Patents by Inventor Akihiko Suzuki

Akihiko 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: 20250070602
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator core including a stacked body of electromagnetic steel plates, a surface of the stacked body is covered with a coating film, and the coating film is an epoxy resin-containing electrodeposition coating film subjected to overbaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventor: Akihiko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240339131
    Abstract: Provided are a base member at least partially covered with a coating film, the coating film being an electrodeposition coating film containing no carbon black, a spindle motor including the base member, and a disk drive apparatus including the spindle motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventor: Akihiko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240257831
    Abstract: Provided are a base member for a heat-assisted magnetic recording disk drive apparatus, the base member including: a coating film coating at least a part of the base member, in which the coating film is an overbaked epoxy resin-containing electrodeposition coating film, a spindle motor including the base member, and a method for manufacturing the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiko SUZUKI, Makoto CHONAN
  • Patent number: 11651798
    Abstract: A base member serving as a part of a housing of a hard disk drive device. The base member includes a base body being a cast product, a machined surface obtained by machining a part of the base body at a side of an interior of the housing, an impregnating agent filled into a casting cavity exposed at the machined surface, and a coating film covering a surface including the machined surface of the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Suzuki, Tadashi Akahori
  • Patent number: 11633555
    Abstract: A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Katayama, Akihiko Suzuki, Manabu Takeuchi, Takuma Nakano, Manabu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11633557
    Abstract: A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Katayama, Akihiko Suzuki, Manabu Takeuchi, Takuma Nakano, Manabu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230078670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heater assembly for an aerosol generating device. The heater assembly includes a tubular heating chamber and a flexible thin film heater comprising a heating element track supported on a surface of a flexible electrically insulating backing film; wherein the flexible thin film heater is wrapped around an outer surface of the heating chamber with the backing film toward the heating chamber. The invention further includes a temperature sensor comprising a temperature sensing element configured to sense a local temperature, wherein the temperature sensing element is positioned so as to overlap with a portion of heating element track. Because the temperature sensing element overlaps with a portion of the heating element track, the temperature sensor provides a more accurate reading of the temperature of the heating element itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventors: Nelson Kevin Fraser, Akihiko Suzuki, Glenn Harrison, Eduardo Jose Garcia Garcia, Manabu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230010449
    Abstract: An inhalation device defines a receptacle for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate containing at least one vaporizable substance; an atomizer configured to generate an aerosol from the aerosol-forming substrate; a first sensor configured to generate a first signal or first data associated with a presence of at least one chemical substance in the generated aerosol; a second sensor configured to generate a second signal or second data associated with a further characteristic of the generated aerosol or of the aerosol-forming substrate or of the at least one vaporizable substance; and at least one controller configured to separately analyze both the first signal or first data and the second signal or second data to determine first and second analysis results, and configured to determine an operation mode of the inhalation device or to determine whether to alter an operation of the inhalation device based on both the first and second analysis results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Gordon Montgomery, Kyle Adair, Akihiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220130428
    Abstract: A base member serving as a part of a housing of a hard disk drive device. The base member includes a base body being a cast product, a machined surface obtained by machining a part of the base body at a side of an interior of the housing, an impregnating agent filled into a casting cavity exposed at the machined surface, and a coating film covering a surface including the machined surface of the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiko SUZUKI, Tadashi AKAHORI
  • Patent number: 11119298
    Abstract: An infrared imaging lens system comprises, in order from an object side, a first lens formed of silicon whose minimum transmittance of infrared rays with a wavelength of 8 ?m to 13 ?m is at least 40% for a thickness of 1 mm, and a second lens formed of chalcogenide glass. The silicon whose minimum transmittance of infrared rays with a wavelength of 8 ?m to 13 ?m is at least 40% for a thickness of 1 mm can be obtained at low cost for example by controlling the oxygen concentration in CZ method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11088599
    Abstract: An object is to provide a brushless motor capable of effectively shutting off and absorbing electromagnetic noise caused from a stator, while achieving cost reduction. A brushless motor 10 includes: a shaft 12; a rotor 14; a stator 16; a first bearing 18; a second bearing 20; a bearing holder member 22; a center piece 24; and a circuit board 26. The bearing holder member 22 is made of metal and holds the first bearing 18. The center piece 24 is made of resin and holds the second bearing 20 and the stator 16. The center piece 24 is provided with a conductive part 120 (a plating layer 94 and a terminal member 102) that electrically connects the bearing holder member 22 and the second bearing 20 to a ground part 92 of the circuit board 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Suzuki, Takeo Noda
  • Patent number: 11044945
    Abstract: Provided is a flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizing unit that generates an aerosol from an aerosol source; a flavor source provided downstream from the atomizing unit; a mouthpiece section provided downstream from the flavor source; a control unit that controls the atomizing unit; an aerosol flow path leading to the mouthpiece section from the atomizing unit; and an information source for holding identification information associated with a correction value for correcting a reference aerosol amount that is the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizing unit and that is an amount designed in advance. The aerosol flow path branches between the atomizing unit and the flavor source into a first branch flow path through which the flavor source passes and a second branch flow path that differs from the first branch flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakano, Akihiko Suzuki, Manabu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210170124
    Abstract: A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko KATAYAMA, Akihiko SUZUKI, Manabu TAKEUCHI, Takuma NAKANO, Manabu YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20210170123
    Abstract: A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko KATAYAMA, Akihiko SUZUKI, Manabu TAKEUCHI, Takuma NAKANO, Manabu YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10993474
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an atomizing unit comprises: a step A of measuring a resistance value of a resistive heating element which atomizes an aerosol source by resistance heat; and a step B of recording the resistance value measured in the step A, an adjusted power supply output determined in accordance with the resistance value as a power supply output to the resistive heating element or identification information associated with the resistance value or the adjusted power supply output in an information source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Matsumoto, Akihiko Suzuki, Takuma Nakano, Manabu Yamada
  • Patent number: 10965135
    Abstract: A charge/discharge control circuit includes: a first power supply terminal connected to a first electrode of a secondary battery; a second power supply terminal connected to a second electrode of the secondary battery; a control circuit configured to control charge/discharge of the secondary battery; and a power-down release pulse generation circuit connected to the power-down release terminal, the power-down release pulse generation circuit being configured to supply, in a power-down state of the charge/discharge control circuit, a power-down release pulse at least to the control circuit in response to an input of a power-down release signal to the power-down release terminal to release the power-down state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Saito, Fumihiko Maetani, Akihiko Suzuki, Takahiro Kuratomi
  • Publication number: 20210084964
    Abstract: This non-combusting flavor inhaler is provided with a control unit which, as an instruction to a battery, outputs to the battery a prescribed instruction instructing the battery that the amount of aerosol vaporized by a vaporizer unit should fall within a desired range. The control unit stops power supply from the battery to the vaporizer unit once a prescribed period has elapsed since the start of supplying power to the vaporizer unit. The prescribed period is shorter than the upper limit value of a standard puff period, which is derived from a statistic of the user's puff period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hirofumi MATSUMOTO, Akihiko SUZUKI, Manabu TAKEUCHI, Takuma NAKANO, Masafumi TARORA, Manabu YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10910851
    Abstract: A charge/discharge control circuit includes a control circuit which outputs a control signal to a charge control terminal and a discharge control terminal respectively, a charge/discharge monitoring circuit which monitors charge/discharge of a secondary battery, a charger detection circuit connected to a charger detection terminal and configured to detect a charger connection, and a load open detection circuit connected to the charger detection terminal and configured to detect a state of a load. In response to reception of a signal to instruct turning on of a charge control FET from the charger detection circuit, the control circuit turns on the charge control FET even when the control circuit turned off the charge control FET in response to the signal to instruct turning off of the charge control FET from the charge/discharge monitoring circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ABLIC INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Saito, Akihiko Suzuki, Takahiro Kuratomi
  • Patent number: 10881131
    Abstract: This non-combusting flavor inhaler is provided with a control unit which, as an instruction to a battery, outputs to the battery a prescribed instruction instructing the battery that the amount of aerosol vaporized by a vaporizer unit should fall within a desired range. The control unit stops power supply from the battery to the vaporizer unit once a prescribed period has elapsed since the start of supplying power to the vaporizer unit. The prescribed period is shorter than the upper limit value of a standard puff period, which is derived from a statistic of the user's puff period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Matsumoto, Akihiko Suzuki, Manabu Takeuchi, Takuma Nakano, Masafumi Tarora, Manabu Yamada
  • Patent number: 10881137
    Abstract: This flavor inhaler is provided with a housing having an air flow path that spans continuously from an inlet to an outlet, and an atomizing part for atomizing an aerosol source without accompanying combustion of the aerosol source, wherein at least one portion of the air flow path is an aerosol flow path which is a flow path for an aerosol generated from the atomizing part, and the air blow resistance of the whole air flow path is not greater than 25 mmAq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko Suzuki, Manabu Takeuchi, Takuma Nakano, Manabu Yamada