Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Sasaki

Kazuhiro Sasaki 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: 11938729
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a base plate and at least two device chips in which ejection ports for ejecting a liquid are formed and which are disposed on the base plate. At least one first reference mark is provided on the base plate. A second reference mark is provided on each of the device chips. At least one space is formed between adjacent device chips. The second reference marks and the first reference mark present in the space are disposed on an array axis along which the device chips are arrayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Asai, Koji Sasaki, Jun Yamamuro, Shingo Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240092080
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a base plate and at least two device chips in which ejection ports for ejecting a liquid are formed and which are disposed on the base plate. At least one first reference mark is provided on the base plate. A second reference mark is provided on each of the device chips. At least one space is formed between adjacent device chips. The second reference marks and the first reference mark present in the space are disposed on an array axis along which the device chips are arrayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Asai, Koji Sasaki, Jun Yamamuro, Shingo Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240094349
    Abstract: A light detector according to one embodiment, includes a substrate. The substrate includes a first semiconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The insulating layer is located on the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is located on the insulating layer. The second semiconductor layer includes a photoelectric conversion part. The photoelectric conversion part includes a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The substrate includes a void and a trench. The void is positioned below the photoelectric conversion part and between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The trench surrounds the photoelectric conversion part. A lower end of the trench is positioned in the second semiconductor layer. The photoelectric conversion part is electrically connected with an upper surface side of the substrate via a portion below the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Keita SASAKI, Mariko SHIMIZU, Kazuhiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240083167
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a base plate and at least two device chips in which ejection ports for ejecting a liquid are formed and which are disposed on the base plate. At least one first reference mark is provided on the base plate. A second reference mark is provided on each of the device chips. At least one space is formed between adjacent device chips. The second reference marks and the first reference mark present in the space are disposed on an array axis along which the device chips are arrayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Asai, Koji Sasaki, Jun Yamamuro, Shingo Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240068380
    Abstract: There is provided a pit initiation evaluation system or the like capable of predicting pit initiation effectively and at low cost. In a pit initiation evaluation system of an embodiment, a pit initiation evaluation unit creates and retains, based on a dry-wet alternate time data, a deposit impurity concentration data, and a pit initiation data on pitting corrosion initiated in each of a plurality of turbine stages when an operation is actually performed in the steam turbine, a pit initiation evaluation table presenting a relationship between a dry-wet alternate time, a deposit impurity concentration, and pit initiation. Further, the pit initiation evaluation unit is configured to evaluate, by using the pit initiation evaluation table, pitting corrosion to be initiated in each of the plurality of turbine stages in an operation planned for the steam turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuka TSUKADA, Kazuhiro SAITO, Yusuke SUZUKI, Yoshikazu NINOMIYA, Osamu TANAKA, Yasuteru KAWAI, Shinichi TERADA, Makoto SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240072191
    Abstract: A light detector includes a semiconductor layer and a light-receiving element. The semiconductor layer is of a first conductivity type. The light-receiving element includes a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region, and a fourth semiconductor region. The first semiconductor region is of a second conductivity type. The second semiconductor region is located between the first semiconductor region and the semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor region is of the first conductivity type and contacts the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is located between the second semiconductor region and the semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor region is of the second conductivity type. The fourth semiconductor region is located between the third semiconductor region and the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Mariko SHIMIZU, Kazuhiro SUZUKI, Ikuo FUJIWARA, Ryoma KANEKO, Keita SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240041899
    Abstract: Provided is a solid preparation having an excellent stability and being useful for treating or improving (or alleviating) a urination disorder regardless of the degree or presence of prostatomegaly. The solid preparation contains a 2-oxapregnane compound represented by the following formula (1) as an active ingredient, and a carrier. In the formula, R1 to R3 each represent an alkyl group such as a methyl group, R4 represents an alkylcarbonyl group such as an acetyl group, X represents a halogen atom such as a chlorine atom, and Y represents a hydroxyl group or oxo group bonded to the 11-position, 15-position, or 16-position of the steroid skeleton. The carrier contains a first carrier and/or a second carrier; the first carrier is not a metal salt-form, and the second carrier is a polyvalent metal salt-form of an inorganic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakiko KITAMURA, Kazuhiro SASAKI, Hiroshige KATAOKA, Asuka OZAWA, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Atsushi SHINBO, Youichi NAKANO, Yuta ITO, Junichi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11752102
    Abstract: A powder preparation for nasal administration containing a particulate of steroid hormones having an average particle size of 50 to 300 ?m as an active ingredient is prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ASKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Minato, Tomoya Fujisawa, Kenji Shimizu, Takahisa Saito, Hiroya Yajima, Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230055610
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt device has an intermediate transfer belt, a drive roller that drives the intermediate transfer belt, and a pressure roller that presses from an outer surface of the intermediate transfer belt toward the drive roller. The pressure roller is disposed at a position corresponding to a downstream end in a rotating direction C in a contact region between the intermediate transfer belt and the drive roller. The intermediate transfer belt is provided in contact with the pressure roller and such that the outer surface of the intermediate transfer belt is wound around an outer surface of the pressure roller at a predetermined winding angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Kazuhiro SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11333605
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sample measurement device including a light applicator configured to apply a light to a sample so as to generate light from a particle in the sample; an optical block in which a plurality of prisms are fixed, each of the plurality of prisms including a light entry surface which allows entry thereinto of the light generated from the particle in the sample, a reflection surface configured to selectively reflect a part of the light having entered the light entry surface, and a light outputting surface configured to output the light reflected by the reflection surface; and a light receiver configured to receive the light outputted from the light outputting surface of each of the plurality of prisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sasaki, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220125716
    Abstract: A powder preparation for nasal administration containing a particulate of steroid hormones having an average particle size of 50 to 300 ?m as an active ingredient is prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi MINATO, Tomoya FUJISAWA, Kenji SHIMIZU, Takahisa SAITO, Hiroya YAJIMA, Kazuhiro SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11234928
    Abstract: A powder preparation for nasal administration containing a particulate of steroid hormones having an average particle size of 50 to 300 ?m as an active ingredient is prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ASKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Minato, Tomoya Fujisawa, Kenji Shimizu, Takahisa Saito, Hiroya Yajima, Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200360274
    Abstract: A powder preparation for nasal administration containing a particulate of steroid hormones having an average particle size of 50 to 300 ?m as an active ingredient is prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi MINATO, Tomoya FUJISAWA, Kenji SHIMIZU, Takahisa SAITO, Hiroya YAJIMA, Kazuhiro SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200271585
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sample measurement device including a light applicator configured to apply a light to a sample so as to generate light from a particle in the sample; an optical block in which a plurality of prisms are fixed, each of the plurality of prisms including a light entry surface which allows entry thereinto of the light generated from the particle in the sample, a reflection surface configured to selectively reflect a part of the light having entered the light entry surface, and a light outputting surface configured to output the light reflected by the reflection surface; and a light receiver configured to receive the light outputted from the light outputting surface of each of the plurality of prisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SASAKI, Takeshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10113966
    Abstract: A blood analyzer comprises a light source unit configured to irradiate light on a measurement sample prepared from blood, a fluorescent light detecting unit configured to detect auto-fluorescence produced by red blood cells in the measurement sample which is irradiated by light, an information processing unit configured to obtain auto-fluorescence information related to red blood cells which produce auto-fluorescence detected by the fluorescent light detecting unit. The information processing unit is configured to make a determination regarding anemia based on the auto-fluorescence information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Seiichiro Tabata, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10029726
    Abstract: A electric power steering device includes a basic return command value calculation unit configured to calculate a basic return command value in a direction to return a steering wheel to a neutral position on the basis of a steering angle of the steering wheel, a return command value calculation unit configured to calculate a return command value by correcting the basic return command value by the first correction gain, and an opposite return command value calculation unit configured to calculate an opposite return command value in a direction not to return the steering wheel to the neutral position on the basis of an angular acceleration of an electric motor. A correction return command value is calculated on the basis of the return command value and the opposite return command value and the electric motor is driven by adding the correction return command value to the assist command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Gotou, Hisazumi Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Yuichiro Okamoto, Nobuyuki Kimura, Takayuki Nagase, Kazuma Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20170166246
    Abstract: A electric power steering device includes a basic return command value calculation unit configured to calculate a basic return command value in a direction to return a steering wheel to a neutral position on the basis of a steering angle of the steering wheel, a return command value calculation unit configured to calculate a return command value by correcting the basic return command value by the first correction gain, and an opposite return command value calculation unit configured to calculate an opposite return command value in a direction not to return the steering wheel to the neutral position on the basis of an angular acceleration of an electric motor. A correction return command value is calculated on the basis of the return command value and the opposite return command value and the electric motor is driven by adding the correction return command value to the assist command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki GOTOU, Hisazumi ISHIKAWA, Kazuhiro SASAKI, Yuichiro OKAMOTO, Nobuyuki KIMURA, Takayuki NAGASE, Kazuma YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9676596
    Abstract: In an elevator refurbishing method in which a hydraulic elevator in which a hydraulic jack is installed in an equipment installation zone is refurbished into a machine-roomless elevator that uses a two-to-one (2:1) roping method, the equipment installation zone being a region inside a hoistway on either a left side or a right side of a car when viewed from directly above, at least one guide rail from a pair of counterweight guide rails is installed in the equipment installation zone while leaving the hydraulic jack in position, the hydraulic jack is removed from the hoistway, the hoisting machine is installed in a lower portion of the equipment installation zone using a space that is created by removal of the hydraulic jack, and a car return sheave and a counterweight return sheave are installed on an upper portion of the counterweight guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Hideki Miyahara, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Yoshinao Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9500581
    Abstract: A blood analyzer comprises a flow cell, a first light source, a second light source, a first light receiving part, a second light receiving part, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to make determinations related to the types of microcytic anemia based on a first scattered light information based on the signals output from the first light receiving part, and a second scattered light information based on the signals output from the second light receiving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9481392
    Abstract: An electric power steering device includes a basic return command value calculation unit configured to calculate a basic return command value in a direction returning the steering wheel to a neutral position, on the basis of detection results of a steering angle detector detecting a steering angle of the steering wheel, a first correction gain calculation unit configured to calculate a first correction gain correcting the basic return command value, on the basis of detection results of a vehicle speed detector detecting vehicle speed, and a second correction gain calculation unit configured to calculate a second correction gain correcting the basic return command value, on the basis of a change amount of the steering torque detected by the torque sensor. The basic return command value is corrected by the first and second correction gains so as to calculate a return command value. The return command value is added to the assist command value so as to drive the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: KYB Corporation, FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Gotou, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Yuichiro Okamoto, Kazuma Yamazaki