Patents by Inventor Katsuhiko Sato

Katsuhiko 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).

  • Publication number: 20170302856
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus includes a first generator configured to obtain a first image using a first camera with a first angle of view, a second generator configured to obtain a second image using a second camera with a second angle of view wider than the first angle of view, and a generator configured to generate an observation image using the first image and the second image. The observation image is observable as a double image in which the first image and the second image are superimposed on each other in an area that contains a center of the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Noguchi, Katsuhiko Sato, Toshifumi Maruyama, Rei Ito, Yasuhiro Hatakeyama
  • Publication number: 20170235091
    Abstract: A driving device includes a driving motor, a first gear 3-1, and a gear 3-2 having a smaller diameter than the gear 3-1. Driving force from the driving motor is transmittable to a driven object when the gear 3-2 moves in an axial direction of a rotation shaft to be coupled to the gear 3-1. When the gear 3-2 moves in the axial direction to be decoupled from the gear 3-1, the driving force from the driving motor can be prevented from being transmitted to the driven object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20170237367
    Abstract: The vibration-type-motor driving apparatus includes a vibration-type motor including a vibrator on which vibration is excited by an electro-mechanical energy conversion element, a shaft that supports the vibrator, and a rotor that contacts the vibrator to be rotated thereby. A first end portion of the shaft is moved with the vibration of the vibrator. The apparatus further includes a housing that houses therein the motor, and a first elastic member that contacts the first end portion of the shaft and is deformable in a direction in which the first end portion vibrates. The first elastic member transfers heat of the shaft to the housing or another member provided inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Hideomi Nakagami, Katsuhiko Sato, Koji Sato, Yasuhiro Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 9689436
    Abstract: In one aspect, a torque limiter may include a roller provided on one end of a lever member that selectively engages an engagement recess. The other end of the lever member is connected to an end of a tension spring to urge the lever member in the direction to engage the one end of the lever member in the engagement recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sato, Tomio Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170003474
    Abstract: The lens driving adapter is detachably attachable to a lens barrel on which an operation member is provided. The adapter includes a driver configured to drive the operation member, and an adapter body holding the driver. The adapter body includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion that are protrusions contactable with two circumferential portions in an outer circumferential surface of the lens barrel. The first and the second contact portions are contactable with outer circumferential surfaces of lens barrels whose outer diameters are mutually different. The adapter body includes a fixing member configured to fix the adapter body to any of the lens barrels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20160327100
    Abstract: Provided is a torque limiter that allows a prescribed torque value to be set with a great freedom. A roller (58) provided on one end of a lever member (54) selectively engages an engagement recess (44), and the other end of the lever member (54) is connected to an end of a tension spring (62) to urge the lever member (54) in the direction to engage the one end of the lever member (54) in the engagement recess (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko SATO, Tomio WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9289838
    Abstract: Disclosed is a guide roller wherein bearings are held in a housing, and liquid mixed with abrasive grains is prevented from entering the interior of the housing through a small hole, thereby improving service life. The guide roller is configured to comprise a housing wherein the bearings are held in the housing, and the housing has a shaft hole wherein a support shaft is inserted that is installed upon the bearings. The shaft hole is formed to have a tapered wall, and the diameter of the hole decreases continuously toward the interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sato, Tomio Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9285264
    Abstract: A vibration measuring apparatus for nuclear reactor internal structure includes a holder which has an opening contact on a surface of a pressure vessel of a nuclear reactor; a vibrator accommodated in the holder so as to transmit or receive an ultrasonic wave; a couplant with which the holder is filled up; and, a bias component applies a biasing force to the vibrator in the direction of the opening; The couplant is a solid state of metal material at normal temperature and change to liquid stage by heat transfer from the pressure vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sato, Hidehiko Kuroda, Mitsuhiro Enomoto, Hidefumi Amanai, Tooru Ootsubo
  • Patent number: 9104088
    Abstract: Provided is a light amount adjusting apparatus wherein a base member has a plurality of supporting parts for supporting the plurality of light amount adjusting blades and a second contact part is located outside a circle extending through the plurality of supporting parts, wherein a contact part between the second contact part and a first contact part is constituted at the other surface of the base member with respect to a surface having a jointing part between a blade driving member and the base member, and wherein, when the blade driving member is pivoted in the circumferential direction of an opening, a part of the blade driving member overlaps at least one of the supporting parts for supporting the light amount adjusting blades at a position offset in a direction parallel to the center axis of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Sato
  • Patent number: 8951689
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes fuel cells, a circulation channel of a coolant to cool the fuel cells, and an ion exchange resin provided on the circulation channel to maintain electrical conductivity of the coolant. The coolant contains an additive. The ion exchange resin is prepared so that adsorption of the additive on the ion exchange resin is in a saturated state. A fuel-cell vehicle includes the fuel cell system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignees: Suzuki Motor Corporation, Showa Water Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sato, Mikio Yasukawa, Akihiro Sagasaki, Tokio Wada, Yoshito Kato
  • Patent number: 8830604
    Abstract: The optical element driving apparatus includes a voice coil motor moving an optical element in a first direction, and a magnetic sensor detecting a position of the optical element. A yoke of the motor includes a first yoke portion having a magnet attaching surface to which the magnet is attached and a second yoke portion disposed away from the first yoke portion in a second direction so as to form a space with magnet, allowing movement of a coil of the motor in the first direction. The second yoke portion is disposed closer to the magnetic sensor than the first yoke portion in a plane orthogonal to the first direction. In a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, a magnetic path width A of the second yoke portion and a width C of the magnet have the following relationship of A>C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20140212123
    Abstract: Provided is a light amount adjusting apparatus wherein a base member has a plurality of supporting parts for supporting the plurality of light amount adjusting blades and a second contact part is located outside a circle extending through the plurality of supporting parts, wherein a contact part between the second contact part and a first contact part is constituted at the other surface of the base member with respect to a surface having a jointing part between a blade driving member and the base member, and wherein, when the blade driving member is pivoted in the circumferential direction of an opening, a part of the blade driving member overlaps at least one of the supporting parts for supporting the light amount adjusting blades at a position offset in a direction parallel to the center axis of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuhiko SATO
  • Patent number: 8668238
    Abstract: A glove box structure for a vehicle includes a storage portion and a lid portion. The lid portion is openably mounted on a instrument panel of the vehicle and includes an inner panel, honeycomb structure ribs, an intermediate panel, and an outer panel. The inner panel is disposed on a storage portion side. The honeycomb structure ribs integrally formed with the inner panel. Each of the honeycomb structure ribs is disposed on a first surface of the inner panel. The first surface is disposed on an opposite side of the inner panel to the storage portion. The intermediate panel is attached to at least one of the honeycomb structure ribs to increase a shock transfer capability of the inner panel. The outer panel is mounted on the inner panel. The intermediate panel is sandwiched between the outer panel and the honeycomb structure ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Kuwano, Masamitsu Shiono, Katsuhiko Sato, Tsukasa Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130180472
    Abstract: A double-walled tube includes: a plurality of double-walled tube forming members, each having an inner tube and an outer tube, connected by welding at welding portions of axis direction end portions thereof; and each of the welding portions of the double-walled tube forming members including a groove having a length in an axis direction set to be equal to or greater than ½ of a width of a weld bead formed by the welding at the welding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takehisa HINO, Masataka Tamura, Yoshimi Tanaka, Wataru Kono, Toru Sakamoto, Toshinori Terashima, Katsuhiko Sato, Noboru Jimbo, Shigeki Maruyama
  • Patent number: D745815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignees: Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd., Y.M. Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ohno, Katsuhiko Sato
  • Patent number: D746116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd., Y.M. Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ohno, Katsuhiko Sato
  • Patent number: D783135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sato, Toru Shibuya
  • Patent number: D788271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sato, Toru Shibuya
  • Patent number: D812725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sato, Tomio Watanabe
  • Patent number: D816192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sato, Tomio Watanabe