Patents by Inventor Yuto SATO

Yuto 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: 20240072617
    Abstract: A motor control device controls a motor including winding groups of two systems. The motor control device includes a board and sensors provided on the board and configured to generate electric signals based on rotation of the motor. The board includes a first area and a second area defined across a boundary line. The first area and the second area include power circuit areas, control circuit areas, signal paths through which the electric signals are transmitted to the control circuit areas, and power paths through which electric power supplied from a power supply is transmitted to the power circuit areas, respectively. The signal paths are provided not to cross the power paths and the power circuit areas when viewed in an axial direction of the motor, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuto SATO
  • Publication number: 20230407977
    Abstract: A housing has a housing main body and an outlet port. The housing main body includes a cylindrical housing inner wall that defines an internal space therein. The outlet port fluidly connects the internal space and an outside of the housing main body to each other. The valve has a valve body rotatable about an rotation axis along a rotation axis of the cylindrical housing inner wall. The valve is configured to selectively open and close the outlet port depending on a rotation position of the valve. The housing inner wall is formed such that a distance between the housing inner wall and the axis of the housing inner wall varies in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shingo SATO, Yuto SATO, Masato ICHIKAWA, Akihiko GOTO, Tadashi IKEMOTO, Ryo NOMURA, Ryuki TSUJI, Takahito SUZUKI, Shogo KANZAKI
  • Patent number: 11788634
    Abstract: A housing has a housing main body and an outlet port. The housing main body includes a cylindrical housing inner wall that defines an internal space therein. The outlet port fluidly connects the internal space and an outside of the housing main body to each other. The valve has a valve body rotatable about an rotation axis along a rotation axis of the cylindrical housing inner wall. The valve is configured to selectively open and close the outlet port depending on a rotation position of the valve. The housing inner wall is formed such that a distance between the housing inner wall and the axis of the housing inner wall varies in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Sato, Yuto Sato, Masato Ichikawa, Akihiko Goto, Tadashi Ikemoto, Ryo Nomura, Ryuki Tsuji, Takahito Suzuki, Shogo Kanzaki
  • Publication number: 20230132293
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a multilayered polyester resin-coated metal sheet having respective performance of suppression of film cracks around a rivet portion arranged on a can lid (processability), suppression of resin delamination through retort processing after content filling (adhesion), and suppression of corrosion of a metal substrate after aging (corrosion resistance), all together at high levels, in addition to operability at the time of opening. [Solving Means] A multilayered polyester resin-coated metal sheet of the present invention has a metal substrate, a lower layer formed on at least one side of the metal substrate and made from a polyester resin (A) modified with 2 to 30 mol % of a first copolymerizable component, and an upper layer that is formed on the lower layer and that contains a polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi KAWAMURA, Yuto SATO, Yoshimi ITO
  • Patent number: 11632013
    Abstract: A control device includes a first substrate provided with a chip electronic component; a second substrate having a surface provided with electronic components including a tall component taller than the chip electronic component, the surface of the second substrate facing a surface of the first substrate that is provided with the chip electronic component; and a heat sink disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The heat sink includes a component receiving portion and a heat dissipation portion, the component receiving portion being configured to receive the tall component, the heat dissipation portion being configured to perform heat exchange between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the component receiving portion and the heat dissipation portion being provided so as not to overlap with each other as viewed in a facing direction in which the first substrate and the second substrate face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Hayashi, Yuto Sato
  • Publication number: 20230110298
    Abstract: A housing has a housing main body and an outlet port. The housing main body includes a cylindrical housing inner wall that defines an internal space therein. The outlet port fluidly connects the internal space and an outside of the housing main body to each other. The valve has a valve body rotatable about an rotation axis along a rotation axis of the cylindrical housing inner wall. The valve is configured to selectively open and close the outlet port depending on a rotation position of the valve. The housing inner wall is formed such that a distance between the housing inner wall and the axis of the housing inner wall varies in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shingo SATO, Yuto SATO, Masato ICHIKAWA, Akihiko GOTO, Tadashi IKEMOTO, Ryo NOMURA, Ryuki TSUJI, Takahito SUZUKI, Shogo KANZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230047654
    Abstract: A wiring module includes a first flexible printed circuit and a second flexible printed circuit that is separate from the first flexible printed circuit. The first flexible printed circuit and the second flexible printed circuit are arranged so as to be continuous in a first direction and are shaped as a band that extends in the first direction. A connector is mounted to each of the first flexible printed circuit and the second flexible printed circuit. The fitting direction in which the connector mounted to the first flexible printed circuit is fitted to a partner connector is different from the fitting direction in which the connector mounted to the second flexible printed circuit is fitted to a partner connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi TAKASE, Xueqing DONG, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Yuto SATO
  • Patent number: 11560958
    Abstract: A housing has a housing main body and an outlet port. The housing main body includes a cylindrical housing inner wall that defines an internal space therein. The outlet port fluidly connects the internal space and an outside of the housing main body to each other. The valve has a valve body rotatable about an rotation axis along a rotation axis of the cylindrical housing inner wall. The valve is configured to selectively open and close the outlet port depending on a rotation position of the valve. The housing inner wall is formed such that a distance between the housing inner wall and the axis of the housing inner wall varies in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Sato, Yuto Sato, Masato Ichikawa, Akihiko Goto, Tadashi Ikemoto, Ryo Nomura, Ryuki Tsuji, Takahito Suzuki, Shogo Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11545876
    Abstract: A motor device includes a motor, a first substrate, a second substrate, a first heat sink, and a second heat sink. The second substrate is placed to face the first substrate in the plate-thickness direction of the second substrate. A second element group provided on the second substrate has a heat generation amount larger than that of a first element group provided on the first substrate. The first heat sink is placed between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to promote heat dissipation from the first element group and the second element group. The second heat sink is placed on the opposite side of the second substrate from the first heat sink and is configured to promote heat dissipation from the second element group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuto Sato
  • Publication number: 20220344783
    Abstract: A connection structure between a flexible substrate and a bus bar includes: a flexible substrate; a plurality of bus bars; and a connection piece, in which the flexible substrate is formed by being covered by a plurality of conductive paths containing a first metal, and a resin base material, the bus bars are formed so as to contain a second metal, the conductive paths include a second conductive path extending from a first conductive path, the resin base material includes a sub-film portion that is branched from a main film portion and extends over the bus bars, the second conductive path is disposed on the sub-film portion, the connection piece is formed so as to contain a third metal that has a higher joining strength of welding to the first metal and the second metal than a joining strength of welding between the first metal and the second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro SUNAGA, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Yuto SATO
  • Publication number: 20220344790
    Abstract: A wiring module to be attached to a plurality of power storage elements each having an electrode terminal, the wiring module including: a bus bar to be connected to the electrode terminals; and a flexible substrate that is flexible, wherein the bus bar has an extension portion that extends toward the flexible substrate, the extension portion has a through hole, the flexible substrate side of the through hole is closed off by the flexible substrate, the flexible substrate has a first conductive path for detecting the temperature of an object, and the first conductive path is connected to a thermistor, and the thermistor is disposed in the through hole, the through hole is filled with a resin, and the thermistor is covered with the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Xueqing DONG, Masato TSUTSUKI, Yuto SATO
  • Publication number: 20220328925
    Abstract: A wiring module is configured to attach to a power storage element group of an arranged plurality of power storage elements, each one of the power storage elements including an electrode terminal, including a bus bar that connects to the electrode terminal; a circuit board on which a conductive path is formed; and a relay member that connects the bus bar and the circuit board, wherein the relay member includes a bus bar connection portion that connects to the bus bar and a board connection portion that connects to the conductive path of the circuit board, the relay member includes a connection portion with a plate-like shape that joins the bus bar connection portion and the board connection portion and extends in a direction intersecting an arrangement direction of the plurality of power storage elements, and the connection portion includes a first deformation portion capable of deforming in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki KUBOKI, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Xueqing DONG, Masato TSUTSUKI, Yuto SATO
  • Publication number: 20220271613
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a board that is provided at an end of a motor including winding groups of two systems and controls supply of electric power to the winding group independently for each system. The board includes two areas that are partitioned by a boundary line passing through the center of the motor when viewed in an axial direction of the motor. A power supply terminal connector, an inverter circuit, and a motor terminal connector are sequentially arranged along the boundary line when viewed in the axial direction of the motor. The motor terminal connector is provided such that a straight line perpendicular to a direction in which motor terminals are arranged and the boundary line form an acute angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto SATO, Yusuke NATSUME
  • Publication number: 20220255154
    Abstract: A temperature measurement module is for measuring the temperature of a temperature measurement target and includes a flexible printed circuit board that includes an insulating sheet member and circuit patterns routed in the sheet member, a temperature sensor attached to the flexible printed circuit board, and a heat transfer member thermally fixed to the temperature sensor. The sheet member is provided with through holes located outward of a region overlapped with the temperature sensor, and the heat transfer member includes heat receiving portions that are arranged inside the through holes and receive heat from the temperature measurement target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Xueqing DONG, Hiroomi HIRAMITSU, Yuto SATO, Masato TSUTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20220243830
    Abstract: A housing has a housing main body and an outlet port. The housing main body includes a cylindrical housing inner wall that defines an internal space therein. The outlet port fluidly connects the internal space and an outside of the housing main body to each other. The valve has a valve body rotatable about an rotation axis along a rotation axis of the cylindrical housing inner wall. The valve is configured to selectively open and close the outlet port depending on a rotation position of the valve. The housing inner wall is formed such that a distance between the housing inner wall and the axis of the housing inner wall varies in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Shingo SATO, Yuto SATO, Masato ICHIKAWA, Akihiko GOTO, Tadashi IKEMOTO, Ryo NOMURA, Ryuki TSUJI, Takahito SUZUKI, Shogo KANZAKI
  • Patent number: 11365708
    Abstract: A fuel supply device, which is mounted on a fuel tank, includes a lid member that covers an opening of the fuel tank, arm members mounted on the lid member, and a component mounted on the lid member via the arm members. The arm members and the component have an engaging structure which engages each other by elastic deformation of the arm members. The arm members are made of a resin material having a higher elastic modulus than the resin material forming the lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Muramatsu, Yuuji Hirata, Yuto Sato, Keiji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11333258
    Abstract: A housing has a housing main body and an outlet port. The housing main body includes a cylindrical housing inner wall that defines an internal space therein. The outlet port fluidly connects the internal space and an outside of the housing main body to each other. The valve has a valve body rotatable about an rotation axis along a rotation axis of the cylindrical housing inner wall. The valve is configured to selectively open and close the outlet port depending on a rotation position of the valve. The housing inner wall is formed such that a distance between the housing inner wall and the axis of the housing inner wall varies in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Sato, Yuto Sato, Masato Ichikawa, Akihiko Goto, Tadashi Ikemoto, Ryo Nomura, Ryuki Tsuji, Takahito Suzuki, Shogo Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11309643
    Abstract: A substrate connecting structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a terminal through which electricity is supplied to the first substrate and the second substrate. The terminal has a first substrate connecting part that is connected to the first substrate from a side opposite from the second substrate, and a second substrate connecting part that is provided by splitting from the first substrate connecting part at an intermediate point in the terminal and connected to the second substrate by extending contactlessly through the first substrate from the side opposite from the second substrate toward the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Oda, Yuto Sato
  • Publication number: 20220006244
    Abstract: A connecting member includes a first electrically-conductive member, a second electrically-conductive member, and an insulating member that accommodates the first electrically-conductive member and the second electrically-conductive member. Each of the first electrically-conductive member and the second electrically-conductive member includes an electric power supply-side connecting portion, a first substrate-side connecting portion, a second substrate-side connecting portion, and a branching portion that branches off to a second electric power supply channel to the second substrate-side connecting portion, at an intermediate point on a first electric power supply channel from the electric power supply-side connecting portion to the first substrate-side connecting portion. The branching portion of the first electrically-conductive member and the branching portion of the second electrically-conductive member are disposed inside the insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato ODA, Yuto SATO
  • Patent number: 11111891
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a flange, a pump unit, a supporting pillar, and a boss. The flange is attached to an opening portion of a fuel tank. The supporting pillar supports a sub tank such that the sub tank is positioned closer to and away from the flange. The boss is fixed at the flange and an end of the supporting pillar is inserted into the boss. The boss is made of a material different from that of the flange. The boss includes a stress concentration portion that is preferentially broken when a force equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to an end portion of the supporting pillar in an axis perpendicular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto Sato, Yuuji Hirata, Tsuyoshi Arai, Yukimasa Fukaya, Toshihiko Muramatsu