Patents by Inventor Shogo Suzuki

Shogo 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: 20240151195
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine capable of reducing an amount of dust taken from an outside air intake opening, with a simple configuration. The internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft, a cooling air intake device that houses a cooling fan coupled to the crankshaft and that includes a cooling air intake port, and an air cleaner device that feeds outside air to an air suction port to a cylinder, and the air cleaner device includes an outside air intake opening that opens toward the cooling air intake port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Wataru Yamazaki, Fumio Minami, Takashi Suzuki, Shogo Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20240128828
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle drive motor capable of maintaining lubrication of a bearing even in a case where an electric vehicle is not operated for a long period of time. The vehicle drive motor includes a casing in which a cylindrical stator coil is fixed to an inner peripheral surface and an oil passage is provided in an upper portion, an output shaft arranged in the casing and having a rotor fixed to a position facing the stator coil, a bearing that supports the output shaft, and an oil retaining portion that is arranged to face the bearing and stores oil supplied from the oil passage. The oil retaining portion is a pocket-shaped receptacle in which an upper side is lower than a lower end of the output shaft and a lower side is along a lower outer periphery of the bearing as viewed from an axial direction of the output shaft in front view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta SUZUKI, Shogo MIYAMOTO, Takaki ITAYA, Kosaku ONO
  • Publication number: 20240117609
    Abstract: This display device of a work machine includes a storage unit that stores the cumulative times of use of consumables of the work machine, wherein the consumables require maintenance according to the use thereof. Furthermore, a display control unit and a display unit included in the display device function as a notification means for providing a notification of the arrival of maintenance times of the consumables on the basis of the cumulative times. Furthermore, the display control unit and the display unit function as a plurality of function setting means for respectively setting a plurality of functions of the work machine, and as a selection means for selecting one of the plurality of function setting means. The plurality of function setting means have a reset setting means for resetting the cumulative times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Kazuki Tamura
  • Patent number: 11956886
    Abstract: A connector includes: a circuit board; a first heat transfer material arranged on a principal surface of the circuit board; a first shell having an end mated with a mating connector in a state in which the terminal end portion of the circuit board protrudes from the end, and includes an opposite opposed to at least a part of a target region which is a region other than the terminal end portion, covers at least a part of the target region, and is conductive; a second shell connected to an end of the first shell, covers at least a part of the target region of the principal surface, and is thermally conductably connected to the circuit board in contact with the first heat transfer material; and a third shell engaged with the second shell, covers at least a part of the target region of a principal surface, and is conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: I-PEX Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Hashimoto, Sho Suzuki, Shogo Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11947272
    Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion formed of a conductive resin composition, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and 10 micrometers or less. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 1.0×104 particles per mm2 or greater and 2.0×106 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 3.0 micrometers or greater and 15.0 micrometers or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11947273
    Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and less than 10 micrometers. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 3.5×105 particles per mm2 or greater and 7.5×105 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 0.2 micrometers or greater and 5.5 micrometers or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240094656
    Abstract: A charging roll includes a core, a rubber substrate arranged around the core, and a surface layer arranged around the rubber substrate. The surface layer includes a conductive matrix containing a base material formed of an insulator, and a conductive material dispersed in the base material, and particles of a surface roughness-imparting material dispersed in the conductive matrix. Each of the particles of the surface roughness-imparting material is formed of an insulator, is porous, and has a specific surface area of 8.7 m2/g or greater and 55 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo SUZUKI, Atsushi IKEDA, Satoshi FUKUOKA, Kenji SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240083407
    Abstract: An oil dilution inhibiting apparatus is configured to inhibit oil dilution caused by mixture of fuel into engine oil. The oil dilution inhibiting apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to estimate friction of an engine and determine that the oil dilution occurs when the friction of the engine is decreased to a value lower than or equal to a predetermined threshold value to perform control so that the engine is operated at a higher speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Naonori HAGIWARA, Yuuki ITO, Kenu TAKAHASHI, Yuki SUGIE, Kosuke YOSHIDA, Yuuma SUZUKI, Shogo WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11919065
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for producing a hot forged material in air using a Ni-based superalloy for the die. Also described herein are methods for producing a hot forged material, by placing on a lower die a material for hot forging, of which part or all of the surface is coated with a glass-based lubricant, and pressing the material for hot forging with the lower die and an upper die, to form a hot forged material, wherein one or both of the lower die and the upper die are made of a Ni-based superalloy, and wherein the surface of the die in contact with the material for hot forging is coated with a glass-based lubricant containing SiO2 as a main component, in which the total content of alkali metal oxides is 0 to 10.0% in mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Tomonori Ueno
  • Patent number: 11911891
    Abstract: An actuator system that picks up workpieces aims to shorten tact time and to reduce damages to workpieces. The actuator system includes an actuator that picks up a workpiece, an external force detection sensor that detects a physical quantity that is correlated with an external force that is applied to the workpiece, a head unit that is connected to the actuator and the external force detection sensor without a communication network, the head unit being configured to control the actuator based on a sensing result from the external force detection sensor when a pickup request signal that is a signal requesting pickup of the workpiece is received, and a control device that is connected to the head unit over the communication network, the control device being configured to transmit the pickup request signal to the head unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Fukushima, Masashi Ishii, Hiroki Niwa, Akira Suzuki, Kazuto Oga, Shogo Wakuta, Satoshi Hara, Tomofumi Mizuno, Shigeki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11904247
    Abstract: A content image display section displays a content image. A system image display section superimposes a system image on the content image and displays the images in response to a user operation. The system image display section is provided with a chat information display section for displaying information related to a voice chat. A member display section displays members of one voice chat room in which the user stays. A chat list display section displays a list of a plurality of voice chat rooms in which the user stays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Takuma Oiwa, Masashi Takeuchi, Hiroki Hirakawa, Steven Trombetta
  • Publication number: 20240035258
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit; a control unit; an alarm sound output unit; and a reception unit. When the display unit displays a second screen, the control unit assigns, to the reception unit, a function of receiving an output stop instruction that indicates an instruction to stop the output of an alarm sound, and a function of receiving a second instruction that indicates an instruction to transition to a first screen. When the reception unit receives the output stop instruction, the control unit stops the output of the alarm sound. When the reception unit receives the second instruction after having received the output stop instruction, the control unit causes the display unit to display the first screen and causes the alarm sound output unit to output the alarm sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki TAMURA, Shogo SUZUKI, Daisuke KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11883875
    Abstract: A forging apparatus and a forged product manufacturing method aim to prevent decrease in the temperature of a forging space and the temperature of a forging material, efficiently maintain the uniformity of the temperatures of upper and lower dies, and improve forging efficiency. In the forging apparatus and the forged product manufacturing method according to the present invention, the upper and lower dies are heated by a heating mechanism in a housing in which a charging port of an integrally formed housing body is closed by a door, the upper and lower dies are moved relatively in a facing direction of the upper and lower dies, the heating mechanism is moved relatively in the facing direction with respect to at least one of the relatively moving upper and lower dies, and whereby the forging material is forged between the upper and lower dies. Furthermore, the forged product manufacturing method is used to manufacture a forged product from the forging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Shoichi Takahashi, Takanori Matsui, Etsuo Fujita, Takeshi Fukuyama, Shogo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240010154
    Abstract: An object is to provide a fixing structure of a webbing which can improve workability when a webbing is mounted and can also contribute to cost reduction, and a vehicle seat provided therewith. A fixing structure of a webbing in a vehicle seat having an airbag device, including an airbag module fixed to a seat frame of the vehicle seat, a first webbing and a second webbing surrounding the airbag module together with the seat frame and guiding the inflating airbag to an airbag outlet on a seat surface, a locked portion provided on a first end part of the first webbing, a fixed portion provided on a second end part of the second webbing, a locking member formed of a member having rigidity and having a fixing portion to which the fixed portion of the second webbing is fixed and a locking portion which hooks and locks the locked portion of the first webbing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo SUZUKI, Atsushi KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20240003283
    Abstract: The present invention provides a work machine comprising an engine, an exhaust gas treatment device including a filter that catches particulate matter in exhaust gas discharged from the engine, and a display device that displays, when the filter is being regenerated through a rise in the temperature of the exhaust gas, the filter regeneration progress and a warning in association with the regeneration at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Tamura, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Shogo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230407602
    Abstract: This working vehicle includes: a monitor image acquisition unit for acquiring an image of surroundings of a working vehicle as a monitor image; an enlarged image generation unit for enlarging the monitor image to generate an enlarged image; a display unit for displaying at least one of the monitor image and the enlarged image; a single image switching-indication input unit for receiving an indication to switch a displayed image on the display unit between the monitor image and the enlarged image; and a display control unit for displaying the monitor image or enlarged image on the display unit according to the indication received by the single image switching-indication input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Danguchi, Shogo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230407600
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle such as a hydraulic shovel comprising a monitoring unit that monitors the surroundings of the work vehicle, and a display unit that displays an image acquired by the monitoring unit. The display unit has an image display area in which the image is displayed, and an alarm information display area in which alarm information indicating the presence of an obstacle is displayed when the monitoring unit detects the presence of the obstacle. In the display unit, the alarm information display area is located outside the image display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Danguchi, Shogo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230405599
    Abstract: Provided is a method of separating an inorganic material from crushing balls to which the inorganic material is attached, the method including: a step of causing the crushing balls to collide against a mesh member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: FURUKAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Kikuchi, Shogo Suzuki, Norihiko Sumi
  • Publication number: 20230381787
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inorganic material includes: a step (A) of preparing a first inorganic material as a raw material; a step (B) of obtaining a second inorganic material by crushing the first inorganic material using a ball mill to obtain fine particles of the first inorganic material, the ball mill including a cylindrical container and crushing balls; and a step (C) of separating the second inorganic material from the crushing balls to which the second inorganic material is attached, in which the step (B) includes a step (B1) of putting the first inorganic material and the crushing balls into the cylindrical container and subsequently rotating the cylindrical container about a cylindrical shaft and a step (B2) of moving the cylindrical container such that the first inorganic material moves in the cylindrical shaft direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: FURUKAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Kikuchi, Shogo Suzuki, Norihiko Sumi
  • Patent number: 11828811
    Abstract: A storage battery inspection device includes: an energy storage control circuit that applies an alternating current to a storage battery; a magnetic sensor that senses a magnetic field component outside the storage battery and outputs a magnetic sensor signal indicating the sensed component; a canceling coil that generates a magnetic field component based on an input current to cancel out a magnetic field component generated by magnetization of a magnetic material in the storage battery; a feedback circuit that obtains, from the magnetic sensor signal, a low-frequency signal indicating a magnetic field component having a lower frequency than the alternating current, and applies the input current to the canceling coil based on the low-frequency signal; and a detection circuit that obtains, from the magnetic sensor signal, a detection signal indicating a magnetic field component having the same frequency as the alternating current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: INTEGRAL GEOMETRY SCIENCE INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Mima, Shogo Suzuki, Kenjiro Kimura, Noriaki Kimura