Patents by Inventor Makoto Sano

Makoto 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).

  • Patent number: 11953555
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device includes: a data acquirer to acquire a current waveform and a driving frequency of an electric motor; a storage which stores a combination of a current value of the current waveform and the driving frequency at an identical time by the data acquirer; a data determiner to determine whether or not a current value of the current waveform and the driving frequency as a diagnosis target at an identical time by the data acquisition match the combination stored in the storage; an analyzer to perform frequency analysis for the current waveform determined to be matched by the data determiner, to extract sideband waves, and calculate a spectrum intensity of the sideband waves; and an abnormality diagnosis processor to make a diagnosis that abnormality has occurred, when the spectrum intensity of the sideband waves is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kanemaru, Takuya Ohkubo, Sota Sano, Akira Satake, Satoru Terashima
  • Patent number: 11924967
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate includes a first dielectric substrate with a first through-hole, a second dielectric substrate with a first conductive via, a first signal line provided between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate, a third dielectric substrate with a second conductive via, a first planar conductor provided between the second and third dielectric substrates and located away from the first and second conductive vias, a fourth dielectric substrate, and a second signal line provided between the third and fourth dielectric substrates. At least a part of a first inner wall of the first through-hole is not covered with a conductor. The first through-hole and the first conductive via partially overlap in a first direction. The first and second conductive vias partially overlap in the first direction. The second conductive via and the second signal line partially overlap in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Makoto Sano
  • Publication number: 20230402747
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, electronic circuitry, includes a first radiating element; a second radiating element; a first circuit element including a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to one end of one of the first radiating element or the second radiating element; and a second circuit element connected between the second end of the first circuit element and one end of another of the first radiating element or the second radiating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto SANO
  • Patent number: 11539132
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power divider includes a first transmission line, a first input transmission line, a second input transmission line, and the plurality of output transmission lines. The first transmission line has a closed structure. The first input transmission line and the second input transmission line are connected to the first transmission line at locations away from each other along the first transmission line by approximately a quarter of a length of the first transmission line. The plurality of output transmission lines are connected to the first transmission line at locations dividing the length of the first transmission line substantially evenly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Makoto Sano
  • Publication number: 20220272835
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate includes a first dielectric substrate with a first through-hole, a second dielectric substrate with a first conductive via, a first signal line provided between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate, a third dielectric substrate with a second conductive via, a first planar conductor provided between the second and third dielectric substrates and located away from the first and second conductive vias, a fourth dielectric substrate, and a second signal line provided between the third and fourth dielectric substrates. At least a part of a first inner wall of the first through-hole is not covered with a conductor. The first through-hole and the first conductive via partially overlap in a first direction. The first and second conductive vias partially overlap in the first direction. The second conductive via and the second signal line partially overlap in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Makoto SANO
  • Patent number: 11286201
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cover glass and a glass laminate which are reduced in warpage, and have excellent scratch resistance, low reflecting properties and excellent optical properties. According to the present invention, a cover glass and a glass laminate which are reduced in glass warpage, retain the effect of scratch resistance, and have low reflecting properties and excellent optical properties can be provided by alternately superposing a film including a high-refractive-index material and a film including a low-refractive-index material, in given amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Maeshige, Nobutaka Aomine, Hiroyuki Okawa, Kiyoshi Tamai, Hitoshi Onoda, Makoto Sano, Yusuke Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210296771
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power divider includes a first transmission line, a first input transmission line, a second input transmission line, and the plurality of output transmission lines. The first transmission line has a closed structure. The first input transmission line and the second input transmission line are connected to the first transmission line at locations away from each other along the first transmission line by approximately a quarter of a length of the first transmission line. The plurality of output transmission lines are connected to the first transmission line at locations dividing the length of the first transmission line substantially evenly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Makoto SANO
  • Patent number: 11081793
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes first to fourth phase shifters to shift phases of first and second left-hand circularly polarized wave signals and first and second right-hand circularly polarized wave signals. The control circuit determines first to fourth phase shift amounts in the first to fourth phase shifters based on a polarization angle and a radiation direction of a radio wave to be radiated. The first radiation element radiates a first left-hand circularly polarized wave in response to the first left-hand circularly polarized wave signal shifted and a first right-hand circularly polarized wave in response to the first right-hand circularly polarized wave signal shifted. The second radiation element radiates a second left-hand circularly polarized wave in response to the second left-hand circularly polarized wave signal shifted and a second right-hand circularly polarized wave in response to the second right-hand circularly polarized wave signal shifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Makoto Sano
  • Patent number: 10992063
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus includes a first phase shifter to shift a phase of a left-hand circularly polarized signal representing a left-hand circularly polarized wave; a second phase shifter to shift a phase of a right-hand circularly polarized signal representing a right-hand circularly polarized wave; a control circuit determining a first phase shift amount of the first phase shifter and a second phase shift amount of the second phase shifter based on a difference between a phase shift amount of the first phase shifter and a phase shift amount of the second phase shifter; and a radiating element radiating the left-hand circularly polarized wave and the right-hand circularly polarized wave based on the left-hand circularly polarized signal of which the phase is shifted by the first phase shift amount and the right-hand circularly polarized signal of which the phase is shifted by the second phase shift amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Makoto Sano
  • Publication number: 20200411983
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes first to fourth phase shifters to shift phases of first and second left-hand circularly polarized wave signals and first and second right-hand circularly polarized wave signals. The control circuit determines first to fourth phase shift amounts in the first to fourth phase shifters based on a polarization angle and a radiation direction of a radio wave to be radiated. The first radiation element radiates a first left-hand circularly polarized wave in response to the first left-hand circularly polarized wave signal shifted and a first right-hand circularly polarized wave in response to the first right-hand circularly polarized wave signal shifted. The second radiation element radiates a second left-hand circularly polarized wave in response to the second left-hand circularly polarized wave signal shifted and a second right-hand circularly polarized wave in response to the second right-hand circularly polarized wave signal shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Makoto SANO
  • Publication number: 20200335880
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus includes a first phase shifter to shift a phase of a left-hand circularly polarized signal representing a left-hand circularly polarized wave; a second phase shifter to shift a phase of a right-hand circularly polarized signal representing a right-hand circularly polarized wave; a control circuit determining a first phase shift amount of the first phase shifter and a second phase shift amount of the second phase shifter based on a difference between a phase shift amount of the first phase shifter and a phase shift amount of the second phase shifter; and a radiating element radiating the left-hand circularly polarized wave and the right-hand circularly polarized wave based on the left-hand circularly polarized signal of which the phase is shifted by the first phase shift amount and the right-hand circularly polarized signal of which the phase is shifted by the second phase shift amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Makoto SANO
  • Patent number: 10766222
    Abstract: In a glass substrate for extracting therefrom a plurality of cover glasses to protect a protection object, plural concave portions are provided in a front surface or back surface of the glass substrate. The glass substrate includes plural thin portions formed by providing the plural concave portions and a thick portion connecting to the thin portion, and a haze value of the thin portion is 8% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Masahiko Tada, Makoto Sano, Osami Taito
  • Patent number: 10673125
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wireless apparatus includes an interposer including a conductive portion; a semiconductor chip mounted on a component mounting surface of the interposer; a sealing resin on the component mounting surface and sealing the semiconductor chip; a conductive layer covering a surface of the sealing resin and a side surface of the interposer and electrically connected to the conductive portion; a first slot-shaped aperture on a principal surface portion of the conductive layer facing the component mounting surface; a second slot-shaped aperture on a side surface portion of the conductive layer facing the side surface and continuing to the first aperture; and a slot-shaped aperture at the conductive portion and continuing to the second aperture. The first to third apertures function as an integrated slot antenna. A total length of the first aperture is longer than a total length of the third aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keiju Yamada, Makoto Sano, Makoto Higaki, Koh Hashimoto, Akihiko Happoya
  • Patent number: 10644388
    Abstract: The wireless module according to an aspect of the present invention includes a board, a wireless communication chip that at least transmits or receives a high-frequency signal, an insulator, a conductive film, a feed line, first to third conductor patterns, and first and second vias. The chip, the feed line, and the first and second patterns are located on a first wiring layer of the board. The third pattern is at a ground potential and is located on a second wiring layer of the board. The insulator encapsulates the chip. The film covers at least a part of a side surface of the insulator. The feed line electrically connects the chip and the film. The first and second patterns are in contact with the film. The first via connects the first pattern and the third pattern. The second via electrically connects the second pattern and the third pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keiju Yamada, Makoto Sano, Makoto Higaki, Koh Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10553954
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wireless device includes an interposer, a semiconductor chip, electrodes, and a slot antenna. The interposer includes conductive layers disposed at least at a side of a component mounting surface and a side of a reverse surface opposite to the component mounting surface. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the component mounting surface and includes a built-in transceiving circuit. The electrodes are disposed in a conductive layer disposed at the side of the reverse surface of the interposer so as to be electrically connected to an outside of the wireless device. At least a portion of the slot antenna is disposed in at least one of the conductive layers of the interposer. A shortest distance between an end in a width direction of the slot antenna and the electrodes is smaller than a sum of a minimum line width and a minimum line space of the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keiju Yamada, Makoto Sano, Koh Hashimoto, Makoto Higaki
  • Patent number: 10523481
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes an antenna, a first circuit, a second circuit and a control processing circuit. The antenna receives a radio wave signal and separates the radio wave signal into a right-hand circularly polarized wave signal and a left-hand circularly polarized wave signal. The first circuit divides the right-hand circularly polarized wave signal into a first right-hand circularly polarized wave signal and a second right-hand circularly polarized wave signal. The second circuit divides the left-hand circularly polarized wave signal into a first left-hand circularly polarized wave signal and a second left-hand circularly polarized wave signal. The control processing circuit detects a phase difference between the first right-hand circularly polarized wave signal and the first left-hand circularly polarized wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Makoto Sano
  • Publication number: 20190394073
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes an antenna, a first circuit, a second circuit and a control processing circuit. The antenna receives a radio wave signal and separates the radio wave signal into a right-hand circularly polarized wave signal and a left-hand circularly polarized wave signal. The first circuit divides the right-hand circularly polarized wave signal into a first right-hand circularly polarized wave signal and a second right-hand circularly polarized wave signal. The second circuit divides the left-hand circularly polarized wave signal into a first left-hand circularly polarized wave signal and a second left-hand circularly polarized wave signal. The control processing circuit detects a phase difference between the first right-hand circularly polarized wave signal and the first left-hand circularly polarized wave signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Makoto SANO
  • Patent number: 10453689
    Abstract: An ion implantation method includes: irradiating a wafer arranged to meet a predetermined plane channeling condition with an ion beam; measuring a predetermined characteristic on a surface of the wafer irradiated with the ion beam; and evaluating an implant angle distribution of the ion beam by using a result of measurement of the characteristic. The wafer may be arranged so as to include a channeling plane parallel to a predetermined reference plane parallel to a reference trajectory direction of the ion beam incident on the wafer and not to include a channeling plane perpendicular to the reference plane and parallel to the reference trajectory direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES ION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kawasaki, Makoto Sano, Kazutaka Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10442151
    Abstract: In a glass substrate for extracting therefrom a plurality of cover glasses to protect a protection object, plural concave portions are provided in a front surface or back surface of the glass substrate. The glass substrate includes plural thin portions formed by providing the plural concave portions and a thick portion connecting to the thin portion, and a haze value of the thin portion is 8% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masao Ozeki, Masahiko Tada, Makoto Sano, Osami Taito
  • Patent number: 10439264
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wireless device includes an interposer, a semiconductor chip, and a non-conductor. The interposer comprises a plurality of conductor layers. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the interposer and comprising a built-in transceiver circuit. The non-conductor is placed on the interposer and seals the semiconductor chip. From among the plurality of conductor layers, a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer are symmetrically positioned with respect to center in a thickness direction of the interposer respectively have a first antenna conductor pattern and a second antenna conductor pattern. The first antenna conductor pattern and the second antenna conductor pattern respectively have a first opening and a second opening functioning as a slot antenna and have substantially equal area of a conductor portion. An orthogonal projection of the first opening onto the second conductor layer overlaps with the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koh Hashimoto, Makoto Sano, Keiju Yamada