Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Sato
Tsutomu 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).
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Publication number: 20240125351Abstract: In a thrust needle roller bearing, even in an environment where an amount of lubricating oil is small, the amount of lubricating oil is held and seizure is prevented. The thrust needle roller bearing includes a plurality of needle rollers, a bearing ring (31) having an annular raceway surface (31a) on which the needle rollers roll, and a cage that rollably holds the needle rollers, in which an oil repellent film (41a) is formed by oil repellent treatment on a portion of the raceway surface (31a) other than a portion in contact with the needle rollers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu SATO, Faidhi RADZI, Hideyuki UYAMA
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Publication number: 20240099139Abstract: A fabrication method of a thermoelectric conversion element includes forming a first metal layer containing Cu on a first surface of a thermoelectric conversion layer, and forming a first electrode and a first intermediate layer from the first metal layer. The thermoelectric conversion layer is composed of a thermoelectric conversion material containing Mg and at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Sb and Bi, the first intermediate layer is provided between the thermoelectric conversion layer and the first electrode, the first intermediate layer is in contact with the thermoelectric conversion layer, the first electrode is in contact with the first intermediate layer, and a composition of the first intermediate layer is different from both a composition of the first electrode and a composition of the thermoelectric conversion layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Miho UEHARA, Yuriko KANEKO, Atsushi ONO, Masashige KAWABE, Tsutomu KANNO, Hiromasa TAMAKI, Hiroki SATO
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Publication number: 20240036498Abstract: A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventor: Tsutomu SATO
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Publication number: 20230382912Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the basic structure shown by Formula (I) in which the indole ring and the pyrazolopyridine structure is bound through a substituent, a salt thereof or a solvate of either the compound or a salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound, salt or solvate as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitoshi YOSHINO, Satoshi TSUCHIYA, Atsushi MATSUO, Tsutomu SATO, Masahiro NISHIMOTO, Kyoko OGURI, Hiroko OGAWA, Yoshikazu NISHIMURA, Yoshiyuki FURUTA, Hirotaka KASHIWAGI, Nobuyuki HORI, Takuma KAMON, Takuya SHIRAISHI, Shoshin YOSHIDA, Takahiro KAWAI, Satoshi TANIDA, Masahide AOKI
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Patent number: 11822266Abstract: A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Patent number: 11814381Abstract: The present invention provides the compound, 3-[(1S,2S)-1-[5-[(4S)-2,2-Dimethyloxan-4-yl]-2-[(4S)-2-(4-fluoro-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-3-[3-(4-fluoro-1-methylindazol-5-yl)-2-oxoimidazol-1-yl]-4-methyl-6,7-dihydro-4H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridine-5-carbonyl]indol-1-yl]-2-methylcyclopropyl]-4H-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitoshi Yoshino, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Atsushi Matsuo, Tsutomu Sato, Masahiro Nishimoto, Kyoko Oguri, Hiroko Ogawa, Yoshikazu Nishimura, Yoshiyuki Furuta, Hirotaka Kashiwagi, Nobuyuki Hori, Takuma Kamon, Takuya Shiraishi, Shoshin Yoshida, Takahiro Kawai, Satoshi Tanida, Masahide Aoki
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Patent number: 11414655Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing ambrein, which can easily and efficiently obtain the ambrein. The object can be solved by a mutated tetraprenyl-?-curcumene cyclase wherein (1) a 4th amino acid residue of a DXDD motif, aspartic acid, is substituted with an amino acid other than aspartic acid, and (2) an amino acid adjacent to the N-terminus of a (A/S/G)RX(H/N)XXP motif is substituted with an amino acid other than tyrosine, or a 4th amino acid of the GXGX(G/A/P) motif is substituted with an amino acid other than leucine.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: Niigata University, Adeka CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Sato, Tsutomu Hoshino, Toshihiko Takehana, Seiji Koike, Koichi Shigeno
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Publication number: 20220091541Abstract: A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventor: Tsutomu SATO
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Publication number: 20220043368Abstract: In one embodiment, a toner container comprises a toner container body in which toner is stored, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, and a projection. The projection is provided in the vicinity of a rear end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion or a longitudinal direction of the toner container body, and projecting toward a rear side of the toner container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventor: Tsutomu SATO
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Publication number: 20220007911Abstract: The present invention provides a manual cleaning tool that enables suppression of plastic deformation (permanent deformation) such as bending when a roller brush is removed. The present invention includes a roller brush (7) provided in a frame main body (15). The roller brush (7) includes a rigid shaft (46), a pair of guide rollers (47, 48), which are arranged concentrically with a shaft center line (G) of the rigid shaft (46), and are mounted to shaft ends (46A, 46B) of the rigid shaft (46), and a cleaning brush cloth (49) including cut piles (52) raised from a cloth front surface (51A) of a foundation cloth (51). The cleaning brush cloth (49) is helically wound around a shaft outer-peripheral surface (46C) of the rigid shaft (46) with a cloth back surface (51B) of the foundation cloth (51) being in contact with the shaft outer-peripheral surface (46C), and is fixed to the rigid shaft. The roller brush (7) is removable from the frame main body (15) under an elastically deformed state of the rigid shaft (46).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Hiroshi Ono, Yusuke Hino, Tsutomu Sato, Rio Otsuru, Keiko Nishimura, Ryo Iriguchi
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Patent number: 11199792Abstract: A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignees: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Patent number: 11199790Abstract: In one embodiment, a toner container comprises a toner container body in which toner is stored, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, and a projection. The projection is provided in the vicinity of a rear end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion or a longitudinal direction of the toner container body, and projecting toward a rear side of the toner container.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignees: KABUSHIK KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Patent number: 10995798Abstract: A rolling bearing of the present invention includes an inner ring, an outer ring and a rolling element which are all made of a steel material, and (A) a surface of the rolling element is formed with an Ag coating film, and a raceway of at least one of the inner ring and the outer ring is formed with a Cr coating film or (B) a surface of the rolling element is formed with a Cr coating film, and a raceway of at least one of the inner ring and the outer ring is formed with a Cr coating film.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu Sato, Fangqi Gong
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Patent number: 10997533Abstract: Through a network, an administrative server is connected with a terminal of an applicant and a terminal of a company which is a seeker. The administrative server comprises an applicant information database which stores applicant information including a registered address of the applicant, and a seeker information database which stores requirement information including a registered address of the company. The administrative server calculates a matching score of the both based on the applicant information and the requirement information, and make the terminal of the applicant display an image picture of distributed seekers 52 when it is requested by the applicant. The image picture of distributed seekers 52 includes a neighboring map showing around an address designated by the applicant. On the neighboring map, there is shown matching scores of the applicant and the companies, each matching score being indicated at the registered address of the each company.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: FORUM ENGINEERING INC.Inventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Publication number: 20210088552Abstract: The present invention focuses on a material constituting a contact pin and a processing technique of the material, and is directed to manufacturing a conductive member by using a material and a processing technique which are different from those in the related art. The conductive member is obtained by applying etching treatment to a copper-silver alloy including copper and silver while using at least copper alloy etching liquid, but silver etching liquid may also be selectively added to the copper alloy etching liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicants: Kyosei Co., Ltd., National Institute of Materials ScienceInventors: Tsutomu SATO, Yoshikazu SAKAI, Akihiro KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 10915839Abstract: Through a network, an administrative server is connected with a terminal of an applicant and a terminal of a company which is a seeker. The administrative server comprises an applicant information database which stores applicant information including a registered address of the applicant, and a seeker information database which stores requirement information including a registered address of the company. The administrative server calculates a matching score of the both based on the applicant information and the requirement information, and make the terminal of the applicant display an image picture of distributed seekers 52 when it is requested by the applicant. The image picture of distributed seekers 52 includes a neighboring map showing around an address designated by the applicant. On the neighboring map, there is shown matching scores of the applicant and the companies, each matching score being indicated at the registered address of the each company.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: FORUM ENGINEERING INC.Inventor: Tsutomu Sato
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Publication number: 20210017176Abstract: The present invention provides the compound, 3-[(1S,2S)-1-[5-[(4S)-2,2-Dimethyloxan-4-yl]-2-(4S)-2-(4-fluoro-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-3-[3-(4-fluoro-1-methylindazol-5-yl)-2-oxoimidazol-1-yl]-4-methyl-6,7-dihydro-4H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridine-5-carbonyl]indol-1-yl]-2-methylcyclopropyl]-4H-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitoshi YOSHINO, Satoshi TSUCHIYA, Atsushi MATSUO, Tsutomu SATO, Masahiro NISHIMOTO, Kyoko OGURI, Hiroko OGAWA, Yoshikazu NISHIMURA, Yoshiyuki FURUTA, Hirotaka KASHIWAGI, Nobuyuki HORI, Takuma KAMON, Takuya SHIRAISHI, Shoshin YOSHIDA, Takahiro KAWAI, Satoshi TANIDA, Masahide AOKI
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Publication number: 20200401064Abstract: In one embodiment, a toner container comprises a toner container body in which toner is stored, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, and a projection. The projection is provided in the vicinity of a rear end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion or a longitudinal direction of the toner container body, and projecting toward a rear side of the toner container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventor: Tsutomu SATO
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Patent number: 10858356Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the basic structure shown by Formula (I) in which the indole ring and the pyrazolopyridine structure is bound through a substituent, a salt thereof or a solvate of either the compound or a salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound, salt or solvate as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitoshi Yoshino, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Atsushi Matsuo, Tsutomu Sato, Masahiro Nishimoto, Kyoko Oguri, Hiroko Ogawa, Yoshikazu Nishimura, Yoshiyuki Furuta, Hirotaka Kashiwagi, Nobuyuki Hori, Takuma Kamon, Takuya Shiraishi, Shoshin Yoshida, Takahiro Kawai, Satoshi Tanida, Masahide Aoki
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Patent number: 10844407Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing ambrein, which can easily obtain the ambrein. The object can be solved by a mutated tetraprenyl-?-curcumene cyclase wherein a fourth amino acid residue of a DXDD motif, aspartic acid, is substituted with an amino acid other than aspartic acid, (a) having a QXXXGX(W/F) motif, and a QXXXX(G/A)X(F/W/Y) motif on the N-terminal side, and a QXXXGX(F/W/Y) motif, and a QXXXGXW motif and a QXXXGX(F/W) motif on the C-terminal side, and not having a QXXXGXW motif at a position separated by 170 amino acid residues or more on the C-terminal side, with respect to the DXDD motif, (b) having 40% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 13, (c) exhibiting ambrein production activity using squalene as a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignees: NIIGATA UNIVERSITY, ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Sato, Kotone Okuno, Toshihiko Takehana, Seiji Koike