Patents by Inventor Naoki Sato

Naoki 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: 20240246144
    Abstract: An insulated covered soft magnetic powder in accordance with embodiments of the present invention comprises a soft magnetic powder having an iron content of 99.0 wt. % or more wherein at least part of the surface of the soft magnetic powder is covered with an insulating covering oxide. The insulated covered soft magnetic powder has a 50% volume cumulative particle diameter (D50) by laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measurement of 0.01 ?m to 2.0 ?m, an oxygen content of 0.1 wt. % to 2.0 wt. %, a carbon content and a nitrogen content of the entire insulated covered soft magnetic powder of 0 wt. % to 0.2 wt. %, and 0 wt. % to 0.2 wt. %, respectively. The total content of oxygen, carbon and nitrogen of the insulated covered soft magnetic powder is 0.1 wt. % to 2.0 wt. % of the entire insulated covered soft magnetic powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Masashi UMEDA, Naoki ARIMITSU, Michiko USUI, Yuji SATO, Hayato TATENO
  • Patent number: 12038191
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control device includes: an air-conditioning data acquisition unit to acquire air-conditioning data; a determination unit to determine whether or not the air-conditioning data is present in a sparse region; an estimation unit to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the air-conditioning data is present in the sparse region, apply extrapolation using a non-learning model for associating the air-conditioning data with a startup time of an air conditioner to a machine learning model, and estimate the startup time of the air conditioner from the air-conditioning data by using the non-learning model; and a control unit to perform control to start up the air conditioner at the startup time estimated by the estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hokari, Yasushi Sato, Naoki Taguchi
  • Patent number: 12031579
    Abstract: A sliding member includes a metal substrate and a sliding layer formed on one surface of the metal substrate. The sliding layer has a matrix phase containing Cu and Sn and hard particles dispersed in the matrix phase and containing a Laves phase constituted of a composition of Co, Mo and Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Sato, Toshio Hakuto, Takashi Akagawa, Yuji Kawamata, Ryoichi Suzuki, Takashi Saito, Tadashi Oshima, Hajime Kato
  • Patent number: 11946590
    Abstract: A leg opening angle changing member includes an insertion portion arranged between a leg attaching portion of a base of a stand and the proximal end of a leg of the stand, and an attachment portion attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg. The leg opening angle changing member is attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg by means of the attachment portion. The leg opening angle changing member is configured to change the leg opening angle to an opening angle smaller than an opening angle of the leg in a fully opened state by arranging the insertion portion between the leg attaching portion and the proximal end of the leg in a state in which the leg opening angle changing member is attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Sato
  • Patent number: 11934102
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method for a cured substance, which makes it possible to obtain a cured substance having excellent breaking elongation, a manufacturing method for a laminate, including the manufacturing method for a cured substance, a manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, including the manufacturing method for a cured substance or the manufacturing method for a laminate, and there is provided a treatment liquid that is used in the manufacturing method for a cured substance. The manufacturing method for a cured substance includes a film forming step of applying a resin composition containing a precursor of a cyclization resin onto a base material to form a film, a treatment step of bringing a treatment liquid into contact with the film, and a heating step of heating the film after the treatment step, in which the treatment liquid contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a basic compound having an amide group and a base generator having an amide group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuyasu Nozaki, Misaki Takashima, Naoki Sato, Atsushi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240069430
    Abstract: An exposure mask includes a substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface, a reflective layer that is provided on the first main surface side and reflects exposure light, and an absorption layer that is provided with a predetermined pattern on the first main surface side via the reflective layer and absorbs the exposure light, in which the reflective layer includes a first region of which a surface height from the second main surface is a first height, and a second region which is adjacent to the first region via a first step on a surface of the reflective layer, and of which a surface height from the second main surface is a second height higher than the first height, and the absorption layer is provided in each of the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki SATO
  • Publication number: 20240044368
    Abstract: A sliding member includes a metal substrate and a sliding layer formed on one surface of the metal substrate. The sliding layer has a matrix phase containing Cu and Sn and hard particles dispersed in the matrix phase and containing a Laves phase constituted of a composition of Co, Mo and Si.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki SATO, Toshio HAKUTO, Takashi AKAGAWA, Yuji KAWAMATA, Ryoichi SUZUKI, Takashi SAITO, Tadashi OSHIMA, Hajime KATO
  • Publication number: 20240042473
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a spraying system that allows an increase in design freedom. [Solution] The present invention provides a spraying system comprising: an hypochlorous acid water supplier that supplies hypochlorous acid water; a mist generator that generates mist of the hypochlorous acid water; an upward guiding pipe that guides the mist upward; a lateral guiding pipe connected to the upward guiding pipe and extending in a lateral direction; a downward guiding pipe that is provided below a lower end of the lateral guiding pipe and that guides the mist downward; and a spraying section that is provided downstream from the downward guiding pipe and sprays the mist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: TECH CORPORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki SATO, Yoshinori NAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11848249
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method for a thermal conductive layer, with which a thermal conductive layer having a thermal diffusivity of 3.0×10?7 m2s?1 or more is manufactured on a support by using a composition for forming a thermal conductive layer, the composition containing a resin, a filler, and a solvent and having a concentration of solid contents of less than 90% by mass, the manufacturing method including a discharge step of discharging the composition toward the support; and a solvent amount reduction step of reducing a solvent amount in the composition such that a first solvent amount reduction time taken after the composition is discharged until the concentration of solid contents in the composition reaches 90% by mass on the support is 10 seconds or more for each position on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Yamashita, Naotsugu Muro, Toshiyuki Saie, Naoki Sato, Kazuto Shimada
  • Publication number: 20230350305
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method for a cured substance, which makes it possible to obtain a cured substance having excellent breaking elongation, a manufacturing method for a laminate, including the manufacturing method for a cured substance, a manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, including the manufacturing method for a cured substance or the manufacturing method for a laminate, and there is provided a treatment liquid that is used in the manufacturing method for a cured substance. The manufacturing method for a cured substance includes a film forming step of applying a resin composition containing a precursor of a cyclization resin onto a base material to form a film, a treatment step of bringing a treatment liquid into contact with the film, and a heating step of heating the film after the treatment step, in which the treatment liquid contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a basic compound having an amide group and a base generator having an amide group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuyasu NOZAKI, Misaki TAKASHIMA, Naoki SATO, Atsushi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230245871
    Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a vacuum transfer module, a substrate processing module, an atmospheric transfer module, a load-lock module, at least one substrate transfer robot disposed in the vacuum transfer module and the atmospheric transfer module, and having at least one end effector, and a controller configured to control a particle removal operation. The particle removal operation includes transferring said at least one end effector in any one of the vacuum transfer module, the substrate processing module, the load-lock module, and the atmospheric transfer module in a state where at least one charging member that is charged is placed on said at least one end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGAIKE, Naoki SATO, Masato OBARA, Hideyuki OSADA
  • Publication number: 20230213858
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a cured substance includes a film forming step of applying a specific photosensitive resin composition onto a base material to form a film, an exposure step of selectively exposing the film, a development step of developing the exposed film with a developer to form a pattern, a treatment step of bringing a treatment liquid into contact with the pattern, and a heating step of heating the pattern after the treatment step, in which at least one of the developer or the treatment liquid contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a base and a base generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Misaki TAKASHIMA, Kazuto SHIMADA, Atsuyasu NOZAKI, Naoki SATO
  • Publication number: 20230147593
    Abstract: A leg opening angle changing member includes an insertion portion arranged between a leg attaching portion of a base of a stand and the proximal end of a leg of the stand, and an attachment portion attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg. The leg opening angle changing member is attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg by means of the attachment portion. The leg opening angle changing member is configured to change the leg opening angle to an opening angle smaller than an opening angle of the leg in a fully opened state by arranging the insertion portion between the leg attaching portion and the proximal end of the leg in a state in which the leg opening angle changing member is attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Naoki SATO
  • Patent number: 11530486
    Abstract: A cleaning method for a by-product including a refractory material or a metal compound includes a reforming process and an etching process. In the reforming process, a surface of the by-product is reformed using nitrogen-containing gas and hydrogen-containing gas. In the etching process, the reformed surface is etched using halogen-containing gas and inert gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Shirasawa, Naoki Sato
  • Patent number: 11504738
    Abstract: A coating is formed on a surface of a base material of a furnace, and includes a base layer and a sliding material layer that is formed on a surface of the base layer and contains an oxide ceramic and a compound having a layered crystal structure. The sliding material layer causes the collided ashes to be slipped and facilitates the drop off of the adhered ashes. The base material forms a heat transfer tube or a wall surface of the furnace. The coating is also applied to a coal gasification furnace, a pulverized coal fired boiler, a combustion apparatus, or a reaction apparatus containing a furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, TOCALO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Naoki Sato, Nobuhiko Kubota, Koki Hamada, Tatsuo Suidzu, Kazuhiro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11421327
    Abstract: Provided are a water electrolysis method and a water electrolysis device in which mixing of the generated hydrogen and oxygen is greatly reduced and which have a high electrolysis efficiency, while being simplified in structure. In the water electrolysis method and water electrolysis device, water is electrolyzed by supplying water to the cathode side of an electrolytic membrane including a solid polymer membrane provided with a catalyst layer on a surface thereof and creating a potential difference between both surfaces of the electrolytic membrane. The temperature-controlled water is supplied only to the cathode side of the electrolytic membrane, while controlling the difference in pressure between both surfaces of the electrolytic membrane to 50 kPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION, W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES G.K.
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Sone, Masato Sakurai, Naoki Sato, Hirohisa Umemoto, Tetsuya Yoshida, Wataru Ishida, Hiroyoshi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20220216126
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method for a thermal conductive layer, with which a thermal conductive layer having a thermal diffusivity of 3.0×10?7 m2s?1 or more is manufactured on a support by using a composition for forming a thermal conductive layer, the composition containing a resin, a filler, and a solvent and having a concentration of solid contents of less than 90% by mass, the manufacturing method including a discharge step of discharging the composition toward the support; and a solvent amount reduction step of reducing a solvent amount in the composition such that a first solvent amount reduction time taken after the composition is discharged until the concentration of solid contents in the composition reaches 90% by mass on the support is 10 seconds or more for each position on the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke YAMASHITA, Naotsugu MURO, Toshiyuki SAIE, Naoki SATO, Kazuto SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 11276380
    Abstract: The hi-hat attachment includes an upper unit, a lower unit, and an operation lever. The lower unit includes a regulation unit that regulates the maximum fall position of the lower unit. The regulation unit is configured to adjust the maximum fall position of the lower unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Sato, Masahiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 11229997
    Abstract: In order to provide a working machine capable of suppressing an increase in size, a working machine that rotates a working tool with motive power of a motor includes a transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational force of the motor to the working tool, a front case in which the transmission mechanism is disposed, a holding tool that is attached to the front case so as to protrude from an outer surface of the case and is gripped by a worker, and an attaching hole which is provided in the front case and to which the holding tool is attached, and the attaching hole penetrates the front case in plan view intersecting with an axis that is a rotation center of the working tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Hirano, Hiroyuki Hanawa, Keita Saitou, Naoki Sato
  • Publication number: 20210272995
    Abstract: An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a sensor substrate having a light-receiving region in which a plurality of light-receiving elements are arranged and a peripheral region provided around the light-receiving region; a sealing member disposed to be opposed to one surface of the sensor substrate; a resin layer that attaches the sensor substrate and the sealing member to each other; and an excavated part provided in the peripheral region of the one surface of the sensor substrate, and in which the resin layer is embedded, with the resin layer having one or a plurality of gaps inside the excavated part in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: YOSHIAKI MASUDA, YUTAKA OOKA, SOTETSU SAITO, TAKAHIRO KAMEI, WATARU ISHII, NAOKI SATO, SHINICHI MATSUOKA, HIROKAZU YOSHIDA