Patents by Inventor Shinya Sakai
Shinya Sakai 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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Patent number: 11879461Abstract: An oil pump includes: a shaft member; an inner rotor configured to rotate integrally with the shaft member; an outer rotor forming a rotor chamber into which oil is sucked from a suction passage and from which the oil is discharged toward a discharge passage, between the inner rotor and the outer rotor; a body member having a recess-shaped housing chamber in which each rotor is housed so as to be rotatable about an axis; and a cover member attached so as to close the housing chamber. The rotor chamber has first and second suction ports through each of which the oil to be sucked from the suction passage passes. The oil pump includes a straightening member branching the suction passage from a main path to the first suction port side and the second suction port side.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Sakai, Mitsuhiro Yoshimura, Jang Myong Hwan, Shoma Suzuki
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Patent number: 11725655Abstract: An oil pump includes: a housing case made of a metal and having a rotor housing portion in which a rotor is rotatably housed, and a discharge hole through which oil within the rotor housing portion is introduced to the outside of the rotor housing portion by rotation of the rotor; and a housing made of a resin and having a case holding portion in which the rotor housing portion is held, and a discharge groove portion provided on a bottom portion of the case holding portion. The housing case has a fitting groove portion that is provided on a bottom portion of the rotor housing portion and that is fitted to the discharge groove portion so as to cover the discharge groove portion. The discharge hole is formed in the fitting groove portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Sakai, Wataru Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20220381240Abstract: An oil pump includes: a shaft member; an inner rotor configured to rotate integrally with the shaft member; an outer rotor forming a rotor chamber into which oil is sucked from a suction passage and from which the oil is discharged toward a discharge passage, between the inner rotor and the outer rotor; a body member having a recess-shaped housing chamber in which each rotor is housed so as to be rotatable about an axis; and a cover member attached so as to close the housing chamber. The rotor chamber has first and second suction ports through each of which the oil to be sucked from the suction passage passes. The oil pump includes a straightening member branching the suction passage from a main path to the first suction port side and the second suction port side.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Shinya SAKAI, Mitsuhiro YOSHIMURA, JANG MYONG HWAN, Shoma SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11480172Abstract: A gear pump includes: an inner rotor having external teeth; an outer rotor having a tubular inner housing portion in which the inner rotor is rotatably housed in an eccentric state, and internal teeth meshing with the external teeth; a first core having a tubular rotor housing portion in which the inner and outer rotors are housed, and a flange portion projecting radially outward from a tube wall of the rotor housing portion; a board-shaped second core having a contact portion in contact with the flange portion in an axial direction, and closing an opening of the rotor housing portion; and a housing opposing the second core and made of a resin. A gap is formed between opposing surfaces of the second core and the housing in a state where the flange portion is in contact with the contact portion and the housing opposes the second core.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yoshimura, Shinya Sakai
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Patent number: 11448211Abstract: An oil pump includes: a first core in which an inner rotor having external teeth and an outer rotor having internal teeth are housed; a housing having a recess in which the first core is held; a second core disposed in contact with the first core in an axial direction; and a cover having a holding hole in which the second core is held. The first core has a first recess/projection portion formed on a first axial end surface at a side opposite to an axial end surface opposing a bottom wall of the recess. The second core has a second recess/projection portion formed on a second axial end surface that is in contact with the first axial end surface. A gap is formed between opposing surfaces of the housing and the cover in a state where the first and second axial end surfaces are in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Sakai, Seongjun Park, Takeshi Hattori
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Patent number: 11040280Abstract: A game processing method that causes a computer to execute a game program includes displaying, with a touchscreen, a reference operation and a deck that comprises an item, receiving a first input operation to select the deck and second input operations, determining a matching degree between the reference operation and each of the second input operations, outputting, from a processor to a memory, a level of the matching degree based on the determination, counting, with the processor, a number of consecutive times that the level continuously exceeds a predetermined threshold level, calculating, with the processor, a score of the user based on the number, and outputting, from the processor to the memory, the score. When the item comprises a card having a predetermined effect and continuation of exceeding the predetermined threshold level is interrupted, the number is counted as if no interruption has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: SEGA CORPORATIONInventors: Koutarou Ishiki, Shinya Sakai, Kazuma Itoh, Yuko Tatsuko, Akiko Takada
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Publication number: 20210095663Abstract: A gear pump includes: an inner rotor having external teeth; an outer rotor having a tubular inner housing portion in which the inner rotor is rotatably housed in an eccentric state, and internal teeth meshing with the external teeth; a first core having a tubular rotor housing portion in which the inner and outer rotors are housed, and a flange portion projecting radially outward from a tube wall of the rotor housing portion; a board-shaped second core having a contact portion in contact with the flange portion in an axial direction, and closing an opening of the rotor housing portion; and a housing opposing the second core and made of a resin. A gap is formed between opposing surfaces of the second core and the housing in a state where the flange portion is in contact with the contact portion and the housing opposes the second core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Mitsuhiro YOSHIMURA, Shinya SAKAI
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Patent number: 10896792Abstract: An instrument panel that reduces dust entering the inside of a switch and improves aesthetics of the instrument panel. An instrument panel includes: an outlet portion configured to blow out conditioned air to an interior of a vehicle; a switch attachment portion at which a switch member is disposed; a cover member configured to cover a part of the outlet portion and the switch attachment portion and distribute air from the outlet portion to the interior of the vehicle; and an exhaust hole covered with the cover member and provided at a portion of the switch attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Sakai, Yuichi Nobusawa
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Publication number: 20200312590Abstract: An instrument panel that reduces dust entering the inside of a switch and improves aesthetics of the instrument panel. An instrument panel includes: an outlet portion configured to blow out conditioned air to an interior of a vehicle; a switch attachment portion at which a switch member is disposed; a cover member configured to cover a part of the outlet portion and the switch attachment portion and distribute air from the outlet portion to the interior of the vehicle; and an exhaust hole covered with the cover member and provided at a portion of the switch attachment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Shinya Sakai, Yuichi Nobusawa
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Publication number: 20200309122Abstract: An oil pump includes: a housing case made of a metal and having a rotor housing portion in which a rotor is rotatably housed, and a discharge hole through which oil within the rotor housing portion is introduced to the outside of the rotor housing portion by rotation of the rotor; and a housing made of a resin and having a case holding portion in which the rotor housing portion is held, and a discharge groove portion provided on a bottom portion of the case holding portion . The housing case has a fitting groove portion that is provided on a bottom portion of the rotor housing portion and that is fitted to the discharge groove portion so as to cover the discharge groove portion. The discharge hole is formed in the fitting groove portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Shinya SAKAI, Wataru MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20200072214Abstract: An oil pump includes: a first core in which an inner rotor having external teeth and an outer rotor having internal teeth are housed; a housing having a recess in which the first core is held; a second core disposed in contact with the first core in an axial direction; and a cover having a holding hole in which the second core is held. The first core has a first recess/projection portion formed on a first axial end surface at a side opposite to an axial end surface opposing a bottom wall of the recess. The second core has a second recess/projection portion formed on a second axial end surface that is in contact with the first axial end surface. A gap is formed between opposing surfaces of the housing and the cover in a state where the first and second axial end surfaces are in contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Shinya SAKAI, Seongjun PARK, Takeshi HATTORI
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Publication number: 20200030698Abstract: A game processing method that causes a computer to execute a game program includes displaying, with a touchscreen, a reference operation and a deck that comprises an item, receiving a first input operation to select the deck and second input operations, determining a matching degree between the reference operation and each of the second input operations, outputting, from a processor to a memory, a level of the matching degree based on the determination, counting, with the processor, a number of consecutive times that the level continuously exceeds a predetermined threshold level, calculating, with the processor, a score of the user based on the number, and outputting, from the processor to the memory, the score. When the item comprises a card having a predetermined effect and continuation of exceeding the predetermined threshold level is interrupted, the number is counted as if no interruption has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA Games doing business as SEGA Games Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koutarou Ishiki, Shinya Sakai, Kazuma Itoh, Yuko Tatsuko, Akiko Takada
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Patent number: 10471352Abstract: A game processing method that causes a computer to execute a game program includes displaying, with a touchscreen of the computer, a reference operation to a user, receiving, with the touchscreen, an input operation from a user, determining, with a processor of the computer, a matching degree between the input operation and the reference operation, outputting, from the processor to a memory of the computer, a level of the matching degree between the input operation and the reference operations based on the determination, counting, with the processor, the number of consecutive times that the level continuously exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and outputting, from the processor to the memory, information to award a bonus at a predetermined winning probability for an achieved number of consecutive times when the number of consecutive times reaches the achieved number of consecutive times.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega GamesInventors: Koutarou Ishiki, Shinya Sakai, Kazuma Itoh, Yuko Tatsuko, Akiko Takada
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Patent number: 10302185Abstract: In an oil passage structure for a power transmission device including a case provided to accommodate a power transmission device, a baffle plate attached to an inner wall of the case, and an oil pump, the oil passage structure includes a supply oil passage through which oil is pumped from the oil pump to an oil supply destination via the baffle plate. The baffle plate has a structure in which two members of a plate body and a plate-shaped auxiliary member are superposed and integrated with each other. The baffle plate is provided with a plate oil passage that constitutes a portion of the supply oil passage and passes through the inside of the baffle plate. The plate oil passage is formed by a recess provided in at least one of a surface of the plate body and a surface of the auxiliary member which face to each other such that the auxiliary member is interposed on the plate body.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaho Kawakami, Motoki Tabuchi, Shinya Sakai, Katsuhisa Ota, Tatsuya Hirano, Yoshito Arihata
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Patent number: 10286861Abstract: The present invention improves work efficiency at the time of attaching a cable reel to a vehicle steering device and the like. For this purpose, a cable reel is provided with: a stator member; a rotor member rotatably connected to the stator member; a flexible cable that provides an electrical connection between the stator member and the rotor member; and a locking member that prevents the rotor member from rotating relative to the stator member, wherein the locking member is arranged between the stator member and the rotor member.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinya Sakai
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Publication number: 20180194303Abstract: The present invention improves work efficiency at the time of attaching a cable reel to a vehicle steering device and the like. For this purpose, a cable reel is provided with: a stator member; a rotor member rotatably connected to the stator member; a flexible cable that provides an electrical connection between the stator member and the rotor member; and a locking member that prevents the rotor member from rotating relative to the stator member, wherein the locking member is arranged between the stator member and the rotor member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventor: Shinya SAKAI
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Publication number: 20180106357Abstract: In an oil passage structure for a power transmission device including a case provided to accommodate a power transmission device, a baffle plate attached to an inner wall of the case, and an oil pump, the oil passage structure includes a supply oil passage through which oil is pumped from the oil pump to an oil supply destination via the baffle plate. The baffle plate has a structure in which two members of a plate body and a plate-shaped auxiliary member are superposed and integrated with each other. The baffle plate is provided with a plate oil passage that constitutes a portion of the supply oil passage and passes through the inside of the baffle plate. The plate oil passage is formed by a recess provided in at least one of a surface of the plate body and a surface of the auxiliary member which face to each other such that the auxiliary member is interposed on the plate body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTDInventors: Takaho KAWAKAMI, Motoki Tabuchi, Shinya Sakai, Katsuhisa Ota, Tatsuya Hirano, Yoshito Arihata
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Publication number: 20170361229Abstract: A game processing method that causes a computer to execute a game program includes displaying, with a touchscreen of the computer, a reference operation to a user, receiving, with the touchscreen, an input operation from a user, determining, with a processor of the computer, a matching degree between the input operation and the reference operation, outputting, from the processor to a memory of the computer, a level of the matching degree between the input operation and the reference operations based on the determination, counting, with the processor, the number of consecutive times that the level continuously exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and outputting, from the processor to the memory, information to award a bonus at a predetermined winning probability for an achieved number of consecutive times when the number of consecutive times reaches the achieved number of consecutive times.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA Games doing business as SEGA Games Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koutarou Ishiki, Shinya Sakai, Kazuma Itoh, Yuko Tatsuko, Akiko Takada
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Publication number: 20150058115Abstract: A system providing effective adjustment of an advertising volume is disclosed. Upon receiving use information indicating that advertising information has been used in a terminal device from the terminal device, a variable parameter corresponding to an electronic commodity with which the advertising information is associated on the terminal device and/or a variable parameter corresponding to an electronic commodity as information included in the advertising information is updated and then the advertising information associated with the electronic commodity to be transmitted is controlled on the basis of the variable parameters after the updating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA dba SEGA CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Iwaki, Kazuma Iguchi, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kawamura, Manato Ito, Toshiyuki Fujinuma, Hidetaka Tani, Atsushi Yoshioka, Taku Tsuchiya, Shinya Sakai