Patents by Inventor Osamu Yamamoto

Osamu Yamamoto 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: 10347965
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus having an antenna unit at a body chassis. The electronic apparatus includes: a body chassis; an antenna supporting member disposed in an antenna space at a periphery of the body chassis, and having an upper face on which an antenna pattern is formed, the antenna space being surrounded with a dielectric cover; a shield wall for the antenna space, including a conductive thin film covering an entire lateral face of the antenna supporting member close to a center of the body chassis, an upper antenna ground element connected to the conductive thin film and the rear face of a keyboard cover member, and a lower antenna ground element connected to the conductive thin film and the rear face of a bottom-face cover member. The conductive thin film, the upper antenna ground element and the lower antenna ground element define the shield wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Shigekazu Hawaka, Osamu Yamamoto, Takaaki Okada
  • Patent number: 10347938
    Abstract: An electrolyte composite including a first block copolymer and a lithium ion conductor, wherein the first block copolymer includes i) a structural domain and ii) at least one of a rubbery domain and an ion conductive domain, wherein the structural domain includes a polymer segment including a structural repeating unit, wherein the rubbery domain includes a polymer segment including a rubbery repeating unit, and wherein the ion conductive domain includes a polymer segment including an ion conductive repeating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yonggun Lee, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Osamu Yamamoto, Hyorang Kang
  • Publication number: 20190039165
    Abstract: A method for welding austenitic stainless steel sheets, in which welding defects do not easily occur. Austenitic stainless steel sheets each with a sheet thickness of 0.6 to 1.0 mm, which each contain, in terms of mass %, 0.08% or less of C, 1.5 to 4.0% of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 0.04% or less of P, 0.01% or less of S, 16.0 to 22.0% of Cr, 10.0 to 14.0% of Ni, and 0.08% or less of N, and contain at least one of Nb and Ti in an amount of 1.0% or less in total, with the rest including Fe and inevitable impurities, are overlapped and the overlapped portion is welded by arc welding. In addition, the back side of a deposited portion is cooled from 1200° C. to 900° C. at a cooling rate of 110° C./sec or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo FUJIMURA, Kazunari IMAKAWA, Osamu YAMAMOTO, Manabu OKU, Isamu HAYAKAWA, Hiroaki SHICHI, Yoshihide NARUSE
  • Patent number: 10181662
    Abstract: A cable connection method is provided. In a cable connection structure, a connection agent in which fine solder particle are densely scattered in a thermosetting resin-based adhesive is interposed between a connection portion of a flexible printed cable (FPC) cable in which a shield layer is formed on one surface side of a signal layer and a connection portion on a substrate side. Then, the connection portion of the FPC cable and the connection portion on the substrate side are solder connected by heating. A shield layer corresponding to the connection portion of the FPC cable and/or a region portion up to a position separated from the base end side of the connection portion of the FPC cable by a predetermined length is configured with a conductive mesh structure body. The other region of the shield layer contains a conductive flat plate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Hirohide Komiyama, Yoshio Nakamura, Seiji Yamasaki, Osamu Yamamoto, Takaaki Okada
  • Publication number: 20180375189
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus having an antenna unit at a body chassis. The electronic apparatus includes: a body chassis; an antenna supporting member disposed in an antenna space at a periphery of the body chassis, and having an upper face on which an antenna pattern is formed, the antenna space being surrounded with a dielectric cover; a shield wall for the antenna space, including a conductive thin film covering an entire lateral face of the antenna supporting member close to a center of the body chassis, an upper antenna ground element connected to the conductive thin film and the rear face of a keyboard cover member, and a lower antenna ground element connected to the conductive thin film and the rear face of a bottom-face cover member. The conductive thin film, the upper antenna ground element and the lower antenna ground element define the shield wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Shigekazu Hawaka, Osamu Yamamoto, Takaaki Okada
  • Patent number: 10160195
    Abstract: A flexographic printer is provided with: a printing plate for transferring ink at an ink transfer site to an object to be printed S; an anilox roll for supplying ink to the printing plate at an ink supply site; a plate cylinder on which the printing plate is wound and rotated; and an ink solvent supply unit for supplying a solvent for the ink on the surface of the printing plate in a post-ink transfer region that is downstream of the ink transfer site in the plate cylinder rotation direction and upstream of the ink supply site in the plate cylinder rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Kazuya Sugimoto, Osamu Hatano
  • Publication number: 20180342821
    Abstract: A cable connection method is provided. In a cable connection structure, a connection agent in which fine solder particle are densely scattered in a thermosetting resin-based adhesive is interposed between a connection portion of a flexible printed cable (FPC) cable in which a shield layer is formed on one surface side of a signal layer and a connection portion on a substrate side. Then, the connection portion of the FPC cable and the connection portion on the substrate side are solder connected by heating. A shield layer corresponding to the connection portion of the FPC cable and/or a region portion up to a position separated from the base end side of the connection portion of the FPC cable by a predetermined length is configured with a conductive mesh structure body. The other region of the shield layer contains a conductive flat plate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hirohide Komiyama, Yoshio Nakamura, Seiji Yamasaki, Osamu Yamamoto, Takaaki Okada
  • Publication number: 20180318343
    Abstract: Provided is a therapeutic agent for skin wounds or rough skin that includes at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc sulfate, zinc chloride, zinc carbonate, zinc hydroxide, and zinc oxide, may include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and is effective in regenerating tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Etsurou UDAGAWA, Yuko ECHIZENYA, Chisaki MIURA, Yoshimi NAKATA, Osamu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180311277
    Abstract: Provided is a low-cost, easy-to-handle, effective therapeutic agent for wounds that is a therapeutic agent for skin wounds or rough skin that includes at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc chloride, zinc hydroxide, and zinc oxide and may include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Etsurou UDAGAWA, Yuko ECHIZENYA, Chisaki MIURA, Yoshimi NAKATA, Osamu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180103436
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent unnecessary reduction of energy of electromagnetic waves radiated from a wireless communication antenna, in order to prevent a decline in wireless communication performance as much as possible. A laptop PC including a wireless communication device includes: an antenna that transmits and receives radio waves; a proximity sensor that detects the proximity of a human body in the vicinity of the antenna; an acceleration sensor that detects a physical quantity indicative of a usage state of the laptop PC; and a radiowave intensity control unit that controls the intensity of radio waves transmitted from the antenna based on a combination of the detection result of the proximity sensor and the detection result of the physical quantity by the acceleration sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: SHIGEKAZU HAWAKA, KOHHEI SHIBATA, OSAMU YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9917304
    Abstract: A protected anode including: an anode including lithium or capable of reversibly incorporating lithium ions; and a lithium ion-conductive protective layer on the anode and including a ceramic composite represented by Formula 1: Li1+aAlbGe2?cMdP3+eO12+f??Formula 1 wherein M is at least one element selected from titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), and germanium (Ge), 0?a?1, 0?b?1, 0?c?1, 0?d?0.5, 0?e?0.1, and 0?f?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION MIE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dong-joon Lee, Dong-min Im, Victor Roev, Sang-bok Ma, Min-sik Park, Osamu Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Won-sung Choi, Yasuo Takeda
  • Publication number: 20180015682
    Abstract: To stop a variety of sheets and prevent problems generated by colliding sheets, a front stopping device that receives sheets being delivered along a horizontal transport route on a hopper unit and stops the movement in the transport direction includes a plate-shaped buffering member that is brought into direct contact with the front part of a sheet; and supporting members that support the upper end and lower end of the buffering member. The buffering member is formed of a flexible material to absorb the kinetic energy of the sheet by being elastically deformed in a concave surface shape when receiving the front part of the sheet, and the buffering member is supported by being inclined upward or downward by the supporting members such that a restoring force of pushing back the front part of the sheet due to the restoration of the elastic deformation includes a vertical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Shinya IORI, Osamu HATANO, Kazuya SUGIMOTO, Osamu YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9799922
    Abstract: A lithium battery including a negative electrode including a lithium metal or a lithium alloy; a positive electrode; and a polymer gel electrolyte contacting the negative electrode, wherein the polymer gel electrolyte has an ionic conductivity of about 10?3 S/cm or greater, a lithium ion transference number of about 0.15 or greater, and a lithium ion mobility of about 10?6 cm2/V×sec or greater, wherein the polymer gel electrolyte includes a lithium salt, a polymer capable of forming a complex with the lithium salt, an insulating inorganic filler, and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent is inert with respect to the lithium metal, wherein an anionic radius of the lithium salt is about 2.5 Angstroms or greater, and wherein a molecular weight of the lithium salt is about 145 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-sik Park, Dong-joon Lee, Sang-bok Ma, Dong-min Im, Won-sung Choi, Osamu Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Imanishi
  • Publication number: 20170294678
    Abstract: A composite solid electrolyte includes: a lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte; and a polymer-containing electrolyte coating layer on a surface of a lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte, wherein the polymer-containing electrolyte coating layer includes an ion conductive polymer having an alkylene oxide segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yonggun Lee, Nobuyuki IMANISHI, Osamu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170291408
    Abstract: A flexographic printer is provided with: a printing plate for transferring ink at an ink transfer site to an object to be printed S; an anilox roll for supplying ink to the printing plate at an ink supply site; a plate cylinder on which the printing plate is wound and rotated; and an ink solvent supply unit for supplying a solvent for the ink on the surface of the printing plate in a post-ink transfer region that is downstream of the ink transfer site in the plate cylinder rotation direction and upstream of the ink supply site in the plate cylinder rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Osamu YAMAMOTO, Kazuya SUGIMOTO, Osamu HATANO
  • Patent number: 9680191
    Abstract: A lithium air battery including an electrolyte including lithium ion conductive polymers and lithium salts between a positive electrode and a lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte membrane. The lithium ion conductive polymers are hydrophilic matrix polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION MIE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dong-joon Lee, Victor Roev, Young-gyoon Ryu, Dong-min Im, Min-sik Park, Sang-bok Ma, Osamu Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Yasuo Takeda
  • Publication number: 20160336618
    Abstract: An electrolyte composite including a first block copolymer and a lithium ion conductor, wherein the first block copolymer includes i) a structural domain and ii) at least one of a rubbery domain and an ion conductive domain, wherein the structural domain includes a polymer segment including a structural repeating unit, wherein the rubbery domain includes a polymer segment including a rubbery repeating unit, and wherein the ion conductive domain includes a polymer segment including an ion conductive repeating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yonggun LEE, Nobuyuki IMANISHI, Osamu YAMAMOTO, Hyorang KANG
  • Patent number: 9312583
    Abstract: A protected anode for lithium air batteries and a lithium air battery including the protected anode are provided. The protected anode includes: an anode intercalates and deintercalates lithium ions; a lithium ion-conductive solid electrolyte membrane; and a polymer electrolyte disposed between the anode and the ion-conductive solid electrolyte membrane, wherein the polymer electrolyte includes a lithium ion-conductive polymer, a compound represented by Formula 1 having a number average molecular weight from about 300 to about 1,000, and a lithium salt, and an amount of the compound of Formula 1 is from about 10 parts to about 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polymer electrolyte: In Formula 1, R1 to R6, and n are the same as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION MIE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dong-joon Lee, Dong-min Im, Victor Roev, Sang-bok Ma, Min-sik Park, Osamu Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Won-sung Choi, Yasuo Takeda
  • Patent number: 9263910
    Abstract: A wireless charging system provides charging to a multi-display device. A docking station in the system includes at least two transmission sources positioned so that a charger on the device is in range of at least one of the transmission sources when docked. In some embodiments, the docking station receives the device in a non-planar configuration and the charger receives charge on whichever side of the docking station it is docked on. In some embodiments, the system determines which side of the docking station is activated to provide charging. The multi-display device can be activated in a mode of operation associated with the side of the docking station determined to be providing charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Amano, Yasumichi Tsukamoto, Yoshio Nakamura, Osamu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9225046
    Abstract: A protected anode including an anode including a lithium titanium oxide; and a protective layer including a compound represented by Formula 1 below, a lithium air battery including the same, and an all-solid battery including the protected anode: Li1+XMXA2?XSiYP3?YO12??<Formula 1> wherein M may be at least one of aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), indium (In), scandium (Sc), or chromium (Cr), A may be at least one of germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), hafnium (Hf), and zirconium (Zr), 0?X?1, and 0?Y?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION MIE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dong-joon Lee, Osamu Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Dong-min Im, Yasuo Takeda