Patents by Inventor Wataru Sato

Wataru 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: 20180245031
    Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable temperature adjustment apparatus which uses a temperature adjustment element and quantitatively evaluates the temperature adjustment performance of the temperature adjustment element. The temperature adjustment apparatus is provided with: a temperature adjustment element; one or more temperature detection elements provided near the temperature adjustment element; a calculation unit for calculating the output of the temperature detection element; and a display unit for displaying at least one of a time calculated by the calculation unit as a time at which the temperature adjustment performance of the temperature adjustment is predicted to be below a desired level, the number of operations and the time of current conduction or a warning based on the result of calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Wataru SATO, Nobuyuki ISOSHIMA, Kohshi MAEDA, Daisuke MORISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180182424
    Abstract: A base for a magnetic recording medium, includes a substrate made of an Al alloy and having a surface, and a film made of a NiWP-based alloy and plated on the surface of the substrate. The film includes W in a range of 15 mass % to 22 mass %, P in a range of 3 mass % to 10 mass %, and Pb in a range of 0.03 mass % to 0.08 mass %. The film has a thickness of 5 ?m or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Koji YUKIMATSU, Wataru Sato
  • Publication number: 20180146698
    Abstract: A method of obtaining eggs taking on the yolk color preferred by consumers, whereby cost reduction and stable supply of feeds can be achieved, is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a formula feed for poultry, in which the content of corn is 50% or less and the content of astaxanthin from a dry powder of a bacterium is 1 to 8 ppm, and a method of obtaining eggs taking on a desired yolk color using the formula feed. According to the present invention, it becomes possible to provide a formula feed that can be stably supplied at low price without influence of seasonal and weather conditions. In addition, poultry eggs taking on a yolk color that satisfies the consumer preference can be provided at a lower price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Wataru Sato, Hidetada Nagai, Yuki Kawashima, Michihisa Ikarashi, Yutaka Sakai
  • Publication number: 20180129288
    Abstract: A tactile-sensation-reproducing apparatus includes input devices. In each of the input devices, two first operation members and one second operation member project from the case. The input device is operated with the second operation member held with a thumb and the first operation members held with index and middle fingers, respectively, as if an object were held. A control signal is transmitted from a control unit to a motor provided in the case, and reaction forces exerted by the first operation members and the second operation member are applied to the fingers, respectively. The reaction forces applied to the fingers are simulated as a sensation of hardness, softness, or elasticity of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuji Hagiwara, Wataru Sato, Yuzuru Kawana, Daisuke Takai
  • Publication number: 20180120943
    Abstract: A tactile sensation reproduction apparatus including an input device including an operation body that is moved by a finger, a detection member that detects a moved position of the operation body, and a motor that provides a force to the operation body; a control unit; and a display panel that is controlled by the control unit, wherein the display panel displays a simulation image of a hand and a finger and a simulation image of an object to be touched by a hand or a finger, and wherein upon detecting that the operation body is pressed by a finger by a detection signal from the detection member, the control unit controls an output of the motor such that a force that stimulates the reaction force in accordance with the moved distance of the operation body is applied to the hand or the finger from the operation body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Wataru SATO, Yasuji HAGIWARA, Yuzuru KAWANA, Keigo WAKANA
  • Publication number: 20180037930
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a nucleic acid analyzer that sets and executes temperature regulation, said temperature regulation matching the characteristics of analyzing items and the configuration of the analyzer, by a simple operation while preventing deterioration in analytical performance caused by partial overheating of a liquid reaction mixture to thereby improve temperature change speed and shorten analysis time. To achieve the above purpose, provided is a method wherein, in the case of performing overshooting: as a first processing, the temperature is continuously elevated until reaching a target overshoot temperature; as a second processing, after reaching the aforesaid temperature, the overshoot target temperature is maintained for a preset period of time; and, as a third processing, the temperature is continuously lowered until reaching a target temperature of the liquid reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Manami NAMMOKU, Terumi TAMURA, Kohshi MAEDA, Daisuke MORISHIMA, Toshinari SAKURAI, Wataru SATO
  • Publication number: 20170299504
    Abstract: A spectral colorimetric apparatus comprises a light source, a spectral element, a light receiving element, a substrate on which the light receiving element is mounted, a housing and a pressing portion. The housing has a first side wall on which the substrate is fixed and a second side wall on which the spectral element is fixed. The pressing portion pinches the spectral element together with the second side wall and presses the spectral element to the second side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Wataru Sato
  • Patent number: 9777394
    Abstract: A method of producing silicon single crystal ingot by pulling the silicon single crystal ingot made of an N-region by the CZ method, including: performing an EOSF inspection including a heat treatment to manifest oxide precipitates and selective etching on sample wafer from the silicon single crystal ingot composed of the N-region to measure a density of EOSF; performing a shallow-pit inspection to investigate a pattern of occurrence of a shallow pit; adjusting the pulling conditions according to result of identification of a defect region of the sample wafer by the EOSF and shallow-pit inspections to pull a next silicon single crystal ingot composed of the N-region, wherein in the identification of the defect region, for an N-region, what portion of an Nv-region or Ni-region the defect region corresponds to is also identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Sonokawa, Wataru Sato, Nobuaki Mitamura, Tomohiko Ohta
  • Patent number: 9534827
    Abstract: Provided is an air heat exchanger capable of preventing an increase in ventilation resistance and a decrease in heat exchange efficiency due to condensation water generated on surfaces of heat transfer fins, without increasing thermal resistance of flat tubes and the heat transfer fins, and preventing scattering of water droplets downwind from the heat transfer fins. In the air heat exchanger including a plurality of flat tubes 2 and heat transfer fins 5 provided between the flat tubes 2 and on which air is blown, the flat tubes 2 include water draining grooves 4 on side surfaces on which the heat transfer fins 5 are provided and the heat transfer fins 5 include water guiding grooves 6 communicating with the water draining grooves 4. At least a groove wall 40 on the upwind side of an air blowing direction 10 among groove walls forming the water guiding grooves 6 is provided from a position of the upwind side from the water draining grooves 4 to the water draining grooves 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS-HITACHI AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Wataru Sato, Shigeyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9249257
    Abstract: A copolymer containing a repeating unit having a dioxopyrrole condensed ring skeleton and a repeating unit having a dithieno condensed ring skeleton and also having a specific substituent is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Kawai, Rieko Fujita, Wataru Sato, Mitsunori Furuya, Kenichi Satake, Maki Oba
  • Patent number: 9212254
    Abstract: A copolymer containing a repeating unit having a dioxopyrrole condensed ring skeleton and a repeating unit having a dithieno condensed ring skeleton and also having a specific substituent is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Kawai, Rieko Fujita, Wataru Sato, Mitsunori Furuya, Kenichi Satake, Maki Oba
  • Publication number: 20150354089
    Abstract: A method of producing silicon single crystal ingot by pulling the silicon single crystal ingot made of an N-region by the CZ method, including: performing an EOSF inspection including a heat treatment to manifest oxide precipitates and selective etching on sample wafer from the silicon single crystal ingot composed of the N-region to measure a density of EOSF; performing a shallow-pit inspection to investigate a pattern of occurrence of a shallow pit; adjusting the pulling conditions according to result of identification of a defect region of the sample wafer by the EOSF and shallow-pit inspections to pull a next silicon single crystal ingot composed of the N-region, wherein in the identification of the defect region, for an N-region, what portion of an Nv-region or Ni-region the defect region corresponds to is also identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Susumu SONOKAWA, Wataru SATO, Nobuaki MITAMURA, Tomohiko OHTA
  • Patent number: 9166073
    Abstract: The invention addresses a problem of obtaining a conjugated polymer having a higher molecular weight through coupling reaction of monomers using a transition metal catalyst. The invention relates to a method for producing a conjugated polymer, which comprises polymerizing one or more monomers through a coupling reaction, wherein the coupling reaction of the monomer is carried out by using one or more kinds of homogeneous transition metal complex catalysts and one or more kinds of heterogeneous transition metal complex catalysts in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru Sato, Rieko Fujita, Jyunya Kawai, Kenichi Satake, Mitsunori Furuya
  • Publication number: 20150211781
    Abstract: Provided is an air heat exchanger capable of preventing an increase in ventilation resistance and a decrease in heat exchange efficiency due to condensation water generated on surfaces of heat transfer fins, without increasing thermal resistance of flat tubes and the heat transfer fins, and preventing scattering of water droplets downwind from the heat transfer fins. In the air heat exchanger including a plurality of flat tubes 2 and heat transfer fins 5 provided between the flat tubes 2 and on which air is blown, the flat tubes 2 include water draining grooves 4 on side surfaces on which the heat transfer fins 5 are provided and the heat transfer fins 5 include water guiding grooves 6 communicating with the water draining grooves 4. At least a groove wall 40 on the upwind side of an air blowing direction 10 among groove walls forming the water guiding grooves 6 is provided from a position of the upwind side from the water draining grooves 4 to the water draining grooves 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Sato, Shigeyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9036233
    Abstract: A laser light source module includes a housing and a heat sink that is thermally connected to the housing. The housing includes a laser element that emits laser light, a laser holder that is made of metal to hold the laser element, a laser light receiving element that receives laser beam from the laser element, a mirror element that reflects the laser light to scan a screen, an optical element that is disposed on the optical axis of the laser light. The laser holder is thermally connected to the housing with a thermally conductive member. A protrusion is formed on the thermally conductive member. The protrusion and the springiness of the thermally conductive member are used to press the laser holder against the housing in the same direction as the direction of laser light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Wataru Sato, Takeshi Nakao
  • Patent number: 8997374
    Abstract: A drying furnace (20) for drying an object (11) by hot air is provided with a heater (36, 38, 43, 45) that applies radiant heat to a hard-heating region (35, 42) having a larger heat capacity than the other region (37, 44) in the object (11) so as to heat the hard-heating region (35, 42) to a temperature approximate to a temperature of the other region (37, 44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wataru Sato
  • Publication number: 20150094436
    Abstract: A copolymer containing a repeating unit having a dioxopyrrole condensed ring skeleton and a repeating unit having a dithieno condensed ring skeleton and also having a specific substituent is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya KAWAI, Rieko FUJITA, Wataru SATO, Mitsunori FURUYA, Kenichi SATAKE, Maki OBA
  • Patent number: 8899500
    Abstract: A gas fuel injection valve is provided in which a single nozzle member (11) is fixedly provided in a front end part of a valve housing (2), and this nozzle member (11) has formed therein a valve seat (13), a valve hole (45) extending through a central part of the valve seat (13), a throttle hole (46) having a smaller diameter than that of the valve hole (45) and communicating with an outlet of the valve hole (45), and a nozzle hole (48) having a larger diameter than that of the throttle hole (46) and communicating with an outlet of the throttle hole (46), wherein when an internal diameter of the throttle hole (46) is D1, a length of the hole (46) is L1, an internal diameter of the nozzle hole (48) is D2, and a length of the nozzle hole (48) is L2, L1/D1>1??(1) 1<D2/D1?1.2??(2) the above expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinori Kuzuma, Takashi Yoshida, Wataru Sato, Yoji Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20140243488
    Abstract: The invention addresses a problem of obtaining a conjugated polymer having a higher molecular weight through coupling reaction of monomers using a transition metal catalyst. The invention relates to a method for producing a conjugated polymer, which comprises polymerizing one or more monomers through a coupling reaction, wherein the coupling reaction of the monomer is carried out by using one or more kinds of homogeneous transition metal complex catalysts and one or more kinds of heterogeneous transition metal complex catalysts in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru SATO, Rieko Fujita, Jyunya Kawai, Kenichi Satake, Mitsunori Furuya
  • Publication number: 20140243492
    Abstract: The invention addresses a problem of purifying a monomer to be a precursor according to a simpler and milder method so as to obtain a polymer having a higher molecular weight. The invention relates to a method for producing a condensed polycyclic aromatic compound having n active groups (wherein n is an integer of 1 or more and 4 or less), which comprises bringing a composition containing the condensed polycyclic aromatic compound and a solvent into contact with zeolite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rieko FUJITA, Jyunya Kawai, Wataru Sato, Kenichi Satake, Mitsunori Furuya