Patents by Inventor Koki Sato

Koki 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).

  • Patent number: 9226423
    Abstract: For an object of providing an electric connection box which can maintain waterproof when a car is washed by high-pressure water, the electric connection box includes a box main body having a groove recessed from an outer wall and extending straight; and a side cover slid along a lengthwise direction of the groove so as to be mounted at the box main body, and covering the groove when the side cover is mounted at the box main body. The side cover includes third and fourth plate members to be arranged within a same geometrical plane of the outer wall. The third and fourth plate members are provided with flaps projecting from the third and fourth plate members along a widthwise direction of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Koki Sato, Takeshi Onoda
  • Publication number: 20150344244
    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes an apparatus body, a manual feed tray, first and second regulating members regulating a width direction of a sheet, a feed portion feeding the sheet stacked on the manual feed tray, and a guide portion. The guide portion is provided at least at one of the apparatus body side and the first regulating member side and has an inclined surface that abuts against another member of the apparatus body and the first regulating member to guide the first regulating member in a direction separating widthwise from the second regulating member when the manual feed tray is moved from a sheet stacking position to a storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroto Koga, Koki Sato
  • Patent number: 9196986
    Abstract: A contact of a connector includes a board contact part to be connected to a circuit board; a first contact part including an extension part that is connected to the board contact part and extends in an insertion direction in which a target object is inserted into the connector, a first bent part that extends from the extension part and is bent to one side, and a first contact point that is located closer to an end of the first contact part than the first bent part and contacts the target object; and a second contact part including a second bent part that is connected to the board contact part and is bent to the one side, and a second contact point that is located closer to an end of the second contact part than the second bent part and contacts the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Yasuyuki Miki, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9187284
    Abstract: A sheet discharge device includes a sheet discharge portion configured to discharge a sheet, a destaticizing brush coming into contact with the sheet discharged by the sheet discharge portion and destaticizing the sheet, and a guide member turning by being pushed by the sheet discharged by the sheet discharge portion and guiding the sheet to a stacking portion on which the discharged sheet is to be stacked. The guide member includes a guide portion guiding the discharged sheet to the stacking portion and a recede portion provided at a position facing the destaticizing brush and accepting the destaticizing brush deformed by being pushed by the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koki Sato
  • Publication number: 20150311614
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal including a base, first extension parts that extend from the base toward a first end of the connector and second extension parts that extend from the base toward a second end of the connector; an insulating layer formed on the terminal; a signal line that is formed on the insulating layer and extends from an end of one of the first extension parts to an end of one of the second extension parts, the signal line being connected to a signal wire of a board; and a ground line that is formed on the insulating layer, is electrically connected to the terminal, and extends from an end of another one of the first extension parts to an end of another one of the second extension parts, the ground line being connected to a ground wire of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Yasuyuki Miki, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150311652
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing attached to a board; a ground terminal including a ground base disposed in the housing, and a first ground connection part extending from the ground base toward a first end of the housing and to be connected to a ground line of a coaxial cable; and a signal terminal including a signal base that is held in the housing and surrounded by the ground base while being insulated from the ground base, and a first signal connection part extending from the signal base toward the first end of the housing and to be connected to a signal line of the coaxial cable. The ground terminal and the signal terminal are configured to elastically bend at a second end of the housing when the housing is attached to the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150311651
    Abstract: A connector includes a ground pin and a signal pin. The ground pin includes a first cylindrical part, a first cylindrical terminal telescopically movable into the first cylindrical part, and a first elastic member compressible in a first central axis direction. The signal pin includes a second cylindrical part, a second cylindrical terminal telescopically movable into the second cylindrical part, and a second elastic member compressible in a second central axis direction. The signal pin is provided concentrically with the first elastic member and the first cylindrical part, and has a one-piece structure of a single metal plate. The first and the second cylindrical parts are connected to a ground line and a signal line of a board with the first and second cylindrical terminals being in contact with the board and compressed in the first and second central axis directions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9153884
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connection module including a body; a first signal terminal including a first flat signal contact face; a first ground terminal including a first flat ground contact face; a second signal terminal including a second flat signal contact face; and a second ground terminal including a second flat ground contact face. The first signal contact face and the first ground contact face are arranged, on the first surface of the body, in parallel with each other with a predetermined pitch defined therebetween. The second signal contact face and the second ground contact face are arranged, on the second surface of the body opposite to the first surface, in parallel with each other with the predetermined pitch defined therebetween. The first signal contact face is located opposite to the second ground contact face. The first ground contact face is located opposite to the second signal contact face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tajiri, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9140722
    Abstract: A contact for electrically connecting two electric components, includes a first end portion which contacts an object to be contacted; a second end portion for passing a signal from the first end portion; an elastic portion which connects the first end portion with the second end portion while pushing the first end portion and the second end portion in an opposing direction, the elastic portion having a meandering shape from the first end portion to the second end portion and having a curved/bent structure provided with an open portion where a width of the open portion is different from the maximum inner width of the curved/bent structure of the elastic portion when seen from the opposing direction; and a housing portion which surrounds the elastic portion, wherein the first end portion, the second end portion, the elastic portion and the housing are formed by bending a single conductive plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9120404
    Abstract: A conveyance seat is provided that includes: a folding mechanism that performs a folding operation for folding the headrest forward; a first receiving portion that receives a first operation when folding only the headrest forward; a second receiving portion that receives a second operation when storing the conveyance seat; a first driving portion that drives only the folding mechanism by the first operation received by the first receiving portion to permit the folding mechanism to perform the folding operation; and a second driving portion that drives the folding mechanism along with the movement of at least one of the seat cushion and the seatback to the storing position permitting the folding mechanism to perform the folding operation when the second receiving portion receives the second operation, wherein the folding mechanism, the first driving portion, and the second driving portion are all attached to the seatback frame provided inside the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Tachikawa, Yusuke Ogata, Koki Sato, Nobuo Yokochi
  • Patent number: 9108544
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle seat device configured so that the seat cushion can be suitably held at a raised position and that side links are compact. A vehicle seat device is provided with a movement mechanism (41) capable of moving the seat cushion (24) between a seating position and a stowed position. The movement mechanism is provided with: a cross member (52) provided to the seat cushion; left and right, front support brackets (53, 54) provided to the vehicle body floor (12); left and right, side links (55, 56) rotatably connected to the left and right, front support brackets and rotatably connected to the cross member; and a guide link (57) which has first guide support shafts (71a, b) rotatably provided in front of the rotation support shafts (67, 75) of the side links and which also has a second guide support shaft (71e) rotatably provided to the cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Ogata, Koki Sato, Osamu Shirose, Nobuo Yokochi, Yoichi Tachikawa
  • Publication number: 20150162685
    Abstract: A contact of a connector includes a board contact part to be connected to a circuit board; a first contact part including an extension part that is connected to the board contact part and extends in an insertion direction in which a target object is inserted into the connector, a first bent part that extends from the extension part and is bent to one side, and a first contact point that is located closer to an end of the first contact part than the first bent part and contacts the target object; and a second contact part including a second bent part that is connected to the board contact part and is bent to the one side, and a second contact point that is located closer to an end of the second contact part than the second bent part and contacts the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Yasuyuki Miki, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9042770
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a cover and a supporting member. The cover includes a connecting portion, the supporting member has a first path which guides the connecting portion and a second path which is bifurcated from the first path. When the connecting portion is located at an end of the first path, the cover is supported at a first opening angle, and when the connecting portion is located at an end of the second path, the cover is supported at a second opening angle which is larger than the first opening angle. When the supporting member upwardly rotates in a state where the cover is supported at the first opening angle, the cover rotates so as to interwork with the rotation of the supporting member, the connecting portion moves from the first path to the second path by its own weight of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koki Sato
  • Publication number: 20150109014
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector case and probe pins that are arranged two-dimensionally in the connector case. Each of the probe pins includes a housing, a first contact terminal disposed at one end of the housing, a second contact terminal disposed at another end of the housing, and plural bent parts formed in the housing and protruding outward from a surface of the housing. The connector case includes through holes. Each of the through holes accommodates the probe pin and includes grooves that are formed in its inner surface and correspond to the bent parts. The grooves of each through hole face substantially the same directions as the grooves of other through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9000297
    Abstract: An electric junction box 1 includes: a case 4; a tubular guide portion 5 projected from the case 4, and guiding a harness 6 out of the case 4. The guide portion 5 is divided to a pair of gutter-shaped portions 51, 52. Each of the gutter-shaped portions 51, 52 is composed of a bottom wall 53, 54 and a pair of vertical walls 55, 56 extended from both sides of the bottom wall 53, 54 in a circumferential direction Y2. An elastically deformable hinge 57 is provided between the gutter-shaped portion 52 and the case 4 and configured to allow the gutter-shaped portion 52 to be moved away from or close to the gutter-shaped portion 51. The vertical walls 55, 56 of the pair of gutter-shaped portions 51, 52 are overlapped with each other in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Makino, Kazuyoshi Fujishiro, Shouta Yamaguchi, Koki Sato, Takeshi Onoda
  • Publication number: 20150092384
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical junction box including a frame including an upper side component mounting section and a lower side component mounting section. An electrical junction box 1 is provided with a frame including a peripheral wall, an upper side component mounting section located above in the peripheral wall to which an electronic component is mounted, and a lower side component mounting section located below the upper side component mounting section in the peripheral wall to which the electronic component is mounted. The frame is configured such that a plurality of blocks, a side cover, a divided section are assembled to a frame body chiefly including the peripheral wall. The divided section is made such that a portion of the upper side component mounting section and a portion of the peripheral section are integrally provided. The lower side component mounting section is located at downside of the divided section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiya Miyazaki, Nozomu Sasaki, Koki Sato
  • Publication number: 20150054215
    Abstract: A sheet discharge device includes a sheet discharge portion configured to discharge a sheet, a destaticizing brush coming into contact with the sheet discharged by the sheet discharge portion and destaticizing the sheet, and a guide member turning by being pushed by the sheet discharged by the sheet discharge portion and guiding the sheet to a stacking portion on which the discharged sheet is to be stacked. The guide member includes a guide portion guiding the discharged sheet to the stacking portion and a recede portion provided at a position facing the destaticizing brush and accepting the destaticizing brush deformed by being pushed by the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Koki Sato
  • Publication number: 20150054540
    Abstract: A connector includes multiple probes and a first insulator part and a second insulator part joined to cover the probes. Each of the probes has a monolithic structure of a single bent metal plate. Each of the probes includes an end part configured to come into contact with an electrode terminal; a spring part having a meandering shape and connected to the end part; a housing part bent to enclose the spring part; and a bent part provided between the spring part and the housing part. The end parts of the probes are at least partially projecting outward from first openings provided in the first insulator part, and the bent parts of the probes are at least partially projecting outward from second openings provided in the second insulator part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Koki Takahashi, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150048859
    Abstract: A probe for connecting an electrode terminal of an electric circuit or an electric component includes a first spring; a second spring covering the first spring; a cover covering the second spring; a first terminal that is connected to the second spring and is provided at one end of the probe; and a second terminal that is connected to the cover and is provided at another end of the probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150014230
    Abstract: An organic-waste-processing apparatus reducing a moisture of, and conducting a thermal operation process to, an organic waste, includes: a moisture-reducing unit; a combustion unit; a combustion-energy-supply unit; an energy-supply-operation controller; an organic-waste-energy-estimating unit; a total-energy-consumption measuring unit; a relation-maintaining unit; a quantitative-relationship-grasping unit; and a moisture reduction controller. The moisture reduction controller controls an operation of the moisture-reducing unit so that the estimated value of the organic waste energy to be estimated by the organic-waste-energy-estimating unit is directed in a direction reducing a quantitative difference from the optimum value of the organic waste energy based on the quantitative relationship grasped by the quantitative-relationship-grasping unit between the optimum value of the organic waste energy and the latest estimated value of the organic waste energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Takaaki KANAGAWA, Yoshimasa TOMIBE, Koki SATO, Kosuke KAMIYA, Masuo INOUE