Patents by Inventor Katsuaki Sato

Katsuaki 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: 11846009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard particle powder for a sintered body, the powder including, in terms of mass %, 0.01?C?1.0, 2.5?Si?3.3, 0.1?Ni?20.0, 5.0?Cr?15.0, and 35.0?Mo?45.0, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the powder before performing sintering comprises an alloy phase comprising a hexagonal crystal structure of C14 type Laves phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD., NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Iwane Nagase, Fumito Mizuno, Yuji Nagaoka, Satoshi Ikemi, Katsuaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20230385781
    Abstract: A server is an information processing apparatus that is connected to a printer and manages delivery of a printing head replaceable with a printing head attached to the printer, the information processing apparatus including a replacement-information acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the printer, replacement information indicating that the printing head attached to the printer was replaced with the delivered printing head and a replacement processor configured to instruct delivery of a new printing head when the replacement-information acquiring unit acquires the replacement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki NAKAMURA, Katsuaki SATO, Kenya SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20230385780
    Abstract: A server is an information processing apparatus that is connected to a printer including a replaceable printing head and manages collection of the printing head, the information processing apparatus including a replacement-information acquiring unit configured to acquire replacement information indicating that the printing head was replaced and register the replacement information in a replacement history, an identification-information acquiring unit configured to, when the printing head detached by the replacement is collected, acquire a head ID for identifying the collected printing head and register the head ID in a collection history, a determining unit configured to determine, based on the replacement history and the collection history, whether uncollected head is present, and a notifying unit configured to perform notification when it is determined that the uncollected head is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Naoya KANAMURA, Katsuaki SATO, Kenya SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20230342731
    Abstract: A server is an information processing apparatus that is connected to a printer including a replaceable printing head and manages delivery of the printing head, the information processing apparatus including a replacement-information acquiring unit configured to acquire replacement information indicating that the printing head was replaced, a determining unit configured to, when the replacement-information acquiring unit acquires the replacement information, determine presence or absence of an abnormality concerning the replacement based on a delivery history of the printing head, and a notifying unit configured to perform notification corresponding to a determination result of the determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Naoya KANAMURA, Kenya SAKURAI, Katsuaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20230311513
    Abstract: A server connected via a network to a printing apparatus including a plurality of nozzles includes an acquisition unit that acquires nozzle information indicating a state of the plurality of nozzles, a determination unit that determines, among the plurality of nozzles, a nozzle to be cleaned based on the nozzle information acquired by the acquisition unit, and an instruction unit that instructs the printing apparatus to perform cleaning on the nozzle to be cleaned determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Naoya KANAMURA, Katsuaki SATO
  • Patent number: 11704522
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a storage portion storing a learned model trained by machine learning based on a data set in which temperature information, setting information, and countermeasure information are associated, a reception portion receiving the temperature information and the setting information at a time of ejecting ink by the printing head, and a processing portion deciding a countermeasure to be executed for condensation based on the received temperature information and setting information and the learned model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki Sato, Kazunaga Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230038356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard particle powder for a sintered body, the powder including, in terms of mass %, 0.01?C?1.0, 2.5?Si?3.3, 0.1?Ni?20.0, 5.0?Cr?15.0, and 35.0?Mo?45.0, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the powder before performing sintering comprises an alloy phase comprising a hexagonal crystal structure of C14 type Laves phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Iwane NAGASE, Fumito MIZUNO, Yuji NAGAOKA, Satoshi IKEMI, Katsuaki SATO
  • Patent number: 11565517
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a storage portion storing a learned model, a reception portion receiving air pressure information and temperature information at a time of ejecting ink, and a processing portion controlling a pressurization pump based on the received air pressure information and temperature information and the learned model. The learned model is a learned model trained by performing machine learning of a condition of a pressurization force with which a determination that an ejection failure does not occur is made, based on a data set in which the air pressure information in a usage environment of a printing apparatus including a printing head, the temperature information in the usage environment, and pressurization force information about the pressurization pump supplying the ink to the printing head are associated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki Sato, Kazunaga Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210101384
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a storage portion storing a learned model, a reception portion receiving air pressure information and temperature information at a time of ejecting ink, and a processing portion controlling a pressurization pump based on the received air pressure information and temperature information and the learned model. The learned model is a learned model trained by performing machine learning of a condition of a pressurization force with which a determination that an ejection failure does not occur is made, based on a data set in which the air pressure information in a usage environment of a printing apparatus including a printing head, the temperature information in the usage environment, and pressurization force information about the pressurization pump supplying the ink to the printing head are associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuaki SATO, Kazunaga SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210097360
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a storage portion storing a learned model trained by machine learning based on a data set in which temperature information, setting information, and countermeasure information are associated, a reception portion receiving the temperature information and the setting information at a time of ejecting ink by the printing head, and a processing portion deciding a countermeasure to be executed for condensation based on the received temperature information and setting information and the learned model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuaki SATO, Kazunaga SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200361210
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage that stores a machine-learned model, an accepting section, and a processor. In the machine-learned model, machine learning has been performed according to a data set in which failure state information about a print head, use environment information about a printing apparatus, and action information representing a recommended action are associated. The accepting section accepts the failure state information about the print head and the use environment information. The processor suggests an action matching the failure according to the machine-learned model and the accepted failure state information and use environment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuaki SATO, Kazunaga SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9787858
    Abstract: In a system in which a server and a client to which a device is connected communicate, the server can execute processes based on the result of checking device operation. The POS terminal of a network system has a device control function for controlling the device, and a diagnostic function for checking operation of the device. To check the operation of the device connected to the client, a maintenance server sends a control command instructing starting the diagnostic function to the POS terminal. The POS terminal stops the device control function if the device control function is executing, starts the diagnostic function, checks operation of the device with the diagnostic function, and returns the result of the checked operation to the maintenance server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki Sato, Naohiro Kaneko, Takashi Kawamori
  • Publication number: 20160381234
    Abstract: In a system in which a server and a client to which a device is connected communicate, the server can execute processes based on the result of checking device operation. The POS terminal of a network system has a device control function for controlling the device, and a diagnostic function for checking operation of the device. To check the operation of the device connected to the client, a maintenance server sends a control command instructing starting the diagnostic function to the POS terminal. The POS terminal stops the device control function if the device control function is executing, starts the diagnostic function, checks operation of the device with the diagnostic function, and returns the result of the checked operation to the maintenance server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki SATO, Naohiro KANEKO, Takashi KAWAMORI
  • Patent number: 7481970
    Abstract: A low cost, economical and less resource-consuming heat resistant alloy for use as material of engine valve is disclosed, while the alloy has excellent mechanical properties at high temperature and excellent toughness after heated for a long time that conventional heat resistant alloys have not had. The alloy consists essentially of, in mass percent, C of 0.01 to 0.15%, Si of 0.01 to 0.8%, Mn of 0.01 to 0.8, Cr of 14 to 17%, Mo of more than 3.0% but equal to or less than 5.0%, Al of 1.6 to 2.5%, Ti of 1.5 to 3.0%, Nb or Nb+Ta of 0.5 to 2.0%, Ni of 50 to 60%, B of 0.001 to 0.015%, at least one of Mg of 0.001 to 0.015% and Ca of 0.001 to 0.015%, and the balance being Fe, wherein value A defined by 0.293[Ni]?0.513[Cr]?1.814[Mo] is 2.0 to 5.8, value B defined by [Al]/([Al]+[Ti]+[Nb]+[Ta]) is 0.45 to 0.65, and value C defined by [Al]+[Ti]+[Nb]+[Ta] is 6.2 to 7.6, wherein brackets mean atomic % of each element in the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Toji, Toshihiro Uehara, Katsuhiko Tominaga, Shoichi Nakaya, Katsuaki Sato
  • Patent number: 7151334
    Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotor comprises an inner member 2 having an outer ring portion 21; an approximately annular outer member 1 having soft magnetism and an inner circumference contacting with an outer circumference of the outer ring portion; and plural permanent magnets 3 disposed at equal intervals on the outer circumference of the outer member toward the circumferential direction. At least one of the inner member 2 and the outer member 1 is made from a sintered material, and the inner member 2 and the outer member 1 are mutually sintered and bonded. Thickness and weight of a dynamotor itself can be reduced and high output and high efficiency can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Asaka, Tomoaki Arakawa, Tsuyoshi Kagaya, Satoru Shinzaki, Hiromitsu Sato, Kenji Fukuda, Hirohisa Ogawa, Tatsuro Horie, Akihiro Okamura, Katsuaki Sato, Toshiyasu Komatsu, Youichi Nakahara
  • Patent number: 7102171
    Abstract: A magnetic semiconductor material having magnetization characteristics and a method for preparing the same is provided. In the method for preparing the magnetic semiconductor, Mn is vapor-deposited at a thickness of 200 to 300 ? onto a CdGeP2 single crystal (2) while the CdGeP2 single crystal (2) is maintained at a temperature of about 390° C. in a molecular beam epitaxy apparatus (1). The Mn-deposited CdGeP2 single crystal is heated at a temperature of about 510° C. for 1 hour. Thus, a magnetic semiconductor comprising CdMnGeP2 and having magnetization characteristics at room temperature is prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki Sato, Gennadiy Medvedkin, Takayuki Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 7040601
    Abstract: Valve guides made of ferrous sintered alloy for internal combustion engines have improved durability of the valve stem without soft nitriding process. The valve guides include Cu: 8 to 20 mass %, C: 0.8 to 1.5 mass %, and at least one of MnS, WS2, and MoS2: 0.5 to 2 mass % and the balance of Fe, the valve guides have many pores, have a metal structure in which the copper phase dispersed in an iron pearlite matrix exists, and have a structure in which metal sulfides are dispersed between particles between the matrix and the copper phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsunao Chikahata, Koichiro Hayashi, Katsuaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20050265887
    Abstract: A low cost, economical and less resource-consuming heat resistant alloy for use as material of engine valve is disclosed, while the alloy has excellent mechanical properties at high temperature and excellent toughness after heated for a long time that conventional heat resistant alloys have not had. The alloy consists essentially of, in mass percent, C of 0.01 to 0.15%, Si of 0.01 to 0.8%, Mn of 0.01 to 0.8, Cr of 14 to 17%, Mo of more than 3.0% but equal to or less than 5.0%, Al of 1.6 to 2.5%, Ti of 1.5 to 3.0%, Nb or Nb+Ta of 0.5 to 2.0%, Ni of 50 to 60%, B of 0.001 to 0.015%, at least one of Mg of 0.001 to 0.015% and Ca of 0.001 to 0.015%, and the balance being Fe, wherein value A defined by 0.293[Ni]?0.513[Cr]?1.814[Mo] is 2.0 to 5.8, value B defined by [Al]/([Al]+[Ti]+[Nb]+[Ta]) is 0.45 to 0.65, and value C defined by [Al]+[Ti]+[Nb]+[Ta] is 6.2 to 7.6, wherein brackets mean atomic % of each element in the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Akihiro Toji, Toshihiro Uehara, Katsuhiko Tominaga, Shoichi Nakaya, Katsuaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20050040358
    Abstract: Valve guides made of ferrous sintered alloy for internal combustion engines have improved durability of the valve stem without soft nitriding process. The valve guides include Cu: 8 to 20 mass %, C: 0.8 to 1.5 mass %, and at least one of MnS, WS2, and MoS2: 0.5 to 2 mass % and the balance of Fe, the valve guides have many pores, have a metal structure in which the copper phase dispersed in an iron pearlite matrix exists, and have a structure in which metal sulfides are dispersed between particles between the matrix and the copper phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicants: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co. , Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsunao Chikahata, Koichiro Hayashi, Katsuaki sato
  • Publication number: 20050032210
    Abstract: This invention provides: a therapeutic agent for graft rejection, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune disease, allergic disease, or other diseases comprising dendritic cells (DCs) induced under culture conditions comprising both IL-10 and TGF-? or DCs prepared by adding inflammatory stimulation (e.g., TNF-? or LPS) to the aforementioned DCs and, if necessary, an antigen associated with a target disease; a method of inducing human immunoregulatory dendritic cells by culturing human dendritic cells or their precursor cells in vitro with cytokines comprising at least IL-10 and TGF-?; human immunoregulatory dendritic cells obtained by such method; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising such human immunoregulatory dendritic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Katsuaki Sato, Isao Serizawa, Hiromi Ehara, Tetsuto Kobayashi