects the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals, respectively, the intermediate connection member including: a pogo block including a main body and a plurality of pogo pins provided in the main body, the pogo block configured to connect the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals, respectively; and a pogo frame having an insertion hole into which the pogo block is inserted, wherein the pogo block has a positioning pin, and the pogo frame has a positioning hole into which the positioning pin is inserted, and wherein the pogo block is positioned with respect to the pogo frame when the positioning pin is inserted into the positioning hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jun FUJIHARA, Hiroaki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190265272
    Abstract: An inspection system configured to inspect a device within a substrate is provided. The inspection system includes an inspection module, an alignment module, a supporting device and a fixing device. The inspection module has multiple testers and multiple inspection chambers. The multiple testers are allowed to be accommodated in the multiple inspection chambers, respectively. The alignment module has an aligner. The aligner is placed in an alignment space. The aligner is configured to adjust a position of the substrate to be inspected with respect to one tester of the multiple testers, which is accommodated in the alignment space. The supporting device is configured to support the tester accommodated in the alignment space from below. The fixing device is configured to fix the tester accommodated in the alignment space in cooperation with the supporting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Takanori Hyakudomi, Jun Fujihara, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Tomoya Endo, Xingjun Jiang
  • Patent number: 10333285
    Abstract: A protector-equipped wire harness includes: an electrical wire; a protector that includes a pair of side walls that protrude from a bottom, a slide supporting portion that is formed so as to extend in a first direction X, and a receiver that is provided on a bottom side of the slide supporting portion, and in which the electrical wire can be disposed in a groove that is defined by the bottom and the pair of side walls; and an attachment member that includes a band that can be wound around the electrical wire, and a band lock portion that includes a slidable portion that is supported by the slide supporting portion so as to be slidable in the first direction, the band lock portion keeping the band in a state of being wound around the electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nomura, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: D859372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakamoto, Takashi Yanagi, Yusuke Kitsukawa, Moriyasu Miyazaki, Takuma Kadoya, Yuichi Hagito
  • Patent number: D859373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakamoto, Takashi Yanagi, Yusuke Kitsukawa, Moriyasu Miyazaki, Takuma Kadoya, Yuichi Hagito
  • Patent number: D871378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakamoto, Takashi Yanagi, Yusuke Kitsukawa, Moriyasu Miyazaki, Takuma Kadoya, Yuichi Hagito
  • Patent number: D881171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakamoto, Takashi Yanagi, Yusuke Kitsukawa, Moriyasu Miyazaki, Takuma Kadoya, Yuichi Hagito
  • Patent number: D886084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakamoto, Takashi Yanagi, Yusuke Kitsukawa, Moriyasu Miyazaki, Takuma Kadoya, Yuichi Hagito
  • Patent number: D889444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakamoto, Takashi Yanagi, Naoya Noguchi, Ryuya Seki
  • Patent number: D890144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakamoto, Takashi Yanagi, Naoya Noguchi, Ryuya Seki