Patents by Inventor Satoru Yamamoto

Satoru 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: 12209551
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine, said piston having an upper piston portion (1) in which a ring zone (2) is located, and a piston lower part (3) having two opposing, load-carrying skirt wall sections (4,5) on the pressure- and counter-pressure sides of the piston adjoins the upper piston portion (1), and the two load-carrying skirt wall sections (4,5) are interconnected via connecting walls (6,7) that are recessed relative to the outer diameter of the piston. Each connecting wall (6, 7) includes a pin bore having a pin bore axis (18) for receiving a pin. The two opposing, load-carrying wall sections (4, 5) have different wall thicknesses and different transition regions at the transition of their lateral skirt connections (8,9 and 16,17) to the recessed connection walls (6,7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Satoru Suyama, Yasuo Takashima, Yoshie Nonaka, Takumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12211268
    Abstract: There is provided with an information processing system including a server apparatus, and a first apparatus and a second apparatus that are able to communicate with the server apparatus. A management unit collects, based on a predetermined reference, each piece of data that is acquired from the first apparatus and is associated with each of a plurality of images and manage the collected data. An image identification unit identifies at least a portion of the plurality of images based on the collected data. A sending unit sends the at least a portion of the plurality of images that is identified by the image identification unit, to the second apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuuichi Nitto, Kohei Iwabuchi, Kentaro Saito, Masaji Munekuni, Satoru Mamiya, Tatsuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240398191
    Abstract: A self-propelled vacuum cleaner (1) according to the present disclosure includes a main body (10), a plurality of suction ports (30), a plurality of suction pipes (40), a valve (50), a sensor (80), and a controller (90). The main body (10) is independently movable in an environment. Each of the plurality of suction ports (30) is independently disposed on a bottom surface (11) of the main body (10). The plurality of suction pipes (40) is disposed inside the main body (10), and each of the plurality of suction pipes (40) is connected to the plurality of suction ports (30). The valve (50) is disposed in at least one of the plurality of suction pipes (40). The sensor (80) acquires object information regarding an object in the environment. The controller (90) controls each unit. In addition, the controller (90) controls the valve (50) on the basis of the acquired object information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOMASA IBUKA, JUNKI SAITO, MAMI MAMIYA, YUSUKE KUWAJIMA, NAOHIKO CHOSA, SATORU YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240351153
    Abstract: An NC device for correcting a blade edge position at a time of a turning tool being mounted on a tool main spindle in a machine tool, comprising: first acquisition part for acquiring an inclination amount of a clamp surface of the tool main spindle; second acquisition part for acquiring a tool shaft rotation phase angle; third acquisition part for acquiring a protrusion amount in which the blade edge is protruded from the clamp surface of the tool main spindle; and first correction arithmetic processing part for arithmetically processing a deviation amount of the position of the blade edge that is generated between a reference position and the shaft rotation phase angle obtained by the second acquisition part due to the inclination amount of the tool clamp surface obtained by the first acquisition part and the protrusion amount obtained by the third acquisition part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: NAKAMURA-TOME PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko KAKUMOTO, Satoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12030092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate cleaning method and a substrate cleaning apparatus for cleaning a substrate, such as a wafer. The substrate cleaning method includes: holding a periphery of a substrate (W) with holding rollers (6); rotating the substrate (W) about its central axis by rotating the holding rollers (6) about their respective central axes; delivering a two-fluid jet from a two-fluid jet nozzle (2) to a surface of the substrate (W) while moving the two-fluid jet nozzle (2) in a radial direction of the substrate (W), the two-fluid jet (2) being composed of a mixture of a first liquid and a gas; and when the two-fluid jet is being delivered to the surface of the substrate (W), delivering a fan-shaped jet of a second liquid from a spray nozzle (3) to the surface of the substrate (W) to form a flow of the second liquid on the surface of the substrate (W). The fan-shaped jet is located away from the two-fluid jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kodera, Keisuke Uchiyama, Satoru Yamamoto, Hokuto Yamanobe
  • Publication number: 20240109161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus and a polishing method for polishing a flat portion of a substrate, such as a wafer. The polishing apparatus (100) includes: a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate (W) and rotate the substrate W; a polishing-tape feeding mechanism (141) configured to advance a polishing tape (3) in its longitudinal direction; and at least one polishing head (10) arranged near a flat portion of the substrate (W), wherein the polishing head (10) has a fluid pressing structure (12) configured to press the polishing tape (3) with fluid against the flat portion of the substrate, and the fluid pressing structure (12) has a fluid supply port (13) arranged so as to face a back surface of the polishing tape (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Satoru YAMAMOTO, Keisuke UCHIYAMA, Mao IZAWA, Makoto KASHIWAGI
  • Patent number: 11924286
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that detects reception of first data from a connection source apparatus. The first data includes information about establishment of a session for encrypted communication between the source apparatus using a service and a connection destination apparatus providing the service. The circuitry converts the first data into a first message following a communication protocol in the session establishment, and converts a second message from the destination apparatus into second data including at least information for generating a common key for the encrypted communication. Before the session establishment, the circuitry transmits the first message to the destination apparatus and transmits the second data to the source apparatus. After the session establishment, the circuitry transmits service data from the source apparatus to the destination apparatus and from the destination apparatus to the source apparatus in an unconverted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11864090
    Abstract: A communication system, a communication management method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The communication system communicates with an access source terminal connected to a first network, a communication apparatus and one or more access destination terminals each connected to a second network, the one or more access destination terminal being configured to provide a service by remote access, in response to a request from the access source terminal to use the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals, acquires access information including location information indicating location of the access source terminal and time information indicating usage time of the service, and restricts use of the service based on the access information and setting information, the setting information previously setting a range of the access information for permitting the use of the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals by the access source terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230380206
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes: a first electrode and a second electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a carrier transport layer between the photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode, the carrier transport layer containing a plurality of carrier transport particles and a plurality of organic ligands, the carrier transport layer having a first end potion located close to the photoelectric conversion layer in a thickness direction of the carrier transport layer and a second end potion located close to the second electrode in the thickness direction of the carrier transport layer, wherein a first minimum distance between the plurality of carrier transport particles in the first end potion and the photoelectric conversion layer is larger than a second minimum distance between the plurality of carrier transport materials particles in the second end potion and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Satoru YAMAMOTO, YOSHIHIRO UETA
  • Publication number: 20230358776
    Abstract: An automatic analyzer capable of confirming the amount of sample aspirated by a sample dispensing unit is provided. An automatic analyzer that analyzes a sample includes an incubator which holds a reaction container in which a liquid mixture of the sample and a reagent is accommodated, a sample dispensing unit which dispenses the sample by aspirating the sample from a sample container in which the sample is accommodated and storing the aspirated sample in a storage portion and then discharging the sample to the reaction container, and a measurement portion which measures the amount of sample in the storage portion on the basis of a detected signal obtained by detecting light passing through the storage portion while irradiating the storage portion with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Koji HATAKEYAMA, Satoru YAMAMOTO, Hidetsugu TANOUE, Hiroki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20230109921
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that detects reception of first data from a connection source apparatus. The first data includes information about establishment of a session for encrypted communication between the source apparatus using a service and a connection destination apparatus providing the service. The circuitry converts the first data into a first message following a communication protocol in the session establishment, and converts a second message from the destination apparatus into second data including at least information for generating a common key for the encrypted communication. Before the session establishment, the circuitry transmits the first message to the destination apparatus and transmits the second data to the source apparatus. After the session establishment, the circuitry transmits service data from the source apparatus to the destination apparatus and from the destination apparatus to the source apparatus in an unconverted state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220288650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate cleaning method and a substrate cleaning apparatus for cleaning a substrate, such as a wafer. The substrate cleaning method includes: holding a periphery of a substrate (W) with holding rollers (6); rotating the substrate (W) about its central axis by rotating the holding rollers (6) about their respective central axes; delivering a two-fluid jet from a two-fluid jet nozzle (2) to a surface of the substrate (W) while moving the two-fluid jet nozzle (2) in a radial direction of the substrate (W), the two-fluid jet (2) being composed of a mixture of a first liquid and a gas; and when the two-fluid jet is being delivered to the surface of the substrate (W), delivering a fan-shaped jet of a second liquid from a spray nozzle (3) to the surface of the substrate (W) to form a flow of the second liquid on the surface of the substrate (W). The fan-shaped jet is located away from the two-fluid jet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji Kodera, Keisuke Uchiyama, Satoru Yamamoto, Hokuto Yamanobe
  • Publication number: 20220286945
    Abstract: A communication system, a communication management method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The communication system communicates with an access source terminal connected to a first network, a communication apparatus and one or more access destination terminals each connected to a second network, the one or more access destination terminal being configured to provide a service by remote access, in response to a request from the access source terminal to use the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals, acquires access information including location information indicating location of the access source terminal and time information indicating usage time of the service, and restricts use of the service based on the access information and setting information, the setting information previously setting a range of the access information for permitting the use of the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals by the access source terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11435687
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is configured to execute a print job for printing on a sheet supplied from a sheet supplying mechanism formed of a first sheet feeding apparatus configured to temporarily stop conveyance of the sheet within a conveyance path thereof or a second sheet feeding apparatus configured not to temporarily stop conveyance of the sheet within a conveyance path thereof. The image forming apparatus includes an image former configured to form an image on the sheet; an obtaining device configured to obtain apparatus information representing a type of an apparatus forming the sheet supplying mechanism; and a controller configured to determine, based on the apparatus information and the sheet supplying mechanism instructed to feed the sheet by the print job, timings to send, to the sheet supplying mechanism, a feed request for starting to feed the sheet and a delivery request for instructing to deliver the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Kawakita, Satoru Yamamoto, Koji Yumoto, Akinobu Nishikata, Takashi Yokoya
  • Patent number: 11415589
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic analyzer provided with a liquid level sensing function in which liquid levels in sample containers having various heights can be precisely detected using ultrasonic waves. This device is provided with: a conveyance rack for conveying a sample container which contains a sample and is loaded thereon; a fixed ultrasonic distance sensor for measuring the liquid level position in the sample container loaded on the conveyance rack; sound wave guides for suppressing diffusion of sound waves transmitted from the ultrasonic distance sensor, the sound wave guides being disposed between the sample container and the ultrasonic distance sensor; and a sound wave guide control unit for adjusting the length or switching the length of the sound wave guides in accordance with the distance between the ultrasonic distance sensor and the sample container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Horie, Yasuhiro Yoshimura, Atsushi Kazama, Masato Ishizawa, Satoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220130662
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing device. This substrate processing device includes a substrate holder that holds and rotates a substrate, a first processing head that processes a first plane of the substrate held on the substrate holder, and a second processing head that processes a peripheral portion of the substrate held on the substrate holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru Yamamoto, Yu Machida
  • Publication number: 20210409619
    Abstract: Provided is a camera capable of accurately calculating a foreground image. An infrared camera includes: a first detection unit including a plurality of first detection elements configured to detect an electromagnetic wave having a first wavelength range; a second detection unit including a plurality of second detection elements capable of detecting an electromagnetic wave emitted from an inside of a housing, wherein the electromagnetic wave having at least one of wavelengths within a second wavelength range; a first transparent member disposed to correspond to the second detection elements is transparent for the second wavelength range; a second transparent member transparent for a third wavelength range from an outside to the inside of the housing; and the first wavelength range including at least one wavelength overlapping a wavelength within the third wavelength range, and the second wavelength range not overlapping the third wavelength range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Satoru YAMAMOTO, TAZUKO KITAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210096148
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic analyzer provided with a liquid level sensing function in which liquid levels in sample containers having various heights can be precisely detected using ultrasonic waves. This device is provided with: a conveyance rack for conveying a sample container which contains a sample and is loaded thereon; a fixed ultrasonic distance sensor for measuring the liquid level position in the sample container loaded on the conveyance rack; sound wave guides for suppressing diffusion of sound waves transmitted from the ultrasonic distance sensor, the sound wave guides being disposed between the sample container and the ultrasonic distance sensor; and a sound wave guide control unit for adjusting the length or switching the length of the sound wave guides in accordance with the distance between the ultrasonic distance sensor and the sample container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke HORIE, Yasuhiro YOSHIMURA, Atsushi KAZAMA, Masato ISHIZAWA, Satoru YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10838343
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit to store recording sheets, an image forming unit, an insertion unit, including an interleaving sheet tray on which an interleaving sheet is to be stacked, and to insert the interleaving sheet fed from the interleaving sheet tray between recording sheets conveyed from the image forming unit. The control unit selects between a first mode and a second mode to execute based on a detected remaining amount of recording sheets in the storage unit. The first mode is a mode for feeding the interleaving sheet, which is to be inserted, from the interleaving sheet tray regardless of whether a presence of the recording sheet in the storage unit is detected. The second mode is a mode for feeding the interleaving sheet from the interleaving sheet tray based on that presence of the recording sheet in the storage unit is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Yumoto, Satoru Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Miyake, Katsuya Nakama, Riki Fukuhara, Akihiro Kawakita, Yutaka Ando, Akihiro Arai, Yuichiro Oda
  • Patent number: 10811284
    Abstract: A substrate processing method which can clean a peripheral portion of a substrate after polishing and can check the cleaning effect of the peripheral portion of the substrate is disclosed. The substrate processing method includes polishing a peripheral portion of the substrate by pressing a polishing tape having abrasive grains against the peripheral portion of the substrate with a first head, cleaning the peripheral portion of the substrate by supplying a cleaning liquid to the peripheral portion of the substrate after polishing, bringing a tape having no abrasive grains into contact with the peripheral portion of the substrate after cleaning by a second head, applying light to the tape and receiving reflected light from the tape by a sensor, and judging that the peripheral portion of the substrate is contaminated when an intensity of the received reflected light is lower than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Watanabe, Satoru Yamamoto, Yu Machida