Patents by Inventor Fumihiro Suzuki

Fumihiro 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: 12202337
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: a display unit including a display surface that is configured to display information to an occupant of a vehicle; a display control unit that is configured to set the information displayed at the display surface and a display area in which the information is displayed at the display surface; a drive unit that is configured to drive the display unit in and out of an interior member that is disposed in a vehicle cabin; and a drive control unit that is configured to control the drive unit such that the display area and an exposed area, of the display surface, which is exposed from the interior member are proportional to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Maeda, Tatsuya Shimizu, Takanobu Tabata, Yasuyuki Andou, Takahiro Suzuki, Norifumi Suzuki, Fumihiro Onogi
  • Patent number: 12117041
    Abstract: A turbo fluid machine includes a partition wall separating an inside of a housing into a compression space and a bearing space; and a foil bearing. The partition wall includes a support part having an end face raised toward a thrust collar in an axial direction. The support part has a groove formed in the end face and radially extending to an outer peripheral surface of the support part. Top foils of the foil bearing each have one surface facing the thrust collar and the other surface elastically supported by corresponding one of bump foils of the foil bearing. The foil bearing is mounted on the end face such that a position of the groove corresponds to a position of a gap between the bump foils and a position of a gap between the top foils and such that the groove faces the thrust collar in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya Shinoda, Fumihiro Suzuki, Takahito Kunieda
  • Publication number: 20240328455
    Abstract: The foil bearing includes a housing, a top foil, and bump foils. The bump foil includes first support portions that contact an outer circumferential surface of the top foil, second support portions that contact an inner circumferential surface of the housing, and coupling portions that couple the first support portions and the second support portions together such that the first support portions and the second support portions are disposed alternately in a rotation direction of a rotating body. When a load input from the rotating body increases, the bump foil is deformed to increase one of the number of the first support portions that contact the outer circumferential surface of the top foil and the number of the second support portions that contact the inner circumferential surface of the housing before increasing the other one of the numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Fumiya SHINODA, Fumihiro Suzuki, Kenta Nakane, Yuuji Iwakiri, Tomohisa Yamada, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Haruhiro Hattori
  • Publication number: 20240209890
    Abstract: A foil bearing includes a thin plate member disposed between bump foils and a bearing housing. The bearing housing has a regulation groove into which a part of a top foil and a part of the thin plate member are inserted and which regulates movement of the top foil and the thin plate member in a circumferential direction of a rotary shaft. A regulator is disposed on the regulation groove and regulates the movement of the top foil and the thin plate member in an axial direction of the rotary shaft. The thin plate member has an opening that is opened on an inner peripheral surface of the thin plate member. A part of the bump foils is inserted into and engaged with the opening so that movement of the bump foils is regulated in the circumferential direction and the axial direction relative to the bearing housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya SHINODA, Fumihiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240183287
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a rotary shaft, an impeller, a thrust collar, and a first fluid dynamic thrust bearing and a second fluid dynamic thrust bearing that are arranged in an axial direction of the rotary shaft with the thrust collar interposed therebetween. The thrust collar has a first surface and a second surface. When the thrust collar is rotated, a dynamic pressure generated between the first fluid dynamic thrust bearing and the first surface is larger than that generated between the second fluid dynamic thrust bearing and the second surface. The thrust collar is formed of the first surface and the second surface, which have different shapes or materials in order to reduce warpage deformation of the first surface when the thrust collar is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Fumihiro SUZUKI, Fumiya Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20240159267
    Abstract: A foil bearing includes a top foil, which includes a bearing surface facing a rotary member, extends in a circumferential direction, and includes a fixed end at one end in the circumferential direction and a free end at the other end in the circumferential direction, and a sheet-shaped back foil, which elasticity supports the top foil. The top foil includes a connecting section that connects, at a location between the fixed end and the free end, a first side of the top foil, at which the bearing surface is located, to a second side of the top foil, at which the back foil is located, and a cutout section that reduces the thickness of the top foil so as to facilitate deformation of the top foil. The cutout section is formed at the second side rather than the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya SHINODA, Fumihiro SUZUKI, Hidefumi MORI
  • Publication number: 20240141898
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes a plurality of fluid dynamic plain bearings supporting a rotating member. The fluid dynamic plain bearings each include: a top foil; a bump foil; and a bearing housing. The top foil has a bearing surface that has one end portion and the other end portion in a circumferential direction of the bearing surface. The top foil has a fixed end and a free end respectively formed at the one end portion and the other end portion. A movement of the free end in an axial direction of the rotating member is regulated by a regulating member. A clearance through which a fluid flows is formed between the fixed end and the free end. The free end has a discharge passage through which a foreign substance contained in the fluid is discharged from the clearance. The discharge passage is formed through the free end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya SHINODA, Fumihiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240125349
    Abstract: A foil bearing includes a bearing housing, a top foil, a bump foil, and two retaining portions. A holding groove is formed in the inner circumferential surface of the bearing housing to extend in an axial direction. The top foil and the bump foil each include an insertion plate portion, which is inserted into the holding groove and extends in the axial direction. Each of the retaining portions includes a facing surface that faces the insertion plate portion in the axial direction. In the axial direction, the distance between the facing surfaces of the two retaining portions is longer than the length of the insertion plate portion. At least one of the insertion plate portions includes a bent plate portion that is bent to contact the facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya SHINODA, Fumihiro SUZUKI, Takahito KUNIEDA, Kenta NAKANE
  • Publication number: 20240026921
    Abstract: A foil bearing includes a bearing housing, a top foil, and a bump foil. The bump foil has: a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion disposed at least between the first portion and the second portion and configured to come in contact with the top foil. The top foil applies a load to the second portion with displacement of the top foil in a radially outward direction of the bearing housing. The third portion is not in contact with the top foil when the load is equal to or lower than a predetermined load, and is in contact with the top foil with elastic deformation of the second portion when the load is higher than the predetermined load. The first portion is in surface contact with the inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya SHINODA, Fumihiro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11859629
    Abstract: A turbo fluid machine includes a rotary shaft configured to rotate in one rotational direction, and a thrust foil bearing that includes: a plurality of bump foils each having a corrugated shape and a plurality of top foils each having a bearing surface that faces a thrust collar. Each bump foil is divided into an outer peripheral foil and an inner peripheral foil in a radial direction of the rotary shaft. Ridges on the outer peripheral foil are inclined in the other rotational direction of the rotary shaft while extending from an edge of the outer peripheral foil adjacent to an inner peripheral side toward an outer peripheral side, and the ridges on the inner peripheral foil are inclined in the other rotational direction while extending from an edge of the inner peripheral foil adjacent to the outer peripheral side toward the inner peripheral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya Shinoda, Fumihiro Suzuki, Ryo Umeyama
  • Publication number: 20230204068
    Abstract: A turbo fluid machine includes a partition wall separating an inside of a housing into a compression space and a bearing space; and a foil bearing. The partition wall includes a support part having an end face raised toward a thrust collar in an axial direction. The support part has a groove formed in the end face and radially extending to an outer peripheral surface of the support part. Top foils of the foil bearing each have one surface facing the thrust collar and the other surface elastically supported by corresponding one of bump foils of the foil bearing. The foil bearing is mounted on the end face such that a position of the groove corresponds to a position of a gap between the bump foils and a position of a gap between the top foils and such that the groove faces the thrust collar in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya SHINODA, Fumihiro SUZUKI, Takahito KUNIEDA
  • Publication number: 20230167849
    Abstract: A turbo fluid machine includes a rotating member having a bearing-contact surface; an operating part configured to rotate together with the rotating member to compress and discharge a fluid; a housing accommodating the rotating member and the operating part; and a foil bearing having a bearing surface that faces the bearing-contact surface and supporting the rotating member such that the rotating member is rotatable relative to the housing. At least one of the bearing-contact surface or the bearing surface has thereon a coating layer. The coating layer comprises polyamide-imide serving as a binder resin and molybdenum disulfide serving as a solid lubricant. A mass ratio of molybdenum disulfide to polyamide-imide is 0.42 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumihiro SUZUKI, Fumiya SHINODA, Hidetaka HAYASHI, Naoharu UEDA, Takuhito TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20230108681
    Abstract: A turbo fluid machine includes a rotary shaft configured to rotate in one rotational direction, and a thrust foil bearing that includes: a plurality of bump foils each having a corrugated shape and a plurality of top foils each having a bearing surface that faces a thrust collar. Each bump foil is divided into an outer peripheral foil and an inner peripheral foil in a radial direction of the rotary shaft. Ridges on the outer peripheral foil are inclined in the other rotational direction of the rotary shaft while extending from an edge of the outer peripheral foil adjacent to an inner peripheral side toward an outer peripheral side, and the ridges on the inner peripheral foil are inclined in the other rotational direction while extending from an edge of the inner peripheral foil adjacent to the outer peripheral side toward the inner peripheral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya SHINODA, Fumihiro SUZUKI, Ryo UMEYAMA
  • Patent number: 11598221
    Abstract: A turbo fluid machine includes a rotary shaft configured to rotate in one rotational direction, and a radial foil bearing. The radial foil bearing includes: a bump foil formed of an elastic thin plate having a corrugated shape. The bump foil is divided into first and second foil portions located respectively on one side and on the other side in an axial direction of the rotary shaft. Ridges on the first foil portion are inclined in the other rotational direction of the rotary shaft while extending from an edge of the first foil portion adjacent to the other side toward the one side in the axial direction. The ridges on the second foil portion are inclined in the other rotational direction of the rotary shaft while extending from an edge of the second foil portion adjacent to the one side toward the other side in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya Shinoda, Fumihiro Suzuki, Ryo Umeyama
  • Patent number: 11598371
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes a rotating body, an operation body rotated integrally with the rotating body, a housing, hydrodynamic plain bearings rotatably supporting the rotating body relative to the housing, and a cooling passage arranged in the housing. The hydrodynamic plain bearings each include a resin coating layer at a portion that is opposed to the rotating body. The hydrodynamic plain bearings include at least one combination of hydrodynamic plain bearings. Each combination includes an upstream hydrodynamic plain bearing and a downstream hydrodynamic plain bearing located at different positions in a direction in which the fluid flows through the cooling passage. The coating layer of the upstream hydrodynamic plain bearing has a lower hardness than the coating layer of the downstream hydrodynamic plain bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya Shinoda, Fumihiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11532829
    Abstract: A pump for a fuel cell includes a pump portion, a motor, a controller, a housing, and a temperature detector. The controller executes an activation control and a sensorless vector control. In the activation control, the controller executes a cold activation mode process when the outside air temperature is less than or equal to a set temperature. In the cold activation mode process, the controller executes at least one of increasing a value of an activation current supplied to the motor relative to when a normal activation mode process is executed or setting a supply duration of the activation current to the motor to be longer than that of when the normal activation mode process is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumihiro Suzuki, Tatsushi Mori, Yuichi Ishikawa, Takumi Kakimoto
  • Publication number: 20220275834
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes a rotating body, an operation body rotated integrally with the rotating body, a housing, hydrodynamic plain bearings rotatably supporting the rotating body relative to the housing, and a cooling passage arranged in the housing. The hydrodynamic plain bearings each include a resin coating layer at a portion that is opposed to the rotating body. The hydrodynamic plain bearings include at least one combination of hydrodynamic plain bearings. Each combination includes an upstream hydrodynamic plain bearing and a downstream hydrodynamic plain bearing located at different positions in a direction in which the fluid flows through the cooling passage. The coating layer of the upstream hydrodynamic plain bearing has a lower hardness than the coating layer of the downstream hydrodynamic plain bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya SHINODA, Fumihiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210384536
    Abstract: A pump for a fuel cell includes a pump portion, a motor, a controller, a housing, and a temperature detector. The controller executes an activation control and a sensorless vector control. In the activation control, the controller executes a cold activation mode process when the outside air temperature is less than or equal to a set temperature. In the cold activation mode process, the controller executes at least one of increasing a value of an activation current supplied to the motor relative to when a normal activation mode process is executed or setting a supply duration of the activation current to the motor to be longer than that of when the normal activation mode process is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumihiro SUZUKI, Tatsushi MORI, Yuichi ISHIKAWA, Takumi KAKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200274177
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a hydrogen supply source, a hydrogen flow passage, a hydrogen recirculation passage, and a hydrogen circulation pump configured to recirculate emission gas containing hydrogen from the fuel cell stack through the hydrogen recirculation passage. The hydrogen circulation pump includes a pump body, a motor, and a housing. The housing internally includes a merge portion that merges the hydrogen recirculation passage with the hydrogen flow passage. The hydrogen flow passage includes a bypass passage that bypasses the merge portion by branching from a portion of the hydrogen flow passage between the hydrogen supply source and the merge portion. The hydrogen flow passage or the bypass passage includes an open degree control valve configured to control a flow rate of hydrogen flowing through the hydrogen flow passage and the bypass passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumihiro SUZUKI, Tatsuyuki HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20200168924
    Abstract: A hydrogen circulation pump includes a pump body, a motor, a driver, and a housing. The housing internally includes a hydrogen recirculation passage connecting the pump body to a fuel cell stack, a hydrogen supply passage through which hydrogen is supplied from a hydrogen supply source to the fuel cell stack, and a partition wall that defines an accommodation chamber accommodating the driver. The hydrogen supply passage includes a merge portion where the hydrogen supply passage merges with the hydrogen recirculation passage. The hydrogen supply passage is arranged in the housing such that heat is exchanged at an upstream side of the merge portion through the partition wall between the driver and the hydrogen in the hydrogen supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumihiro Suzuki, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, Hidefumi Mori