Patents by Inventor Masaaki Ito

Masaaki Ito 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: 20250118470
    Abstract: A soft magnetic material and a method for producing the same. The soft magnetic material is: Fe100-x-y-z-wBxNiySizMw (In the formula, M is one or more inevitable elements selected from Nb, Mo, Ta, W, Co, and Sn, and x, y, z, and w are in atomic percent satisfying 12?x?17, 1?y?3, 0<z?1, 0<w?0.1). Soft magnetic material includes ?-Fe phase which contains crystals whose average particle size is 30 nm or less. The average particle size of crystals is average value of projected area circular equivalent diameters of crystals in a transmission electron microscope image of soft magnetic material thinned by focused ion beam. The ratio of peak area of crystalline plane to overall peak area as measured by XRD of ?-Fe phase on surface of soft magnetic material is equal to or greater than 0.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki ITO, Motoki HIRAOKA, Kensuke KOMORI, Yusuke ONITSUKA, Takuya NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20250112428
    Abstract: Provided are a relay device and a connector assembly that can electrically connect a connector and an external circuit board to each other without using terminals bent at a right angle. A relay device configured to electrically connect a plurality of contact pins to a plurality of cables and a host board includes a paddle board and a connection part, the paddle board electrically connects some of the plurality of contact pins to the plurality of cables, the connection part has a plurality of press-fit pins, and the plurality of press-fit pins electrically connect the paddle board to the host board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu ITO, Toshitaka KURODA, Masaaki SAITO
  • Patent number: 12266990
    Abstract: In an axial gap motor, a rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a rotor base, and a stator includes a plurality of stator cores fixed in a circumferential direction of a stator base, and coils wound around the stator cores. End faces of each of the rotor cores and end faces of the corresponding stator core are opposed to each other while being exposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiu Kanada, Kazuaki Haga, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Mayumi Takazawa, Takuya Nomura, Shinya Sano, Takeshi Tomonaga, Hisanori Koma, Yasuhide Yagyu, Kensuke Komori, Tatsuhiko Hirano, Masaaki Ito, Hiroaki Wakimoto
  • Publication number: 20250102246
    Abstract: Provided are a cage assembly and a receptacle assembly that can efficiently cool a heat sink. An embodiment includes: a cage 100 configured to house an optical module 310; and a heat sink 50 configured to thermally contact with the optical module 310, the cage 100 has a port wall 110 defining a port Sp in which the optical module 310 is housed, a first adjacent wall 120 defining a first adjacent space S1 that is adjacent to the port Sp in the second direction, and a second adjacent wall 130 defining a second adjacent space S2 that is adjacent to the port Sp in the third direction and in which the optical module 310 is not housed, and the heat sink 50 is housed in the first adjacent space S1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Toshiyasu ITO, Masaaki SAITO
  • Patent number: 12255418
    Abstract: A connector (7) includes: a first connector part (10) having a first module side connection part connected to one end of an OSFP module in the front (F), having a first substrate side connection part connected to a substrate, and installed on the substrate; a second connector part (20) provided at a position such that the first module side connection part is interposed between the substrate and the second connector part (20), having a second module side connection part connected to one end of an OSFP module at the front (F), having a second substrate side connection part connected to the substrate, and stacked on the first connector part (10); and an intermediate part (30) provided between the first connector part (10) and the second connector part (20), and a cooling flow path in which air flows from the front (F) side toward the rear (R) side of the connector (7) is formed in the intermediate part (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Ito, Masaaki Saito
  • Patent number: 12242683
    Abstract: A display driver includes a driver circuit and a sensing controller. The driver circuit is configured to drive a display panel according to display information. The display panel defines a sensing region. The sensing controller interface circuit is configured to transmit an output vertical sync signal to a proximity sensing controller. The proximity sensing controller is configured to generate positional information of an input object based at least in part on a resulting signal received from a sensor electrode disposed in the sensing region. The output vertical sync signal comprises encoding the display information in the output vertical sync signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Makoto Takeuchi, Hirokazu Hatayama, Masaaki Shiomura, Nobukazu Tanaka, Daisuke Ito, Takayuki Noto, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 12241103
    Abstract: Provided is a novel production system that does not involve, or can minimize, the transport of liquid ammonia in the production of an organic compound or the production of a microorganism by microbial fermentation. A production system for an organic compound or a microorganism includes: an ammonia synthesis apparatus in which an ammonia-containing gas is synthesized by reaction of a source gas containing hydrogen and nitrogen in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst; and a culture apparatus that cultures a microorganism having organic compound productivity using ammonia originating from the ammonia-containing gas obtained by using the ammonia synthesis apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kishino, Hiroyuki Kojima, Hideo Hosono, Michikazu Hara, Masaaki Kitano, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Toru Numaguchi, Munenobu Ito, Kazuteru Yamada, Hiromi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 12244181
    Abstract: Provided is a motor capable of increasing a torque while suppressing an increase in the physical size of the motor. A motor includes a rotor. The rotor includes pairs of magnet slots evenly spaced in a circumferential direction, each pair of magnet slots being arranged in a V-shape, pairs of main magnets housed in the pairs of magnet slots, and a plurality of auxiliary magnets including an outer magnet housed in an outer end in the circumferential direction in each of the pairs of magnet slots. The motor satisfies at least one of a first condition that the main magnets are sintered magnets and the auxiliary magnets are bonded magnets, or a second condition that magnetization directions of the main magnet and the outer magnet housed in the same magnet slot intersect outside in the radial direction so as to define an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Reimi Sakaguchi, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Masaaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20250061336
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processing unit configured to: detect whether or not one or more conditions defining timings to perform learning of a regression model configured to predict one or more objective variables for a plurality of explanatory variables are satisfied; determine priorities of the plurality of explanatory variables according to a condition detected to be satisfied; and perform learning of the regression model by using an objective function and learning data, the objective function including a regularization term having a regularization strength changing according to the priorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki TAKADA, Gen LI, Yasuhisa OOMURO, Kazuya KIKUCHI, Xueting WANG, Takumi ITO, Kozo KINOSHITA, Toshiki SHIBANO
  • Publication number: 20250044008
    Abstract: A rotary freezing device for freezing granules according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a circulation passage; a blowing means for circulating cold air through the circulation passage; a cooler disposed in the circulation passage and configured to cool the cold air; and a cooling drum disposed in the circulation passage and configured to freeze granules by the cold air flowing into an interior of the cooling drum while conveying the granules from an inlet to an outlet
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jun MIURA, Masashi KATO, Masaaki HANAZAKI, Hiroki ITO, Toshikazu SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12217907
    Abstract: A rare-earth magnet and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes: preparing Sm—Fe—N magnetic powder; preparing reforming material powder containing metallic zinc; mixing the magnetic powder and the reforming material powder to obtain mixed powder; subjecting the mixed powder to compression molding in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic-field molded body; subjecting the magnetic-field molded body to pressure sintering to obtain a sintered body; and subjecting the sintered body to heat treatment. A content proportion of the metallic zinc in the reforming material powder is 10 to 30% by mass with respect to the mixed powder. When a temperature and time in conditions for the heat treatment are defined as x° C. and y hours, respectively, the formulas y??0.32x+136 and 350?x?410 are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Ito, Daisuke Ichigozaki, Noritsugu Sakuma, Akihito Kinoshita, Michiya Kume, Hisashi Maehara
  • Publication number: 20250009213
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an endoscope including an elongated portion in which an imaging optical system is arranged; an arm supporting the endoscope; and a unit capable of changing a field-of-view direction of the endoscope, wherein each library data stored in a storage includes a parameter related to relative position and attitude between the imaging optical system and an observation object, the parameter includes a first parameter or a second parameter, the first parameter determined by a sum of an inclination of a longitudinal axis of the elongated portion and an amount of curvature of the changing unit on base coordinates, the first parameter related to an orientation of the imaging optical system on the base coordinates, the second parameter indicating an orientation of the imaging optical system as viewed from a coordinate of the observation object, and the unit or the arm based on the library data is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, National Cancer Center
    Inventors: Naoya HATAKEYAMA, Masafumi HARAGUCHI, Masaaki ITO, Shigehiro KOJIMA, Daichi KITAGUCHI, Hiro HASEGAWA, Yuki FURUSAWA
  • Patent number: 12191059
    Abstract: A Sm—Fe—N-based rare earth magnet more resistant to demagnetization than ever before in an environment where an external magnetic field is applied, particularly at high temperatures, and a production method thereof are provided. The present disclosure presents a production method of a rare earth magnet, including preparing a coated magnetic powder, compression-molding the coated magnetic powder in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic-field molded body, pressure-sintering the magnetic-field molded body to obtain a sintered body, and heat-treating the sintered body, and a rare earth magnet obtained by the method. D50 of the magnetic powder in the coated magnetic powder is 1.50 ?m or more and 3.00 ?m or less, the content ratio of the zinc component in the coated magnetic powder is 3 mass % or more and 15 mass % or less, and the heat treatment temperature is 350° C. or more and 410° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Ito, Motoki Hiraoka, Reimi Tabuchi, Hisashi Maehara, Michiya Kume
  • Publication number: 20250002756
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polishing composition and a polishing method, with which SiN can be selectively polished at a high polishing removal rate as compared with SiO2. The polishing composition contains colloidal silica in which an organic acid is fixed on a surface and a pH adjusting agent, in which an average aspect ratio of the colloidal silica in which the organic acid is fixed on the surface is 1.38 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shota Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Hirano, Shogo Tsubota, Masaaki Ito, Yusuke Kawasaki, Keiji Ashitaka
  • Publication number: 20240366061
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope to be inserted into a subject to acquire an image, a robot arm that is configured to change the position and the posture of the endoscope, and a controller including a processor. The controller is configured to: acquire treatment instrument information concerning the position or the movement of a treatment instrument to be inserted into the subject, determine whether the treatment instrument has been removed based on the treatment instrument information, in response to determining that the treatment instrument has been removed, execute an overlooking mode, and in the overlooking mode, control at least one of the endoscope or the robot arm to thereby automatically zoom out the image while maintaining, in the image, a specific point in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, National Cancer Center
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKAYAMA, Chiharu MIZUTANI, Hiroto OGIMOTO, Masaaki ITO, Hiro HASEGAWA, Daichi KITAGUCHI, Yuki FURUSAWA
  • Patent number: 12131666
    Abstract: To provide an artificial tissue model that can be more advantageously used in surgical technique training compared to previous artificial tissues, as well as a method of fabricating the same. An artificial organ model for surgical technique training comprising two or more fibrous layers 2, 3 layered and bonded to each other so as to be peelable by a surgical technique performed by a surgical technique trainee; the layered and bonded two or more fibrous layers 2, 3 as a whole being saturated with an electroconductive liquid or gel; and two adjacent fibrous layers out of the two or more fibrous layers being formed from different materials or substances or in different colors so as to be recognizable as different membranes by the surgical technique trainee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: EBM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kwang Park, Manabu Shinke, Masaaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20240352164
    Abstract: To provide a branched propylene-based polymer that is excellent in ductility when melting, while retaining melt tension necessary for molding. A branched propylene-based polymer having the following properties (1), (2) and (3): property (1): a multi-branching index (MBI) is 0.45 or more and 1.00 or less; property (2): a strain hardening index at a strain rate (d?/dt) of 1.0/see (SHI@1s?1) is 0.70 or more and 3.00 or less; and property (3): a maximum drawing rate (MaxDraw) at 230° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki ITO, Jun SHINOZAKI, Miori TAKIZAWA, Masato NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240331098
    Abstract: A learning support device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: form a foreground image containing at least one treatment instrument by placing an image of the at least one treatment instrument within an image region; form a superimposed image by superimposing the foreground image on a background image; and form a training image by adjusting at least one of hue, saturation, or brightness of the superimposed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, National Cancer Center
    Inventors: Ryota SASAI, Masaaki ITO, Atsushi YAMADA, Hiroki MATSUZAKI, Hiro HASEGAWA, Kazuyuki HAYASHI, Yuki FURUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240323762
    Abstract: The method includes: executing, when first APs that are changed from a cluster AP to a non-cluster AP due to a change of a cluster occurs, first processing on processing target APs including the first APs and a second AP that is the non-cluster AP satisfying a predetermined condition in relation to the first APs, and thereby determining, as an operation mode of the processing target APs. The first processing includes: selecting one first processing target AP from the processing target APs, and determining a downstream-only mode as the operation mode of the one first processing target AP, and determining a upstream-only mode or a sleep mode as the operation mode of a second processing target AP that is different from the one first processing target AP and is among the processing target APs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Masaaki ITO, Issei KANNO, Yoshiaki AMANO, Andreas F. MOLISCH
  • Publication number: 20240323726
    Abstract: A method performed by a processing apparatus of a cell-free communication system that includes a plurality of access points (APs) is provided. The method includes: transmitting, to a wireless device via a master AP among one or more APs included in a cluster associated with the wireless device, measurement information for the wireless device to determine a measurement target AP for which the wireless device measures a channel state; and receiving, as a response to the measurement information, channel state information indicating the channel state to the measurement target AP, via the master AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Masaaki ITO, Issei KANNO, Kosuke YAMAZAKI, Andreas F. MOLISCH