Patents by Inventor Jun Sato

Jun 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).

  • DURABLE ORNAMENTAL INDICIA CARRIER
    Publication number: 20210077225
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ornamental indicia carrier and method of producing the same. In some embodiments, the ornamental indicia carrier comprises an ultraviolet light (“UV”) cured ink printed on a thin flexible film and combined with an adhesive layer. The ornamental indicia carrier is capable of enduring the conditions inside the mouth for an extended period of time and can be used in conjunction with a dental appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sriram VENKATASANTHANAM, Ramin HEYDARPOUR, John Y. MORTON, Jun SATO, Michael Christopher COLE, Mehdi MOJDEH, Prashanth VANCHY, Natalia Lysaya POWERS, Sibel NARIN, Jeremy RILEY
  • DURABLE ORNAMENTAL INDICIA CARRIER
    Publication number: 20210078357
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ornamental indicia carrier and method of producing the same. In some embodiments, the ornamental indicia carrier comprises an ultraviolet light (“UV”) cured ink printed on a thin flexible film and combined with an adhesive layer. The ornamental indicia carrier is capable of enduring the conditions inside the mouth for an extended period of time and can be used in conjunction with a dental appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sriram VENKATASANTHANAM, Ramin HEYDARPOUR, John Y. MORTON, Jun SATO, Michael Christopher COLE, Mehdi MOJDEH, Prashanth VANCHY, Natalia Lysaya POWERS, Sibel NARIN, Jeremy RILEY
  • Seatbelt control device
    Patent number: 10946830
    Abstract: A seatbelt control device comprises a kinesthetic warning control part that is provided with a fitting operation part performing a fitting operation controlling a time for making the motor operate forward based on a motor current value when making the motor operate forward and controlling a belt tightness to an initial belt tightness, and a kinesthetic warning operation part performing a kinesthetic warning operation making the tightness of the seatbelt rise in stages from the initial belt tightness by repeating a forward operation making the motor operate forward and at least one operation of a braking operation short-circuiting the terminals of the motor to render the motor a short brake state or a reverse operation making the motor operate in reverse and k configured to perform the fitting operation before performing the kinesthetic warning operation on the seated passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunichiroh Sawai, Takeshi Matsumura, Jun Sato
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER
    Publication number: 20210068926
    Abstract: Methods for designing and fabrication of a series of apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”). In particular, described herein are methods and apparatuses for forming palatal expanders, including rapid palatal expanders, as well as series of palatal expanders formed as described herein and apparatuses for designing and fabricating them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Fuming WU, Ryan KIMURA, Jeremy RILEY, Yaser SHANJANI, Norman SU, Jun SATO, Bastien PESENTI, John Y. MORTON, Jihua CHENG
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS
    Publication number: 20210059530
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for 3D imaging to measure the shape of orthodontic aligners, teeth, and other oral structures simultaneously, in-vivo or in-vitro. These methods and apparatuses may be used to determine contact locations of aligners with teeth and/or teeth with other teeth with very high precision, including determining the size of gaps where they are not in contact. These measurements may be used design, modify or replace an aligner and/or to verify aligner fit. 3D models of the whole aligner and teeth may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Allen BORONKAY, Yaser SHANJANI, Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI, Avi KOPELMAN, Andrew JANG, Jihua CHENG, Eric KUO, Vladimir SHELBAKH, Bastien PESENTI
  • FILM FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210050208
    Abstract: A film forming method includes adsorbing an aminosilane gas on a substrate having a recess in a surface of the substrate, depositing a silicon oxide film on the substrate by supplying an oxidizing gas to the substrate to oxidize the aminosilane gas adsorbed on the substrate, and performing a modifying process of the silicon oxide film by activating a mixed gas including nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas and supplying the activated mixed gas to the silicon oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Hiroyuki KIKUCHI, Takehiro FUKADA
  • OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210050553
    Abstract: Provided are a foldable optical film with excellent impact resistance and with capability to improve design quality, and an image display device including the same. An aspect of the present invention provides a foldable optical film 10 with a front surface 10A and a back surface 10B opposite to the front surface 10A, wherein optical film 10 includes a hard coat layer 12, a resin layer 13, and a decorative layer 14; the hard coat layer 12 is located closer to the front surface 10A than the resin layer 13 and the decorative layer 14 in the optical film 10; and the resin layer 13 has a film thickness of 10 ?m or more, and the resin layer 13 has a Martens hardness of 1 MPa or more and 100 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshimasa OGAWA, Keisuke EBISU, Yousuke KOUSAKA, Jun SATO, Takahito KAWAKAMI, Atsuhiro KOBAYASHI, Hiroki MATSUSHITA
  • ETCHING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210028356
    Abstract: An etching method includes: preparing a workpiece including a metal multilayer film having a magnetic tunnel junction and a mask formed by an inorganic material on the metal multilayer film; and etching the metal multilayer film by plasma of a mixed gas of ethylene gas and oxygen gas using the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ken ANDO, Hiroki MAEHARA, Jun SATO, Kiyoshi MAEDA, Shigeru TAHARA
  • Control system
    Patent number: 10896338
    Abstract: A control system comprising a reference image setting part setting a reference image of the face of the driver based on the image captured by the driver monitor camera, a monitoring part monitoring a condition of the driver based on the image captured by the driver monitor camera and the reference image, a first judging part judging if the face of the driver can no longer be recognized when monitoring the condition of the driver, a second judging part judging if the driver has been changed when the face of the driver can no longer be recognized, and a reference image resetting part resetting the reference image of the face of the driver based on the image captured by the driver monitor camera when it is judged that the driver has been changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Jun Sato, Kenichiroh Hara, Junya Kasugai, Koichiro Yamauchi, Kazuhiro Tomosue
  • Intraoral appliances with proximity and contact sensing
    Patent number: 10888396
    Abstract: Detection of placement of dental aligners in patient mouth on teeth for indication of wearing compliance. Described herein are apparatuses and methods for detecting wearing, including compliance. In some variations these apparatuses and methods may include a sensor configured to detect deflection of the one or more deflectable structures. In some variations, these apparatuses and methods may include a proximity sensor coupled to the appliance shell and configured to generate sensor data when in proximity with intraoral tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yaser Shanjani, Bruce Cam, Jun Sato, John Y. Morton, Victor Chen, Chunhua Li, Allen R. Boronkay, Srinivas Kaza
  • CENTRIFUGE SAMPLE CONTAINER, CENTRIFUGE ROTOR USING SAME, AND CENTRIFUGE
    Publication number: 20200398286
    Abstract: Provided is a centrifuge. In a centrifuge sample container (40) having a body part (41) and a bottom part (42), the body part (41) has two parallel flat surfaces, and includes an opening (44) having an elliptical shape from above view. The bottom part (42) is formed by a semi-cylindrical part (42a) and quarter spherical parts (42b) connected to the sides of the semi-cylindrical part. A height (H) of the sample container is greater than a length (L2) in the short axis direction of the opening, and a curvature radius (R1) of the outer surface of an arc part of the elliptical shape, a curvature radius (R2) of the outer surface of the semi-cylindrical part, and a curvature radius (R3) of the outer surface of the quarter spherical parts are equal. A flange part (43) that expands radially outward is formed on the opening (44) of the body part (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Kenichi NEMOTO
  • ALIGNER MATERIAL, CLEANLINESS, AND QUALITY DETECTION VIA ALIGNER CASE
    Publication number: 20200390523
    Abstract: Embedded sensors and onboard or off-board processing in an aligner case can detect aligner material and/or quality. Material detection can be used for counterfeit detection, or to trigger material specific events. Quality detection can include detection of common aligner failures or defects. A case for a dental appliance may include a tray for supporting the dental appliance, a cover coupled to the tray, and at least one sensor to detect a deformation of the dental appliance. A case for a dental appliance may include a tray for housing the dental appliance, a cover coupled to the tray, and at least one sensor configured to detect a change in material of the dental appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Bruce CAM, Yaser SHANJANI
  • INK COMPOSITION, PRINTED MATTER, AND AUTHENTICITY DETERMINATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200377748
    Abstract: An ink composition comprising one or two or more kinds of rare-earth complexes containing trivalent rare-earth ions and at least one organic ligand selected from a ?-diketone ligand, a carboxylic acid ligand, a phosphine oxide ligand and a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ligand, wherein at least one selected from the following group A and at least one selected from the following group B are contained as the trivalent rare-earth ions contained in the one or two or more kinds of rare-earth complexes: Group A: Eu3+, Sm3+, Pr3+ and Ho3+; and Group B: Tb3+, Er3+, Tm3+, Dy3+, Yb3+, Nd3+, Ce3+ and Gd3+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yuko Aoyama, Jun Sato, Fumiyasu Murakami, Masato Okada, Toshio Yoshihara, Yasuchika Hasegawa, Takayuki Nakanishi
  • Rattling prevention structure, electronic component module, electrical connection box, and wire harness
    Patent number: 10856428
    Abstract: A ratting prevention structure is provided. Further, an electronic component module, an electrical connection box, and a wire harness which adopt the ratting prevention structure are provided. The electronic component module includes a cover having a rectangular opening portion, a connector block inserted into the opening portion of the cover, and an engagement mechanism engaging the block member with the opening portion of the cover. The rattling prevention structure is used to prevent rattling between the cover and the block member. In the rattling prevention structure, four pressing protrusions are formed at any one of four corner parts of the cover and four corner portions of the block member at the opening portion. The four pressing protrusions are configured to bend four walls of the cover inward while displacing the four corner parts of the cover outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Imaizumi, Jun Sato
  • DEPOSITION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200373156
    Abstract: A deposition method includes a first process performed by repeating causing aminosilane gas to be adsorbed on a substrate; causing a first silicon oxide film to be stacked on the substrate by supplying oxidation gas to the substrate to oxidize the aminosilane gas adsorbed on the substrate; and performing a reforming process on the first silicon oxide film by activating a first reformed gas by plasma and supplying the first reformed gas to the first silicon oxide film, and a second process, performed after the first process, by repeating causing aminosilane gas to be adsorbed on the substrate; causing a second silicon oxide film to be stacked on the substrate by supplying oxidation gas; and performing a reforming process on the second silicon oxide film by supplying a plasma-activated second reformed gas. The first reformed gas has a smaller effect of oxidizing the substrate than the second reformed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi CHIBA, Jun SATO
  • DEPOSITION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200370178
    Abstract: A deposition method includes causing aminosilane gas to be adsorbed on a substrate in which a recessed portion is formed on a surface of the substrate; causing a first silicon oxide film to be stacked on the substrate by supplying oxidation gas to the substrate to oxidize the aminosilane gas adsorbed on the substrate; and performing a reforming process on the first silicon oxide film by activating, by plasma, a first mixed gas including helium and oxygen, and supplying the first mixed gas to the first silicon oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi CHIBA, Jun SATO
  • Methods and systems for imaging orthodontic aligners
    Patent number: 10842380
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for 3D imaging to measure the shape of orthodontic aligners, teeth, and other oral structures simultaneously, in-vivo or in-vitro. These methods and apparatuses may be used to determine contact locations of aligners with teeth and/or teeth with other teeth with very high precision, including determining the size of gaps where they are not in contact. These measurements may be used design, modify or replace an aligner and/or to verify aligner fit. 3D models of the whole aligner and teeth may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Allen Boronkay, Yaser Shanjani, Reza Shirazi Aghjari, Avi Kopelman, Andrew Jang, Jihua Cheng, Eric Kuo, Vladimir Shelbakh, Bastien Pesenti
  • Airbag for head protection
    Patent number: 10836342
    Abstract: An airbag includes a bag body and an inlet port section of inflation gas. As a gas receivable region, the bag body includes a front main inflatable region, a rear main inflatable region, a feed path that feeds the inflation gas from the inlet port section to the front and rear main inflatable regions, and a sub inflatable region that absorbs the gas from the front main inflatable region when a pressure of the front main inflatable region soars. A front partitioning region partitions the front main inflatable region from the sub inflatable region. The front partitioning region is disposed in front of a front end of an upper partitioning region in an island-like fashion remote from other uninflatable region so as to provide, at the rear of and there beneath, one each communication passage that provides gas communication between the front main inflatable region and the sub inflatable region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Hayashi, Masaaki Okuhara, Takashi Iida, Ryosuke Jinnai, Kunihiro Aikawa, Sho Ikenohata, Jun Sato
  • INK COMPOSITION AND PRINTED MATTER
    Publication number: 20200354596
    Abstract: An ink composition comprising: a rare-earth complex containing one kind of trivalent rare-earth ion selected from the group consisting of Eu3+, Tb3+, Sm3+, Er3+, Pr3+, Ho3+, Tm3+ and Dy3+, and a specific phosphine oxide ligand coordinated to the rare-earth ion, and a light-emitting material different from the rare-earth complex, wherein an absolute value of a difference between a wavelength (?1) at which a light emission intensity of the rare-earth complex is maximum and a wavelength (?2) at which a light emission intensity of the light-emitting material is maximum, is 50 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yuko Aoyama, Jun Sato, Fumiyasu Murakami, Masato Okada, Toshio Yoshihara
  • Treatment tool for medical care
    Patent number: D912804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Sato