Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Sato

Yoshiharu 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: 20190009269
    Abstract: A liquid accommodating container includes an accommodating portion configured to accommodate, in a hermetically closed state, a liquid for testing a measuring apparatus, a storage portion configured to store the liquid, and a coupling portion configured to couple the accommodating portion and the storage portion in a state that one of the accommodating portion and the storage portion is foldable back to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu SATO
  • Patent number: 10026549
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component includes: a coil forming step of forming a winding coil by a wire-shaped conductor; a press fitting step of embedding the winding coil into a plate-shaped composite magnetic material in a state in which the plate-shaped composite magnetic material is softened, the plate-shaped composite magnetic material being a composite magnetic material that is formed in a plate shape and in which magnetic particles and a resin are mixed; a covering step of covering a part of the winding coil with another plate-shaped composite magnetic material that is softened, the part of the coil being a part remaining uncovered in the press fitting step; a pressurizing step of pressurizing and molding an entirety; and, a hardening step of hardening the composite magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kawachi, Yoshiharu Sato, Takahiro Ogawa, Isao Ida
  • Publication number: 20180114893
    Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece, an excitation electrode, an extraction electrode, a container, a pad, a conductive member, and a heat conductive metal film. The excitation electrode is disposed on a front surface and a back surface of the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The extraction electrode is extracted from the excitation electrode. The container houses the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The pad is disposed in the container, and the pad is connected to the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The conductive member connects the pad to the extraction electrode. The heat conductive metal film is disposed at least on a surface of a pad side of the piezoelectric vibrating piece, the heat conductive metal film is extracted from the extraction electrode without contacting the excitation electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu SATO, Hirokazu IWATA
  • Patent number: 9835579
    Abstract: Provided are an analytical device comprising a pair of hematocrit electrodes (first pair of electrodes) and a pair of glucose electrodes (second pair of electrodes) that allows a sample to sufficiently reach as far as the second pair of electrodes that are provided on a downstream side in a flow path, a method for manufacturing the analytical device, and a measuring apparatus using the analytical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Sato
  • Publication number: 20170329765
    Abstract: An input method editor (IME) is associated with a local user. Memory stores local data and a processor, coupled to the memory, is configured to receive input from a local, first user, obtain shared data associated with at least a remote, second user from a remote server and generate prediction candidates and conversion candidates based on the input provided by the local, first user and correlation of the input and the obtained shared data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Li, Xi Chen, Yoshiharu Sato, Keita Ooi
  • Patent number: 9785628
    Abstract: An input method editor (IME) is associated with a local user. Memory stores local data and a processor, coupled to the memory, is configured to receive input from a local, first user, obtain shared data associated with at least a remote, second user from a remote server and generate prediction candidates and conversion candidates based on the input provided by the local, first user and correlation of the input and the obtained shared data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Li, Xi Chen, Yoshiharu Sato, Keita Ooi
  • Publication number: 20170187349
    Abstract: An AT-cut crystal element includes a crystal element having two side surfaces (namely, a Z?-surface) intersecting with a Z-axis of a crystallographic axis thereof. At least one of the two side surfaces is constituted of three of first to third surfaces. The first to the third surfaces meeting following conditions: the first to the third surfaces intersect with one another in this order and formed by rotating a principal surface of the crystal element by predetermined angles; and expressing the angle of the first surface as ?1, a length of the first surface as D, a thickness of a part of the crystal element having the principal surface as t, and M=D/t, and a conversion percentage as fn (M, (?1)), the ?1 and the M are set such that the conversion percentage fn (M, (?1)) becomes a predetermined value Th or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu SATO, Yoshiro TESHIMA, Hirokazu IWATA, Kazuhiro HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20170135520
    Abstract: Provided is a coffee maker where a heated state coffee liquid can be obtained by performing an extraction operation in an extraction unit, and can be sufficiently cooled down to a temperature, to provide tasty iced coffee, and in which a cooled state of the coffee liquid can be maintained. An ice basket is arranged inside a server, and is disposed to receive and disperse the coffee liquid that is dripping from an extraction unit. The ice basket is formed in a vertically elongated shape, and internally includes an ice storage. A liquid feeding hole, which feeds the coffee liquid inside the ice storage to the server, is formed in a peripheral edge portion of a bottom portion. The bottom portion is arranged at a position close to a bottom surface of the server while being separated from the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Sato, Masatoshi Maekawa, Shinpei Morita
  • Publication number: 20170070207
    Abstract: A crystal unit includes an AT-cut crystal element and a container. The AT-cut crystal element has an approximately rectangular planar shape. The AT-cut crystal element includes a first inclined portion, second inclined portions, and a first secured portion. The first inclined portion is inclined such that the crystal element decreases in thickness from a proximity of the first side to the first side. The second inclined portions are disposed on respective both ends of the first side, the second inclined portions being formed integrally with the first inclined portion. The second inclined portions are inclined gentler than the first inclined portion. The first secured portion and a second secured portion are formed integrally with the second inclined portion. The first secured portion and the second secured portion each project out from the first side to outside the crystal element to be used for securing with the securing members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji SHIMAO, Yoshiharu SATO, Hirokazu IWATA
  • Publication number: 20170070206
    Abstract: A crystal unit includes an AT-cut crystal element, excitation electrodes, extraction electrodes. The AT-cut crystal element has an approximately rectangular planar shape. The excitation electrodes are disposed on front and back of principal surfaces of the AT-cut crystal element. The extraction electrodes are extended from the excitation electrodes to a side of one side of the AT-cut crystal element via a side surface of the AT-cut crystal element. Assuming that an extraction angle of the extraction electrode from the principal surface to the side surface is defined as an angle ? with respect to an X-axis of a crystallographic axis of a crystal, the angle ? is equal to or greater than 59 degrees and equal to or less than 87 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu SATO, Kenji SHIMAO, Hirokazu IWATA
  • Publication number: 20160336110
    Abstract: An electronic component including: a body having a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, the body including a first end surface and a second end surface opposed to each other and a mounting surface; and a first external electrode provided on the first end surface and the mounting surface. A first portion of the first end surface inclines from a direction normal to the mounting surface so as to come closer to the second end surface with decreasing distance from the mounting surface in the normal direction, the first portion being a portion within a predetermined distance from the mounting surface in the normal direction. A thickness of a portion of the first external electrode contacting the first portion becomes greater with decreasing distance from the mounting surface in the normal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., TOKO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaki KITAJIMA, Yoshiharu SATO
  • Publication number: 20160322160
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component includes: a coil forming step of forming a winding coil by a wire-shaped conductor; a press fitting step of embedding the winding coil into a plate-shaped composite magnetic material in a state in which the plate-shaped composite magnetic material is softened, the plate-shaped composite magnetic material being a composite magnetic material that is formed in a plate shape and in which magnetic particles and a resin are mixed; a covering step of covering a part of the winding coil with another plate-shaped composite magnetic material that is softened, the part of the coil being a part remaining uncovered in the press fitting step; a pressurizing step of pressurizing and molding an entirety; and, a hardening step of hardening the composite magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Takao KAWACHI, Yoshiharu SATO, Takahiro OGAWA, Isao IDA
  • Publication number: 20160322153
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component includes: a coil forming step of forming a winding coil by a wire-shaped conductor; a coil fixing step of providing a coil fixation body that fixes the winding coil by an insulation resin; a magnetic body attaching step of providing a magnetic body such that the coil fixation body as a whole is covered by a composite magnetic material in which magnetic particles and a resin are mixed; a pressurizing step of pressurizing and molding an entirety; and a hardening step of hardening the magnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Takao KAWACHI, Yoshiharu SATO, Takahiro OGAWA
  • Patent number: 9351676
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor includes a base plate provided with a concave part formed on one of surfaces thereof, a fluid channel formed so that a bottom part of the concave part and the other one of the surfaces of the base plate are communicated with each other, a plurality of electrodes formed on the concave part; a reagent fixed on the electrodes, a cover which covers the concave part, and an air channel which causes the inside and outside of the concave part to be communicated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Sato, Tadao Yamaguchi, Shinichi Watanabe, Yoshimitsu Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20160018353
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus to measure a physical quantity related to a measurement target by use of a sensor, comprising: an apparatus enclosure; a control unit to be electrically connected to the sensor; and a moving member including a sensor holding unit to hold the sensor, the moving member being movable to protrude the sensor holding unit outwardly of the apparatus enclosure and further including a conductive member to electrically connect the sensor to the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: ARKRAY, INC.
    Inventors: Yuji KURATA, Kazuo FUKUDA, Yoshiharu SATO, Gai GO
  • Patent number: 9136489
    Abstract: The objects are to provide a method for producing a durable organic photoelectric conversion device by a coating process or to produce an organic photoelectric conversion device superior in photoelectric conversion characteristics to the conventional devices. In the production method for an organic photoelectric conversion device including a substrate, a pair of electrodes which are formed on the substrate and at least one of which is transparent, and an active layer formed between the pair of electrodes, the active layer is formed by coating; and the active layer contains a pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Shinji Aramaki, Yoshiharu Sato
  • Publication number: 20150129434
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method that can detect a defective analytical device due to the scattering of a reagent are provided. In particular, a blood glucose level meter (measuring apparatus) 1 is configured to measure a target component of a biological sample using a reagent. The apparatus includes a second measuring unit (measuring unit) 31b configured to measure an electrical response to a detection signal applied to a pair of hematocrit electrodes (test electrode pair), and a control unit 33 configured to determine the presence or absence of the reagent on the pair of hematocrit electrodes based on the measured electrical response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ARKRAY, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuo Fukuda, Yoshiharu Sato, Akiko Okami
  • Publication number: 20150122334
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor layer containing a metal oxide, which comprises: coating an ink containing a specific metal salt of unsaturated carboxylic acid on a base material; and conducting a heat treatment after the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saika Otsubo, Shinji ARAMAKI, Masanori YAMAZAKI, Ritsuko YAMAUCHI, Izuru TAKEI, Takamichi YOKOYAMA, Yoshiharu SATO
  • Patent number: 8952247
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device having at least a fullerene derivative as an electron acceptor and a compound as an electron donor between a pair of electrodes, wherein the fullerene derivative has 2 to 4 organic groups which each independently have 1 to 50 carbon atoms, and wherein when the fullerene derivative has two organic groups, these organic groups do not bind to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Sato, Eiichi Nakamura, Takaaki Niinomi, Yutaka Matsuo, Masahiko Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: D721216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: 5RINGS Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Sato