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Masahiko Sato

Masahiko Sato, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110076009OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTING METHOD - An optical axis adjusting apparatus for an optical device includes a drive unit moving an optical component through which communication light emitted from a light source passes, a plate member disposed facing the optical component, the plate member allowing light to transmit through the plate member and reflecting light to the optical component, a photographing unit disposed on a back side of the plate member, taking an image irradiated with the light transmitted through the plate member, and a control section controlling the drive unit to move the optical component based on the image and information on optical characteristics of the light reflected by the plate member.03-31-2011

Patent applications by Masahiko Sato, Kawasaki JP

Masahiko Sato, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100316353METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDNG STREAM LINKING IN AUDIO/VIDEO DISK MEDIA - A method and apparatus for providing stream linking in audio/video disk media is disclosed. The present invention sets-up an audio/video stream on a disk drive, uses read and write commands for accessing contiguous data and, given an established stream, establishes a linked stream by sending a linked stream request with the number of a primary stream to the drive. The new stream inherits the beginning and ending addresses of the primary stream. Passed pointer detection is enabled for linked stream pointers passing primary stream pointers12-16-2010
20140355950METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING STREAM LINKING IN AUDIO/VIDEO DISK MEDIA - A method and apparatus for providing stream linking in audio/video disk media is disclosed. The present invention sets-up an audio/video stream on a disk drive, uses read and write commands for accessing contiguous data and, given an established stream, establishes a linked stream by sending a linked stream request with the number of a primary stream to the drive. The new stream inherits the beginning and ending addresses of the primary stream. Passed pointer detection is enabled for linked stream pointers passing primary stream pointers12-04-2014

Masahiko Sato, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100021781FUEL CELL POTENTIAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A fuel cell potential measuring apparatus includes a first sheet member which is arranged on an anode side, and a second sheet member which is arranged on a cathode side. On the first sheet member, an anode potential-applying electrode and an anode potential-measuring electrode are disposed on an end portion thereof, whereas on the second sheet member, a cathode potential-applying electrode and a cathode potential-measuring electrode are disposed on an end portion thereof. Another end portion of the first sheet member and another end portion of the second sheet member are joined together mutually.01-28-2010
20100068600FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes first and second fuel cell stacks which are juxtaposed to each other. An assembly manifold is attached to the first and second fuel cell stacks. A connection block is provided at a central position of the assembly manifold. A fuel gas supply port and a fuel gas discharge port are provided on a front surface of the connection block, and an oxygen-containing gas supply port and an oxygen-containing gas discharge port are provided on a back surface of the connection block. A fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas are equally supplied to each of the first and second fuel cell stacks.03-18-2010
20120129071FUEL CELL - A cell unit of a fuel cell includes a second separator. A first oxygen-containing gas flow field is formed on a surface of the second separator. An inlet buffer is connected to an inlet of the oxygen-containing gas flow field, and an outlet buffer is connected to an outlet of the first oxygen-containing gas flow field. The inlet buffer includes a first inlet buffer area having a deep groove and a second inlet buffer area, and the outlet buffer includes a first outlet buffer area having a deep groove and a second outlet buffer area. The first inlet buffer area and the first outlet buffer area have different surface areas.05-24-2012

Patent applications by Masahiko Sato, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Masahiko Sato, Odawara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090237876DISK ARRAY DEVICE - A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery nodule; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller module having a controller; a power supply module provided for supplying power to the modules; a circuit board to which the above-mentioned modules are connected via electrical connectors; and a substantially box-shaped chassis in which the modules and the circuit board are housed. A front surface and a rear surface of the chassis are opened in a rectangular shape. A length of one side of the opened front surface of the chassis is substantially the same length as the one side of the hard disk drive module.09-24-2009
20090237877Storage subsystem - The storage subsystem is connected to an external device and comprises a storage device arrangement portion, on which a plurality of storage devices is arranged, and a control device that controls communications between the plurality of storage devices arranged on the storage device arrangement portion and the external device. The storage device arrangement portion is constituted such that the plurality of storage devices is arranged upright in the directions of two dimensions.09-24-2009
20100070789Storage control device - The storage control device of the present invention reduces power consumption by stopping the flow of power to enclosures that are not being accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures are connected to a base enclosure by means of a daisy-chain connection. The respective additional enclosures are divided into three levels, namely a low usage frequency level, a medium usage frequency level, and a high usage frequency level depending on the connection distance of the additional enclosures from the base enclosure. Drives that have not been accessed for a predetermined time are spun down. When all the drives in the enclosure are in the spindown state, the supply of power from the power supply to the respective drives is stopped. Further, when the flow of power to an additional enclosure located below the enclosure itself has stopped, the switch of the latter enclosure is turned OFF and the flow of power to the additional enclosure is stopped.03-18-2010

Patent applications by Masahiko Sato, Odawara JP

Masahiko Sato, Odawara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100005240DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONNECTIONS AMONG A HOST, A LOGICAL UNIT AND A STORAGE SYSTEM IN A VIRTUAL STORAGE SYSTEM - This invention provides a user or an operator with a management apparatus or method for displaying logical connection information between an interface connected to a computer and a switch and a storage system or a logical unit in the storage system in a virtual storage system, wherein the switch receives a first access request from said computer, converts said first access request to a second access request to one of said plural storage systems, and sends said second access request to one of said plural storage systems or one logical unit01-07-2010
20100011132FIBER CHANNEL CONNECTION STORAGE CONTROLLER - N_Port_Name information capable of distinctly identifying a host computer has seen set in a microprocessor 01-14-2010
20110167218STORAGE SYSTEM FOR SENDING AN ACCESS REQUEST FROM A HOST TO A STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - This invention provides a user or an operator with a management apparatus or method for displaying logical connection information between an interface connected to a computer and a switch and a storage system or a logical unit in the storage system in a virtual storage system, wherein the switch receives a first access request from said computer, converts said first access request to a second access request to one of said plural storage systems, and sends said second access request to one of said plural storage systems or one logical unit.07-07-2011
20110173388FIBER CHANNEL CONNECTION STORAGE CONTROLLER - A storage system adapted to be coupled to a plurality of host devices via a fibre channel. The storage system including a plurality of storage devices, at least a portion of the plurality of storage devices corresponding to a logical unit of a plurality of logical units, the logical unit having a logical unit number (LUN). The storage system also including a storage control device having a cache memory and controlling to store data, addressed to the LUN, into the portion of the plurality of storage devices. The storages system also including an input device being adapted to be used to set information, which is used to prevent an unauthorized access to the logical unit and which corresponds to a relationship between a host device of the plurality of host devices and the logical unit.07-14-2011
20120011321METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COLLECTION PERFORMANCE DATA FOR STORAGE NETWORK - This invention provides a user or an operator with a management apparatus or method for displaying logical connection information between an interface connected to a computer and a switch and a storage system or a logical unit in the storage system in a virtual storage system, wherein the switch receives a first access request from said computer, converts said first access request to a second access request to one of said plural storage systems, and sends said second access request to one of said plural storage systems or one logical unit.01-12-2012
20120203965METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COLLECTION PERFORMANCE DATA FOR STORAGE NETWORK - This invention provides a user or an operator with a management apparatus or method for displaying logical connection information between an interface connected to a computer and a switch and a storage system or a logical unit in the storage system in a virtual storage system, wherein the switch receives a first access request from said computer, converts said first access request to a second access request to one of said plural storage systems, and sends said second access request to one of said plural storage systems or one logical unit.08-09-2012

Patent applications by Masahiko Sato, Odawara-Shi JP

Masahiko Sato, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110222892DENSITY SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A density sensor detects a density of a subject according to a variation in received light. The density sensor comprises a base plate, a light emitting element irradiating a subject with light, the light receiving element receiving light reflected by the subject, lead terminals connected at one end with bottoms of the light emitting and receiving elements, respectively, and electrically connected at the other end with the base plate, and a package containing the light emitting and receiving elements and supported by the base plate, wherein at least one of the lead terminals is configured to be inclined from a halfway position so as to reflect light from the light emitting element in a direction away from the bottom of the light receiving element.09-15-2011
20120298845IMAGE POSITION DETECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image position detector includes a light emitting element to emit light to an image on an image carrier, a first light receiving element to receive a specular reflection of light from a surface of the image carrier and output a first light receiving signal, and a second light receiving element to receive a diffuse reflection of light from a surface of the image and output a second light receiving signal. The image position detector is configured to find the end position of the image according to a multiplied value obtained by multiplying values of the first and second light receiving signals by a constant coefficient.11-29-2012
20130001857REFLECTIVE PHOTOSENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A reflective photosensor detects a target object. The photosensor includes a transparent circuit board, a light emitter and a light receiver on one surface of the circuit board, including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, respectively, and disposed so that the light emitting element and the light receiving element face the one surface, a concave portion on the other surface of the circuit board, including a first refractive face to oppose the light emitting element and refract light from the light emitting element to the light receiving element and a second refractive face to oppose the light receiving element and refract, to the light receiver, a component of the light refracted by the first refractive face and specularly reflected by the target object.01-03-2013
20130004189OPTICAL SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor unit includes: a light-emitting device; a light-receiving device that receives light which is emitted from the light-emitting device and reflected from an object to be detected, and outputs an output value in accordance with the light; a shutter member that openably and closably covers an incident/exit plane having an exit part where light of the light-emitting device is emitted to the object to be detected and an incident part where light reflected from the object to be detected enters, and has a facing surface facing the incident/exit plane that is an inclined surface inclined to the incident/exit plane; and a corrector that corrects an output value of the light-receiving device when receiving light reflected from the object to be detected, based on an output value of the light-receiving device obtained by emitting light to the inclined surface of the shutter member.01-03-2013
20130022363PHOTOSENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A photosensor includes a light emitting element to emit light to a target object, a light receiving element to receive the light emitted from the light emitting element and reflected by the target object, and a circuit board on which the light emitting element and the light receiving element are mounted, including at least one protrusion thereon. The light emitting element and the light receiving element each have a terminal. The at least one protrusion is configured to support one of the light emitting element and the light receiving element in a contact manner in a state that the terminal is electrically connected to the circuit board.01-24-2013

Patent applications by Masahiko Sato, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Masahiko Sato, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110316935LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head including: a flow channel unit including a nozzle plate, and a flow-channel-containing substrate, the nozzle plate and the flow-channel-containing substrate being laminated, a head case formed with a common liquid flow channel configured to supply the liquid to the reservoir and joined to the flow-channel-containing substrate on the side opposite from the nozzle plate; a heater configured to heat the nozzle plate; a head cover heated by the heater and formed with a bottom surface portion opposing the nozzle plate on the side opposite from the head case, wherein a distal end of the head cover comes into abutment with a portion between an area of the nozzle plate corresponding to the reservoir and an area formed with the nozzle row, and a void is formed between the area of the nozzle plate corresponding to the reservoir and the head cover.12-29-2011

Masahiko Sato, Nishio-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120242017TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBING APPARATUS - To provide a torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus capable of achieving cost reduction. The fluctuation absorbing apparatus includes a first plate secured to a flywheel; a second plate disposed at a distance from the first plate; a third plate slidably sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate; and a resilient section that is supported by, fixed to or integrated with the first plate or the second plate and biases the second plate toward the first plate.09-27-2012

Masahiko Sato, Quebec City CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130217061Apparatus for Systematic Single Cell Tracking of Distinctive Cellular Events - An apparatus for quantitative identification of distinctive cellular events occurring in a cell population using a non-fluorescence approach. The apparatus comprises an image acquisition unit having a Differential Interference Contrast microscope with a camera, a light source, an environmental chamber allowing carrying out cell culture of at least one cell in a cell population; the image acquisition unit acquiring images of the cell population, at predetermined time points; a cell tracker for individually tracking the at least one cell of the cell population in the images; a distinctive cellular event detector for detecting an occurrence of a distinctive cellular event; a report generator; wherein the distinctive cellular event is selected from the group consisting of: tripolar, tetrapolar, quadpolar cell division, cell fusion, cell death, impaired cell division, cell shape alteration, nuclear shape alteration, inner cellular material accumulation, cell enlargement, engulfing, hyper-mobilization, hypo-mobilization and prolonged doubling time.08-22-2013

Masahiko Sato, Quebec CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130288293Biological Markers for Tracking Distinctive Cellular Events and Uses Thereof - The invention relates to the field of medicine. More particularly, described herein are biological markers associated with phenotypical and/or genotypical alterations in a cell and to methods for assessing mammalian cells. Also described are methods for assessing the condition of a population of cells, methods for assessing carcinogenicity of compounds and methods for quantitatively determine the quality of cell populations.10-31-2013
20150219632METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEMATIC SINGLE CELL TRACKING OF DISTINCTIVE CELLULAR EVENTS - A method and apparatus for quantitative identification of distinctive cellular events occurring in a cell population using a non-fluorescence approach. The apparatus and method comprises an image acquisition unit having a Differential Interference Contrast microscope with a camera, a light source, an environmental chamber allowing carrying out cell culture of at least one cell in a cell population; the image acquisition unit acquiring images of the cell population, at predetermined time points; a cell tracker for individually tracking the at least one cell of the cell population in the images; a distinctive cellular event detector for detecting an occurrence of a distinctive cellular event; a report generator; wherein the distinctive cellular event is selected from the group consisting of: tripolar, tetrapolar, quadpolar cell division, cell fusion, cell death, impaired cell division, cell shape alteration, nuclear shape alteration, inner cellular material accumulation, cell enlargement, engulfing, hyper-mobilization, hypo-mobilization and prolonged doubling time.08-06-2015

Masahiko Sato, Shiojiri JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130258001LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head has a flow channel substrate, an actuator formed on the flow channel substrate and having at least one mount, and a flexible wiring substrate electrically connected to the mount to supply a drive signal to the actuator. The mount of the actuator and the wiring substrate are bonded together using an epoxy adhesive agent containing p-aminophenol epoxy resin, bisphenol A epoxy resin, and bisphenol F epoxy resin.10-03-2013

Masahiko Sato, Wako JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130196249FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and a separator. The separator includes a reactant gas inlet manifold, a reactant gas outlet manifold, a reactant gas channel, an inlet connection channel, an inlet buffer portion, an outlet buffer portion, and an outlet connection channel. A pressure drop through the inlet buffer portion is less than a pressure drop through the reactant gas channel when a reactant gas flows from the reactant gas inlet manifold to the reactant gas channel. A pressure drop through the outlet buffer portion is less than a pressure drop through the outlet connection channel when the reactant gas flows from the reactant gas channel to the reactant gas outlet manifold.08-01-2013

Masahiko Sato, Matsumoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20160023490RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transporting portion for intermittently transporting a recording medium, a recording head which is opposed to a transporting route of the recording medium transported by the transporting portion and in which recording is performed on the recording medium in a state separated from the recording medium, and a head guard which is provided separated from the recording medium on the recording head side of the transporting route and includes a first part positioned on an upper stream side than the recording head in a transporting direction of the recording medium transported by the transporting portion, in which a length of the first part in the transporting direction is equal to a transportation distance of the recording medium intermittently transported by the transporting portion or is longer than the transportation distance.01-28-2016
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