Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Sato

Tomohiro 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).

  • Patent number: 9240587
    Abstract: A carbon material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary-battery negative electrode is provided, which satisfies the followings (1) and (2): (1) the carbon material has an aspect ratio of 10 or less; (2) the amount of CO eliminated from the carbon material during heating to 1,000° C., as determined with a temperature programmed decomposition mass spectrometer (TPD-MS), is 2-15 ?mol/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kameda, Hideharu Sato, Tomohiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20150372269
    Abstract: A non-woven fabric base material for a lithium ion secondary battery separator composed mainly of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, characterized in that the non-woven fabric base material comprises a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber and a crystallized polyethylene terephthalate fiber, and the content of a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber having a fiber length of 2.5 mm or less is 10 to 60 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro SATO, Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU, Makoto KATO, Kenji HYODO, Wakana AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150320389
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of connecting a connector of ultrasonic probe includes a connected part, a wall part and a vent hole. The connected part is provided in a housing and is configured to be capable of connecting a connector of ultrasonic probe. The wall part is provided in a location to surround side faces of the connector in a state of being connected to the connected part. The vent hole is provided between the connected part and the wall part so as to pass through from outside to inside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi MIYAGI, Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9108267
    Abstract: A pressure surface of a first metal material for receiving a pressure therethrough is fabricated to have a directional component parallel to a pressure-application direction and a directional component perpendicular to the pressure-application direction, and an electrically-conductive core is fabricated to have a surface along the pressure surface and a surface perpendicular to the pressure-application direction. An assembly comprising the first metal material, the second metal material and the core is set in a pulse electric-current bonding unit to perform a pulse electric-current bonding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Tadashi Masuoka, Akinaga Kumakawa, Shin-ichi Moriya, Tomohiro Sato, Shinichi Takei
  • Patent number: 9067540
    Abstract: Provided is a storage box comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which are easily and firmly combined with each other without employing vibrational welding or screws. The outer panel and the inner panel are integrally combined by claw engagement portions. The claw engagement portions comprise at least one positioning claw engagement portion for determining relative positions of the outer panel and the inner panel, and at least one undetectable claw engagement portion for restricting the outer panel and the inner panel from moving in directions to be separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Watanabe, Masanori Mizuno, Michiyoshi Iwai, Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9046156
    Abstract: A hybrid drive device includes: a gear mechanism that divides and transmits rotary power of an internal-combustion engine to first motor generator and second motor generator; a first shaft to which rotary power of the first motor generator is transmitted; a rotary element; a second shaft to which rotary power of the rotary element is transmitted after deceleration; a third shaft to which rotary power of the second shaft is transmitted after deceleration; a first power-transmission switching mechanism that can switch rotary power of the second motor generator among a state of being transmitted to the rotary element, a state of being transmitted to the third shaft, and a state of not being transmitted; and a second power-transmission switching mechanism that can switch rotary power of the first shaft between a state of transmission to the second shaft and a state of not transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taketoki Maruyama, Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9030076
    Abstract: An electrical rotary machine comprises a stator having a plurality of split cores arranged in an annular shape and a holding ring capable of retaining the plurality of split cores on an inner circumferential surface so that a surface pressure is applied to an outer circumferential surface of the split cores. The electrical rotary machine further comprises a rotor provided radially inside of the stator facing the split cores in a radial direction and rotatable relative to the stator. Each of the split cores includes a tooth portion extending in an radial direction and a back yoke portion extending in a circumferential direction. Each of the split cores further includes a slit penetrating an outer circumferential periphery of the back yoke portion except for either circumferential end of the back yoke portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9011162
    Abstract: A rotary connector device that can certainly cut a flat cable is disclosed. The rotary connector device comprises a rotor, a stator forming an annular space between the rotor and the stator, and a flat cable provided in the annular space for establishing a connection between the side of the rotor and the side of the stator. The stator includes an annular wall surrounding the annular space, the flat cable has one end which is pulled outside of the annular space through an opening provided in the annular wall, and a first projection portion and a second projection portion are provided in a side edge portion of an opening in the annular wall to project toward the side of the side edge portion positioned at the opposite side centered on the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 8961424
    Abstract: An ultrasound image diagnosis apparatus executing lighting-on and lighting-off of a lighting device by detecting an identification (ID) data of a probe or an operation on an operation panel. The ultrasound image diagnosis also includes a lighting device configured to identify a usage state or non-usage state of the ultrasound probe by a lighting color. While an ultrasound examination is performed in a dimly-lit room, a visibility of an ultrasound probe connector can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Katsuya Hirakui, Katsuteru Kuramata, Hideo Onodera
  • Patent number: 8906129
    Abstract: A copper alloy having excellent sliding performance is produced without relying on lead or molybdenum. The copper alloy contains a sintered Cu5FeS4 material produced by sintering a raw material powder that comprises Cu, Fe and S and is produced by a gas atomizing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kurimoto, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Yoshimasa Hirai, Toru Maruyama, Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140331819
    Abstract: A copper alloy having excellent sliding performance is produced without relying on lead or molybdenum. The copper alloy contains a sintered Cu5FeS4 material produced by sintering a raw material powder that comprises Cu, Fe and S and is produced by a gas atomizing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Tomohiro SATO, Yoshimasa HIRAI, Toru MARUYAMA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8873076
    Abstract: An information processing system configured to control assignment of processor cores to a processing unit that generates printing data from intermediate data based on an amount of the stored printing data. Intermediate data are generated using a specified processor core of a plurality of processor cores and stored in an intermediate data storing unit. Printing data are generated by processing the intermediate data using a processor core other than the specified processor core, and stored in a printing data storing unit. The number of processor cores used by the first processing unit is adjusted on the basis of an amount of intermediate data stored in the intermediate data storing unit. The number of processor cores used by the second processing unit is adjusted on the basis of an amount of printing data stored in the printing data storing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 8853910
    Abstract: A three-phase rotary electrical machine including a stator including a stator core including split cores, a rotor, a bobbin attached to each of the split cores, a winding being wound around each split core to which the bobbin is attached, and a bobbin unit including three of the bobbins which are arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotation axis as one unit, wherein the bobbin positioned at a center of the bobbin unit are formed in a bendable manner integrally with the bobbins positioned adjoining to the bobbin positioned at the center, the bobbin unit is sealed with the bobbin unit positioned adjoining thereto, and a cooling passage extending in the axial direction is provided at each clearance between the windings for three phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 8810091
    Abstract: A stator of a rotating electrical machine is provided. The stator includes a core unit which includes plural core assemblies arranged annularly, each core assembly being wound with a coil, plural accommodating portions which are provided to correspond to the core assemblies, each accommodating portion accommodating at least one of (i) a connection portion of end portions of adjacent coils for forming a neutral point and (ii) a connection portion of the other end portion of one of the adjacent coils and a power supply line, a temperature detector which detects at least one of a temperature of an oil and a temperature of a coil of the plural coils, and a signal line which is connected to the temperature detector for transmitting a detection signal from the temperature detector to an outside. Each of the accommodating portions includes a holding portion which holds the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Hiroyuki Nagata
  • Publication number: 20140132023
    Abstract: Provided is a storage box comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which are easily and firmly combined with each other without employing vibrational welding or screws. The outer panel and the inner panel are integrally combined by claw engagement portions. The claw engagement portions comprise at least one positioning claw engagement portion for determining relative positions of the outer panel and the inner panel, and at least one undetectable claw engagement portion for restricting the outer panel and the inner panel from moving in directions to be separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto WATANABE, Masanori MIZUNO, Michiyoshi IWAI, Tomohiro SATO
  • Patent number: 8660309
    Abstract: There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and an image processing program for transforming a target image having no contour of straight line portions. An ellipse E1 by which the target image is approximated is calculated (S20), a center candidate O.sub.A of the target image is decided (S21), a first polygon P1 associated with the ellipse and the center candidate is calculated (S22), a projective transformation matrix for projectively transforming the first polygon into a second polygon P1? associated with an ellipse whose center is a point where the center candidate is projectively transformed is calculated (S23), and the target image is projectively transformed based on the projective transformation matrix to obtain a transformation image (S24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Rikio Onai, Tomohiro Sato, Masaya Mori, Masahiro Sanjo
  • Patent number: 8654038
    Abstract: A head mounted display includes: an image presentation portion that sequentially presents each of content images to a user's eye; an imaging portion that images an object when the content images are presented; an event acquisition portion that acquires an event occurring outside; a storage control unit that stores imaging data including the imaged object and imaging time position information regarding an imaging time; an event determination unit that determines whether the acquired event has a specific feature; a first specification unit that specifies first time position information regarding a timing when the event having the specific feature is occurred; and a first association registration unit, which, when the event has the specific feature, associates presentation identification information for identifying the presented content images with the first time position information, and which registers the presentation identification information and the first time position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20130344706
    Abstract: A rotary connector device that can certainly cut a flat cable is disclosed. The rotary connector device comprises a rotor, a stator forming an annular space between the rotor and the stator, and a flat cable provided in the annular space for establishing a connection between the side of the rotor and the side of the stator. The stator includes an annular wall surrounding the annular space, the flat cable has one end which is pulled outside of the annular space through an opening provided in the annular wall, and a first projection portion and a second projection portion are provided in a side edge portion of an opening in the annular wall to project toward the side of the side edge portion positioned at the opposite side centered on the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Tomohiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20130314729
    Abstract: An information processing system configured to control assignment of processor cores to a processing unit that generates printing data from intermediate data based on an amount of the stored printing data. Intermediate data are generated using a specified processor core of a plurality of processor cores and stored in an intermediate data storing unit. Printing data are generated by processing the intermediate data using a processor core other than the specified processor core, and stored in a printing data storing unit. The number of processor cores used by the first processing unit is adjusted on the basis of an amount of intermediate data stored in the intermediate data storing unit. The number of processor cores used by the second processing unit is adjusted on the basis of an amount of printing data stored in the printing data storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 8541917
    Abstract: A stator assembly structure of a rotary electrical machine for assembling a stator on a case includes the stator including a stator holder and a stator core, the stator holder including a flange portion that includes a plurality of positioning bores arranged at intervals and a fixing portion fixing the stator to the case, the case including a positioning pin having an outer diameter smaller than a diameter of each of the positioning bores and being engageable with each of the positioning bores, the case further including a fixing seat, and each of the positioning bores including at least three bending portions that extend from a peripheral edge of the positioning bore towards a radially inward side, each of the bending portions being formed to be bent at a portion in a length direction from the peripheral edge towards the radially inward side relative to the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Sakuma, Tomohiro Sato