Patents by Inventor Satoru Ando
Satoru Ando 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).
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Patent number: 12134153Abstract: A gas-shielded arc welding method includes welding a steel plate having a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more while feeding a consumable electrode via a welding torch and flowing a shielding gas. The consumable electrode includes, in mass %, C: 0 to 0.20%, Si: 0 to 0.50%, Mn: 0 to 0.50%, Cr: 1.00% to 9.00%, S: 0.0020% to 0.0600%, and Ni: 0 to 0.50%. The shielding gas includes, in vol. %, at least one of CO2 and O2: 1% to 15% in total, with the remainder being Ar and unavoidable impurities. Welding is performed under the condition satisfying the relationship of 1?{?0.05×[CO2+O2]}+[Cr]?8.3, and [Cr] represents the content of Cr in the consumable electrode, and [CO2+O2] represents a total content of at least one of CO2 and O2 in the shielding gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Minoru Miyata, Reiichi Suzuki, Hiroshi Matsuda, Rinsei Ikeda, Sachiko Suzuki, Satoru Ando
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Patent number: 11964607Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Patent number: 11906048Abstract: A sufficient sealing property of a through hole is ensured. A sealing structure includes a cylindrically-shaped body part inserted into the through hole, formed of a thin plate of a first thickness, one end of the body part being open and another end of the body part being closed, a tapered part connected to the opened one end of the body part and including a diameter gradually expanding outward as a distance from the body part increases, and a first bent part connected to the tapered part, formed of a thin plate thinner than the first thickness, and bent inward so that a protruding part protruding outward elastically abuts against an inner peripheral surface of the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Newfrey LLCInventors: Tomohiro Takenaga, Keisuke Uchida, Tatsuya Okamoto, Satoru Ando, Toshio Narita, Hiroshi Imaizumi, Naoki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11794626Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to freely exchange interior of a vehicle. An interior unit according to the present disclosure is provided with: a frame portion attachable to and detachable from a vehicle; and interior parts installed on the frame portion. The frame portion is foldable, or extendable and contractible.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Patent number: 11673608Abstract: A vehicle comprises an under unit which is equipped with a driving mechanism configured to rotate wheels of the vehicle, and an upper unit which is mounted on the under unit. The upper unit comprises an extension/contraction mechanism which is configured to extend or contract the upper unit according to a size of the under unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Publication number: 20230095166Abstract: A hot pressed member disclosed herein includes: a base steel sheet; a Fe—Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coated layer containing an ?-Fe phase and a ? phase and formed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an oxide layer containing Zn, Al, and Mg and formed on the Fe—Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coated layer, in which a ratio of I?/I? is 0.5 or less when measured by X-ray diffraction using a Co-K? (wavelength: 1.79021 ?) radiation source at an incident angle of 25°, where IF is an intensity of a diffraction peak of (411) plane of the ? phase present in an angular range of 41.5°?2??43.0° and I? is an intensity of a diffraction peak of (110) plane of the ?-Fe phase present in an angular range of 51.0°?2??52.0°, and a sum of Al and Mg concentrations in the oxide layer is 28 atomic % or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Rinta SATO, Minoru TANAKA, Daisuke MIZUNO, Satoru ANDO
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Patent number: 11580583Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique that enables customization of a vehicle. In an information processing apparatus, a controller presents vehicle units extracted from among a plurality of types of under units each of which is provided with a driving mechanism configured to cause wheels to rotate and a plurality of types of upper units to be loaded on any of the under units to a user, the vehicle units being combinable as a vehicle. Furthermore, the controller executes: accepting selection by a user from among the presented vehicle units; and calculating a fee in the case of providing the selected vehicle units.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, Katsuhisa Yoshikawa, Yuji Suzuki, Keita Yamazaki, Kei Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ito, Takashi Ogawa, Yukiya Sugiyama, Masaru Ando, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai, Azusa Nakagame, Erina Toyama, Yasushi Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20220364644Abstract: A sufficient sealing property of a through hole is ensured. A sealing structure includes a cylindrically-shaped body part inserted into the through hole, formed of a thin plate of a first thickness, one end of the body part being open and another end of the body part being closed, a tapered part connected to the opened one end of the body part and including a diameter gradually expanding outward as a distance from the body part increases, and a first bent part connected to the tapered part, formed of a thin plate thinner than the first thickness, and bent inward so that a protruding part protruding outward elastically abuts against an inner peripheral surface of the through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Newfrey LLCInventors: Tomohiro TAKENAGA, Keisuke Uchida, Tatsuya Okamoto, Satoru Ando, Toshio Narita, Hiroshi Imaizumi, Naoki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11482107Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided with a controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform: obtaining route information indicating an operation route of a vehicle utilized by unspecified users; and obtaining desired location information indicating desired locations at which the users desire to get on the vehicle or desired locations at which the users desire to get off the vehicle. Then, the controller of the information processing apparatus determines a stop location, at which the vehicle is stopped for the users to get on or off, based on a plurality of pieces of the desired location information and the route information, and presents stop location information indicating the stop location thus determined to the users.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Xin Jin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Publication number: 20210214775Abstract: It aims to construct a technology in which the onset or progression of an aging state or a specific disease can be evaluated in an objective and highly reproducible manner, and in particular, to provide a method of detecting conjunctival diseases such as conjunctival MALT lymphoma, and to provide an aging biomarker that serves as an indicator of the aging state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Kohji NISHIDA, Noriyasu HASHIDA, Tetsuya IIDA, Shota NAKAMURA, Daisuke MOTOOKA, Kazunobu ASAO, Satoru ANDO
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Publication number: 20210201376Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique that enables customization of a vehicle. In an information processing apparatus, a controller presents vehicle units extracted from among a plurality of types of under units each of which is provided with a driving mechanism configured to cause wheels to rotate and a plurality of types of upper units to be loaded on any of the under units to a user, the vehicle units being combinable as a vehicle. Furthermore, the controller executes: accepting selection by a user from among the presented vehicle units; and calculating a fee in the case of providing the selected vehicle units.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki YABUSHITA, Keiichi KONDO, Kaori TAKAHASHI, Jin XIN, Daisuke MIZUSHIMA, Satoru ANDO, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Yuchi YAMANOUCHI, Kenta MIYAHARA, Katsuhisa YOSHIKAWA, Yuji SUZUKI, Keita YAMAZAKI, Kei MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki ITO, Takashi OGAWA, Yukiya SUGIYAMA, Masaru ANDO, So SAWAHIRA, Rina MUKAI, Azusa NAKAGAME, Erina TOYAMA, Yasushi FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20210174680Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided with a controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform: obtaining route information indicating an operation route of a vehicle utilized by unspecified users; and obtaining desired location information indicating desired locations at which the users desire to get on the vehicle or desired locations at which the users desire to get off the vehicle. Then, the controller of the information processing apparatus determines a stop location, at which the vehicle is stopped for the users to get on or off, based on a plurality of pieces of the desired location information and the route information, and presents stop location information indicating the stop location thus determined to the users.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki YABUSHITA, Keiichi KONDO, Kaori TAKAHASHI, Xin JIN, Daisuke MIZUSHIMA, Satoru ANDO, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Yuchi YAMANOUCHI, Kenta MIYAHARA, So SAWAHIRA, Rina MUKAI
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Publication number: 20210155146Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Publication number: 20210138953Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to freely exchange interior of a vehicle. An interior unit according to the present disclosure is provided with: a frame portion attachable to and detachable from a vehicle; and interior parts installed on the frame portion. The frame portion is foldable, or extendable and contractible.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Publication number: 20210129909Abstract: A vehicle according to the present disclosure comprises an under unit which is equipped with a driving mechanism configured to rotate wheels of the vehicle, and an upper unit which is mounted on the under unit. The upper unit comprises an extension/contraction mechanism which is configured to extend or contract the upper unit according to a size of the under unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki YABUSHITA, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Patent number: 10822685Abstract: To provide a hot-dip Al alloy coated steel sheet which is excellent in post-painting corrosion resistance and post-working corrosion resistance. Disclosed is a hot-dip Al alloy coated steel sheet comprising a coating formed by a coating layer and an interfacial alloy layer present at an interface between the coating layer and a base steel sheet, in which the interfacial alloy layer contains Mn, and the coating layer contains Mg2Si having a major axis length of 5 ?m or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Rinta Sato, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Satoru Ando
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Patent number: 10662516Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel sheet having good corrosion resistance in flat parts and edge parts, and also having excellent worked part corrosion resistance. The hot-dip Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a hot-dip coating on a surface of the base steel sheet. The hot-dip coating includes an interfacial alloy layer present at an interface with the base steel sheet and a main layer present on the interfacial alloy layer, and contains from 25 mass % to 80 mass % of Al, from greater than 0.6 mass % to 15 mass % of Si, and from greater than 0.1 mass % to 25 mass % of Mg. The Mg content and Si content in the hot-dip coating satisfy formula (1): MMg/(MSi?0.6)>1.7??(1) where MMg represents the Mg content (mass %) and MSi represents the Si content (mass %).Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko Ooi, Yohei Sato, Yoichi Tobiyama, Toshiyuki Okuma, Akihiko Furuta, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Satoru Ando, Akira Matsuzaki
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Publication number: 20200032381Abstract: To provide a hot-dip Al alloy coated steel sheet which is excellent in post-painting corrosion resistance and post-working corrosion resistance. Disclosed is a hot-dip Al alloy coated steel sheet comprising a coating formed by a coating layer and an interfacial alloy layer present at an interface between the coating layer and a base steel sheet, in which the interfacial alloy layer contains Mn, and the coating layer contains Mg2Si having a major axis length of 5 ?m or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Rinta SATO, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Satoru ANDO
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Patent number: 10434556Abstract: Provided is a hot-pressed member excellent in terms of paint adhesiveness and a method of manufacturing the hot-pressed member. A hot-pressed member has a coating layer containing Zn and Ni on the surface of a steel sheet of which the member is formed, an oxide film containing Zn on the coating layer, and a void formation rate is 80% or less for voids formed between the coating layer and the oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Seiji Nakajima, Minako Morimoto, Satoru Ando
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Patent number: 10384254Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hot-pressed member including heating a coated steel sheet to 850° C. to 950° C., the coated steel sheet including a substrate steel sheet and a coating layer formed on the substrate steel sheet and containing 10% to 25% by mass of Ni and the balance being Zn and incidental impurities, in which the coating weight of the coating layer is 10 to 90 g/m2 per a side; and starting hot press forming when the temperature of the coated steel sheet which has been heated is 650° C. to 800° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Seiji Nakajima, Minako Morimoto, Satoru Ando