Patents by Inventor Satoshi Sakai

Satoshi Sakai 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: 20240149950
    Abstract: A front pillar lower includes a joining part where a front pillar lower body, a bracket, and a bulk are joined together. The front pillar lower body includes a ridge portion. The ridge portion includes a top plate and side plates. The bracket includes a main cover covering the top plate from an outside of the ridge portion to provide a space between the main cover and the top plate, and side covers superposed on the side plates from the outside of the ridge portion. The bulk includes a reinforcing portion arranged inside the ridge portion in a position overlapping with the space in thickness directions of the top plate, and flanges superposed on the side plates from an inside of the ridge portion. The joining part joins the side plate, the side cover, and the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakai, Satoshi Kubozono, Miki Kotani
  • Publication number: 20240151443
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a heat source side heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and a user side heat exchanger are connected by a refrigerant pipe. Further, the refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a detector configured to detect a discharge temperature of the compressor, and a heat transfer pipe temperature and an outlet pipe temperature of the heat exchanger functioning as a condenser; and a controller capable of performing a supercooling degree control and a discharge temperature control or a discharge superheating degree control, based on a result of the detection by the detector. The controller is configured to control an opening degree of the expansion valve based on any of the supercooling degree control and the discharge temperature control or the discharge superheating degree control, according to operating characteristics of the refrigeration cycle apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro NARUI, Mizuo SAKAI, Tetsuya YAMASHITA, Kazuya WATANABE, Satoshi AKITOMO
  • Publication number: 20240147154
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes a first acoustic unit and a second acoustic unit. The first acoustic unit includes: a first loudspeaker module that includes a first sound emitting surface provided to face the second acoustic unit; and a first sound absorbing module that includes a first sound absorbing surface provided around the first sound emitting surface to face the second acoustic unit. The second acoustic unit includes: a second loudspeaker module that includes a second sound emitting surface provided to face the first acoustic unit; and a second sound absorbing module that includes a second sound absorbing surface provided around the second sound emitting surface to face the first acoustic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Akihisa KAWAMURA, Satoshi TAKAYAMA, Takeshi SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11958994
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having extremely good bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Goto, Mayuko Komurasaki, Takashi Endoh, Toshiyuki Sakai, Masanori Ueno, Satoshi Furuta
  • Publication number: 20240090746
    Abstract: Insertion equipment includes an insertion section, a distal end member provided at a distal end of the insertion section, and a tube configured to supply a fluid to the distal end member. In the distal end member, the fluid passes through a first flow channel extending in a distal end direction, passes through a second flow channel in a direction different from the distal end direction, is divided, is discharged through a first opening in a distal end surface, and part of the fluid is discharged through one or more second openings in an outer circumferential surface of the distal end member in a radial direction or a proximal end direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Nagahide SAKAI, Satoshi HORIE, Eijiro SATO
  • Patent number: 11932152
    Abstract: An air pump device includes an electric pump unit including a pump mechanism and a motor configured to drive the pump mechanism, a case housing the electric pump unit, and a vibration-proof member interposed between the electric pump unit and the case. The vibration-proof member is a plate-shaped member made of an elastic resin material and is wound around the electric pump unit to wrap the electric pump unit therein. A part of the vibration-proof member is sandwiched between the electric pump unit and one of facing surfaces that are inner surfaces of the case and face each other inside the case. Another part of the vibration-proof member is sandwiched between the electric pump unit and the other one of the facing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Sakai, Kazuma Nishida, Takashi Yokoyama, Satoshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11920012
    Abstract: To provide a release film not to contaminate a mold or a molded article. The present invention provides a release film comprising, an oligomer bleeding prevention layer formed of an acrylic resin or a siloxane resin and laminated on a first face of a base layer that is formed of a polyethylene terephthalate resin; a surface layer formed of a fluororesin and laminated on the oligomer bleeding prevention layer; and a surface layer formed of a fluororesin and laminated on a second face of the base layer, or an oligomer bleeding prevention layer formed of an acrylic resin or a siloxane resin and laminated on a second face of the base layer, and a surface layer formed of a fluororesin and laminated on the oligomer bleeding prevention layer that is laminated on the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KOBAYASHI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sakai, Norifumi Iwawaki, Nanae Tanaka, Satoshi Hiramatsu, Akane Kawafuchi
  • Patent number: 11915951
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a stage disposed in a processing chamber for mounting a wafer, a plasma generation chamber disposed above the processing chamber for plasma generation using process gas, a plate member having multiple introduction holes, made of a dielectric material, disposed above the stage and between the processing chamber and the plasma generation chamber, and a lamp disposed around the plate member for heating the wafer. The plasma processing apparatus further includes an external IR light source, an emission fiber arranged in the stage, that outputs IR light from the external IR light source toward a wafer bottom, and a light collection fiber for collecting IR light from the wafer. Data obtained using only IR light from the lamp is subtracted from data obtained also using IR light from the external IR light source during heating of the wafer. Thus, a wafer temperature is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Nobuya Miyoshi, Kazunori Shinoda, Tatehito Usui, Naoyuki Kofuji, Yutaka Kouzuma, Tomoyuki Watanabe, Kenetsu Yokogawa, Satoshi Sakai, Masaru Izawa
  • Publication number: 20240054385
    Abstract: For a machine learning model that receives control parameters of a semiconductor processing device and outputs shape parameters that express a processed shape of a semiconductor sample processed by the semiconductor processing device, an experiment point obtaining learning data is recommended. A contribution of each control parameter to the prediction of the machine learning model is evaluated from feature quantity data that is a value of a control parameter of the learning data used for learning of the machine learning model, and the experiment point is recommended based on a stability evaluation and an uncertainty evaluation of the prediction by the machine learning model in a space defined by the control parameters selected based on the contribution as axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yuyao Wang, Yasuhide Mori, Masashi Egi, Takeshi Ohmori, Satoshi Sakai, Kohei Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11852092
    Abstract: An electric current detection apparatus, the electric current detection apparatus is configured to detect an electric current flowing in a solenoid configured to be electrified by a PWM control, the apparatus includes a switch, an electric current value detection portion configured to detect a first electric current value at a first timing corresponding to a timing when the switch transitions from a closed state to an open state, the electric current value detection portion being configured to detect a third electric current value at a third timing, and a second electric current value calculation portion configured to calculate a second electric current value on the basis of the first electric current value and the third electric current value, the second electric current value being an electric current value of the electric current at the second timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouki Ojima, Satoshi Sakai, Toshihisa Habiro, Yuta Kawai
  • Patent number: 11557463
    Abstract: In a vacuum processing apparatus including: a vacuum container including a processing chamber therein; a plasma formation chamber; plate members being arranged between the processing chamber and the plasma formation chamber; and a lamp and a window member being arranged around the plate members, in order that a wafer and the plate members are heated by electromagnetic waves from the lamp, a bottom surface and a side surface of the window member is formed of a member transmitting the electromagnetic waves therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Nobuya Miyoshi, Kazunori Shinoda, Kenji Maeda, Yutaka Kouzuma, Satoshi Sakai, Masaru Izawa
  • Patent number: 11424702
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus including a driving circuit for supplying a first pulse with which a first coil included in a two-phase stepping motor generates a first magnetic flux, a second pulse with which a second coil included in the stepping motor generates a second magnetic flux opposite to the first magnetic flux, a third pulse with which the first coil generates the second magnetic flux, and a fourth pulse with which the second coil generates the first magnetic flux, to the stepping motor. The driving circuit supplies the second pulse, the third pulse, and the fourth pulse in this order to the stepping motor in a state of being stopped to start the stepping motor, and supplies the first pulse, the second pulse, the third pulse, and the fourth pulse in this order to the stepping motor after starting to continuously drive the stepping motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nobe, Satoshi Sakai, Kazumi Sakumoto, Kosuke Yamamoto, Akihito Okumura
  • Patent number: 11404231
    Abstract: A contact point device includes: a fixed contact; a movable contactor that has a movable contact capable of being in contact with the fixed contact by moving in parallel with a first direction, and extended along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a containing chamber that contains the fixed contact and the movable contact; and a shielding wall disposed inside the containing chamber. The containing chamber has a first space and a second space, the shielding wall faces the first space or the second space, the shielding wall includes a partition wall located between the first space and the second space, the first space and the second space are disposed side by side in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, and the partition wall is located in the first direction from the fixed contact and the movable contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Sakai
  • Patent number: 11387063
    Abstract: A contact point device includes a fixed contact, a movable contactor that has a movable contact capable of being in contact with the fixed contact by moving in parallel with a first direction, a containing chamber that contains the fixed contact and the movable contact, and a shielding wall disposed inside the containing chamber. The shielding wall is located in the first direction from the fixed contact and the movable contact when viewed in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the shielding wall extends along the first direction, and the shielding wall is provided with one or a plurality of through holes that penetrate the shielding wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: PANSONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Sakai
  • Patent number: 11276539
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes a fixed iron core through which a first magnetic flux flows, a movable iron core that reciprocates to separate from the fixed iron core by a predetermined gap when a current applied to a coil, which generates the first magnetic flux, is stopped and move to the fixed iron core by an attractive force when the current is applied to the coil. The electromagnetic device also includes a permanent magnet that generates a second magnetic flux. The opposed surface of the fixed iron core and the opposed surface of the movable iron core may be opposed in a reciprocating direction of the movable iron core. The permanent magnet may be attached to the fixed iron core such that a magnetized surface of the permanent magnet is opposed and exposed to the opposed surface of the movable iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sakai, Katsuya Uruma
  • Publication number: 20220056863
    Abstract: An electric current detection apparatus, the electric current detection apparatus is configured to detect an electric current flowing in a solenoid configured to be electrified by a PWM control, the apparatus includes a switch, an electric current value detection portion configured to detect a first electric current value at a first timing corresponding to a timing when the switch transitions from a closed state to an open state, the electric current value detection portion being configured to detect a third electric current value at a third timing, and a second electric current value calculation portion configured to calculate a second electric current value on the basis of the first electric current value and the third electric current value, the second electric current value being an electric current value of the electric current at the second timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouki OJIMA, Satoshi SAKAI, Toshihisa HABIRO, Yuta KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11227736
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes a coil, a fixed iron core, a movable iron core configured to reciprocate to separate from the fixed iron core by a predetermined gap when a current applied to the coil is stopped and move to the fixed iron core by an attractive force when the current is applied to the coil, and a permanent magnet. The permanent magnet is arranged so that the permanent magnet is opposed to the gap in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction and separated from the fixed iron core and the movable iron core with a space interposed therebetween. A direction of a second magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet conforms to a direction of the first magnetic flux between opposed surfaces of the fixed iron core and the movable iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sakai, Katsuya Uruma
  • Publication number: 20210358706
    Abstract: A contact point device includes a fixed contact, a movable contactor that has a movable contact capable of being in contact with the fixed contact by moving in parallel with a first direction, a containing chamber that contains the fixed contact and the movable contact, and a shielding wall disposed inside the containing chamber. The shielding wall is located in the first direction from the fixed contact and the movable contact when viewed in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the shielding wall extends along the first direction, and the shielding wall is provided with one or a plurality of through holes that penetrate the shielding wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: SATOSHI SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210358707
    Abstract: A contact point device includes: a fixed contact; a movable contactor that has a movable contact capable of being in contact with the fixed contact by moving in parallel with a first direction, and extended along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a containing chamber that contains the fixed contact and the movable contact; and a shielding wall disposed inside the containing chamber. The containing chamber has a first space and a second space, the shielding wall faces the first space or the second space, the shielding wall includes a partition wall located between the first space and the second space, the first space and the second space are disposed side by side in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, and the partition wall is located in the first direction from the fixed contact and the movable contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: SATOSHI SAKAI
  • Patent number: RE49236
    Abstract: A contact device includes a pair of fixed contacts, a movable contactor, a contactor holder, a movable shaft, and a base. The pair of fixed contacts are aligned in a first direction. The movable contactor comes into or out of contact with the pair of fixed contacts in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The contactor holder holds the movable contactor. The movable shaft moves the contactor holder in the second direction so that the movable contactor comes into or out of contact with the fixed contacts. The base accommodates the fixed contacts, the movable contactor, and the contactor holder. The base has a projection projecting from a position opposing the contactor holder in a third direction orthogonal to both the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yokoyama, Satoshi Sakai