Patents by Inventor Hironori Suzuki

Hironori 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: 11581478
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided; a wiring portion that is provided at a position, which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is conductively connected to the functional element; a second substrate that has a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; and a conduction portion that is provided on the second surface, is connected to the wiring portion, and is conductively connected the functional element. The shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than the longest distance between the second substrate and a position where the wiring portion is connected to the conduction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Koji Ohashi, Chikara Kojima, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hironori Suzuki, Shuichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230038467
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling bodies, and a seal member. An outer peripheral portion of the seal member is fixed by a retaining ring to a groove portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and an inner peripheral portion of the seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member includes an inclined portion. The seal member satisfies 0.25?Skn/Skt?2.5 when Skn is a radial length from an inclination start part of the inclined portion on an inside in an axial direction to an outermost diameter position of a part of contact of the seal member with an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring and Skt is a thickness of the inclined portion in a direction perpendicular to an inclination direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya OYAMA, Hironori SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11542192
    Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable multilayered glass panel and an encapsulating material for achieving the highly reliable multilayered glass panel. The encapsulating material includes lead-free low melting glass particles containing vanadium oxide and tellurium oxide, low thermal expansion filler particles, and glass beads as a solid content. A volume fraction of the glass beads in the solid content is not less than 10% to not more than 35%, and a volume fraction of the lead-free low melting glass particles in the solid content is larger than a volume fraction of the low thermal expansion filler in the solid content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Naito, Shinichi Tachizono, Kei Yoshimura, Yuji Hashiba, Hironori Suzuki, Taigo Onodera, Tatsuya Miyake, Akitoyo Konno
  • Patent number: 11532780
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor includes an element substrate having a first and a second surface at an opposite side of the first surface, including an opening section piercing through the element substrate in a Z direction from the first to second surface, a vibrating plate on the first surface of the element substrate to close the opening section, a plurality of vibration regions extending along an X direction orthogonal to the Z direction on the vibration plate in positions overlapping the opening section, and a plurality of piezoelectric elements to correspond to the plurality of vibration regions of the vibration plate. The opening section includes, on the first surface, a first and second side parallel to the X direction and a third and fourth side coupling end portions in the X direction of the first and second sides at an acute or obtuse angle to the first and the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikara Kojima, Koji Ohashi, Hironori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11529649
    Abstract: A piezoelectric film includes a substrate having flexibility, and at least two piezoelectric elements provided to the substrate so as to be arranged at intervals of a first dimension along a first direction, the piezoelectric elements are each configured by stacking a first electrode film, a piezoelectric film made of an inorganic material, and a second electrode film along a thickness direction of the substrate, and an area between the piezoelectric elements adjacent to each other along the first direction forms a vibrational region which can be displaced in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Chikara Kojima, Hironori Suzuki, Eiji Osawa, Koji Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11453030
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor includes an opening portion, vibrating plate covering the opening portion, piezoelectric element overlapping with the opening portion, and a coupling electrode coupled to the piezoelectric element, extended from a position overlapping the opening portion to a position not overlapping the opening portion, and having a line width smaller than a width of the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric has a first and second line portion, and a corner portion coupling the first and second line portions, when an intersection point connects a center of gravity of the piezoelectric and the corner portion with a virtual circle inscribed in the outline of the piezoelectric is a first intersection point of a tangent line. The first intersection point with the first and second line portions are a second and third intersection points, the coupling electrode coupled to a corner portion from the second intersection point to the third intersection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikara Kojima, Koji Ohashi, Hironori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11453031
    Abstract: An ultrasonic element includes an element substrate including a first surface, a second surface having a front-back relation with the first surface, an opening section piercing through the element substrate from the first surface to the second surface, and a partition wall section surrounding the opening section, a supporting film provided on the first surface of the element substrate to cover the opening section and including a third surface facing the opening section and a fourth surface having a front-back relation with the third surface, a piezoelectric element provided on the fourth surface of the supporting film and disposed in a region overlapping the opening section of the supporting film in a plan view from a film thickness direction extending from the third surface to the fourth surface, a sealing plate provided to be opposed to the fourth surface of the supporting film and joined to the supporting film by an adhesive member via a beam section projecting toward the supporting film, and a wall sectio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hironori Suzuki, Chikara Kojima, Koji Ohashi, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Imai
  • Patent number: 11437564
    Abstract: An ultrasonic device includes a base member including a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface, a vibration plate provided at the first surface of the base member, and a piezoelectric element provided at the vibration plate. The base member includes a hole formed from the first surface to the second surface, and a wall portion surrounding the hole. The vibration plate includes, when viewed in a direction from the first surface toward the second surface, a supporting portion overlapping the wall portion, and a blocking portion that overlaps the hole and blocks the hole. The piezoelectric element is laminated at the blocking portion. The supporting portion has a first Young's modulus. The blocking portion includes a first blocking portion having the first Young's modulus and a second blocking portion having a second Young's modulus smaller than the first Young's modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Chikara Kojima, Koji Ohashi, Hironori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220258377
    Abstract: A method for producing a honeycomb structure includes: a forming step of extruding a forming raw material containing a ceramic raw material to obtain a honeycomb formed body, the honeycomb formed body including: an outer peripheral wall; and partition walls disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells extending from one end face to the other end face to form a flow passage; a drying step of drying the honeycomb formed body to obtain a honeycomb dried body; and a firing step of firing the honeycomb dried body to obtain a honeycomb fired body. The forming step includes extruding the forming raw material to produce a honeycomb formed body in which a part of the partition walls is lost so that some of the cells are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Rina YOKOI, Masahiro TOKUDA, Hironori SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11378670
    Abstract: An ultrasonic device includes nine ultrasonic array units arranged in a grid pattern of three rows and three columns, nine drive bypass wires that input and output drive signals to and from the respective ultrasonic array units, a first common bypass wire to which a common potential is applied, coupled to the eight ultrasonic array units, a second common bypass wire coupled to the ultrasonic array unit to which the first common bypass wire is not coupled, and a third common bypass wire coupling the first and the second common bypass wires. One of the drive bypass wires, the first common bypass wire, and the second common bypass wire is placed between the ultrasonic array units placed adjacent to each other. The third common bypass wire is placed inside of the ultrasonic array unit placed adjacent to the ultrasonic array unit coupled to the second common bypass wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikara Kojima, Koji Ohashi, Hironori Suzuki, Tomohide Onogi
  • Publication number: 20220142733
    Abstract: Provided is a roller bearing in which a restraining force of a seal member is further strengthened. The roller bearing includes: an outer ring having an outer ring raceway surface on an inner peripheral surface; an inner ring having an inner ring raceway surface on an outer peripheral surface; a plurality of rolling elements rotatably arranged between the outer ring raceway surface and the inner ring raceway surface; and a seal member that is fixed to a seal attachment groove formed in an axially end portion of the outer ring by a snap ring and seals an axially end portion of a bearing internal space between the outer ring and the inner ring, in which an outer diameter of the seal member is larger than an outer diameter of the snap ring in the seal attachment groove, and in which a radially outer end portion of the seal member is sandwiched between an inner peripheral surface of the seal attachment groove and an outer peripheral surface of the snap ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya OYAMA, Hironori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220119271
    Abstract: An aqueous solution containing ions of one or more rare earth elements selected from the group consisting of Y, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, hydrogen peroxide, urea, and polyvinylpyrrolidone is heated at a temperature of 80° C. or higher and equal to or lower than a boiling point of the aqueous solution to produce particles of a rare earth compound under a reaction between a hydrolysis product of urea and the ions of the rare earth elements. Furthermore, the particles of the rare earth compound are solid-liquid separated from the aqueous solution, and the obtained solid content is baked at a temperature of 600° C. or higher in an atmosphere containing oxygen to produce rare earth oxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Suzuki, Kazuhiro Wataya
  • Publication number: 20220052596
    Abstract: A magnetic geared motor (1) includes a stator (30) including a plurality of teeth (31) that produce a magnetomotive force, a first rotor (10) that rotates by the magnetomotive force of the stator (30), and a second rotor (20) that, in response to rotation of the first rotor (10), rotates at a lower speed than the first rotor (10). The first rotor (10), the second rotor (20), and the stator (30) are disposed coaxial to each other, and a plurality of magnets (34) of different polarities are disposed in respective slot openings (31c) present between each two adjacent teeth (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hajime Ukaji, Noritaka ASO, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Tsubasa KAMIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20220014079
    Abstract: A magnetic geared motor includes a stator, a first inner rotor that is disposed to an inner side of the stator and rotates by a magnetomotive force of the stator, a first center rotor disposed between the stator and the first inner rotor, a second center rotor disposed to an inner side of the first inner rotor, and a second inner rotor disposed to an inner side of the second center rotor. The stator, the first center rotor, the first inner rotor, the second center rotor, and the second inner rotor are disposed coaxial to each other, and the first inner rotor includes first outer magnetic pole pairs disposed in a circumferential direction and a plurality of first inner magnetic pole pairs disposed in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Hajime UKAJI, Noritaka ASO, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Tsubasa KAMIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20210396663
    Abstract: An electricity measuring type surface plasmon resonance sensor includes: a plasmon resonance intensifying sensor chip in which a prism and a sensor chip including an electrode, a silicon semiconductor film, and a plasmon resonance film electrode arranged in this order are arranged in an order of the prism, the electrode, the silicon semiconductor film, and the plasmon resonance film electrode; and an electric measuring apparatus which directly measures a current or voltage from the electrode and the plasmon resonance film electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: IMRA JAPAN KABUSHIKIKAISHA
    Inventors: Amrita SANA, Giles ALLISON, Hironori SUZUKI, Hidemi KATO, Masao ANDO, Viet Cuong LE
  • Patent number: 11179748
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided, a wiring that is provided at a position which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is connected to the functional element, a second substrate that has a second surface facing the first surface, and a conductor that is provided on the second surface, and is connected to the wiring and the functional element, in which the shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than a distance between a position where the wiring is connected to the conductor, and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Koji Ohashi, Chikara Kojima, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hironori Suzuki, Shuichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11041832
    Abstract: An ultrasonic device has a substrate in which ultrasonic elements transmitting an ultrasonic wave in a first direction are arrayed. A reverberation reduction film which reduces reverberant vibration of the substrate is arranged on a side of the first direction in the ultrasonic element. In the reverberation reduction film, a groove is arranged between the ultrasonic elements next to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hironori Suzuki, Chikara Kojima
  • Patent number: 11015552
    Abstract: An evaporated fuel processing apparatus includes a canister to collect vapor generated in a fuel tank, a purge passage to purge vapor into an intake passage from the canister, a purge pump provided in the purge passage, a first trifurcated valve in the purge passage between an exhaust port of the purge pump and an outflow port of the purge passage, a second trifurcated valve provided in the purge passage between an inflow port of the purge passage and an intake port of the purge pump, a first bypass passage between the purge passage upstream of the second trifurcated valve and the first trifurcated valve, and a second bypass passage between the purge passage downstream of the first trifurcated valve and the second trifurcated valve. Passages for the vapor and others are switched by switching the first trifurcated valve and the second trifurcated valve during operation of the purge pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Honda, Hironori Suzuki, Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10983052
    Abstract: An electricity measuring type surface plasmon resonance sensor including: a plasmon polariton intensifying sensor chip in which a prism and a sensor chip including a transparent electrode, an n-type transparent semiconductor film, and a plasmon resonance film electrode arranged in this order are arranged in an order of the prism, the transparent electrode, the n-type transparent semiconductor film, and the plasmon resonance film electrode; and an electric measuring apparatus which directly measures a current or voltage from the transparent electrode and the plasmon resonance film electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: IMRA JAPAN KABUSHIKIKAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hironori Suzuki, Giles Allison, Masanori Sasaki, Koki Hayashi, Hiroaki Misawa, Kosei Ueno
  • Publication number: 20200392036
    Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable multilayered glass panel and an encapsulating material for achieving the highly reliable multilayered glass panel. The encapsulating material includes lead-free low melting glass particles containing vanadium oxide and tellurium oxide, low thermal expansion filler particles, and glass beads as a solid content. A volume fraction of the glass beads in the solid content is not less than 10% to not more than 35%, and a volume fraction of the lead-free low melting glass particles in the solid content is larger than a volume fraction of the low thermal expansion filler in the solid content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi NAITO, Shinichi TACHIZONO, Kei YOSHIMURA, Yuji HASHIBA, Hironori SUZUKI, Taigo ONODERA, Tatsuya MIYAKE, Akitoyo KONNO