Patents by Inventor Akio Suzuki

Akio 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).

  • Patent number: 12164188
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area, an incident light control area, and an emitted light control area. The camera includes a light-entering surface and a light source. The liquid crystal panel is configured to selectively transmit visible light emitted from the light source in the emitted light control area and to selectively transmit visible light from outside in order to cause visible light to enter the camera from the outside in the incident light control area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Akio Takimoto, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Yoshiomi Yoshii, Hirondo Nakatogawa
  • Patent number: 12132090
    Abstract: A transistor which is resistant to a short-channel effect is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor in a ring shape, an oxide semiconductor including a region extending through an inside of a ring of the first conductor, a first insulator between the first conductor and the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a charge trap layer inside the ring of the first conductor. The charge trap layer is inside the second insulator and configured to be in a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Shinpei Matsuda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240317859
    Abstract: Conditions necessary for antibodies to human PD-1 to have agonist activity are searched and an optimized agonist antibody is provided based on the conditions and used as a therapeutic for human inflammatory diseases. An agonist antibody to human PD-1 or a functional fragment thereof, wherein the antibody or a functional fragment thereof binds to domain #7 of human PD-1 as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION, HEALTH AND NUTRITION, MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku HONJO, Akio OHTA, Masaki TAJIMA, Haruhiko KAMADA, Satoshi NAGATA, Kensuke SUZUKI, Takayoshi FUKUSHIMA, Yosuke TOKUMARU
  • Publication number: 20240299981
    Abstract: A case, a piezoelectric vibrator, and a wire are provided. The case has a bottomed cylindrical shape, the case including a bottom portion and a side wall portion. The piezoelectric vibrator includes piezoelectric ceramic containing Ti and Zr, and is attached to the bottom portion inside the case. The wire is connected to the piezoelectric vibrator and extends to an outside of the case. A resonance frequency in a spreading vibration mode of the piezoelectric ceramic not attached to the bottom portion becomes minimum at a temperature in a range of about ?30° C. or higher and about 10° C. or lower. A cross-sectional porosity in any longitudinal cross section of the piezoelectric ceramic is about 1% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji KORESAWA, Yusuke SUZUKI, Junichi NOMURA, Tomoaki MATSUSHITA, Akio FUJITA, Kazuhiko FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240295313
    Abstract: A lamp unit including a light emitting element, a lighting circuit, a substrate, and a heat dissipation member. The substrate includes a substrate main body, an external connector insertion portion, and a light emitting element installation portion, the heat dissipation member being provided in the substrate main body. The lighting circuit is mounted on the substrate main body, the lighting circuit being electrically connected with the light emitting element. The light emitting element is mounted on the substrate main body via the light emitting element installation portion, in a state of being in contact with the heat dissipation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ICHIKAWA, Tetsuya SUZUKI, Akio SHOJI, Yoshimasa MURATA, Ryota FUWA
  • Patent number: 12081171
    Abstract: A novel semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a mixer circuit and a bias circuit. The mixer circuit includes a voltage-to-current conversion portion, a current switch portion, and a current-to-voltage conversion portion. The bias circuit includes a bias supply portion and a first transistor. The voltage-to-current conversion portion includes a second transistor and a third transistor. The bias supply portion has a function of outputting a bias voltage to be supplied to a gate of the second transistor and a gate of the third transistor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the second transistor and the gate of the third transistor. The first transistor is turned off when the bias voltage is supplied, and the first transistor is turned on when the supply of the bias voltage is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuto Yakubo, Shoki Miyata, Akio Suzuki, Takayuki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240242941
    Abstract: A light emitting sealed body includes a housing which stores a discharge gas and is provided with a first opening to which first light is incident and a second opening from which second light is emitted, a first window portion which includes a first window member allowing the first light to be transmitted therethrough and hermetically seals the first opening, and a second window portion which includes a second window member allowing the second light to be transmitted therethrough and hermetically seals the second opening. Each of the first window member and the second window member is hermetically fixed to the housing by a joining material. A protection layer which covers the joining material is provided at at least one of a first joining position between the first window member and the housing and a second joining position between the second window member and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Toru Fujita, Akinori Asai, Yusei Nagata, Shinichi Ohba, Matthew Partlow, Ron Collins, Stephen F. Horne, Laura Owens
  • Patent number: 12019103
    Abstract: A power measurement apparatus includes a voltage detector, current detector, and power calculator. The voltage detector contactlessly detects an AC voltage of a conductive path to which power is supplied from an AC power source having a magnitude of AC voltage regulated to be a predetermined value, and outputs a first data signal regarding a voltage waveform of the AC voltage of the conductive path. The current detector contactlessly detects an AC current flowing through the conductive path, and outputs a second data signal regarding a current waveform of the AC current of the conductive path. A power calculator receives the first and second data signals, and calculates active power of the conductive path from a product of a second instantaneous voltage and an instantaneous current of the current waveform indicated by the second data signal. The second instantaneous voltage is generated by converting a first instantaneous voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yuka Miyake, Hiroshi Dohmae, Akio Suzuki, Jun Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11972931
    Abstract: A light emitting sealed body includes a housing which stores a discharge gas in an internal space and is provided with a first window portion to which first light is incident and a second window portion from which second light is emitted. The housing includes at least one flow path which is partitioned from the internal space and extends toward at least one of the first window portion and the second window portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Energetiq Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Toru Fujita, Akinori Asai, Yusei Nagata, Shinichi Ohba, Matthew Partlow, Ron Collins, Stephen F. Horne, Laura Owens
  • Publication number: 20240097394
    Abstract: A light emitting sealed body includes: a housing which stores a discharge gas and is provided with a first opening to which first light is incident along a first optical axis and a second opening from which second light is emitted along a second optical axis; a first window portion which hermetically seals the first opening; and a second window portion which hermetically seals the second opening. The housing is formed of a light shielding material which does not transmit the first light and the second light. An internal space is defined by the housing, the first window portion, and the second window portion and the internal space is filled with the discharge gas. The first opening and the second opening are disposed so that the first optical axis and the second optical axis intersect each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Toru Fujita, Akinori Asai, Yusei Nagata, Shinichi Ohba, Takayuki Ohshiro, Matthew Partlow, Ron Collins, Stephen F. Horne, Laura Owens
  • Patent number: 11923707
    Abstract: A battery protection circuit with a novel configuration and a power storage device including the battery protection circuit are provided. The battery protection circuit includes a switch circuit for controlling charge and discharge of a battery cell; the switch circuit includes a mechanical relay, a first transistor, and a second transistor; the switch circuit has a function of controlling electrical connection between a first terminal and a second terminal; the mechanical relay has a function of breaking electrical connection between the first terminal and the second terminal; the first transistor has a function of supplying first current between the first terminal and the second terminal; the second transistor has a function of supplying second current between the first terminal and the second terminal; and the first current is higher than the second current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takayuki Ikeda, Munehiro Kozuma, Takanori Matsuzaki, Akio Suzuki, Seiya Saito
  • Publication number: 20240021688
    Abstract: A transistor which is resistant to a short-channel effect is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor in a ring shape, an oxide semiconductor including a region extending through an inside of a ring of the first conductor, a first insulator between the first conductor and the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a charge trap layer inside the ring of the first conductor. The charge trap layer is inside the second insulator and configured to be in a floating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Akio SUZUKI, Shinpei MATSUDA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11862922
    Abstract: A light emitting sealed body includes: a housing which stores a discharge gas and is provided with a first opening to which first light is incident along a first optical axis and a second opening from which second light is emitted along a second optical axis; a first window portion which hermetically seals the first opening; a second window portion which hermetically seals the second opening; and a first electrode and a second electrode. The housing is formed of a light shielding material which does not transmit the first light and the second light. An internal space is defined by the housing, the first window portion, and the second window portion and the internal space is filled with the discharge gas. The first opening and the second opening are disposed so that the first optical axis and the second optical axis intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: ENERGETIQ TECHNOLOGY, INC., HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Toru Fujita, Akinori Asai, Yusei Nagata, Shinichi Ohba, Takayuki Ohshiro, Matthew Partlow, Ron Collins, Stephen F. Horne, Laura Owens
  • Patent number: 11777005
    Abstract: A transistor which is resistant to a short-channel effect is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor in a ring shape, an oxide semiconductor including a region extending through an inside of a ring of the first conductor, a first insulator between the first conductor and the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a charge trap layer inside the ring of the first conductor. The charge trap layer is inside the second insulator and configured to be in a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Shinpei Matsuda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20230207567
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a current-to-voltage conversion portion, a current switch portion, a voltage-to-current conversion portion, and a control portion. The current switch portion includes a first transistor. The voltage-to-current conversion portion includes a second transistor. The control portion includes a third transistor. The first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The second transistor includes a nitride semiconductor in a channel formation region. The third transistor includes silicon in a channel formation region. The first transistor is provided over a first substrate. The second transistor and the third transistor are provided over a second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yuto YAKUBO, Shoki MIYATA, Akio SUZUKI, Takayuki IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11682548
    Abstract: A light emitting sealed body includes: a housing containing light-emitting gas in an internal space, on which laser light for maintaining a plasma generated in the light-emitting gas is incident; and a charging pipe including a first end portion and a second end portion and connected to the internal space at the first end portion. The second end portion of the charging pipe is sealed by being crushed. The second end portion of the charging pipe is covered with a covering member consists of an inorganic material. The covering member is covered with a cap member consists of a metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Toru Fujita, Shinichi Ohba, Akinori Asai, Tomoya Nakazawa, Taiga Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20230188094
    Abstract: A novel semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a mixer circuit and a bias circuit. The mixer circuit includes a voltage-to-current conversion portion, a current switch portion, and a current-to-voltage conversion portion. The bias circuit includes a bias supply portion and a first transistor. The voltage-to-current conversion portion includes a second transistor and a third transistor. The bias supply portion has a function of outputting a bias voltage to be supplied to a gate of the second transistor and a gate of the third transistor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the second transistor and the gate of the third transistor. The first transistor is turned off when the bias voltage is supplied, and the first transistor is turned on when the supply of the bias voltage is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuto YAKUBO, Shoki MIYATA, Akio SUZUKI, Takayuki IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11676809
    Abstract: A light emitting sealed body includes: a housing containing light-emitting gas in an internal space and formed with an opening on which first light is incident and/or from which second light is emitted, wherein the first light is laser light for maintaining a plasma generated in the light-emitting gas and the second light is light from the plasma; and a window member that transmits the first light and/or the second light at the opening. The window member is joined to the housing by a joining material consisting of a material containing gold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Toru Fujita, Shinichi Ohba, Akinori Asai, Tomoya Nakazawa, Taiga Morimoto
  • Patent number: D1024000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akio Suzuki
  • Patent number: D1024016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Tomonari Murakami