Patents by Inventor Satoshi Sasaki
Satoshi Sasaki 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).
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Patent number: 12366283Abstract: A speed reducer includes: ring-shaped external gear including outer teeth and through holes arranged circumferentially; input shaft penetrating space surrounded by an external gear inner circumferential surface; bearing between the external gear and input shaft; ring-shaped internal gear surrounding an external gear outer circumferential surface; inner pins penetrating the through holes axially; and inner pin holder holding both ends of each inner pin. The inner pin holder includes: first holder portion including a ring-shaped holding portion holding a first end of each inner pin; second holder portion including a ring-shaped holding portion holding a second end of each inner pin; and pillars connecting the first and second holder portion and penetrating the through holes. The speed reducer further includes fixing members that fix pillar end surfaces to the first holder portion or the second holder portion and are inserted in the pillars from the end surfaces of the pillars.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20250137487Abstract: A bearing includes a first raceway member having an annular first raceway surface on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a second raceway member having an annular second raceway surface facing the first raceway surface on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a plurality of rolling elements arranged in an annular rolling path along the first and second raceway surfaces so as to contact the first and second raceway surfaces. At least one of the first and second raceway members has a rolling element feed port formed as an opening of the rolling path. The bearing further includes a lid member disposed at the rolling element feed port, and a fixing member inserted into a first hole, formed in the lid member, and a second hole, formed in the at least one member to communicate with the first hole, to extend in a direction crossing an axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2022Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20250132409Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective film for solid-state batteries, which is a protective film arranged to cover a heat seal part of a solid-state battery including a battery element having a solid electrolyte, a packaging material housing the battery element, the heat seal part being disposed to a peripheral portion of the packaging material, and which contains a hydrogen sulfide adsorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Satoshi SASAKI, Koji Murata
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Publication number: 20250092937Abstract: A speed reducer includes: ring-shaped external gear including outer teeth and through holes arranged circumferentially; input shaft penetrating space surrounded by an external gear inner circumferential surface; bearing between the external gear and input shaft; ring-shaped internal gear surrounding an external gear outer circumferential surface; inner pins penetrating the through holes axially; and inner pin holder holding both ends of each inner pin. The inner pin holder includes: first holder portion including a ring-shaped holding portion holding a first end of each inner pin; second holder portion including a ring-shaped holding portion holding a second end of each inner pin; and pillars connecting the first and second holder portion and penetrating the through holes. The speed reducer further includes fixing members that fix pillar end surfaces to the first holder portion or the second holder portion and are inserted in the pillars from the end surfaces of the pillars.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20250012319Abstract: A bearing includes: a first raceway member whose outer peripheral surface includes annular first raceway surface; a second raceway member whose inner peripheral surface includes annular second raceway surface facing first raceway surface; a plurality of cylindrical rollers arranged in circumferential direction such that cylindrical rollers contact first and second raceway surfaces in annular rolling path along first raceway surface and second raceway surface; and a separator adjacent to cylindrical rollers in the circumferential direction. The separator has cylindrical shape. An outer peripheral surface of the separator having annular groove defined by groove wall surface, a shape of groove wall surface in cross section including a center axis being arc shape. The separator being oriented such that groove wall surface contacts outer peripheral surfaces of cylindrical rollers adjacent to separator in circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20250010894Abstract: A straight-curved guide device including a rail and a movable element. The movable element includes a frame and first and a second swing portions. The swing portions are configured to be pivotable about connecting portions to the frame. Each swing portion includes an arm portion and first and second bearing portions. The first bearing portion includes first and second track members, and a plurality of first rolling elements. The second bearing portion includes third and fourth track members, and a plurality of second rolling elements. The straight-curved guide device further includes an elastic member, which is arranged across a space between the arm portions of the swing portions and is in a compressed state in which the elastic member is compressed in a longitudinal direction of the rail or a stretched state in which the elastic member is stretched in the longitudinal direction of the rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20250012321Abstract: A straight-curved guide device includes a rail and a movable element. The movable element includes a frame, a first swing portion, and a second swing portion. Each of the first swing portion and the second swing portion includes an arm portion, a first bearing portion, and a second bearing portion. The first bearing portion includes a first track member, a second track member, a third track member, a plurality of first rolling elements, and a plurality of second rolling elements. The second bearing portion includes a fourth track member, a fifth track member, and third rolling elements. The second track member of each of the first swing portion and the second swing portion is connected to the frame, and the second bearing portion of each of the first swing portion and the second swing portion is separate from the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20240405513Abstract: A nanowire laser includes a nanowire on a substrate and a one-dimensional photonic crystals on ends the nanowire. The nanowire is disposed on a substrate. The nanowire has an elliptical cross-sectional shape with a longitudinal direction parallel to a plane of the substrate. The one-dimensional photonic crystals are separated from each other to form a resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Masato Takiguchi, Masaya Notomi, Satoshi Sasaki, Guoqiang Zhang, Kota Tateno, Hisashi Sumikura, Akihiko Shinya
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Publication number: 20240399179Abstract: A first layered product for extinguishing fire, including: a pair of substrates; and a fire-extinguishing agent-containing layer between the pair of substrates, the layer containing a fire-extinguishing agent component generating an aerosol, and a binder resin, in which a water vapor transmission rate the substrate is 12 g/m2/day or less, a second layered product, including: a fiber layer containing an organic fiber or an inorganic fiber having a high strength-heat resistance; and a resin layer, in which at least any one of the fiber layer and the resin layer contains a fire-extinguishing agent component generating an aerosol, or a third layered product, including: a pair of substrates; and a fire-extinguishing agent-containing layer between the pair of substrates, the layer containing a fire-extinguishing agent component generating an aerosol, and a binder resin, in which a water vapor transmission rate of the substrate is 15 g/m2/day or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicants: TOPPAN Holdings Inc., YAMATO PROTEC CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi SASAKI, Masato KUROKAWA, Junya TANABE, Ryo SHODA, Ryohei TODE, Hiroyoshi NISHIYAMA, Shougo TOMIYAMA, Akimasa TSUTSUMI
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Patent number: 12155012Abstract: A nanowire optical device includes: a photonic crystal body having a planar shape and provided on a base part; an optical waveguide by a line defect in which a plurality of defects including a part without grating elements of the photonic crystal body are linearly arrayed; a trench formed in a waveguide direction in the optical waveguide; a nanowire made of a semiconductor and arranged in the trench; an n-type region formed on one end side of the nanowire; a p-type region formed on the other end side of the nanowire; an active region provided to be interposed between the n-type region and the p-type region in the nanowire; a first electrode connected to the n-type region; and a second electrode connected to the p-type region.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Masato Takiguchi, Masaya Notomi, Satoshi Sasaki, Kota Tateno, Atsushi Yokoo, Guoqiang Zhang, Sergent Sylvain, Akihiko Shinya
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Publication number: 20240352964Abstract: A straight-curved guide rail includes a straight part and a curved part and is configured to guide movement of a movable element. The straight-curved guide rail includes: a base part extending in a longitudinal direction of the straight-curved guide rail; and a track part, which is formed on the base part, extends in the longitudinal direction, and has a pair of rail ends, each including a track surface to be in contact with the movable element, on both side portions of the straight-curved guide rail in a width direction of the straight-curved guide rail. A region of the straight-curved guide rail, which includes an end portion of the straight-curved guide rail in the longitudinal direction, includes a low-stiffness region in which portions including the track surfaces have lower stiffness than stiffness of other region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi SASAKI, Daisuke SATO, Yuichi SHIBUYA
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Patent number: 12044294Abstract: A speed reducer includes: ring-shaped external gear including outer teeth, first through hole and multiple second through holes circumferentially surrounding the first; input shaft penetrating the first through hole; first bearing holding the input shaft rotatable to the external gear circumferentially; multiple inner pins penetrating the second through holes axially; inner pin holder surrounding the input shaft outer circumferential surface; second bearing surrounding the external gear outer circumferential surface; and internal tooth pins meshing with outer teeth. The second bearing includes an inner pin holder outer ring, inner ring inside the outer ring radially and output shaft rotating slower than the input shaft, a roller contacting an outer ring inner circumferential surface and an inner ring outer circumferential surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240191784Abstract: A speed reducer includes: ring-shaped external gear including outer teeth, first through hole and multiple second through holes circumferentially surrounding the first; input shaft penetrating the first through hole; first bearing holding the input shaft rotatable to the external gear circumferentially; multiple inner pins penetrating the second through holes axially; inner pin holder surrounding the input shaft outer circumferential surface; second bearing surrounding the external gear outer circumferential surface; and internal tooth pins meshing with outer teeth. The second bearing includes an inner pin holder outer ring, inner ring inside the outer ring radially and output shaft rotating slower than the input shaft, a roller contacting an outer ring inner circumferential surface and an inner ring outer circumferential surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi SASAKI
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Patent number: 11971469Abstract: A contactless switch device including a reflected signal acquisition unit that acquires a reflected signal of a Doppler radar or a distance measurement radar, an approach and recede detection unit that detects an approach and a recede of a target based on the reflected signal, a target identification unit that identifies the target as a hand waving left and right, up and down, or back and forth, or a thing other than the hand based on a repeated pattern of the approach and the recede of the target, and a switch control unit that executes on-and-off controls on a switch-controlled object based on whether the target is the hand waving left and right, up and down, or back and forth, or the thing other than the hand.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NEW JAPAN RADIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Oikawa, Satoshi Sasaki
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Patent number: 11927558Abstract: Provided is a microelectrode having a layered structure, including a layer containing a polymer compound having an aromatic ring (polymer compound layer) and a layer containing a conductive material (conductive layer), wherein a thickness of the polymer compound layer is 10 to 900 nm, a thickness of the conductive layer is 0.3 to 10 nm, and the microelectrode has a three-dimensional curved shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Tetsuhiko Teshima, Yuko Ueno, Yui Ogawa, Yoshiaki Kashimura, Satoshi Sasaki, Shengnan Wang, Makoto Takamura, Hiroshi Nakashima
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Publication number: 20240074320Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric body and first, second, third, and fourth electrode layers disposed in the piezoelectric body. Each of the first, second, third, and fourth electrode layers includes a pair of first electrodes and a pair of second electrodes. The first and second electrodes included in the first electrode layer oppose the second and first electrodes included in the second electrode layer, respectively, with a part of the piezoelectric body. The first and second electrodes included in the second electrode layer oppose the first and second electrodes included in the third electrode layer, respectively, with a part of the piezoelectric body. The first and second electrodes included in the third electrode layer oppose the second and first electrodes included in the fourth electrode layer, respectively, with a part of the piezoelectric body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuto ONO, Satoshi SASAKI, Yasuyuki SATOH, Keiji OGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230416665Abstract: A three-dimensional structure including a polymer film having a plurality of layers, wherein a microparticle is encapsulated in an internal space of the three-dimensional structure and each layer of the polymer film having the plurality of layers has mechanical strengths different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuhiko TESHIMA, Yuko UENO, Satoshi SASAKI, Shingo TSUKADA, Hiroshi NAKASHIMA, Touichiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20230396408Abstract: A mapping unit that modulates a transmission bit sequence to generate a modulated symbol sequence, a known sequence mapping unit that modulates a known bit sequence to generate a known symbol sequence, a selection unit that selects one of the modulated symbol sequence or the known symbol sequence and outputs the selected one as a transmission symbol sequence, and a DSTBC encoder that performs differential space-time block coding on the transmission symbol sequence are included. The known sequence mapping unit generates the known symbol sequence so that a matrix obtained by differential space-time block coding performed by the DSTBC encoder is a matrix with two rows and two columns that includes 0 in the first row and the first column, ?1 in the second row and the first column, 1 in the first row and the second column, and 0 in the second row and the second column.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi SASAKI, Akinori NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20230292159Abstract: The local 5G monitoring system includes a measuring device that measures radio waves from a base station of a local 5G system, wireless terminals, a first server device that belongs to the same wireless local area network (wireless LAN) as the measuring device and the wireless terminals, collects measurement data from the wireless terminals, belongs to the same local area network (LAN) as the measuring device, and is connected to the Internet, and a second server device that is connected to the first server device via the Internet, and is configured to be referred to by a user, in which the first server device uses the measurement data when installation of the local 5G system is completed, as reference information, and determines and notifies the user that an abnormal state occurs, when the measurement data during an operation of the local 5G system exceeds a threshold from the reference information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Mitsuhiro USUBA, Atsushi FURUKI, Yoshihiro FUKAGAWA, Satoshi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20230291666Abstract: The local 5G monitoring system includes measuring devices that measure radio waves from a base station of the local 5G system, and a server device that belongs to the same local area network (LAN) as the measuring devices, or is connected to the Internet, and collects measurement data from the measuring devices, in which the server device generates, based on the measurement data measured by the measuring devices at predetermined time intervals, a heat map showing a distribution of states of the measurement data, and displays the heat map at a time designated by a user, from the generated heat map.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Mitsuhiro USUBA, Atsushi FURUKI, Yoshihiro FUKAGAWA, Satoshi SASAKI