Patents by Inventor Takeshi Sato

Takeshi 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: 20220279670
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a frame having a plate-shape, electric wiring that transmits an electric signal or electric power, a guide unit that guides the electric wiring along a surface of the frame, and a facing member disposed at a position closer to the frame surface than that of the electric wiring to overlap the electric wiring. The guide unit includes first, second, and third guide members in contact with the electric wiring. The third guide member is in contact with the electric wiring from a side opposite to a side in which the first and second guide members are in contact with the electric wiring and is disposed at a position not in a region between the first and second guide members. The electric wiring is curved in a direction away from the facing member in the region between the first guide member and second guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11424488
    Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a rectangular secondary battery in which heat generation of a current collecting plate is suppressed. A rectangular secondary battery of the present invention which solves the above-described problem includes: a flat wound group which is obtained by winding a positive electrode and has a positive electrode metal foil-exposed portion; a battery can which stores the wound group; a battery lid which seals the battery can; a positive electrode external terminal which is provided on the battery lid; and a positive electrode current collecting plate which electrically connects the external terminal and the wound group. The positive electrode current collecting plate includes a fixed portion fixed on the battery lid, a welded portion welded on the metal foil-exposed portion of the wound group, and a joint connecting the fixed portion and the welded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Hideki Shinohara, Akinori Tada
  • Patent number: 11380533
    Abstract: An analyzer apparatus (1) includes: an ionization unit (11) that ionizes molecules to analyze; a filter unit (13) that forms a field for selectively passing ions generated by the ionization unit; a detector unit (14) that detects ions that have passed through the filter unit; an ion drive circuitry (61) that electrically drives the ionization unit; a field drive circuitry (62) that electrically drives the filter unit; and a control unit (22) that controls outputs of the ion drive circuitry and the field drive circuitry, wherein the control unit controls the ion drive circuitry to ramp up and down a filament voltage supplied to a filament of the ionization unit when the analyzer apparatus starts and stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Prakash Sreedhar Murthy, Anoop R. Hegde, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11362917
    Abstract: There are provided a slave, a work machine, and a method for storing log information, which are capable of appropriately store the log information when a communication abnormality occurs such that communication cannot be kept between a master and the slave in an industrial network. The control section performs first storage processing storing the log information into a volatile storage section when a communication abnormality occurs such that communication with the master cannot be kept, communication abnormality determination processing for determining whether the communication abnormality has occurred, and second storage processing storing the log information into a non-volatile storage section by acquiring the log information from the volatile storage section, in response to a determination made in that the communication abnormality has occurred as a result of the communication abnormality determination processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Takeshi Sato, Nobuo Nagasaka
  • Publication number: 20220101678
    Abstract: A modular vending machine system including: multiple cartridges configured to hold a good to be dispensed; a docking station configured to removably store at least one of the cartridges; a vending machine main body including a cartridge port configured to receive at least one of the cartridges, a dispensing-port for dispensing the good to a user, and a mechanism configured to perform at least one of removing the good from the cartridge, performing dispensing preparation processing of the good, or dispensing the good via the dispensing port; and control circuitry configured to control operation of the cartridges, the docking station, and the vending machine, wherein the cartridge is provided with a traveling mechanism configured to enable the cartridge to move to and from the docking station and the vending machine main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi SATO, Akhiro HIGASHID, Joji ISOZUMI, Kenta HAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220054104
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device according to an embodiment includes a collecting unit and processing circuitry. The collecting unit performs ultrasonic scanning with respect to a subject and collects reflected-wave data. The processing circuitry performs short-time Fourier transform in the depth direction with respect to the reflected-wave data; applies a nonlinear adaptive MTI filter on a frequency-by-frequency basis with respect to the result of the short-time Fourier transform; and performs inverse short-time Fourier transform in the depth direction with respect to the output of the nonlinear adaptive MTI filter. Then, the processing circuitry estimates blood flow information from the result of the inverse short-time Fourier transform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20220047248
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic system includes: a plurality of probes; at least one operation/display panel configured to be disposed at a same examination location as at least one of the plurality of probes; communication equipment configured to communicate with the plurality of probes and the operation/display panel; a measurement circuit configured to measure physical quantity related to the plurality of probes; processing circuitry configured to associate a specific probe of the plurality of probes with the operation/display panel based on the measured physical quantity; and an ultrasonic server configured to be disposed at a location different from the examination location, receive first data acquired by the specific probe via the communication equipment, generate second data based on the first data, and transmit the second data to the operation/display panel via the communication equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota OSUMI, Takatoshi OKUMURA, Takeshi SATO, Kentaro KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220051185
    Abstract: A stocker system for transporting a good via a transport vehicle to a stocker with multiple storage compartments, the stocker system including: a stocker information memory section configured to memorize stocker information including arrangement position information of the storage compartments in the stocker, and information of presence or absence of the good in the storage compartments; a stocker information updating section configured to update the stocker information in accordance with the goods being taken in and out of the storage compartments; and a stopping position setting section configured to acquire the arrangement position information of an empty storage compartment from the stocker information and to set a stopping position of the transport vehicle for the good to be put into the empty storage compartment based on the acquired arrangement position information of the empty storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi SATO, Wataru HOSOI, Akihiro HIGASHIDA, Joji ISOZUMI, Kenta HAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220031289
    Abstract: The ultrasonic probe according to any of embodiments includes a transmitting/receiving circuit, a power supply circuit, and a probe control circuit. The transmitting/receiving circuit is configured to control transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves. The power supply circuit is configured to function as a power source for the transmitting/receiving circuit. The probe control circuit is configured to determine a scan mode, and to control a frequency of switching noise of the power supply circuit according to the scan mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro KIKUCHI, Takatoshi OKUMURA, Ryota OSUMI, Takeshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20220033684
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing liquid that is used when one surface of a wafer is polished by use of a fixed abrasive grain polishing pad with abrasive grains fixed in the pad, in which an organic salt that exhibits a basic property by hydrolysis and contains no metal and an organic base that contains no metal are dissolved, and no abrasive grains are contained. Preferably, the organic salt includes a strong basic cation and a weak acidic anion, and the organic base contains at least one of ammonia, an amine, and a basic amino acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ayumu SAKAI, Norihisa ARIFUKU, Takeshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20220025121
    Abstract: In production of a polyarylene sulfide (PAS), combination/coalescence and enlargement of the PAS are prevented. A method for producing a PAS according to the present invention includes: first polymerization in which a mixture containing a sulfur source and a dihalo aromatic compound in an organic amide solvent is heated to initiate a polymerization reaction; second polymerization in which a first temperature (T1) is maintained after adding a phase separation agent to continue the reaction; third polymerization in which a second temperature (T2) is maintained to continue the reaction; and fourth polymerization in which the reaction is continued at a third temperature (T3), wherein a relationship among the temperatures is T1>T3>T2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Kureha Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Ken-ichi Takaki, Yoshinori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11216964
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires first image data that is image data obtained during the ultrasound scan executed on the object and that is image data before the coordinate conversion corresponding to the format of the ultrasound scan. The processing circuitry uses the trained model generated through the learning using the first image data obtained during the previously executed ultrasound scan and the area including the object in the first image data to estimate the area in the acquired first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Osumi, Takeshi Sato, Takatoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 11201555
    Abstract: Disclosed is a switching power supply device including: a transformer for voltage conversion; a main switching element connected in series to a primary coil; a primary side control circuit that performs on/off control of the main switching element; a synchronous rectification MOS transistor connected in series to a secondary coil; and a secondary side control circuit that performs on/off control of the MOS transistor, wherein the secondary side control circuit includes: an off-timing detection circuit that compares a drain voltage of the MOS transistor with a predetermined threshold voltage, and detects a timing to turn off the MOS transistor; and a threshold voltage setting circuit that sets the threshold voltage, and the threshold voltage setting circuit sets the threshold voltage based on a conduction period of the secondary coil or a period obtained by adding the conduction period to a conduction period of the primary coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Kado, Takumi Hyugaji, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11128228
    Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a transformer for voltage conversion, a synchronous rectification MOS transistor, and a secondary side control circuit. The synchronous rectification MOS transistor is connected in series to a secondary side coil of the transformer. The secondary side control circuit performs on/off control of the synchronous rectification MOS transistor based on a drain voltage of the synchronous rectification MOS transistor. The secondary side control circuit includes a peak period detection circuit and a determination reference voltage generation circuit. The peak period detection circuit detects a peak period of the drain voltage. The determination reference voltage generation circuit generates a reference voltage to be used as a reference for determining the peak period based on a voltage in the peak period. The peak period detection circuit detects the peak period based on the drain voltage and on the reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Hyugaji, Takeshi Sato, Minoru Kado
  • Publication number: 20210265149
    Abstract: An analyzer apparatus (1) includes: an ionization unit (11) that ionizes molecules to analyze; a filter unit (13) that forms a field for selectively passing ions generated by the ionization unit; a detector unit (14) that detects ions that have passed through the filter unit; an ion drive circuitry (61) that electrically drives the ionization unit; a field drive circuitry (62) that electrically drives the filter unit; and a control unit (22) that controls outputs of the ion drive circuitry and the field drive circuitry, wherein the control unit controls the ion drive circuitry to ramp up and down a filament voltage supplied to a filament of the ionization unit when the analyzer apparatus starts and stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: ATONARP INC.
    Inventors: Prakash Sreedhar Murthy, Anoop R. Hegde, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11088628
    Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a transformer for voltage conversion, a synchronous rectification MOS transistor, a secondary side control circuit, and a minimum on-time setting circuit. The synchronous rectification MOS transistor is connected in series to a secondary side coil of the transformer. The secondary side control circuit performs on/off control of the synchronous rectification MOS transistor based on a drain voltage of the synchronous rectification MOS transistor. The minimum on-time setting circuit sets a minimum on-time when turning on the synchronous rectification MOS transistor based on a peak period and a bottom period detected by the secondary side control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Hyugaji, Takeshi Sato, Minoru Kado
  • Patent number: 11072008
    Abstract: A wear-resistant tool includes composite polycrystalline diamond as a core, the composite polycrystalline diamond being composed of polycrystalline diamond in which particulate diamond is directly bonded and non diamond carbon. The polycrystalline diamond in the composite polycrystalline diamond is three-dimensionally continuous in composite polycrystal and primary particles have an average particle size from 10 to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., A.L.M.T. Corp.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sumiya, Takeshi Sato, Makoto Yukawa, Bunya Suemitsu
  • Publication number: 20210196243
    Abstract: A medical image diagnostic system according to an embodiment includes a first device, a second device, a communication unit, a first detection circuit, a second detection circuit, and a control circuit. The first device acquires a first signal to be used for diagnosing a subject, acquires a second signal from the first signal, and outputs the first signal or the second signal. The second device includes a generation unit that generates image data by using the first signal or the second signal. The communication unit establishes communication between the second device and the first device and transfers the first signal or the second signal to the second device. The first detection circuit detects a diagnostic status from the first device. The second detection circuit detects a communication status from the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota OSUMI, Takatoshi OKUMURA, Takeshi SATO
  • Patent number: D926417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Nomura, Takeshi Sato, Nobuyuki Nakane, Kuniyasu Nakane, Ryu Takahashi, Satoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: D933925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Nomura, Takeshi Sato, Nobuyuki Nakane, Kuniyasu Nakane, Tomoko Nagae