Patents by Inventor Hironori Suzuki

Hironori 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).

  • Patent number: 11979072
    Abstract: A magnetic geared motor includes a stator including a plurality of teeth that produce a magnetomotive force, a first rotor that rotates by the magnetomotive force of the stator, and a second rotor that, in response to rotation of the first rotor, rotates at a lower speed than the first rotor. The first rotor, the second rotor, and the stator are disposed coaxial to each other, and a plurality of magnets of different polarities are disposed in respective slot openings present between each two adjacent teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Ukaji, Noritaka Aso, Katsuhiro Hirata, Noboru Niguchi, Kazuaki Takahara, Hironori Suzuki, Tsubasa Kamigaki
  • Publication number: 20240147866
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided; a wiring portion that is provided at a position, which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is conductively connected to the functional element; a second substrate that has a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; and a conduction portion that is provided on the second surface, is connected to the wiring portion, and is conductively connected the functional element. The shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than the longest distance between the second substrate and a position where the wiring portion is connected to the conduction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Koji OHASHI, Chikara KOJIMA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Hironori SUZUKI, Shuichi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240145620
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electronic device includes forming a support layer that is provided to extend from a first surface of a functional layer formed on a first substrate via a first layer, as a surface on a side opposite to the first substrate, to the first substrate and supports the functional layer with respect to the first substrate, forming a thin film holding layer on at least one of the support layer and the first surface of the functional layer, removing the first layer, joining a transfer member to a surface of the thin film holding layer on a side opposite to the functional layer, separating the functional layer, the support layer and the thin film holding layer from the first substrate, transferring the functional layer, the support layer and the thin film holding layer to a different second substrate, and removing the thin film holding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori FURUTA, Takuma ISHIKAWA, Yuuki SHINOHARA, Takahito SUZUKI, Kenichi TANIGAWA, Yutaka KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240136522
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein an expansion upon intercalation of a metal ion such as a Li ion is suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate type crystal phase, and the active material includes a Na element, a Si element and a M element that is a metal element with an ion radius larger than the Si element, and a proportion of the M element to a total of the Si element and the M element is 0.1 atm % or more and 5 atm % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMAGUCHI, Hironori DAIKOKU, Jun YOSHIDA, Kazuhiro SUZUKI, Mitsutoshi OTAKI
  • Patent number: 11965557
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling bodies, and a seal member. An outer peripheral portion of the seal member is fixed by a retaining ring to a groove portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and an inner peripheral portion of the seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member includes an inclined portion. 1?Ts/Sct?10 is satisfied when Ts is a circumferential gap of the retaining ring at a time when the seal member and the retaining ring are attached to the groove portion of the outer ring and Sct is an axial thickness of a part of the seal member in contact with the retaining ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Oyama, Hironori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240120817
    Abstract: A permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine includes a stator, a first rotor, and a second rotor. The stator includes a stator core, a plurality of stator teeth, a plurality of stator slots, a plurality of stator magnets, and a stator coil. The first rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to the plurality of stator magnets. The second rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to a plurality of first pole pieces. The second rotor includes a plurality of second pole pieces. A proportion of the number of the plurality of stator slots to the number of poles of the plurality of second pole pieces of the second rotor is greater than 1.25 and less than 1.5, or greater than 1.5 and less than 3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruyuki KOMETANI, Ryoji MIYATAKE, Takuro YAMADA, Kenji TANAKA, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Takuya ITO
  • Patent number: 11953057
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling bodies, and a seal member. An outer peripheral portion of the seal member is fixed by a retaining ring to a groove portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and an inner peripheral portion of the seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member includes an inclined portion. The seal member satisfies 0.25?Skn/Skt?2.5 when Skn is a radial length from an inclination start part of the inclined portion on an inside in an axial direction to an outermost diameter position of a part of contact of the seal member with an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring and Skt is a thickness of the inclined portion in a direction perpendicular to an inclination direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Oyama, Hironori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240097547
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic strain wave gear device that makes it possible to achieve both improvement of the efficiency of assembly work and suppression of decrease in energy conversion efficiency. A magnetic strain wave gear device includes: a stator having a stator core, a stator winding, and a stator magnet; a first rotor; and a second rotor. The second rotor includes a second rotor core provided with a plurality of rotor magnet insertion holes and a plurality of rotor magnets inserted into the plurality of respective rotor magnet insertion holes. The first rotor includes a cylindrical first rotor core and a first rotor end plate. The first rotor end plate has a rotor magnet passage hole through which the rotor magnets can be inserted into the rotor insertion holes from outside in a direction of a rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yosuke UCHIDA, Ryoji MIYATAKE, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Haruyuki KOMETANI, Noboru NIGUCHI, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Takuya ITO
  • Patent number: 11917922
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided; a wiring portion that is provided at a position, which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is conductively connected to the functional element; a second substrate that has a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; and a conduction portion that is provided on the second surface, is connected to the wiring portion, and is conductively connected the functional element. The shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than the longest distance between the second substrate and a position where the wiring portion is connected to the conduction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ohashi, Chikara Kojima, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hironori Suzuki, Shuichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240052881
    Abstract: A ball bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of balls rollably disposed between an inner ring raceway surface of the inner ring and the outer ring raceway surface of the outer ring, and a cage in which pockets rollably holding the balls are formed at intervals in a circumferential direction. An inclination angle of a cylindrical surface of each of the pockets is set more than 0° and less than a contact angle of the ball bearing, the cylindrical surface and a corresponding ball are in contact with each other at an inner side in a cage thickness direction relative to a position where a rotation axis of the ball intersects with the cylindrical surface, and a space is formed at a portion from a contact position to a circumferential surface of the cage on a side closer to the intersection position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori SUZUKI, Takuya OYAMA
  • Patent number: 11877899
    Abstract: The rolling bearing includes: an outer ring having an outer ring raceway surface on an inner peripheral surface; an inner ring having an inner ring raceway surface on an outer peripheral surface; rolling elements rotatably arranged between the outer ring raceway surface and the inner ring raceway surface; and a seal member that is fixed to a seal attachment groove formed in an axially end portion of the outer ring by a snap ring and seals an axially end portion of a bearing internal space between the outer ring and the inner ring, in which an outer diameter of the seal member is larger than an outer diameter of the snap ring in the seal attachment groove, and in which a radially outer end portion of the seal member is sandwiched between an inner peripheral surface of the seal attachment groove and an outer peripheral surface of the snap ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Oyama, Hironori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11840456
    Abstract: An aqueous solution containing ions of one or more rare earth elements selected from the group consisting of Y, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, hydrogen peroxide, urea, and polyvinylpyrrolidone is heated at a temperature of 80° C. or higher and equal to or lower than a boiling point of the aqueous solution to produce particles of a rare earth compound under a reaction between a hydrolysis product of urea and the ions of the rare earth elements. Furthermore, the particles of the rare earth compound are solid-liquid separated from the aqueous solution, and the obtained solid content is baked at a temperature of 600° C. or higher in an atmosphere containing oxygen to produce rare earth oxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Suzuki, Kazuhiro Wataya
  • Publication number: 20230131486
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes: an outer ring including an outer ring raceway surface on an inner peripheral surface; an inner ring including an inner ring raceway surface on an outer peripheral surface; a plurality of rolling elements rotatably arranged between the outer ring raceway surface and the inner ring raceway surface; and a sealing member fixed to a seal mounting groove formed on an axial end portion of the outer ring by a retaining ring, the sealing member sealing an axial end portion of a bearing internal space between the outer ring and the inner ring. The sealing member includes a protruding portion at a radial outer end portion, and an outer diameter of the sealing member is larger than an outer diameter of the retaining ring in the seal mounting groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya OYAMA, Hironori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230125734
    Abstract: A medical insurance method according to the present disclosure includes a step of acquiring, as a first patient condition, a type of a condition of a patient estimated through input of first patient data of the patient to a predetermined machine learning model, a step of acquiring, as a second patient condition, a type of a condition of the patient estimated by a method different from the predetermined machine learning model on the basis of data including the first patient data, a step of acquiring a third patient condition estimated on the basis of second patient data measured after measurement time of the first patient data, and a step of determining whether or not insurance coverage is available on the basis of the first patient condition, the second patient condition, and the third patient condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAYOSHI HIRAI, YOHEI EBIHARA, NAOTO NAKAMURA, HIRONORI SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230129028
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a telemedicine system, a telemedicine method, an information processing device, and a program that allow a medical practitioner to more accurately obtain visual information on a patient in telemedicine. The telemedicine system includes a first imaging unit that images a patient in a first space, an image processing unit that corrects an image of the patient based on imaging conditions in a first space and display conditions in a second space for displaying the image of the patient imaged in the first space, and a display unit that displays the corrected image of the patient in the second space. The present technique can be applied to, for example, a telemedicine system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAYOSHI HIRAI, YOHEI EBIHARA, NAOTO NAKAMURA, HIRONORI SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11610711
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a laminated body having a magnetic layer containing a resin and a metal magnetic powder contained in the resin; an inductor wiring disposed in the laminated body; and an external terminal exposed from the laminated body. The external terminal includes a metal part and a resin part, and in a cross section of the external terminal, the resin part is enclosed in the metal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Kouji Yamauchi, Hironori Suzuki, Naoya Noo
  • Patent number: 11594670
    Abstract: An MEMS device includes: a first member; a second member forming a sealed space with the first member therebetween; and a third member disposed between the first member and the second member and joined to the first member and the second member, in which the third member has lower rigidity than rigidity of the first member and the second member, and the third member is provided with a communication portion that establishes communication between the sealed space and an external space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikara Kojima, Eiji Osawa, Koji Ohashi, Kanechika Kiyose, Tomohiro Sayama, Hironori Suzuki, Katsuhiro Imai, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Takahiro Kamijo
  • Patent number: 11594671
    Abstract: An ultrasonic device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate in which an opening section piercing through the substrate in a thickness direction is provided, a vibration plate provided on the substrate to close the opening section, a piezoelectric element provided in a position corresponding to the opening section on a first surface at the opposite side of the substrate side of the vibration plate, and an elastic layer provided in contact with a second surface at the substrate side of the vibration plate at the inner side of the opening section of the substrate. The elastic layer includes a curved surface recessed to the vibration plate side at the opposite side of the vibration plate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ohashi, Hironori Suzuki, Chikara Kojima
  • Patent number: 11590534
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor includes a vibration plate that includes a vibration portion and is formed of a resin; a wall portion that is provided on the vibration plate, surrounds the vibration portion and is formed of a resin; and a piezoelectric element that is provided in the vibration portion of the vibration plate. Accordingly, the wall portion surrounding the vibration portion can suppress a frequency variation of an ultrasonic wave output from the ultrasonic sensor and can deform the ultrasonic sensor into a shape corresponding to a surface of an object having various shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Chikara Kojima, Hironori Suzuki, Kanechika Kiyose
  • Publication number: 20230046260
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling bodies, and a seal member. An outer peripheral portion of the seal member is fixed by a retaining ring to a groove portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and an inner peripheral portion of the seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member includes an inclined portion. 1?Ts/Sct?10 is satisfied when Ts is a circumferential gap of the retaining ring at a time when the seal member and the retaining ring are attached to the groove portion of the outer ring and Sct is an axial thickness of a part of the seal member in contact with the retaining ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya OYAMA, Hironori SUZUKI