Patents by Inventor Kenji Sato

Kenji 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: 20250244264
    Abstract: A holder holds a battery which is subjected to X-ray analysis. The battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. A sample chamber for disposing the battery therein is formed inside the holder. The holder includes a body, a beryllium plate, a first resin member, a conductive member, a positive electrode terminal, and a negative electrode terminal. An upper surface of the body is formed with a window. The beryllium plate is arranged in the window. The first resin member is provided on a surface of the beryllium plate. The conductive member is provided between the positive electrode and the first resin member so as to be in contact with the positive electrode of the battery. The positive electrode terminal is electrically connected to the conductive member. The negative electrode terminal is electrically connected to the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Takashi OMORI, Kenji SATO
  • Patent number: 12372938
    Abstract: The present invention facilitates the confirmation of the state of a slave device. This terminal monitoring device (10) comprises: a terminal information acquisition unit (14) for acquiring, from terminals of a network, terminal information including the addresses of the respective terminals, information for each type, and information pertaining to communication states; and a terminal list screen generation unit (151) that generates a terminal list screen on which selection boxes for displaying the terminals and the terminal information are disposed side by side on the basis of the terminal information and that displays the generated screen on a display unit (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Sato
  • Publication number: 20250083227
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copper alloy powder for lamination shaping comprising a copper alloy, a method for producing a lamination shaped product and a lamination shaped product, which can achieve coexistence of mechanical strength and conductivity. One aspect of the present invention relates to a copper alloy powder for lamination shaping, including at least one additive element having a solid solution amount to copper of less than 0.2 at %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji SATO, Yoshitaka SHIBUYA
  • Patent number: 12247276
    Abstract: The present invention provides a copper powder which is capable of fusion bonding with a low energy laser by enabling heat to be efficiently inputted with a high absorption rate for laser irradiation and has high convenience in handling, and provides a method for manufacturing the copper powder. One embodiment of the present invention is a copper powder, having an absorption rate for light having a wavelength ?=1060 nm of 18.9% to 65.0%, and an index, which is indicated by (the absorption rate for light having a wavelength ?=1060 nm)/(an oxygen concentration), of 3.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: JX Advanced Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Endo, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Ryo Suzuki, Kenji Sato
  • Patent number: 12247499
    Abstract: A tail pipe (50) comprises: a pipe (51); an acoustic attenuator (61) that forms an acoustic space (Ss) on the outer peripheral side of the pipe (51); and a cooling air jacket (65) that forms a cooling air space (Sa) isolated from the outer space (So), which is the space on the outer peripheral side of the pipe (51). The pipe (51) has: a first air flow path (56) that is formed between the outer peripheral surface (55o) and the inner peripheral surface (55i); and an acoustic hole (59) that penetrates from the acoustic space (Ss) to a combustion space (Sc), which is a space on the inner peripheral side of the pipe (51c). The first air flow path (56) has: an inlet (56i) that faces into the cooling air space (Sa) and guides the air in the cooling air space (Sa) into the first air flow path (56); and an outlet (56o) that faces into the acoustic space (Ss) and guides the air passing through the first air flow path (56) into the acoustic space (Ss).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Kinoshita, Sosuke Nakamura, Kotaro Miyauchi, Kenji Sato, Kenta Taniguchi, Satoshi Mizukami, Yoshinori Wakita, Shinji Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 12229607
    Abstract: An acquisition portion of a pretreatment control apparatus acquires identification information capable of identifying a treatment medium (step S1). A first transmission portion transmits a pretreatment instruction based on the identification information to a pretreatment device which performs a pretreatment with respect to the treatment medium (step S13). A second transmission portion transmits a transmission instruction for identified print data based on the identification information, to a storage device which stores print data (step S3). As a result, the pretreatment control apparatus can transmit the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data by acquiring a single piece of identification information. Therefore, the number of processing steps by the pretreatment control apparatus is fewer than when the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data are transmitted by acquiring different information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuichi Tamaki, Takeshi Watanabe, Kenji Sato
  • Patent number: 12163824
    Abstract: A passenger's weight measurement device for a vehicle seat includes an upper rail provided on a lower rail that is fixable to a vehicle floor, the upper rail being movable in at least one of rear and front directions; a load sensor fixed onto the upper rail; and a frame provided on the load sensor and below the vehicle seat. In plan view, the load sensor protrudes from the frame in at least one of left and right directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Takayasu, Shinya Ishima, Shigeru Endo, Kenji Sato
  • Publication number: 20240405149
    Abstract: To improve the measurement accuracy. The present technology provides a light receiving device (1) including: a light transmitting part (11) that transmits emitted light emitted from a light emitting device; a light receiver (12) that receives incident light from outside; and a semiconductor substrate (13), in which a non-sensitive region (14) that does not sense light is formed between the light transmitting part (11) and the light receiver (12). Moreover, the present technology provides a manufacturing method for a light receiving device (1) including: stacking a light receiver (12) on one surface of a semiconductor substrate (13); etching a side on which the light receiver (12) is disposed into a ring shape; fixing the semiconductor substrate (13) to a permanent fixing substrate; etching an outer periphery and substantially a center portion of the light receiver (12); and removing the semiconductor substrate (13) from the permanent fixing substrate by laser lift off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: HIIZU OHTORII, YUSUKE OYAMA, TAKESHI KODAMA, JUN SUZUKI, KEN KIKUCHI, NOBUTAKE IWASE, KENJI SATO
  • Publication number: 20240332567
    Abstract: A supply path of hydrogen gas in a fuel cell system connects a plurality of fuel cell stacks in series with each other. The supply path includes a downstream supply path configured to supply the fuel cell stack on a downstream side with exhaust gas of hydrogen gas supplied to the fuel cell stack on an upstream side, without circulating the exhaust gas to the fuel cell stack on the upstream side, and a circulating path configured to circulate exhaust gas from the fuel cell stack on the downstream side to the fuel cell stack on the downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji SATO, Makito OKUMURA, Mikio YASUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20240332576
    Abstract: It is a power source in which a plurality of fuel cell systems and one boost converter are connected in series and output power according to the required power. Among the plurality of fuel cell systems, the first fuel cell system generates electricity using a power command obtained by dividing the required power by the number of the plurality of fuel cell systems, and the other fuel cell systems except the first fuel cell system Electricity is generated using a current command having the same current value as the output current of the first fuel cell system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makito OKUMURA, Mikio Yasunaga, Kenji SATO
  • Publication number: 20240303609
    Abstract: An equipment management device includes: an abnormality detection unit that detects abnormality in equipment on the basis of information obtained by measuring the state of the equipment; a maintenance management unit that manages maintenance of the equipment using the abnormality detection result as input, calculates maintenance costs, and plans a maintenance plan; an operation management unit that manages operation of the equipment using the abnormality detection result as input and plans an operation plan; an energy consumption change estimation unit that estimates change in the energy consumption of the equipment from the abnormality detection result; an energy management unit that manages the energy consumption of the equipment using the estimated change in energy consumption as input and calculates energy costs; and a costs comparison unit that compares the costs information calculated by the energy management unit and by the maintenance management unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Masayoshi OJIMA, Masahiro YAMAZAKI, Kenji SATO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Hideyuki GOTOU
  • Publication number: 20240282990
    Abstract: The fuel cell system is provided with an ECU, and the ECU calculates an average value obtained by averaging the instantaneous output values sequentially requested by the fuel cell system in the average calculation time interval during which the fuel cell system operates, and calculates the average value. Each time the average value is calculated, the average value is sequentially set to the output value output by the fuel cell up to the next predetermined cycle, and each time the average value is calculated, the predetermined cycle is added to the average calculation time interval, and the fuel cell system The difference between the instantaneous output value and the output value of the fuel cell is compensated for by the output value due to the discharge of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki HASEGAWA, Hiroaki MORI, Tatsuya FUKAMI, Kenji SATO
  • Publication number: 20240266564
    Abstract: The fuel cell unit includes an air compressor, a first fuel cell stack, a second fuel cell stack, a first supply pipe, a first discharge pipe, a second supply pipe, and a second discharge pipe. there is The first supply pipe has a first main pipe connected to a first location of the first fuel cell stack and a first bypass pipe connected to a second location of the first fuel cell stack. The second supply pipe has a second main pipe connected to a third location of the second fuel cell stack and a second bypass pipe connected to a fourth location of the second fuel cell stack. A flow regulating valve is provided in each of the first bypass pipe and the second bypass pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji SATO
  • Patent number: 12025058
    Abstract: A sealing member that forms a combustion gas flow path of a gas turbine includes a first body portion having a cooling passage. The first body portion includes a first end portion forming one end portion in a circumferential direction, a second end portion forming the other end portion on an opposite side in the circumferential direction, and an intermediate portion formed between the first and second end portions. The cooling passage includes an intermediate portion cooling passage inclined at a first angle with respect to an axial direction, a first end portion cooling passage provided in the first end portion and inclined at a second angle with respect to the axial direction, and a second end portion cooling passage provided in the second end portion and inclined at a third angle with respect to the axial direction, and the second and third angles are smaller than the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Kinoshita, Kenji Sato, Kentaro Tokuyama, Kenta Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Sakaki
  • Patent number: 12026375
    Abstract: This information processing device includes: an analysis unit that parses a program assigned to a task which is periodically executed; and an output unit. The analysis unit classifies each of at least one variable used to execute the task into a first group in which a process of reading a value from a memory is performed first and a second group in which a process of writing a value in the memory is performed first. The analysis unit determines that the necessity for a soft error measure for a variable belonging to the first group is greater than the necessity for a soft error measure for a variable belonging to the second group. The output unit outputs a determination result. Thus, a variable that requires a soft error measure can be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Sato
  • Publication number: 20240127021
    Abstract: An acquisition portion of a pretreatment control apparatus acquires identification information capable of identifying a treatment medium (step S1). A first transmission portion transmits a pretreatment instruction based on the identification information to a pretreatment device which performs a pretreatment with respect to the treatment medium (step S13). A second transmission portion transmits a transmission instruction for identified print data based on the identification information, to a storage device which stores print data (step S3). As a result, the pretreatment control apparatus can transmit the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data by acquiring a single piece of identification information. Therefore, the number of processing steps by the pretreatment control apparatus is fewer than when the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data are transmitted by acquiring different information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shuichi TAMAKI, Takeshi WATANABE, Kenji SATO
  • Patent number: 11960432
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to cause a reception side communication device to appropriately detect a start bit. A serial communication unit (100), which transmits serial data by a combination of a high level signal and a low level signal, is provided with: a serial communication part (111) that provides the start bit on the head of the serial data, and transmits the high level signal in a prescribed duration just before the start bit; and a duration setting part (113) that sets the duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Sato
  • Publication number: 20240084736
    Abstract: A sealing member that forms a combustion gas flow path of a gas turbine includes a first body portion having a cooling passage. The first body portion includes a first end portion forming one end portion in a circumferential direction, a second end portion forming the other end portion on an opposite side in the circumferential direction, and an intermediate portion formed between the first and second end portions. The cooling passage includes an intermediate portion cooling passage inclined at a first angle with respect to an axial direction, a first end portion cooling passage provided in the first end portion and inclined at a second angle with respect to the axial direction, and a second end portion cooling passage provided in the second end portion and inclined at a third angle with respect to the axial direction, and the second and third angles are smaller than the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Taiki KINOSHITA, Kenji SATO, Kentaro TOKUYAMA, Kenta TANIGUCHI, Hiroyuki SAKAKI
  • Publication number: 20240072284
    Abstract: A fuel cell system for a load device may include a fuel cell, a battery, and a controller configured to control the fuel cell and the battery. The controller may be configured to: cumulatively calculate first accumulated electric energy generated by the fuel cell; cumulatively calculate a power generation efficiency average at the time of storage of the first accumulated electric energy; calculate required power generation efficiency to generate electric power that meets a power demand of the load device; under a first condition where the power generation efficiency average is lower than the required power generation efficiency, cause the fuel cell to generate electric power that meets the power demand; and under a second condition where the power generation efficiency average is higher, cause the fuel cell to generate electric power at a specific operating point and cause the battery to discharge deficient electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya FUKAMI, Kenji SATO, Hiroaki MORI
  • Patent number: 11915068
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions are executed by a processor of a pretreatment information generation device that generates pretreatment information to be used in pretreatment on a recording medium by a pretreatment device. The computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform processes including receiving image data to be printed on the recording medium, and identifying the pretreatment information to perform the pretreatment with respect to the received image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuichi Tamaki, Takeshi Watanabe, Kenji Sato