Patents by Inventor Satoshi Yoshida

Satoshi Yoshida 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).

  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SETTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180152572
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image forming apparatus that performs printing using a sheet set in a feeding unit includes a controller serving as a processor that executes a program or a circuit that is equipped with functions, the controller being configured to function as a unit that causes a display device to display a screen in which a plurality of objects corresponding to a plurality of pieces of attribute information is arranged, a unit that sets, in the screen, attribute information corresponding to a sheet set in the feeding unit, a unit that updates, according to setting of the attribute information, count information associated with the set attribute information, and a unit that determines an arrangement of the plurality of objects in the screen based on the count information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Takaaki Yano, Satoshi Yoshida
  • Powder coating apparatus
    Patent number: 9977383
    Abstract: A powder coating apparatus includes: a transport device that transports an object to be coated; an applying unit disposed to be opposed to a surface to be coated of the transported object to be coated and applying a charged thermosetting powder coating material onto the surface to be coated of the object to be coated, that includes an applying section including a cylindrical or columnar applying member that is disposed to be separated from the surface to be coated of the object to be coated, and a supplying section including a cylindrical or columnar supplying member that supplies the powder coating material onto the surface of the applying member; a voltage applying device; and a heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Noda, Masato Mikami, Satoshi Yoshida
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180095398
    Abstract: First prediction data indicating a timing at which a consumable for use in a printing apparatus is to be replenished in the printing apparatus, and second prediction data indicating a timing at which a part of the printing apparatus is to be replaced, are obtained. The obtained first and second prediction data are arranged in time series on the basis of the timings indicated by the first and second prediction data. The first and second prediction data arranged in time series are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventor: Satoshi YOSHIDA
  • Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
    Patent number: 9935339
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a rectangular nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery for which the generation of a magnetic field due to current during use is suppressed and the danger of internal shorts between the positive electrode tab and negative electrode tab is reduced. [Solution] The positive electrode tab and negative electrode tab are both disposed at the beginning side of a winding for wound electrodes. An outer housing and sealing plate are welded in a state with the positive electrode tab sandwiched at a mating part of the outer housing and sealing plate. The negative electrode tab is electrically connected to a negative electrode terminal provided on the sealing plate. The positive electrode tab and negative electrode tab are divided by a space of 2-12 mm in the direction of battery width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Eiji Okutani, Hideyuki Inomata, Ryuji Ohshita
  • Thermosetting powder coating material and coating method
    Patent number: 9921502
    Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating material includes a powder particle containing a thermosetting resin and a thermosetting agent and has a volume particle size distribution index GSDv of less than 1.20 and an average circularity of not less than 0.96.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Mikami, Satoshi Yoshida, Akihiko Noda
  • Information processing device
    Patent number: 9904813
    Abstract: An information processing device comprising a control unit which, when a predetermined automatic label generation condition is satisfied by data being input, generates or selects electronic label information having a preset content correlated with an application identification information of an application in operation at time of the input of the data and the automatic label generation condition. The control unit is configured so that, when the control unit generates or selects the electronic label information, the control unit correlates and stores the generated or selected electronic label information with the input data as associated information and the application identification information in a predetermined memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Kazuyoshi Haraguchi
  • Evaluation method and screening method for sphingosine-1-phosphate 1 (S1P1) receptor agonists
    Patent number: 9885703
    Abstract: It has been found that a main effect (immunosuppressive activity) of an S1P1 receptor agonist correlates with the selectivity for cells expressing a combination of an S1P1 receptor with G?i2 or G?i3, and that an adverse effect (cardiotoxicity) of an S1P1 receptor agonist correlates with the selectivity for cells expressing a combination of an S1P1 receptor with G?i1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Ninomiya, Satoshi Yoshida
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20180004962
    Abstract: Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program are provided. An information processing apparatus includes the following elements. A receiver receives a command requesting for the execution of predetermined processing. A storage unit stores data and first information indicating, among a plurality of stages in a lifecycle of the information processing apparatus, the current stage determined by the stored data and second information indicating an executable command in the current stage, the executable command being determined for each of the plurality of stages. A determining unit determines on the basis of the first information and the second information whether the command received by the receiver is an executable command in the current stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Isao Itoh
  • Water-repellant transparent coating-substrate assembly and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 9856407
    Abstract: A water-repellent transparent coating-substrate assembly includes a substrate and a water-repellent transparent coating disposed on a surface of the substrate, the transparent coating including an inorganic oxide fine particle layer containing inorganic oxide fine particles, and an overcoating layer disposed on the inorganic oxide fine particle layer, the surface of the water-repellent transparent coating having irregularities including depressions and protrusions in which the protrusions have an average height (TF) in the range of 30 to 500 nm and an average protrusion interval (pitch width) (WF) in the range of 50 to 1000 nm, the water-repellent transparent coating having a water contact angle in the range of 130 to 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuhko Hakoshima, Masayuki Matsuda, Ryo Muraguchi, Kazutaka Egami, Tsuguo Koyanagi, Mitsuaki Kumazawa, Satoshi Yoshida, Yuji Tawarasako
  • Laser welding apparatus and laser welding method
    Patent number: 9802272
    Abstract: A laser welding apparatus for joining a first member and a second member together by laser welding includes: a first laser beam applying device that applies a laser beam to a border area between the first member and the second member; and a second laser beam applying device that applies a laser beam to a laser beam application spot of each of the first member and the second member, the laser beam application spot being located ahead of a laser beam application spot to which the laser beam is applied by the first laser beam applying device, in a laser welding forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Yoichi Naruse, Hiroyasu Kado
  • MFI zeolite having uniform mesopores and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9789476
    Abstract: A novel MFI zeolite that when used as a catalyst, can be used for a selective catalytic reaction for larger molecules and provides a method for producing the MFI zeolite. The MFI zeolite includes uniform mesopores having a pore distribution curve which a peak-width thereof at half height (hw) is at most 20 nm (hw?20 nm) and a center value (?) of a maximum peak is 10 nm or more and 20 nm or less (10 nm???20 nm), and having a pore volume (pv) of the uniform mesopores of at least 0.05 mL/g (0.05 mL/g?pv); the MFI zeolite has no peak in a range of 0.1° to 3° in powder X-ray diffraction measurement with a diffraction angle represented by 2?; and the MFI zeolite has an average particle diameter (PD) of at most 100 nm (PD?100 nm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Takamitsu, Satoshi Yoshida
  • Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
    Patent number: 9785780
    Abstract: Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program are provided. An information processing apparatus includes the following elements. A receiver receives a command requesting for the execution of predetermined processing. A storage unit stores data and first information indicating, among a plurality of stages in a lifecycle of the information processing apparatus, the current stage determined by the stored data and second information indicating an executable command in the current stage, the executable command being determined for each of the plurality of stages. A determining unit determines on the basis of the first information and the second information whether the command received by the receiver is an executable command in the current stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Isao Itoh
  • Variable nozzle unit, variable geometry system turbocharger, and power transmission member manufacturing method
    Patent number: 9759086
    Abstract: Power transmission members, such as synchronous joint members, are each formed by sintering a compact which is molded from a mixture containing metal powder and a binder, as an injection material, by metal powder injection molding. Flow promotion recesses configured to facilitate a flow of the mixture to areas corresponding to power transmission surfaces or the like when the compact is molded are formed in each of two side surfaces of each power transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Katsunori Nakagawa, Yasutaka Sakai
  • All solid state battery
    Patent number: 9728808
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an all solid state battery in which compatibility between battery performance and safety is intended. The present invention attains the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode layer containing a cathode active material, an anode layer containing an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, containing a first sulfide solid electrolyte material, characterized in that a ratio of ion resistance of the whole all solid state battery to ion resistance of the solid electrolyte layer is 3.8 or less, and the ion resistance of the solid electrolyte layer is 7.6 ?·cm2 or more and 16 ?·cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Sugiura, Satoshi Yoshida, Hisataka Fujimaki, Yuki Matsushita
  • PISTON RING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20170167608
    Abstract: Provided are a piston ring which, even when a sleeve constituted of an aluminum alloy is used, can sufficiently show the required low frictional properties, wear resistance, and low counterpart-material attacking properties, and a process for producing the piston ring. The piston ring has a rigid carbon film formed as the outermost layer thereof and serving as a sliding surface with a sleeve constituted of an aluminum alloy, wherein the rigid carbon film gives an X-ray diffraction pattern that has peaks assigned to graphite crystals. The rigid carbon film of the piston ring is formed using a chemical vapor deposition method. The rigid carbon film of the piston ring has a hydrogen content which is at least 20 atm % but lower than 30 atm %, and gives a Raman spectrum in which the ratio of the area (ID) of D-band peaks to the area (IG) of G-band peaks, ID/IG, is 0.5-2.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko OOSHIRO, Koji MIYAKE, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Eishi FUJIMAGARI, Takeyuki YAMASAKI, Hidetoshi CHIBA
  • ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE, ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170156692
    Abstract: Each of all ultrasound transducers constituting an ultrasound transducer group of an ultrasound transmitting/receiving portion is connected to a circuit board via electrical wiring so that all the ultrasound transducers can transmit/receive ultrasound. Therefore, even if a second ultrasound transducer group which causes ultrasound to be reflected in a housing occurs due to a shape (inclination and an amount of projection), influence and the like of an outer circumferential portion of an opening portion of the housing, a first ultrasound transducer group capable of emitting ultrasound from the opening portion is appropriately secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HATAKEYAMA, Hiroshi KODAMA, Yoshiyuki OKUNO, Satoshi YOSHIDA
  • ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170155256
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery system comprising: a sealed battery having formed by housing, in an outer package, a stacked battery; a jig adapted to constrain the sealed battery in the stacking direction; one or more contact pressure sensors provided at least either between an outermost layer surface of the stacked battery and the outer package or in the inside of the stacked battery; one or more gas pressure sensors provided in a space inside the outer package; and a control device adapted to stop charging by judging as an overcharge state only when the change in contact pressure sensed by at least one of the contact pressure sensors is equal to or more than a threshold value, and the change in gas pressure sensed by at least one of the gas pressure sensors is equal to or more than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisataka FUJIMAKI, Koichi SUGIURA, Yuki MATSUSHITA, Satoshi YOSHIDA
  • Information Processing Device
    Publication number: 20170109548
    Abstract: An information processing device comprising a control unit which, when a predetermined automatic label generation condition is satisfied by data being input, generates or selects electronic label information having a preset content correlated with an application identification information of an application in operation at time of the input of the data and the automatic label generation condition. The control unit is configured so that, when the control unit generates or selects the electronic label information, the control unit correlates and stores the generated or selected electronic label information with the input data as associated information and the application identification information in a predetermined memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Kazuyoshi Haraguchi
  • ELECTROSTATIC POWDER COATING METHOD AND POWDER COATING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20170087588
    Abstract: An electrostatic powder coating method includes spraying a charged powder coating material including powder particles which contain a thermosetting resin and a thermosetting agent to electrostatically attach the powder coating material to an object to be coated, and heating the powder coating material which is electrostatically attached to the object to be coated to thereby form a coating film, wherein a volume ratio D10c of particles having a particle diameter of greater than or equal to 10 ?m in the powder particles of the powder coating material which is electrostatically attached to the object to be coated and a volume ratio D10o of particles having a particle diameter of greater than or equal to 10 ?m in the powder particles of the powder coating material before being sprayed satisfy a relationship of Expression: D10o×0.80?D10c?D10o×1.20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka GOTO, Takeshi AGATA, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Shigeru SEITOKU, Susumu YOSHINO
  • THERMOSETTING POWDER COATING MATERIAL AND COATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170082934
    Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating material includes a powder particle containing a thermosetting resin and a thermosetting agent and has a volume particle size distribution index GSDv of less than 1.20 and an average circularity of not less than 0.96.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato MIKAMI, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Akihiko NODA