Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Sasaki

Masayoshi Sasaki 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: 11935898
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first gate electrode; a first gate insulating layer on the first gate electrode; a first oxide semiconductor layer on the first insulating layer; source and drain electrodes connected to the first oxide semiconductor layer; a second gate insulating layer on the first oxide semiconductor layer; a second oxide semiconductor layer on the second gate insulating layer; a second gate electrode on the second oxide semiconductor layer, the second gate electrode being in contact with the second oxide semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer on the second gate electrode, the first insulating layer having a part of a first aperture overlapping with the second oxide semiconductor layer in a planar view; and a first connecting electrode electrically connecting the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode via the first aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Toda, Toshinari Sasaki, Masayoshi Fuchi
  • Publication number: 20230410733
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a display apparatus that are able to provide suitable functionality according to applications. The signal processing apparatus provided by the present technology includes a signal processing section that acquires at least one of first information regarding a color of a video to be displayed on a panel section, second information regarding brightness of a screen of the panel section, and third information measured as a physical quantity related to the panel section, and that performs, on the basis of the acquired information, adaptive control of a voltage according to a load on and an application of the panel section. The voltage is used for driving the panel section. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a self-luminous display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Zen, Tetsuo Ikeyama, Daisuke Miki, Syunsuke Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Nukiyama, Kazutaka Kobayashi, Yasushi Konuma, Kazuki Uchida, Masayoshi Sasaki, Masayuki Okochi
  • Patent number: 11817048
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a display apparatus that are able to provide suitable functionality according to applications. The signal processing apparatus provided by the present technology includes a signal processing section that acquires at least one of first information regarding a color of a video to be displayed on a panel section, second information regarding brightness of a screen of the panel section, and third information measured as a physical quantity related to the panel section, and that performs, on the basis of the acquired information, adaptive control of a voltage according to a load on and an application of the panel section. The voltage is used for driving the panel section. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a self-luminous display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masao Zen, Tetsuo Ikeyama, Daisuke Miki, Syunsuke Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Nukiyama, Kazutaka Kobayashi, Yasushi Konuma, Kazuki Uchida, Masayoshi Sasaki, Masayuki Okochi
  • Publication number: 20230125418
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a display apparatus that are able to provide suitable functionality according to applications. The signal processing apparatus provided by the present technology includes a signal processing section that acquires at least one of first information regarding a color of a video to be displayed on a panel section, second information regarding brightness of a screen of the panel section, and third information measured as a physical quantity related to the panel section, and that performs, on the basis of the acquired information, adaptive control of a voltage according to a load on and an application of the panel section. The voltage is used for driving the panel section. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a self-luminous display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Zen, Tetsuo Ikeyama, Daisuke Miki, Syunsuke Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Nukiyama, Kazutaka Kobayashi, Yasushi Konuma, Kazuki Uchida, Masayoshi Sasaki, Masayuki Okochi
  • Patent number: 9725671
    Abstract: A lubricant film-forming composition includes as a composition: 40 to 80 mass % of a base oil consisting of one or more selected from pentaerythritol fatty acid ester and trimethylolpropane fatty acid ester; 5 to 20 mass % of a solidifying agent consisting of paraffin wax; and 10 to 40 mass % of a solid lubricant consisting of one or more selected from alkali metal salt of hydroxystearic acid and alkali earth metal salt of hydroxystearic acid. A total content of the base oil, the solidifying agent, and the solid lubricant is 85 mass % or more and 100 mass % or less, and the lubricant film-forming composition does not contain heavy metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Keishi Matsumoto, Kunio Goto, Masayoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9568126
    Abstract: A threaded joint for a steel pipe includes a pin and a box each of which is provided with a contact surface that includes an unthreaded metal contact portion having a seal portion and a threaded portion. This threaded joint includes an ultraviolet ray-curable resin coating film that is formed on the contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box; and an acrylic silicone resin coating film that is formed on at least a portion of a surface of the ultraviolet ray-curable resin coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Masayoshi Sasaki, Katsutoshi Sumitani, Kunio Goto
  • Publication number: 20160208194
    Abstract: A lubricant film-forming composition includes as a composition: 40 to 80 mass % of a base oil consisting of one or more selected from pentaerythritol fatty acid ester and trimethylolpropane fatty acid ester; 5 to 20 mass % of a solidifying agent consisting of paraffin wax; and 10 to 40 mass % of a solid lubricant consisting of one or more selected from alkali metal salt of hydroxystearic acid and alkali earth metal salt of hydroxystearic acid. A total content of the base oil, the solidifying agent, and the solid lubricant is 85 mass % or more and 100 mass % or less, and the lubricant film-forming composition does not contain heavy metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Keishi MATSUMOTO, Kunio GOTO, Masayoshi SASAKI
  • Patent number: 9205441
    Abstract: A coating apparatus for forming a thin UV curable resin coating on threaded end portions of a steel pipe comprises a spraying unit having at least two nozzles adapted to spray the resin coating composition by pneumatic atomization toward the threaded end portion of the steel pipe, a resin supply system for supplying the resin coating composition to each nozzle, and a first nozzle support means which supports each nozzle for movement in the axial direction of the steel pipe and in the vertical direction. The two nozzles are disposed at different positions at least in the axial direction of the steel pipe at angles which are sloped such that the sprayed streams from the nozzles approach each other. The resin supply system has a regulator for maintaining the spraying air pressure of the resin coating composition in each nozzle of the spraying unit at a predetermined respective value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Masayoshi Sasaki, Katsutoshi Sumitani, Takumi Nakamura, Jun Masubuchi
  • Patent number: 9194515
    Abstract: A threaded joint for pipes comprises a pin and a box, each having a threaded and unthreaded portion metal contact surface. The unthreaded metal contact portion includes a sealing surface and a shoulder surface, the shoulder surface of the pin located on the pin end surface. A non-contacting region where the pin and the box do not contact each other exists between the sealing surfaces and the shoulder surfaces of the pin and the box. One or more grooves is formed in at least one of the pin and the box shoulder surfaces and extending to the non-contacting region and to the interior of the joint. At least one of the contact surfaces has a solid lubricating coating exhibiting plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior. A total volume V (mm3) of the grooves and coating weight W (g) of the solid lubricating coating satisfy the equation V/W?24 (mm3/g).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Masahiro Oshima, Shin Ugai, Takashi Okada, Masayoshi Sasaki, Suguru Yamaguchi, Masaaki Sugino
  • Patent number: 9169951
    Abstract: In order to provide a tubular threaded joint constituted by a pin and a box each having threads and an unthreaded metal contact portion with excellent galling resistance and gas tightness even in extremely cold environments at ?60° C. to ?20° C. and rust preventing properties without using a compound grease, a thermoplastic solid lubricating coating containing low friction copolymer particles made from an acrylic-silicone copolymer and preferably further containing a solid lubricant (e.g., graphite) in a thermoplastic polymer matrix (e.g., selected from polyolefin resins and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins) is formed on the surface of the threads and unthreaded metal contact portion of a pin and/or a box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Masayoshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20150130182
    Abstract: A threaded joint for a steel pipe includes a pin and a box each of which is provided with a contact surface that includes an unthreaded metal contact portion having a seal portion and a threaded portion. This threaded joint includes an ultraviolet ray-curable resin coating film that is formed on the contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box; and an acrylic silicone resin coating film that is formed on at least a portion of a surface of the ultraviolet ray-curable resin coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Masayoshi Sasaki, Katsutoshi Sumitani, Kunio Goto
  • Publication number: 20150001841
    Abstract: A threaded joint for pipes comprises a pin and a box, each having a threaded and unthreaded portion metal contact surface. The unthreaded metal contact portion includes a sealing surface and a shoulder surface, the shoulder surface of the pin located on the pin end surface. A non-contacting region where the pin and the box do not contact each other exists between the sealing surfaces and the shoulder surfaces of the pin and the box. One or more grooves is formed in at least one of the pin and the box shoulder surfaces and extending to the non-contacting region and to the interior of the joint. At least one of the contact surfaces has a solid lubricating coating exhibiting plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior. A total volume V (mm3) of the grooves and coating weight W (g) of the solid lubricating coating satisfy the equation V/W?24 (mm3/g).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Masahiro Oshima, Shin Ugai, Takashi Okada, Masayoshi Sasaki, Suguru Yamaguchi, Masaaki Sugino
  • Publication number: 20130277961
    Abstract: In order to provide a tubular threaded joint constituted by a pin and a box each having threads and an unthreaded metal contact portion with excellent galling resistance and gas tightness even in extremely cold environments at ?60° C. to ?20° C. and rust preventing properties without using a compound grease, a thermoplastic solid lubricating coating containing low friction copolymer particles made from an acrylic-silicone copolymer and preferably further containing a solid lubricant (e.g., graphite) in a thermoplastic polymer matrix (e.g., selected from polyolefin resins and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins) is formed on the surface of the threads and unthreaded metal contact portion of a pin and/or a box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Masayoshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20130228122
    Abstract: A coating apparatus for forming a thin UV curable resin coating on threaded end portions of a steel pipe comprises a spraying unit having at least two nozzles adapted to spray the resin coating composition by pneumatic atomization toward the threaded end portion of the steel pipe, a resin supply system for supplying the resin coating composition to each nozzle, and a first nozzle support means which supports each nozzle for movement in the axial direction of the steel pipe and in the vertical direction. The two nozzles are disposed at different positions at least in the axial direction of the steel pipe at angles which are sloped such that the sprayed streams from the nozzles approach each other. The resin supply system has a regulator for maintaining the spraying air pressure of the resin coating composition in each nozzle of the spraying unit at a predetermined respective value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Sasaki, Katsutoshi Sumitani, Takumi Nakamura, Jun Masubuchi
  • Patent number: 8116113
    Abstract: A cross-point semiconductor memory device includes: a plurality of first wirings extending in a first direction; a plurality of second wirings positioned on a layer different from the first wirings to extend in a second direction different from the first direction; and memory parts provided in overlap areas of the first wirings and the second wirings, wherein the odd-numbered first wirings and the even-numbered first wirings are arranged on different insulating interlayers in an up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masayoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7961505
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first conductor; an insulative supporting film formed in a part on one surface of the first conductor; and a second conductor, one surface of which is opposed to the one surface of the first conductor and a part of which is supported by the supporting film. An air gap is formed in a region in which the first conductor and the second conductor are opposed to each other excluding the supporting film. The thickness of the supporting film is larger than a space between the first conductor and the second conductor, at least a part of which forms the air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masayoshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20100188879
    Abstract: A cross-point semiconductor memory device includes: a plurality of first wirings extending in a first direction; a plurality of second wirings positioned on a layer different from the first wirings to extend in a second direction different from the first direction; and memory parts provided in overlap areas of the first wirings and the second wirings, wherein the odd-numbered first wirings and the even-numbered first wirings are arranged on different insulating interlayers in an up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masayoshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20090190392
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first conductor; an insulative supporting film formed in a part on one surface of the first conductor; and a second conductor, one surface of which is opposed to the one surface of the first conductor and a part of which is supported by the supporting film. An air gap is formed in a region in which the first conductor and the second conductor are opposed to each other excluding the supporting film. The thickness of the supporting film is larger than a space between the first conductor and the second conductor, at least a part of which forms the air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masayoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7344033
    Abstract: To provide a solid-liquid separator in which a treatment object such as sludge can be transported without clogging, liquid can be efficiently separated from the treatment object, and a maintenance operation can be easily conducted. Movable plates 12 and fixed plates 13 are disposed alternately, two screws 21, 22 are disposed in recess sections 14, 15 formed in the movable plates 12 and fixed plates 13, parts of blade sections 25, 26 of the two screws 21, 22 overlap each other, the two screws 21, 22 are rotary driven, and the liquid is discharged from the gap between the movable plates 12 and fixed plates 13, while the treatment object is being transported. When the movable plates 12 are replaced, the two screws 21, 22 are lifted up and then the movable plates 12 are pulled up and replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Amukon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7191700
    Abstract: A system is provided with a solid-liquid separator which can transport sludge and other material for treatment without clogging and can efficiently separator liquid from such material for treatment. The system includes movable plates and fixed plates alternatingly disposed and two screws disposed in holes formed in the movable plates and fixed plates. The screws have blades that partially overlap. As the two screws rotate, the material for treatment is transported and the effluent is discharged through the gaps between the movable plates and fixed plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Amukon Kabushikikaisha
    Inventor: Masayoshi Sasaki