Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Sato

Hirotaka 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: 11970204
    Abstract: A steering device includes a steering column for supporting a steering shaft coupled to a steering wheel; an upper bracket fixed to a vehicle body and supports the steering column; and two lower brackets independently fixed to the vehicle body on both sides of the steering column to support the steering column in such a manner that allows the steering column to sway in a vertical direction. The lower brackets each includes a fixed portion facing the vehicle body and disposed on an outside of the steering column in a vehicle width direction, a pivot portion facing the steering column and having an attachment hole into which a pin member for coupling the steering column to the lower bracket is inserted, and a pair of rib portions each connected to the fixed portion and the pivot portion by a bent portion shaped into a bent plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sato, Tomohiro Ikuta, Suguru Sugishita, Hirotaka Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11972990
    Abstract: A unit includes a wiring board having a first face having a mounting portion on which an electronic device is mounted, a second face opposite to the first face, and end faces continuous with the first face and the second face, a resin member provided to cover the end faces and to have protrusions protruding upward from the end faces to face each other across a space above the mounting portion, and an insulating film covering the second face, wherein at least a part of an edge of the insulating film is provided away from an end of the second face on the end face side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Nozu, Yu Aoki, Hirotaka Sekiguchi, Koji Sato, Koji Tsuduki
  • Patent number: 11942495
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a circuit board, a heat releasing plate, an adhesive member, and a conductive member. The circuit board transmits a signal of the semiconductor chip. The heat releasing plate has the semiconductor chip disposed thereon, and has an opening in a region on the outer side of a semiconductor chip placement region that is a region in which the semiconductor chip is disposed. The adhesive member is disposed in a region on the outer side of the opening on a different surface of the heat releasing plate from the surface on which the semiconductor chip is disposed, and bonds the circuit board and the heat releasing plate to each other. The conductive member connects the semiconductor chip and the circuit board to each other via the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Chino, Hiroyuki Shigeta, Shigekazu Ishii, Koyo Hosokawa, Hirohisa Yasukawa, Mitsuhito Kanatake, Kosuke Hareyama, Yutaka Ootaki, Kiyohisa Sakai, Atsushi Tsukada, Hirotaka Kobayashi, Ninao Sato, Yuki Yamane
  • Patent number: 11912333
    Abstract: A steering device includes a steering shaft, a steering column, a bracket, and a fastening mechanism. An upper column includes a clamp, a cylindrical part, a pair of protrusions, and contact ribs. The clamp includes a continuous clamp and a spaced clamp. The protrusions include a continuous protrusion and a spaced protrusion. The contact ribs include first contact ribs disposed each of which is disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the clamp, second contact ribs each of which is disposed on a side surface of the protrusion and disposed opposite to the first contact rib with respect to a long groove, and at least one third contact rib disposed on a side surface of the spaced protrusion and between the first contact rib and the long groove. The third contact rib has a protrusion amount greater than those of the first contact rib and the second contact rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikuta, Yoshiyuki Sato, Suguru Sugishita, Hirotaka Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11808901
    Abstract: A nuclear reaction detection device 100 includes a semiconductor memory 100 arranged in an environment in which radiation is incident, a position information storage unit 210 that stores spatial position information of a semiconductor element in the semiconductor memory 100, a bit position specifying unit 220 that detects that an SEU (Single Event Upset) has occurred in the semiconductor element included in the semiconductor memory 100, and specifies the semiconductor element in which the SEU has occurred, and a position calculating unit 230 that calculates a spatial position in which the SEU has occurred, based on the specified semiconductor element and the spatial position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, National University Corporation Hokkaido University, National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
    Inventors: Hidenori Iwashita, Gentaro Funatsu, Michihiro Furusaka, Takashi Kamiyama, Hirotaka Sato, Yoshiaki Kiyanagi
  • Publication number: 20230308036
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electric motor drive device includes an electric motor, a main circuit, a current sensor, and a control unit. The electric motor has a plurality of windings. The main circuit transforms power of an alternating current (AC) power supply into AC power and supplies the AC power to each of the plurality of windings. The current sensor detects a load current flowing through each of the plurality of windings. The control unit controls the main circuit on the basis of a current value detected by the current sensor. The control unit controls an amount of power to be supplied from the main circuit to the electric motor on the basis of an amplitude of the load current associated with detection of an undervoltage state of the AC power supply in a state in which the main circuit uses a conversion rule in which an index value for the amplitude of the load current flowing through the plurality of windings is defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirotaka SATO
  • Publication number: 20230265563
    Abstract: A composition which conditions a surface for electroless deposition of a metal is disclosed. The composition comprises a polymer surfactant comprising repeating units of a monomer, wherein each of the repeating units comprises a functional group; a metal ion; and water, wherein the functional group in each of the repeating units forms a complex with the metal ion. In a preferred embodiment, the functional group is amine, and the surfactant comprises polyethyleneimine and/or polyallylamine. The metal ion comprises cobalt, rhodium, palladium or silver. A method of forming the composition as well as a method of electroless deposition using the composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jian Rong CHONG, Hirotaka SATO
  • Patent number: 11661292
    Abstract: A paper feeder includes a processor configured to, in a case of lowering a paper feed tray on which paper is placed in an accommodation section that accommodates paper and replenishing paper, the paper feed tray being controlled to be raised/lowered in a case of replenishing paper, control a lowering amount of the paper feed tray according to a number of sheets of paper to be replenished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya Harada, Hirotaka Sato, Kenji Tomizawa, Hirofumi Ogasawara, Katsuyuki Fujii, Takayoshi Sato, Ryoji Kawaguchi, Junichi Furusawa, Daiji Kato, Yuichi Hoshino, Masashi Hara, Yuki Akechi, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11627231
    Abstract: A computer of an information processing device performs selecting an image processing device of the one or more image processing devices. Further, when one or more pieces of workflow information defining various settings and various processes with respect to the image processing devices are stored in a storage area accessible by the computer, the one or more pieces of workflow information being associated with device identification information identifying a target image processing device subjected to the various settings and the various processes, the computer reads workflow information associated with the device identification information identifying the target image processing device which is different from the image processing device selected in the selecting, and imports the read workflow information in a workflow information storage area of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka Sato
  • Publication number: 20230001198
    Abstract: A method of controlling a movement of a hybrid robot including a locomotion stimulation device carried by an animal includes monitoring, via a positioning component the locomotion stimulation device, a position and an orientation of the hybrid robot; providing, via a stimulator of the locomotion stimulation device, a stimulus to the animal based on an angular difference between the orientation with respect to a direct path from the position to a predetermined destination to control the movement of the hybrid robot; monitoring, via the positioning component, one or a combination of a displacement, a velocity or an acceleration of the hybrid robot in response to the stimulus; ceasing provision of the stimulus to the animal in response to the one or the combination of the displacement, the velocity or the acceleration being below a corresponding pre-defined minimum so as to allow the animal to roam freely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotaka SATO, Huu Duoc NGUYEN, Feng CAO, Doan Tat Thang VO, Hee Chuan SEAH, Bing Hui Terence GOH, Sook Fuen WONG
  • Patent number: 11496653
    Abstract: A measurement recording system is configured to measure timing information for correcting out-of-synchronization of a time axis between a first captured video and a second captured video and correct the out-of-synchronization to align the start timing between the first captured video and the second captured video based on the measured timing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Masuto Kitamura, Hirotaka Sato
  • Publication number: 20220260735
    Abstract: A nuclear reaction detection device includes an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) 100 which is arranged in an environment in which particle radiation is incident, and includes a user circuit 101 configured to output a value different from that in a normal state, if an SEU (Single Event Upset) occurs in a semiconductor element included in the FPGA, and an SEF detection unit 210 which detects that an abnormal operation (SEF) has occurred in the user circuit based on the output value from the user circuit 101 of the FPGA 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Hidenori IWASHITA, Gentaro FUNATSU, Michihiro FURUSAKA, Takashi KAMIYAMA, Hirotaka SATO, Yoshiaki KIYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20220252743
    Abstract: A nuclear reaction detection device 100 includes a semiconductor memory 100 arranged in an environment in which radiation is incident, a position information storage unit 210 that stores spatial position information of a semiconductor element in the semiconductor memory 100, a bit position specifying unit 220 that detects that an SEU (Single Event Upset) has occurred in the semiconductor element included in the semiconductor memory 100, and specifies the semiconductor element in which the SEU has occurred, and a position calculating unit 230 that calculates a spatial position in which the SEU has occurred, based on the specified semiconductor element and the spatial position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Hidenori IWASHITA, Gentaro FUNATSU, Michihiro FURUSAKA, Takashi KAMIYAMA, Hirotaka SATO, Yoshiaki KIYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20220217240
    Abstract: A computer of an information processing device performs selecting an image processing device of the one or more image processing devices. Further, when one or more pieces of workflow information defining various settings and various processes with respect to the image processing devices are stored in a storage area accessible by the computer, the one or more pieces of workflow information being associated with device identification information identifying a target image processing device subjected to the various settings and the various processes, the computer reads workflow information associated with the device identification information identifying the target image processing device which is different from the image processing device selected in the selecting, and imports the read workflow information in a workflow information storage area of the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka SATO
  • Publication number: 20220215503
    Abstract: An information processing device, when one or more pieces of workflow information defining settings and processes for the image processing device are stored in a particular storage area accessible by a computer and when workflow information satisfying a particular condition is included among the one or more pieces of workflow information stored in the particular storage area, performs reading the workflow information satisfying the particular condition from the particular storage area, and importing the read workflow information in a workflow information storage area in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka SATO
  • Patent number: 11336866
    Abstract: This aircraft inspection support device includes a first imaging unit configured to capture a measurement information image displayed on a measurement instrument-side display unit of a specific measurement instrument associated with a model of an aircraft or an inspection target of an aircraft component, the measurement instrument-side display unit being configured to display measurement information on the inspection target, and an operator-side display unit configured to display the measurement information image so as to be visible to an inspection operator who is performing an inspection operation near the inspection target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horikawa, Hiroshi Yagi, Takashi Tanaka, Koji Morita, Hirotaka Sato, Masuto Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11288020
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an application program readable by a computer of an information processing device, the application program, when executed by the computer, causes the information processing device to perform: displaying a first image object and a second image object on a display device of the information processing device; and based on receiving a print instruction via an input device of the information processing device, controlling a first printer to perform printing of a first image based on the first image object and a second printer to perform printing of a second image based on the second image object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotaka Sato
  • Publication number: 20220006923
    Abstract: A measurement recording system is configured to measure timing information for correcting out-of-synchronization of a time axis between a first captured video and a second captured video and correct the out-of-synchronization to align the start timing between the first captured video and the second captured video based on the measured timing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Masuto KITAMURA, Hirotaka SATO
  • Patent number: D948207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Hirotaka Sato
  • Patent number: D948208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Hirotaka Sato