Patents by Inventor Toru Sugiyama

Toru Sugiyama 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: 10998433
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a first nitride semiconductor layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer placed on the first nitride semiconductor layer; a first electrode placed on the second nitride semiconductor layer; a second electrode placed on the first nitride semiconductor layer; a gate electrode placed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first field plate electrode placed on the second nitride semiconductor layer, the first field plate electrode having the same height as the gate electrode; and a second field plate electrode provided on an upper side of the first field plate electrode, the second field plate electrode being placed on a side of the second electrode compared to the first field plate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Hung Hung, Yasuhiro Isobe, Akira Yoshioka, Toru Sugiyama, Masaaki Iwai, Naonori Hosokawa, Masaaki Onomura
  • Publication number: 20210126278
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of secondary batteries, and a binding band made of fiber reinforced plastic. The binding band has a braid member formed into a braided state with use of a plurality of bundled bodies, and a reinforcing part made of resin impregnated in the braid member. Each of the bundled bodies includes a plurality of fiber materials that have been bundled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Sugiyama, Fumio Nomizo, Yutaroh Gotoh, Kenta Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10971715
    Abstract: A current interrupt mechanism includes a partition wall defining a second space that is independent from a first space, and the partition wall includes a current path portion serving as a current path of a sealed battery. The current interrupt mechanism interrupts the current path in response to an internal pressure of the second space that is higher than a predetermined pressure. One conductive path passes through the current path of the current interrupt mechanism, and is in contact with the second electrolyte solution enclosed in the second space. Another conductive path includes a potential application line that is wired to the second electrolyte solution enclosed in the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayoshi Doi, Joji Yoshimura, Toru Sugiyama, Akinori Eda
  • Publication number: 20210083577
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to embodiments includes a normally-off transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first control electrode, a normally-on transistor having a third electrode electrically connected to the second electrode, a fourth electrode, and a second control electrode, a first element having a first end portion electrically connected to the first control electrode and a second end portion electrically connected to the first electrode, and the first element including a first capacitance component; and, a second element having a third end portion electrically connected to the first control electrode and the first end portion and a fourth end portion, and the second element including a second capacitance component, wherein, when a threshold voltage of the normally-off transistor is denoted by Vth, a maximum rated gate voltage of the normally-off transistor is denoted by Vg_max, a voltage of the fourth end portion is denoted by Vg_on, the first capacitance component is deno
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Akira YOSHIOKA, Toru SUGIYAMA, Masaaki IWAI, Naonori HOSOKAWA, Masaaki ONOMURA, Hung HUNG, Yasuhiro ISOBE
  • Patent number: 10868163
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second nitride semiconductor layers, a first electrode electrically connected to the first nitride semiconductor layer, a second electrode electrically connected to the first nitride semiconductor layer, a gate electrode between the first and second electrodes, a first field plate electrode electrically connected to the first electrode, a second field plate electrode between the gate electrode and the second electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode, a first conductive layer on the gate electrode, and a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer. A distance between the gate electrode and the second field plate electrode in a lateral direction is shorter than a distance between the first conductive layer and the second field plate electrode in the lateral direction, and is equal to or shorter than a distance between the second conductive layer and the second field plate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung Hung, Akira Yoshioka, Toru Sugiyama, Masaaki Iwai, Naonori Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 10836048
    Abstract: A suction device includes an adapter having a supply passage to which a negative pressure fluid is supplied, a bellows connected to a lower end of the adapter, and a pad member formed at the distal end of the bellows. The pad member has plural first and second ribs on a suction surface that attracts a workpiece under suction. The first ribs are disposed on an outer circumferential side of an attachment provided in the center of the pad member and extend toward the outer circumferential side. The second ribs are provided on an outer circumferential side of the first ribs, and are disposed in a circumferentially offset manner with respect to the first ribs. Additionally, between the respective first ribs which are disposed alongside one another in the circumferential direction of a skirt, supply paths are formed to which the negative pressure fluid is supplied from the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Toru Sugiyama, Noriyuki Miyazaki, Masaru Saitoh, Yukiya Goto
  • Publication number: 20200295171
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a first nitride semiconductor layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer placed on the first nitride semiconductor layer; a first electrode placed on the second nitride semiconductor layer; a second electrode placed on the first nitride semiconductor layer; a gate electrode placed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first field plate electrode placed on the second nitride semiconductor layer, the first field plate electrode having the same height as the gate electrode; and a second field plate electrode provided on an upper side of the first field plate electrode, the second field plate electrode being placed on a side of the second electrode compared to the first field plate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Hung Hung, Yasuhiro Isobe, Akira Yoshioka, Toru Sugiyama, Masaaki Iwai, Naonori Hosokawa, Masaaki Onomura
  • Patent number: 10771057
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of embodiments includes a first normally-off transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first control electrode, a normally-on transistor having a third electrode electrically connected to the second electrode via a first wiring, a fourth electrode, and a second control electrode, a second normally-off transistor having a fifth electrode, a sixth electrode electrically connected to the third electrode via a second wiring, and a third control electrode, a first diode having a first anode electrically connected to the second control electrode and a first cathode electrically connected to the third electrode, and a capacitor having a first end portion connected to the first anode and the second control electrode and a second end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yoshioka, Toru Sugiyama, Masaaki Iwai, Naonori Hosokawa, Masaaki Onomura, Hung Hung, Yasuhiro Isobe
  • Publication number: 20200248703
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a compressor shell, a terminal provided on the compressor shell, a terminal guard erected on the compressor shell and surrounding the terminal, and a terminal cover mounted to the terminal guard and covering the terminal. A terminal chamber is defined by the compressor shell, the terminal guard, and the terminal cover. Except for at least a body of the terminal, metal portions facing the terminal chamber are generally covered with an insulator such that the metal portions are not exposed to the terminal chamber. The insulator includes an insulating portion that covers an inner surface of the terminal guard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Toru SUGIYAMA, Tomoko MIZUGUCHI, Souichi NAKAMURA, Eitarou NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20200103044
    Abstract: A relief valve that includes a tube; a valve configured to slide along an inner wall of the tube in an axial direction, and a spring that urges the valve, wherein the valve has a hydraulic pressure receiving surface on a first axial side that is one side in the axial direction, and a spring abutment against which the spring abuts, on a second axial side opposite to the first axial side, and the tube has a discharge oil passage having an opening in the inner wall and extending through the inner wall in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Toru SUGIYAMA, Masaya IWATA
  • Publication number: 20200091331
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second nitride semiconductor layers, a first electrode electrically connected to the first nitride semiconductor layer, a second electrode electrically connected to the first nitride semiconductor layer, a gate electrode between the first and second electrodes, a first field plate electrode electrically connected to the first electrode, a second field plate electrode between the gate electrode and the second electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode, a first conductive layer on the gate electrode, and a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer. A distance between the gate electrode and the second field plate electrode in a lateral direction is shorter than a distance between the first conductive layer and the second field plate electrode in the lateral direction, and is equal to or shorter than a distance between the second conductive layer and the second field plate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Hung HUNG, Akira YOSHIOKA, Toru SUGIYAMA, Masaaki IWAI, Naonori HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200048014
    Abstract: A suction device includes an adapter having in the interior thereof a supply passage to which a negative pressure fluid is supplied, a bellows connected to a distal end of the adapter, and a pad member disposed at a distal end of the bellows and to which a workpiece is attracted under suction. In addition, the suction device attracts the workpiece under suction by a negative pressure fluid which is supplied to the pad member through the supply passage and the bellows. An attachment which is capable of being tilted with respect to the axis of the bellows is provided in the interior of the bellows. In the attachment, a main body portion thereof is disposed in facing relation to a suction surface of a skirt, and a shaft portion is inserted into the supply passage at a time that the workpiece is attracted under suction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru NAKAYAMA, Toru SUGIYAMA, Noriyuki MIYAZAKI, Masaru SAITOH, Yukiya GOTO
  • Publication number: 20200047352
    Abstract: A suction device includes an adapter having a supply passage to which a negative pressure fluid is supplied, a bellows connected to a lower end of the adapter, and a pad member formed at the distal end of the bellows. The pad member has plural first and second ribs on a suction surface that attracts a workpiece under suction. The first ribs are disposed on an outer circumferential side of an attachment provided in the center of the pad member and extend toward the outer circumferential side. The second ribs are provided on an outer circumferential side of the first ribs, and are disposed in a circumferentially offset manner with respect to the first ribs. Additionally, between the respective first ribs which are disposed alongside one another in the circumferential direction of a skirt, supply paths are formed to which the negative pressure fluid is supplied from the attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru NAKAYAMA, Toru SUGIYAMA, Noriyuki MIYAZAKI, Masaru SAITOH, Yukiya GOTO
  • Publication number: 20200032792
    Abstract: A compressor (10) includes a casing (20), a terminal (29) protruding from the casing, a first cover (70) covering the terminal, and a second cover (50) covering the first cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoko MIZUGUCHI, Souichi NAKAMURA, Toru SUGIYAMA, Yoshihiro SHINOHARA, Kouji KOJIMA, Satomi KINOSHITA, Kazuyuki HARA
  • Publication number: 20200011410
    Abstract: An oil supply device that includes a first pump configured to discharge oil by being driven by power transferred along the power transfer path; a second pump configured to discharge the oil by being driven by a power source independent of the power transfer path; a first supply oil passage through which the oil discharged from the first pump is supplied to the transmission; and a second supply oil passage through which the oil discharged from the second pump is supplied to the friction engagement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Toru SUGIYAMA, Keiji Suzuki, Yuya ISHIHARA, Masaya IWATA, Shinya ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10487873
    Abstract: A linear guide device including an actuator including: a base section; a slider slidably provided to the base section; and guide sections disposed between the base section and the slider in a state that the guide sections are extending in the sliding direction of the slider. DLC films are formed on the guide sections, and the guide sections are locked to the slider such that the guide section can slide in a state that the DLC films are applying a predetermined preload with respect to the base section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Toru Sugiyama, Ryuichi Masui
  • Patent number: 10385948
    Abstract: An electric actuator such that a nut threadedly engaged with a sliding screw shaft is displaced along an axial direction under the operation of a motor, the sliding screw shaft being made of a light metal or light metal alloy. A diamond-like carbon film is formed on at least either a portion of screw threads of the nut that is located at least within three threads from a starting end in the axial direction, or screw threads of the sliding screw shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakayama, Toru Sugiyama, Ryuichi Masui, Hiroyuki Okuhira
  • Publication number: 20190245191
    Abstract: A current interrupt mechanism includes a partition wall defining a second space that is independent from a first space, and the partition wall includes a current path portion serving as a current path of a sealed battery. The current interrupt mechanism interrupts the current path in response to an internal pressure of the second space that is higher than a predetermined pressure. One conductive path passes through the current path of the current interrupt mechanism, and is in contact with the second electrolyte solution enclosed in the second space. Another conductive path includes a potential application line that is wired to the second electrolyte solution enclosed in the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayoshi DOI, Joji YOSHIMURA, Toru SUGIYAMA, Akinori EDA
  • Publication number: 20190240813
    Abstract: A vacuum pad suctions a workpiece by utilizing a vacuum pressure, and includes a support member having a vacuum passage inside, a bellows secured to the support member, and a restriction member attached to an inner side of the bellows. When the bellows is contracted, the restriction member comes into the vacuum passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru NAKAYAMA, Toru Sugiyama, Noriyuki Miyazaki, Masaru Saitoh
  • Patent number: 10322559
    Abstract: There is provided a shaped product made of a fiber-reinforced composite material including reinforcing fibers having an average fiber length of 5 to 100 mm and a thermoplastic resin. In the shaped product, a volume fraction of reinforcing fibers is 5 to 80%, a reference plane (S) and a standing plane (B) inclined at an angle of 45 to 90 degrees with respect to the reference plane are included, a ratio of an area of the standing plane (B) to an area of the reference plane (S) is 0.5 to 100, and in the fiber-reinforced composite material constituting the shaped product, a ratio of a reinforcing fiber bundle (A) including the reinforcing fibers of a critical number of single fiber or more to the total amount of the reinforcing fibers is 20 Vol % or more and 99 Vol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Michiharu Taniguchi, Motoomi Arakawa, Toru Sugiyama, Yasunori Nagakura