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).

  • Publication number: 20220102038
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Takashi SUZUKI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kouichi KAKUDA, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Shinichi SATO, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Mitsuharu KOIKE, Kazuhiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220102039
    Abstract: 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 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 plurality of metal magnetic particles contained in the element body include a plurality of metal magnetic particles having a particle diameter of ? or more and ½ or less of a distance between the conductor portions adjacent to each other in the coil conductor. The metal magnetic particles having the particle diameter are arranged along a facing direction of the conductor portions between the conductor portions adjacent to each other in the coil conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAGAI, Takashi SUZUKI, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kouichi KAKUDA, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi KONDO, Shinichi SATO, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Mitsuharu KOIKE, Kazuhiro MIURA
  • Patent number: 11270833
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Shimoyasu, Shinichi Sato, Seiichi Nakagawa, Mamoru Kawauchi, Shigetoshi Kinouchi, Mitsuru Ito
  • Publication number: 20220068565
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body, an external electrode, and a resin film having electrical insulation properties. The element body includes a principal surface and a side surface adjacent to the principal surface. The external electrode includes a first electrode portion disposed on the principal surface and a second electrode portion disposed on the side surface. The resin film is disposed on the principal surface and is in contact with the principal surface. Each of the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion includes a conductive resin layer disposed on the element body. A conductive resin layer included in the first electrode portion is disposed on the resin film and is in contact with the resin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji TOZAWA, Masashi SHIMOYASU, Makoto YOSHINO, Takuo ABE, Akihiko OIDE, Tsutomu ONO, Shinichi SATO, Makoto MORITA, Shinichi SATO, Hidekazu SATO
  • Patent number: 11239020
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Shimoyasu, Shinichi Sato, Seiichi Nakagawa, Mamoru Kawauchi, Shigetoshi Kinouchi, Mitsuru Ito
  • Patent number: 11227721
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body, an external electrode, and a resin film having electrical insulation properties. The element body includes a principal surface and a side surface adjacent to the principal surface. The external electrode includes a first electrode portion disposed on the principal surface and a second electrode portion disposed on the side surface. The resin film is disposed on the principal surface and is in contact with the principal surface. Each of the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion includes a conductive resin layer disposed on the element body. A conductive resin layer included in the first electrode portion is disposed on the resin film and is in contact with the resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Tozawa, Masashi Shimoyasu, Makoto Yoshino, Takuo Abe, Akihiko Oide, Tsutomu Ono, Shinichi Sato, Makoto Morita, Shinichi Sato, Hidekazu Sato, Masashi Kitazaki, Naoki Uchida, Masahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 11211188
    Abstract: In a stepwise structure formed in a multilayer coil component, a difference occurs in a shrinkage amount between a maximum film thickness portion in which the number of layers is large and a minimum film thickness portion in which the number of layers is small due to portions different in the number of layers of coil parts (that is, upper coil part, lower coil part, and connecting part) adjacent to each other like the maximum film thickness portion and the minimum film thickness portion, readily causing a crack by an inner stress due to the difference in the shrinkage amount. In a multilayer coil component according to the present disclosure, a stress relaxation part overlapping with a maximum film thickness portion whose shrinkage amount is large is provided to relax inner stress in a stepwise structure, resulting in prevention of a crack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nagai, Takashi Suzuki, Hidekazu Sato, Takashi Endo, Kouichi Kakuda, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Yuya Ishima, Shinichi Sato, Masaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11198343
    Abstract: To enlarge a collapsible flap and store the collapsible flap appropriately. In an amphibious vehicle (1) in which a flap (13) which receives lift from water in water navigation is provided to be deployable and storable at a front side in a travel direction of a vehicle body (11), the flap (13) includes a lower flap (21) which is stored to come close to a front surface (11a) of the vehicle body (11) and an upper flap (22) which is stored to come close to an upper surface (11b) of the vehicle body (11), and at least one of the lower flap (21) and the upper flap (22) includes a first flap member (31) and a second flap member (32) and is configured such that a flap length (L13) in a direction orthogonal to a vehicle width direction is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Tetsuya Miyamoto, Takashi Matsunaga, Katsuhiko Nakajo, Taichi Omura, Yuta Shimizu, Takenori Kawana, Takashi Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 11179988
    Abstract: This cooling device for an amphibious vehicle includes: a heat exchanger mounted in the amphibious vehicle; a coolant introduction passage through which cooling air or cooling water can be introduced from the outside to the heat exchanger as a coolant; a cooling air discharge passage through which the cooling air having passed through the heat exchanger can be discharged to a cooling air discharge portion communicating with the outside; and a cooling water discharge passage through which the cooling water having passed through the heat exchanger can be discharged to a cooling water discharge portion communicating with the outside. The cooling air discharge passage and the cooling water discharge passage are formed such that at least the cooling air discharge portion and the cooling water discharge portion are independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Tetsuya Miyamoto, Katsuhiko Nakajo, Takashi Matsunaga, Taichi Omura, Yuta Shimizu, Takenori Kawana, Takashi Mizumoto, Shinichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20210311030
    Abstract: Provided is an antibody or antibody fragment labeled with a fluorescent dye having the following properties (1) and (2): (1) the fluorescent dye is quenched in the absence of an antigen and the quenching of the fluorescent dye is cancelled in the presence of an antigen; and (2) the fluorescent dye is contained in a compound binding to an amino acid residue in the antibody or antibody fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shinichi SATO, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Patent number: 11119095
    Abstract: Provided is a method for measuring tyrosine phosphatase and tyrosine kinase activity, as a high-sensitivity measuring method, which is suitable for high throughput and which uses a compound represented by general formula (I) (in the formula, A represents a conjugated ring; L represents a linker or the like having a labeling substance at an end; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; and R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Hirofumi Nakano
  • Patent number: 11053410
    Abstract: A fluorochemical coating composition is provided comprising (A) a hydrolyzable group-containing silane modified with a fluorooxyalkylene-containing polymer and (B) a fluorooxyalkylene-containing polymer having an average molecular weight not higher than the average molecular weight of component (A) in a weight ratio (A)/(B) of 40/60 to 95/5. The composition forms on a substrate a water/oil repellent layer which does not detract from the visibility of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamane, Shinichi Sato, Noriyuki Koike, Takashi Matsuda, Ryusuke Sakoh
  • Patent number: 11011294
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body made of a ferrite sintered body and a coil. The coil is configured with a plurality of internal conductors juxtaposed in the element body and electrically connected to one another. An average crystal grain size in a surface region of the element body is smaller than an average crystal grain size in a region between the internal conductors in the element body. A surface of the element body is covered with a layer made of an insulating material. The insulating material is not present among the crystal grains in the surface region of the element body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Yohei Tadaki, Akihiko Oide, Yuma Ishikawa, Hidekazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20210122203
    Abstract: This cooling device for an amphibious vehicle includes: a heat exchanger mounted in the amphibious vehicle; a coolant introduction passage through which cooling air or cooling water can be introduced from the outside to the heat exchanger as a coolant; a cooling air discharge passage through which the cooling air having passed through the heat exchanger can be discharged to a cooling air discharge portion communicating with the outside; and a cooling water discharge passage through which the cooling water having passed through the heat exchanger can be discharged to a cooling water discharge portion communicating with the outside. The cooling air discharge passage and the cooling water discharge passage are formed such that at least the cooling air discharge portion and the cooling water discharge portion are independent of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi IKEDA, Tetsuya MIYAMOTO, Katsuhiko NAKAJO, Takashi MATSUNAGA, Taichi OMURA, Yuta SHIMIZU, Takenori KAWANA, Takashi MIZUMOTO, Shinichi SATO
  • Patent number: 10882367
    Abstract: An amphibious vehicle includes a vehicle body, a prime mover, a drive wheel, a water propulsion device, a drive wheel transmission, and a propulsion transmission. The drive wheel is disposed on a front side of the prime mover. The water propulsion device is disposed on a rear side of the prime mover. The drive wheel transmission is disposed on the front side of the prime mover and transmits power from the prime mover to the drive wheel. The propulsion transmission is disposed on the rear side of the prime mover and transmits the power from the prime mover to the water propulsion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Mitsuo Onoue, Tetsuya Miyamoto, Takashi Matsunaga, Katsuhiko Nakajo, Taichi Omura, Yuta Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10882368
    Abstract: This amphibious vehicle is provided with a body (11), a traveling device (12) that causes the body (11) to travel on land, a sailing device (13) that causes the body (11) to sail on water, a front flap (31) of which the distal end is inclined upward and the proximal end is rotatably supported by a horizontal shaft (34) on the front end of the body (11), a hydraulic damper (32) serving as a damping member that damps displacement of the front flap (31) relative to the body (11), and a compression coil spring (33) serving as a restoring member that restores the position of the front flap (31) relative to the body (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshito Ando, Satoru Ishikawa, Tadashi Sugimura, Takashi Matsunaga, Shinichi Sato, Tetsuya Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10818422
    Abstract: In a multilayer coil component, an end of a lower coil layer and an end of a connecting part are directly overlapped, and the end of the lower coil layer includes a contact edge positioned on a side of the connecting part and being in contact with the connecting part and a non-contact edge positioned on a side opposite to the connecting part and not being in contact with the connecting part. Then, the contact edge and the non-contact edge are not overlapped when viewed from a laminated direction. Consequently, a propagation distance of a crack becomes longer as compared with the case where an end face is parallel to the laminated direction, effectively suppressing advance of the crack. Suppressed advance of a crack in this manner makes the multilayer coil component provide a high component strength as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Nagai, Takashi Suzuki, Kouichi Kakuda, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Yuya Ishima, Shinichi Sato, Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Endo
  • Publication number: 20200336082
    Abstract: Provided is an inverter power supply including a measurement function of measuring deterioration of a rectifier element such as a diode. The inverter power supply includes a step-down stabilization unit that applies a reverse voltage increasing gradually to diodes, an isolation amplifier that detects a current value of a current flowing to the diodes when the reverse voltage is applied, and an inverter control unit that decides that the diodes have deteriorated when the detected current value is larger than a determination current value for determining deterioration of the diodes, and decides that the diodes have not deteriorated when the detected current value is smaller than the determination current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ochiai, Shinichi Sato, Motoaki Fuchiwaki
  • Publication number: 20200303110
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi SATO, Takahiro SATO, Yusuke NAGAI, Mitsuharu KOIKE, Kazuhiro MIURA, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Shinichi KONDO, Takashi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200303117
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes an element body and a plurality of coil conductors. The element body includes a plurality of metal magnetic particles and resin existing between the plurality of metal magnetic particles. The plurality of coil conductors is disposed in the element body, the plurality of coil conductors being separated from each other in a predetermined direction and electrically connected to each other. The plurality of metal magnetic particles included in the element body includes a plurality of metal magnetic particles having a particle size equal to or greater than one third of a distance between the coil conductors adjacent to each other in the predetermined direction and equal to or less than a half of the distance. Between the coil conductors adjacent to each other in the predetermined direction, the metal magnetic particles having the particle size are distributed along the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi SATO, Takahiro SATO, Yusuke NAGAI, Mitsuharu KOIKE, Kazuhiro MIURA, Seiichi NAKAGAWA, Shinichi KONDO, Takashi SUZUKI