Patents by Inventor Katsunori Yamada

Katsunori Yamada 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: 11921132
    Abstract: An anisotropic conductive sheet according to the present invention comprises an insulating layer and a plurality of conductive layers. The insulating layer is elastic, and has a first surface that is positioned on one side in the thickness direction, a second surface that is positioned on the other side in the thickness direction, and a plurality of through holes that penetrate the layer from the first surface to the second surface. The conductive layers are respectively arranged on the inner wall surfaces of the plurality of through holes. The insulating layer comprises an elastic layer that is formed of a crosslinked product of an elastomer composition, and a heat-resistant resin layer that is formed of a heat-resistant resin composition that has a higher glass transition temperature than the crosslinked product of an elastomer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsunori Nishiura, Taichi Koyama, Daisuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 11541307
    Abstract: A server system to manage esports live distribution distributes, to a viewer terminal, data for displaying an image of gameplay by players on the viewer terminal, and situation data. The situation data describes various situations, such as a viewer's watching situation, a game progress status, a player's operation situation, a reward generation situation, a posting situation of comments such as cheers, and an evaluation situation of players by viewers. In the viewer terminal, various types of situation data are compared with predetermined screen configuration change conditions, and when some of the conditions is satisfied, the present configuration of a watching screen is changed to a screen configuration associated with the satisfied condition to provide information for the viewer in such a manner as to facilitate understanding of a situation on each occasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Akio Onda, Michiru Takahashi, Katsunori Yamada
  • Patent number: 11148562
    Abstract: A vehicle seat structure includes a vehicle seat including a seat cushion configured to support an occupant, an upper rail that is fixed to the vehicle seat and that moves in a seat front-rear direction together with the vehicle seat, and a lower rail that is fixed to a floor of a vehicle body and that engages with the upper rail and supports the upper rail so as to allow movement of the upper rail. The vehicle seat structure includes a lock mechanism configured to restrict movement of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail. The lock mechanism is configured such that at least part of the lock mechanism deforms when a force toward the seat front side arising due to inertia acts on the vehicle seat in a state in which the upper rail is engaged with a seat rear side portion of the lower rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiichi Kondo, Katsunori Yamada, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210197696
    Abstract: A vehicle seat structure includes a vehicle seat including a seat cushion configured to support an occupant, an upper rail that is fixed to the vehicle seat and that moves in a seat front-rear direction together with the vehicle seat, and a lower rail that is fixed to a floor of a vehicle body and that engages with the upper rail and supports the upper rail so as to allow movement of the upper rail. The vehicle seat structure includes a lock mechanism configured to restrict movement of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail. The lock mechanism is configured such that at least part of the lock mechanism deforms when a force toward the seat front side arising due to inertia acts on the vehicle seat in a state in which the upper rail is engaged with a seat rear side portion of the lower rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Keiichi KONDO, Katsunori YAMADA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10793032
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pelvis movement suppression member, a moving mechanism, a control section and an energy-absorbing mechanism. The pelvis movement suppression member is disposed at a seat upper side of a seat front side of a seat cushion, extends in a seat width direction, and is movable in a seat front-rear direction relative to a frame of the seat cushion. The moving mechanism moves the pelvis movement suppression member from an initial position to a restraining position at a seat rear side relative to the initial position. When a collision is detected or predicted, the control section activates the moving mechanism and moves the pelvis movement suppression member to the restraining position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsunori Ando, Katsunori Yamada, Mitsuaki Gotoh
  • Patent number: 10730475
    Abstract: A vehicle seatbelt device that includes: a lap belt that restrains a waist portion of an occupant seated in a vehicle seat; a connection member that connects an end portion of the lap belt with an anchor provided at either a side of the vehicle seat or a location on a vehicle body; a retractor that is provided at a front side of a vehicle relative to the anchor, and that is actuated in a vehicle collision or in a case in which a vehicle collision has been predicted; and a load transmission member that is coupled with the connection member so as to be movable relative to the connection member, and that is retracted by the retractor in a case in which the retractor is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Hayashi, Katsunori Yamada, Tatsunori Andou, Mitsuaki Gotoh
  • Patent number: 10668895
    Abstract: A variable force limiter control system for a vehicle includes a variable force limiter mechanism, a relative speed sensor, an acceleration sensor and an electronic control unit. The variable force limiter mechanism is configured to change a force limiter load. The relative speed sensor is configured to detect a relative speed of the vehicle with respect to a collision object before a collision. The acceleration sensor is configured to detect an acceleration of the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to predict a severity of a collision on the basis of at least the relative speed. The electronic control unit is configured to control the force limiter load on the basis of both the predicted severity and the acceleration in an initial stage of the collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jiro Ohachi, Takuya Nezaki, Takashi Hasegawa, Katsunori Yamada, Mitsuaki Gotoh, Makoto Aki, Yusuke Mase, Takashi Fujinami
  • Patent number: 10562490
    Abstract: The occupant restraining device for a vehicle has a seatbelt, a collision predicting sensor, a braking device that enlarges a gap between a vehicle occupant and a seatback of a vehicle seat, an explosive-type pretensioner and electric motor that retract the seatbelt, and a control section that, in a case in which a front collision of the vehicle is sensed in advance by the collision predicting sensor, enlarges the gap between the vehicle occupant and the seatback by the braking device and starts retracting of the seatbelt by the explosive-type pretensioner and the electric motor, and at least until forward movement of the vehicle occupant starts after occurrence of the front collision, continues to input load to the vehicle occupant from the seatbelt and continues to move the vehicle occupant toward a vehicle rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Goto, Takashi Hasegawa, Katsunori Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200023280
    Abstract: When a viewer executes a predetermined present operation, an item is selected from items that are possessed by the viewer, and is given to a player who is selected as a destination. Alternatively, an item that is purchased by the viewer is given to a player who is selected as a destination. When the player uses the presented item, a reward is given to the viewer who provided the present. This can make watching of gameplay images to be more attractive. Further, this allows the viewer to provide assistance more than cheering up to the player who performs the gameplay, and allows the viewer to feel a certain sense of unity with the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Akio ONDA, Katsunori YAMADA, Michiru TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200009458
    Abstract: A server system to manage esports live distribution distributes, to a viewer terminal, data for displaying an image of gameplay by players on the viewer terminal, and situation data. The situation data describes various situations, such as a viewer's watching situation, a game progress status, a player's operation situation, a reward generation situation, a posting situation of comments such as cheers, and an evaluation situation of players by viewers. In the viewer terminal, various types of situation data are compared with predetermined screen configuration change conditions, and when some of the conditions is satisfied, the present configuration of a watching screen is changed to a screen configuration associated with the satisfied condition to provide information for the viewer in such a manner as to facilitate understanding of a situation on each occasion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Akio ONDA, Michiru TAKAHASHI, Katsunori YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20190193609
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pelvis movement suppression member, a moving mechanism, a control section and an energy-absorbing mechanism. The pelvis movement suppression member is disposed at a seat upper side of a seat front side of a seat cushion, extends in a seat width direction, and is movable in a seat front-rear direction relative to a frame of the seat cushion. The moving mechanism moves the pelvis movement suppression member from an initial position to a restraining position at a seat rear side relative to the initial position. When a collision is detected or predicted, the control section activates the moving mechanism and moves the pelvis movement suppression member to the restraining position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsunori ANDO, Katsunori YAMADA, Mitsuaki GOTOH
  • Publication number: 20190106081
    Abstract: A vehicle seatbelt device that includes: a lap belt that restrains a waist portion of an occupant seated in a vehicle seat; a connection member that connects an end portion of the lap belt with an anchor provided at either a side of the vehicle seat or a location on a vehicle body; a retractor that is provided at a front side of a vehicle relative to the anchor, and that is actuated in a vehicle collision or in a case in which a vehicle collision has been predicted; and a load transmission member that is coupled with the connection member so as to be movable relative to the connection member, and that is retracted by the retractor in a case in which the retractor is actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki HAYASHI, Katsunori YAMADA, Tatsunori ANDOU, Mitsuaki GOTOH
  • Publication number: 20180236971
    Abstract: A variable force limiter control system for a vehicle includes a variable force limiter mechanism, a relative speed sensor, an acceleration sensor and an electronic control unit. The variable force limiter mechanism is configured to change a force limiter load. The relative speed sensor is configured to detect a relative speed of the vehicle with respect to a collision object before a collision. The acceleration sensor is configured to detect an acceleration of the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to predict a severity of a collision on the basis of at least the relative speed. The electronic control unit is configured to control the force limiter load on the basis of both the predicted severity and the acceleration in an initial stage of the collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Jiro OHACHI, Takuya NEZAKI, Takashi HASEGAWA, Katsunori YAMADA, Mitsuaki GOTOH, Makoto AKI, Yusuke MASE, Takashi FUJINAMI
  • Patent number: 10056174
    Abstract: A thermistor material for a short range of low temperature use includes a matrix material composed of nitride-based and/or oxide-based insulating ceramics, conductive particles composed of ?-SiC and dispersed in the grain boundary of each crystal grain of the matrix material so as to form an electric conduction path. The thermistor material further contains boron and second conductive particles added thereto, which are composed of a metal or an inorganic compound, having a specific electric resistance value at room temperature lower than that of the ?-SiC and a melting point of 1700° C. or more. Such a thermistor material is produced by mixing matrix powder, conductive powder, second conductive powder, boron powder, and a sintering agent as necessary such that a temperature coefficient of resistance (B value) and a specific electric resistance value at room temperature are each within a predetermined range, and molding and sintering the resultant mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventor: Katsunori Yamada
  • Publication number: 20180105136
    Abstract: The occupant restraining device for a vehicle has a seatbelt, a collision predicting sensor, a braking device that enlarges a gap between a vehicle occupant and a seatback of a vehicle seat, an explosive-type pretensioner and electric motor that retract the seatbelt, and a control section that, in a case in which a front collision of the vehicle is sensed in advance by the collision predicting sensor, enlarges the gap between the vehicle occupant and the seatback by the braking device and starts retracting of the seatbelt by the explosive-type pretensioner and the electric motor, and at least until forward movement of the vehicle occupant starts after occurrence of the front collision, continues to input load to the vehicle occupant from the seatbelt and continues to move the vehicle occupant toward a vehicle rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki GOTO, Takashi HASEGAWA, Katsunori YAMADA
  • Patent number: 9153365
    Abstract: A temperature sensing element includes a thermistor composed of Si-base ceramics and a pair of metal electrodes bonded onto the surfaces of the thermistor. The metal electrodes contain Cr and a metal element ? having a Si diffusion coefficient higher than that of Cr. A diffusion layer is formed in a bonding interface between the thermistor and each metal electrode, the diffusion layer including a silicide of the metal element ? in a crystal grain boundary of the Si-base ceramics. A temperature sensor including the diffusion layers is provided. Owing to the diffusion layers, the temperature sensor ensures heat resistance and bonding reliability and enables temperature detection with high accuracy in a temperature range, in particular, of from ?50° C. to 1050° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Tsunenobu Hori, Kaoru Kuzuoka, Chiaki Ogawa, Motoki Satou, Katsunori Yamada, Takao Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Inoguchi
  • Publication number: 20140374674
    Abstract: A thermistor material for a short range of low temperature use includes a matrix material composed of nitride-based and/or oxide-based insulating ceramics, conductive particles composed of ?-SiC and dispersed in the grain boundary of each crystal grain of the matrix material so as to form an electric conduction path. The thermistor material further contains boron and second conductive particles added thereto, which are composed of a metal or an inorganic compound, having a specific electric resistance value at room temperature lower than that of the ?-SiC and a melting point of 1700° C. or more. Such a thermistor material is produced by mixing matrix powder, conductive powder, second conductive powder, boron powder, and a sintering agent as necessary such that a temperature coefficient of resistance (B value) and a specific electric resistance value at room temperature are each within a predetermined range, and molding and sintering the resultant mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Katsunori Yamada
  • Publication number: 20130020670
    Abstract: A temperature sensing element includes a thermistor composed of Si-base ceramics and a pair of metal electrodes bonded onto the surfaces of the thermistor. The metal electrodes contain Cr and a metal element ? having a Si diffusion coefficient higher than that of Cr. A diffusion layer is formed in a bonding interface between the thermistor and each metal electrode, the diffusion layer including a silicide of the metal element ? in a crystal grain boundary of the Si-base ceramics. A temperature sensor including the diffusion layers is provided. Owing to the diffusion layers, the temperature sensor ensures heat resistance and bonding reliability and enables temperature detection with high accuracy in a temperature range, in particular, of from ?50° C. to 1050° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsunenobu Hori, Kaoru Kuzuoka, Chiaki Ogawa, Motoki Satou, Katsunori Yamada, Takao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8337552
    Abstract: An intraocular lens adapted for deployment within a lens capsule. At least part of a lens surface of the intraocular lens constitutes a cell inducing region in which are directly formed a multitude of microgrooves. The microgrooves take a form of minute linear grooves and lands of depth dimension between 0.01 and 1.0 ?m and width dimension between 0.1 and 2.0 ?m extending with prescribed length in a circumferential direction on the lens surface. The minute linear grooves and lands are formed with a chained pattern connected in the circumferential direction of the lens surface and with a periodic pattern arrayed periodically in a diametrical direction so that the minute linear grooves and lands are formed without intervening spaces throughout the entire cell inducing region and impart visible light transmittance of 60% or above to the cell inducing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Katsunori Yamada, Hiroaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110098808
    Abstract: An intraocular lens adapted for deployment within a lens capsule. At least part of a lens surface of the intraocular lens constitutes a cell inducing region in which are directly formed a multitude of microgrooves. The microgrooves take a form of minute linear grooves and lands of depth dimension between 0.01 and 1.0 ?m and width dimension between 0.1 and 2.0 ?m extending with prescribed length in a circumferential direction on the lens surface. The minute linear grooves and lands are formed with a chained pattern connected in the circumferential direction of the lens surface and with a periodic pattern arrayed periodically in a diametrical direction so that the minute linear grooves and lands are formed without intervening spaces throughout the entire cell inducing region and impart visible light transmittance of 60% or above to the cell inducing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: MENICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Katsunori Yamada, Hiroaki Suzuki