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).
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Patent number: 11846009Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignees: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD., NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Iwane Nagase, Fumito Mizuno, Yuji Nagaoka, Satoshi Ikemi, Katsuaki Sato
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Publication number: 20230385781Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Yuki NAKAMURA, Katsuaki SATO, Kenya SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20230385780Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Naoya KANAMURA, Katsuaki SATO, Kenya SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20230342731Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Naoya KANAMURA, Kenya SAKURAI, Katsuaki SATO
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Publication number: 20230311513Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Naoya KANAMURA, Katsuaki SATO
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Patent number: 11704522Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsuaki Sato, Kazunaga Suzuki
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Publication number: 20230038356Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Iwane NAGASE, Fumito MIZUNO, Yuji NAGAOKA, Satoshi IKEMI, Katsuaki SATO
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Patent number: 11565517Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsuaki Sato, Kazunaga Suzuki
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Publication number: 20210101384Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Katsuaki SATO, Kazunaga SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20210097360Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Katsuaki SATO, Kazunaga SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200361210Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Katsuaki SATO, Kazunaga SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9787858Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsuaki Sato, Naohiro Kaneko, Takashi Kawamori
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Publication number: 20160381234Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Katsuaki SATO, Naohiro KANEKO, Takashi KAWAMORI
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Patent number: 7481970Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 2005Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignees: Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Toji, Toshihiro Uehara, Katsuhiko Tominaga, Shoichi Nakaya, Katsuaki Sato
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Patent number: 7151334Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2002Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuo Asaka, Tomoaki Arakawa, Tsuyoshi Kagaya, Satoru Shinzaki, Hiromitsu Sato, Kenji Fukuda, Hirohisa Ogawa, Tatsuro Horie, Akihiro Okamura, Katsuaki Sato, Toshiyasu Komatsu, Youichi Nakahara
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Patent number: 7102171Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 29, 2001Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Japan Science and Technology CorporationInventors: Katsuaki Sato, Gennadiy Medvedkin, Takayuki Ishibashi
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Patent number: 7040601Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 27, 2002Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsunao Chikahata, Koichiro Hayashi, Katsuaki Sato
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Publication number: 20050265887Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2005Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventors: Akihiro Toji, Toshihiro Uehara, Katsuhiko Tominaga, Shoichi Nakaya, Katsuaki Sato
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Publication number: 20050040358Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2002Publication date: February 24, 2005Applicants: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co. , Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsunao Chikahata, Koichiro Hayashi, Katsuaki sato
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Publication number: 20050032210Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Katsuaki Sato, Isao Serizawa, Hiromi Ehara, Tetsuto Kobayashi