Patents by Inventor Kenji A. Sasaki

Kenji A. 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: 11960666
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes a rotary operator and a base supporting the rotary operator so that the rotary operator is rotatable. The base includes a braking unit configured to be brought into contact with the rotary operator to cause a braking force to act on the rotary operator and an adjuster configured to adjust the braking force caused by the braking unit. The braking unit includes a plurality of contact members configured to be brought into contact with the rotary operator to cause the braking force to act on the rotary operator. The braking force acting on the rotary operator by the plurality of the contact members varies depending on an adjustment amount by the adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALPHATHETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Syusuke Fujiwara, Nao Takagi
  • Patent number: 11958219
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foam molded product and a manufacturing method. The foam molded product is includes a foam body, an insert material having a display unit or a detection unit attached to the foam body, and a surface material affixed to a surface to which at least the insert material is attached. A manufacturing method includes: preparing a pair of molds including a first mold and a second mold; affixing an insert material and a surface material together such that the surface material is in contact with a molding surface of the first mold; closing the pair of molds; injecting a foam resin into a molding space formed by closing the molds; foaming the foam resin to form a foam body; opening the pair of molds; and removing a molded product in which the affixed part and the foam body are integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NISSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Ito, Kenji Okumura, Jun Sasaki, Daichi Hama, Masaru Terashita
  • Patent number: 11955858
    Abstract: A first portion of an insulator is provided on a first region of an end surface of a tooth. A second portion of the insulator is provided on a second region of the end surface of the tooth so as to be separated from the first portion in a circumferential direction. A third portion of the insulator is connected to fourth side ends of the first portion and the second portion in a radial direction. A coil includes a crossing portion in a coil end. A stator includes an insert body in a housing space. The insert is made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than a material forming the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Amaya, Norihito Shimode, Yuga Hashizume, Takao Sakai, Kenji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11947272
    Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion formed of a conductive resin composition, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and 10 micrometers or less. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 1.0×104 particles per mm2 or greater and 2.0×106 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 3.0 micrometers or greater and 15.0 micrometers or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11947273
    Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and less than 10 micrometers. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 3.5×105 particles per mm2 or greater and 7.5×105 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 0.2 micrometers or greater and 5.5 micrometers or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11939693
    Abstract: There is provided a surface-treated steel sheet (1) comprising: a tin-plated steel sheet (10) obtained by tin-plating a steel sheet (11); a phosphate compound layer (20) containing tin phosphate formed on the tin-plated steel sheet (10); and an aluminum-oxygen compound layer (30) on the phosphate compound layer (20), a main constituent of the aluminum-oxygen compound layer (30) being an aluminum-oxygen compound; wherein, when the 3d5/2 spectrum of tin in the aluminum-oxygen compound layer (30) is determined using an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the ratio of the integration value of the profile derived from tin oxide to the integration value of the profile derived from tin phosphate (tin oxide/tin phosphate) is 6.9 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Yoshimura, Masanobu Matsubara, Marie Sasaki, Akihiro Yoshida, Kenji Yanada, Munemitsu Hirotsu
  • Publication number: 20240094760
    Abstract: A rotary operator includes a rotary member, an operation knob capped on the rotary member in a first direction, and a locking member including a first portion fitted in a side of the operation knob opposite from the rotary member in the first direction and a second portion extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to be engaged with the rotary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Kenji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240094656
    Abstract: A charging roll includes a core, a rubber substrate arranged around the core, and a surface layer arranged around the rubber substrate. The surface layer includes a conductive matrix containing a base material formed of an insulator, and a conductive material dispersed in the base material, and particles of a surface roughness-imparting material dispersed in the conductive matrix. Each of the particles of the surface roughness-imparting material is formed of an insulator, is porous, and has a specific surface area of 8.7 m2/g or greater and 55 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo SUZUKI, Atsushi IKEDA, Satoshi FUKUOKA, Kenji SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11934110
    Abstract: A developing roll has a metal core, an elastic layer, and a surface layer. A value X is 65.6 N/mm3 or more and a value Y is 229 ?m or more. The value X is P1/(D1×A)?P2/(D2×A). P1 is the load to displace the roll 100 ?m when a metal probe is pressed against the roll. D1 is the displacement of the roll caused by the probe under the load P1. A is the area of the probe. P2 is the load to displace a material roll by 100 ?m when the probe presses against the material roll with the core and the elastic layer and without the surface layer. D2 is the displacement of the material roll caused by the probe under the load P2. The value Y is the displacement of the roll when the probe pierces the surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Oura, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240088435
    Abstract: A positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material, a coating layer, and a second solid electrolyte. The coating layer contains a first solid electrolyte and coats at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The first solid electrolyte contains Li, M, and X, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The second solid electrolyte is in indirect contact with the positive electrode active material with the coating layer disposed therebetween. A ratio of a volume of the first solid electrolyte to a total volume of the first solid electrolyte and the second solid electrolyte is greater than or equal to 4% and less than or equal to 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI, KENJI NAGAO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11929356
    Abstract: A method is provided for the selective harvest of microLED devices from a carrier substrate. Defect regions are predetermined that include a plurality of adjacent defective microLED devices on a carrier substrate. A solvent-resistant binding material is formed overlying the predetermined defect regions and exposed adhesive is dissolved with an adhesive dissolving solvent. Non-defective microLED devices located outside the predetermined defect regions are separated from the carrier substrate while adhesive attachment is maintained between the microLED devices inside the predetermined defect regions and the carrier substrate. Methods are also provided for the dispersal of microLED devices on an emissive display panel by initially optically measuring a suspension of microLEDs to determine suspension homogeneity and calculate the number of microLEDs per unit volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: eLux, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kurt Ulmer, Paul J. Schuele, Jong-Jan Lee
  • Publication number: 20240079569
    Abstract: A coated active material including: a positive electrode active material; a second coating layer; and a first coating layer outside the second coating layer, in which a percentage of change from S1 to S2 is ?78.0% or greater and ?15.0% or less and/or a percentage of change from S3 to S4 is ?77.0% or greater and ?12.0% or less, where S1 is a sum of dV/dD over a range of pore diameters of 2 nm to 100 nm of the active material coated with the second coating layer; S2 is a sum of dV/dD over a range of pore diameters of 2 nm to 100 nm of the coated active material; S3 is dV/dD at a pore diameter of 3 nm of the active material coated with the second coating layer; and S4 is dV/dD at a pore diameter of 3 nm of the coated active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KENJI NAGAO, YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240079646
    Abstract: A coated active material includes a positive electrode active material and a coating layer coating at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The coating layer includes a first coating layer and a second coating layer. The first coating layer is located outside of the second coating layer. A percentage of change in specific surface area from a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material coated with the second coating layer to a specific surface area of the coated active material is greater than or equal to ?62.8% and less than or equal to +3.79%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KENJI NAGAO, YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240078966
    Abstract: Connection terminals, corresponding to a plurality of channels, are configured to be connectable to light-emitting units so that driving currents can be supplied to the light-emitting units via the connection terminals individually for each channel. During a non-supply period of the driving currents to the light-emitting units, a sensing process is executed to sense a particular fault. The sensing process includes a first comparison process whereby, with a pull-up current fed toward one of two connection terminals, the voltage at the other connection terminal is compared with a judgment voltage and a second comparison process whereby, with a pull-up current fed toward the other of the two connection terminals, the voltage at the one connection terminal is compared with the judgment voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshikazu SASAKI, Kenji YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240079570
    Abstract: A coated active material includes a positive electrode active material and a coating layer coating at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The coating layer includes a first coating layer, which contains a first solid electrolyte, and a second coating layer, which contains a base material. The first coating layer is located outside of the second coating layer. The first solid electrolyte contains Li, M, and X, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A ratio of a specific surface area of the coated active material to a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material coated with the second coating layer is less than or equal to 42%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI, KENJI NAGAO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11921439
    Abstract: A developing roll used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus has a metal core member, an elastic layer made of a rubber disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the elastic layer. The texture aspect ratio of the surface Str of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 0.55.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Oura, Atsushi Ikeda, Kenji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240072558
    Abstract: A storage battery management device according to one embodiment includes a hardware processor functioning as an acquisition unit, a calculation unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires, as current operation state data of a storage battery system including a plurality of storage batteries, charge/discharge power, a cell voltage, a charge/discharge current, and a temperature of a battery board of the storage battery system. The calculation unit calculates, by using a digital model for simulating operation of the storage battery system, a chargeable/dischargeable capacity, a State of Charge (SOC) level change amount, and an SOC maintainable charge/discharge amount being a charge/discharge amount maintaining an SOC level within a predetermined range. The display control unit causes a display unit to display the chargeable/dischargeable capacity, the SOC level change amount, and the SOC maintainable charge/discharge amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji SASAKI, Takahiro KASE, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Yoshihisa SUMIDA, Koji TOBA
  • Patent number: 11908841
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a micro light emitting diode (microLED) display structure with emission from the back side of a transparent substrate, which can be manufactured by fluidic assembly. The architecture allows microLED displays or display tiles to be fabricated simply, with processing and interconnection only on one side of the backplane. The structure may incorporate reflectors in the fluidic assembly structures to direct substantially all of the emitted light toward the viewer. Also disclosed are microLEDs and emission backplanes designed to support a back emission display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: eLux, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Schuele, Kurt Ulmer, Kenji Sasaki, Jong-Jan Lee
  • Patent number: 11894365
    Abstract: Multiple bipolar transistors are disposed side by side in the first direction on a substrate. Multiple first capacitance devices are provided corresponding to the respective base electrodes of the bipolar transistors. A radio frequency signal is supplied to the bipolar transistors through the first capacitance devices. Resistive devices are provided corresponding to the respective base electrodes of the bipolar transistors. A base bias is supplied to the bipolar transistors through the resistive devices. The first capacitance devices are disposed on the same side relative to the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, when viewed from the bipolar transistors. At least one of the first capacitance devices is disposed so as to overlap another first capacitance device partially when viewed in the second direction from the bipolar transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaojun Ma, Yasunari Umemoto, Kenji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11894350
    Abstract: A microLED mass transfer stamping system includes a stamp substrate with an array of trap sites, each configured with a columnar-shaped recess to temporarily secure a keel extended from a bottom surface of a microLED. In the case of surface mount microLEDs, the keel is electrically nonconductive. In the case of vertical microLEDs, the keel is an electrically conductive second electrode. The stamping system also includes a fluidic assembly carrier substrate with an array of wells having a pitch separating adjacent wells that matches the pitch separating the stamp substrate trap sites. A display substrate includes an array of microLED pads with the same pitch as the trap sites. The stamp substrate top surface is pressed against the display substrate, with each trap site interfacing a corresponding microLED site, and the microLEDs are transferred. Fluidic assembly stamp substrates are also presented for use with microLEDs having keels or axial leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: e Lux, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Schuele, Kenji Sasaki, Kurt Ulmer, Jong-Jan Lee