Patents by Inventor Keiichiro Sato
Keiichiro 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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Publication number: 20240355693Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element on a substrate. A first surface of the semiconductor element faces away from the substrate and a second surface faces the substrate. A first surface electrode is on the first surface of the semiconductor element. A bonding wire is connected to the first surface electrode at a bonding portion. A first sealing member covers the bonding portion. A second sealing member covers a portion of the first surface electrode outside the bonding portion. A third sealing member covers the first sealing member and the second sealing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Shogo MINAMI, Tomohiro IGUCHI, Katsuya SATO, Keiichiro MATSUO
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Patent number: 12073978Abstract: In a coil-embedded dust core constituting an inductance element, a winding body of a coil disposed inside a coil-embedded dust core and a dust core have a relationship that the inner core volume ratio RV defined below is 3 or more and 5 or less: RV=(V1/V2)/(1?V/Vp), where V1 represents a volume of a region in the dust core located on an inner side of the winding body of the coil when the coil-embedded dust core is viewed in a first direction, which is a direction along a winding axis of the coil, V2 represents a volume of a region in the dust core located on an outer side of the winding body of the coil when the coil-embedded dust core is viewed in the first direction, V represents a volume of the dust core, and Vp represents a volume of the coil-embedded dust core.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Nakabayashi, Akinori Kojima, Akira Sato, Keiichiro Sato, Masahiro Iizuka
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Publication number: 20240230636Abstract: An assay cartridge including the assay strip that has, as an assay region for determining whether a sample is positive or negative, a plurality of kinds of assay regions each on which a plurality of kinds of binding substances that respectively specifically bind to a plurality of different kinds of test substances is immobilized, in which in a case where a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped carrier is defined as a width direction, the plurality of kinds of the assay regions have a length in the width direction of the strip-shaped carrier shorter than an entire width of the strip-shaped carrier, and the plurality of kinds of the assay regions are arranged to be positionally deviated in the width direction, and a manufacturing method of the assay strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hiroyasu ISHII, Keiichiro SATO
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Patent number: 11191499Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a sensor substrate including a flexible base material, and an active area which is provided on a first surface of the base material and in which a plurality of pixels, which accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation, are formed; a conversion layer that is provided on the first surface side in the sensor substrate to convert radiation into the light; and a grid that is disposed on a second surface side opposite to the first surface of the base material and has a removal portion that has a mesh-like radiation absorbing member provided between a plurality of partitions in units of a predetermined number of pixels to remove scattered radiation according to the radiation.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoto Iwakiri, Keiichiro Sato, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 11195651Abstract: An inductance element includes a magnetic core and a coil having a portion embedded in the magnetic core. This portion includes a wound portion formed by winging a wire-shaped coil material including a wire-shaped conductive material and an insulating coating. The insulating coating includes a thin-walled portion reduced in thickness. A biting ratio R is defined by formula: R=ds/B, which is from 0.4 to 0.85 inclusive, where B is the average thickness of inter-coil insulating coatings, and ds is an upper biting limit obtained by measuring a biting depth, approximating a frequency distribution of the results by a normal distribution, and computing, as the upper biting limit, the sum of the mean da of the normal distribution and the product of 3.99 and the standard deviation ?. The biting depth is obtained by subtracting, from the average thickness B, the thickness of the thin-walled portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Kojima, Seisaku Imai, Akira Sato, Keiichiro Sato
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Publication number: 20210233690Abstract: A compression molded core contains a plurality of soft magnetic material powders. A first powder and a second powder in the plurality of powders satisfy D1>D2, 0.23?(D1?D2)/D1<0.6, D1?7 ?m, and 3 ?m?DT?5.7 ?m. D1 is the median diameter, which is a particle size at which the integrated particle diameter distribution from the small particle size side is 50% in a volume-based particle size distribution measured by a laser diffraction/scattering method, of the first powder and is maximum among median diameters; D2 is the median diameter D2 of the second powder and is minimum among median diameters; and DT is determined using the weight rate R1 of the first powder and the weight rate R2 of the second powder by R1×D1+R2×D2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Akinori KOJIMA, Ryo NAKABAYASHI, Keiichiro SATO
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Publication number: 20210074464Abstract: In a coil-embedded dust core constituting an inductance element, a winding body of a coil disposed inside a coil-embedded dust core and a dust core have a relationship that the inner core volume ratio RV defined below is 3 or more and 5 or less: RV=(V1/V2)/(1?V/Vp), where V1 represents a volume of a region in the dust core located on an inner side of the winding body of the coil when the coil-embedded dust core is viewed in a first direction, which is a direction along a winding axis of the coil, V2 represents a volume of a region in the dust core located on an outer side of the winding body of the coil when the coil-embedded dust core is viewed in the first direction, V represents a volume of the dust core, and Vp represents a volume of the coil-embedded dust core.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Ryo NAKABAYASHI, Akinori KOJIMA, Akira SATO, Keiichiro SATO, Masahiro IIZUKA
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Patent number: 10908525Abstract: A bearing component for rotatably receiving a rotating shaft on an end of a rotating unit includes a component body, an inner protrusion, and one or more outer protrusions. The component body has a recess into which the rotating shaft is rotatably inserted. The inner protrusion protrudes from a wall portion of the recess facing an end surface of the rotating shaft. The inner protrusion receives an axial load by the rotating shaft. The outer protrusions protrude from an outer surface of the component body opposite to the recess. The one or more outer protrusions are in contact with a holding unit. A contact portion between the outer protrusions and the holding unit is offset from a contact portion position between the inner protrusion and the end surface. The contact portion between at least one of the outer protrusions and the holding unit has a non-planar shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO.. LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Kuramoto, Keiichiro Sato, Shuhei Yamazaki, Hirofumi Hamada, Toru Morioka
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Patent number: 10871741Abstract: A cleaning device that cleans a surface of an image holding unit capable of holding an image formed using an image forming material includes: a cleaning tool that is movable along an intersecting direction intersecting with a moving direction of the image holding unit and cleans the surface of the image holding unit when placed in a contact position where the cleaning tool is in contact with the surface of the image holding unit; and a guiding unit that guides the cleaning tool so that the cleaning tool moves from a non-contact position where the cleaning tool is not in contact with the image holding unit to the contact position for cleaning the surface of the image holding unit, wherein when the image holding unit is moved, the cleaning tool placed in the contact position cleans the surface of the image holding unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Keiichiro Sato
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Publication number: 20200319572Abstract: A bearing component for rotatably receiving a rotating shaft on an end of a rotating unit includes a component body, an inner protrusion, and one or more outer protrusions. The component body has a recess into which the rotating shaft is rotatably inserted. The inner protrusion protrudes from a wall portion of the recess facing an end surface of the rotating shaft. The inner protrusion receives an axial load by the rotating shaft. The outer protrusions protrude from an outer surface of the component body opposite to the recess. The one or more outer protrusions are in contact with a holding unit. A contact portion between the outer protrusions and the holding unit is offset from a contact portion position between the inner protrusion and the end surface. The contact portion between at least one of the outer protrusions and the holding unit has a non-planar shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki KURAMOTO, Keiichiro Sato, Shuhei Yamazaki, Hirofumi Hamada, Toru Morioka
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Publication number: 20200310333Abstract: A cleaning device that cleans a surface of an image holding unit capable of holding an image formed using an image forming material includes: a cleaning tool that is movable along an intersecting direction intersecting with a moving direction of the image holding unit and cleans the surface of the image holding unit when placed in a contact position where the cleaning tool is in contact with the surface of the image holding unit; and a guiding unit that guides the cleaning tool so that the cleaning tool moves from a non-contact position where the cleaning tool is not in contact with the image holding unit to the contact position for cleaning the surface of the image holding unit, wherein when the image holding unit is moved, the cleaning tool placed in the contact position cleans the surface of the image holding unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Keiichiro SATO
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Publication number: 20190298281Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a sensor substrate including a flexible base material, and an active area which is provided on a first surface of the base material and in which a plurality of pixels, which accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation, are formed; a conversion layer that is provided on the first surface side in the sensor substrate to convert radiation into the light; and a grid that is disposed on a second surface side opposite to the first surface of the base material and has a removal portion that has a mesh-like radiation absorbing member provided between a plurality of partitions in units of a predetermined number of pixels to remove scattered radiation according to the radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoto IWAKIRI, Keiichiro SATO, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
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Publication number: 20190244745Abstract: An inductance element includes a magnetic core and a coil having a portion embedded in the magnetic core. This portion includes a wound portion formed by winging a wire-shaped coil material including a wire-shaped conductive material and an insulating coating. The insulating coating includes a thin-walled portion reduced in thickness. A biting ratio R is defined by formula: R=ds/B, which is from 0.4 to 0.85 inclusive, where B is the average thickness of inter-coil insulating coatings, and ds is an upper biting limit obtained by measuring a biting depth, approximating a frequency distribution of the results by a normal distribution, and computing, as the upper biting limit, the sum of the mean da of the normal distribution and the product of 3.99 and the standard deviation ?. The biting depth is obtained by subtracting, from the average thickness B, the thickness of the thin-walled portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Akinori KOJIMA, Seisaku IMAI, Akira SATO, Keiichiro SATO
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Patent number: 10283266Abstract: A powder core includes: a powder of a crystalline magnetic material; and a powder of an amorphous magnetic material, in which a median diameter D50A of the powder of the amorphous magnetic material is 15 ?m or less, and satisfies the expression: 1?D50A/D50C?3.5 with respect to a median diameter D50C of the powder of the crystalline magnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Nakabayashi, Akinori Kojima, Seiichi Abiko, Keiichiro Sato, Akira Sato, Takao Mizushima
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Patent number: 10175601Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaning member, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, and a moving mechanism. The cleaning member includes a shaft portion and an elastic layer disposed around the shaft portion. The elastic layer is brought into contact with a rotating charging body. The cleaning member cleans the charging body while rotating. The first bearing member supports a first end portion of the shaft portion while rendering the shaft portion rotatable. The second bearing member supports a second end portion of the shaft portion while rendering the shaft portion rotatable. The moving mechanism is supported by the first bearing member and the second bearing member. The moving mechanism periodically moves the shaft portion in an axial direction of the shaft portion together with a rotation of the cleaning member.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei Yamazaki, Keiichiro Sato, Yasuhiro Funayama
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Publication number: 20180275554Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaning member, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, and a moving mechanism. The cleaning member includes a shaft portion and an elastic layer disposed around the shaft portion. The elastic layer is brought into contact with a rotating charging body. The cleaning member cleans the charging body while rotating. The first bearing member supports a first end portion of the shaft portion while rendering the shaft portion rotatable. The second bearing member supports a second end portion of the shaft portion while rendering the shaft portion rotatable. The moving mechanism is supported by the first bearing member and the second bearing member. The moving mechanism periodically moves the shaft portion in an axial direction of the shaft portion together with a rotation of the cleaning member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei YAMAZAKI, Keiichiro SATO, Yasuhiro FUNAYAMA
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Publication number: 20170309387Abstract: A powder core includes: a powder of a crystalline magnetic material; and a powder of an amorphous magnetic material, in which a median diameter D50A of the powder of the amorphous magnetic material is 15 ?m or less, and satisfies the expression: 1?D50A/D50C?3.5 with respect to a median diameter D50C of the powder of the crystalline magnetic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Ryo NAKABAYASHI, Akinori KOJIMA, Seiichi ABIKO, Keiichiro SATO, Akira SATO, Takao MIZUSHIMA
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Patent number: 9784853Abstract: A radiation detector and a radiological image radiographing apparatus capable of improving the quality of an obtained radiological image without causing an additional cost are provided. A first scintillator configured to include columnar crystals generating first light corresponding to a radiation emitted through a TFT substrate is laminated on the other surface of the TFT substrate that has a first photoelectric conversion element, which has one surface from which a radiation is emitted and the other surface from which at least one of the first light and the second light is emitted and which generates electric charges corresponding to the light, and a first switching element. A second scintillator which generates second light corresponding to a radiation emitted through the first scintillator and has different energy characteristics of absorbed radiations from the first scintillator is laminated on a surface of the first scintillator not facing the TFT substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoyuki Nishino, Naoto Iwakiri, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Keiichiro Sato, Yasunori Ohta
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Publication number: 20160025868Abstract: A radiation detector and a radiological image radiographing apparatus capable of improving the quality of an obtained radiological image without causing an additional cost are provided. A first scintillator configured to include columnar crystals generating first light corresponding to a radiation emitted through a TFT substrate is laminated on the other surface of the TFT substrate that has a first photoelectric conversion element, which has one surface from which a radiation is emitted and the other surface from which at least one of the first light and the second light is emitted and which generates electric charges corresponding to the light, and a first switching element. A second scintillator which generates second light corresponding to a radiation emitted through the first scintillator and has different energy characteristics of absorbed radiations from the first scintillator is laminated on a surface of the first scintillator not facing the TFT substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoyuki NISHINO, Naoto IWAKIRI, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Keiichiro SATO, Yasunori OHTA
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Patent number: 9182504Abstract: A radiation detector and a radiological image radiographing apparatus capable of improving the quality of an obtained radiological image without causing an additional cost are provided. A first scintillator configured to include columnar crystals generating first light corresponding to a radiation emitted through a TFT substrate is laminated on the other surface of the TFT substrate that has a first photoelectric conversion element, which has one surface from which a radiation is emitted and the other surface from which at least one of the first light and the second light is emitted and which generates electric charges corresponding to the light, and a first switching element. A second scintillator which generates second light corresponding to a radiation emitted through the first scintillator and has different energy characteristics of absorbed radiations from the first scintillator is laminated on a surface of the first scintillator not facing the TFT substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Naoyuki Nishino, Naoto Iwakiri, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Keiichiro Sato, Yasunori Ohta