Patents by Inventor Seiya Sakurai

Seiya Sakurai 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: 9856014
    Abstract: A fairing drive assembly couples a flap assembly of a wing of an aircraft to a fairing of the wing. The fairing drive assembly may include a fairing cam including a first joint and a second joint, and a flap link pivotally coupled to the first joint of the fairing cam and the flap assembly. A fairing drive arm is pivotally coupled to the second joint and the fairing. The fairing cam is configured to rotate upon actuation of the flap assembly and deflect the fairing away from the flap assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew James Osborn, Seiya Sakurai, Benjamin A. Clark, Steven C. Penn
  • Patent number: 9716189
    Abstract: A polyester film including a cyclic carbodiimide compound represented by the following Formula (O-1) has good film thickness uniformity without increase in viscosity. R1 and R5 represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkoxy group; R2 to R4 and R6 to R8 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkoxy group; X1 and X2 represent a single bond, —O—, —CO—, —S—, —SO2—, —NH—, or —CH2—; and L1 represents a divalent linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiya Sakurai, Makoto Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20170182828
    Abstract: The image recording method includes the following steps (a) to (c): (a) forming a barrier layer on a recording medium by using a solution which contains an acidic group-containing polymer in a nonaqueous medium; (b) forming an organic acid-containing layer on the barrier layer; and (c) forming an image by jetting an aqueous ink onto the organic acid-containing layer by an ink jet method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru KIKUCHI, Yuji YOSHIDA, Seiya SAKURAI, Ryuji SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 9688386
    Abstract: A variable camber Krueger flap deployment linkage mechanism is presented. A first linkage assembly couples a flap assembly and an airfoil, and comprising a first drive arm, a first drive link, and a support arm. A second linkage assembly couples the flap assembly and the first drive arm, and comprises a drive transfer arm, a middle connection segment, and a bullnose link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Seiya Sakurai, Stephen J. Fox, Victor H. Reyes
  • Publication number: 20170158310
    Abstract: A fairing drive assembly couples a flap assembly of a wing of an aircraft to a fairing of the wing. The fairing drive assembly may include a fairing cam including a first joint and a second joint, and a flap link pivotally coupled to the first joint of the fairing cam and the flap assembly. A fairing drive arm is pivotally coupled to the second joint and the fairing. The fairing cam is configured to rotate upon actuation of the flap assembly and deflect the fairing away from the flap assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew James Osborn, Seiya Sakurai, Benjamin A. Clark, Steven C. Penn
  • Publication number: 20170094971
    Abstract: Provided is a plant disease control composition that has a plurality of disease spectra against various plant pathogens and demonstrates superior control effects (synergistic control effects) that cannot be predicted from each component alone. The plant disease control composition comprises as active ingredients thereof at least one quinoline compounds represented by the following general formula: wherein, R1 and R2 represent, for example, optionally substituted alkyl groups or optionally substituted aryl groups, R3 and R4 represent, for example, hydrogen atoms, fluorine atom or methyl group, X represents, for example, a halogen atom or optionally substituted alkyl group, and Y represents a fluorine atom or methyl group, n is 0 to 2 and m is 0 or 1, or a salt thereof (group a), and one or more fungicidal compounds selected from group b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO, INC.
    Inventors: Seiya SAKURAI, Toshiaki OHARA, Munetsugu MORIMOTO, Nobuhiro KONDO, Hideaki IKISHIMA
  • Patent number: 9533945
    Abstract: By forming a polyester film from a polyester resin composition including ketene imine compound represented by the following Formula (1) and polyester, the polyester film having excellent hydrolysis resistance in which volatilization of the ketene imine compound or the ketene compound can be suppressed. In Formula (1), R1 and R2 represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aminocarbonyl group, an aryloxy group, an acyl group, or an aryloxycarbonyl group, and the R1—C(?C)—R2 substructure has a molecular weight of 320 or greater. R3 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Uehira, Makoto Fukuda, Michihiro Ogawa, Masaomi Makino, Masatoshi Mizumura, Seiya Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20160333209
    Abstract: An ink composition contains (a) a compound which is represented by the following Formula (1) and has a specific molecular weight, (b) a colorant, (c) a polymer having an SP value of equal to or greater than 17 and equal to or less than 24, and (d) water, in which there is a specific relationship between a log P value of the component (a) and an SP value of the component (c). An ink set contains the ink composition, and an ink jet recording method uses the ink composition: R represents a specific alkyl group; Z1 represents a single bond, —NR1—, or —O—; Z2 represents —NR1— or —O—; at least one of Z1 or Z2 is —NR1—; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a specific alkyl group; and L represents a specific alkylene group or —C2H4—O—C2H4—.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro SHIMONO, Katsuyuki YOFU, Seiya SAKURAI, Toshihiro KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160297513
    Abstract: A variable camber Krueger flap deployment linkage mechanism is presented. A first linkage assembly couples a flap assembly and an airfoil, and comprising a first drive arm, a first drive link, and a support arm. A second linkage assembly couples the flap assembly and the first drive arm, and comprises a drive transfer arm, a middle connection segment, and a bullnose link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Seiya Sakurai, Stephen J. Fox, Victor H. Reyes
  • Patent number: 9415857
    Abstract: A wing fold system may move a second portion of a wing with respect to a first portion of the wing between flight position 301 and folded position 303. A first link may rotate in response to actuating an actuator. A second link may move in response to rotating of the first link. The second portion of the wing may move in response to moving the second link and the second portion may move with respect to the first portion of the wing. One of the first portion and the second portion may be a fixed portion of the wing and the other of the first portion and the second portion may be a wingtip of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen John Fox, Seiya Sakurai, Victor A. Munsen, Jack S. Noble, John Tony Skomorowski
  • Patent number: 9365284
    Abstract: A variable camber Krueger flap deployment linkage mechanism is presented. A first linkage assembly couples a flap assembly and an airfoil, and comprising a first drive arm, a first drive link, and a support arm. A second linkage assembly couples the flap assembly and the first drive arm, and comprises a drive transfer arm, a middle connection segment, and a bullnose link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Seiya Sakurai, Stephen J. Fox, Victor H. Reyes
  • Patent number: 9296471
    Abstract: A swing wing tip system for an air vehicle is provided. The swing wing tip system has a swing wing tip assembly with an unfixed wing tip portion movably connected to a fixed wing portion of a wing. The swing wing tip assembly has a dual load path structure configured to transfer load from the unfixed wing tip portion to the fixed wing portion. The dual load path structure has dual wing skin plates and a rotation joint coupled between the dual wing skin plates and configured to rotationally couple the unfixed wing tip portion to the fixed wing portion. The rotation joint has a dual rotation pin element having a center rotation axis and dual rotation elements configured to rotate about the center rotation axis. The swing wing tip system has an actuator assembly coupled to the rotation joint and a controller system coupled to the actuator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Seiya Sakurai, Ryan W. Kosko, Gregory M. Santini
  • Patent number: 9296469
    Abstract: An apparatus of an aircraft, the apparatus may include a wing comprising an unfixed portion and a fixed portion. The unfixed portion movably may connect to the fixed portion. The unfixed portion may include a rotating portion to rotate the unfixed portion between a flight position and a folded position. The fixed portion may connect to the unfixed portion of the wing. A joint may allow rotation of the unfixed portion of the wing with respect to the fixed portion of the wing about a rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory M. Santini, Seiya Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20160083074
    Abstract: An apparatus of an aircraft, the apparatus may include a wing comprising an unfixed portion and a fixed portion. The unfixed portion movably may connect to the fixed portion. The unfixed portion may include a rotating portion to rotate the unfixed portion between a flight position and a folded position. The fixed portion may connect to the unfixed portion of the wing. A joint may allow rotation of the unfixed portion of the wing with respect to the fixed portion of the wing about a rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory M. Santini, Seiya Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20150232419
    Abstract: By forming a polyester film from a polyester resin composition including ketene imine compound represented by the following Formula (1) and polyester, the polyester film having excellent hydrolysis resistance in which volatilization of the ketene imine compound or the ketene compound can be suppressed. In Formula (1), R1 and R2 represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aminocarbonyl group, an aryloxy group, an acyl group, or an aryloxycarbonyl group, and the R1—C(?C)—R2 substructure has a molecular weight of 320 or greater. R3 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki UEHIRA, Makoto FUKUDA, Michihiro OGAWA, Masaomi MAKINO, Masatoshi MIZUMURA, Seiya SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 9108715
    Abstract: A rotary actuated high lift gapped aileron system and method are presented. A high lift gapped aileron couples to an airfoil at a hinge line and changes a camber of the airfoil. A rotary actuator coupled to the high lift gapped aileron produces a rotary motion of the high lift gapped aileron in response to an actuation command. A droop panel positioned over the hinge line enhances lift of the high lift gapped aileron. A cove lip door positioned under the hinge line provides an airflow over the high lift gapped aileron. A deployment linkage mechanism coupled to the high lift gapped aileron positions the droop panel and the cove lip door in response to the rotary motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jan A. Kordel, Seiya Sakurai
  • Patent number: 9090729
    Abstract: A polymer containing a recurring unit having an aliphatic polycyclic structure, wherein at least two atoms constituting the ring skeleton of the aliphatic polycyclic structure constitute the main chain of the polymer, and the recurring unit has an aliphatic ring containing a sulfonyl group as the constitutive group of the ring skeleton, has high refractivity, high Abbe's number, high-level heat resistance, high-level light transmittance and low water absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rie Okutsu, Seiya Sakurai, Tatsuhiko Obayashi, Hiroaki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 9061753
    Abstract: A hinged panel operation system is provided having a mechanical linkage assembly coupled between a fixed structure and a trailing edge device. The mechanical linkage assembly has a first link operatively coupled to the trailing edge device, a second link pivotably connected at a first end to the first link and pivotably connected at a second end to a third link, and an eccentric attachment connecting the second link to the third link. The hinged panel operation system further has a hinged panel positioned forward of the trailing edge device and being operatively coupled to the mechanical linkage assembly. The hinged panel is movable by the mechanical linkage assembly between a stowed position and a drooped position. The mechanical linkage assembly provides a load path to the hinged panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kevin W. Beyer, Seiya Sakurai, Martin F. Stephenson
  • Patent number: 9016637
    Abstract: A system and method to enable natural laminar flow over a fluid-dynamic body using a variable camber Krueger flap is disclosed. A sequence of flap positions is deployed where the variable camber Krueger flap is below and aft of the wing leading edge before reaching a configured takeoff and landing position. The variable camber Krueger flap is positioned in a high position relative to a wing leading edge when the variable camber Krueger flap is fully deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Seiya Sakurai, Stephen J. Fox, Victor Reyes, Kara Marie Charles
  • Publication number: 20150097087
    Abstract: A swing wing tip system for an air vehicle is provided. The swing wing tip system has a swing wing tip assembly with an unfixed wing tip portion movably connected to a fixed wing portion of a wing. The swing wing tip assembly has a dual load path structure configured to transfer load from the unfixed wing tip portion to the fixed wing portion. The dual load path structure has dual wing skin plates and a rotation joint coupled between the dual wing skin plates and configured to rotationally couple the unfixed wing tip portion to the fixed wing portion. The rotation joint has a dual rotation pin element having a center rotation axis and dual rotation elements configured to rotate about the center rotation axis. The swing wing tip system has an actuator assembly coupled to the rotation joint and a controller system coupled to the actuator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Seiya Sakurai, Ryan W. Kosko, Gregory M. Santini