Patents by Inventor Shinichi Sato
Shinichi 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).
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Publication number: 20250128586Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seal structure capable of preventing occurrence of warping and a decrease in sound insulating properties caused by a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion raised by adopting an outer panel made of resin. Simplifying a painting process of the outer panel reduces an exhaust amount of carbon dioxide in vehicle manufacturing, and contributes to mitigation of climate change or reduction of influences thereof. For example, the vehicle seal structure includes the inner panel made of metal forming a door supported to be capable of opening and closing an ingress-egress opening opened on a vehicle side surface; the outer panel made of resin arranged above a plate surface of the inner panel closer to a vehicle outer side to be movable along a door surface of the inner panel; and a seal member held between the inner panel and the outer panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Masahiro TANIGAWA, Eiji HIRANO, Makoto ONO, Takeru SATO, Akinari SUZAKI, Shinichi OZAKI, Satoru KUCHIKI
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Publication number: 20250128585Abstract: An automotive door includes: an inner panel made of metal, an outer panel made of resin; and an upper stiffener made of metal and extending along a beltline of the outer panel, wherein the upper stiffener is fixed to the inner panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Eiji HIRANO, Masahiro TANIGAWA, Makoto ONO, Shinichi OZAKI, Takeru SATO, Akinari SUZAKI, Satoru KUCHIKI, Kouya SUGAWARA
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Patent number: 12260872Abstract: A speech processing system includes one or more analog microphones each arrangeable within a cabin and configured to output a first analog speech signal, one or more digital microphones each arrangeable within the cabin and configured to output a digital speech signal, a digital-to-analog convertor configured to convert the digital speech signal into a second analog speech signal, and a speech signal processer including a delay processer configured to delay at least the first analog speech signal on the basis of a delay time period when the digital-to-analog convertor converts the digital speech signal, which is collected at the same time point as the first analog speech signal, into the second analog speech signal and output the delayed first analog speech signal as a third analog speech signal and configured to perform speech signal processing on the basis of the second analog speech signal and the third analog speech signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota Otsuka, Shinichi Kikuchi, Yasunari Sato
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Patent number: 12252872Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device for a planetary gear speed reducer includes a second vibration sensor attached to a housing of a hydraulic motor having an output shaft coupled to the planetary gear speed reducer. A controller computes a peak frequency Fm of the hydraulic motor and a speed of rotation of the hydraulic motor on the basis of second vibration data acquired through the second vibration sensor, compute, on the basis of the computed speed of rotation, the number of a plurality of gears included in the planetary gear speed reducer, and the number of teeth of each of the gears, characteristic frequencies fd of the plurality of gears, and determines presence or absence of abnormality in the plurality of gears on the basis of the peak frequency Fm of the hydraulic motor and amplitudes at the characteristic frequencies fd of first vibration data acquired through a first vibration sensor attached to the planetary gear speed reducer.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoki Sato, Makoto Henmi, Masahiko Ono, Hayato Masuda, Shinichi Sekido, Tomoharu Morita, Tatsuya Ono
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Publication number: 20250085650Abstract: A toner container includes a bag, including an opening and formed of resin film, stores toner and a leading edge portion mounted on the opening of the bag, the leading edge portion including a nozzle provided with a discharge port to discharge the toner stored in the bag external to the toner container, wherein the leading edge portion includes a portion formed of resin and provided with a two-dimensional code, and wherein the portion has a thickness greater than a thickness of the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: SOHTA SUGIMOTO, SHINICHI NISHIDA, HIROYUKI MUNETSUGU, GOSHI OZAKI, MITSUHIRO SATO, MASAHIRO SUETSUGU, SEIYA ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 12249453Abstract: In a multilayer coil component, a coil is configured by electrically connecting coil conductors respectively provided in magnetic body layers constituting an element body and metal magnetic particles have a normal particle having an ellipsoidal shape and flat particles having an ellipsoidal shape flatter in a thickness direction than the normal particle. A plurality of the normal particles and at least one of the flat particles disposed such that a surface (reference surface) including a major axis direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and a minor axis direction is along the forming surface of the coil conductor in the magnetic body layer are arranged in the lamination direction of the magnetic body layers between the coil conductors.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Nagai, Kazuhiro Ebina, Kouichi Kakuda, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Yuya Ishima, Masaki Takahashi, Takahiro Sato, Keito Yasuda, Shingo Hattori
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Publication number: 20250069795Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body, a coil in the element body, a connection conductor in the element body, and an external electrode on the element body. The element body includes a principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface and an end surface positioned adjacent to the principal surface. The connection conductor includes one end connected to the coil and another end connected to the external electrode. The external electrode includes a sintered metal layer formed on the element body and a conductive resin layer formed on the sintered metal layer. The sintered metal layer includes a portion on the principal surface and a portion on the end surface. The portion on the principal surface has an average thickness smaller than an average thickness of the portion on the end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi SHIMOYASU, Shinichi SATO, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Mamoru KAWAUCHI, Shigetoshi KINOUCHI, Mitsuru ITO, Yuto SHIGA
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Patent number: 12235598Abstract: A developing device includes an accommodating portion for accommodating toner, a developing roller and a stirring member. The developing device is for use with an image forming apparatus and detachably mounts a replenishing container for replenishing the toner. The accommodating portion includes a receiving opening through which the toner replenished from the accommodating portion is received in the accommodating portion, the receiving opening being provide on a first end side of the accommodating portion with respect to a rotational axis direction of the developing roller. An opening area of the receiving opening when the developing device is viewed in the rotational direction is wider than the opening area of the receiving opening when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sohta Sugimoto, Shinichi Nishida, Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Goshi Ozaki, Mitsuhiro Sato, Masahiro Suetsugu
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Patent number: 12224104Abstract: An electronic component includes: an element body in which a plurality of insulator layers are stacked; a coil in which a plurality of inner conductors installed in the element body are electrically connected to each other; and an outer electrode that is disposed on an outer surface of the element body, is electrically connected to the coil, and includes at least a baked electrode layer. The inner conductor connected to the outer electrode includes a connection conductor that electrically connects the baked electrode layer to the inner conductor. The connection conductor includes a protruding portion that protrudes from the outer surface of the element body to the outer electrode. The protruding portion includes a metal having a smaller diffusion coefficient than a metal of a main component included in the baked electrode layer. The inner conductors have a lower electric resistance value than the metal included in the protruding portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Sato, Yohei Tadaki, Akihiko Oide, Yuma Ishikawa, Hidekazu Sato, Kazuhiro Ebina, Hiroyuki Tanoue
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Publication number: 20250034845Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device for a planetary gear speed reducer includes a second vibration sensor attached to a housing of a hydraulic motor having an output shaft coupled to the planetary gear speed reducer. A controller computes a peak frequency Fm of the hydraulic motor and a speed of rotation of the hydraulic motor on the basis of second vibration data acquired through the second vibration sensor, compute, on the basis of the computed speed of rotation, the number of a plurality of gears included in the planetary gear speed reducer, and the number of teeth of each of the gears, characteristic frequencies fd of the plurality of gears, and determines presence or absence of abnormality in the plurality of gears on the basis of the peak frequency Fm of the hydraulic motor and amplitudes at the characteristic frequencies fd of first vibration data acquired through a first vibration sensor attached to the planetary gear speed reducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Motoki SATO, Makoto HENMI, Masahiko ONO, Hayato MASUDA, Shinichi SEKIDO, Tomoharu MORITA, Tatsuya ONO
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Patent number: 12196275Abstract: Propeller shaft has boot member (7) whose one end is fixed to sleeve shaft (2) and whose other end is fixed to stub shaft (3), and boot bands (8) fixing boot member (7) to sleeve shaft (2) and stub shaft (3). Protrusions (74) fitted in respective fitting grooves (26) formed on outer circumferential surfaces of sleeve shaft (2) and stub shaft (3) are provided on inner circumferential sides of one end and the other end of the boot member (7). At each of sleeve shaft (2) and stub shaft (3), first outer diameter section (231) having diameter larger than an inside diameter (D1) of protrusion (74) is provided at one side with respect to fitting groove (26), also second outer diameter section (232) having diameter larger than an outside diameter (X1) of first outer diameter section (231) is provided at the other side with respect to fitting groove (26).Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Toshiyuki Masuda, Kenichiro Ishikura
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Patent number: 12176134Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body, a coil disposed in the element body, and an external electrode disposed in the element body and electrically connected to the coil. The element body includes a principal surface that is a mounting surface, and an end surface positioned adjacent to the principal surface and extending in a direction crossing to the principal surface. The external electrode includes an underlying metal layer and a conductive resin layer. The underlying metal layer is formed on the principal surface and the end surface. The conductive resin layer is formed to cover the underlying metal layer. A thickness of the conductive resin layer at an end positioned above the principal surface of the underlying metal layer is equal to or greater than 50% of a maximum thickness of a portion positioned above the principal surface of the conductive resin layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Shimoyasu, Shinichi Sato, Seiichi Nakagawa, Mamoru Kawauchi, Shigetoshi Kinouchi, Mitsuru Ito, Yuto Shiga
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Publication number: 20240404740Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body that contains a plurality of metal magnetic particles made of a soft magnetic material, and at least two conductors that are in contact with the element body. Surfaces of the plurality of metal magnetic particles are covered by an oxide film having an insulating property, an insulating portion having an insulating property is formed in at least a part of a surface of at least one conductor of the two conductors in the conductor, and a thickness of the insulating portion is larger than a thickness of the oxide film.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Yusuke Nagai, Takahiro Sato, Hidenobu Umeda, Takeshi Shibayama, Shinichi Sato, Yuya Ishima, Youhei Iida, Mitsuharu Koike, Keito Yasuda, Takato Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240359947Abstract: A derailment detection system for an elevator includes a wire that is installed in a space which does not interfere with a movement space of ascending-descending bodies ascending and descending in a shaft and that is stretched in parallel with a guide rail guiding ascent and descent of a counterweight, a pass-through detection sensor that is installed in the counterweight and detects whether or not the wire passes through an internal space, a wire-contact detection sensor that is installed in the counterweight and detects whether or not the wire-contact detection sensor is in contact with the wire, and derailment judgment processor that performs a derailment judgment process based on signals output from the pass-through detection sensor and the wire-contact detection sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Shinichi SATO
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Publication number: 20240331929Abstract: A coil component 1 includes an element body having a mounting surface, a coil disposed in the element body, terminal electrodes disposed on the mounting surface of the element body, and a first connection conductor and a second connection conductor connecting the coil and the terminal electrodes, respectively, in which the first connection conductor and the second connection conductor have first portions connected to the terminal electrodes, second portions connected to the coil, and third portions connecting the first portions and the second portions, respectively, and an area of a first pore per unit area in the first portion is larger than an area of a third pore per unit area in the third portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Keito YASUDA, Yusuke Nagai, Makoto Yoshino, Masaki Takahashi, Shinichi Sato, Yuya Ishima, Shingo Hattori, Youhei Iida, Mitsuharu Koike, Takato Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240331910Abstract: A coil component includes an element body having a mounting surface, and a terminal electrode disposed on the mounting surface, in which at least a part of the terminal electrode is embedded in the element body, the terminal electrode has an opening penetrating the terminal electrode in a direction orthogonal to the mounting surface, and a part of the element body is disposed in the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Keito YASUDA, Yusuke Nagai, Makoto Yoshino, Shinichi Sato, Yuya Ishima, Youhei IIDA, Mitsuharu Koike, Takato Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240305882Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, an imaging method, and a program that enable different imaging elements to align timings at which settings are reflected. The imaging device includes a control unit that controls a second imaging element that captures an image at a lower frame rate than the frame rate of a first imaging element. In a case where a synchronization signal supplied from the first imaging element is received, the control unit determines whether or not the current frame is a frame to be decimated. In a case where the control unit determines that the current frame is not a frame to be decimated, imaging is performed, and in a case where the control unit determines that the current frame is a frame to be decimated, drive for imaging is stopped. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device including a plurality of imaging elements, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: TAKUYA MITSUHASHI, AKIRA HOSOTANI, TETSURO HASHIMOTO, SYUNJI NAGAO, SHINICHI SATO, TAKAHIRO SAKAGUCHI, KAZUHITO KOBAYASHI, HIROKI ABASAKI, HIROAKI ANAI, OSAMU KOBAYAKAWA, HIDEO NOMURA
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Patent number: 12087484Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body including a plurality of metal magnetic particles, and a plurality of coil conductors. The plurality of coil conductors is disposed in the element body. The plurality of coil conductors is separated from each other in a predetermined direction and electrically connected to each other. The plurality of coil conductors includes one pair of side surfaces opposing each other in the predetermined direction. Surface roughness of the one pair of side surfaces is less than 40% of an average particle size of the plurality of metal magnetic particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Sato, Takahiro Sato, Yusuke Nagai, Mitsuharu Koike, Kazuhiro Miura, Seiichi Nakagawa, Shinichi Kondo, Takashi Suzuki
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Patent number: 12054358Abstract: A guide deviation detection device for elevators that can improve accuracy of detecting that an ascending and descending body has deviated from a correctly guided state is provided. The guide deviation detection device for elevators includes a base provided in an ascending and descending body, a contact maker that is provided in the base to be adjacent to a long object positioned with an ascending and descending direction of the ascending and descending body set as a longitudinal direction, does not come into contact with the long object to take a reference posture when the ascending and descending body is in a correctly guided state, and comes into contact with the long object to change a posture from the reference posture when the ascending and descending body deviates from the correctly guided state, and a detector detects that the contact maker changes the posture from the reference posture.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichi Sato
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Patent number: 12040111Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body containing a plurality of metal magnetic particles and a resin existing between the plurality of metal magnetic particles and a coil disposed in the element body and configured to include a plurality of electrically interconnected coil conductors. At least one of the plurality of coil conductors has a spiral shape and has conductor portions adjacent to each other when viewed from a direction along a coil axis of the coil. The conductor portion includes a straight conductor portion extending in a straight line and a connecting conductor portion connecting the straight conductor portion and constituting a corner portion of the coil conductor. The metal magnetic particles between the connecting conductor portions adjacent to each other are lower in density than the metal magnetic particles between the straight conductor portions adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Nagai, Takashi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Ebina, Kouichi Kakuda, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Shinichi Sato, Seiichi Nakagawa, Mitsuharu Koike, Kazuhiro Miura