Patents by Inventor Yoshichika Sato

Yoshichika 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: 20240254916
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes: a tubular body; an air passage; and a resonator. The air passage includes: an upstream region that extends along an outer peripheral surface of the tubular body; a downstream region that extends along an inner peripheral surface of the tubular body and is located at a first side of the combustion chamber in the axial direction; and a direction change region that connects the upstream region to the downstream region in a radial direction of the tubular body and is adjacent to the upstream region such that an area of a section of the air passage which is orthogonal to the axial direction changes at a position between the upstream region and the direction change region. The opening is open toward a space of the air passage which is located downstream of the upstream region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromu KAMIYA, Yoshichika SATO, Atsushi HORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 12007507
    Abstract: An irradiation system (100) comprises a plurality of irradiation devices (1) and a control device (2). The plurality of irradiation devices (1) are arranged adjacent to one another in a first direction. Each of the plurality of irradiation devices (1) is able to move an electromagnetic wave in a second direction different from the first direction while moving the electromagnetic wave in the first direction. The control device (2) controls the plurality of irradiation devices. Specifically, the control device (2) separates an irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave of each of the plurality of irradiation devices (1) from the control device by at least a predetermined distance or more in the second direction at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Hanada, Shogo Miyanabe, Yoshichika Sato, Kouhei Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11773758
    Abstract: A variable valve mechanism includes a cam that rotates about a rotating shaft in association with rotation of a crank shaft of an engine, a swinging arm that is disposed between the cam and a valve and is pushed by the rotating cam to swing and push the valve by a first end portion of the swinging arm, and a moving device that moves a second end portion of the swinging arm. Further, there is a regulating member that is coupled to the first end portion of the swinging arm so as to be rotatable and regulates displacement of the first end portion of the swinging arm relative to the valve when the second end portion of the swinging arm is moved by the moving device. The mechanism further includes a connection member that connects the second end portion of the swinging arm to the moving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Hisano, Youta Sakurai, Yoshichika Sato, Satoru Takao
  • Publication number: 20230025775
    Abstract: A variable valve mechanism includes a cam that rotates about a rotating shaft in association with rotation of a crank shaft of an engine, a swinging arm that is disposed between the cam and a valve and is pushed by the rotating cam to swing and push the valve by a first end portion of the swinging arm, and a moving device that moves a second end portion of the swinging arm. Further, there is a regulating member that is coupled to the first end portion of the swinging arm so as to be rotatable and regulates displacement of the first end portion of the swinging arm relative to the valve when the second end portion of the swinging arm is moved by the moving device. The mechanism further includes a connection member that connects the second end portion of the swinging arm to the moving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi HISANO, Youta SAKURAI, Yoshichika SATO, Satoru TAKAO
  • Publication number: 20210003674
    Abstract: An irradiation system (100) comprises a plurality of irradiation devices (1) and a control device (2). The plurality of irradiation devices (1) are arranged adjacent to one another in a first direction. Each of the plurality of irradiation devices (1) is able to move an electromagnetic wave in a second direction different from the first direction while moving the electromagnetic wave in the first direction. The control device (2) controls the plurality of irradiation devices. Specifically, the control device (2) separates an irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave of each of the plurality of irradiation devices (1) from the control device by at least a predetermined distance or more in the second direction at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi HANADA, Shogo MIYANABE, Yoshichika SATO, Kouhei NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10367406
    Abstract: A sliding surface located to one side in the axial direction relative to the axially central position of a rotary shaft is supported by the slide surface of a supply shaft in a slidable manner in the axial direction, the slide surface being the surface on which sliding occurs. The portion located to the other side in the axial direction side relative to the axially central position of the rotary shaft is fixed to an output shaft. The sliding surface is positioned on the surface of a hard coating, and the hard coating is positioned so as to cover a part of a substrate made of a GFRP. The slide surface is positioned on the surface of a hard coating, and the hard coating is positioned so as to cover a part of a substrate made of a GFRP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takafumi Ito, Hayato Iwasaki, Yosuke Tsumura, Yoshichika Sato
  • Patent number: 10066489
    Abstract: A rotating body includes a rotating body core, and a plurality of blades provided at an outer or inner circumference of the rotating body core at equal intervals in a circumferential direction, and connected circumferentially via an annular connection portion provided separately from the rotating body core. A resonance frequency under a two nodal diameter number mode of the rotating body is lower than or equal to a rotational secondary harmonic frequency with respect to a rated rotation speed. Where Nd represents an order of a maximum mistuned component among order components of circumferential distribution of mass, rigidity or natural frequency of the blades, arrangement of the blades satisfies Nd?5, and has order components each having ratio less than 1/2, in which the ratio is obtained by dividing the order component by the magnitude of the component of the order Nd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryozo Tanaka, Ryoji Tamai, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Yoshichika Sato, Yoshinobu Sakano
  • Publication number: 20170214308
    Abstract: A sliding surface located to one side in the axial direction relative to the axially central position of a rotary shaft is supported by the slide surface of a supply shaft in a slidable manner in the axial direction, the slide surface being the surface on which sliding occurs. The portion located to the other side in the axial direction side relative to the axially central position of the rotary shaft is fixed to an output shaft. The sliding surface is positioned on the surface of a hard coating, and the hard coating is positioned so as to cover a part of a substrate made of a GFRP. The slide surface is positioned on the surface of a hard coating, and the hard coating is positioned so as to cover a part of a substrate made of a GFRP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takafumi ITO, Hayato IWASAKI, Yosuke TSUMURA, Yoshichika SATO
  • Patent number: 9595860
    Abstract: A field rotor of a superconducting rotating machine including: a rotation shaft; a supply shaft that supplies a refrigerant to the rotation shaft at one end of the rotation shaft; an input/output shaft provided at the other end of the rotation shaft so as to integrally rotate with the rotation shaft; and a superconducting coil held on a circumferential surface of the rotation shaft to be cooled by the refrigerant, wherein the supply shaft and the input/output shaft are fixed to each other so as to rotate integrally with each other, and the rotation shaft and the supply shaft are at least partly brought in contact with each other in order to allow the rotation shaft to be supported by the supply shaft and in order to be slidably fitted to each other in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft and in an axial direction of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshichika Sato, Katsuya Umemoto, Takafumi Ito, Hayato Iwasaki, Yousuke Tsumura
  • Patent number: 9397546
    Abstract: A field rotor of a superconducting rotary machine, includes a rotary shaft, a plurality of coil boxes, and a plurality of superconducting coils. The coil boxes extend in a center axis direction of the rotary shaft, have walls defining spaces within the coil boxes, respectively, and are removably fastened to a peripheral surface of the rotary shaft. The superconducting coils are disposed in the spaces of the coil boxes, respectively, and constitute field windings of the superconducting rotary machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuya Umemoto, Yoshichika Sato, Satoru Takao
  • Publication number: 20160102564
    Abstract: A rotating body includes a rotating body core, and a plurality of blades provided at an outer or inner circumference of the rotating body core at equal intervals in a circumferential direction, and connected circumferentially via an annular connection portion provided separately from the rotating body core. A resonance frequency under a two nodal diameter number mode of the rotating body is lower than or equal to a rotational secondary harmonic frequency with respect to a rated rotation speed. Where Nd represents an order of a maximum mistuned component among order components of circumferential distribution of mass, rigidity or natural frequency of the blades, arrangement of the blades satisfies Nd?5, and has order components each having ratio less than 1/2, in which the ratio is obtained by dividing the order component by the magnitude of the component of the order Nd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryozo TANAKA, Ryoji TAMAI, Toshiyuki YAMAMOTO, Yoshichika SATO, Yoshinobu SAKANO
  • Publication number: 20150270769
    Abstract: A field rotor of a superconducting rotating machine including: a rotation shaft; a supply shaft that supplies a refrigerant to the rotation shaft at one end of the rotation shaft; an input/output shaft provided at the other end of the rotation shaft so as to integrally rotate with the rotation shaft; and a superconducting coil held on a circumferential surface of the rotation shaft to be cooled by the refrigerant, wherein the supply shaft and the input/output shaft are fixed to each other so as to rotate integrally with each other, and the rotation shaft and the supply shaft are at least partly brought in contact with each other in order to allow the rotation shaft to be supported by the supply shaft and in order to be slidably fitted to each other in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft and in an axial direction of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshichika Sato, Katsuya Umemoto, Takafumi Ito, Hayato Iwasaki, Yousuke Tsumura
  • Publication number: 20150018219
    Abstract: A field rotor of a superconducting rotary machine, includes a rotary shaft, a plurality of coil boxes, and a plurality of superconducting coils; wherein the coil boxes extend in a center axis direction of the rotary shaft, have walls defining spaces within the coil boxes, respectively, and are removably fastened to a peripheral surface of the rotary shaft; wherein the superconducting coils are disposed in the spaces of the coil boxes, respectively, and constitute field windings of the superconducting rotary machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuya Umemoto, Yoshichika Sato, Satoru Takao
  • Patent number: 8421713
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a driving method of a plasma display panel, whereby a dark contrast can be improved while suppressing an erroneous discharge. In a resetting step in a first unit display period, while a first reset pulse having a predetermined peak electric potential is applied to one of first row electrodes of row electrode pairs formed in the PDP, a second reset pulse having a peak electric potential smaller than that of the first reset pulse is applied to the other of the first row electrodes. In the resetting step in a second unit display period subsequent to the first unit display period, a second reset pulse is applied to each of the one and the other of the first row electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Yahagi, Mitsuhiro Ishizuka, Yuya Shiozaki, Shunsuke Itakura, Kazuhiro Kanai, Hajime Homma, Yoshichika Sato, Hikaru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120200543
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a driving method of a plasma display panel, whereby a dark contrast can be improved while suppressing an erroneous discharge. In a resetting step in a first unit display period, while a first reset pulse having a predetermined peak electric potential is applied to one of first row electrodes of row electrode pairs formed in the PDP, a second reset pulse having a peak electric potential smaller than that of the first reset pulse is applied to the other of the first row electrodes. In the resetting step in a second unit display period subsequent to the first unit display period, a second reset pulse is applied to each of the one and the other of the first row electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo YAHAGI, Mitsuhiro ISHIZUKA, Yuya SHIOZAKI, Shunsuke ITAKURA, Kazuhiro KANAI, Hajime HOMMA, Yoshichika SATO, Hikaru TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 7965259
    Abstract: A plasma display device in which a sustain pulse having a leading period is applied between row electrodes forming each row electrode pair by a number of times previously determined for each subfield, in a sustain period, and a length of the leading period of the sustain pulse is set in accordance with an accumulated light emission time or an accumulated use time of the plasma display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Onizuka, Motofumi Ikeda, Yoshichika Sato, Tsutomu Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 7852296
    Abstract: A plasma display device in which at least one of a first sustain pulse having a first leading period and a second sustain pulse having a second leading period shorter than the first leading period is applied between row electrodes forming each row electrode pair by a number of times previously determined for each subfield, in a sustain period, and an application ratio between the first sustain pulse and the second sustain pulse in the sustain period of each subfield is changed in accordance with a luminance level of a video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshichika Sato, Tsutomu Tokunaga, Motofumi Ikeda, Masatsugu Onizuka
  • Publication number: 20100245303
    Abstract: A plasma display device in which a sustain pulse having a leading period is applied between row electrodes forming each row electrode pair by a number of times previously determined for each subfield, in a sustain period, and a length of the leading period of the sustain pulse is set in accordance with an accumulated light emission time or an accumulated use time of the plasma display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Masatsugu ONIZUKA, Motofumi Ikeda, Yoshichika Sato, Tsutomu Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 7777695
    Abstract: A plasma display device which selectively generates address discharge in each display cell in accordance with pixel data based on a video signal in an address period, applies a sustain pulse between row electrodes forming each row electrode pair in a sustain period, and applies, in the sustain period, a discharge timing control pulse to one row electrode of each row electrode pair, so that the discharge timing control pulse partly overlaps with a first sustain pulse in terms of time, which is applied to the other row electrode of each row electrode pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corportion
    Inventors: Motofumi Ikeda, Yoshichika Sato, Nobuhiko Saegusa, Shigeru Iwaoka
  • Patent number: 7742018
    Abstract: A plasma display device which selectively generates address discharge in each display cell in accordance with pixel data based on a video signal in an address period, applies a sustain pulse between row electrodes forming each row electrode pair in a sustain period, and applies a wall-charge adjusting pulse between row electrodes forming each of said row electrode pairs in a period from an end of the address period to a beginning of the sustain period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Motofumi Ikeda, Yoshichika Sato