Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Sasaki

Tatsuya Sasaki 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: 20250210250
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core having an annular shape, a coil wound around the core, an electrode terminal connected to the coil, and an attachment base portion to which the electrode terminal is attached. The attachment base portion includes an inner end face facing a core side, an outer end face facing a side opposite to the inner end face, a bottom surface coupling the inner end face and the outer end face to each other, and a top surface facing a side opposite to the bottom surface, and the attachment base portion includes a slit hole penetrating between the inner end face and the outer end face. The electrode terminal includes first and second flat plate portions, and a coupling portion coupling the first and second flat plate portions to each other, and the first flat plate portion and the second flat plate portion face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji NARA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Naoki WATANABE, Shin HASEGAWA, Yuuji IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 12278040
    Abstract: An inductor component and a method for manufacturing an inductor component that enables the inductor component to be miniaturized. An inductor component includes an annular core; and a coil including a plurality of pin members and wound on the core with neighboring pin members connected to each other. A first pin member and a second pin member both adjacent to each other have a welded part in which an end face of an end part of the first pin member and a peripheral surface of an end part of the second pin member are welded to each other. A width of a part, of the first pin member, except the welded part is smaller, as viewed from a direction along a center line of the end part of the second pin member, than a width of a part, of the second pin member, except the welded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Hasegawa, Tatsuya Sasaki, Shinya Hirai, Ikuno Sugiyama, Toshimitsu Tamura
  • Patent number: 12272486
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil includes a core, and first and second coils opposed to each other and wound on the core. The core can have a square shape, or an elongated shape having a long axis and a short axis when viewed in a direction along a central axis of the core. Each of the first and second coils is a single-layer coil. An area of a cross-section of the core taken perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the core is constant in the circumferential direction of the core. The cross-section of the core has a quadrilateral shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sasaki, Shinya Hirai, Shin Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 12223177
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a controller creates a virtual controller based on an attached state of the namespace with respect to the storage area of the nonvolatile memory based on reception of a first command requesting connection from a first host. The controller executes processing related to an operation of the namespace requested by a second command related to the operation of the namespace based on an attached state of the namespace in the virtual controller when the second command is received from the first host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12220951
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion having a ground contacting surface; a sidewall portions having an outer surface; a bead portions; a carcass extending between the bead portions; and an inner rubber extending between bead portions. The inner rubber comprises a first portion extending through the tread portion with a first thickness t1, and a second portion extending through the sidewall portion with a second thickness t2. The first thickness t1 is more than the second thickness t2. In a meridian cross section of the tire under its normal state, when a first reference point (Pb1), a second reference point (Pb2), a shoulder reference point (Ps), a reference line segment (Lb), and a shoulder line segment (Ls) are defined, then a length (L1) of the shoulder line segment (Ls) is 85.9% to 89.3% of a length (L2) of the reference line segment (Lb).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sasaki, Tsukasa Yano, Rena Onitsuka, Masaki Terashima, Yusuke Sueyoshi, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Junya Sueno
  • Patent number: 12220777
    Abstract: Even when a tapping screw is used in a soft material, it is determined whether or not a screw tightening defect has occurred. A PLC (10) comprises a determination unit (13) which for a rotational torque data sequence having a predetermined number of data points, generates a normalized torque data sequence that is the amount of change with respect to rotational torque at a first data point of the data sequence, and determines whether screw tightening is defective, on the basis of the normalized torque data sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sasaki, Takanori Shibutani
  • Patent number: 12205752
    Abstract: In an inductor component, an inductor wire is formed inside a main body. The inductor wire has a circular columnar body extending in the height direction. An end surface of the inductor wire at a first end in the wire extending direction serves as a first external terminal and is exposed at a first terminal surface of the main body. The first external terminal is exposed only at the first terminal surface. An end surface of the inductor wire at a second end in the wire extending direction serves as a second external terminal and is exposed at a second terminal surface of the main body. The second external terminal is exposed only at the second terminal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Tatsuya Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240227446
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion having a ground contacting surface; a sidewall portions having an outer surface; a bead portions; a carcass extending between the bead portions; and an inner rubber extending between bead portions. The inner rubber comprises a first portion extending through the tread portion with a first thickness t1, and a second portion extending through the sidewall portion with a second thickness t2. The first thickness t1 is more than the second thickness t2. In a meridian cross section of the tire under its normal state, when a first reference point (Pb1), a second reference point (Pb2), a shoulder reference point (Ps), a reference line segment (Lb), and a shoulder line segment (Ls) are defined, then a length (L1) of the shoulder line segment (Ls) is 85.9% to 89.3% of a length (L2) of the reference line segment (Lb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Tsukasa YANO, Rena ONITSUKA, Masaki TERASHIMA, Yusuke SUEYOSHI, Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Junya SUENO
  • Publication number: 20240227454
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, a carcass extending between the portions, and an inner rubber extending between the portions, on the inner side of the carcass. The inner rubber comprises a first portion extending through the tread portion with a first thickness and a second portion extending through the sidewall portions with a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The land ratio of the tread portion 2 is 65% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Tsukasa YANO, Rena ONITSUKA, Shigeki NISHIJIMA, Masaki TERASHIMA, Yusuke SUEYOSHI, Junya SUENO
  • Patent number: 12027296
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a core having an annular shape; an insulating member that covers a portion of the core; a coil wound around the core and the insulating member; and a buffer member that is elastic. The core has a first face, a second face that crosses the first face, and a third face that faces the second face and crosses the first face. The insulating member is provided to cover the first face, a portion of the second face, and a portion of the third face. The core and the insulating member are bonded to each other with the buffer member interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Tamura, Tatsuya Sasaki, Shin Hasegawa, Ikuno Sugiyama, Shinya Hirai, Yuuji Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11999024
    Abstract: The present invention provides technology with which it is possible to highly accurately assess the quality of fastening of a screw. The present invention comprises a position acquisition unit (13) that acquires the axial-direction position of a driver (50), and a fault assessment unit (14) that assesses that a fault has occurred in fastening of a screw when the amount of change in the axial-direction position of the driver (50) from when temporary seating occurred is greater than a threshold value. The present invention provides a technology with which the quality of screw fastening can be assessed with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Sugioka, Tatsuya Sasaki, Koji Nishigaki, Takanori Shibutani
  • Publication number: 20240131866
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion having a ground contacting surface; a sidewall portions having an outer surface; a bead portions; a carcass extending between the bead portions; and an inner rubber extending between bead portions. The inner rubber comprises a first portion extending through the tread portion with a first thickness t1, and a second portion extending through the sidewall portion with a second thickness t2. The first thickness t1 is more than the second thickness t2. In a meridian cross section of the tire under its normal state, when a first reference point (Pb1), a second reference point (Pb2), a shoulder reference point (Ps), a reference line segment (Lb), and a shoulder line segment (Ls) are defined, then a length (L1) of the shoulder line segment (Ls) is 85.9% to 89.3% of a length (L2) of the reference line segment (Lb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Tsukasa YANO, Rena ONITSUKA, Masaki TERASHIMA, Yusuke SUEYOSHI, Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Junya SUENO
  • Publication number: 20240131871
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, a carcass extending between the portions, and an inner rubber extending between the portions, on the inner side of the carcass. The inner rubber comprises a first portion extending through the tread portion with a first thickness and a second portion extending through the sidewall portions with a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The land ratio of the tread portion 2 is 65% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Tsukasa YANO, Rena ONITSUKA, Shigeki NISHIJIMA, Masaki TERASHIMA, Yusuke SUEYOSHI, Junya SUENO
  • Patent number: 11964351
    Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of suitably determining screw fastening failure. A screw fastening failure determination device (10) includes: a speed acquisition unit (13) which acquires an axial speed of a screw driver or a speed feature value relating to the speed; and a failure determination unit (14) which determines, in a temporary seating process, that a screw fastening has failed on the basis of the axial speed or the speed feature value at a prescribed timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Sugioka, Tatsuya Sasaki, Koji Nishigaki, Takanori Shibutani
  • Patent number: 11954368
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a communication interface connectable to a plurality of hosts. A virtual controller creation unit creates a virtual controller based on connection of a host to the communication interface. An access management unit manages permission information indicating a correspondence between each of the plurality of namespaces and a host permitted to access the namespace. The virtual controller creation unit create, based on the permission information, a first virtual controller to which a namespace that a first host connected to the communication interface is permitted to access is attached, as a virtual controller to be used by the first host to access a nonvolatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11948727
    Abstract: An inductor component and a method for manufacturing an inductor component that enables miniaturization of the inductor component. An inductor component includes an annular core; and a coil including a plurality of pin members and wound on the core with neighboring pin members connected to each other. A first pin member and a second pin member both adjacent to each other have a welded part in which an end face of an end part of the first pin member and a peripheral surface of an end part of the second pin member are welded to each other. The welded part is not provided on an outer side edge of the second pin member as viewed from a direction orthogonal to a first plane containing a center line of the end part of the first pin member and a center line of the end part of the second pin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Hasegawa, Tatsuya Sasaki, Shinya Hirai, Ikuno Sugiyama, Toshimitsu Tamura
  • Publication number: 20240078019
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a controller creates a virtual controller based on an attached state of the namespace with respect to the storage area of the nonvolatile memory based on reception of a first command requesting connection from a first host. The controller executes processing related to an operation of the namespace requested by a second command related to the operation of the namespace based on an attached state of the namespace in the virtual controller when the second command is received from the first host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11875930
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a case; an annular core accommodated in the case; a coil wound around the core; and an electrode terminal attached to the case and connected to the coil. The electrode terminal includes a mounting surface portion that is disposed along an end surface of the core and that is to be mounted on a mount substrate, and a connection surface portion that is perpendicularly connected to the mounting surface portion and that is disposed along an outer peripheral surface of the core. The coil includes a plurality of pin members including a first linear pin member. A connection surface that is a part of an outer peripheral surface of the first linear pin member is in surface-contact with a first main surface of the connection surface portion in a state in which the connection surface is positioned parallel to the first main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Hasegawa, Tatsuya Sasaki
  • Patent number: D1082726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Igarashi, Shinya Hirai, Shin Hasegawa, Tatsuya Sasaki, Toshimitsu Tamura, Ikuno Sugiyama
  • Patent number: D1082727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Igarashi, Shinya Hirai, Shin Hasegawa, Tatsuya Sasaki, Toshimitsu Tamura, Ikuno Sugiyama