Patents by Inventor Yuji Sato

Yuji 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).

  • Patent number: 11370378
    Abstract: A steering wheel airbag, arranged to cover a steering wheel when inflation is completed, includes: a front-collision receiving surface which is arranged on a side of a driver when inflation is completed, so as to receive the driver moving forward during a head-on collision of a vehicle, the front-collision receiving surface being arranged substantially along a vertical direction to be tilted with respect to a ring surface of the steering wheel when inflation is completed; and arm restraining parts which are arranged near arms of the driver steering a ring part of the steering wheel on both right and left sides of the front-collision receiving surface when inflation is completed, the arm restraining parts coming into contact with the arms during an oblique collision or an offset collision of the vehicle, so as to prevent a movement of the driver to an obliquely front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Hotta, Koji Kawamura, Yuji Sato
  • Patent number: 11360370
    Abstract: A light source device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a light source section; a rotating body; a motor; a housing; one or more lens groups; a lens holding section; and an adjusting mechanism. The rotating body includes a fluorescent light body. The fluorescent light body is excited by excitation light from the light source section to output fluorescent light. The motor drives the rotating body. The housing accommodates the rotating body. The one or more lens groups gather the excitation light from the light source section and direct the excitation light toward the rotating body. The lens holding section holds the one or more lens groups. The adjusting mechanism adjusts a distance between the rotating body and the one or more lens groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Sato
  • Publication number: 20220153172
    Abstract: Provided is a seat having an improved appearance by hiding a section where a trim cover is attached to a backboard from an outside. A seat includes: a seat pad; a backboard disposed on a back surface of the seat pad; a trim cover covering a front surface of the seat pad; a terminal member attached to the trim cover along an end thereof, and a connection member attached to an end of the backboard for connecting the terminal member thereto. The terminal member is connected to the connection member in a state where the terminal member and the connection member are covered with the trim cover from an outside, so that the end of the trim cover is fastened to the end of the backboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi SUMOTO, Daiki INOUE, Yuji SATO, Masashi MUKAI
  • Patent number: 11313536
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element having a dominant wavelength in a range greater than or equal to 380 nm and less than or equal to 470 nm; a wavelength conversion member that is disposed on the light emitting element and includes: a translucent member, and a first fluorescent material layer interposed between the light emitting element and the translucent material, the first fluorescent material layer comprising a resin that contains a first fluorescent material, and the first fluorescent material comprising at least one compound selected from (Ca, Sr)AlSiN3: Eu and (Ca, Sr, Ba)2Si5N8: Eu; and a covering member that covers sides of the wavelength conversion member and surrounds the light emitting element, the covering member comprising light reflecting material and a second fluorescent material, and the second fluorescent material comprising at least one compound selected from (Ca, Sr)AlSiN3: Eu and (Ca, Sr, Ba)2Si5N8: Eu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makiko Iwasa, Yuji Sato, Hiroki Fukuta
  • Patent number: 11230251
    Abstract: A side airbag device includes a main bag which is an airbag deployed between a passenger seated on a seat and a side wall portion of a vehicle. The airbag expands by gas supply when a vehicle side collision occurs. The side airbag device also includes a sub bag deployed between a side frame on a vehicle outer side in a seat back of the seat and the passenger. The sub bag expands by supplying gas and pushes a waist portion of the passenger forward from backward, prior to deployment of the main bag, when the vehicle side collision occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Tanaka, Takashi Iida, Kenichi Fukurono, Yuji Sato
  • Patent number: 11203321
    Abstract: An occupant protection device for protecting an occupant sitting in a front seat of a vehicle. The occupant protection device includes a front airbag device that is adapted to be mounted in front of the front seat and a roof airbag device that is adapted to be mounted on a roof of the vehicle. The front airbag device includes a front airbag that is inflatable and deployable for protecting an upper body of the occupant when an impact is applied to the vehicle from forward. The roof airbag includes a roof airbag that is inflatable and deployable downwardly between the front airbag and the front seat for protecting a head of the occupant when an impact is applied to the vehicle from forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Tanaka, Masashi Hotta, Koji Kawamura, Yuji Sato, Hajime Kitte, Kenichi Fukurono
  • Patent number: 11198410
    Abstract: A side airbag device includes a main bag which is an airbag deployed between a passenger seated on a seat and a side wall portion of a vehicle. The airbag expands by gas supply when a vehicle side collision occurs. The side airbag device also includes a sub bag deployed between a side frame on a vehicle outer side in a seat back of the seat and the passenger. The sub bag expands by supplying gas and pushes a waist portion of the passenger forward from backward, prior to deployment of the main bag, when the vehicle side collision occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Tanaka, Takashi Iida, Kenichi Fukurono, Yuji Sato
  • Patent number: 11195803
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of suppressing a corrosion of a first electrode and a second electrode. A semiconductor element includes a semiconductor substrate, an Al electrode, a polyimide member selectively disposed on the Al electrode, and an Ni electrode. The polyimide member includes a protruding part which protrudes in a plane direction of an upper surface of the Al electrode and which has a lower portion having contact with the Al electrode in a cross-sectional view, in at least part of a peripheral part of the polyimide member in a top view. The Ni electrode is disposed on the Al electrode and the protruding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoru Yoshida, Jun Fujita, Yuji Sato
  • Patent number: 11186248
    Abstract: An occupant protection device includes an airbag which is deployed and inflated with an amount of protrusion from a storage position to a rear side in an inflation completed state in a large protrusion amount mode and a small protrusion amount mode, and the airbag includes a bag body and a tether. The tether is connected to a length adjustment unit. The bag body has a tubular inflation portion curved in a substantially U shape from the storage position toward the tether connection portion. A shape of the bag body in the large protrusion amount mode is defined such that the tether connection portion is further moved rearward with respect to the inlet port on the inner peripheral surface side, as compared with the case of the small protrusion amount mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Tanaka, Hajime Kitte, Kenichi Fukurono, Yuji Sato
  • Patent number: 11145913
    Abstract: A contact function-equipped multichannel charge/discharge power supply has: first and second charge/discharge probes respectively connected to positive and negative electrodes of secondary batteries and first and second voltage-measurement probes, respectively connected to the positive and negative electrodes of the batteries; and charge/discharge means each provided for each of the batteries and each connected to a pair of the first and second charge/discharge probes. The power supply includes: trays each having a right-angled-quadrilateral shape in plan view, in which the batteries are arranged longitudinally and laterally at predetermined intervals; and substrates each having the charge/discharge means provided along the batteries arranged in each line in one direction, wherein the substrates are each provided with the first and/or second charge/discharge probes corresponding to the batteries arranged in each line in the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SOFTENERGY CONTROLS INC.
    Inventor: Yuji Sato
  • Publication number: 20210303804
    Abstract: In a printer, a controller controls a printing portion to execute a sample print to print on a sheet a plurality of barcodes. Each of the plurality of barcodes is represented by a received barcode data and printed in a different printing condition. The controller controls a reading portion to read the plurality of barcodes printed on the sheet in the sample print process to obtain a plurality of sets of scan data corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of barcodes. The controller performs a quality determination process to determine qualities of the plurality of printed barcodes based on the respective ones of the plurality of sets of scan data, and a printing condition setting process to set a printing condition based on the qualities determined in the quality determination process. The set printing condition is to be used to print a barcode by the printing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuru NAKAMURA, Hideyuki KUSUNOKI, Yuji SATO, Keita KOYAMA, Katsunori SAKAI, Akidi YOSHIDA, Ayaka OBA
  • Publication number: 20210300292
    Abstract: An occupant protection device, which protects an occupant seated in a seat, includes: a seat belt; a front airbag device provided with a front airbag which is placed in an area of a lap belt and inflates to cover a front of the occupant when operated; and a seat airbag device provided with a seat airbag which is arranged inside a seat portion in the seat and inflates so as to raise at least a front portion side of the seat portion upward. The front airbag causes inflation gas to flow into the inside and inflates so as to protrude forward and upward when operated and a thigh abutment surface abutting on a thigh of the occupant and an upper body restraining surface restraining an upper body of the occupant are arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the front airbag when the inflation is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shinji Yamada, Kazumi Fukaura, Takeki Hayashi, Takashi Ichimura, Yasushi Masuda, Yuji Sato
  • Publication number: 20210300277
    Abstract: An occupant protection device, protecting an occupant seated in a seat, includes: a seat belt; and an airbag which is arranged in an area of a lap belt in the seat belt. The airbag includes a bag body and a regulatory tether. A thigh abutment surface abutting on a thigh of the occupant is arranged on a lower surface side of the bag body, and an upper body restraining surface restraining an upper body of the occupant is arranged on a rear surface side. The regulatory tether connects a base end to a rear surface side of an upper-lower intermediate portion of the bag body and connects a tip extending downward from the base end to the lap belt side and a length dimension is set a dimension in which a connecting portion connecting the base end of the bag body can be pulled toward the lap belt side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kazumi FUKAURA, Shinji YAMADA, Takeki HAYASHI, Atsushi NAKAMURA, Yasushi MASUDA, Yuji SATO
  • Patent number: 11117539
    Abstract: A seat device for a vehicle includes a seat for supporting a lower body of a vehicle occupant, and a backrest for supporting an upper body of the occupant. The seat device further includes an arresting portion that is stored in a storage position disposed in the seat. The arresting portion is configured to be deployed from the storage position and restrain a part of the lower body of the occupant from moving forward in the event of a collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Masuda, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Shigemi Mase, Hiroaki Yamada, Tadashi Yamada, Yuji Sato, Kenichi Fukurono, Keisaku Yokoi, Takafumi Nakanishi, Takenori Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11106097
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a gate wiring, a source wiring, an insulating film, a shield electrode, a primary pixel electrode, a peripheral wiring and a peripheral connecting electrode. The shield electrode is opposite to at least a portion of the gate wiring and the source wiring. The peripheral connecting electrode electrically connects the shield electrode and the peripheral wiring. The second substrate includes a pair of primary common electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yuji Sato
  • Patent number: 11097683
    Abstract: An airbag includes a mounting portion, a top wall deployable towards a vehicle occupant, and a circumferential wall disposed between the mounting portion and top wall. An airbag base member for forming the airbag includes a top-forming panel for forming the top wall, and at least three circumferential panels that extend generally radially from the top-forming panel and form the circumferential wall by being joined together by adjoining edges thereof. Each of the circumferential panels is formed into a generally band-like contour which has a first and a second curving edges that make the circumferential panel enlarge in width from the leading end towards an intermediate portion and then narrow towards the top-forming panel. When the airbag base member is laid flat, adjoining edges of any two adjoining circumferential panels are generally symmetrical to each other in curving shape with respect to a line disposed there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Masashi Hotta, Koji Kawamura, Yuji Sato
  • Publication number: 20210231293
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element having a dominant wavelength in a range greater than or equal to 380 nm and less than or equal to 470 nm; a wavelength conversion member that is disposed on the light emitting element and includes: a translucent member, and a first fluorescent material layer interposed between the light emitting element and the translucent material, the first fluorescent material layer comprising a resin that contains a first fluorescent material, and the first fluorescent material comprising at least one compound selected from (Ca, Sr)AlSiN3: Eu and (Ca, Sr, Ba)2Si5N8: Eu; and a covering member that covers sides of the wavelength conversion member and surrounds the light emitting element, the covering member comprising light reflecting material and a second fluorescent material, and the second fluorescent material comprising at least one compound selected from (Ca, Sr)AlSiN3: Eu and (Ca, Sr, Ba)2Si5N8: Eu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makiko IWASA, Yuji SATO, Hiroki FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20210225029
    Abstract: In order to enable, even when an increased number of workers become analysis targets, efficient analysis on work efficiency statuses of workers without putting a greater burden on an administrator to perform setting operations for the analysis, analytical information is produced by performing a joint position estimation based on respective frames of video recordings to estimate joint positions of a worker, performing a posture match determination based on results of the joint position estimation to determine whether or not to achieve a posture match between a posture of the worker in each frame of the video recordings and a predetermined reference body posture, and measuring, based on results of the posture match determination, a working time and a presence time of the worker used as analytical information on a work efficiency status of the worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji SATO
  • Patent number: 11066082
    Abstract: This invention provides technology that can provide a driver with an opportunity to decide whether or not to continue automatic drive control. A cancel point management system includes a cancel point collector that collects first notification information, indicating a manual cancel point which is a point where automatic drive control has been cancelled in response to operation by a driver in a notification vehicle, from the notification vehicle and a guide information distributer that distributes first guide information for showing the manual cancel point to a guide vehicle traveling on a road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin Jin, Hironobu Sugimoto, Hiroaki Sakakibara, Shingo Kinashi, Kazuteru Maekawa, Sadahiro Koshiba, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Yuji Sato, Seiji Takahata
  • Publication number: 20210179002
    Abstract: A steering wheel airbag, arranged to cover a steering wheel when inflation is completed, includes: a front-collision receiving surface which is arranged on a side of a driver when inflation is completed, so as to receive the driver moving forward during a head-on collision of a vehicle, the front-collision receiving surface being arranged substantially along a vertical direction to be tilted with respect to a ring surface of the steering wheel when inflation is completed; and arm restraining parts which are arranged near arms of the driver steering a ring part of the steering wheel on both right and left sides of the front-collision receiving surface when inflation is completed, the arm restraining parts coming into contact with the arms during an oblique collision or an offset collision of the vehicle, so as to prevent a movement of the driver to an obliquely front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Masashi HOTTA, Koji KAWAMURA, Yuji SATO