Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Sato

Tetsuya 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: 20250137277
    Abstract: There is provided a pole enabling devices having various sizes to be mounted therein while curbing having a cluttered appearance. A pole (1) includes a shelf board (3) configured to partition an internal space (2) of the pole (1); a door (132, 161) configured to close each of subspaces (4) partitioned by the shelf board (3). The door (132, 161) has a structure in which a size of a surface of the door (132, 161) is variable, each of the subspaces (4) has a size which is changed by changing a position of the shelf board (3), each of the subspaces (4) is closed by changing a size of a surface of the door (132, 161), and each of the subspaces (4) accommodates a device (90) having a predetermined function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi TONEGAWA, Tetsuya TAKAKI, Masaya AMANO, Yuji SATO, Kazuki OGATA
  • Patent number: 12283632
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with less variations in transistor characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first insulator; a first oxide over the first insulator; a first conductor and a second conductor over the first oxide; a first layer and a second layer which are in contact with a side surface of the first oxide; a second insulator over the first insulator, the first layer, the second layer, the first conductor, and the second conductor; a third insulator over the second insulator; a second oxide between the first conductor and the second conductor and over the first oxide; a fourth insulator over the second oxide; and a third conductor over the fourth insulator. Each of the first layer and the second layer includes a metal contained in the first conductor and the second conductor. The first insulator in a region in contact with the second insulator includes a region where a concentration of the metal is lower than that of the first layer or the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tsutomu Murakawa, Yoshinori Ando, Tetsuya Kakehata, Yuichi Sato, Ryota Hodo
  • Patent number: 12282061
    Abstract: The wafer test system includes: a prober including a chuck that holds a semiconductor wafer and a probe card having probe needles thereon, and brings the probe needles in contact with semiconductor chips formed on the semiconductor wafer to inspect the semiconductor chips; an overhead hoist transport that delivers the cassette that houses the plurality of semiconductor wafers to be inspected to the prober and withdraws, from the prober, the cassette that houses the semiconductor wafers that have been inspected; a conveying control unit that controls the overhead hoist transport to convey the probe card between a replacement position of the probe card predetermined in the prober and a storage of the probe card located in a place different from the prober; and a card conveying mechanism that conveys the probe card between a holding position in the prober and the replacement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Yuta Sato, Naoki Kasai, Naoyuki Yamazoe, Tetsuya Yasunaka, Kazuma Takii, Teppei Aoki, Wataru Kawasaki, Hiroki Ishida, Yasuhito Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20250109250
    Abstract: A resin composition including a maleimide resin (A) obtained by reacting a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (a1), a diamine (a2), and maleic anhydride (a3), in which the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (a1) contains at least one of a compound represented by the following Formula (1), a compound represented by the following Formula (2), and a compound represented by the following Formula (6), and the diamine (a2) contains a dimer diamine and a second diamine other than a dimer diamine:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Kitaru SATO, Tetsuya IMAI
  • Publication number: 20250091932
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a silica glass body includes preheating a porous silica glass body, and placing the preheated porous silica glass body in a resonator that resonates a microwave having a frequency band of 1 GHz to 30 GHz to heat the porous silica glass body with the microwave. At least a part of the porous silica glass body contains an additive other than silicon and oxygen. The porous silica glass body is preheated to a temperature equal to or higher than a glass transition temperature of the additive-added portion of the porous silica glass body in the preheating. The porous silica glass with the additive is heated with the microwave in the heating with the microwave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Shinji ISHIKAWA, Tetsuya HARUNA, Shin SATO, Keisei MORITA
  • Publication number: 20250088832
    Abstract: In order to make it possible to carry out communication while identifying a vehicle of an intended condition, a server apparatus (1) includes: a reception means (11) for receiving, from a first vehicle (31), a communication request message using wireless communication, the communication request message designating a selection condition for selecting another vehicle; a selection means (12) for selecting a second vehicle (33, 34) that satisfies the selection condition; and a transmission means (13) for transmitting the communication request message to the second vehicle (33, 34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Ogata, Kosei Kobayashi, Tetsuji Kawatsu, Yuji Sato, Tetsuya TAKAKI, Jun Takasawa, Hiroaki Aminaka, Kei Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 12237497
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an electrode plate for secondary batteries, which has high reliability; and a secondary battery which uses this electrode plate. A negative electrode plate for secondary batteries, which comprises: a negative electrode core body that is formed of a metal; and negative electrode active material layers that are formed on both surfaces of the negative electrode core body. This negative electrode plate has a first edge and a negative electrode tab which protrudes from the first edge; and a coating film containing silicon is formed on the end face of the negative electrode core body at the first edge. A secondary battery according to the present invention is provided with a positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tajima, Tetsuya Sato
  • Patent number: 12237555
    Abstract: The first conductor plate has a groove portion that has a rectangular cross section and is formed in parallel with a first main surface such that the longitudinal direction becomes a first direction, and a first vertical tube portion formed in a direction away from the second conductor plate in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the first main surface, with a branch position in the groove as a starting point. The second conductor plate includes a reflection portion that is inserted into the groove portion in a manner protruding from a second main surface, which is a flat surface of the second conductor plate in contact with the first main surface, and has a reflection surface that reflects the radio wave, propagated along the groove portion, toward the first vertical tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Waseda University
    Inventors: Seiji Nishi, Takuro Sato, Kazuhiko Tamesue, Tetsuya Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 12224443
    Abstract: Provided are: a highly reliable secondary battery electrode plate; and a secondary battery using same. The electrode plate is a positive electrode plate for a secondary battery, the positive electrode plate having a metallic positive electrode core body and a positive electrode active material layer formed on both surfaces of the positive electrode core body, wherein the positive electrode plate has a first edge and a positive electrode tab protruding from the first edge, and a fluorine-containing coating is formed on the end surface of the positive electrode core body at the first edge of the positive electrode plate. The secondary battery has the positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tajima, Tetsuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20250046778
    Abstract: In an uncoated region (16a) of a current collector (16) of a lithium-ion secondary battery (10), first codes (18) are formed along a longitudinal axis thereof. A first inspection device (105) and a second inspection device (107) record inspection information in a recording device (210) while identifying the position of an active material layer (17) using the first codes (18). It is possible to retrospectively acquire the inspection information on the active material layer (17) corresponding to the position of each of the first codes (18) in the longitudinal axis of the current collector (16), making it possible to predict or retrospectively identify individual differences between electrode materials used in cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20250033372
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid processing device includes a liquid flow path connected to a liquid ejecting head. A control unit is also provided. The control unit is configured to begin an operation to cause liquid to flow in the liquid flow path to the liquid ejecting head, receive a pressure value for liquid in the liquid flow path, and stop the operation when the pressure value is outside a normal range. Such a device can avoid damage resulting from malfunctions and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventor: Tetsuya SATO
  • Patent number: 12203775
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus includes a plurality of differential transmitters, and a power supply circuit that supplies a power supply voltage to each of the plurality of differential transmitters. The power supply circuit includes a common circuit unit that defines the power supply voltage supplied to the plurality of differential transmitters, and a plurality of individual circuit units provided in association with the plurality of differential transmitters and each connected to the common circuit unit. Each of the plurality of individual circuit units has an output node that outputs the power supply voltage defined by the common circuit unit to a corresponding differential transmitter of the plurality of differential transmitters, and respective output nodes of the plurality of individual circuit units are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohichi Nakamura, Masaki Sato, Daisuke Kobayashi, Tetsuya Itano, Daisuke Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20250020370
    Abstract: A unit includes a first alloy and a second alloy. The first alloy has a structure in which, in a crystal structure of a La(Fe,Si)13-based alloy, a lanthanum element position is replaced with a group 1 element other than hydrogen or a group 2 element. The second alloy has a structure in which, in a crystal structure of a La(Fe,Si)13-based alloy, a lanthanum element position is replaced with a group 1 element other than hydrogen or a group 2 element and has a composition different from that of the first alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Yukihiro MAKINO, Kazunori SATO, Tamio OGUCHI, Hung Ba TRAN, Tetsuya FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240308217
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid ejection head includes an actuator with pressure chambers, a first common chamber on a first side of the pressure chambers, a second common chamber on a second side of the pressure chambers, and a manifold providing a first liquid flow path above the first common chamber, a first cooling flow path above the second common chamber, and a second liquid flow path above the first cooling flow path. The second liquid flow path is connected to the first liquid flow path by a confluence portion at a confluence position between a first end of the first liquid flow path and a midpoint of the first liquid flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventor: Tetsuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20240290939
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery includes the steps of: weighing a plurality of electrode materials to respective predetermined weights and placing the plurality of electrode materials into a container; placing the plurality of electrode materials having been placed in the container into a feeder machine; feeding the plurality of electrode materials from the feeder machine to a twin-screw kneader; and kneading the plurality of electrode materials with the twin-screw kneader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuya SATO, Yoshihiko KONDO, Keisuke YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240290610
    Abstract: A film forming method selectively performs film formation. The film forming method includes a cooling operation and a film forming operation. The cooling operation includes cooling a substrate to a temperature at which molecules of a c-C4F8 gas and a SF6 gas condense on a surface of the substrate, the substrate having a metal film and a first insulating film exposed on the surface and being supported inside a chamber. The film forming operation includes forming a carbon-containing film on the metal film by supplying a processing gas including the c-C4F8 gas and the SF6 gas into the chamber while exciting the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi FUSE, Yusuke KUBOTA, Shuji AZUMO, Tetsuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20240277702
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sustained-release injectable preparation which is in a medication administration form that can provide the effect of 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one for a prolonged period of time, the preparation releasing a therapeutically effective amount of 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one for at least one week. The present invention provides an injectable preparation containing 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, which releases the active ingredient in such a manner that its blood concentration is maintained for at least one week.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SATO, Takuya MINOWA, Yusuke HOSHIKA, Hidekazu TOYOFUKU
  • Publication number: 20240168619
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing terminal, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to easily operate multiple devices configuring a group in a sense of feeling similar to that when a device of a single piece is operated. The information processing terminal according to one aspect of the present technology causes a selection screen for an operation target to be displayed, the selection screen including information concerning a group including multiple devices selected from among devices registered in a server and information concerning the devices of a single piece that do not belong to the group, and requests the server to collectively control the devices configuring the group according to a selected operation target and control the devices of a single piece. The present technology can be applied to a system in which devices connected to a network are controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sato, Shun Satou, Hiromichi Sugawara, Kenji Yoneyama, Haruki Matsuno, Tsuyoshi Honma
  • Patent number: 11978895
    Abstract: A secondary battery with a positive electrode plate having a metallic positive electrode core body and positive electrode active material layers formed on both surfaces of the positive electrode core body. The positive electrode core body has an active material layer-free region in which the positive electrode active material layers are not formed on the surface of the positive electrode core body, wherein a first protrusion protruding in the thickness direction of the positive electrode core body from one surface of the positive electrode core body is formed at the end of the active material layer-free region, positive electrode protection layers are formed in a portion adjacent to the positive electrode active material layers on one surface of the positive electrode core body in the active material layer-free region, and the protrusion height T1 of the first protrusion is less than the thickness T2 of the positive electrode protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tajima, Tetsuya Sato
  • Patent number: 11875888
    Abstract: To provide a rehabilitation assistance device, a rehabilitation assistance method, and a non-transient storage medium storing a rehabilitation assistance program that support continuous rehabilitation by enabling the generation of a rehabilitation plan that can increase the motivation to continue rehabilitation. When a patient selects one set from an activity event information DB that stores a plurality of sets that associate information of a predetermined activity event with information of an exercise amount for each of a plurality of body parts when the activity event is performed, the patient can check on the screen displayed on the display unit to what extent the exercise amount contained in one's rehabilitation plan information is achieved by the activity event of the selected set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Inoue, Tetsuya Sato, Mika Kijimuta