Patents by Inventor Shigeki Satou

Shigeki Satou 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: 20240085200
    Abstract: An information processing device, an information processing system, and an information processing method, determine whether an object to be transported is the passenger or the cargo based on a transportation request requesting transportation of the object to be transported, calculate a driving route candidate that passes through a start point candidate for starting transportation and an end point candidate for ending transportation, extracting a driving route from among the driving route candidate based on a travel time until end of transportation of the passenger who is the object to be transported in a case of determining that the object to be transported is the passenger, and based on a movement cost of the vehicle in a case of determining that the object to be transported is the cargo, and outputting the extracted driving route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yudai Nakata, Shigeki Satou, Naoki Kojo
  • Patent number: 11829903
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes acquiring a desired condition from a user who uses a shared vehicle, determining whether or not the shared vehicle can be reserved on the basis of the desired condition, and when the reservation of the shared vehicle is completed, providing information including a destination of the shared vehicle reserved to other users as reservation information of the shared vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Hirose, Kayoko Hara, Shigeki Satou
  • Publication number: 20200372418
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes acquiring a desired condition from a user who uses a shared vehicle, determining whether or not the shared vehicle can be reserved on the basis of the desired condition, and when the reservation of the shared vehicle is completed, providing information including a destination of the shared vehicle reserved to other users as reservation information of the shared vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Hirose, Kayoko Hara, Shigeki Satou
  • Patent number: 7867349
    Abstract: A thick film green sheet slurry, a production method of thick film green sheet slurry, a production method of a thick film green sheet, a thick film green sheet and a production method of an electronic device are provided; by which coating of a relatively thick film becomes possible, a sheet formed after coating has excellent cutting property (strength capable of being cut), and a sheet having high air permeability, excellent handleability and a high adhesive force can be formed. In the present invention, a thick film green sheet slurry comprises a ceramic powder, a binder resin including a butyral based resin as the main component, and a solvent: wherein the solvent includes a good solvent for letting the binder resin dissolved well therein and a poor solvent having lower solubility to the binder resin comparing with that of the good solvent; and the poor solvent is included in a range of 30 to 60 wt % with respect to the entire solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Tonogai, Shigeki Satou, Hisashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7744711
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of ceramic slurry being used for producing a green sheet which can have a smooth surface, exhibits a satisfactory sheet strength, and is excellent in workability such as releasing, a green sheet produced by the use of the slurry produced by the method, and a multilayer ceramic device produced by the use of the green sheet is provided. According to the present invention, a manufacturing method of ceramic slurry at least comprising a ceramic powder and a binder resin solution, wherein a high-pressure dispersing treatment of the ceramic powder and a lacquer for preliminary addition, which is a part of the binder resin solution, is carried out so that a shearing rate is set to 1×107 to 1×108 [1/sec] to prepare a preliminary slurry, and at least a lacquer for post-addition, which a high-pressure dispersing treatment is not applied, is added to the preliminary slurry which a high-pressure dispersing treatment is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Kobayashi, Shigeki Satou
  • Patent number: 7666268
    Abstract: A coating material, green sheet and the method capable of producing a green sheet without a pin hole, having enough strength to be peeled from a support body and excellent surface smoothness even when the green sheet is extremely thin, and being suitable to make an electronic device thin and multilayered, are provided. The present invention provides a green sheet coating material comprising a ceramic powder, a binder resin including a butyral based resin as a main component thereof, and a solvent. The solvent includes a first solvent having an SP value as a solubility parameter of 10 or larger and a second solvent having the SP value of 8 or larger but smaller than 10. The second solvent is included by 20 to 60 wt % and, preferably, 25 to 60 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of the solvent as the entire weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Kobayashi, Shigeki Satou
  • Patent number: 7641727
    Abstract: A production method of an electronic device comprising the steps of forming a stacked body by stacking green sheets and electrode layers having a predetermined pattern and firing the stacked body. Before forming the stacked body, a blank pattern layer is formed on a space portion of the electrode layer having a predetermined pattern. The electrode level difference absorbing print paste for forming the blank pattern layer includes at least ceramic powder and a binder resin, and a polymerization degree of the binder resin is made equal to or more than that of a binder resin included in slurry for forming the green sheet. The binder resin of the electrode level difference absorbing print paste includes polyvinyl butyral resin with a polymerization degree of 1400 or more, a butyralation degree of 64 to 74 mol % and an acetalization degree of 66 to 74 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Shigeki Satou, Yasumichi Tokuoka
  • Patent number: 7638010
    Abstract: A production method of a multilayer ceramic device is provided, by which, for example, a multilayer ceramic capacitor having a large capacity, wherein the interlayer thickness is made as thin as about 2.5 ?m or thinner, can be produced at a high production yield without causing unsticking between layers and internal defects. In the present invention, when assuming that a first weight ratio (wt %) of the first organic binder component with respect to a first inorganic dielectric colorant powder in said green sheet slurry for forming a green sheet 10a is (A), and a second weight ratio (wt %) of the second organic binder component with respect to said second inorganic dielectric colorant powder in said electrode level difference absorbing dielectric paste for forming a dielectric blank pattern layer 24 is (B), the second weight ratio (B) is larger than the first weight ratio (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yasumichi Tokuoka, Shigeki Satou, Tatsunori Satou
  • Patent number: 7572477
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a dielectric paste for a spacer layer of a multi-layered ceramic electronic component which 5 does not dissolve a binder contained in a layer adjacent to the spacer layer of the multi-layered ceramic electronic component and can reliably prevent defects from being generated in a multi-layered ceramic electronic component. A dielectric paste for forming a spacer layer according to the 10 present invention contains a butyral system resin as a binder and at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of dihydroterpinyl oxyethanol, terpinyl oxyethanol, d-dihydrocarveol, I-citronellol, I-perillylalcohol and acetoxy-methoxyethoxy-cyclohexanol acetate as a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Satou, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 7569247
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a multilayered unit for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component which can reliably prevent short circuit failure from occurring 5 in a multi-layered ceramic electronic component. According to the present invention, a multi-layered unit for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component is fabricated by printing a conductive paste containing a butyral system resin as a binder and at least one solvent selected from a group consisting of dihydroterpinyl oxyethanol, terpinyl oxyethanol, d-dihydrocarveol, I-citronellol, I-perillylalcohol and acetoxy-methoxyethoxy-cyclohexanol acetate as a solvent on a ceramic green sheet containing an acrylic system resin as a binder in a predetermined pattern, thereby forming an electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Satou, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 7560050
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a multi-layered unit for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component which can reliably prevent short circuit failure from occurring in a multi-layered ceramic electronic component and form an electrode layer in a desired manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Satou, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 7537713
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a multi-layered unit for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component which can reliably prevent short circuit failure from occurring in a multi-layered ceramic electronic component and form an electrode layer in a desired manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Satou, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 7517418
    Abstract: A release layer 22 is formed on a surface of a first supporting sheet 20. Next, an electrode layer 12a is formed on a surface of the release layer 22. When the electrode layer 12a is pressed against a surface of a green sheet 10a to bond the electrode layer 12a with the green sheet 10a, an adhesive layer 28 is formed by a transfer method on a surface of the electrode layer 12a or a surface of the green sheet 10a. It becomes possible to easily transfer a dry type electrode layer to the surface of the green sheet with high accuracy without breaking or deforming the green sheet, moreover, components of the adhesive layer do not soak in the electrode layer or green sheet. Also, the supporting sheet is extremely easily released, and a production cost of a multilayer ceramic capacitor is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Murosawa, Shigeki Satou, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20090078358
    Abstract: A thick film green sheet slurry, a production method of thick film green sheet slurry, a production method of a thick film green sheet, a thick film green sheet and a production method of an electronic device are provided; by which coating of a relatively thick film becomes possible, a sheet formed after coating has excellent cutting property (strength capable of being cut), and a sheet having high air permeability, excellent handleability and a high adhesive force can be formed. In the present invention, a thick film green sheet slurry comprises a ceramic powder, a binder resin including a butyral based resin as the main component, and a solvent: wherein the solvent includes a good solvent for letting the binder resin dissolved well therein and a poor solvent having lower solubility to the binder resin comparing with that of the good solvent; and the poor solvent is included in a range of 30 to 60 wt % with respect to the entire solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Tonogai, Shigeki Satou, Hisashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7491283
    Abstract: At the time of pressing an electrode layer 12a against a surface of a green sheet 10a having a thickness of 3 ?m or thinner to bond the electrode layer 12a with the surface of the green sheet 10a, an adhesive layer 28 having a thickness of 0.02 to 0.3 ?m is formed on a surface of the electrode layer 12a or the surface of the green sheet 10a. It is possible to easily transfer a dry type electrode layer to the surface of the green sheet with high accuracy without breaking or deforming the green sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Karatsu, Shigeki Satou, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 7485244
    Abstract: An internal electrode paste comprises electrode material powder, a binder resin containing a polyvinyl butyral resin as the main component, and a solvent. The internal electrode paste furthermore comprises a plasticizer, and the plasticizer is contained by 25 parts by weight or more and 150 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the binder resin. The binder resin is contained by 2.5 to 5.5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the electrode material powder. It is possible to provide an internal electrode paste having enough strength and an adhesive force for the dry transfer method, and a production method of an electronic device using the paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Nakamura, Shigeki Satou
  • Publication number: 20080233270
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for fabricating a multi-layered unit for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component which can reliably prevent defects from being generated in a multi-layered ceramic electronic component and form a spacer layer in a desired manner. A method for fabricating a multi-layered unit for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component includes a step of printing a dielectric paste containing ethyl cellulose having an apparent weight average molecular weight of 110,000 to 190,000 as a binder and at least one kind of solvent selected from the group consisting of isobornyl acetate, dihydroterpinyl methyl ether, terpinyl methyl ether, ?-terpinyl acetate, I-dihydrocarvyl acetate, I-menthyl acetate, I-menthone, I-perillyl acetate and I-carvyl acetate on a ceramic green sheet containing a butyral system resin as a binder in a predetermined pattern, thereby forming a spacer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Satou, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20070283543
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a multilayer for a multilayer electronic device, including a dielectric layer and an electrode layer, which process is improved so as to prevent penetration of an electrode paste into the dielectric layer as well as deformation of the dielectric layer and electrode layer, allow raw material sheets required for producing the respective layers such as an adhesive layer-forming sheet to be used in the form of a roll without problems such as back transfer (offset), and allow a multilayer sheet having an adhesive layer to be produced in the form of a roll without problems such as back transfer (offset).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Masaaki Kanasugi, Shigeki Satou
  • Publication number: 20070202256
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for fabricating a multi-layered unit for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component which can reliably prevent defects from being generated in a multi-layered ceramic electronic component and form a spacer layer in a desired manner. A method for fabricating a multi-layered unit for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component includes a step of printing a dielectric paste for a spacer layer containing ethyl cellulose having an apparent weight average molecular weight of 110,000 to 190,000 as a binder and at least one kind of solvent selected from the group consisting of isobornyl acetate, dihydroterpinyl methyl ether, dihydroterpinyl oxyethanol, terpinyl methyl ether, terpinyl oxyethanol, d-dihydrocarveol, I-menthyl acetate, I-citronellol, I-perillyl alcohol and acetoxy-methoxyethoxy-cyclohexanol acetate on a ceramic green sheet containing an acrylic system resin as a binder in a predetermined pattern, thereby forming a spacer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Shigeki Satou, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20070194284
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a multi-layered unit for a multi-layered ceramic electronic component which can reliably prevent short circuit failure from occurring in a multi-layered ceramic electronic component and form an electrode layer in a desired manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Satou, Takeshi Nomura