Patents by Inventor Toshiya Suzuki
Toshiya 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).
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Patent number: 11673455Abstract: Provided is an automobile door (600) including: an exterior material (110); a first impact absorbing member (122); and a second impact absorbing member (124), in which the first impact absorbing member (122) is disposed to traverse the exterior material (110) so as to extend between both end portion regions in a vehicle height direction, the first impact absorbing member (122) is disposed on a vehicle interior side from the second impact absorbing member (124), the second impact absorbing member (124) is disposed to traverse the exterior material (110) so as to extend between both end portion regions in a vehicle length direction, the second impact absorbing member (124) is disposed adjacent to an inner surface of the exterior material (110), and at a portion excluding both of the end portion regions in the vehicle height direction, both of the end portion regions in the vehicle length direction, and an intersection portion, bending rigidity in a vehicle width direction of a cross section perpendicular to anType: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiya Suzuki, Yoshiaki Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20230158560Abstract: A hot press line (100) includes: a heating device (30); a first press device (10) having first die parts (1A, 1B); a second press device (20) having second die parts (2A, 2B); a first transportation device (41) that transports a metal sheet (B) to the first press device; and a second transportation device (42) that transports the metal sheet (B) to the second press device. One of the pair of first die parts and the pair of second die parts includes a clearance portion (1Ac) recessed inwardly, whereas the other pair of die parts includes an abutment surface (2At) in at least part of the portion corresponding to the clearance portion (1Ac) of the one pair of die parts, where the abutment surface abuts the metal sheet (B) when the die is at the bottom-dead center.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta UENISHI, Toshiya SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20230150004Abstract: A hot press apparatus includes a first die part 2 and a second die part 3, and a control unit 9. At least one of the first and second die parts 2 and 3 includes a recess 3a in the surface facing the other die part in the direction of pressing. A movable die part 4 is provided in the recess 3a. The control unit 9 controls the movable die part 4 such that the bottom-dead-center holding period, for which the first and second die parts 2 and 3 are at the bottom-dead center, includes an abutment period for which the movable die part 4 abuts the metal sheet B and a non-abutment period for which the movable die part does not abut the metal sheet B.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta UENISHI, Toshiya SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20230150006Abstract: The die includes a die base, a die body, and an opening/closing member. In the die base, a storage portion for storing refrigerant is formed. The die body includes a mounting surface, a forming surface, and a plurality of flow channels. The mounting surface is located on the storage portion side of the die base. The forming surface is located on the opposite side of the mounting surface. The flow channels pass through the die body from the mounting surface to the forming surface. The opening/closing member is disposed between the die base and the die body. The opening/closing member includes a plurality of through holes corresponding to the plurality of flow channels. The opening/closing member is configured to be movable with respect to the die base and the die body such that each of the through holes brings the corresponding flow channel and the storage portion into communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Naruhiko NOMURA, Toshiya SUZUKI, Kenta UENISHI, Tohru YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20230132743Abstract: Disclosed is a process for forming a silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) thin film on a substrate in a reaction space by a plurality of deposition cycles. At least one deposition cycle includes contacting a surface of the substrate with a silicon precursor that does not comprise nitrogen and a second reactant that includes reactive species. The reactive species are generated from a gas that flows continuously to the reaction space throughout the at least one deposition cycle. A ratio of a wet etch rate of the SiOC thin film to a wet etch rate of thermal silicon oxide is less than 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Toshiya Suzuki, Viljami J. Pore, Hannu Huotari
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Patent number: 11641174Abstract: The present disclosure provides a motor driving device capable of inhibiting unstable driving of a motor even in the occurrence of a sudden fluctuation of a power supply voltage. The motor driving device includes a power supply voltage sudden fluctuation detector, a power supply voltage fluctuation width generator and a current limit value setting unit. The power supply voltage sudden fluctuation detector detects a sudden fluctuation in a direction in which the power supply voltage rises. The power supply voltage fluctuation width generator detects a fluctuation width of the power supply voltage. When the sudden fluctuation is detected by the power supply voltage sudden fluctuation detection unit, a current limit value of the current limit value setting unit is reduced from a normal value and corrected by the correction width corresponding to the fluctuation width of the detected power supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiya Suzuki, Akio Yoshida
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Patent number: 11639087Abstract: Provided is an automobile door (600) including: a first impact absorbing member (122) that traverses the automobile door (600) so as to extend between both end portion regions in a vehicle height direction; a second impact absorbing member (124) that traverses the automobile door (600) so as to extend between both end portion regions in a vehicle length direction; an exterior material (110); and a belt line reinforcement (300), in which bending rigidity in a vehicle width direction of a cross section perpendicular to an extending direction of the belt line reinforcement (300) at a support portion is larger than bending rigidity in the vehicle width direction of a cross section perpendicular to an extending direction of the first impact absorbing member (122) at an intersection portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiya Suzuki, Satoshi Hirose, Tohru Yoshida, Yoshiaki Nakazawa
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Patent number: 11633772Abstract: A method of producing a hot press-formed product, in which a die includes a hard layer having a skewness (Rsk), as measured in a direction from the outside of a die hole toward an inside of the die hole, of from ?5.0 to 1.2, and a hardness Hv_Die of from HV 1,000 to 1,800, over the entirety of a region of a steel sheet contact surface that is adjacent to a die shoulder portion. The steel sheet contact surface is a surface located outside of the die hole and configured to contact a hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet that is to be subjected to hot press forming.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Kubo, Naruhiko Nomura, Toshiya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20230066661Abstract: A frame structure of an automotive exterior panel includes a sheet-like outer panel, a plurality of first members, each of which has an elongated shape, and which are disposed on a vehicle inside with respect to the outer panel, and a second member that has an elongated shape and intersects with the plurality of first members, in which each of the plurality of first members extends in a first direction along a sheet surface of the outer panel, and has a groove part recessed from the vehicle outside toward the vehicle inside at a portion thereof in a longitudinal direction, the second member extends in a second direction along the sheet surface of the outer panel, and has a thickness in a vehicle inside-outside direction, which is uniform at a portion closer to the center than at both end portions in the longitudinal direction, and at an intersection portion where each of the plurality of first members and the second members intersect with each other, the second member is in contact with the inside of the grooType: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiya SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20230063824Abstract: A die includes a die body and a removable shell. The die body includes a supply flow channel formed inside the die body. One end of the supply flow channel opens at the surface of the die body. The supply flow channel is to be supplied with a fluid for temperature adjustment. The removable shell is mounted removably to the surface of the die body. The removable shell includes an outer surface that constitutes at least a part of the forming surface of the die. A temperature adjustment space is provided in the surface of the die body or in the removable shell. The temperature adjustment space is in communication with the supply flow channel. The removable shell is divided into a plurality of shell pieces. The plurality of shell pieces are arranged in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the die on the surface of the die body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Naruhiko NOMURA, Toshiya SUZUKI, Kenta UENISHI, Tohru YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 11562900Abstract: Methods for depositing silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) thin films on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a silicon precursor that does not comprise nitrogen and a second reactant that does not include oxygen. In some embodiments the methods allow for the deposition of SiOC films having improved acid-based wet etch resistance.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Toshiya Suzuki, Viljami J. Pore, Hannu Huotari
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Patent number: 11520319Abstract: In a board production line having multiple work devices arranged to transfer a board from upstream to downstream and perform a predetermined operation on the board, the board production line comprising: a shared folder having storage areas configured to store board-related information, the storage areas being multiply divided according to the number of the work devices, and transferring the board-related information among the storage areas, in conjunction with transferring the board, with a first work device capable of accessing the storage areas among the multiple work devices, and a management proxy section configured to access the shared folder in place of a second work device which cannot access the storage areas, and configured to manage the board-related information so that the board-related information can be transferred among the storage areas.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu Tanizawa, Toshiya Suzuki, Masahiro Takeda
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Patent number: 11503753Abstract: The substrate processing management system for a substrate processing line including a defect tallying section to calculate a defect rate representing a rate of occurrence of substrates or electronic components determined to be defective with the substrate inspection machine, or obtain a number of defective products having substrates or electronic components determined to be defective; an attribute change recognition section to recognize when an attribute, among the attributes of the electronic component, having a possibility of affecting the inspection, has changed in the component mounting machine; a fault point estimation section to estimate, when the defect rate or the number of defective products exceeds a predetermined value, which of the component mounting machine or the substrate inspection machine is a fault point depending on whether an attribute has changed; and a countermeasure calling section configured to call for a defect countermeasure to the estimated fault point.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiya Suzuki
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Patent number: 11501965Abstract: Methods for depositing oxide thin films, such as metal oxide, metal silicates, silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) and silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) thin films, on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a first reactant that comprises oxygen and a component of the oxide, and a second reactant comprising reactive species that does not include oxygen species. In some embodiments the plasma power used to generate the reactive species can be selected from a range to achieve a desired step coverage or wet etch rate ratio (WERR) for films deposited on three dimensional features. In some embodiments oxide thin films are selectively deposited on a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface, such as on a dielectric surface relative to a metal or metallic surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Lingyun Jia, Viljami J. Pore, Marko Tuominen, Sun Ja Kim, Oreste Madia, Eva Tois, Suvi Haukka, Toshiya Suzuki
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Patent number: 11491528Abstract: A method of producing a hot press-formed product, in which a die includes a hard layer having a skewness (Rsk), as measured in a direction from the outside of a die hole toward the inside of the die hole, of from ?5.0 to 1.2, and a hardness Hv_Die of from HV 1,000 to 1,550, over the entirety of a region of a steel sheet contact surface that is adjacent to a die shoulder portion. The steel sheet contact surface is a surface located outside of the die hole and configured to contact a plated steel sheet (a plated steel sheet including at least one kind of plating layer selected from the group consisting of a hot-dip galvanizing layer and a zinc nickel plating layer) that is to be subjected to hot press forming.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Kubo, Naruhiko Nomura, Toshiya Suzuki
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Patent number: 11478836Abstract: Provided is a press-formed article manufacturing method including pressing a blank with the first pressing apparatus to form a first intermediate formed article having a pair of bent portions bent to one side in the plate thickness direction and having a spacing between the bent portions narrower than the width of the top plate and equal to or more than the width of the top portion of the convex portion, and moving the second die relative to the second punch side punch with respect to the die pad and the second punch and forming a second intermediate formed article in a state where a portion between the bent portions is sandwiched between the die pad and the convex portion, with one side of the first intermediate formed article in the plate thickness direction as the convex portion side of the second pressing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiya Suzuki, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Makoto Murai, Yasunobu Ishino
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Publication number: 20220324307Abstract: A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel improving performance in absorbing an impact load, the reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising an outer panel 110 of a sheet shape, a reinforcing member 120 arranged at a vehicle inner side from the outer panel 110, an inner panel 135 of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from the reinforcing member 120, and a support member 140 provided at a vehicle outer side from the inner panel 135 and supporting the reinforcing member 120 from a vehicle inner side, the support member 140 comprised of tube-shaped member having axial centers directed from the vehicle inner side toward the vehicle outer side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori SAWA, Toshiya SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20220274472Abstract: A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel improving performance in absorbing an impact load, the reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising an outer panel 110 of a sheet shape, a plurality of first reinforcing members 122 of long shapes arranged at a vehicle inner side from the outer panel 110 and a plurality of second reinforcing members 124 of long shapes arranged at a vehicle inner side from the outer panel 110 and crossing the plurality of first reinforcing members 122, an inner panel 135 of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from the first reinforcing members 122 and second reinforcing members 124, and support members 140 provided at a vehicle outer side from the inner panel 135 and supporting the first reinforcing members 122 or the second reinforcing members 124 from a vehicle inner side, the support members 140 supporting first reinforcing members 122 or second reinforcing members 124 at a plurality of crossing parts where the first reinforcing members 1Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori SAWA, Toshiya SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11432449Abstract: A system including multiple inspection machines and an NG board discharge machine which moves an NG board to a checking position visible to a worker. The system acquires positional information of a circuit board during conveyance, and stores the NG board by associating a work result for the NG board with the positional information. In this manner, the positional information of the NG board is acquired. Based on the positional information, it is determined whether or not the circuit board conveyed to the NG board discharge machine is the NG board. When the circuit board conveyed to the NG board discharge machine is the NG board, a checking-purpose working machine discharges the NG board to the checking position.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Teruyuki Ohashi, Toshiya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20220209704Abstract: The present disclosure provides a motor driving device capable of inhibiting unstable driving of a motor even in the occurrence of a sudden fluctuation of a power supply voltage. The motor driving device includes a power supply voltage sudden fluctuation detector, a power supply voltage fluctuation width generator and a current limit value setting unit. The power supply voltage sudden fluctuation detector detects a sudden fluctuation in a direction in which the power supply voltage rises. The power supply voltage fluctuation width generator detects a fluctuation width of the power supply voltage. When the sudden fluctuation is detected by the power supply voltage sudden fluctuation detection unit, a current limit value of the current limit value setting unit is reduced from a normal value and corrected by the correction width corresponding to the fluctuation width of the detected power supply voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: TOSHIYA SUZUKI, AKIO YOSHIDA