Patents by Inventor Satoshi Okayama

Satoshi Okayama 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: 20240103786
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of sheet feeding units, a job reception unit configured to receive a print job, an instruction reception unit configured to receive a reservation instruction for reserving at least one sheet feeding unit of the plurality of sheet feeding units, an identification unit configured to identify a sheet feeding unit from among the plurality of sheet feeding units based on a setting of the received print job, and a notification unit configured to notify, in response to an execution instruction of a print job in which a sheet feeding unit for which the instruction reception unit has received the reservation instruction is identified, and in which a specific setting is not made, a user of information indicating that the sheet feeding unit is reserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: YASUHIRO TAKAHASHI, SATOSHI OKUMA, NORITSUGU OKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240077721
    Abstract: A head-up display is configured to project an image on a transparent reflection member to cause an observer to visually recognize a virtual image, and includes a display device configured to display the image, and a projection optical system configured to project the image displayed by the display device as the virtual image for the observer. The projection optical system is configured to form an image as an intermediate image, and includes a first lens configured to condense light, and a first optical element configured to diffuse light. The first lens and the first optical element are disposed in this order along an optical path from the display device. The first lens is inclined with respect to a reference beam which is defined as a beam reaching a center of a viewpoint region of the observer and corresponding to a center of the virtual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi KUZUHARA, Hiroaki OKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9890703
    Abstract: A cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes a first exhaust port section having an upstream inlet opened and closed by a first exhaust valve, a second exhaust port section having an upstream inlet opened and closed by a second exhaust valve, and a collective exhaust port section into which the first and second exhaust port sections merge at downstream ends thereof. In a fixing structure for an exhaust gas sensor, the sensor is fixed to the collective exhaust port section with its sensing tip in the port section. An exhaust gas guide part is formed, at a position upstream of the sensor, on an internal wall of the port section, opposite the internal wall to which the sensor is fixed, so as to bulge out to guide exhaust gas toward the sensor, whereby exhaust gas is effectively intermixed and directed to the sensor with resultant increased sensing accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Inomoto, Hitoshi Yokotani, Kosuke Sakasai, Satoshi Okayama
  • Patent number: 9579971
    Abstract: In a fuel cap provided with a breather mechanism, a cap openably and closably covers a fuel filler of a fuel tank. The cap includes a breather passage for communication between the inside and the outside of the fuel tank. The breather passage is provided with a breather valve mechanism and a resonator chamber as a silencing mechanism. The breather mechanism is a valve having a spring capable of retaining a pressure within the fuel tank up to a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Koishikawa, Takeshi Uemae, Takashi Toriki, Yoji Fukui, Takumi Sakamoto, Takeshi Shimura, Shinji Kobayashi, Satoshi Okayama
  • Publication number: 20160245169
    Abstract: A cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes a first exhaust port section having an upstream inlet opened and closed by a first exhaust valve, a second exhaust port section having an upstream inlet opened and closed by a second exhaust valve, and a collective exhaust port section into which the first and second exhaust port sections merge at downstream ends thereof. In a fixing structure for an exhaust gas sensor, the sensor is fixed to the collective exhaust port section with its sensing tip in the port section. An exhaust gas guide part is formed, at a position upstream of the sensor, on an internal wall of the port section, opposite the internal wall to which the sensor is fixed, so as to bulge out to guide exhaust gas toward the sensor, whereby exhaust gas is effectively intermixed and directed to the sensor with resultant increased sensing accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Yutaka INOMOTO, Hitoshi YOKOTANI, Kosuke SAKASAI, Satoshi OKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150041466
    Abstract: In a fuel cap provided with a breather mechanism, a cap openably and closably covers a fuel filler of a fuel tank. The cap includes a breather passage for communication between the inside and the outside of the fuel tank. The breather passage is provided with a breather valve mechanism and a resonator chamber as a silencing mechanism. The breather mechanism is a valve having a spring capable of retaining a pressure within the fuel tank up to a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Takuma KOISHIKAWA, Takeshi UEMAE, Takashi TORIKI, Yoji FUKUI, Takumi SAKAMOTO, Takeshi SHIMURA, Shinji KOBAYASHI, Satoshi OKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 8939130
    Abstract: An evaporated fuel treatment device is provided to treat evaporated fuel by using a fuel supply cap with a small size while the flowout of fuel can also be suitably prevented. The evaporated fuel treatment device includes a positive pressure adjusting valve which opens when an inner pressure of a fuel tank becomes a predetermined pressure or more, and a spherical rollover valve which closes the positive pressure adjusting valve when the fuel tank is inclined at an angle equal to or larger than a predetermined angle. The positive pressure adjusting valve and the spherical rollover valve are mounted on one cylindrical portion formed on a fuel supply cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimura, Shinji Kobayashi, Ikuo Hara, Takuma Koishikawa, Satoshi Okayama, Takeshi Uemae
  • Patent number: 8905005
    Abstract: An evaporative fuel treatment apparatus for a vehicle includes a direct purge channel for supplying evaporative fuel to a purge channel without involving a canister; a purge control valve for controlling communications between the canister and an air-intake system of an internal combustion engine by an opening and closing operation; a direct purge control valve for controlling communications between a fuel tank and the air-intake system by another opening and closing operation; and a two-way valve provided in a charge channel. During a purge mode of the apparatus, evaporative fuel adsorbed in the canister is purged to the air-intake system by closing the direct purge control valve and opening the purge control valve during operation of engine. During a direct purge mode of the apparatus, evaporative fuel in the fuel tank is purged to the air-intake system by closing the purge control valve and opening the direct purge control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimura, Takahiro Imamura, Satoshi Okayama
  • Publication number: 20120247434
    Abstract: An evaporative fuel treatment apparatus for a vehicle includes a direct purge channel for supplying evaporative fuel to a purge channel without involving a canister; a purge control valve for controlling communications between the canister and an air-intake system of an internal combustion engine by an opening and closing operation; a direct purge control valve for controlling communications between a fuel tank and the air-intake system by another opening and closing operation; and a two-way valve provided in a charge channel. During a purge mode of the apparatus, evaporative fuel adsorbed in the canister is purged to the air-intake system by closing the direct purge control valve and opening the purge control valve during operation of engine. During a direct purge mode of the apparatus, evaporative fuel in the fuel tank is purged to the air-intake system by closing the purge control valve and opening the direct purge control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi SHIMURA, Takahiro IMAMURA, Satoshi OKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120240906
    Abstract: An evaporated fuel treatment device is provided to treat evaporated fuel by using a fuel supply cap with a small size while the flowout of fuel can also be suitably prevented. The evaporated fuel treatment device includes a positive pressure adjusting valve which opens when an inner pressure of a fuel tank becomes a predetermined pressure or more, and a spherical rollover valve which closes the positive pressure adjusting valve when the fuel tank is inclined at an angle equal to or larger than a predetermined angle. The positive pressure adjusting valve and the spherical rollover valve are mounted on one cylindrical portion formed on a fuel supply cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Takeshi SHIMURA, Shinji Kobayashi, Ikuo Hara, Takuma Koishikawa, Satoshi Okayama, Takeshi Uemae