Patents by Inventor Masaki Sato

Masaki 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: 12294083
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery having excellent output characteristics, and a negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery that can be used in the all-solid-state battery are provided. A negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery according to the present invention includes a molded body made of a negative-electrode mixture that contains a negative-electrode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a conductive assistant, and lithium titanium oxide particles in which a ratio Dp/D50 of a primary particle diameter Dp to a particle diameter D50 is greater than 0.6 and a specific surface area is 2 m2/g or more are contained as the negative-electrode active material. Also, an all-solid-state battery according to the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery according to the present invention is used as the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Furukawa, Yuta Sato, Masaki Nishimura, Haruki Kamizori
  • Publication number: 20250136226
    Abstract: A notification system for notifying a user of information on driving of a bicycle includes a processor and a storage to store a computer program to control an operation of the processor. The processor is configured or programmed to execute the computer program to acquire traveling speed information representing a traveling speed of the bicycle, perform a first count operation of counting a time duration in which a first state of the traveling speed not being higher than a first predetermined speed, is continued based on the traveling speed information, and in a case in which the first state has been continued for a first predetermined time duration, notify the user via a notifier of first information indicating that the driving of the bicycle by the user has been appropriate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Ryuji INOUE, Kazuya ARIMATSU, Nanami MITSUNARI, Masaki SATO, Gakuto HOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20250136227
    Abstract: A notification system for issuing a notification to urge a user to charge a battery of an electric vehicle includes a processor configured or programmed to acquire first border information representing a first border between a first area, encompassing a predetermined point where the battery is chargeable, and an area outward of the first area; acquire positional information representing a current position of the electric vehicle and battery remaining capacity information representing a battery remaining capacity of the battery; and, in a case it is determined that the electric vehicle is inside the first area and the battery remaining capacity is not larger than a first threshold value based on the first border information, the positional information, and the battery remaining capacity information, issue a first notification via a notifier urging the user to charge the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Ryuji INOUE, Kazuya ARIMATSU, Hirotoshi KUROSU, Nanami MITSUNARI, Masaki SATO
  • Patent number: 12289548
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array having aperture pixels arranged so as to form rows and columns, signal lines arranged in the pixel array so as to allow readout of signals from the aperture pixels, current sources connected to the signal lines, a first voltage supply line configured to supply a first reference voltage to the aperture pixels, a first pad connected to the first voltage supply line, a bias circuit configured to supply a bias voltage to the current sources, a second voltage supply line electrically separated from the first voltage supply line, and configured to supply a second reference voltage to the bias circuit, and a second pad connected to the second voltage supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yu Arishima, Koichiro Iwata, Hiroaki Kameyama, Masaki Sato
  • Patent number: 12285290
    Abstract: A mounting member which is to be attached to a cart to which a monitor configured to display an ultrasonic image is fixed, the mounting member on which an ultrasonic measurement apparatus configured to acquire the ultrasonic image is to be mounted, the mounting member includes a fixing portion to which at least a part of a cable and connector part that are connected to a probe of the ultrasonic measurement apparatus is to be fitted and fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Teraishi, Takamitsu Shimizu, Takanori Sato
  • Patent number: 12281585
    Abstract: A drain removal monitoring equipment for monitoring, in a steam turbine, drain removal performed by drawing a fluid outside at least one hollow stator vane including an internal space into the internal space via a slit formed in a surface of the stator vane includes: a gas-liquid separation device for separating the fluid drawn into the internal space into a liquid phase and a gas phase; a liquid-phase flow measurement device for measuring a flow rate of the liquid phase separated by the gas-liquid separation device; a gas-phase flow measurement device for measuring a flow rate of the gas phase separated by the gas-liquid separation device; a liquid-phase return line through which the liquid-phase flow measurement device and the steam turbine communicate with each other, and a gas-phase return line through which the gas-phase flow measurement device and the steam turbine communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Takata, Masaki Osako, Masahiro Ishikawa, Hideaki Sato, Soichiro Tabata, Naoto Tochitani
  • Publication number: 20250119636
    Abstract: A close call is surely extracted at a site where a construction machine is used. A recording section, a trigger determination section, and a video recording management section are included, the recording section where video data is transitorily or non-transitorily recorded, the trigger determination section determining whether a video recording trigger is enabled, the video recording management section non-transitorily recording, in the recording section, the video data for a predetermined period of time before and after a point in time when the video recording trigger is enabled, of the video data transitorily recorded in the recording section, when it is determined that the video recording trigger is enabled. The trigger determination section determines that the video recording trigger is enabled when an object is detected by an object detection sensor attached to a vehicle body and a predetermined operation performed on the construction machine is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Hisashi TAGO, Masaki HIGURASHI, Masamichi TANAKA, Masatsugu ARAI, Risa SAITO, Daito SAKAI, Kiichi SATO
  • Patent number: 12273999
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surface-mount electronic component that includes a main body part having a mounting surface, a first terminal electrode provided on one end side of the mounting surface in a long side direction thereof, and a second terminal electrode provided on other end side of the mounting surface in the long side direction thereof. Each of the first and second terminal electrode includes a main area extending in a short side direction of the mounting surface and a protruding part provided at a center portion in the short side direction so as to protrude from the main area to an end portion of the mounting surface in the long side direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonaga Nishikawa, Masaki Endo, Masaki Yoneyama, Osamu Nakada, Hironori Sato, Ryota Naito
  • Patent number: 12263265
    Abstract: A handrail disinfection system for vehicle with handrail is mounted on a vehicle having handrail for grasping by an occupant. The handrail disinfection system includes a tank to store disinfectant solution, an exudation part provided on the handrail, an actuator for exuding the disinfectant solution stored in the tank from the exudation part, and a controller for controlling the actuator. At least one processor included in the controller executes upon execution of at least one program, performing a disinfecting process in which the actuator is controlled to exude the disinfectant solution from the exudation part to a surface of the handrail when a predetermined execution condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Izu, Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Ishii, Hiroki Morita, Kei Sato, Masaki Nanahara, Kazumi Serizawa, Hironobu Tanaka, Shunsuke Mogi, Takashi Hayashi, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20250099872
    Abstract: A simulated moving-bed type chromatographic separation method including: using a circulation system in which three or more unit packed columns each filled with an adsorbent are connected in series, dividing the circulation system into at least three-sections annularly continuous from an upstream side to a downstream side so that each section has at least one of the unit packed columns, and separating, by using an eluent, a weakly, a strongly, and an intermediately adsorptive component having adsorption performance on the adsorbent, which performance is intermediate between the previous two components, the weakly, strongly, and intermediately adsorptive components being included in a feed solution, wherein positions of supplying the feed solution, extracting the weakly adsorptive fraction, extracting the intermediately adsorptive fraction, and extracting the strongly adsorptive fraction have a specific relationship. A chromatographic separation system carries out the chromatographic separation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro OGINO, Kazuo OKADA, Kohei SATO, Masaki TSURUTA
  • Publication number: 20250100255
    Abstract: A laminated film including a barrier layer and at least one adjacent layer that is adjacent to the barrier layer, in which the barrier layer has a barrier base material and a coat layer that is provided on one surface of the barrier base material so as to face the adjacent layer, the coat layer is composed of an aluminum particle layer composed of aluminum particles and a resin composition that is loaded into gaps in the aluminum particle layer, and the barrier base material and the adjacent layer include the same resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Yuka FUKUDA, Masaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20250104925
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: a substrate; a plurality of multilayer capacitors mounted on a first main surface of the substrate; and a sealing part formed of a resin and sealing the plurality of multilayer capacitors. A first external electrode and a second external electrode of the multilayer capacitor are mounted on the substrate by solder. At least a part of adjacent multilayer capacitors overlaps each other when viewed from a direction in which a pair of side surfaces of an element body are opposed to each other, the direction being along the first main surface of the substrate. In the adjacent multilayer capacitors, stacking directions of a plurality of internal electrodes are the same, and a distance between the adjacent multilayer capacitors is ½ or less of a height of the multilayer capacitor mounted on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iguchi, Masaki Hara, Ryota Namiki, Ayako Sato, Kenya Tamaki, Kazunori Oshima
  • Publication number: 20250105288
    Abstract: In a negative electrode (12) for a secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present invention, a negative electrode active substance layer (41) has a first active substance layer (41A) and a second active substance layer (41B). A tortuosity ?2 of the second active substance layer (41B) is smaller than a tortuosity ?1 of the first active substance layer (41A), and the B value calculated using equation 2 is equal to 1.7 to 1 divided by the A value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Hasegawa, Takashi Watanabe, Naomichi Sato
  • Patent number: 12258472
    Abstract: Provided is a curable resin composition being excellent in normal-temperature stability for obtaining cured product having high heat resistance, cured product thereof, methods of producing the composition and the product, and a semiconductor device using the product as sealant. Further provided is a resin composition, cured product thereof, and methods of producing the composition and the product, wherein the composition includes: (A) multifunctional benzoxazine compound having at least two benzoxazine rings, (B) epoxy compound containing at least one epoxy compound having at least one norbornane structure and at least two epoxy groups, (C) curing agent; wherein composition consisting of (A), (B), and (C) has weight-average molecular weight of 350 or more and 650 or less in terms of polystyrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nishitani, Tatsuki Sato, Masaki Minami
  • Publication number: 20250096765
    Abstract: An equivalent circuit includes a first capacitor having a first capacitance, a circuit part configured to include an inductor component, a capacitor component, and a resistor connected in series with one another, the circuit part being connected in parallel with the first capacitor, and a second capacitor provided between the first capacitor and the circuit part and having a second capacitance. The first capacitance of the first capacitor changes in accordance with a voltage value of a direct current voltage applied to the first capacitor. The second capacitor has the positive second capacitance that changes in accordance with the voltage value of the direct current voltage applied to the first capacitor and that is N times (N>0) the first capacitance of the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Masaki HARA, Ryota NAMIKI, Ayako SATO, Kenya TAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20250087918
    Abstract: A flexible wiring board unit includes a first flexible wiring board extending in a first direction, and a second flexible wiring board extending in a second direction. The second flexible wiring board is electrically connected to the first flexible wiring board on a first side of the second flexible wiring board in the second direction, the first direction and the second direction mutually intersecting, the first flexible wiring board includes a first bonding terminal and a second bonding terminal formed in the first direction and connected to a power supply target, and the second flexible wiring board includes a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal formed on a second side opposite to the first side in the second direction and connected to an external power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Masaki TSUJI, Hideshi SATO, Gen NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 12249453
    Abstract: In a multilayer coil component, a coil is configured by electrically connecting coil conductors respectively provided in magnetic body layers constituting an element body and metal magnetic particles have a normal particle having an ellipsoidal shape and flat particles having an ellipsoidal shape flatter in a thickness direction than the normal particle. A plurality of the normal particles and at least one of the flat particles disposed such that a surface (reference surface) including a major axis direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and a minor axis direction is along the forming surface of the coil conductor in the magnetic body layer are arranged in the lamination direction of the magnetic body layers between the coil conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nagai, Kazuhiro Ebina, Kouichi Kakuda, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Yuya Ishima, Masaki Takahashi, Takahiro Sato, Keito Yasuda, Shingo Hattori
  • Publication number: 20250066600
    Abstract: A masterbatch, which includes a polyester resin (A) containing a structural unit derived from terephthalic acid (A-1) and a structural unit derived from an aliphatic diol (A-2); and a polyester resin (B) containing a structural unit derived from 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (B-1) and a structural unit derived from 1,2-ethanediol (B-2). A proportion of the polyester resin (B) relative to a total mass of the polyester resin (A) and the polyester resin (B) is 45 mass % to 90 wt %. An intrinsic viscosity of the masterbatch is 0.50 dl/g to 1.20 dl/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei YAMAGUCHI, Masaki NAKAYA, Tatsunori OKUBO, Takashi SATO, Rie SHIRAHAMA, Satoshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20250060691
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main-body housing, a drum unit, and a toner cartridge. The drum unit includes a photosensitive drum, a drum frame, a developing roller, a toner-inlet shutter to open and close a toner-inlet opening, a cleaning member, and a collected-toner outlet shutter to open and close a collected-toner outlet opening. The toner cartridge includes a toner casing having a toner container and a collected-toner container, and a shutter-driving member having a transmission device and an operable device. The transmission device is movable by the operable device between a first position, at which the toner-inlet shutter and the collected-toner outlet shutter are located at positions to close the toner-inlet opening and the collected-toner outlet opening, and a second position, at which the toner-inlet shutter and the collected-toner outlet shutter are located at positions to open the toner-inlet opening and the collected-toner outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki UEJI, Shougo SATO
  • Publication number: 20250045226
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a connection unit that connects to a power supply device, and a control unit that controls an operation of the electronic apparatus by power received from the power supply device. When the power supplied from the power supply device is changed based on power consumption of the electronic apparatus, the control unit notifies user for a period until the power supplied from the power supply device is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: MASAKI SAKATA, MAYUKO SATO