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).

  • LIQUID DISCHARGING HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190001687
    Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes an external cover portion which is connected to a liquid discharging apparatus and which discharges a liquid from a nozzle, in which the external cover portion includes a first gas hole for communicating a first gas flow path which is provided inside the external cover portion with an atmosphere, a second gas hole for carrying a gas between a second gas flow path which is provided inside the external cover portion and the liquid discharging apparatus, and a first liquid hole for carrying the liquid between a liquid flow path which is provided inside the external cover portion and the liquid discharging apparatus, and in which the first gas hole and the second gas hole are disposed separately in the external cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA, Hisashi SATO, Katsuhiro OKUBO
  • USE OF N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF TO TREAT MUSCLE DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20180369261
    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-actylglucosamine (GlcNAc), related saccharides, or combinations thereof both to improve myogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Sachiko Sato, Masahiko Sato, Ann Rancourt
  • Liquid ejecting apparatus and pressure-regulating device
    Patent number: 10144223
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid inflow unit provided in the liquid supply path which supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting unit and into which the liquid flows, a liquid accommodation unit having a diaphragm section, a communication path through which the liquid inflow part and the liquid accommodation part communicate, and a pressure-regulating mechanism having an on-off valve which opens and closes the communication path in response to displacement of the diaphragm portion, and a pressing mechanism which puts the on-off valve in an open state regardless of the pressure in the liquid inflow unit by pressing the diaphragm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hitotoshi Kimura
  • VALVE UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180333960
    Abstract: A valve unit includes a valve seat that has a hole provided therethrough, the hole serving as part of a flow path, and a valve body that moves in a first direction relative to the valve seat. In the valve unit, the valve body includes a first portion that opens/closes the hole in collaboration with the valve seat, a second portion that is located inside the hole when viewed in the first direction, and a third portion that is located between the first portion and the second portion in the first direction and is located inside the hole while the hole is closed by the first portion. When viewed in the first direction, a gap between the hole and the third portion is larger than a gap between the hole and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hisashi SATO, Masahiko SATO
  • VEHICLE NOISE CANCELLER
    Publication number: 20180286378
    Abstract: A vehicle noise canceller includes a road surface condition observation unit, a speaker, and an operation controller. The road surface condition observation unit is configured to observe road surface conditions in a traveling direction of a vehicle. The speaker is configured to generate a canceling sound for canceling road noise entering a vehicle cabin of the vehicle. The operation controller is configured to control the canceling sound generated from the speaker on a basis of information received from the road surface condition observation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Katsuya SHINNO, Masahiko SATO, Atsushi HORIKAWA, Shinji NAKABAYASHI, Shintaro HANAWA
  • Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid filling method and control method for the same
    Patent number: 10076913
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid supplied to an internal flow path; a pump that feeds the liquid to the liquid ejecting unit; a discharge route that communicates with the internal flow path; and a closing valve disposed in the discharge route. The closing valve has an object that is biased to close the discharge route, and the object open the discharge route, due to an external force, during feeding of the liquid by the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Takahiro Kanegae, Katsuhiro Okubo
  • LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180244047
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a flow path member including a common liquid chamber communicating with each of a plurality of nozzles formed in a nozzle surface, via a corresponding pressure generating chamber, a supply port provided in an inner wall of the common liquid chamber to supply a liquid to the common liquid chamber, a discharge port provided in a ceiling of the common liquid chamber to discharge an air bubble from the common liquid chamber, and a wall continuously extending from the inner wall, and including a surface opposing the discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Atsushi MUTO, Masahiko SATO, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA
  • Liquid ejecting unit, driving method thereof, and liquid ejecting apparatus
    Patent number: 10059118
    Abstract: There is provided an ejecting unit for ejecting a first fluid from nozzles, including: a first connection port to flow the first fluid; a second connection port to flow a second fluid; a driving portion configured to eject the first fluid in a flow path which communicates with the first connection port and the nozzles, from the nozzles; a first chamber that communicates with the second connection port; and a second chamber that communicates with the second connection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Ryoji Fujimori, Kaoru Koike, Shigenori Nakagawa
  • LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180215163
    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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA, Daiki TATSUTA
  • LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PRESSURE-REGULATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180201023
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid inflow unit provided in the liquid supply path which supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting unit and into which the liquid flows, a liquid accommodation unit having a diaphragm section, a communication path through which the liquid inflow part and the liquid accommodation part communicate, and a pressure-regulating mechanism having an on-off valve which opens and closes the communication path in response to displacement of the diaphragm portion, and a pressing mechanism which puts the on-off valve in an open state regardless of the pressure in the liquid inflow unit by pressing the diaphragm portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hitotoshi Kimura
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180167657
    Abstract: [Object] 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. [Solution] 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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hideo Nagasaka
  • IN-VEHICLE FUEL CELL STACK
    Publication number: 20180138527
    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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Masahiko Sato
  • Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, reception method, program, stream transmission and reception system, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 9954925
    Abstract: Provided is a transmission device including a stream input unit configured to input a plurality of streams each constituted of continuous packets, a stream synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the plurality of input streams to obtain one stream, and a stream transmission unit configured to transmit the one obtained stream. The stream synthesizing unit encodes at least a typical pattern portion of each packet of the plurality of streams using keys that are intrinsic to the respective streams for separation of packets of each stream on a reception side, and thereafter performs time-division multiplexing on the packets of the plurality of streams to obtain the one stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Kazutoyo Sekine, Tamotsu Ikeda
  • CABLE FIXING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180108894
    Abstract: A cable fixing structure of a fuel cell stack fixes together a connector housing containing a substrate and a flat cable joined to the substrate. The cable fixing structure includes a fixing part provided for the connector housing, and having a convexly curved surface, and a heat contraction tube configured to surround the flat cable and the fixing part, and press the flat cable against the convexly curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Liquid ejecting apparatus and pressure-regulating device
    Patent number: 9944087
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure-regulating mechanism which is provided in a liquid supply path in which it is possible to supply liquid to a liquid ejecting unit, and includes a liquid accommodation part which can accommodate the liquid internally, and in which a volume of the liquid accommodation part is changed depending on displacing of a diaphragm section, in which the diaphragm section includes an annular corrugated portion formed in a sectional waveform shape which is deformed when the diaphragm section receives pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Keiji Matsumoto, Hitotoshi Kimura
  • FUEL CELL STACK
    Publication number: 20180102564
    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: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Takanori MORI
  • LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PRESSURE-REGULATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180099509
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid inflow unit provided in the liquid supply path which supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting unit and into which the liquid flows, a liquid accommodation unit having a diaphragm section, a communication path through which the liquid inflow part and the liquid accommodation part communicate, and a pressure-regulating mechanism having an on-off valve which opens and closes the communication path in response to displacement of the diaphragm portion, and a pressing mechanism which puts the on-off valve in an open state regardless of the pressure in the liquid inflow unit by pressing the diaphragm portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Hitotoshi KIMURA
  • Method and apparatus for providing stream linking in audio/video disk media
    Patent number: 9911462
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing stream linking in audio/video disk media is disclosed. The present invention sets-up an audio/video stream on a disk drive, uses read and write commands for accessing contiguous data and, given an established stream, establishes a linked stream by sending a linked stream request with the number of a primary stream to the drive. The new stream inherits the beginning and ending addresses of the primary stream. Passed pointer detection is enabled for linked stream pointers passing primary stream pointers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Asano, Daniel James Colegrove, Akira Kibashi, Masahiko Sato
  • FORMED METAL ITEM INCLUDING TUBULAR PART WITH SLIT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND PRODUCING DEVICE AND DIE ASSEMBLY USED IN METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180021829
    Abstract: A producing method to be disclosed is a producing method for producing a formed metal item that includes a tubular part with a slit. This producing method includes a step (i) of forming U-shaped part having a U-shaped cross section by deforming a metal plate, and a step (ii) of forming the tubular part with the slit by deforming the U-shaped part using a die assembly with a protruding part in such a manner that two end parts of the U-shaped part clamp the protruding part. In step (ii), a cross-section peripheral length LH of the tubular part is made shorter than a cross-section length LU of the U-shaped part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Tohru YOSHIDA
  • Liquid ejecting apparatus and pressure-regulating device
    Patent number: 9855760
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid inflow unit provided in the liquid supply path which supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting unit and into which the liquid flows, a liquid accommodation unit having a diaphragm section, a communication path through which the liquid inflow part and the liquid accommodation part communicate, and a pressure-regulating mechanism having an on-off valve which opens and closes the communication path in response to displacement of the diaphragm portion, and a pressing mechanism which puts the on-off valve in an open state regardless of the pressure in the liquid inflow unit by pressing the diaphragm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Hitotoshi Kimura