Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Sato
Hiroaki 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).
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Publication number: 20230185133Abstract: An electronic mirror device includes: a liquid crystal panel that displays an image; a linearly reflective polarizing layer that transmits a polarization component of incident light in a first direction and reflects a polarization component of the incident light in a second direction different from the first direction; a glass that transmits the incident light; and a PET film bonded to the glass. The linearly reflective polarizing layer is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the PET film. The PET film contains polyethylene terephthalate and has a retardation value in a range of 2000 nm or more and 4000 nm or less. An angle between a slow axis of the PET film and a polarization reflection axis of the linearly reflective polarizing layer is 30 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroaki SATO
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Publication number: 20230175432Abstract: A control system for a standby generator includes a control box mountable in a standby generator enclosure, a control panel, one or more linkage mechanisms coupling the control panel to the control box such that the control panel is selectively openable to provide access into the control box, and one or more generator control components mounted in the control box and operated by the control panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Mark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison
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Patent number: 11668227Abstract: A standby generator includes a standby generator enclosure having a partition wall separating a first end from an opposite second end of the enclosure, one or more airflow openings, and a first air duct and a second air duct each coupled to at least one of the one or more airflow openings. An engine mounts in the enclosure toward the first end from the partition wall, and an alternator driven by the engine mounts in the enclosure toward the second end from the partition wall. The engine includes an engine cooling fan that faces the first end to drive engine cooling air received from the first air duct toward the first end, and the alternator includes an alternator cooling fan that faces the second end to drive alternator cooling air received from the second air duct toward the second end.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Champion Power Equipment, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison
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Patent number: 11668233Abstract: An engine assembly is provided that includes an engine having a crankshaft that is caused to rotate response to a firing of the engine, a backplate affixed to the engine and comprising one or more air flow passages formed therethrough, and an engine cooling fan operatively coupled to the crankshaft so as to be rotated by the crankshaft, the engine cooling fan coupled to the crankshaft on a side of the backplate opposite the engine. The engine assembly also includes a fan cover mounted over the engine cooling fan and secured to the backplate, the fan cover including an opening through which an air flow is provided to the engine cooling. The backplate and the fan cover collectively form an air guide that directs a flow of cooling air generated by the engine cooling fan through the one or more air flow passages of the backplate and to the engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Champion Power Equipment, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison
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Patent number: 11668212Abstract: An oil cooler is disclosed that comprises a base plate including a recessed portion defined by an interior wall and an exterior wall and including an inlet port and an outlet port. The base plate further includes a divider wall positioned in the recessed portion and extending between the exterior wall and the interior wall to separate the inlet port and the outlet port, a plurality of protrusions arranged in the recessed portion to provide a plurality of tortuous flow paths through which oil flows from the inlet port to the outlet port, and a first set of cooling fins formed on a surface of the base plate opposite the recessed portion. A cover plate is attached to the base plate so as to cover the recessed portion and thereby define a cavity to circulate the oil therethrough, the cover plate including a second set of cooling fins formed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Champion Power Equipment, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison
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Patent number: 11636981Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including internal electrodes laminated in a first direction, a first main surface including a first flat region facing in the first direction, and a second main surface including a second flat region facing in the first direction; and a pair of external electrodes connected to the internal electrodes and facing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a dimension of the ceramic body in the first direction being 1.1 times or more and 1.6 times or less a dimension of the ceramic body in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, the first flat region being formed at a center portion of the first main surface in the second direction, the second flat region being formed at a center portion of the second main surface in the third direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroaki Sato
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Publication number: 20230117476Abstract: In a hybrid inflator, a housing houses a gas generator to generate a combustion gas in a housing recessed portion on a bottom portion side. A lid body provided at an outflow port of the housing and a lid body provided at a sealed portion side of a pressurized gas in a bottle in a gas discharge port portion separate the sealed portion of the pressurized gas in the bottle from outside. When the hybrid inflator is activated, the two lid bodies are broken by generation of the combustion gas from the gas generator, and whereby the pressurized gas is discharged from a discharge port of the gas discharge port portion. The gas generator is detachably assembled to the housing with respect to the housing recessed portion of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Yoshio ONO, Shinichi HAYAKAWA, Kosuke SHIGETA, Akira SUZUKI, Masaaki MORI, Hiroaki SATO
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Publication number: 20220375891Abstract: Apparatuses relating to a microelectronic package are disclosed. In one such apparatus, a substrate has first contacts on an upper surface thereof. A microelectronic die has a lower surface facing the upper surface of the substrate and having second contacts on an upper surface of the microelectronic die. Wire bonds have bases joined to the first contacts and have edge surfaces between the bases and corresponding end surfaces. A first portion of the wire bonds are interconnected between a first portion of the first contacts and the second contacts. The end surfaces of a second portion of the wire bonds are above the upper surface of the microelectronic die. A dielectric layer is above the upper surface of the substrate and between the wire bonds. The second portion of the wire bonds have uppermost portions thereof bent over to be parallel with an upper surface of the dielectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Hiroaki Sato, Teck-Gyu Kang, Belgacem Haba, Philip R. Osborn, Wei-Shun Wang, Ellis Chau, Ilyas Mohammed, Norihito Masuda, Kazuo Sakuma, Kiyoaki Hashimoto, Kurosawa Inetaro, Tomoyuki Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11492961Abstract: A control system for a standby generator includes a control box mounted in a standby generator enclosure with a control panel coupled to the control box that is selectively openable to provide access into the control box. One or more fasteners may be mounted to the control panel to selectively hold the control panel closed, and one or more generator control components may be mounted in the control box and operated by the control panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Champion Power Equipment, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison
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Publication number: 20220311324Abstract: A control device, for a power conversion device using a three-phase magnetic coupling reactor, includes: a first outer coil; a second outer coil; an inner coil disposed between the first outer coil and the second outer coil; and a core including a first outer core portion around which the first outer coil is wound, a second outer core portion around which the second outer coil is wound, and an inner core portion around which the inner coil is wound. Directions of magnetic fluxes generated in the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil are opposite to each other in any combination. In a three-phase operation, the control device controls a value of the current flowing through the inner coil so as to approach values of the currents flowing through the first outer coil and the second outer coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki SATO, Ryota KITAMOTO, Yusuke SHINDO
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Patent number: 11424211Abstract: Apparatuses relating to a microelectronic package are disclosed. In one such apparatus, a substrate has first contacts on an upper surface thereof. A microelectronic die has a lower surface facing the upper surface of the substrate and having second contacts on an upper surface of the microelectronic die. Wire bonds have bases joined to the first contacts and have edge surfaces between the bases and corresponding end surfaces. A first portion of the wire bonds are interconnected between a first portion of the first contacts and the second contacts. The end surfaces of a second portion of the wire bonds are above the upper surface of the microelectronic die. A dielectric layer is above the upper surface of the substrate and between the wire bonds. The second portion of the wire bonds have uppermost portions thereof bent over to be parallel with an upper surface of the dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: TESSERA LLCInventors: Hiroaki Sato, Teck-Gyu Kang, Belgacem Haba, Philip R. Osborn, Wei-Shun Wang, Ellis Chau, Ilyas Mohammed, Norihito Masuda, Kazuo Sakuma, Kiyoaki Hashimoto, Kurosawa Inetaro, Tomoyuki Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11418056Abstract: A monitoring control system includes: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem; and at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem. The transmission monitoring control subsystem and the distribution monitoring control subsystem respectively include an operation procedure creation unit that creates an operation procedure that defines a procedure of an operation for a facility installed in an electric power system, and an operation unit that, in a case an on-site operation that cannot be remotely performed on the facility is included in the operation procedure, transmits, to an on-site terminal associated with the on-site operation, a start confirmation instruction to confirm whether or not the on-site operation can be started and the operation procedure for the on-site operation. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the operation procedure.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, IncorporatedInventors: Hiroaki Fujiura, Masami Onishi, Hirofumi Fujii, Hiroaki Sato, Koichi Takeuchi, Junya Yamamoto, Takashi Eguchi, Tomohiro Kubo, Masanori Endo, Kenji Kitami, Takaaki Hosaka, Jun Inoue
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Patent number: 11407396Abstract: An electric booster including an input member that is advanceably/retractably moved according to a brake pedal operation. An electric motor of an electric actuator advanceably/retractably moves a power piston. A master pressure control unit sets a target movement amount of the power piston according to an amount of a movement of the input member that is caused by the brake pedal, and controls the electric motor to move the power piston so as to achieve the target movement amount, thereby causing a brake hydraulic pressure to be generated in a master cylinder. The master pressure control unit includes a reaction force generation portion, which changes a characteristic of a hydraulic reaction force applied to the brake pedal. The reaction force generation portion corrects the target movement amount of the power piston according to a temporal change in the movement amount of the input member.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Daisuke Goto, Takaya Tsukagoshi, Norikazu Matsuzaki, Hiroaki Sato
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Patent number: 11368411Abstract: In a communication system including first virtual CPE and second virtual CPE, the first virtual CPE includes a band acquisition unit configured to acquire a first contract band set for a subscriber under control of the first CPE and acquire a value of decrease in the first contract band when at least one subscriber terminal of the subscriber transitions from being under control of the first CPE to being under control of the second CPE, and a band control unit configured to control a communication band for the first CPE, and the second virtual CPE includes a band acquisition unit configured to acquire a second contract band set for a subscriber under control of the second CPE and acquire a value of increase in the second contract band, and a band control unit configured to control a communication band for the second CPE.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Shinya Kawano, Katsuma Miyamoto, Akihiro Kimura, Akihiro Okada, Hiroaki Sato
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Publication number: 20220186652Abstract: A standby generator includes a standby generator enclosure having a partition wall separating a first end from an opposite second end of the enclosure, one or more airflow openings, and a first air duct and a second air duct each coupled to at least one of the one or more airflow openings. An engine mounts in the enclosure toward the first end from the partition wall, and an alternator driven by the engine mounts in the enclosure toward the second end from the partition wall. The engine includes an engine cooling fan that faces the first end to drive engine cooling air received from the first air duct toward the first end, and the alternator includes an alternator cooling fan that faces the second end to drive alternator cooling air received from the second air duct toward the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Mark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison
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Patent number: 11336214Abstract: A carbon monoxide shutoff system for an engine of a portable electrical generator has a carbon monoxide gas sensor, a microcontroller, and an output indicator. The carbon monoxide gas sensor generates an output electrical current proportional to a detected concentration of ambient carbon monoxide. The microcontroller has an input connected to the carbon monoxide gas sensor, and an output connected to an operational control of the engine. A deactivation signal generated by the microcontroller in response to detection of a deactivation condition is based upon the output electrical current from the carbon monoxide gas sensor matching predefined value and duration thresholds. The deactivation signal is operative to stop the engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: CHAMPION POWER EQUIPMENT, INC.Inventors: Mark Sarder, Mark Kastner, Zhikun Zhong, James Dehn, Hiroaki Sato
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Patent number: 11300034Abstract: A standby generator includes a standby generator enclosure having one or more airflow openings, a first air duct and a second air duct each coupled to at least one of the one or more airflow openings, and an engine and an alternator driven by the engine mounted in the enclosure. An engine cooling fan is driven by the engine to force a first stream of cooling air from the first air duct through the engine in a direction opposite the alternator, and an alternator cooling fan is coupled to the alternator and driven by the engine to force a second stream of cooling air from the second air duct through the alternator in a direction opposite the engine.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Champion Power Equipment, Inc.Inventors: Mark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison
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Patent number: 11298858Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sealing device to improve the positioning accuracy of a parting operation while also improving manufacturing efficiency. The method includes molding an elastomeric cylindrical molded body (100a) with a plurality of cylindrical surface portions (130) and a plurality of annular outer peripheral convex portions (110) arranged alternately on an outer peripheral side thereof, and further provided with a plurality of cylindrical surface portions and a plurality of annular inner peripheral convex portions arranged alternately on an inner peripheral side thereof. The cylindrical surface portions on the outer peripheral side and the cylindrical surface portions on the inner peripheral side, as well as the outer peripheral convex portions and the inner peripheral convex portions are provided so as to be at the same positions in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Sato, Akira Morio, Daihachi Shojima
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Publication number: 20220044874Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including internal electrodes laminated in a first direction, a first main surface including a first flat region facing in the first direction, and a second main surface including a second flat region facing in the first direction; and a pair of external electrodes connected to the internal electrodes and facing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a dimension of the ceramic body in the first direction being 1.1 times or more and 1.6 times or less a dimension of the ceramic body in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, the first flat region being formed at a center portion of the first main surface in the second direction, the second flat region being formed at a center portion of the second main surface in the third direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventor: Hiroaki SATO
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Publication number: 20220003157Abstract: An engine assembly is provided that includes an engine having a crankshaft that is caused to rotate response to a firing of the engine, a backplate affixed to the engine and comprising one or more air flow passages formed therethrough, and an engine cooling fan operatively coupled to the crankshaft so as to be rotated by the crankshaft, the engine cooling fan coupled to the crankshaft on a side of the backplate opposite the engine. The engine assembly also includes a fan cover mounted over the engine cooling fan and secured to the backplate, the fan cover including an opening through which an air flow is provided to the engine cooling. The backplate and the fan cover collectively form an air guide that directs a flow of cooling air generated by the engine cooling fan through the one or more air flow passages of the backplate and to the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Mark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison