Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Suzuki
Hiromasa 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: 11298687Abstract: The present invention relates to a honeycomb catalytic converter including: a honeycomb structured body in which multiple through-holes are arranged longitudinally in parallel with one another with a partition wall therebetween; a noble metal supported on the honeycomb structured body; and an inlet-side end face and on outlet-side end face, wherein each partition wall includes a substrate portion in the form of an extrudate containing a ceria-zirconia complex oxide and alumina, and a coat layer formed on a surface of the substrate portion and containing the noble metal, and the inlet-side end face has a higher aperture ratio than the outlet-side end face.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: IBIDEN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinnosuke Goto, Takumi Tojo, Takeru Yoshida, Hiromasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20220016601Abstract: An exhaust-gas purification apparatus includes: a honeycomb base material including a plurality of exhaust-gas flow paths partitioned by a porous wall; and one or more catalyst noble metals carried by the honeycomb base material. The catalyst noble metals are selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, and rhodium. The honeycomb base material has a noble metal concentrated surface section in which a 50%-by-mass noble metal carry depth for a specific noble metal that is one type among one or two catalyst noble metals is less than 50% of the distance from the surface to the center of the inside of the porous wall. The 50%-by-mass noble metal carry depth is the depth at which, when the amount of the specific noble metal carried between the surface and the center of the inside of porous wall is used as a reference, 50% by mass of specific noble metal is carried.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke OHISHI, Takaya OTA, Ryosuke TAKASU, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Minoru ITOU, Kana IWATA, Takumi TOJO, Takeru YOSHIDA, Masaru KAKINOHANA, Hiromasa SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11224840Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst which can exhibit sufficient purification performance even under a high Ga condition. The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising a substrate and a catalyst coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the catalyst coating layer comprises catalyst particles, the catalyst coating layer having an upstream region extending by 40 to 60% of the entire length of the substrate from an upstream end of the catalyst in the direction of an exhaust gas flow and a downstream region corresponding to the remainder portion of the catalyst coating layer, the composition of the catalyst particle of the upstream region being different from that of the downstream region.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATAIER CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa Suzuki, Masahide Miura, Yoshinori Saito, Satoru Katoh, Toshitaka Tanabe, Tetsuhiro Hirao, Tatsuya Ohashi, Hiroaki Naito, Hirotaka Ori, Michihiko Takeuchi, Keiichi Narita
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Publication number: 20210383349Abstract: A receipt data processing device includes a data generating section, an output section, and a converting section. The data generating section is configured to generate receipt data of a first data format including information about an item purchased by a customer. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to at least one of a printing device and an external device that is different from the printing device. The converting section is configured to convert a data format of the receipt data from the first data format to a second data format that is different from the first data format when the receipt data is output to the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventor: Hiromasa SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11186311Abstract: A control circuit connected to a control device configured to control a motor connected to a rotation shaft that is convertible into a turning angle of a turning wheel, the control circuit includes a main circuit configured to calculates a rotation number indicating a rotational state of the rotation shaft based on a detection signal from a rotation angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of the motor as a relative angle, a detection result communication unit configured to detect whether or not there is an abnormality in the main circuit and output a detection result to the control device, and a pseudo abnormality generating unit configured to set the detection result to be abnormal based on a pseudo abnormal signal from the control device.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Oda, Kenichi Kozuka, Hiromasa Suzuki, Masashi Oki
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Patent number: 11187130Abstract: A honeycomb structured body includes a honeycomb fired body in which multiple through-holes are arranged longitudinally in parallel with one another with a partition wall therebetween. The honeycomb fired body contains ceria-zirconia composite oxide particles and inorganic fibers. 60 to 80% of inorganic fibers observed in a cross-sectional image of the honeycomb structured body cut in a cross-sectional direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction have a ratio of the length of a long axis to the length of a short axis (long axis/short axis) of 1.00 to 1.30. The length of the long axis is the length of a long axis of a cross section of an inorganic fiber shown in the cross-sectional image. The length of the short axis is the length of a perpendicular bisector of the long axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignees: IBIDEN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya Yamamoto, Takeru Yoshida, Hiromasa Suzuki, Masaru Kakinohana, Takumi Tojo
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Publication number: 20210301706Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of reducing a noble metal amount while maintaining a catalyst performance, which comprises a substrate and at least three catalyst coating layers formed on the substrate, the first and third catalyst coating layers contain Pd as a catalyst metal and are formed in a range of a predetermined length from an upstream end surface in an exhaust gas flow direction, and the second catalyst coating layer contains Rh as a catalyst metal and is formed in a range of a predetermined length from a downstream end surface in the exhaust gas flow direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao CHINZEI, Takahiro NISHIO, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Masahide MIURA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Yuki KIDO, Minoru ITO, Sho HOSHINO, Shin NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11126989Abstract: A receipt data processing device includes a data generating section, an output section, and a converting section. The data generating section is configured to generate receipt data of a first data format including information about an item purchased by a customer. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to at least one of a printing device and an external device that is different from the printing device. The converting section is configured to convert a data format of the receipt data from the first data format to a second data format that is different from the first data format when the receipt data is output to the external device.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiromasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20210205790Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved Rh activation, which comprises a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the substrate, the catalyst coat layer having a two-layer structure, wherein the catalyst coat layer includes an upstream portion on an upstream side and a downstream portion on a downstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a part or all of the upstream portion is formed on a part of the downstream portion, wherein the upstream portion contains Rh fine particles and Pt, wherein the Rh fine particles have an average particle size measured by a transmission electron microscope observation of 1.0 nm or more to 2.0 nm or less, and a standard deviation ? of the particle size of 0.8 nm or less, and wherein the downstream portion contains Rh.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Isao CHINZEI, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Masahide MIURA, Takahiro NISHIO, Norimichi SHIMANO, Hiroki NIHASHI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Takashi ONOZUKA, Souta AKIYAMA, Hiromi TOGASHI, Takahiro NOGUCHI, Isao NAITO
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Patent number: 11053833Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst with the improved purification performance under the high Ga condition and the atmosphere where the A/F is rich. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a catalyst coating layer on a substrate, the catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal and a metal oxide, wherein in the catalyst coating layer: an average thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 50 ?m to 100 ?m; a porosity measured by a weight-in-water method is in a range from 50% by volume to 80% by volume; and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for 0.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Isao Chinzei, Masahide Miura, Seiji Nakahigashi, Hiromasa Suzuki, Toshio Yamamoto, Akira Morikawa, Satoru Katoh, Takashi Onozuka, Hirotaka Ori, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Sho Hoshino
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Publication number: 20210197176Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved low-temperature activity, which comprises a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the substrate, wherein the catalyst coat layer contains Rh fine particles and a promoter comprising a Ce—Zr-based composite oxide and a Zr-based composite oxide not containing cerium oxide, wherein the Rh fine particles have an average particle size measured by a transmission electron microscope observation of 1.0 nm or more to 2.0 nm or less, and a standard deviation a of the particle size of 0.8 nm or less, and wherein the Rh fine particles are supported on each of the Ce—Zr-based composite oxide and the Zr-based composite oxide not containing cerium oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao CHINZEI, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Masahide MIURA, Takahiro NISHIO, Norimichi SHIMANO, Hiroki NIHASHI, Hiromi TOGASHI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Takashi ONOZUKA, Souta AKIYAMA, Isao NAITO
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Patent number: 10989092Abstract: The present invention provides a honeycomb structured body containing a ceria-zirconia composite oxide and being less susceptible to ring-off cracking. The honeycomb structured body of the present invention includes a honeycomb fired body in which multiple through-holes are arranged longitudinally in parallel with one another with a partition wall therebetween, wherein the honeycomb fired body contains ceria-zirconia composite oxide particles and inorganic fibers, and a b-axis thermal expansion coefficient measured in a direction along a b-axis representing a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structured body is higher than an a-axis thermal expansion coefficient measured in a direction along an a-axis representing the longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structured body.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: IBIDEN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroya Yamamoto, Takeru Yoshida, Hiromasa Suzuki, Masaru Kakinohana, Takumi Tojo
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Publication number: 20210094027Abstract: The exhaust gas purification catalyst device includes an upper layer which includes first carrier particles and rhodium, and a lower layer which includes second carrier particles, and the upper layer includes a rhodium enriched area in the range a, from the upstream end in the exhaust gas flow to 50% of the upper layer length, and a range b from the upper layer top surface to 18 ?m in the depth direction. The rhodium enriched area contains at least 50% and less than 100% of all the rhodium in the upper layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke OISHI, Takaya OTA, Isao CHINZEI, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Yoshinori SAITO, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI
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Patent number: 10953395Abstract: The present invention relates to a honeycomb structured body including a honeycomb fired body in which multiple through-holes are arranged longitudinally in parallel with one another with a partition wall therebetween, wherein the honeycomb fired body is an extrudate containing ceria-zirconia composite oxide particles, ?-alumina particles, ?-alumina, and ?-alumina fibers, and the honeycomb fired body has a porosity of 55 to 70%.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignees: IBIDEN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinnosuke Goto, Kenta Nomura, Takumi Tojo, Takeru Yoshida, Hiromasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 10913051Abstract: A ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide containing a composite oxide of ceria and zirconia is provided, in which primary particles having a particle diameter of 1.5 to 4.5 ?m account for, on a particle number basis, at least 50% of all primary particles in the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide, and the molar ratio of cerium to zirconium in the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide is between 43:57 and 55:45.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Morikawa, Kae Konishi, Toshitaka Tanabe, Akihiko Suda, Masahide Miura, Isao Chinzei, Hiromasa Suzuki, Akiya Chiba, Kosuke Iizuka
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Publication number: 20200376467Abstract: This exhaust gas purification catalyst device includes an upper layer which includes first carrier particles and rhodium, and a lower layer which includes second carrier particles, and the upper layer includes a rhodium enriched area in the range a, from the downstream end in the exhaust gas flow to greater than 50% and up to 80% of the upper layer length, and a range b from the upper layer top surface less than 20 ?m in the depth direction. The rhodium enriched area contains at least 50% and less than 100% of all the rhodium in the upper layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke OISHI, Takaya OTA, Yoshinori SAITO, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Isao CHINZEI, Hiromasa SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200355106Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst with the improved purification performance under the high Ga condition and the atmosphere where the A/F is rich. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a catalyst coating layer on a substrate, the catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal and a metal oxide, wherein in the catalyst coating layer: an average thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 50 ?m to 100 ?m; a porosity measured by a weight-in-water method is in a range from 50% by volume to 80% by volume; and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao JIDOSHA CHINZEI, Masahide MIURA, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Toshio YAMAMOTO, Akira MORIKAWA, Satoru KATOH, Takashi ONOZUKA, Hirotaka ORI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Sho HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20200353411Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst with the improved purification performance under the high Ga condition and the transient state in which an A/F repeats rich and lean phases. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising a catalyst coating layer on a substrate, the catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal, a composite oxide containing cerium oxide and zirconium oxide, and a composite oxide containing aluminum oxide, wherein in the catalyst coating layer: an average thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 20 ?m to 100 ?m; a porosity measured by a weight-in-water method is in a range from 50% by volume to 80% by volume; and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao CHINZEI, Masahide MIURA, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Akira MORIKAWA, Toshio YAMAMOTO, Satoru KATOH, Takashi ONOZUKA, Hirotaka ORI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Sho HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20200340383Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of efficiently converting HC in the upstream region relative to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst and capable of efficiently converting NOx in the downstream region relative to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst while maintaining the good warming-up performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi TOJO, Takeru YOSHIDA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Minoru ITO, Kana IWATA
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Patent number: 10762488Abstract: A transaction data processing apparatus, which communicates with an electronic receipt server, includes a communication interface and a processor configured to perform electronic receipt processing on transaction data having a first format, by (i) extracting, from the transaction data, information items required for generating an electronic receipt, (ii) identifying, for each extracted information item, an information type indicating a category of the extracted information item, (iii) generating exchange data based on the extracted information items and the corresponding information type, the generated exchange data having a second format different from the first format, and (iv) transmitting the generated exchange data to the electronic receipt server through the communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiromasa Suzuki