Patents by Inventor Satoshi Yamamoto

Satoshi 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).

  • Publication number: 20210057790
    Abstract: A vehicle battery pack capable of improving distributivity of a refrigerant to a plurality of battery modules. A vehicle battery pack includes battery modules that are arranged in alignment in a vehicle width direction; two cooling pipes that cool the battery modules when being supplied with the refrigerant; and a flow divider that divides and supplies the refrigerant to the two cooling pipes. The flow divider is arranged between two battery modules in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro HARUGAICHI, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Kazuo IWATA, Yu YAN
  • Publication number: 20210057792
    Abstract: A vehicle battery pack capable of suppressing a variation in cooling performance for a battery module by a cooling pipe. A vehicle battery pack includes a cooling pipe in a flat plate shape that abuts a lower surface of respective one of battery modules; and an elastic urging member that urges the cooling pipe upward to make the cooling pipe abut the lower surface of respective one of the battery modules. The elastic urging member has plural elastically-deformable legs that are aligned in a longitudinal direction of the cooling pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro HARUGAICHI, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Kazuo IWATA, Yu YAN, Shoichi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210057791
    Abstract: A vehicle battery pack capable of reducing a possibility of damage to a cooling pipe and suppressing reliability of cooling performance from being degraded. A vehicle battery pack includes two battery modules that are arranged at mutually adjacent positions; and a connecting pipe that communicates between two cooling pipes for respectively cooling the two battery modules. The connecting pipe connects in a manner to allow displacement of a relative position between the two cooling pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro HARUGAICHI, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Kazuo IWATA, Yu YAN
  • Publication number: 20210041305
    Abstract: To obtain an imaging device that can improve temperature detection accuracy. An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a processing unit formed on a first semiconductor substrate and capable of performing predetermined image processing on the basis of image data obtained by an imaging unit, a temperature sensor formed on the first semiconductor substrate and capable of generating a detection signal according to a temperature, and a first pad electrode formed on the first semiconductor substrate and electrically insulated from a circuit formed on the first semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kawazu, Keita Sasaki, Takumi Oka, Mohammad Munir Haque, Nobuhiko Fujimori, Makoto Satou, Masahiro Baba, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yuichi Motohashi, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210038076
    Abstract: A slit lamp microscope of an aspect example includes an illumination system, first photographing system, fixation system, movement mechanism, and controller. The illumination system projects slit light onto an anterior segment of a subject's eye from a first direction. The first photographing system photographs the anterior segment onto which the slit light is being projected, from a second direction different from the first direction. The fixation system outputs fixation light for fixation of the subject's eye. The movement mechanism moves the illumination system and the first photographing system. the controller performs a first control for the movement mechanism to move at least the illumination system and a second control for the first photographing system to photograph the anterior segment a plurality of times in parallel with each other while causing the fixation system to output the fixation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: TopCon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro OHMORI, Yasufumi FUKUMA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210031660
    Abstract: An armrest includes a cable to be connected to a seat-side cable arranged on a seat, and a body member that is mountable on the seat and includes a routing section therein in which the cable is arranged. The cable includes an arranged portion that is arranged in the routing section and a connecting operation section that extends outside the routing section when being connected to the seat-side cable. The connecting operation section is arranged in the routing section when the body member is mounted on the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kaho HAYASHI, Hideki OSHIMA, Takahiko ENDO, Keiji MAKINO, Jun JIN, Takemasa OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210036445
    Abstract: Power trunk conductors 30 of a trunk cable 12 and power branch conductors 37 of a branch cable 13 are electrically connected to each other by a first trunk-side bus bar 56, fuses, and a first branch-side bus bar 60. Signal trunk conductors 31 of the trunk cable 12 and signal branch conductors 38 of the branch cable 13 are electrically connected to each other by the relay bus bars 64.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kazuyoshi OHARA, Hisashi SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20210030157
    Abstract: An armrest according to the technology described herein includes a bracket, an armrest body, a device connecting port, an armrest-side connector, and a cable. The bracket is fixed to a seat frame. The armrest body is attached to the bracket to be rotatable. The device connecting port is exposed through an outer surface of the armrest body. The armrest-side connector is fixed to the seat frame at a position different from the bracket. The cable includes an end connected to the device connecting port and an end connected to an armrest-side connector. The armrest body includes a cable retaining portion through which the cable is passed and in which the cable is retained. Any one of the bracket and the armrest body includes a hole (an elongated hole) that allows movement of the cable along with rotation of the armrest body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kaho HAYASHI, Hideki OSHIMA, Takahiko ENDO, Keiji MAKINO, Jun JIN, Takemasa OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210026121
    Abstract: A sample observation device includes: an emission optical system that emits planar light to a sample on an XZ plane; a scanning unit that scans the sample in a Y-axis direction so as to pass through an emission surface of the planar light; an imaging optical system that has an observation axis inclined with respect to the emission surface and forms an image of observation light generated in the sample; an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of pieces of XZ image data corresponding to an optical image of the observation light; and an image generation unit 8 that generates XY image data based on the plurality of pieces of XZ image data. The image generation unit extracts an analysis region of the plurality of pieces of XZ image data acquired in the Y-axis direction, integrates brightness values of at least the analysis region in a Z-axis direction to generate X image data, and combines the X image data in the Y-axis direction to generate the XY image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Satoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210018735
    Abstract: In a sample observation device, when the angle formed by an optical axis of an emission optical system and a normal of a scanning surface is ?1 and the angle formed by an optical axis of an imaging optical system and the normal of the scanning surface is ?2, both ?1 and ?2 are 80° or less, and ?1+?2 is 100° or more. In an image acquisition unit, an image acquisition region Fn+1, m+1 in the (m+1)-th frame of the (n+1)-th pixel is shifted from an image acquisition region Fn, m in the m-th frame of the n-th pixel in a scanning direction of a sample according to the scanning amount of the sample in the exposure time of one frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventor: Satoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210015363
    Abstract: A slit lamp microscope of some embodiment examples includes an illumination system, first photographing system, first movement mechanism, and controller. The illumination system includes a slit forming unit that forms a slit for generating slit light and projects the slit light onto an anterior segment of a subject's eye from a first direction. The first photographing system photographs the anterior segment onto which the slit light is being projected, from a second direction different from the first direction. The first movement mechanism moves a movable portion that includes at least the slit forming unit. The controller performs a first control for the first movement mechanism to move the movable portion and a second control for the first photographing system to photograph the anterior segment a plurality of times in parallel with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro OHMORI, Yasufumi FUKUMA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200393661
    Abstract: A sample observation device (1) includes: an emission optical system (3) for emitting planar light (L2) onto a sample (S); a scanning unit (4) for scanning the sample (S) with respect to an emission face (R) of the planar light (L2); an imaging optical system (5) having an observation axis (P2) inclined with respect to the emission face (R) and for forming an image from observation light (L3) generated in the sample (S) in accordance with the emission of the planar light (L2); an image acquiring unit (6) for acquiring a plurality of partial image data corresponding to a part of an optical image according to the observation light (L3) formed as an image by the imaging optical system (5); and an image generating unit (8) for generating observation image data of the sample S based on the plurality of partial image data generated by the image acquiring unit (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Masanori MATSUBARA, Norikazu SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10867629
    Abstract: A data storage device is disclosed comprising a voice coil motor (VCM) having a resonance frequency, a first disk surface comprising a first set of servo sectors written at a frequency less than twice the VCM resonance frequency, and a second disk surface comprising a second set of servo sectors circumferentially offset from the first set of servo sectors and written at a frequency less than twice the VCM resonance frequency. An access of the first disk surface is performed by reading at least one of the first set of servo sectors to generate a first position error signal (PES), reading at least one of the second set of servo sectors to generate a second PES, and controlling the VCM based on the first PES and the second PES to position a first head over the first disk surface while accessing the first disk surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kiyonaga, Satoshi Yamamoto, Peng Huang
  • Patent number: 10836332
    Abstract: A connection structure connecting a conduit 12 to a protector 30, the conduit 12 having a wire 11 inserted therein and being configured to move in accordance with sliding of a sliding object, and the protector 30 being attached to an end portion of the conduit 12 and being configured to move with the conduit 12, wherein, the protector 30 includes: a latch portion 39 that is joined to the conduit 12 in a latched state; and a sliding portion 15 that can slide in the direction in which the conduit 12 extends, opposes the conduit 12 in a normal position, and restricts release of the latched state of the latch portion 39.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Ohara
  • Publication number: 20200346562
    Abstract: A power supply device for a vehicle seat, including: a power receiving unit that is provided in a vehicle seat and is connected to a plurality of loads in the vehicle seat; a power transmitting unit that contactlessly transmits power to the power receiving unit; and a power storage unit that is provided in the vehicle seat, is connected to the loads, and is charged via a power supply path formed by the power receiving unit and the power transmitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kota Oda, Takeshi Uraki, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10807544
    Abstract: A wire harness routing device includes: a rail for a sliding seat, which is installed on a floor surface of a vehicle; a slider that is slidably attached to the rail; a wire harness extending from the sliding seat side; a guide member configured to connect the wire harness to the slider, and to guide the wire harness to the side of the rail and in a direction along the rail; and an accommodation portion that is provided to the side of the rail, and that accommodates the wire harness that is guided by the guide member so that the wire harness is movable along with the movement of the slider, wherein the guide member is connected to the slider to be able to approach and separate from the slider, and to be inclined to the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Ohara
  • Patent number: 10807987
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an antagonistic action on an NMDA receptor containing the NR2B subunit, and expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of major depression, bipolar disorder, migraine, pain, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the description, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Yuya Oguro, Shigemitsu Matsumoto, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Norihito Tokunaga, Taku Kamei, Mitsuhiro Ito, Satoshi Mikami, Masaki Seto, Shinji Morimoto, Shinji Nakamura, Sachie Takashima, Masataka Murakami, Masaki Daini, Makoto Kamata, Minoru Nakamura, Yasufumi Wada, Hiroyuki Kakei, Kazuaki Takami, Taisuke Tawaraishi, Jumpei Aida, Kouichi Iwanaga, Satoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10809509
    Abstract: A sample observation device (1) includes: an emission optical system (3) for emitting planar light (L2) onto a sample (S); a scanning unit (4) for scanning the sample (S) with respect to an emission face (R) of the planar light (L2); an imaging optical system (5) having an observation axis (P2) inclined with respect to the emission face (R) and for forming an image from observation light (L3) generated in the sample (S) in accordance with the emission of the planar light (L2); an image acquiring unit (6) for acquiring a plurality of partial image data corresponding to a part of an optical image according to the observation light (L3) formed as an image by the imaging optical system (5); and an image generating unit (8) for generating observation image data of the sample S based on the plurality of partial image data generated by the image acquiring unit (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Masanori Matsubara, Norikazu Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20200307475
    Abstract: A routing structure for routing an electric wire to a vehicle seat includes: a first cushion portion attached to the vehicle seat; and the electric wire fixed to the first cushion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Housei MIZUNO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kaho HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10774029
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I). wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C1 to C6 alkyl group that may have a halogen atom; R2 represents a C1 to C12 fluorinated saturated hydrocarbon group; W1 represents a C5 to C18 divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group; A1 and A2 independently represents a single bond or *-A3-X1-(A4-X2)a—; A3 and A4 independently represents a C1 to C6 alkanediyl group; X1 and X2 independently represents —O—, —CO—O— or —O—CO—; a represents 0 or 1; and * represents a bond to an oxygen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuro Masuyama, Satoshi Yamamoto, Koji Ichikawa