Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Sakai
Yasutaka Sakai 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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Patent number: 11217430Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber, a gas supply unit, a power supply unit and a frequency control unit. The processing chamber accommodates a target object. The gas supply unit supplies a processing gas into the processing chamber. The power supply unit supplies a power of a predetermined frequency band into the processing chamber to generate plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber. The frequency control unit sweeps a frequency of the power supplied into the processing chamber by the power supply unit from a first frequency to a second frequency at the time of generating the plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Masaki Inoue, Koji Koyama, Yasutaka Sakai
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Publication number: 20200135430Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber, a gas supply unit, a power supply unit and a frequency control unit. The processing chamber accommodates a target object. The gas supply unit supplies a processing gas into the processing chamber. The power supply unit supplies a power of a predetermined frequency band into the processing chamber to generate plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber. The frequency control unit sweeps a frequency of the power supplied into the processing chamber by the power supply unit from a first frequency to a second frequency at the time of generating the plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Masaki INOUE, Koji KOYAMA, Yasutaka SAKAI
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Patent number: 10305129Abstract: A fuel battery system includes a fuel battery, an electric storage, a voltage adjuster, a pump, an abnormity detector, and circuitry. The fuel battery generates electricity using fuel gas and oxidant gas. The voltage adjuster is connected to at least one of the fuel battery and the electric storage. The voltage adjuster is configured to adjust voltage output from the fuel battery or the electric storage to output the adjusted voltage to a load. The pump supplies the oxidant gas to the fuel battery using electric power output from at least one of the fuel battery and the electric storage. The voltage adjuster is connected between the fuel battery and the pump. The abnormity detector detects abnormity in the voltage adjuster. The circuitry is configured to restrict the electric power supplied to the pump in a case where the abnormity detector detects the abnormity in the voltage adjuster.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasutaka Sakai, Kuniaki Ojima, Masaaki Komatsu
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Patent number: 9889766Abstract: An electric power system includes an electric power generator, a first converter, an electric energy storage device, and a first converter controller. The first converter controller is to correct a target output of the electric power generator based on a charging margin so as to control an output of the electric power generator via the first converter so that an input electric power to the electric energy storage device does not exceed an input electric power threshold of the electric energy storage device or to correct the target output of the electric power generator based on a discharging margin so as to control the output of the electric power generator via the first converter so that an output electric power from the electric energy storage device does not exceed an output electric power threshold of the electric energy storage device.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Hibiki Saeki, Yasushi Kojima, Yasutaka Sakai
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Patent number: 9796270Abstract: A power supply system includes a fuel cell, a power storage device, a first voltage adjusting device, a second voltage adjusting device, and a controller. The controller is to control the first voltage adjusting device and the second voltage adjusting device. The controller is to switch the second voltage adjusting device from a direct coupling state to a voltage adjusting state in a case where a first absolute value of a first difference between a secondary voltage of the second voltage adjusting device applied across a load and a fuel cell voltage is less than a predetermined allowable voltage value or in a case where a second absolute value of a second difference between a fuel cell current being to flow from the fuel cell into the first voltage adjusting device and a target current value of the fuel cell current exceeds a predetermined allowable current value.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Kenichi Shimizu, Yasutaka Sakai, Takuya Shirasaka, Kosuke Higashitani
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Patent number: 9776622Abstract: A power management device of a power system manages the power generation quantity of the whole power system. A power generation control device controls a power generation device using a power generation command value (Ifccon1req) of the power generation device, said power generation command value having been acquired from the power management device via a first signal system, and a parameter (Ibat) that is directly acquired from a parameter acquisition unit via a second signal system.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Yasushi Kojima, Yasutaka Sakai, Hibiki Saeki
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Patent number: 9759086Abstract: Power transmission members, such as synchronous joint members, are each formed by sintering a compact which is molded from a mixture containing metal powder and a binder, as an injection material, by metal powder injection molding. Flow promotion recesses configured to facilitate a flow of the mixture to areas corresponding to power transmission surfaces or the like when the compact is molded are formed in each of two side surfaces of each power transmission member.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Katsunori Nakagawa, Yasutaka Sakai
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Publication number: 20170250427Abstract: A fuel battery system includes a fuel battery, an electric storage, a voltage adjuster, a pump, an abnormity detector, and circuitry. The fuel battery generates electricity using fuel gas and oxidant gas. The voltage adjuster is connected to at least one of the fuel battery and the electric storage. The voltage adjuster is configured to adjust voltage output from the fuel battery or the electric storage to output the adjusted voltage to a load. The pump supplies the oxidant gas to the fuel battery using electric power output from at least one of the fuel battery and the electric storage. The voltage adjuster is connected between the fuel battery and the pump. The abnormity detector detects abnormity in the voltage adjuster. The circuitry is configured to restrict the electric power supplied to the pump in a case where the abnormity detector detects the abnormity in the voltage adjuster.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasutaka SAKAI, Kuniaki OJIMA, Masaaki KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20170158189Abstract: A power management device of a power system manages the power generation quantity of the whole power system. A power generation control device controls a power generation device using a power generation command value (Ifccon1req) of the power generation device, said power generation command value having been acquired from the power management device via a first signal system, and a parameter (Ibat) that is directly acquired from a parameter acquisition unit via a second signal system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2014Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi KAZUNO, Yasushi KOJIMA, Yasutaka SAKAI, Hibiki SAEKI
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Patent number: 9620799Abstract: There are provided: a power supply provided with a fuel cell; a fuel cell vehicle; an inverter device capable of supplying electric power that is supplied from the fuel cell to an external load; a radiator; a radiator fan; a dryness detection device that detects a dry condition of the fuel cell; and an ECU that control supply of electric power to the external load. The ECU drives the radiator fan when the dryness detection device detects dryness of the fuel cell while electric power is being supplied from the fuel cell to the external load.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daishi Igarashi, Morio Kayano, Takuya Shirasaka, Kosuke Higashitani, Kenichi Shimizu, Shuichi Kazuno, Yasutaka Sakai
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Publication number: 20160009195Abstract: An electric power system includes an electric power generator, a first converter, an electric energy storage device, and a first converter controller. The first converter controller is to correct a target output of the electric power generator based on a charging margin so as to control an output of the electric power generator via the first converter so that an input electric power to the electric energy storage device does not exceed an input electric power threshold of the electric energy storage device or to correct the target output of the electric power generator based on a discharging margin so as to control the output of the electric power generator via the first converter so that an output electric power from the electric energy storage device does not exceed an output electric power threshold of the electric energy storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi KAZUNO, Hibiki SAEKI, Yasushi KOJIMA, Yasutaka SAKAI
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Publication number: 20160001675Abstract: A power supply system includes a fuel cell, a power storage device, a first voltage adjusting device, a second voltage adjusting device, and a controller. The controller is to control the first voltage adjusting device and the second voltage adjusting device. The controller is to switch the second voltage adjusting device from a direct coupling state to a voltage adjusting state in a case where a first absolute value of a first difference between a secondary voltage of the second voltage adjusting device applied across a load and a fuel cell voltage is less than a predetermined allowable voltage value or in a case where a second absolute value of a second difference between a fuel cell current being to flow from the fuel cell into the first voltage adjusting device and a target current value of the fuel cell current exceeds a predetermined allowable current value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi KAZUNO, Kenichi SHIMIZU, Yasutaka SAKAI, Takuya SHIRASAKA, Kosuke HIGASHITANI
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Publication number: 20150184534Abstract: Power transmission members, such as synchronous joint members, are each formed by sintering a compact which is molded from a mixture containing metal powder and a binder, as an injection material, by metal powder injection molding. Flow promotion recesses configured to facilitate a flow of the mixture to areas corresponding to power transmission surfaces or the like when the compact is molded are formed in each of two side surfaces of each power transmission member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Satoshi YOSHIDA, Katsunori NAKAGAWA, Yasutaka SAKAI
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Publication number: 20140080024Abstract: There are provided: a power supply provided with a fuel cell; a fuel cell vehicle; an inverter device capable of supplying electric power that is supplied from the fuel cell to an external load; a radiator; a radiator fan; a dryness detection device that detects a dry condition of the fuel cell; and an ECU that control supply of electric power to the external load. The ECU drives the radiator fan when the dryness detection device detects dryness of the fuel cell while electric power is being supplied from the fuel cell to the external load.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daishi Igarashi, Morio Kayano, Takuya Shirasaka, Kosuke Higashitani, Kenichi Shimizu, Shuichi Kazuno, Yasutaka Sakai
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Publication number: 20130149129Abstract: An exhaust nozzle 9 has nozzle vanes 15 interposed between front and rear exhaust introduction walls 10 and 51. A space 19 is between the wall 51 and a turbine housing 1. A sealing device 25 is arranged upstream, in a direction of exhaust gas, of each through hole 24 provided in the wall 51 for penetration of a vane shaft 16a to prevent exhaust gas in a scroll passage 8 from leaking through the space 19 to a turbine impeller 4. Each of the walls 10 and 51 is disk-shaped, the turbine housing 1 being formed with a shoulder 50 to which the wall 51 is fitted with the space 19.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Yoshimitsu Matsuyama, Tomohiro Inoue, Yasutaka Sakai
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Publication number: 20100296925Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, by contriving a housing structure, a housing fastening method and turbocharger capable of keeping down a reduction in fastening force applied by a G-coupling even when housings are exposed to high temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventor: Yasutaka Sakai
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Publication number: 20060162885Abstract: A paper transparentizing agent, containing at least one amide compound selected from the group consisting of: an amide compound (A) that results from condensation of a monocarboxylic acid and at least one amine compound selected from the group consisting of polyalkylenepolyamines and alkanolamines; an amide compound (B) that results from condensation of at least one monocarboxylic acid, at least one polycarboxylic acid and at least one amine compound selected from the group consisting of polyalkylenepolyamines and alkanolamines; an amide compound (C) that results from condensation of a condensate and a monocarboxylic acid, the condensate resulted from condensation of at least one amine compound selected from the group consisting of polyalkylenepolyamines and alkanolamines, and epichlorohydrin or urea; and an amide compound (D) that results from condensation of a condensate, at least one monocarboxylic acid and at least one polycarboxylic acid, the condensate resulted from condensation of at least one amine coType: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2006Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Nicca Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Tomoda, Takashi Tanaka, Yasutaka Sakai