Patents by Inventor Satoru Kanazawa

Satoru Kanazawa 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: 11924985
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first hole and a device housing that is configured such that the display panel is fastened and fixed to the device housing by a screw passed through the first hole and screwed into the screw hole. The display panel includes a display-side positioning part which is configured to fit to a portion of the device housing to perform positioning of the display panel with respect to the device housing and which includes the first hole, and the device housing includes a housing-side positioning part which is configured to fit to the display-side positioning part to perform the positioning and which includes a second hole formed so as to communicate with the first hole when the housing-side positioning part is fitted to the display-side positioning part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Ikumi, Masaaki Sano, Naoki Ueno, Akira Masuda, Takahiro Shimada, Takeshi Iwamoto, Shota Kosuga, Ryuta Suzuki, Satoru Kanazawa, Junnosuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11879687
    Abstract: Provided is a method of designing a heat exchanger group being installed in a processing plant and having multiple ACHEs. In a first step, at least one design variable relating to ACHE design and the number of installed ACHEs are set as variable parameters, and a variable range and a change unit of each of the variable parameters are set. In a second step, a design value of the ACHE, which includes a value of a design variable non-selected as the variable parameter, is set. In a third step, Pareto solutions for at least two objective functions selected from an objective function group consisting of an installation length of the heat exchanger group, a total heat transfer area of heat transfer tubes, and total power consumption of fans are calculated by using a computer while the variable parameter are changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Kanazawa, Masaki Ikeda, Toshikazu Miyashita
  • Patent number: 11841192
    Abstract: Provided is a method of designing a heat exchanger group being installed in a processing plant and having multiple ACHEs. In a first step, at least one design variable relating to ACHE design and the number of installed ACHEs are set as variable parameters, and a variable range and a change unit of each of the variable parameters are set. In a second step, a design value of the ACHE, which includes a value of a design variable non-selected as the variable parameter, is set. In a third step, Pareto solutions for at least two objective functions selected from an objective function group consisting of an installation length of the heat exchanger group, a total heat transfer area of heat transfer tubes, and total power consumption of fans are calculated by using a computer while the variable parameter are changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Kanazawa, Masaki Ikeda, Toshikazu Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20230111962
    Abstract: A display device includes a device housing that is configured to be installed such that an occulted portion including a portion of a peripheral wall of the device housing is hidden from an observer of a display screen, and a slide attaching part that is moved to slide in a sliding direction from a non-occulted portion to the occulted portion and attached so as to cover a back side of the device housing. A slide receiving part including the device housing includes a fixed part provided at the occulted portion and an engaged part provided at the non-occulted portion, and the slide attaching part includes a fixing part provided at a portion corresponding to the occulted portion and configured to be fixed to the fixed part, and an engaging part provided at a portion corresponding to the non-occulted portion and configured to be engaged with the engaged part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi IKUMI, Masaaki SANO, Naoki UENO, Akira MASUDA, Takahiro SHIMADA, Takeshi IWAMOTO, Shota KOSUGA, Ryuta SUZUKI, Satoru KANAZAWA, Junnosuke NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230116821
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which a display screen and an indicator region are two-dimensionally arranged, an indicator substrate which is mounted with a light source component and which is arranged on a back face side of the display panel so as to face the indicator region but not to face the display screen, and a control substrate which is a separate part from the indicator substrate and on which a control circuit for the display screen is formed. The control substrate is arranged on the back face side of the display panel and arranged distant from the display panel than the indicator substrate, and the control substrate is arranged so as not to face at least a portion of each of the display screen and the indicator substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi IKUMI, Masaaki SANO, Naoki UENO, Akira MASUDA, Takahiro SHIMADA, Takeshi IWAMOTO, Shota KOSUGA, Ryuta SUZUKI, Satoru KANAZAWA, Junnosuke NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230112001
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first hole and a device housing that is configured such that the display panel is fastened and fixed to the device housing by a screw passed through the first hole and screwed into the screw hole. The display panel includes a display-side positioning part which is configured to fit to a portion of the device housing to perform positioning of the display panel with respect to the device housing and which includes the first hole, and the device housing includes a housing-side positioning part which is configured to fit to the display-side positioning part to perform the positioning and which includes a second hole formed so as to communicate with the first hole when the housing-side positioning part is fitted to the display-side positioning part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi IKUMI, Masaaki Sano, Naoki Ueno, Akira Masuda, Takahiro Shimada, Takeshi Iwamoto, Shota Kosuga, Ryuta Suzuki, Satoru Kanazawa, Junnosuke Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20230058589
    Abstract: For device groups (3) each including devices (31) included in a processing plant (1) processing fluid and each having an occupied area (30) set therefor, connection information representing two specific device groups (3) are connected and paired via a pipe (4) and pipe information required for calculating use amount of a pipe material are set. Then, a first step, including arranging the device groups (3) in an installation area (10) of the processing plant (1) so that an outer edge of the occupied area (30) and a long side of a pipe-rack arrangement area (20) contact with each other, and a second step, including calculating a total use amount of the pipe material of the pipe (4) supported by a pipe rack (21, 22, 23), are repeated. From results obtained by changing the arrangement of the device groups (3), arrangements having small total use amounts of pipe materials are selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikazu MIYASHITA, Hiromichi SAKIYAMA, Shigeru AKIYAMA, Akihiro KATO, Satoru KANAZAWA, Kenji MOURI, Yoshinori YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220065538
    Abstract: Provided is a method of designing a heat exchanger group being installed in a processing plant and having multiple ACHEs. In a first step, at least one design variable relating to ACHE design and the number of installed ACHEs are set as variable parameters, and a variable range and a change unit of each of the variable parameters are set. In a second step, a design value of the ACHE, which includes a value of a design variable non-selected as the variable parameter, is set. In a third step, Pareto solutions for at least two objective functions selected from an objective function group consisting of an installation length of the heat exchanger group, a total heat transfer area of heat transfer tubes, and total power consumption of fans are calculated by using a computer while the variable parameter are changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru KANAZAWA, Masaki IKEDA, Toshikazu MIYASHITA
  • Publication number: 20090241577
    Abstract: A chiller unit including a chiller unit main body connected to a refrigeration cycle, a plate type heat exchanger unit that is secured to an upper stage portion of the chiller unit main body and divided into plural plate type heat exchangers, and a pipe group having a water medium pipe and a refrigerant pipe for supplying water medium and refrigerant to each of the plate type heat exchangers while branching the water medium and the refrigerant and collectively disposed at a lower stage portion of the chiller unit main body, wherein at least an exit side portion of the water medium pipe is routed substantially horizontally along the bottom portion of the chiller unit main body and a flow switch is provided in a horizontally-extending pipe portion of the water medium pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michio Fukushima, Hideki Fujikawa, Shigeru Yoshii, Satoru Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 7130656
    Abstract: An automotive information system has a main unit including a CPU and component units connected to the main unit through a universal serial BUS (USB), such as a car audio system including a CD-ROM auto-changer, a security control system, and a telephone system. At least one of the USB-connected component device, e.g., the security control system and/or the telephone system, has a detecting unit that detects occurrence of an event such as illegal approach to the automobile or receipt of telephone call. The USB-connected component device also has a start signal transmitting unit that transmits a start signal to the main unit when occurrence of the event is detected by the detecting unit. The main unit has a start signal receiving unit and a power control unit that serves turn on the power supply to the main unit in response to the start signal received by the start signal receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Okagaki, Sadafumi Hamashima, Satoru Kanazawa, Nobuhiro Kurihara
  • Patent number: 6785195
    Abstract: An automotive audio system includes a first unit for acquiring a sound signal to be reproduced, a second unit for controlling the first unit by means of a control signal and also reproducing the supplied sound signal, and a bus for establishing communication between the first unit and the second unit. The control signal and the sound signal are transferred in digital format between the first unit and the second unit via the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kanazawa, Sadafumi Hamashima
  • Publication number: 20020032876
    Abstract: An automotive information system has a main unit including a CPU and component units connected to the main unit through a universal serial BUS (USB), such as a car audio system including a CD-ROM auto-changer, a security control system, and a telephone system. At least one of the USB-connected component device, e.g., the security control system and/or the telephone system, has a detecting unit that detects occurrence of an event such as illegal approach to the automobile or receipt of telephone call. The USB-connected component device also has a start signal transmitting unit that transmits a start signal to the main unit when occurrence of the event is detected by the detecting unit. The main unit has a start signal receiving unit and a power control unit that serves turn on the power supply to the main unit in response to the start signal received by the start signal receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Okagaki, Sadafumi Hamashima, Satoru Kanazawa, Nobuhiro Kurihara