Patents by Inventor Yosuke Sato
Yosuke 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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Patent number: 11959123Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a novel method that can quantify diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria in a test sample. The present invention relates to a method of quantifying diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria in a test sample, including a step of quantifying the diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria, using, as an index, the amount of diaminopimelic acid derived from the diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria in the test sample.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Yosuke Sato, Naoki Kasajima, Toshihiko Fukuda, Masayuki Ida
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Patent number: 11960239Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a main assembly and a cartridge mountable to the main assembly, with the cartridge being movable in the main assembly between a developing position at a terminal end of a mounting path and a spaced position moved from the developing position in a direction different from a direction of the mounting path. The cartridge includes a developer carrying member and a coupling member capable of inclining relative to a rotational axis of the developer carrying member. The coupling member is capable of taking a reference position when the cartridge is at a developing position, an at-dismounting position inclined relative to the rotational axis of the developer carrying member when the cartridge is dismounted from the main assembly, and an at-spaced position inclined relative to the rotational axis of the developer carrying member in a direction different from that in the at-dismounting position.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yosuke Kashiide, Masaaki Sato, Hiroyuki Munetsugu
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Publication number: 20240121898Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes a base film and a first wire. The base film has a first surface. The first wire is disposed on the first surface. The first wire has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is disposed on the first surface directly or indirectly. The second layer covers the first layer. In the first surface, a first groove is formed next to the first layer in a plan view. The second layer on a side surface of the first layer exists on a bottom surface and a side surface of the first groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.Inventors: Yosuke FUKAYA, Koji NITTA, Daisuke SATO
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Patent number: 11944906Abstract: Modified video is distributed to a viewer of a computer-implemented game by causing a processor to distribute, toward a terminal device of a viewer, a first video including an animation of a first avatar of a distributor generated based on motion data; distribute, toward the terminal device, a second video related to a computer-implemented game generated with operation data using a received web page; receive, from the terminal device, token data indicative of a token sent to the distributor from the viewer during execution of one unit section of the game; and distribute, toward the terminal device, the second video including, during one time section occurring after the one unit section of the game ends and before a next unit section of the game begins, a rendering of a token object selected based on the token data.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Kai Sato, Yosuke Kanaya
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Patent number: 11931843Abstract: A turning tool includes a tool body extending along a tool axis and having a base on a tip of the tool body, a cutting insert detachably attached to the base, and a measurement device attached to the tool body. The measurement device has a first distance sensor which measures a distance to an object located radially outward of the tool axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuharu Imai, Yosuke Sato
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Patent number: 11932147Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Ryuichiro Hirose, Yoshikazu Ito, Yosuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
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Publication number: 20240090222Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body in which a first insulating layer and a first conductive layer are alternately stacked in a first direction. A columnar body includes a first insulating portion extending in the first direction in the stacked body, a first semiconductor portion provided between the first insulating portion and the stacked body, and a third insulating portion provided between a second insulating portion provided between the first semiconductor portion and the stacked body, and the second insulating portion and the stacked body, and has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. A second conductive layer is provided on the stacked body and is electrically connected to the first semiconductor portion at the first end of the columnar body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Tatsufumi HAMADA, Yosuke MITSUNO, Tomohiro KUKI, Yusuke MORIKAWA, Ryouji MASUDA, Hiroyasu SATO
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Publication number: 20240082722Abstract: An example of an information processing system moves a player character in accordance with an operation input provided by a player, causes the player character to make a remote attack based on a second operation input, and automatically moves a first non-player character. The example of the information processing system, if the player character comes close to the first non-player character, generates a determination area in accordance with an operation input provided by the player and expands the determination area in accordance with a lapse of time, and if the remote attack of the player character hits an object in the determination area, produces a first effect at a position hit by the remote attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Yuya SATO, Yosuke SAKOOKA
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Publication number: 20240082725Abstract: An example of an information processing system performs a control for moving a non-player character so as to accompany a player character, and a control for stopping movement of the non-player character within a first range according to stop of movement of the player character. The information processing system executes a control corresponding to the non-player character according to a second operation input performed in a state where a predetermined positional relationship indicating that the player character and the non-player character are near to each other is satisfied. In a case where the player character resumes moving after having been stopped, if the player character is positioned within a second range including the first range, the non-player character does not resume moving along with the player character, and the non-player character resumes moving according to the player character moving out of the second range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Yuya SATO, Takuma DEGUCHI, Yosuke SAKOOKA
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Publication number: 20240082724Abstract: An example of an information processing system moves a plurality of non-player characters in a virtual space according to movement of a player character. The non-player characters are allies of the player character. The information processing system performs a first control corresponding to a non-player character, according to a second operation input performed by a user in a state where a predetermined positional relationship indicating that the non-player character and the player character are near to each other is satisfied. The non-player character on which the first control is performed is set as a designated non-player character. The information processing system performs a movement control for the plurality of non-player characters so that a distance between the player character and the designated non-player character among the plurality of non-player characters becomes shorter than a distance between the player character and any normal non-player character.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Yuya SATO, Takuma DEGUCHI, Yosuke SAKOOKA
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Patent number: 11919439Abstract: A lever operation device includes a housing, a lever portion which is attached to the housing and on which a first rotation operation about a first shaft is performed, a magnet attached to a tip portion of the lever portion, a magnetic sensor that is arranged in the housing so as to be located on extension from the tip portion, and a detent portion provided on the lever portion and includes a detent tip end portion and an elastic portion, the detent tip end portion generating a detent by moving with a tilt in a direction of the first rotation operation from a direction of extension from the tip portion of the lever portion and coming into contact with a detent surface of a detent wall arranged on the housing, and the elastic portion applying an elastic force to the detent tip end portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yosuke Hatada, Yuki Sato, Takamitsu Ito
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Publication number: 20240055583Abstract: A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is provided with a negative electrode core and a negative electrode mixture layer provided on the surface of the negative electrode core. The negative electrode mixture layer has a first layer that includes: at least one of at least one kind of metal element selected from Si, Sn, Sb, Mg, and Ge, and a compound containing said metal element; at least one of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and single-walled carbon nanotubes; and a binding agent. The negative electrode mixture layer also has a second layer that includes graphite A with a particle fracture strength of 10-35 MPa. The porosity of the first layer is preferably 50-65%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaoru Inoue, Yosuke Sato, Kensuke Nakura, Akihiro Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20240026558Abstract: There is provided an Ag-plated material and a related technique, including: an Ag-plated layer on a substrate that comprises a conductive metal; and a plurality of two-layer plating structures on the substrate, the two-layer plating structures having a porous Ni-plated layer and an Ag-plated layer in this order from a substrate side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke SATO, Yutaro HIRAI, Kentaro ARAI
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Publication number: 20240018680Abstract: There is provided an Ag-coated material and its related technique, including a base material and an Ag film on the base material, the Ag film including alternately laminated at least three Ag layers with average crystal grain sizes different by three times or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke SATO, Yutaro HIRAI, Kentaro ARAI
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Patent number: 11862785Abstract: A lithium ion conductive material has a composition formula of Lia(OH)bFcBr, where 1.8?a?2.3, b=a?c?1, 0.01?c?0.11, and includes an antiperovskite-type crystal phase. Preferably, the lithium ion conductive material further includes a layered antiperovskite-type crystal phase. More preferably, 0?B/(A+B)?0.2 is satisfied, where A is the peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=31.2° in the X-ray diffractometry using Cu-K? ray and B is the peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=30.2°.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Miyuki Kojima, Keita Miyanishi, Yosuke Sato, Yuji Katsuda
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Publication number: 20230420734Abstract: A solid electrolyte is composed primarily of a component expressed by a composition formula of Lia+dMbXcAeOf by using values a to f that are greater than 0, where M is an element serving as a trivalent cation, X is a halogen element, and A is a sulfur element or a phosphorus element, wherein 0.8c?(a+3b)?1.2c and 1.6f?(d+n×e)?2.4f are satisfied, where when A is a sulfur element, n is 4 or 6, and when A is a phosphorus element, n is 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicants: NGK INSULATORS, LTD., NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yosuke SATO, En YAGI, Satoshi OZAKI, Toshihiro YOSHIDA, Yuji KATSUDA, Mizuki HIROSE, Reona MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 11855254Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte which contains a composition expressed by 3LiOH·Li2SO4. The solid electrolyte has a lithium ion conductivity of 0.1×10?6 S/cm or more at 25° C. and an activation energy of 0.6 eV or more.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: Nagoya Institute of Technology, NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Reona Miyazaki, Toshihiro Yoshida, Satoshi Ozaki, Yosuke Sato, Yuji Katsuda
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Publication number: 20230411618Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes composite particles containing a lithium silicate phase, a silicon phase dispersed in the lithium silicate phase, and a crystalline phase of silicon dioxide dispersed in the lithium silicate phase. The crystalline phase of silicon dioxide contains ?-cristobalite and quartz.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Saito, Yosuke Sato, Naoki Seki
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Patent number: 11837699Abstract: Provided is an all-solid lithium battery including: a low-angle oriented positive electrode plate that is a lithium complex oxide sintered plate having a porosity of 10 to 50%; a negative electrode plate containing Ti and capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions at 0.4 V or higher (vs. Li/Li+); and a solid electrolyte having a melting point lower than the melting point or pyrolytic temperature of the oriented positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate, wherein at least 30% of pores in the oriented positive electrode plate is filled with the solid electrolyte in an observation of a cross-section perpendicular to a main face of the oriented positive electrode plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukinobu Yura, Yukihisa Takeuchi, Yosuke Sato, Toshihiro Yoshida, Yuji Katsuda
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Publication number: 20230340054Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of autoimmune disease. The present invention is based, in part, on the surprising discovery that a human interleukin-2 mutein activates proliferation of regulatory T cells. In one aspect, the present invention provides compositions and methods for proliferation of regulatory T cells. In another aspect, a human interleukin-2 (IL-2) mutein comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to the wild type IL-2 protein is described, wherein the IL-2 mutein has at least one amino acid substitution selected from a group consisting of T111H, T37Y, E15T, M23L, P34F, E68F and E62A.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Shuichi MIYAKAWA, Dnyaneshwar Eknath Warude, Michael SHAW, James l. KIM, Ertan ERYILMAZ, Yosuke SATO