Patents by Inventor Masahiko Sato

Masahiko 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).

  • Publication number: 20210284566
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass tube is disclosed that includes the step of forming a through hole in a tube wall of a glass tube with two ends including a first end and a second end, each having an opening, near the first end. The method further includes the step of forming a sealed portion by performing thermal processing on a predetermined portion of the glass tube between the first end and the through hole after the formation of the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20210260887
    Abstract: A pressure adjustment unit includes a valve body including a base end portion, a shaft portion protruding in a first-direction from the base end portion, and an elastic member, and a casing that has a partition wall formed with a through hole into which the shaft portion is inserted, and a first-wall protruding in a second-direction opposite to the first-direction to define the first-chamber. On a first-chamber side of the partition wall, a valve seat, which is annular, is provided around the through hole to block a flow path by contacting with the elastic member, an outer periphery of the base end portion has a positioning region, and a distance between a first-direction-side end portion of the positioning region and a first-direction-side distal end of the shaft portion is shorter than a distance between the valve seat and a second-direction-side end portion of the first-wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Yu OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210213737
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit having heads that configure to eject a liquid in a first-direction, and in which a second-direction orthogonal to the first-direction is a short direction and a third-direction orthogonal to the first and second-directions is a longitudinal direction, and a holding member. The head unit has a first-head, a second-head adjacent to the first-head, and disposed in the second-direction, and a third head adjacent to the second-head, and disposed in the second-direction. The first head has a first-gripping portion provided on an upper surface. The second-head has a second-gripping portion provided on the upper surface. The third-head has a third-gripping portion provided on the upper surface. A position of the second-gripping portion with respect to the third-direction is different from positions of the first-gripping portion and the third-gripping portion with respect to the third-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yu OKAMURA, Masahiko SATO, Shun KATSUIE
  • Publication number: 20210213752
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid in a first direction includes an upper surface facing a direction opposite to the first direction, and a gripping portion provided on the upper surface to grip the liquid ejecting head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yu OKAMURA, Masahiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20210104770
    Abstract: An opening is formed in an accommodating case of a fuel cell stack. Flat cables are led out of the accommodating case through the opening. The flat cables pass through a grommet covering the opening. The grommet is positioned by a seal plate (positioning member) attached to the accommodating case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20210104771
    Abstract: An opening is formed in an accommodating case of a fuel cell stack. Flat cables are led out of the accommodating case through the opening. The flat cables pass through a grommet covering the opening. The grommet is positioned by a seal plate (positioning member) attached to the accommodating case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Takanori MORI
  • Publication number: 20210098812
    Abstract: An opening is formed in an accommodating case of a fuel cell stack. Flat cables are led out of the accommodating case through the opening. The flat cables pass through a grommet covering the opening. The grommet is positioned by a seal plate (positioning member) attached to the accommodating case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiko SATO
  • Patent number: 10912787
    Abstract: Methods of preventing or delaying the weakening of as well as improving the strengthening of muscles includes the step of providing an effective amount or dose of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), related saccharides, or combinations thereof both to improve myogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: PurePharm, Inc.
    Inventors: Sachiko Sato, Masahiko Sato, Ann Rancourt
  • Publication number: 20210023600
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object to provide a method for manufacturing a shaped part able to suppress the occurrence of shaping defects when manufacturing a tubular shaped part. The above object is achieved by providing a method for manufacturing a shaped part comprising a first bending process of press-forming a metal sheet to obtain a curved intermediate part curved in a longitudinal direction by a curvature ?, a U-process of press-forming the curved intermediate part into an approximately U-section to obtain a first curved U-section intermediate part provided with a bottom part having the curvature ?, and an O-process of press-forming the first curved U-section intermediate part to form a closed cross-section to obtain a tubular shaped part provided with a bottom part having the curvature ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiko SATO
  • Patent number: 10886557
    Abstract: An opening is formed in an accommodating case of a fuel cell stack. Flat cables are led out of the accommodating case through the opening. The flat cables pass through a grommet covering the opening. The grommet is positioned by a seal plate (positioning member) attached to the accommodating case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Takanori Mori
  • Patent number: 10873783
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a receiving apparatus, and a receiving method that aim at enabling a desired content to be viewed by a simpler operation. A server assigns a predetermined channel of a television receiver to a predetermined URL, associates a content specified by a predetermined electronic device with the URL, receives a request for the content associated with the URL from the television receiver in response to a selection of the channel in the television receiver, and controls the content to be distributed to the television receiver in response to the request. The television receiver receives the selection of the channel to which the URL is assigned by the server, transmits a request for the content to the server in response to the selection of the channel, and receives the content distributed in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hideo Nagasaka
  • Publication number: 20200389692
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including an inputting apparatus connected to a target apparatus that executes a process according to a manipulation of a user, and a control apparatus connected to the inputting apparatus, in which the control apparatus transmits a plurality of manipulation data prepared in advance and individually indicative of manipulation contents of the user to the inputting apparatus in order one by one, and the inputting apparatus transmits in order one by one the manipulation data transmitted from the control apparatus to the target apparatus at time intervals corresponding to time intervals at which contents of the manipulation are accepted in a case in which the target apparatus executes a process according to a manipulation of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Ogura, Masahiko Sato, Naoki Matsuoka, Takashi Enokihara
  • Publication number: 20200376847
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting unit includes: a first chamber; a second chamber; a third chamber; a fourth chamber; a first liquid passage for supplying a first type of liquid to the first chamber and the third chamber; a second liquid passage for supplying a second type of liquid to the second chamber and the fourth chamber, the second type of liquid differing from the first type of liquid; a first fluid passage for supplying fluid to the first chamber and the second chamber; and a second fluid passage for supplying the fluid to the third chamber and the fourth chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA, Hironori MATSUOKA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Takahiro KANEGAE
  • Patent number: 10843466
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting unit that ejects liquid from a plurality of nozzles, in which the planar shape of the ejecting face on which the nozzles are formed is a shape in which a first portion that passes through the center line parallel to the long side of the rectangle of the minimum area including the ejecting face and a second portion that does not pass through the center line are arranged in the direction of the long side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kanegae, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Katsuhiro Okubo, Masahiko Sato
  • Patent number: 10777825
    Abstract: An in-vehicle fuel cell stack includes a ventilation mechanism for ventilating a stack case through a ventilation opening opened to the inside of the stack case. The ventilation mechanism includes an inlet member. An air inlet port and an inner channel are formed in the inlet member. A ventilating air is guided into the ventilation mechanism through the air inlet port. The inner channel connects the air inlet port and the ventilation opening. The inner channel includes a labyrinth channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiko Sato
  • Patent number: 10737501
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a filter chamber that is provided in a flow path that supplies liquid to a liquid discharge unit, a filter that partitions the filter chamber into an upstream side chamber to which the liquid is supplied and a downstream side chamber that communicates with the liquid discharge unit, a storage chamber that is arranged vertically above the filter chamber and is connected to a branch of the flow path on the upstream side of the upstream side chamber of the filter chamber, and a pump that supplies the liquid to the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Daiki Tatsuta
  • Publication number: 20200193608
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for segmentation and tracking of objects recorded in a grayscale video stream and three-dimensional image slices obtained from various devices, including microscopes, video cameras, medical apparatus, and remote sensing devices, using an approach to correct background, segment images using an improved approach, track a segmented area by evaluating surrounding information of the area, analyze data, and create archives of video streams or three-dimensional image slices, segmented areas and the results of tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Sachiko Sato, Ann Rancourt
  • Patent number: 10687102
    Abstract: To transmit link information regarding a content in accordance with the current time to a terminal device of a user in which information that identifies a predetermined event has been registered in advance, an information processing device includes: an extraction unit configured to extract, from a link schedule table in which link information regarding a plurality of contents has been associated with individual identification information that identifies a predetermined event together with a time axis, the link information regarding a content in accordance with a current time; and a transmission control unit configured to transmit the link information regarding the content having been extracted to a terminal device in which the individual identification information has been registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hideo Nagasaka
  • Publication number: 20200171824
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting unit that ejects liquid from a plurality of nozzles, in which the planar shape of the ejecting face on which the nozzles are formed is a shape in which a first portion that passes through the center line parallel to the long side of the rectangle of the minimum area including the ejecting face and a second portion that does not pass through the center line are arranged in the direction of the long side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro KANEGAE, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA, Katsuhiro OKUBO, Masahiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20200171560
    Abstract: This torsion beam manufacturing method is for manufacturing a torsion beam including a central portion of which a cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction is a closed cross-section having a substantial V-shape or a substantial U-shape at any position in the longitudinal direction, and a shape changing portion which has a connection region leading to the central portion and including a closed cross-section having a shape different from the shape of the closed cross-section of the central portion. This torsion beam manufacturing method has a compression step of thickening at least the connection region through application of a compression force in the longitudinal direction to at least the connection region of a torsion beam material to obtain the torsion beam, the torsion beam material being formed with the central portion and the shape changing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Masaaki MIZUMURA