Patents by Inventor Satoru Masai

Satoru Masai 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: 20240066858
    Abstract: A calibration method includes acquiring medium information; specifying a type of medium by collating medium information with structure data; executing a first simulation of ejecting liquid by changing at least one of physical property conditions at least once for a structure model corresponding to a specified type of the medium; ejecting the liquid onto the medium; acquiring permeation information of the liquid ejected to the medium; estimating a physical property condition of the liquid by collating the permeation information with results of the first simulation; executing a second simulation of ejecting the liquid by changing at least one of ejection conditions at least once based on the estimated physical property condition; and displaying a plurality of virtual print results, which are virtual print results when printing is performed on the medium based on each of the ejection conditions, based on results of the second simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki TAKATSU, Hiromu MIYAZAWA, Satoru MASAI, Oshi IWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11707836
    Abstract: A gear device includes an internal gear, an external gear having flexibility configured to partially mesh with the internal gear and rotate around a rotation axis relatively to the internal gear, and a wave generator configured to come into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the external gear and move a meshing position of the internal gear and the external gear in a circumferential direction around the rotation axis. The external gear includes a cylindrical section including a first end portion with which the wave generator is in contact and a second end portion adjacent to the first end portion along the rotation axis. An inner circumferential surface of the first end portion includes a polished surface. An inner circumferential surface of the second end portion includes a lathe-cut surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru Masai, Yuya Kataoka, Nobuyuki Takehana, Yoshiyuki Soya
  • Patent number: 11529731
    Abstract: A gearing includes an internal gear, a flexible external gear partially meshing with the internal gear and relatively rotating about a rotation axis to the internal gear, and a wave generator provided inside of the external gear and moving a mesh position between the internal gear and the external gear in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis, wherein the external gear includes an external tooth having an external tooth surface, the external tooth surface has an external tooth convex pattern including a first convex portion and a second convex portion extending in directions crossing directions of a tooth trace of the external tooth and arranged adjacent to each other in the directions of the tooth trace, and a distance between the first convex portion and the second convex portion is from 80 ?m to 520 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru Masai, Yuya Kataoka, Nobuyuki Takehana, Yoshiyuki Soya
  • Patent number: 11441661
    Abstract: A gear device includes an internal gear, an external gear having flexibility configured to partially mesh with the internal gear and rotate, and a wave generator provided on an inner side of the external gear and configured to move a meshing position of the internal gear and the external gear in a circumferential direction around the rotation axis. A main material of the internal gear includes graphite particles. A tooth surface of an internal tooth of the internal gear has a convex pattern including a first convex part and a second convex part extending in a first direction having a component along the rotation axis and arranged side by side in a second direction crossing the first direction, and 10?D?40 and S?D?20, wherein D [?m] is an average particle diameter of the graphite particles and S [?m] is a separation distance between the first convex part and the second convex part in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru Masai, Yuya Kataoka, Nobuyuki Takehana, Yoshiyuki Soya
  • Publication number: 20210362324
    Abstract: A gear device includes an internal gear, an external gear having flexibility configured to partially mesh with the internal gear and rotate around a rotation axis relatively to the internal gear, and a wave generator configured to come into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the external gear and move a meshing position of the internal gear and the external gear in a circumferential direction around the rotation axis. The external gear includes a cylindrical section including a first end portion with which the wave generator is in contact and a second end portion adjacent to the first end portion along the rotation axis. An inner circumferential surface of the first end portion includes a polished surface. An inner circumferential surface of the second end portion includes a lathe-cut surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Satoru MASAI, Yuya KATAOKA, Nobuyuki TAKEHANA, Yoshiyuki SOYA
  • Publication number: 20210316445
    Abstract: A gearing includes an internal gear, a flexible external gear partially meshing with the internal gear and relatively rotating about a rotation axis to the internal gear, and a wave generator provided inside of the external gear and moving a mesh position between the internal gear and the external gear in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis, wherein the external gear includes an external tooth having an external tooth surface, the external tooth surface has an external tooth convex pattern including a first convex portion and a second convex portion extending in directions crossing directions of a tooth trace of the external tooth and arranged adjacent to each other in the directions of the tooth trace, and a distance between the first convex portion and the second convex portion is from 80 ?m to 520 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Satoru MASAI, Yuya KATAOKA, Nobuyuki TAKEHANA, Yoshiyuki SOYA
  • Publication number: 20210270355
    Abstract: A gear device includes an internal gear, an external gear having flexibility configured to partially mesh with the internal gear and rotate, and a wave generator provided on an inner side of the external gear and configured to move a meshing position of the internal gear and the external gear in a circumferential direction around the rotation axis. A main material of the internal gear includes graphite particles. A tooth surface of an internal tooth of the internal gear has a convex pattern including a first convex part and a second convex part extending in a first direction having a component along the rotation axis and arranged side by side in a second direction crossing the first direction, and 10?D?40 and S?D?20, wherein D [?m] is an average particle diameter of the graphite particles and S [?m] is a separation distance between the first convex part and the second convex part in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Satoru MASAI, Yuya KATAOKA, Nobuyuki TAKEHANA, Yoshiyuki SOYA
  • Publication number: 20180006518
    Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member provided rotatably with respect to the first member, and a motor that transmits drive force from one to the other of the first member and the second member, wherein the motor has a stator having a bobbin and a winding wire wound around the bobbin, and a rotator rotatably attached to the stator, regarding the motor, a power supply voltage is within a range from 48 to 60 V, a wire diameter of the winding wire is within a range from 0.45 to 0.75 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Satoru MASAI, Hiroshi MAKINO, Shoji TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8079754
    Abstract: The center wheel and pinion has a center shaft provided with a center pinion that is formed from a crystalline metal, and a center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy that is integrally formed with the center shaft. The center shaft has a center pinion and other external peripheral regions that are formed by cutting the external periphery of a cylindrical member provided with a support hole. The external periphery of the coupling part to which the center tooth part is coupled is formed in a quadrangular shape. The center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy has a tooth continuously formed at the disc-shaped external periphery, and a center position that is integrally formed surrounding the entire external periphery of the quadrangular-shaped coupling part of the center shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, Satoru Masai
  • Publication number: 20110051573
    Abstract: The center wheel and pinion has a center shaft provided with a center pinion that is formed from a crystalline metal, and a center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy that is integrally formed with the center shaft. The center shaft has a center pinion and other external peripheral regions that are formed by cutting the external periphery of a cylindrical member provided with a support hole. The external periphery of the coupling part to which the center tooth part is coupled is formed in a quadrangular shape. The center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy has a tooth continuously formed at the disc-shaped external periphery, and a center position that is integrally formed surrounding the entire external periphery of the quadrangular-shaped coupling part of the center shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TSUCHIYA, Satoru MASAI
  • Patent number: 7854546
    Abstract: The center wheel and pinion has a center shaft provided with a center pinion that is formed from a crystalline metal, and a center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy that is integrally formed with the center shaft. The center shaft has a center pinion and other external peripheral regions that are formed by cutting the external periphery of a cylindrical member provided with a support hole. The external periphery of the coupling part to which the center tooth part is coupled is formed in a quadrangular shape. The center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy has a tooth continuously formed at the disc-shaped external periphery, and a center position that is integrally formed surrounding the entire external periphery of the quadrangular-shaped coupling part of the center shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, Satoru Masai
  • Publication number: 20090196125
    Abstract: The center wheel and pinion has a center shaft provided with a center pinion that is formed from a crystalline metal, and a center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy that is integrally formed with the center shaft. The center shaft has a center pinion and other external peripheral regions that are formed by cutting the external periphery of a cylindrical member provided with a support hole. The external periphery of the coupling part to which the center tooth part is coupled is formed in a quadrangular shape. The center tooth part composed of a metallic glass alloy has a tooth continuously formed at the disc-shaped external periphery, and a center position that is integrally formed surrounding the entire external periphery of the quadrangular-shaped coupling part of the center shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TSUCHIYA, Satoru MASAI