Patents by Inventor Atsushi Suzuki

Atsushi Suzuki 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).

  • Screw device
    Patent number: 10989285
    Abstract: A screw device is provided which can facilitate management of a tolerance of a recess where a circulation component is housed. A circulation component is housed in a recess of a nut with clearance. At least part of the circulation component is blocked by a lid member fixed to the nut by fastening means. Upon a centrifugal force acting on a rolling element moving along a circulation path in the circulation component, the circulation component comes into contact at three points with the recess as viewed in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Suzuki, Kotaro Kawai
  • IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING A FAILURE IN A STRUCTURE IN WHICH SUBSTRATES ARE STACKED
    Publication number: 20210112213
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method, a camera module, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a failure in an imaging device having a structure in which a plurality of substrates are stacked. The timing at which a row drive unit provided in a second substrate outputs a control signal for controlling accumulation and reading of pixel signals in a pixel array provided in a first substrate is compared with the timing at which the control signal output from the row drive unit is detected after passing through the pixel array. Depending on whether or not the timings coincides with each other, a failure is detected. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus mounted on a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Oka, Atsushi Suzuki, Naoki Kawazu
  • Load port
    Patent number: 10947063
    Abstract: A load port including: a base as part of a wall partitioning a transportation space from an external space; an opening provided to the base; a door configured to open and close the opening and securing a lid to, and releasing a lid from, a container containing contents; and a first seal member for sealing the space between the base and the container. At least some of the container-side end surface of the door is located nearer to the transportation space than the container-side end part of the first seal member. The load port can keep a surrounding space clean when a FOUP is connected to a casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Suzuki, Yasushi Taniyama
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET
    Publication number: 20210047704
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including a step of hot-rolling a slab containing a predetermined component composition with a remainder including Fe and an impurity to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet, a step of, after carrying out hot-rolled steel sheet annealing on the hot-rolled steel sheet, carrying out cold rolling to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet, a step of carrying out primary recrystallization annealing including a rapid temperature increase at an average temperature increase velocity V of 400° C./s or more and imparting of a steel sheet tensile force S on the cold-rolled steel sheet, and a step of applying an annealing separating agent to a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet after the primary recrystallization annealing and then carrying out flattening annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobusato MORISHIGE, Takashi KATAOKA, Haruhiko ATSUMI, Yasuhiro MAYUMI, Atsushi SUZUKI, Tomoya SUENAGA, Teruyuki TAMAKI
  • Adhesive resin layer, adhesive resin film, laminate, and method of producing laminate
    Patent number: 10919276
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive resin layer, which can prevent generation of air bubbles even when adhered to a substrate having a high level difference, and can maintain transparency, an adhesive resin film, a laminate, and a method of producing a laminate. More specifically, the present invention is a monolayered adhesive resin layer comprising an acrylic-based adhesive resin composition having transparency, wherein the adhesive resin composition contains an acrylic-based polymer, an acrylic-based monomer, and a thermopolymerization initiator, and an adhesive resin layer has pressure sensitive adhesiveness on both surfaces at an ambient temperature, and can be thermally cured by heating at a temperature of 100 to 250° C. and a time of 30 seconds to 10 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIMORI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiro Fujita, Atsushi Suzuki, Hiroto Niimi
  • Air-cooled engine generator
    Patent number: 10920666
    Abstract: An air-cooled engine generator usable in an enclosed and relatively small indoor space includes an engine including a crank shaft on which a generator and a fan are provided. An outside cover includes a discharge aperture which discharges cooling air generated by the fan, and covers the engine, the generator, the fan, and a cooling section. The cooling section includes a mixing chamber where a coolant introduced from the outside and exhaust gas discharged from an exhaust pipe of the engine mix with each other, and an outer circumferential surface which is cooled by the coolant that is introduced into the mixing chamber. The exhaust gas is mixed with and cooled by the coolant in the mixing chamber while the cooling air which is supposed to be discharged out of the air-cooled engine generator is cooled by the outer circumferential surface of the cooling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA MOTOR POWER PRODUCTS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Suzuki
  • IMAGING DEVICE AND CALIBRATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20210041305
    Abstract: To obtain an imaging device that can improve temperature detection accuracy. An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a processing unit formed on a first semiconductor substrate and capable of performing predetermined image processing on the basis of image data obtained by an imaging unit, a temperature sensor formed on the first semiconductor substrate and capable of generating a detection signal according to a temperature, and a first pad electrode formed on the first semiconductor substrate and electrically insulated from a circuit formed on the first semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kawazu, Keita Sasaki, Takumi Oka, Mohammad Munir Haque, Nobuhiko Fujimori, Makoto Satou, Masahiro Baba, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yuichi Motohashi, Atsushi Suzuki
  • PRINTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210026579
    Abstract: A printing system includes a user terminal and a plurality of image forming apparatuses. Each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses includes a status information transmitting part transmitting status information indicating a status of the image forming apparatus. The user terminal includes a power consumption estimating part and a display controlling part. The power consumption estimating part estimates power consumption consumed by print processing in the image forming apparatus on the basis of the state information received from the image forming apparatus with regard to the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The display controlling part controls to display the power consumption estimated by the power consumption estimating part in association with each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses on a displaying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tomoyuki KITAO, Masayuki SHIGETOMI, Tetsuo TOMIMATSU, Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, Atsushi SUZUKI
  • ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM LENS
    Publication number: 20210026119
    Abstract: A first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power, a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group (G4) having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group (G5) having positive refractive power are arranged in order from an object, and zooming is performed by changing distances between each lens group, and the first lens group (G1) is composed of three or more lenses, the fourth lens group (G4) is composed of two or less lenses, and the fifth lens group (G5) is composed of two or less lenses and moves to an image surface side upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, and the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied. 8.40<f1/(?f2)??(1) where, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group (G1), and f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens group (G2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Atsushi SUZUKI, Kenji ISHIDA, Saburo MASUGI
  • IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200412993
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to generate image data on the basis of a first power voltage; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the image data on the basis of a second power voltage; a reference voltage generating unit configured to generate a first reference voltage on the basis of the first power voltage; and a first flag generating unit configured to generate a first flag signal for the second power voltage on the basis of a comparison of the second power voltage and the first reference voltage and configured to output the first flag signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Naoki KAWAZU, Mohammad Munir HAQUE, Yuichi MOTOHASHI, Atsushi SUZUKI
  • IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200412950
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging unit configured to perform an imaging operation; a data generator configured to generate first power supply voltage data corresponding to a first power supply voltage; and a flag generation section configured to generate a flag signal for the first power supply voltage by comparing the first power supply voltage data and first reference data. The first power supply voltage is supplied to the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: NAOKI KAWAZU, KEITA SASAKI, TAKUMI OKA, YUICHI MOTOHASHI, ATSUSHI SUZUKI
  • IMAGING DEVICE AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD
    Publication number: 20200404204
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of pixels each including a first light-receiving element and a second light-receiving element, the plurality of pixels including a first pixel; a generating section that is able to generate a first detection value on a basis of a light-receiving result by the first light-receiving element of each of the plurality of pixels, and is able to generate a second detection value on a basis of a light-receiving result by the second light-receiving element of each of the plurality of pixels; and a diagnosis section that is able to perform a diagnosis processing on a basis of a detection ratio that is a ratio between the first detection value and the second detection value in the first pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: NAOKI KAWAZU, KEITA SASAKI, TAKUMI OKA, MOHAMMAD MUNIR HAQUE, YUICHI MOTOHASHI, ATSUSHI SUZUKI
  • DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200372303
    Abstract: A highly versatile data processing is implemented on data collected in a manufacturing process. A data processing device includes: a calculation part configured to collect a plurality of data groups associated with a predetermined step of a process, and calculate effects in the predetermined step for each of the plurality of data groups; a dividing part configured to divide a feature space such that a distribution of each of the plurality of data groups associated with the predetermined step in the feature space is classified for each of the calculated effects; and an output part configured to output specific data that specifies respective regions of the divided feature space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi SUZUKI, Takahiko KATO
  • Air conditioning device for vehicle
    Patent number: 10828967
    Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle (1) includes: a housing (2) having an opening (2M); a blower (4) having a fan (9) accommodated within the housing and rotating about a rotation axis parallel to a first axis; a filter section (5) which is disposed between a gas inlet (7) and the opening and through which gas taken in from the gas inlet and flowing into the opening passes; and a support member (6) disposed between the blower and the filter section so as to be located at least partially at the opening, and supporting the filter section. The support member has a rib portion (61) extending in a longitudinal direction in a predetermined plane orthogonal to the first axis, and a sticking-out portion (62) sticking out from the rib portion in a transverse direction in the predetermined plane orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Nakado, Atsushi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Watanabe
  • Zoom lens, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing the zoom lens
    Patent number: 10816781
    Abstract: A first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power, a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group (G4) having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group (G5) having positive refractive power are arranged in order from an object, and zooming is performed by changing distances between each lens group, and the first lens group (G1) is composed of three or more lenses, the fourth lens group (G4) is composed of two or less lenses, and the fifth lens group (G5) is composed of two or less lenses and moves to an image surface side upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, and the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied. 8.40<f1/(?f2)??(1) where, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group (G1), and f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens group (G2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Suzuki, Kenji Ishida, Saburo Masugi
  • Imaging system and imaging apparatus for detection of abnormalities associated with the imaging system
    Patent number: 10819928
    Abstract: An imaging system includes an imaging apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and generates an image by imaging an area around the vehicle, and a processing apparatus that is mounted on the vehicle. The imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. A control unit controls exposure by each of the plurality of pixels, and a processing unit executes a predetermined test. The control unit controls exposure so that reading of a pixel signal is started in a second period after the completion of reading of a pixel signal in a first period. The processing unit executes a predetermined test in a third period, the third period is between the reading of the pixel signal in the first period and the reading of the pixel signal in the second period. The processing apparatus restricts a function of controlling the vehicle based on a result of the predetermined test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kawazu, Atsushi Suzuki, Junichiro Azami, Motohashi Yuichi
  • IMAGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200322597
    Abstract: In one example, an imaging device including a plurality of pixel circuits, a first control line, a second control line, a first voltage supply line, a second voltage supply line, a first light-receiving element, and a diagnosis unit is disclosed. The pixel circuits each include a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, an accumulation unit, a first transistor, a second transistor, and an output unit. The first transistor is couples the third terminal to the accumulation unit on the basis of a voltage of the first terminal. The second transistor supplies a predetermined voltage to the accumulation unit on the basis of a voltage of the second terminal. The output unit outputs a signal corresponding to a voltage in the accumulation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Takumi Oka, Naoki Kawazu, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Imaging system and imaging device
    Patent number: 10785435
    Abstract: An imaging system includes: an imaging device and a processing device mounted in a vehicle. The imaging device includes: a first pixel coupled to a first signal line, a second pixel coupled to a second signal line, the second signal line is different from the first signal line, a first latch that is coupled to the first signal line, and stores a first digital code, a second latch that is coupled to the second signal line, is adjacent to the first latch, and stores a second digital code, a transfer section that transfers digital codes outputted from the first latch and the second latch, and a diagnosis section that performs diagnosis processing on the basis of the digital codes transferred from the first latch and the second latch. The processing device restricts the function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of a result of the diagnosis processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kawazu, Atsushi Suzuki, Junichiro Azami, Yuichi Motohashi
  • IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING A FAILURE IN A STRUCTURE IN WHICH SUBSTRATES ARE STACKED
    Publication number: 20200296309
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method, a camera module, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a failure in an imaging device having a structure in which a plurality of substrates are stacked. The timing at which a row drive unit provided in a second substrate outputs a control signal for controlling accumulation and reading of pixel signals in a pixel array provided in a first substrate is compared with the timing at which the control signal output from the row drive unit is detected after passing through the pixel array. Depending on whether or not the timings coincides with each other, a failure is detected. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus mounted on a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Takumi Oka, Atsushi Suzuki, Naoki Kawazu
  • HOT FLASH AMELIORANT
    Publication number: 20200237845
    Abstract: To provide a material for improvement in a climacteric symptom such as hot flash. An oral hot flash improvement agent comprising chlorogenic acids as an active ingredient. An oral hot flash improvement agent comprising a coffee bean extract which comprises chlorogenic acids and in which a mass ratio of caffeine/chlorogenic acids is 0.015 or less, as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi SUZUKI