Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Sato

Hitoshi 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: 11352230
    Abstract: A sheet-feeding system includes a holding part which holds an end portion of a sheet, a nozzle part for discharging an adhesive agent for joining sheets to each other, and a nozzle moving unit which supports the nozzle part such that the nozzle part is made movable within a region including both temporarily holding parts, in which when a sheet joining condition is established where a remaining amount of the sheet on one original sheet roll becomes equal to or below a predetermined remaining amount, an end portion of the sheet on the other original sheet roll is conveyed to the temporarily holding part by the holding part and, thereafter, the nozzle part is moved to the temporarily holding part, and the adhesive agent is discharged to the end portion of the sheet from the nozzle part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Zuiko Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Yosuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11345556
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a holding mechanism configured to hold suction members; and a driving device including a rotary shaft which is rotatable about a second axis parallel to the first axis and a connecting mechanism configured to connect the rotary shaft and suction members to each other; and a support mechanism configured to support the holding mechanism and the drive device. The connecting mechanism is connected to the suction members in a state where the suction members are movable in a radial direction of the circle about the first axis. The support mechanism supports the holding mechanism and the drive device such that the holding mechanism and the drive device are relatively movable from each other in a direction orthogonal to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Takashi Arima, Kouji Utani
  • Patent number: 11331224
    Abstract: An absorbent article processing device includes a cutter roll and an anvil roll. The cutter roll includes a roll main body; a blade protruding in a radial direction in a first angular range of a part of a circumferential direction of the roll main body; a first bearer protruding in the radial direction in a second angular range of a part of the circumferential direction including at least the first angular range and being in contact with the anvil roll, and being cut out in an angular range excluding the second angular range at a first end portion in an axial direction of the roll main body; and a second bearer provided around the entire circumference or a part of the circumferential direction and being in contact with the anvil roll at the second end portion in an axial direction of the roll main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11283233
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor light-emitting device includes: (a) forming a semiconductor layer including a light-emitting layer on the first surface of a substrate; (b) forming a first trench and a second trench in the semiconductor layer, the first trench extending in a first direction that is parallel to a principal plane of the substrate, and the second trench being disposed inside and parallel to the first trench; (c) forming a third trench parallel to the first trench in the second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface of the substrate; and (d) forming a semiconductor light-emitting device by dividing the substrate. In (d), an end of at least one divided side of the semiconductor light-emitting device is in the second trench. The first trench has a first width, and the second trench has a second width. The second width is less than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Kazuya Yamada, Hiroki Nagai
  • Publication number: 20220082039
    Abstract: A detection device detecting collapse of PM collected in a filter provided in an exhaust system flow path of an internal combustion engine includes: a differential pressure sensor configured to acquire a differential pressure between an exhaust inlet side and an exhaust outlet side of the filter; a water generation determination unit configured to determine whether water is generated in the exhaust system flow path; and a PM collapse determination unit configured to determine that at least a part of the PM collected in the filter has collapsed when a PM accumulation amount estimated based on the acquired differential pressure has increased by a predetermined amount or more within a predetermined period in a state where the PM accumulation amount estimated based on the acquired differential pressure is equal to or larger than a predetermined first threshold and the water generation determination unit has determined that water is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Daiki ISHII, Naofumi OCHI, Takanobu OGAWA, Yuta KAGEYAMA, Akira MATSUTANI, Hitoshi SATO
  • Patent number: 11176916
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a keyboard device and an electronic musical instrument. The keyboard device includes: a plurality of keys 60 arranged in a left-right direction (scale direction); a base member 50 supporting the keys 60; a vibration transmission member 70 being in contact with the base member 50 across an arrangement region of the keys 60 in the left-right direction; and a vibrator 72 fixed to the vibration transmission member 70 and vibrating based on pressing of the key 60. Therefore, the vibration of the vibrator 72 is transmitted to each of the keys 60 (base member 50) arranged on the left and right via the vibration transmission member 70. As the vibration transmission member 70 has higher rigidity than the base member 50 made of resin, the vibration of the vibrator 72 is easily transmitted in the left-right direction through the vibration transmission member 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Tateki Yamamura, Yoshiki Takaki, Yukihide Takata, Hitoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11174116
    Abstract: When a remaining amount of a sheet on one original sheet roll is equal to or less than a predetermined remaining amount, a pair of holding pads is brought into a first posture where holding surfaces are opened, and the holding surface of one holding pad is pressed to a joining end portion from the outside of the original sheet roll in a radial direction of another original sheet roll. Further, the holding pad is moved such that the joining end portion is separated toward the outside of the original sheet roll in the radial direction. Further, the posture of the pair of holding pads is changed into a second posture where the holding surfaces approach each other, and the joining end portion is conveyed to a joining part in a state where the joining end portion is sandwiched between the holding surfaces of the pair of holding pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Yosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210343263
    Abstract: A keyboard device is provided, and includes multiple keys and multiple hinges. Each of the keys is supported by a support member. Each of the hinges has: a pair of base parts, joined to the support member and separated from each other with a predetermined gap therebetween in a width direction of the keys, and a connection part, connecting the pair of base parts and each of the keys to each other in a longitudinal direction of the keys. A dimension of the connection part in the longitudinal direction of the keys is set to be larger than dimensions of the base parts in the width direction of the keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi SATO, Yoshitaka FUJIWARA, Mutsuo SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20210333776
    Abstract: A control device for a machine tool, the control device being provided with an individual database that stores voice data and image data for the face for each of a plurality of persons in association with the respective person's ID, an input command database that stores commands that can be inputted into a machine tool, an imaging device that images the face of a person, a microphone that inputs a voice, and a microprocessor that processes the image data for the face imaged by the imaging device and the voice data inputted from the microphone. The microprocessor performs facial authentication on the basis of the image data of the face, and performs voice authentication on the basis of voice data inputted from the microphone. If the voice is a voice produced by a facially authenticated person, the microprocessor analyzes voice data, searches the input command database on the basis of the analysis result, and inputs a command corresponding to the voice data into the machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi SATO, Yasunori MASUMIYA, Tomoo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210312896
    Abstract: A displacement amount detecting apparatus is provided and includes: transmission member, transmitting a displacement on one end side thereof to a displacement on the other end side thereof; a sensor, disposed to face the other end side of the transmission member, and configured to output a value according to a distance between the sensor and the other end side of the transmission member; a calculation device, calculating a value for indicating the distance based on the value output by the sensor and a reference value; and a correction device, correcting the reference value. When the one end side is displaced in a first direction, the other end side is displaced in a second direction opposite to the first direction and away from the sensor. The correction) device is configured to correct the reference value based on the value for indicating the distance calculated by the calculation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Ryohei Kanayama, Kentaro Mori
  • Publication number: 20210201871
    Abstract: To provide an electronic wind instrument capable of accurately detecting the amount of rotation of a transmission member. An electronic wind instrument whereby contact with an optical sensor by a flat surface of a rear section can be suppressed even when at least a prescribed amount of a reed is bitten, as a result of the flat surface rotating in a direction away from the optical sensor when the rear section of the transmission member rotates in conjunction with displacement of the reed. As a result, the spacing between the facing flat surface and the optical sensor can be set comparatively narrowly in the initial state and the detection sensitivity at the optical sensor increased, thereby enabling accurate detection of the rotation amount of the transmission member (the amount of the reed that is bitten).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi SATO, Ryohei KANAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210201872
    Abstract: To provide an electronic wind instrument capable of accurately detecting the amount of rotation of a transmission member. During an electronic wind instrument performance by a performer, external light (such as light from lighting) may easily shine on the upper surface side of an instrument main body. However, the light-receiving section of an optical sensor faces toward the bottom surface side of the instrument main body therefore external light from the upper surface side of the instrument main body can be prevented from reaching the light-receiving section of the optical sensor. As a result, erroneous detection of the external light by the optical sensor can be suppressed therefore the rotation amount of a transmission member can be accurately detected by the optical sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Ryohei Kanayama
  • Publication number: 20210201873
    Abstract: The electronic wind instrument (1) includes an instrument body (10) in which a through-hole leading into an internal space (11) opens on an outer surface (12), an operation piece (20) attached to the instrument body (10) at a position of a through-hole (14) and pushed down toward the internal space (11), and an electronic component disposed in the internal space (11). The electronic component includes a push-down sensor (6) that detects that the operation piece (20) is being pushed down, and the outer surface (12) of the instrument body (10) comprises an outer wall (16a) that is provided around the through-hole (14) and that faces toward the through-hole (14), an inner wall (16b) that is provided nearer to the through-hole (14) than the outer wall (16a) and that faces toward the outer wall (16a), and a groove bottom (16c) connecting the outer wall (16a) and the inner wall (16b) together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi SATO, Ryohei KANAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11034538
    Abstract: A transportation device includes a transportation-side holder that holds a roll. A roll mounting section, a sheet supply device including a supporter that holds the roll in a state where the sheet is continuously feedable, and an intermediate processing device that performs processing set in advance on the roll are disposed within a moving range of the transportation-side holder. A controller controls the transportation device such that the transportation-side holder holds the roll on the roll mounting section, and the roll held by the transportation-side holder is conveyed to the supporter of the sheet supply device through the intermediate processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Nagafuchi, Hitoshi Sato, Yoshiaki Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 10991351
    Abstract: An electronic keyboard instrument includes at least one panel supporting member which supports a panel, the at least one panel supporting member is disposed in spaces formed on an upper surface of a chassis, and the spaces are spaces generated behind rear ends of white keys between two adjacent black keys by arranging a plurality of keys in a manner that rear ends of a plurality of black keys are positioned behind rear ends of a plurality of white keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Yukihide Takata
  • Publication number: 20200385422
    Abstract: Crystals of the compound represented by formula (1), a method for the production thereof, and a method for producing an antibody-drug conjugate using the crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Takashi KOUKO, Shigeru NOGUCHI, Yohei YAMANE, Fumikatsu KONDO, Takahiro AOKI, Tadahiro TAKEDA, Kohei SAKANISHI, Hitoshi SATO, Tsuyoshi UEDA, Shinji MATUURA, Kei KURAHASHI, Yutaka KITAGAWA, Tatsuya NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10799532
    Abstract: To obtain a lifestyle-related disease therapeutic water which comprises a very small amount of anionized silver, nanosized gold, and 99.9% or more of water. A lifestyle-related disease therapeutic water comprising with respect to one liter of water (a), 3-15 mg in silver equivalent of thiosulfate silver ion (b), and 0.1-0.5 mg in gold equivalent of colloidal gold (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshio Ichikawa, Taro Shirakawa, Hitoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20200315860
    Abstract: An absorbent article processing device includes a cutter roll and an anvil roll. The cutter roll includes a roll main body; a blade protruding in a radial direction in a first angular range of a part of a circumferential direction of the roll main body; a first bearer protruding in the radial direction in a second angular range of a part of the circumferential direction including at least the first angular range and being in contact with the anvil roll, and being cut out in an angular range excluding the second angular range at a first end portion in an axial direction of the roll main body; and a second bearer provided around the entire circumference or a part of the circumferential direction and being in contact with the anvil roll at the second end portion in an axial direction of the roll main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Hitoshi SATO
  • Patent number: 10792195
    Abstract: A method includes distributing a powder onto a first sheet, periodically closing a distribution port by a first opening-closing portion, and periodically closing the distribution port by a second opening-closing portion in the same cycle period as that of the first opening-closing portion and at a timing later than that of the first opening-closing portion. The method also includes moving the second opening-closing portion such that it extends from an upstream-side edge of the first opening-closing portion toward an upstream side of a movement direction, during a time period during which the upstream-side edge of the first opening-closing portion overlaps the distribution port. Further, the method includes setting a difference between timings at which the first and second opening-closing portion overlap the distribution port, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Hideyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10793384
    Abstract: A roll conveyance device includes a transportation device including a roll holding shaft extending in a predetermined direction from a distal section of an arm to hold a roll such that the roll holding shaft is inserted into a core member of the roll; and a mounting section within a moving range of the roll holding shaft, the mounting section allowing the roll to be mounted in a state in which both axial ends of the core member of roll are open. The transportation device is configured to mount the roll on the mounting section, the roll holding shaft is to be pulled out from the core member of the roll mounted on the mounting section to a first side of an axial direction of the core member, and the roll holding shaft is to be inserted into the core member from a second side of the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Nagafuchi, Hitoshi Sato, Yoshiaki Tsujimoto