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).

  • Exercise therapy device
    Patent number: 9713744
    Abstract: Provided are a control apparatus and method for an exercise therapy device, including: an isokinetic load control part for holding and adjusting a target rotation speed value and a gain for a left pedal and a target rotation speed value and a gain for a right pedal independently, to thereby perform the isokinetic load control to control a load torque to be applied to the left pedal and a load torque to be applied to the right pedal independently; and a switch for determining which of the isokinetic load control for the left pedal and the isokinetic load control for the right pedal is to be used, to thereby switch a measured rotation speed value and a target torque value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hironori Suzuki
  • Inductor component and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9711273
    Abstract: In an inductor component, fallen-off-filler marks that are formed as a result of a filler falling off from an outer surface of a component body are present in a dotted manner in portions of the outer surface that are in contact with outer electrodes. As a result of the filler falling off, a joining area at interfaces between the component body and the outer electrodes increases, and stress generated at the interfaces between the component body and the outer electrodes is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Suzuki, Masaki Kitajima
  • ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER DEVICE, PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170128047
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer device includes a base, a first electrode film, a piezoelectric film, a second electrode film and a first conductive film. The base has a plurality of vibrating film portions arranged in an array pattern. The first electrode film is disposed on each of the vibrating film portions. The piezoelectric film is disposed on the first electrode film. The second electrode film is disposed on the piezoelectric film. The first conductive film is connected to the first electrode film. The first conductive film has a film thickness larger than a film thickness of the first electrode film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Kanechika KIYOSE, Hironori SUZUKI, Hiroshi MATSUDA
  • Control apparatus and method for exercise therapy device
    Patent number: 9600719
    Abstract: Provided are a control apparatus and method for an exercise therapy device, including the following steps: calculating a first-order lag waveform of a waveform of the target value of the exercise physiological response as a corrected target value of the exercise physiological response using a response time constant; calculating a difference between the corrected target value of the exercise physiological response and the measured value of the exercise physiological response as an exercise physiological response deviation after correction; generating a command value for the exercise load based on the exercise physiological response deviation after correction, so that the exercise physiological response of the exerciser approaches the corrected target value of the exercise physiological response, to thereby control the exercise load to be applied to the exerciser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hironori Suzuki, Yuichi Kimura
  • Ultrasonic transducer device, probe, electronic instrument, and ultrasonic diagnostic device
    Patent number: 9592031
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer device includes a base, a first electrode film, a piezoelectric film, a second electrode film and a first conductive film. The base has a plurality of vibrating film portions arranged in an array pattern. The first electrode film is disposed on each of the vibrating film portions. The piezoelectric film is disposed on the first electrode film. The second electrode film is disposed on the piezoelectric film. The first conductive film is connected to the first electrode film. The first conductive film has a film thickness larger than a film thickness of the first electrode film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kanechika Kiyose, Hironori Suzuki, Hiroshi Matsuda
  • Ultrasonic transducer, ultrasonic probe, and ultrasonic examination device
    Patent number: 9561527
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer includes a substrate, a supporting film disposed on the substrate, and a piezoelectric element disposed on the supporting film. The substrate includes an opening. The piezoelectric element is disposed on an area that overlaps the opening in a plan view in a thickness direction of the substrate. A thickness of the supporting film at an area that overlaps the piezoelectric element in a plan view of the supporting film is smaller than a thickness of the supporting film at a different area different from the area that overlaps the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nakamura, Hironori Suzuki, Jiro Tsuruno
  • Character input device
    Patent number: 9535511
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that determines a position of a touch input received at a display of the information processing apparatus, controls the display to display a string of candidate characters for input at a position on the display corresponding to the position of the touch input, detects selection of a desired character from the string of candidate characters, and controls the display to display the desired character in a character input field on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke Endo, Takamoto Tsuda, Yutaka Shiba, Hironobu Aoki, Hironori Suzuki
  • Electronic Component
    Publication number: 20160343501
    Abstract: A coil is formed by winding an electrically-conductive wire, and is buried in a molded body formed from a composite magnetic material containing a magnetic powder and a resin. Each of led-out ends of the coil has a cut surface formed by obliquely cutting an electrically-conductive wire with respect to a surface thereof. The cut surface of each led-out end of the coil is exposed on a surface of the molded body, and each led-out end is connected to an external terminal electrode formed in the surface of the molded body at the cut surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: TOKO, INC.
    Inventors: Hironori SUZUKI, Takao KAWACHI
  • ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160314890
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a body made of a material containing particles of a metallic magnetic material, and an outer electrode disposed on a surface of the body. The surface of the body has a contact portion with which the outer electrode is in contact, and the surface of the body includes particles of the metallic magnetic material which are exposed from the surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki KITAJIMA, Takashi TOMOHIRO, Gota SHINOHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Noriko SHIMIZU
  • Inductor manufacturing method
    Patent number: 9478354
    Abstract: An inductor manufacturing method includes a first step of press bonding a Cu foil onto a non-magnetic resin sheet, a second step of forming a conductor pattern by performing etching on the Cu foil, a third step of press bonding another non-magnetic resin sheet onto the conductor pattern, and a via conductor formation step of forming a via conductor that penetrates through the other resin sheet and leads to the conductor pattern. The method further includes a step of forming a body in which resin having magnetism is provided outside of a coil, by press bonding magnetic-powder-containing resin sheets onto a multilayer body, obtained by a manufacturing method including the first to third steps and the via conductor formation step, and then thermally curing the magnetic-powder-containing resin sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Suzuki, Yasushi Takeda, Noriko Shimizu, Yoichi Nakatsuji, Gota Shinohara, Junji Kurobe, Kuniaki Yosui
  • BEARING UNIT FOR DENTAL AIR TURBINE AND DENTAL AIR TURBINE
    Publication number: 20160228210
    Abstract: A dental air turbine includes a turbine blade, a rotating shaft which is integrally fixed with the turbine blade, and a pair of rolling bearings which rotatably support the rotating shaft with respect to a housing. The pair of rolling bearings are arranged back-to-back while fitting inner rings on the rotating shaft such that a preload is applied thereto. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the sizes of the rolling bearings and to improve the moment rigidity of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori SUZUKI
  • ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC EXAMINATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160121368
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer includes a substrate, a supporting film disposed on the substrate, and a piezoelectric element disposed on the supporting film. The substrate includes an opening. The piezoelectric element is disposed on an area that overlaps the opening in a plan view in a thickness direction of the substrate. A thickness of the supporting film at an area that overlaps the piezoelectric element in a plan view of the supporting film is smaller than a thickness of the supporting film at a different area different from the area that overlaps the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoaki NAKAMURA, Hironori SUZUKI, Jiro TSURUNO
  • Pressure sensor, sensor array, method for manufacturing sensor array, and grasping apparatus
    Patent number: 9322728
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes: a supporting body which has an opening; a pressure detecting portion which includes a supporting film provided on the supporting body and having a diaphragm portion closing the opening, and a piezoelectric body provided on the diaphragm portion and deflecting to output an electric signal; a frame body which has, on the pressure detecting portion, a cylindrical cavity along a film thickness direction of the supporting film, and is formed, in plan view when viewed from the film thickness direction of the supporting film, at a position where a cylindrical inner peripheral wall of the cavity overlaps with the opening, or outside of the opening; a sealing film which closes the frame body; and a silicone oil which is filled in an inner space formed of the cylindrical inner peripheral wall of the cavity, the sealing film, and the pressure detecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Suzuki
  • Ultrasonic transducer, ultrasonic probe, and ultrasonic examination device
    Patent number: 9269884
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer includes a substrate, a supporting film, and a piezoelectric element. The substrate includes an opening. The supporting film is configured on the substrate to cover the opening. The piezoelectric element is configured at a part of the supporting film. The part overlaps with the opening in a planar view in a thickness direction of the substrate. A thickness of the part of at a center of gravity in the planar view is smaller than a thickness of an outer edge portion of the part. The outer edge portion is closer to the substrate than the center to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nakamura, Hironori Suzuki, Jiro Tsuruno
  • ULTRASONIC DEVICE AND PROBE AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160036412
    Abstract: An acoustic matching layer is formed on individual ultrasonic transducer elements on a base. Electric conductors are arranged between adjacent ultrasonic transducer elements, the electric conductors being connected to electrodes of the ultrasonic transducer elements. Protective films overlap the electric conductors. The protective films have smaller moisture permeability than the acoustic matching layer. Wall portions are arranged on the protective films, the wall portions separating portions of the acoustic matching layer that are respectively located on adjacent ultrasonic transducer elements from each other at least in a part of a height range with respect to a height direction from the base, and having an acoustic impedance that is different from the acoustic impedance of the acoustic matching layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Hironori SUZUKI, Hiroshi MATSUDA
  • INDUCTOR COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160012961
    Abstract: In an inductor component, fallen-off-filler marks that are formed as a result of a filler falling off from an outer surface of a component body are present in a dotted manner in portions of the outer surface that are in contact with outer electrodes. As a result of the filler falling off, a joining area at interfaces between the component body and the outer electrodes increases, and stress generated at the interfaces between the component body and the outer electrodes is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori SUZUKI, Masaki KITAJIMA
  • Method for manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer, biological sensor
    Patent number: 9231190
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer includes: forming a piezoelectric element by laminating a lower electrode, a piezoelectric body, and an upper electrode on a first face of a support film; affixing a reinforcing substrate that covers the piezoelectric element to the first face of the support film; forming a photosensitive resin substrate to a second face of the support film that is on an opposite side from the first face; forming an opening in the resin substrate by irradiating the resin substrate with light; and removing the reinforcing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nakamura, Hironori Suzuki
  • Mixed powder for powder metallurgy and process for producing same
    Patent number: 9149869
    Abstract: A process for producing a mixed powder for powder metallurgy in which graphite segregation can be prevented and which has satisfactory flowability and brings about satisfactory lubricating properties, the process comprising: selecting an organic binder which, when the solubility of an organic lubricant in a given organic solvent at a given temperature is taken as 1, has a solubility in the same solvent at the same temperature of 2 or higher; mixing the organic lubricant and the organic binder with the given organic solvent together with an iron powder to prepare an iron-powder slurry in which the organic lubricant and the organic binder have been dissolved in the organic solvent; and removing the organic solvent from the iron-powder slurry by vaporization to precipitate the organic lubricant and the organic binder in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Suzuki, Shinya Arima
  • Stationary bike
    Patent number: D750182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Takaoka, Hironori Suzuki, Hongkue Lee
  • Stationary bike
    Patent number: D750715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Takaoka, Hironori Suzuki, Hongkue Lee