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).
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Publication number: 20200109638Abstract: A gas turbine includes a plurality of first-stage stator vanes arranged in a circumferential direction, the first-stage stator vanes each including a vane surface having a pressure surface and a suction surface, a first combustor disposed on a suction surface side of one of the first-stage stator vanes, the first combustor having a first combustor outlet which includes a first side wall portion extending along a radial direction, and a second combustor disposed on a pressure surface side of the one of the first-stage stator vanes and adjacent to the first combustor in the circumferential direction. The one of the first-stage stator vanes satisfies 0.05??y/P?0.25, where ?y is a protruding amount of the suction surface from the inner wall surface of the first side wall portion to the circumferential direction, and P is an arrangement pitch of the first-stage stator vanes in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Tetsuya SHIMMYO, Shunsuke TORII, Koichiro IIDA, Hitoshi KITAGAWA, Kenji SATO, Kentaro TOKUYAMA
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Publication number: 20200099235Abstract: A lithium ion battery control device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a determination index related to the degree of occlusion of a lithium ion battery in which a degree of occlusion of lithium ions occluded in graphite of a negative electrode changes in accordance with an amount of stored power, and a controller configured to perform control for causing the lithium ion battery to be charged with power or causing power of the lithium ion battery to be discharged so that the degree of occlusion is close to a degree of occlusion associated with a specific region when a region associated with the degree of occlusion is determined not to be the specific region associated with the degree of occlusion which includes LiC12 having a degree of occlusion represented by a stoichiometric ratio and does not include LiC6 having a degree of occlusion represented by a stoichiometric ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Yuki Ito, Atsushi Tamai, Kenji Sato, Kazuhito Nakao, Hajime Abe
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INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM
Publication number: 20200089179Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to enable even an unskilled person to easily identify a related event in a short time from a collected event log. A system management device (1) is provided with: a display control part (32) for causing a display part (14) to display an event log; an identification part (30) for identifying an event of interest log specified by a user through an operation part (11); and an extraction part (31) for extracting a related event log related to an event of interest from an event log database (20). The display control part (32) causes the display part (14) to display the event of interest log and the related event log.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Kenji SATO, ZIQIANG XU, Hirohito MIZUMOTO, Hajime UJIIE, Atsushi KAMIMURA -
Patent number: 10591425Abstract: An X-ray diffraction measurement method includes an arranging step of arranging a shielding plate and a two-dimensional detector on an outgoing optical axis, and a calculating step of calculating a diffraction profile indicating an X-ray intensity with respect to a diffraction angle of the object to be measured, on the basis of a two-dimensional X-ray image detected by the two-dimensional detector. In the arranging step, the shielding plate is arranged in a manner so that the slit is inclined at least in a direction about the outgoing optical axis with respect to an orthogonal direction which is orthogonal to both the incident optical axis and the outgoing optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Sato, Kazuhito Nakao
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Publication number: 20200049033Abstract: There is provided an engagement groove (31) which is formed in a first shoe (S1) of first to fourth shoes (S1), (S2), (S3), (S4) at a circumference position at which the engagement groove (31) is not overlapped an abutment surface (30) with a first vane (V1), which includes a pair of side surfaces (31a) and (31a) that are substantially parallel to the abutment surface (30), and with which a positioning pin (19) protruding from a sprocket (13) is engaged, so as to match phases of a housing main body (11) and the sprocket (13) in a rotation direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Seijiro NARITA, Toru SHINOMIYA, Kenji SATO
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Publication number: 20200009955Abstract: An electric drive vehicle provided with a current collecting device, the current collecting device including: a framework having an underframe, a lower frame that is pivotably linked to the underframe, and an upper frame that is pivotably linked to the lower frame; a current collecting portion that is supported by the upper frame; and a lock mechanism that holds the framework in a predetermined posture, in which the framework is capable of moving up and down between a standing posture in which the current collecting portion is ascended and a folded posture in which the current collecting portion is descended, and the lock mechanism includes an adsorption plate made of a magnetic material provided in the upper frame, and a hook device which is equipped with an electromagnet and adsorbs to hold the adsorption plate by a magnetic force to hold the framework in the folded posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Shingo NAKAMURA, Kenji SATO, Hitomi OOSHIMA
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Patent number: 10525838Abstract: A power conversion system includes a transformer, a power conversion device for travel, a power conversion device for auxiliary power sources, and an electrical storage device. The power conversion device for auxiliary power sources includes a first AC to DC conversion unit, a power conversion unit for AC loads, and a power conversion unit for DC loads. The power conversion unit for AC loads converts DC power into AC power and supplies it to an AC load. The power conversion unit for DC loads converts DC power produced through conversion by the first AC to DC conversion unit into DC power and supplies it to a DC load. The electrical storage device is connected to power lines connecting DC power output terminals of the first AC to DC conversion unit and DC power input terminals of both the power conversion units for AC and DC loads.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kenji Sato, Masayuki Ueno, Takafumi Fukushima, Shigekazu Okada, Kotaro Oda, Hiroaki Otani, Yasuomi Maki, Kenichi Kikkawa, Tsunehito Fujita, Manato Mori
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Patent number: 10516345Abstract: A power conversion controller for electric train in one aspect of the present disclosure includes an active current command value generator, an overhead line voltage detector, an initial value calculator, an adjustment value calculator, an upper limit value setter, and an output limiter. The output limiter outputs a reactive current command adjustment value calculated by the adjustment value calculator as a reactive current command value when the reactive current command adjustment value is equal to or lower than an upper limit value set by the upper limit value setter, and outputs the upper limit value as the reactive current command value when the reactive current command adjustment value exceeds the upper limit value.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANYInventors: Ken Kunomura, Kenji Sato, Akihiro Koyanagi
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Publication number: 20190366740Abstract: A processing device capable of performing appropriate processing on a set platen, and a platen are provided. A platen that is used in a printer and at least one of a pretreatment device and a post-treatment device is provided with a platen identification information portion that identifies the platen. A code reader receives platen identification information that identifies the platen, from the platen identification information portion. The printer and at least one of the pretreatment device and the post-treatment device perform processing on the basis of the platen identification information received by the code reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Shuichi TAMAKI, Kenji SATO
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Publication number: 20190363374Abstract: A terminal plate for fuel cell includes a core plate that includes a first opening portion at a position corresponding to a manifold, a cover plate that includes a second opening portion at a position corresponding to the manifold, and is arranged at least on a surface on a side of a unit fuel cell of the core plate, and a resin sheet that is interposed between the core plate and the cover plate, includes a third opening portion at a position corresponding to the manifold, and is arranged at a position facing a manifold forming area. The core plate includes a first metal plate that is arranged at a position facing a power generating area, and a second metal plate that is joined to the first metal plate, includes the first opening portion, and is arranged at a position facing the manifold forming area. Each of the cover plate and the second metal plate is made of a metal material higher in corrosion resistance than the first metal plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takenori YAMASAKI, Kenji SATO, Takuya KURIHARA
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Patent number: 10480424Abstract: Provided is a valve timing control apparatus, for an internal combustion engine, capable of sufficiently draining hydraulic oil from between a pulley and a housing body. The pulley includes a through-hole extending axially therethrough at a position radially outward with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the housing body. The through-hole is formed so as to extend over a bottom portion and cylindrical portion of the pulley.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kuninaga Hatsugai, Kenji Sato
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Publication number: 20190326616Abstract: Stacked unit cells 100 of a fuel cell each comprise a membrane electrode assembly 10, a pair of gas separators 40 and 50, and a first sealing portion 26 provided between the pair of gas separators. The fuel cell further comprises a second sealing potion provided between adjacent ones of the unit cells, a first manifold in which reaction gas flows, and a second manifold in which a coolant flows. One of the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion is an adhesive sealing portion, and another one of the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion is formed of a gasket. The adhesive sealing portion and the gasket are provided along the outer circumference of the manifold, in the fuel cell as viewed in a stacking direction. The gasket and the adhesive sealing portion are arranged in this order from a side closer to the manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya KURIHARA, Nobuaki NONOYAMA, Kenji SATO, Sachio OKADA
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Patent number: 10442159Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic shielding material having improved electromagnetic shielding properties, light weight properties and formability. The present invention relates to an electromagnetic shielding material having a structure in which at least three metal foils are laminated via insulating layers, wherein all of combinations of the metal foils and the insulating layers making up the electromagnetic shielding material satisfy the equation: ?M×dM×dR?3×10?3, in which: the symbol ?M represents conductivity of each metal foil at 20° C. (S/m); the symbol dM represents the thickness of each metal foil (m); and the symbol dR represents the thickness of each insulating layer (m).Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals CorporationInventors: Koichiro Tanaka, Kenji Sato
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Publication number: 20190303734Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Shuichi TAMAKI, Takeshi WATANABE, Kenji SATO
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Patent number: 10429813Abstract: A communication system includes a communication device functioning as a master device and a plurality of slave devices communicably connected to the communication device via a communication line, the communication device setting a prescribed address in an added slave device based on a position of the added slave device in a topology composed of a plurality of slave devices, judging whether a change has possibly occurred in the topology when the prescribed address is set in the added slave device, if there is an erroneously set slave device whose address was erroneously set, specifying that slave device, when it is judged that a change has possibly occurred, and resetting the address of the specified erroneously set slave device to an original address.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hirohito Mizumoto, Kenji Sato, Ziqiang Xu, Hajime Ujiie, Atsushi Kamimura
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Publication number: 20190288588Abstract: A cage induction motor includes a rotor core that is rotatable about a central axis, and a shaft to which the rotor core is fixed. The rotor core includes an annular yoke and a plurality of spokes. The yoke supports at least one conductor. The plurality of spokes are arranged apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the yoke, are provided between the yoke and the shaft, and support the yoke.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicants: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kenji SATO, Takafumi FUKUSHIMA, Daisuke MISU, Makoto MATSUSHITA, Toshio HASEBE
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Patent number: 10418650Abstract: An object is to improve the durability of a seal member such as a gasket. A bottom 23 is a seal surface that comes into contact with a gasket 40 placed between the bottom 23 and an adjacent cell. A cooling water manifold 411 is a flow path for cooling water that is formed to pass through a separator for fuel cell in its thickness direction. A flange 24 is protruded from one surface of a first separator in the thickness direction to surround part of the cooling water manifold 411. An area between respective ends T1 and T2 of the flange 24 is an opening K that forms a flow path in an in-plane direction of the first separator. An inclined surface 22 located on a limit line RL of the flange 24 is formed to face the gasket 40, in order to limit the move of the gasket 40 in an adjacent cell. At the end T1 located on the limit line RL, a surface opposed to the gasket 40 is covered by a protective film 70 for protecting the gasket.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuya Kurihara, Kenji Sato
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Patent number: 10381662Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell, to be disposed opposing to a membrane electrode assembly, is provided. The separator includes a separator central area portion opposing to a center area of the membrane electrode assembly that concerns generating power, an outer edge portion located in an outer edge of the separator central area portion, a rubber molded body made of rubber, the rubber molded body being formed in the outer edge portion by die-casting a die-casting rubber material using die, and an adhesive layer formed in the outer edge portion, for adhering the rubber molded body to the outer edge portion. The adhesive layer is formed over an adhesive layer area that includes and is larger than an area where the rubber molded body is die-casted in the outer edge portion. Thus, a disadvantage due to burrs which are generated when die-casting the rubber molded body can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Hideya Kadono, Kenji Sato, Takuya Kurihara, Fumishige Shizuku, Hiroki Itakura, Takahiro Aoki
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Publication number: 20190240729Abstract: A surface treatment metal powder having any of the following characteristics is provided as a metal powder that can be suitably used for metal AM and has excellent laser absorbing characteristics: the brightness L* of the surface is 0-50; the color difference ?Eab of the surface is 40 or more; the color difference ?L of the surface is ?35 or less; the color difference ?a of the surface is 20 or less; and the color difference ?b of the surface is 20 or less (when determined on the basis of the object color of a white plate (brightness L*=94.14, color coordinate a*=?0.90, color coordinate b*=0.24)).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: JX Nippon Mining & Metals CorporationInventors: Hideki FURUSAWA, Kenji SATO, Terumasa MORIYAMA
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Patent number: 10358167Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes a radiator support upper, a first connection member and a second connection member. The radiator support upper is provided with a connected portion on an inner side with respect to both ends of the radiator support upper in a vehicle width direction. When viewed in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the first connection member connects the connected portion with a bumper reinforcement in an oblique direction such that a portion of the first connection member, connected to the connected portion, is located on an inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to a portion of the first connection member, connected to the bumper reinforcement. The second connection member connects the radiator support upper with a vehicle component. A portion of the second connection member, connected to the radiator support upper, is located on a central axis of the first connection member.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takanori Hayashi, Kenji Sato, Mamiko Yamatani