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).

  • Board, liquid accommodation container, and printing system
    Patent number: 11535038
    Abstract: In a board that includes a plurality of contact portions that are arranged to contact corresponding apparatus-side terminals when the board is mounted in a printing apparatus, some contact portions are disposed in a first region, and the remaining contact portions are disposed in a second region. The some contact portions include a first contact portion, a second contact portion, a third contact portion, and a fourth contact portion. The remaining contact portions include a fifth contact portion. The some contact portions are arranged in a first pattern in the first region and the remaining contact portions are arranged in a second pattern in the second region, and the first pattern is asymmetrical to the second pattern with respect to a first virtual line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakano, Yasuhiko Kosugi, Jun Sato
  • Prediction of aligner progressive damage using simulation
    Patent number: 11523881
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an aligner breakage solution that tests progressive damage to an aligner. A method includes gathering a digital model representing an aligner for a dental arch of a patient, and simulating progressive damage to the aligner. Simulating progressive damage for a region of the aligner comprises simulating, using at least the digital model, a sequence of loads on the aligner, determining an amount of damage to the region of the aligner for each load, and after each simulation of a load on the aligner, updating the digital model based on the amount of damage to the region of the aligner. The method further includes determining whether a damage criterion is satisfied for at least one region of the aligner and determining whether to implement one or more corrective actions for the aligner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuxiang Wang, Rohit Tanugula, Reza Shirazi Aghjari, Chunhua Li, Jun Sato, Luyao Cai, Kangning Su
  • OCCLUSAL BLOCK DESIGN FOR LATERAL LOCKING
    Publication number: 20220387141
    Abstract: A first appliance and a second appliance comprise engagement surfaces that provide mandibular relocation forces and forces to limit lateral movement of the jaw, such as opposing inclined surfaces on opposite sides of the mouth. In some embodiments, engagement surfaces between oral appliances comprise a curvature difference, which allows engagement at differing angles and positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: James NISHIMUTA, Jun SATO, Rohit TANUGULA
  • DISINFECTANT DEVICE CASES FOR INTRAORAL APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20220370654
    Abstract: Apparatuses for sanitizing and/or sterilizing a dental/orthodontic appliance are described herein. These apparatuses may include an internal chamber in which one or more sanitizing/sterilizing modes, such as UV light (e.g., UVC light), ultrasound, heat, etc. may be applied to an appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Fred TING, Wesly WONG, Zijie ZHU, Byong-Ho PARK, Jun SATO, Bruce CAM, Yaser SHANJANI, Hongling CHEN, Zhichao ZHANG
  • FRONT PANEL FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, FLEXIBLE ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE, STACKED BODY FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND STACKED BODY
    Publication number: 20220367832
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a front panel for a display device comprising a substrate layer, an A layer, an impact absorbing layer, and a B layer, in this order, wherein a shear storage elastic modulus of the A layer and the B layer, at frequency of 950 Hz and temperature of 23° C., is 20 MPa or less, and in the impact absorbing layer, a tensile storage elastic modulus at frequency of 950 Hz and temperature of 23° C. is 200 MPa or more and 5000 MPa or less, and a glass transition temperature is 50° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Atsuhiro KOBAYASHI, Yousuke KOUSAKA, Takayuki FUKUDA, Kazuya HONDA, Kana YAMAMOTO, Yoshimasa OGAWA, Jun SATO, Gen FURUI, Keisuke YAMADA, Saori KAWAGUCHI
  • Film forming method
    Patent number: 11495457
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Takehiro Fukada
  • FORCE CONTROL, STOP MECHANISM, REGULATING STRUCTURE OF REMOVABLE ARCH ADJUSTMENT APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20220338958
    Abstract: A removable arch adjustment appliance includes a removable shell having a plurality of cavities formed therein, wherein the plurality of cavities are shaped to receive at least one posterior tooth of a patient on each side of a patient's jaw. The shell can include an elastic transpalatal element that spans a palate of the patient and provides force to expand at least one of the spaces between the posterior teeth on each side of a patient's jaw or the palate of the patient. The transpalatal element can include a predetermined force characteristic, a number of force control elements to control the force provided by the transpalatal element, and/or a regulating structure to balance and direct the force provided by the transpalatal element, wherein the transpalatal element has a width specific to a stage of a treatment plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Yaser SHANJANI, Ryan KIMURA
  • Method for dry cleaning a susceptor and substrate processing apparatus
    Patent number: 11479852
    Abstract: A method for dry cleaning a susceptor is performed after a substrate is removed from a processing chamber of a substrate processing apparatus. In the method, a cleaning gas for dry cleaning is supplied to a first region including a substrate receiving region in the susceptor. The cleaning gas is regionally supplied to a second region where the cleaning gas is difficult to reach when the cleaning gas is supplied to the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Shigehiro Miura, Takashi Chiba
  • Durable ornamental indicia carrier
    Patent number: 11471253
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: 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
  • ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES WITH EDGE PROFILES FOR OPTIMIZED TOOTH MOVEMENT AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220313393
    Abstract: Dental appliances having modified gingival edge profiles for optimizing orthodontic tooth movement. In some cases, at least a portion of the gingival edge is lengthened to extend past the gumline of the patient, thereby directing forces closer to a center of resistance of one or more teeth. In some cases, at least a portion of the gingival edge is shortened with respect to the gumline of the patient, thereby directing forces farther from a center of resistance of one or more teeth. The change in the force system of the dental appliance due to the gingival edge modification can be tailored and tuned for specific tooth movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tzishing Jesse LIM, Fuming WU, Eric YAU, Bastien PESENTI, Jun SATO
  • OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220285648
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an optical film (10) including a light-transmitting base material (11), a hard coat layer (12), and an inorganic layer (13) in this order, wherein the hard coat layer (12) is in contact with the inorganic layer (13), the hard coat layer (12) contains a binder resin (12A) and inorganic particles (12B), the hard coat layer (12) has a film thickness of 1 ?m or more, and the hard coat layer (12) has an indentation hardness of 200 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki MATSUSHITA, Yoshimasa OGAWA, Yousuke KOUSAKA, Jun SATO, Keisuke EBISU
  • Palatal contour anchorage
    Patent number: 11419702
    Abstract: An orthodontic alignment device can have a palatal contour anchorage (PCA) feature that generally matches the shape of the patient's hard pallet. This PCA feature may be built slightly off-set to deliberately push against the patient's palate and/or gingiva to provide anchorage support of staged translation of the teeth. By transferring the required anchorage away from the teeth and onto the palate, through the PCA feature, the adjacent teeth are no longer subjected to unwanted side effects of reaction forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Ryan Kimura, Yaser Shanjani, Ken Wu, Bastien Pesenti, Bruce Cam
  • INTRAORAL APPLIANCES WITH PROXIMITY AND CONTACT SENSING
    Publication number: 20220241052
    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: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Yaser SHANJANI, Bruce CAM, Jun SATO, John Y. MORTON, Victor CHEN, Chunhua LI, Allen R. BORONKAY, Srinivas KAZA
  • Deposition method
    Patent number: 11393673
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Chiba, Jun Sato
  • Force control, stop mechanism, regulating structure of removable arch adjustment appliance
    Patent number: 11376101
    Abstract: A removable arch adjustment appliance includes a removable shell having a plurality of cavities formed therein, wherein the plurality of cavities are shaped to receive at least one posterior tooth of a patient on each side of a patient's jaw. The shell can include an elastic transpalatal element that spans a palate of the patient and provides force to expand at least one of the spaces between the posterior teeth on each side of a patient's jaw or the palate of the patient. The transpalatal element can include a predetermined force characteristic, a number of force control elements to control the force provided by the transpalatal element, and/or a regulating structure to balance and direct the force provided by the transpalatal element, wherein the transpalatal element has a width specific to a stage of a treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Yaser Shanjani, Ryan Kimura
  • Film forming method and film forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11367611
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming method of embedding a film in a groove formed in a front surface of a substrate, which includes: depositing an in-conformal film in the groove formed in the front surface of the substrate while forming a V-like cross-sectional shape in the groove; and embedding a conformal film in the groove by depositing the conformal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji Nishino, Jun Sato
  • Optical film and image display device
    Patent number: 11367856
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an optical film (10) including a light-transmitting base material (11), a hard coat layer (12), and an inorganic layer (13) in this order, wherein the hard coat layer (12) is in contact with the inorganic layer (13), the hard coat layer (12) contains a binder resin (12A) and inorganic particles (12B), the hard coat layer (12) has a film thickness of 1 ?m or more, and the hard coat layer (12) has an indentation hardness of 200 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsushita, Yoshimasa Ogawa, Yousuke Kousaka, Jun Sato, Keisuke Ebisu
  • Cleaning method and film deposition method
    Patent number: 11359279
    Abstract: A cleaning method for dry cleaning a susceptor disposed in a process chamber of a film deposition apparatus is provided. In the method, a protective member is placed on a substrate receiving region provided in the susceptor. A cleaning gas is supplied to the susceptor having the protective member placed on the substrate receiving region, thereby removing a film deposited on a surface of the susceptor by etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kato, Makoto Ishigo, Jun Sato
  • Layered body for optical member and image display device
    Patent number: 11360243
    Abstract: The present invention provides a layered body for organic electroluminescence which is excellent in the hardness, the transparency and the folding-durable performance. The present invention is a layered body for organic electroluminescence in which an optical layered body is laminated on one surface of an organic electroluminescence layer and which is not cracked or fractured when a test in which the entire area of the layered body for organic electroluminescence is folded 180 degrees at 20 mm intervals is repeated 100,000 times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Horio, Masataka Nakashima, Hiroshi Nakamura, Jun Sato, Takeshi Nishizono
  • PALATAL EXPANDERS AND METHODS OF EXPANDING A PALATE
    Publication number: 20220175494
    Abstract: Palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of using and making them. These palatal expanders may be configured to have a variable surface smoothness on one side (e.g., the lingual-facing surface) compared to the opposite side (e.g., the palatal-facing surface). These palatal expanders may be configured to have a varying thickness in the palatal region. These palatal expanders may be adapted for ease in removal by the patient or caregiver (e.g., including a hinged region and/or detachment region, and/or including a thinner buccal side then occlusal side, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Yaser SHANJANI, Jeremy RILEY, Ryan KIMURA, Jun SATO, Norman SU, Jihua CHENG, Fuming WU