Patents by Inventor Makoto Suzuki

Makoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20240140132
    Abstract: An envelope processing apparatus for enclosing an enclosure in an envelope includes an envelope conveyance path, an enclosure supplier, an envelope supplier, a flap opener, and an envelope stacker. The envelope conveyance path extends in a substantially vertical direction to convey the envelope. The enclosure supplier supplies the enclosure to the envelope via the envelope conveyance path. The envelope supplier supplies the envelope to the envelope conveyance path, The flap opener opens a flap portion of the envelope between the envelope supplier and the envelope conveyance path. The envelope stacker stacks the envelope ejected from the envelope conveyance path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi SUZUKI, Michitaka SUZUKI, Yuusuke SHIBASAKI, Makoto HIDAKA, Akira KUNIEDA, Takahiro WATANABE, Takuya MORINAGA, Takahiro MATSUDA, Shingo YOSHIZAWA, Shinji ASAMI, Kazuyoshi MATSUO
  • Patent number: 11959735
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to propose a height measuring device which performs height measurement with high accuracy at each height with a relatively simple configuration even when the sample surface height changes greatly. A height measuring device which includes a projection optical system configured to project a light ray onto an object to be measured and a detection optical system including a detection element configured to detect a reflected light ray from the object to be measured, where the projection optical system includes a light splitting element (103) which splits a trajectory of the light ray with which the object to be measured is irradiated into a plurality of parts, and thus it is possible to project a light ray to a predetermined position even when the object to be measured is located at a plurality of heights, is proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Nakai, Yuichi Shimoda, Makoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11959580
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel pipe having a double tube with an inner tube and an outer tube disposed on the outside of the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Suzuki, Wout Luyten, Hiroyuki Shimo
  • Publication number: 20240117954
    Abstract: A lighting device, comprises: a first reflector that includes a first hole where a light source is disposed, a second hole that emits light, and a reflection curved surface that connects the first hole and the second hole to each other, and the first reflector emits light to a first direction; a liquid crystal lens disposed to cover the second hole of the first reflector; and a polygonal pyramid including a bottom surface and a plurality of inclined surfaces, and being disposed so that the plurality of inclined surfaces oppose the liquid crystal lens. The plurality of inclined surfaces are reflection surfaces, and on the reflection surfaces, a traveling path of the light traveling to the first direction changes to a second direction. The liquid crystal lens can configure lenses corresponding to the plurality of inclined surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Takeo KOITO
  • Publication number: 20240116281
    Abstract: Provided are a multilayer structure and the like being superior in adhesiveness of an interlayer under high humidity and separability of a barrier layer in water, and even in a case in which the barrier layer is exposed to water in a separating and collecting step, being superior in viscosity stability after separating and collecting a resin that constitutes the barrier layer. The multilayer structure of the present invention is a multilayer structure including a barrier layer (A), a water-soluble layer (B), and an adhesive layer (C), in which: the adhesive layer (C) is laminated via the water-soluble layer (B) on one or both faces of the barrier layer (A); the barrier layer (A) contains a polyamide or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (a1) as a principal component; and the water-soluble layer (B) contains an alkali metal ion (b1) at a content of 100 ppm or more and 2,000 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ishiuchi, Makoto Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240114431
    Abstract: A communication apparatus in a multi-hop relay system in which a packet is transmitted and received using a flooding method in a first flooding slot and a second flooding slot each including a plurality of sub-slots, the communication apparatus performs: switching a frequency channel to be used to transmit and receive a packet between a first sub-slot and a second sub-slot in the first flooding slot; and not switching the frequency channel to be used to transmit and receive a packet within the second flooding slot, but switching the frequency channel to be used to transmit and receive a packet between a plurality of the second flooding slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sonas, Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto SUZUKI, Sotaro OHARA
  • Publication number: 20240109826
    Abstract: A composition containing: a compound (2); a metal compound; and at least one selected from a compound (3) and a compound (4), the compound (3) being contained in an amount of 10000 ppm or less relative to the compound (2), the compound (4) being contained in an amount of 10000 ppm or less relative to the compound (2), the compound (2) being represented by the following formula (2): the compound (3) being represented by the following formula (3): and the compound (4) being represented by the following formula (4): wherein the various substituents of compounds (2), (3) and (4) are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki SUZUKI, Akitoshi OGATA, Asako YOSHIYAMA, Makoto MATSUURA, Yoshichika KUROKI, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240109874
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder, Parkinson's disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof. wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Masami YAMADA, Shinkichi SUZUKI, Takahiro SUGIMOTO, Minoru NAKAMURA, Hiroki SAKAMOTO, Makoto KAMATA
  • Patent number: 11948544
    Abstract: The musical instrument tuner includes: a sensor device that is attached to a musical instrument; and an operation device that is able to perform wireless communication mutually with the sensor device, in which the sensor device includes an acceleration sensor that has at least two detection axes, frequency detection means for detecting, as a detected frequency, a frequency of a vibration of musical sound generated through an operation of the musical instrument based on an output from the acceleration sensor, and sensor-side communication means for transmitting transmission information including information regarding the detected frequency to the operation device, and the operation device includes operation-side communication means for receiving the transmission information transmitted from the sensor device, display means, and control means for generating tuning information of the musical instrument and causing the display means to display the tuning information based on the transmission information received
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: GOTOH GUT CO., LTD., GUNMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Atsushi Kajihara, Masaki Gotoh, Hiroshi Miyajima, Osamu Niijima, Yuta Uchiumi, Makoto Matsumoto, Kento Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11948931
    Abstract: Apparatuses including semiconductor layout to mitigate local layout effects are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a plurality of standard cells each including an active region, an isolation region adjacent the active region, and a first gate structure disposed on the active region and the isolation region. The first gate structure includes a first gate portion disposed on the active region, and a first contact portion disposed on the isolation region. The apparatus further includes a second gate structure disposed on the active region and the isolation region. The second gate structure includes a second gate portion disposed on the active region, and a second contact portion disposed on the isolation region. In the apparatus, a distance between a first contact point and the first gate portion is substantially equal to a distance between a second contact point and the second gate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ryota Suzuki, Hirokazu Matsumoto, Makoto Sato
  • Patent number: 11934001
    Abstract: A lighting device including: a light guide, a reflecting sheet and a first prism sheet, in which a first white LED, a second white LED and a third white LED are disposed in a same interval on a first side surface and on a second side surface, which opposes to the first side surface, a first prism array extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction is formed on the major surface, a second prism array extending in a second direction and arranged in a first direction is formed on the back surface, the reflecting sheet is disposed under the back surface of the light guide, the first prism sheet is disposed on the major surface of the light guide, and a third prism array, extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction is formed on the back surface of the first prism sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11927225
    Abstract: A sliding spline shaft device of the present invention includes a male spline and a female spline that is fitted to the male spline in an axially slidable manner, and at least one of the splines has a surface processed layer. The surface processed layer includes an undercoat layer, an intermediate layer containing phosphate, and a topcoat layer containing solid lubricant, in this order. The undercoat layer contains iron nitride and/or iron carbide. Thus, the surface of a base material has high hardness. As a result, microscopic deformation of the sliding surface is reduced, and increase in a real contact area is suppressed, whereby stick-slip is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Kashiwabara, Kunio Katada, Shunsuke Hiraiwa, Akihumi Kawaguchi, Takeo Nishijima, Shinichi Suzuki, Yasuyuki Katsumada, Makoto Nakajima, Tokunori Kodama, Masato Ito, Aiki Iwasa
  • Patent number: 11927561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solid electrolyte comprised of partially stabilized zirconia, and a gas sensor including the solid electrolyte. The partially stabilized zirconia includes crystal particles, the crystal particles include at least stabilizer low-concentration phase particles, and the partially stabilized zirconia further includes voids. Among the stabilizer low-concentration phase particles, the presence rate of the stabilizer low-concentration phase particles where each distance from a void is 5 ?m or less is 65 volume percent or more. The stabilizer low-concentration phase particles include specific stabilizer low-concentration phase particles each having a distance of 5 ?m or less from an adjacent void in the voids, a presence rate of the specific stabilizer low-concentration phase particles having 65 volume percent or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Noguchi, Satoshi Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240076479
    Abstract: A purging agent which enables efficiently discharging a resin to be purged in a molding apparatus is provided. Porous particles contain: an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A); and an alkali metal (B), wherein a median pore diameter is 0.01 to 3 ?m, an average particle diameter is 2.5 to 8 mm, and a content of the alkali metal (B) is 1,000 to 100,000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Suzuki, Mizuko Oshita
  • Publication number: 20240075665
    Abstract: A molded resin product includes a plurality of protrusions formed in a predetermined region. A histogram indicating a height distribution of the plurality of protrusions has two peaks having a boundary height as a boundary therebetween. In a case where protrusions having height equal to or smaller than the height Hx are first protrusions and protrusions having height larger than the boundary height are second protrusions among the plurality of protrusions, an arithmetic mean curvature of the first protrusions is smaller than an arithmetic mean curvature of the second protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Nagoya, Kei Oikawa, Makoto Kojima, Takahiro Suzuki, Mao Mukaida
  • Patent number: 11920508
    Abstract: An anomaly determination device, an anomaly determination method, and a memory medium for a water pump are provided. An acquisition process acquires an input variable of a map from image data obtained by capturing an outer surface of the water pump. Execution circuitry obtains provisional determination results from maps, respectively. The provisional determination results are respectively obtained by executing the provisional determination processes for output variables output from the maps. A determination finalizing process treats, as a majority of the provisional determination results, a final determination result indicating whether coolant has leaked out of the water pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kittaka, Tomoaki Suzuki, Makoto Ohno, Takuya Tsujiyama, Tadanobu Sobue, Raishiro Wada
  • Patent number: 11919325
    Abstract: An enclosing-sealing apparatus includes a flap opener that opens a flap of an envelope while the envelope is conveyed to an enclosing position. A first envelope detector is disposed upstream from the flap opener in an envelope conveyance direction and detects both ends of the envelope in the envelope conveyance direction. A second envelope detector is disposed downstream from the flap opener in the envelope conveyance direction and detects both ends of the envelope in the envelope conveyance direction in an open state in which the flap opens. A controller determines the open state of the flap based on a first detection result sent from the first envelope detector and a second detection result sent from the second envelope detector. The controller performs troubleshooting for enclosing the enclosure into the envelope if the controller determines that the open state of the flap is faulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kunieda, Michitaka Suzuki, Shinji Asami, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Takahiro Matsuda, Makoto Hidaka, Kazuyoshi Matsuo, Shingo Yoshizawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Takuya Morinaga
  • Publication number: 20240068380
    Abstract: There is provided a pit initiation evaluation system or the like capable of predicting pit initiation effectively and at low cost. In a pit initiation evaluation system of an embodiment, a pit initiation evaluation unit creates and retains, based on a dry-wet alternate time data, a deposit impurity concentration data, and a pit initiation data on pitting corrosion initiated in each of a plurality of turbine stages when an operation is actually performed in the steam turbine, a pit initiation evaluation table presenting a relationship between a dry-wet alternate time, a deposit impurity concentration, and pit initiation. Further, the pit initiation evaluation unit is configured to evaluate, by using the pit initiation evaluation table, pitting corrosion to be initiated in each of the plurality of turbine stages in an operation planned for the steam turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuka TSUKADA, Kazuhiro SAITO, Yusuke SUZUKI, Yoshikazu NINOMIYA, Osamu TANAKA, Yasuteru KAWAI, Shinichi TERADA, Makoto SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240071337
    Abstract: An unevenness correction data generation device suppressing the appearance of color unevenness when turning on R, G and B together includes a pattern generation unit causing red, green and blue images, in which display panel subpixels are turned on at the same gray level, to be displayed, a monochrome camera, a control unit generating first red, green and blue luminance correction data based on shooting data of the monochrome camera, a pattern generation unit causing the display panel to display a white image by causing red, green and blue images corrected with the respective luminance correction data to be displayed simultaneously, a color camera shooting the white image in color, and a control unit generating color correction data for correcting color unevenness based on shooting data of the color camera and generates unevenness correction data based on the red, green and blue luminance correction data and the color correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: IIX INC.
    Inventors: Makoto HATAKENAKA, Takashi SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi MURASE, Mitsuo HAGIWARA, Hideaki SUZUKI, Kazunori YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11909525
    Abstract: There is provided a communication system for performing communication by flooding using concurrent transmission among a plurality of communication nodes including a transmission node, a relay node, and a destination node. The transmission node generates and transmits the packet including predetermined transmission data, a first error detection code for the transmission data, and a second error detection code for the transmission data, timing information corresponding to a transmission timing of the packet, and the first error detection code. The relay node receives the packet, performs error detection based on the second error detection code, and updates the second error detection code and reconstructs and transmits the packet if no error is detected. The destination node receives the packet, and performs error detection based on the first error detection code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SONAS, INC.
    Inventors: Sotaro Ohara, Makoto Suzuki