Patents by Inventor Satoshi Honda

Satoshi Honda 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: 20190201076
    Abstract: An energy treatment system and a output control method thereof according to embodiments of the present invention perform treatment by energy supply in which ultrasonic energy and high frequency energy are combined, stop or suppress discharge by reducing the output of high frequency energy within a set period when a state in which discharge is likely to occur during treatment is detected, and change the output of ultrasonic energy. In addition, in order for a user to continue treatment without feeling uncomfortable and to ensure incision performance, each output is controlled so that the set period is as short as possible or is supplemented, and also, the set period expires, and control is performed so as to reduce the possibility of discharge even at the time of returning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi HONDA, Tsuyoshi HAYASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190206825
    Abstract: A thermal bonding sheet has a precursor layer that is to become a sintered layer by heating. A weight reduction rate ?W0(%) when the thermal bonding sheet is analyzed in a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./min from 23° C. to 400° C. with a differential thermal balance before the thermal bonding sheet is exposed to an atmosphere having a temperature of 23±2° C. and a humidity of 50±20%, and a weight reduction rate ?W24(%) when the thermal bonding sheet is analyzed in a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./min from 23° C. to 400° C. with a differential thermal balance after the thermal bonding sheet is exposed to an atmosphere having a temperature of 23±2° C. and a humidity of 50±20% for 24 hours, satisfy ?1%??W0??W24?0.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Satoshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20190184460
    Abstract: A sheet for heat bonding, having a pre-sintering layer that becomes a sintered layer by being heated, and an adhesion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Yuki Sugo, Mayu Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20190148331
    Abstract: Provided are a thermal bonding sheet capable of suppressing inhibition of sintering of sinterable metallic particles by an organic component, thereby imparting sufficient bonding reliability to a power semiconductor device, and a thermal bonding sheet with a dicing tape having the thermal bonding sheet. A thermal bonding sheet has a precursor layer that is to become a sintered layer by heating, and the precursor layer includes sinterable metallic particles and an organic component, the precursor layer has a phase separation structure that is a sea-island structure or a co-continuous structure, and in a SEM surface observation image on at least one surface of the precursor layer, a maximum value among each diameter of the largest inscribed circle for a region occupied by each phase of the phase separation structure is 1 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20190142489
    Abstract: A method for controlling an energy treatment system includes performing treatment on a subject by a probe of an energy treatment instrument which outputs ultrasonic energy and high frequency energy in combination; setting an output reduction control period, based on information related to an amount of mist generated by the probe; and reducing the output of the high frequency energy during the output reduction control period when a precursor of occurrence of spark or occurrence of spark is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HAYASHIDA, Satoshi HONDA, Kazue TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190051807
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device manufacturing method which can suppress the occurrence of positional deviation or inclination of a semiconductor element when the semiconductor element is fixed so as to be sandwiched-between two insulating substrates. The semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: obtaining a laminated body in which a semiconductor element is temporarily adhered on a first electrode formed on a first insulating substrate with a first pre-sintering layer sandwiched therebetween; temporarily adhering the semiconductor element on a second electrode formed on a second insulating substrate with a second pre-sintering layer sandwiched therebetween, the second pre-sintering layer being provided on a side opposite to the first pre-sintering layer, to obtain a semiconductor device precursor; and simultaneously heating the first pre-sintering layer and the second pre-sintering layer, to bond the semiconductor element to the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Keisuke OKUMURA, Satoshi HONDA
  • Publication number: 20190047081
    Abstract: Provided is a joint manufacturing method including: a step A of preparing a laminate in which two objects to be joined are temporarily adhered with a heat-joining sheet including a pre-sintering layer interposed between the two objects to be joined; a step B of increasing a temperature of the laminate from a temperature equal to or lower than a first temperature defined below to a second temperature; and a step C of holding the temperature of the laminate in a predetermined range after the step B, in which the laminate is pressurized during at least a part of the step B and at least a part of the step C. The first temperature is a temperature at which an organic component contained in the pre-sintering layer is decreased by 10% by weight when the pre-sintering layer is subjected to thermogravimetric measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Nao Kamakura, Yuki Sugo, Satoshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20190043824
    Abstract: A thermal bonding sheet includes a pre-sintering layer containing copper particles and polycarbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki Sugo, Nao Kamakura, Satoshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20180055372
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including: an image acquisition device for observing a living body; a blood vessel recognition device that irradiates the living body with an exploration laser beam and that recognizes a blood vessel; an arithmetic operation unit that calculates a first laser spot position on a first frame acquired by the image acquisition device when the blood vessel is recognized and that adds a mark corresponding to the first laser spot to a position on a second frame corresponding to the first frame, the second frame being acquired at a time different from the time of the first frame; and a display unit for displaying, on an image acquired by the image acquisition device, a plurality of the marks added by the arithmetic operation unit as a result of the blood vessel being recognized at a plurality of different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Makoto IGARASHI, Mitsuru NAMIKI, Hiroyoshi YAJIMA, Yuji HIRAI, Satoshi HONDA, Kazuhiro TANAKA, Yusuke TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20170164996
    Abstract: A power supply device for a high-frequency treatment instrument includes an output section, a characteristic detector, and a stop signal generator. The output section outputs power having a first frequency supplied to the high-frequency treatment instrument. The characteristic detector detects a characteristic signal generated before the power outputted from the output section becomes excessive, the characteristic signal having a second frequency higher than the first frequency and being included in a signal related to the power. The stop signal generator outputs a stop signal to stop or reduce an output of the power from the output section when the characteristic signal is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi HONDA, Tsuyoshi HAYASHIDA
  • Patent number: 9623741
    Abstract: An exhaust structure includes a first exhaust path and a second exhaust path. The first exhaust path includes a box outlet and at least an exhaust duct that includes a duct inlet arranged below a rear seat and configured to open toward a battery A. The second exhaust path is communicated with the box outlet. A deck board is disposed in a luggage room. The second exhaust path includes space defined by a front end portion of the deck board closer to a front of a vehicle and at least a portion of the backrest of the rear seat and a gap defined by a front surface of the front end portion of the deck board and a portion of a back surface of the backrest opposite the front surface. Gas used for cooling down the battery is released from the gap to the luggage room via a duct exhaust conduit, a box exhaust conduit, a first interspace exhaust conduit, and a second interspace exhaust conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Takashi Suzuki, Hiromi Takase, Makoto Inoue, Fumiaki Matsuura
  • Patent number: 9256010
    Abstract: Disclosed are a thermochromic resin composite and a dimmer allowing easy adjustment of a clouding point. The thermochromic resin composite is predominantly composed of an aqueous medium, an amphiphilic linear polymer changeable between a transparent state and an opaque state in the aqueous medium depending on temperature, and an amphiphilic endless polymer changeable between a transparent state and an opaque state in the aqueous medium depending on temperature, and the amphiphilic linear polymer and the amphiphilic endless polymer in the aqueous medium have one clouding point, the clouding point changing in accordance with a mixing ratio of the amphiphilic linear polymer to the amphiphilic endless polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Takuya Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20150343891
    Abstract: An exhaust structure includes a first exhaust path and a second exhaust path. The first exhaust path includes a box outlet and at least an exhaust duct that includes a duct inlet arranged below a rear seat and configured to open toward a battery. The second exhaust path is communicated with the box outlet. A deck board is disposed in a luggage room. The second exhaust path includes space defined by a front end portion of the deck board closer to a front of a vehicle and at least a portion of the backrest of the rear seat and a gap defined by a front surface of the front end portion of the deck board and a portion of a back surface of the backrest opposite the front surface. Gas used for cooling down the battery is released from the gap to the luggage room via a duct exhaust conduit, a box exhaust conduit, a first interspace exhaust conduit, and a second interspace exhaust conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi HONDA, Takashi SUZUKI, Hiromi TAKASE, Makoto INOUE, Fumiaki MATSUURA
  • Patent number: 9180773
    Abstract: A vehicular exhaust structure is provided for exhausting gas used for cooling down a battery arranged under a seat in a vehicle into a luggage compartment of the vehicle behind the seat and including an underfloor storage box arranged under a deck board. The structure includes an exhaust duct and an exhaust conduit. The exhaust duct is arranged behind the battery with an inlet thereof located at a first end facing the battery and an outlet thereof located at a second end facing upward. The exhaust conduit includes a box section communicated with the outlet of the exhaust duct and defined by surfaces of a front portion of the underfloor storage box arranged over the outlet of the exhaust duct. One of the surfaces faces a back surface of a backrest of the seat and has a through hole that opens toward a front side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8808286
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a surgical instrument including a conducting section transmitting ultrasound vibration generated by an ultrasound transducer to a distal end portion and transmitting a high-frequency output signal to the distal end portion, an ultrasound drive section outputting an ultrasound drive signal to the ultrasound transducer, a high-frequency output section outputting a high-frequency output signal to the conducting section, a detection section detecting an ultrasound impedance of a surgical site to which ultrasound energy and high-frequency energy are provided from the distal end portion by outputting both signals simultaneously to the surgical instrument, a determination section determining whether the detected ultrasound impedance is in a predetermined range, and a control section performing control to increase a high-frequency output value by a first predetermined amount or decrease the high-frequency output value by a second predetermined amount when the detected ultrasound impedance i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kazue Tanaka, Satoshi Honda, Hideo Sanai
  • Publication number: 20140182957
    Abstract: A vehicular exhaust structure is provided for exhausting gas used for cooling down a battery arranged under a seat in a vehicle into a luggage compartment of the vehicle behind the seat and including an underfloor storage box arranged under a deck board. The structure includes an exhaust duct and an exhaust conduit. The exhaust duct is arranged behind the battery with an inlet thereof located at a first end facing the battery and an outlet thereof located at a second end facing upward. The exhaust conduit includes a box section communicated with the outlet of the exhaust duct and defined by surfaces of a front portion of the underfloor storage box arranged over the outlet of the exhaust duct. One of the surfaces faces a back surface of a backrest of the seat and has a through hole that opens toward a front side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi HONDA, Takashi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 8628133
    Abstract: A package tray assembly for a trunk of a vehicle includes a package tray and a support for supporting the package tray. The support is to be mounted to a body of the vehicle. The support includes a guide portion having a convex top surface. The package tray is to be attached to the support so as to be rotatable round a point located immediately below the guide portion as a center of rotation. The package tray includes a front end portion supported by the support when attached thereto. The front end portion includes a contact portion configured to move back and forth on the convex top surface while tilting at different angles relative to a moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kabushiki Kaisha Takehiro
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Koji Toida, Jorge Fialho, Hiromi Takase, Koji Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130092888
    Abstract: Disclosed are a thermochromic resin composite and a dimmer allowing easy adjustment of a clouding point. The thermochromic resin composite is predominantly composed of an aqueous medium, an amphiphilic linear polymer changeable between a transparent state and an opaque state in the aqueous medium depending on temperature, and an amphiphilic endless polymer changeable between a transparent state and an opaque state in the aqueous medium depending on temperature, and the amphiphilic linear polymer and the amphiphilic endless polymer in the aqueous medium have one clouding point, the clouding point changing in accordance with a mixing ratio of the amphiphilic linear polymer to the amphiphilic endless polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Satoshi Honda, Takuya Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Tezuka
  • Patent number: 8413748
    Abstract: A motor-driven vehicle capable of increasing the degree of freedom of wiring for a motor. A drive wheel having a motor with a stator and a rotor serving as a drive source disposed in a wheel hub is rotatably supported on a wheel shaft between right and left forks. The stator is provided in a body-side retainer member fixed to a vehicle body, the rotor is rotatably supported on the wheel shaft, and wiring for the motor is passed through the body-side retainer member. The brake mechanism is provided on the drive wheel. As seen from a front of a vehicle body, the wheel hub is rotatably supported on the wheel shaft on one lateral side alone from a body center and the brake mechanism is disposed on one lateral side from a body center and the motor is disposed on the other lateral side from the body center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Nishikawa, Takeshi Kimishima, Hisashi Matsuo, Satoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 8372070
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a surgical instrument including a conducting section transmitting ultrasound vibration generated by an ultrasound transducer to a distal end portion and transmitting a high-frequency output signal to the distal end portion, an ultrasound drive section outputting an ultrasound drive signal to the ultrasound transducer, a high-frequency output section outputting a high-frequency output signal to the conducting section, a detection section detecting an ultrasound impedance of a surgical site to which ultrasound energy and high-frequency energy are provided from the distal end portion by outputting both signals simultaneously to the surgical instrument, a determination section determining whether the detected ultrasound impedance is in a predetermined range, and a control section performing control to increase a high-frequency output value by a first predetermined amount or decrease the high-frequency output value by a second predetermined amount when the detected ultrasound impedance i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kazue Tanaka, Satoshi Honda, Hideo Sanai