Patents by Inventor Koichi Sano

Koichi Sano 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: 20240082925
    Abstract: In one aspect, a machine tool having a frame assembly, a first head having a first rotatable workpiece holder, and a second head having a second rotatable workpiece holder. The frame assembly includes a first door movable in a first direction between a first closed position and a first open position and a second door movable in a second direction transverse to the first direction between a second closed position and a second open position. The frame assembly has an access opening sized to permit access to the first and second heads with the first door in the first open position and the second door in the second closed position. The frame assembly has a larger access opening to increase ease of user accessibility to the first and second heads with the first door in the first open position and the second door in the second open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Seiichi Hattori, Koichi Eboshi, Katsuki Sano
  • Patent number: 10991606
    Abstract: A purge stocker has a plurality of shelf zones each including a plurality of purge shelves each configured to purge inside of a storage container placed thereon with purge gas. The purge stocker includes: a flow-rate adjusting unit configured to adjust the flow rate of purge gas supplied to the purge shelves for each shelf zone; a conveying device configured to convey the storage container; and a control unit configured to control conveyance of the storage container by the conveying device. When the number of scattered empty shelves is equal to or larger than a predetermined shelf count that is the number of the purge shelves included in each shelf zone, the control unit performs shelf-changing control of causing the conveying device to transfer the storage container such that an empty shelf zone in which all of the purge shelves included therein are empty is newly formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Koichi Sano, Mitsuya Tokumoto
  • Publication number: 20190326133
    Abstract: A purge stocker has a plurality of shelf zones each including a plurality of purge shelves each configured to purge inside of a storage container placed thereon with purge gas. The purge stocker includes: a flow-rate adjusting unit configured to adjust the flow rate of purge gas supplied to the purge shelves for each shelf zone; a conveying device configured to convey the storage container; and a control unit configured to control conveyance of the storage container by the conveying device. When the number of scattered empty shelves is equal to or larger than a predetermined shelf count that is the number of the purge shelves included in each shelf zone, the control unit performs shelf-changing control of causing the conveying device to transfer the storage container such that an empty shelf zone in which all of the purge shelves included therein are empty is newly formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Koichi Sano, Mitsuya Tokumoto
  • Patent number: 10022645
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an educational toy which allows an observed action to be experienced artificially. [Solution] A toy system (900) is used by bringing a magnifying-glass type hand-held instrument (930) into contact with a page (912) of a main body portion (910) having a picture portion (914). The magnifying-glass type hand-held instrument (930) captures an image of the picture portion (914), and determines the location, within the image in said picture portion, that has been captured. From pre-stored image data of a picture image that is the same as the picture portion (914), image data for a part (a partial image) corresponding to the location being captured are then read out and are displayed on a touch panel (942). If the location being captured fulfills certain location conditions, one image element from image elements W41 to W49 is also selected as a special image and is displayed superimposed on the partial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: BANDAI CO., LTD., Monokoto. Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Kishi, Yasuhito Yanagi, Koichi Sano
  • Patent number: 9586297
    Abstract: A vehicle body component mounting system is provided with, along a conveyance path for a vehicle body, an upstream component mounting work area using a cell production system, a central component mounting work area in which the vehicle body is conveyed by an overhead conveyor, and a downstream component mounting work area using the cell production system in this order. Components other than principal components are mounted to the vehicle body using the cell production system. The cell production system is adaptable by increasing the number of component boxes, and thus an increase in the length of the line is prevented. The increase in the length of the line is prevented by using a line production system as a base and also using the cell production system as a part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kozasa, Katsuyoshi Tsutsumida, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Tomonori Iwasaki, Katsutoshi Ebana, Gentoku Fujii, Yoshiki Asano, Yoshio Nagasawa, Kenji Tatsuda, Hitoshi Suzukawa, Koichi Sano, Mamoru Miyamura, Kunihiko Oba, Yuji Kawamura, Tadao Kurosawa, Yohei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20170007941
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an educational toy which allows an observed action to be experienced artificially. [Solution] A toy system (900) is used by bringing a magnifying-glass type hand-held instrument (930) into contact with a page (912) of a main body portion (910) having a picture portion (914). The magnifying-glass type hand-held instrument (930) captures an image of the picture portion (914), and determines the location, within the image in said picture portion, that has been captured. From pre-stored image data of a picture image that is the same as the picture portion (914), image data for a part (a partial image) corresponding to the location being captured are then read out and are displayed on a touch panel (942). If the location being captured fulfills certain location conditions, one image element from image elements W41 to W49 is also selected as a special image and is displayed superimposed on the partial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro Kishi, Yasuhito Yanagi, Koichi Sano
  • Patent number: 9382372
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polyol with a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 4 or more, obtained by reacting a compound comprising an alkylene oxide compound (II) having a hydroxyl group in a base polyol (I) with a molecular weight of 2000 or more; and a polyol composition for a flexible polyurethane foam, comprising a polyol compound and a crosslinker, wherein the crosslinker comprises a polyol (a) with a hydroxyl value of 50 to 1100 mgKOH/g and with a primary hydroxylate ratio of 25% or more and 60% or less, which is obtained by an addition of a compound comprising alkylene oxide compound (ii) having a hydroxyl group to active hydrogen compound (i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS & SKC POLYURETHANES INC.
    Inventors: Mikio Matsufuji, Tamotsu Kunihiro, Atsushi Miyata, Shinsuke Matsumoto, Koichi Sano, Toru Hiraide
  • Patent number: 9227786
    Abstract: A part mounting facility is provided with substantially U-shaped conveyance paths having return bends, and the substantially U-shaped conveyance paths are formed by providing conveyance paths, which are in part mounting work regions, with the return bends. The substantially U-shaped conveyance paths are connected to each other, and the upstream-most substantially U-shaped conveyance path among the connected substantially U-shaped conveyance paths is connected to the downstream-most substantially U-shaped conveyance path to enable a workpiece conveyance dolly to circulate along the conveyance paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kozasa, Katsuyoshi Tsutsumida, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Daisuke Hashimoto, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Koichi Sano
  • Patent number: 9090747
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide molded urethane foam pads and vehicle seats that can contribute to the reduction of environmental load and have appropriate impact resilience and hardness and excellent durability with good balance, and also have high comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuto Usaka, Koichi Sano, Hideaki Otsuka, Hiroyuki Utsumi, Takashi Inoh, Yoshiyuki Murata, Tsuguyoshi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20150128397
    Abstract: A vehicle body component mounting system is provided with, along a conveyance path for a vehicle body, an upstream component mounting work area using a cell production system, a central component mounting work area in which the vehicle body is conveyed by an overhead conveyor, and a downstream component mounting work area using the cell production system in this order. Components other than principal components are mounted to the vehicle body using the cell production system. The cell production system is adaptable by increasing the number of component boxes, and thus an increase in the length of the line is prevented. The increase in the length of the line is prevented by using a line production system as a base and also using the cell production system as a part thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kozasa, Katsuyoshi Tsutsumida, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Tomonori Iwasaki, Katsutoshi Ebana, Gentoku Fujii, Yoshiki Asano, Yoshio Nagasawa, Kenji Tatsuda, Hitoshi Suzukawa, Koichi Sano, Mamoru Miyamura, Kunihiko Oba, Yuji Kawamura, Tadao Kurosawa, Yohei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150080488
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polyol with a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 4 or more, obtained by reacting a compound comprising an alkylene oxide compound (II) having a hydroxyl group in a base polyol (I) with a molecular weight of 2000 or more; and a polyol composition for a flexible polyurethane foam, comprising a polyol compound and a crosslinker, wherein the crosslinker comprises a polyol (a) with a hydroxyl value of 50 to 1100 mgKOH/g and with a primary hydroxylate ratio of 25% or more and 60% or less, which is obtained by an addition of a compound comprising alkylene oxide compound (ii) having a hydroxyl group to active hydrogen compound (i).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Mikio Matsufuji, Tamotsu Kunihiro, Atsushi Miyata, Shinsuke Matsumoto, Koichi Sano, Toru Hiraide
  • Publication number: 20140353116
    Abstract: A part mounting facility is provided with substantially U-shaped conveyance paths having return bends, and the substantially U-shaped conveyance paths are formed by providing conveyance paths, which are in part mounting work regions, with the return bends. The substantially U-shaped conveyance paths are connected to each other, and the upstream-most substantially U-shaped conveyance path among the connected substantially U-shaped conveyance paths is connected to the downstream-most substantially U-shaped conveyance path to enable a workpiece conveyance dolly to circulate along the conveyance paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kozasa, Katsuyoshi Tsutsumida, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Daisuke Hashimoto, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Koichi Sano
  • Publication number: 20140250648
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide molded urethane foam pads and vehicle seats that can contribute to the reduction of environmental load and have appropriate impact resilience and hardness and excellent durability with good balance, and also have high comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuto USAKA, Koichi SANO, Hideaki OTSUKA, Hiroyuki UTSUMI, Takashi INOH, Yoshiyuki MURATA, Tsuguyoshi SAKAI
  • Patent number: 8770666
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide molded urethane foam pads and vehicle seats that can contribute to the reduction of environmental load and have appropriate impact resilience and hardness and excellent durability with good balance, and also have high comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuto Usaka, Koichi Sano, Hideaki Otsuka, Hiroyuki Utsumi, Takashi Inoh, Yoshiyuki Murata, Tsuguyoshi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20130131208
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polyol with a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 4 or more, obtained by reacting a compound comprising an alkylene oxide compound (II) having a hydroxyl group in a base polyol (I) with a molecular weight of 2000 or more; and a polyol composition for a flexible polyurethane foam, comprising a polyol compound and a crosslinker, wherein the crosslinker comprises a polyol (a) with a hydroxyl value of 50 to 1100 mgKOH/g and with a primary hydroxylate ratio of 25% or more and 60% or less, which is obtained by an addition of a compound comprising alkylene oxide compound (ii) having a hydroxyl group to active hydrogen compound (i).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Matsufuji, Tamotsu Kunihiro, Atsushi Miyata, Shinsuke Matsumoto, Koichi Sano, Toru Hiraide
  • Patent number: 8197775
    Abstract: The present invention provides a detection article including at least one fluid control film layer having at least one microstructured major surface with a plurality of microchannels therein. The microchannels are configured for uninterrupted fluid flow of a fluid sample throughout the article. The film layer includes an acquisition zone for drawing the fluid sample into the plurality of microchannels at least by spontaneous fluid transport. The film layer also includes a detection zone having at least one detection element that facilitates detection of a characteristic of the fluid sample within at least one microchannel of the detection zone. The detection article may be formed from a plurality of film layers that are stacked to form a three-dimensional article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Raymond P. Johnston, Patrick R. Fleming, Koichi Sano
  • Publication number: 20110233985
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide molded urethane foam pads and vehicle seats that can contribute to the reduction of environmental load and have appropriate impact resilience and hardness and excellent durability with good balance, and also have high comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuto Usaka, Koichi Sano, Hideaki Otsuka, Hiroyuki Utsumi, Takashi Inoh, Yoshiyuki Murata, Tsuguyoshi Sakai
  • Patent number: 7917406
    Abstract: Introduction service is supported, in order to activate and facilitate community activities. A community management center 1 searches for offered-service information that matches at least partly with an application designated by a coordinator terminal 2, and selects participants specified by detected offered-service information, as introduction candidates. Then, an introduction candidate list that describes private information, desired terms, and possessed value of ticket for each of the selected introduction candidates is displayed on a coordinator terminal 2. When the coordinator terminal 2 selects a participant to be introduced to the applicant, out of the introduction candidates described in the introduction candidate list, then, the private information and the desired terms of selected participant is displayed on a participant terminal 3 of the applicant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kido, Koichi Haruna, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Yoshito Ohkawa, Masako Egashira, Hiromitsu Kurisu, Koichi Sano, Toshiharu Kato, Masahiro Hanada
  • Patent number: 7908416
    Abstract: An effective bus arbitration unit is described in which it is possible to reduce, as much as possible, the waiting time until a bus master obtain bus ownership and improve the rate of operating the bus while improving the throughput of data transfer. A bus master issues a size signal (for example, signal “CDSZ”) indicative of the size of data to be read or written. A state machine 155 grants bus ownership to the bus master for the bus cycles corresponding to the size signal in order to enable the bus master to successively read or write data. Arbitration is performed once for every series of bus cycles corresponding to the size requested by the bus master. Since the size signal is issued by the bus master as a size signal indicative of the necessary and sufficient size for data transmission, the state machine 155 can set an optimal number of bus cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: SSD Company Limited
    Inventors: Shuhei Kato, Koichi Sano, Koichi Usami
  • Patent number: 7702703
    Abstract: To provide a determination apparatus and a determination method which are capable of determining whether a signal outputted from a testing object is good or not, a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) calculation circuit unit performs calculation on an image signal and a determination circuit unit compares a calculation result obtained by the CRC calculation circuit unit with an expected value stored in an expected value storing unit to determine whether a quality of the image signal is good or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Koichi Sano, Masayuki Baba