Patents by Inventor Seiji Sato

Seiji Sato 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).

  • Patent number: 12140325
    Abstract: The centrifugal fan includes a base plate connected to a rotating shaft of a motor, a plurality of blades joined to a surface of the base plate, and a ring-shaped shroud joined to the plurality of blades to face the base plate. The blade is provided in such a way that a length of one end joint portion joined to the base plate is greater than a length of another end joint portion joined to the shroud, and with respect to a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis, an angle between a first straight line, which connects a leading edge position and a trailing edge position of the one end joint portion, and a straight line passing through a center point of the first straight line and a rotation center is less than an angle between a second straight line, which connects a leading edge position and a trailing edge position of the other end joint portion, and a straight line passing through a center point of the second straight line and the rotation center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Sato, Shinji Goto, Nozomu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240356169
    Abstract: The electrochemical device includes: a case including a recessed container having a bottom and a side wall, and a cap that covers the opening of the recessed container; a power generation element having a laminate with an electrode layer, an electrode layer and a solid electrolyte layer laminated together and housed in the interior space of the case such that the bottom and electrode layer face each other; and a conductive plate positioned adjacent to the opening of the recessed container and between the electrode layer and cap. The recessed container includes a plurality of supports on the inner peripheral surface of the side wall. The conductive plate includes a plurality of supported portions located on its edges and corresponding in position to the supports. With each supported portion, the power generation element is pushed by a spring piece of the conductive plate toward the bottom of the recessed container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Furukawa, Koji Yamaguchi, Seiji Sato, Takumi Otsuka, Shumpei Masuda, Hiroyoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 12110992
    Abstract: A threaded joint wherein a relationship between shoulder angle parameters and thread taper angle parameters for a coupling and a pair of pins inserted from both ends of the coupling is defined by the following expression (1), and a tightening torque with which the threaded joint is tightened is 60% or more and 85% or less of a yield torque determined by the following expression (2): - 1.5 ? ° ? ? ? ? - ? ? ? ? 2. ° , ( 1 ) T = ( T S + T D ) ? 1 12 ( 2 ) T S = f t ? P c ? E 7 2 ? ( 2 ? ? ? E 7 ) ? L 4 ? 1 2 P c = E ? ? m 2 ? ( ( W 2 ) 2 - ( E 7 2 ) 2 ) ? ( ( E 7 2 ) 2 - ( d 2 ) 2 ) 2 ? ( E 7 2 ) 3 ? ( ( W 2 ) 2 - ( d 2 ) 2 ) T D = Y m ? A S ( P 2 ? ? + R t ? f s cos ? ? + R s ? f s ) .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Yoshikawa, Seigo Goto, Seiji Ozaki, Hideo Sato
  • Patent number: 12099926
    Abstract: A water treatment plant which performs water treatment using a water treatment device includes an imaging device, a processing device, and a control device. The imaging device images a water treatment environment of the water treatment device and outputs image data obtained by imaging. The processing device causes an arithmetic device which performs an arithmetic operation using one or more calculation models generated by machine learning to execute the arithmetic operation employing the image data output from the imaging device as input data of the one or more calculation models. The control device controls the water treatment device on the basis of output information output from the arithmetic device by executing the arithmetic operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Imamura, Yuki Sato, Wataru Yoshida, Seiji Noda, Yohei Ueno, Nozomu Yasunaga, Go Wakamatsu, Kenta Shimoda, Takushi Kawada
  • Publication number: 20240308223
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning apparatus for a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium, the cleaning apparatus including: a liquid application head for applying liquid to a nozzle formation surface; and a liquid removal unit for removing the liquid, wherein the liquid application head has a liquid application member having flexibility and having three surfaces, the first surface and the second surface contacting the nozzle formation surface, the third surface and the nozzle formation surface having a gap therebetween, a liquid supply member having a supply flow path for supplying the liquid to the nozzle formation surface, and wherein a liquid application width is narrower than a width of the nozzle formation surface, and a liquid removal width is wider than the liquid application width of the liquid application head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: RYOSUKE ARAKI, SEIJI SUZUKI, TAKAYA SATO, RAN KUDO, TAKUYA HANE, TAKATOSHI NAKANO, TSUKASA SANO
  • Patent number: 12083809
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a head that ejects a liquid; a supply unit that supplies a liquid to the head; a maintenance unit for maintaining the head; a selector unit that selects a unit to be opened to an atmosphere from the supply unit and the maintenance unit; and a housing that accommodates the supply unit, the maintenance unit, and the selector unit, in which the housing has an opening surface to which an exposure opening is open and a cover that closes the exposure opening, the exposure opening exposes the supply unit, the maintenance unit, and the selector unit, and when the exposure opening is viewed from a position facing the opening surface, the supply unit, the maintenance unit, and the selector unit are positioned not to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Tojo, Eiji Miyashita, Seiya Sato
  • Patent number: 12055348
    Abstract: Provided herein are a heat exchange apparatus intended to achieve compatibility between installation flexibility and durability and a method of manufacturing the heat exchange apparatus. The heat exchange apparatus is a heat exchange apparatus that exchanges heat between a heat storage material and a fluid. The heat exchange apparatus includes a first heat storage module and a second heat storage module, each having the heat storage material and a box-like shape, and a housing containing the first heat storage module and the second heat storage module. The first heat storage module is disposed in the same orientation as that of the second heat storage module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Nakazono, Shunkei Suzuki, Yasumitsu Nomura, Yoshikazu Yaji, Minoru Sato, Seiji Maruyama, Yuichi Usuda, Norihiro Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20240254405
    Abstract: An agent for forming a solid lubricating coating film on a tightening surface of a thread portion, in which a solid lubricant is dispersed in a binder resin as a matrix component, a main component of the solid lubricant is melamine cyanurate, and an average particle diameter of the melamine cyanurate is 0.1 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less, the binder resin contains an alkyd resin and nitrocellulose, and the alkyd resin and nitrocellulose are contained in an amount of 85 wt % or more of the total binder resin component weight, and a total weight of the solid lubricant is 10 parts by weight or more and 100 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of a total weight of the binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicants: JFE STEEL CORPORATION, TOYO DRILUBE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhide ISHIGURO, Seigo GOTO, Takashi KOGA, Takamasa KAWAI, Seiji OZAKI, Hideo SATO, Sachiko FUJIMOTO, Koichi SHODA, Akira OKUBO, Ryota KOBAYASHI, Ryota KUBO, Kota TOYOSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240254404
    Abstract: A solid lubricating coating film capable of imparting favorable lubricity and corrosion resistance to a connection for oil country tubular goods. Two or more solid lubricants are dispersed in a binder resin. Graphite is contained in an amount of 50% or more and 90% or less of a total weight of the solid lubricants, and the graphite has a scaly shape and an average particle diameter of 10.0 ?m or less. A solid lubricant made of one or more materials selected from BN, mica, talc, MCA, MoS2, PTFE, PFA, and FEP is further contained as other solid lubricants of the two or more types of solid lubricants. The binder resin contains a PEEK resin having an average particle diameter of 20 ?m or less as a main component, and the PEEK resin is contained in an amount of 70% or more of a total weight of the binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicants: JFE STEEL CORPORATION, TOYO DRILUBE CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhide ISHIGURO, Seigo GOTO, Takashi KOGA, Takamasa KAWAI, Seiji OZAKI, Hideo SATO, Sachiko FUJIMOTO, Koichi SHODA, Akira OKUBO, Ryota KOBAYASHI, Ryota KUBO, Kota TOYOSAWA
  • Patent number: 12052722
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a control unit that performs an uplink (UL) data transmission setting according to a radio resource control (RRC) message and a transmitting unit that transmits UL data according to the UL data transmission setting. The RRC message includes setting information of a plurality of configured UL grants (CGs). The setting information includes at least first and second CGs for each of at least one bandwidth part (BWP). The setting information further includes setting information related to transmission intervals for the first and second CGs. The control unit sets at least the first and second CGs for each BWP according to the setting information. The transmitting unit, when at least a part of the transmission interval of the first and second CGs overlap each other, interrupts UL data transmission of the first CG to perform UL data transmission of the second CG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Seiji Sato, Hideo Nanba, Osamu Nakamura, Ryota Yamada
  • Patent number: 12043534
    Abstract: Even when the filling speed increases, the surface temperature of a molded bottle falls within a constant range, and a sterilizer adequately sterilizes the bottle. A preform is heated, the heated preform is sealed in a mold, the preform sealed in the mold is blow-molded into a bottle, the surface temperatures of a neck portion, a body portion, and a bottom portion of the molded bottle are measured, and the mold temperatures of a neck portion, a body portion, and a bottom portion of the mold is so adjusted that the measured surface temperature of the bottle falls within a specified temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Yoshinori Sato, Seiji Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20240151409
    Abstract: An indoor unit for an air conditioner including a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a main plate connectable to a rotation shaft of a motor, a plurality of blades, with one respective end to be bonded to the main plate and arrangeable at equal intervals from each other along a circumferential direction, a shroud, to be bonded to another respective end of the plurality of blades, to face the main plate, and a bell mouth arrangeable inside the shroud. An annular member arrangeable on an outer circumferential portion of the bell mouth with an inlet portion at the gap between the shroud and the bell mouth. The annular member including an annular flat plate portion spaced apart from and face the inlet portion, and a protrusion formed on an outer circumferential portion of a surface of the annular flat plate portion facing the shroud and being curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nozomu INOUE, Shinji GOTO, Seiji SATO
  • Patent number: 11937263
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a method for communicating with a base station apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and a first DCI format addressed to a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI); determining a first priority of a first uplink grant based on a priority field in the RRC signaling; and transmitting a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) scheduled by the first uplink grant and a second PUSCH scheduled by a second uplink grant. The first uplink grant is a configured uplink grant notified by the RRC signaling. The second uplink grant is notified by the first DCI format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Jungo Goto, Osamu Nakamura, Seiji Sato, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11796191
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat exchanger and an air conditioner including the same. The heat exchanger may be provided for heat exchange between refrigerant and air. The heat exchanger may include a plurality of refrigerant tubes that are disposed with a clearance (C) therebetween in a first direction (A), in which the air moves, and are disposed to be spaced apart in a second direction (B) crossing the first direction (A) and a plurality of heat exchange fins that are disposed between the plurality of refrigerant tubes disposed to be spaced apart in the second direction (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Mu Lee, Hyun Young Kim, Seiji Sato
  • Patent number: 11705400
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: a first substrate; a semiconductor chip mounted on the first substrate such that a circuit formation surface is oriented toward the first substrate; a second substrate arranged above the first substrate, the semiconductor chip being sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a resin that seals the semiconductor chip and that is filled between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the second substrate includes a solder resist layer having a first surface facing a back surface that is an opposite surface of the circuit formation surface of the semiconductor chip, and wherein on an area of the first surface of the solder resist layer facing the back surface of the semiconductor chip, at least one protruding portion that protrudes towards the back surface of the semiconductor chip is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Sato
  • Publication number: 20230199967
    Abstract: An embedded printed circuit board includes a first substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the first substrate, a second substrate provided on the first substrate via the semiconductor chip so that the semiconductor chip is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first resin filled between the semiconductor chip and the first substrate and having a cladding portion covering a side surface of the semiconductor chip, and a second resin filled between the first substrate and the second substrate and encapsulating the semiconductor chip and the first resin. The first resin includes a protrusion protruding from the cladding portion toward the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Seiji SATO
  • Patent number: 11601950
    Abstract: A state managing unit configured to control a prescribed communication resource allocating process and a reception processing unit configured to receive a control element (CE) are included. The prescribed communication resource allocating process is a process of allocating a communication resource at a predetermined time interval, and the state managing unit suspends an uplink grant configured for the prescribed communication resource allocating process in a case that the reception processing unit receives an SCell Activation/Deactivation MAC CE for deactivating a secondary cell, or an sCellDeactivationTimer configured for the secondary cell expires, and the state managing unit reinitializes the uplink grant suspended, in a case that the reception processing unit receives the SCell Activation/Deactivation MAC CE for activating the secondary cell after the state managing unit suspends the uplink grant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Seiji Sato, Jungo Goto, Osamu Nakamura, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 11582437
    Abstract: A camera system includes: a first camera and a second camera; a camera adaptor box; and a camera control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Seiji Sato, Tomoyasu Katsuyama
  • Publication number: 20220369362
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a method for communicating with a base station apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and a first DCI format addressed to a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI); determining a first priority of a first uplink grant based on a priority field in the RRC signaling; and transmitting a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) scheduled by the first uplink grant and a second PUSCH scheduled by a second uplink grant. The first uplink grant is a configured uplink grant notified by the RRC signaling. The second uplink grant is notified by the first DCI format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: JUNGO GOTO, OSAMU NAKAMURA, SEIJI SATO, YASUHIRO HAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: RE49709
    Abstract: Provided are a blower, capable of suppressing noise occurring in a stator while significantly improving blowing efficiency, and an outdoor unit using the same. The present disclosure comprises: a bell mouth part spaced apart at a predetermined distance in the radial direction with respect to an outer circumferential end of a propeller fan; and a diffuser part installed on the downstream side of the bell mouth part, and having a flow path area which is enlarged from the upstream side toward the downstream side with a larger magnification rate than the magnification rate of the flow path area in the downstream end of the bell mouth part; and a stator part having a plurality of stators, wherein the stator part is arranged within the diffuser part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Nakagawa, Seiji Sato