Patents by Inventor Kenichi Suzuki

Kenichi 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: 10391836
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning device may achieve comfortable heating of a vehicle interior by starting a compressor, an indoor blower and heat generating means at appropriate timing. The vehicle air-conditioning device includes a compressor which compresses a refrigerant, a radiator disposed in an air flow passage to let the refrigerant radiate heat, a heat absorber which lets the refrigerant absorb heat, and an indoor blower which blows the air through the air flow passage. The vehicle interior is heated by heat radiated from the radiator. The vehicle air-conditioning device includes a heating medium-air heat exchanger of a heating medium circulating circuit disposed in the air flow passage to heat air supplied to the vehicle interior. On a basis of an outdoor air temperature, the timing to start the compressor, the indoor blower and the heating medium circulating circuit is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Sanden Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Ryo Miyakoshi
  • Publication number: 20190255911
    Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioning device of a heat pump system which delays proceeding of frosting onto an outdoor heat exchanger, thereby eliminating or inhibiting deterioration of a heating capability due to the frosting. The vehicle air conditioning device executes a heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7, and on the basis of a difference ?TXO=(TXObase?TXO) between a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXObase of the outdoor heat exchanger 7 in non-frosting and a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXO of the outdoor heat exchanger 7, the controller corrects a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of a subcool degree of the refrigerant in the radiator 4 in an increasing direction in accordance with increase of the difference ?TXO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi SUZUKI, Ryo MIYAKOSHI, Kouhei YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10385604
    Abstract: The method includes a step of fixing the other end of the drive wire to the drive drum; a step of temporarily placing one end of the drive wire in a temporary placement portion provided on the drum housing; and a step of applying tension to the drive wire by moving the one end of the drive wire to an engaging portion provided on the drive drum after canceling the placed state of the one end of the drive wire in the temporary placement portion by pulling a portion of the drive wire on the one end side thereof by winding a portion of the drive wire on the other end side thereof by the drive drum with the one end of the drive wire placed in the temporary placement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Muramatsu, Kenji Yamamoto, Kimihiro Kinoshita, Yoshiki Sugita, Kenichi Suzuki, Toru Ikoma
  • Publication number: 20190232757
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning device may achieve comfortable heating of a vehicle interior by starting a compressor, an indoor blower and heat generating means at appropriate timing. The vehicle air-conditioning device includes a compressor which compresses a refrigerant, a radiator disposed in an air flow passage to let the refrigerant radiate heat, a heat absorber which lets the refrigerant absorb heat, and an indoor blower which blows the air through the air flow passage. The vehicle interior is heated by heat radiated from the radiator. The vehicle air-conditioning device includes a heating medium-air heat exchanger of a heating medium circulating circuit disposed in the air flow passage to heat air supplied to the vehicle interior. On a basis of an outdoor air temperature, the timing to start the compressor, the indoor blower and the heating medium circulating circuit is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Kenichi SUZUKI, Ryo MIYAKOSHI
  • Patent number: 10363808
    Abstract: The wheel drive motor according to the invention includes a motor shaft (35) having a large diameter portion (35d) located at a central part in the axial direction and a small diameter portion (35b) located on a first side in the axial direction, a bearing (36b) rotatably supporting the small diameter portion (35b), and a rotor (24) secured to an outer circumferential surface (35j) of the large diameter portion (35d). An end part (24p) of the rotor (24) located on the first side in the axial direction projects over an end face (35e) of the large diameter portion (35d) located on the first side in the axial direction toward the side on which the small diameter portion (35b) is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Uozumi, Masaru Kuroda, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190210429
    Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner device of a so-called heat pump system to accurately perform efficient and comfortable heating of a vehicle interior. The vehicle air conditioner device includes a heating medium circulating circuit 23 which heats air to be supplied from an air flow passage 3 to a vehicle interior. A controller calculates a required heating capability TGQhtr of the heating medium circulating circuit to complement a shortage of an actual heating capability Qhp to a required heating capability TGQ of a radiator 4. The controller calculates a decrease amount ?Qhp of the actual heating capability Qhp from a difference ?TXO between a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXO of an outdoor heat exchanger 7 and a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXObase in non-frosting, and adds the decrease amount ?Qhp to the required heating capability TGQhtr to execute the heating by the heating medium circulating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kenichi SUZUKI, Ryo MIYAKOSHI, Kouhei YAMASHITA, Megumi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20190177745
    Abstract: The present invention provides the following: a vector for inserting a desired nucleic acid into a predetermined site of a nucleic acid comprising a region formed of a first nucleotide sequence, the predetermined site, and a region composed of a second nucleotide sequence, in the stated order in the 5?-to-3? direction, wherein the vector comprises a region formed of the first nucleotide sequence, the desired nucleic acid, and the second nucleotide sequence in the stated order in the 5?-to-3? direction; a kit that includes this vector; a method of inserting a nucleic acid comprising a step for introducing this vector into a cell; a cell acquired by this method; and an organism comprising this cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Kenichi Suzuki, Tetsushi Sakuma, Yuto Sakane
  • Patent number: 10315485
    Abstract: In a vehicle air conditioner device of a heat pump system, control of an air mix damper is appropriately performed in each operation mode, thereby achieving efficient vehicle interior air conditioning. The vehicle air conditioner device includes an air mix damper 28 to adjust a ratio at which air in an air flow passage 3 passed through a heat absorber 9 is to be passed through a radiator 4. In a cooling mode, a controller controls the air mix damper 28 to adjust the ratio at which the air is to be passed through the radiator 4 on the basis of one, any combination, or all of a target outlet temperature, a temperature of the radiator and a temperature of the heat absorber, and in a heating mode, the controller controls the air mix damper 28 to pass all the air in the air flow passage 3 through the radiator 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sanden Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Kenichi Suzuki, Kouhei Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10315488
    Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigeration device which is capable of inexpensively improving durability of an electronic expansion valve (an outdoor expansion valve) for use in a refrigerant circuit. A vehicle air conditioner 1 has a refrigerant circuit R including an outdoor expansion valve 6. The vehicle air conditioner includes a controller which controls energization to a coil of the outdoor expansion valve 6, and this controller executes operation limit control to limit an operation of the outdoor expansion valve 6 so that a temperature of the coil of the outdoor expansion valve 6 is not in excess of a predetermined value. The controller lengthens a control period of the outdoor expansion valve 6 and suppresses an operation amount of the outdoor expansion valve 6 within a predetermined limit value to limit a duty factor, in the operation limit control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sanden Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Kenichi Suzuki, Kouhei Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10293661
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus is provided that can extend the mileage of a vehicle by reducing the power consumed by the operation of a compressor and a heater. When a required quantity of heating Q_req is acquired, the minimum power sharing ratio between quantity of heat release Q_hpof a water-refrigerant heat exchanger 22 and quantity of heat release Q_htrof a water heater 32 is calculated, which allows the power consumption W_total to be minimized, and a compressor 21 and the water heater 32 are operated based on the result of the calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Kenichi Suzuki, Hidenori Takei
  • Publication number: 20190133987
    Abstract: A method of healing an external wound involves applying an external wound-healing agent to an external wound, or bringing the external wound-healing agent applied to a substrate into contact with an external wound, wherein the external wound-healing agent includes, as an active ingredient, at least one compound of a glycerol alkyl ester represented by defined Formula (I) or a diglycerol alkyl ester represented by defined Formula (II). In a further embodiment, the method involves bringing a fiber aggregate or a film into contact with an external wound, wherein the fiber aggregate or the film each includes a thermoplastic resin and at least one compound of the glycerol alkyl ester or the diglycerol alkyl ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Naosuke KUNIMOTO, Kenichi SUZUKI, Kouya KOJIMA, Akira HASEGAWA, Yasufumi TSUCHIYA, Jun KAMADA, Satoshi YAMASAKI, Goro KUWAMURA, Daisuke HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10279654
    Abstract: There is disclosed an air conditioning device for vehicle in which in a defrosting mode to defrost an outdoor heat exchanger, the defrosting of the outdoor heat exchanger can be achieved without hindrance while maintaining heating of a vehicle interior. A refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiates heat in a radiator 4 and the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated is decompressed and then absorbs heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7 to heat the vehicle interior. The air conditioning device for vehicle includes an injection circuit 40 which distributes a part of the refrigerant flowing out from the radiator 4 to return the part to the compressor 2. When a controller 32 passes the high-temperature refrigerant through the outdoor heat exchanger 7 to perform defrosting, the controller operates the injection circuit 40 to return the refrigerant to the compressor 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Sanden Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10279675
    Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive device includes: a motor part; a speed reduction part; a wheel bearing part; and a casing, the motor part including: a stator, which is fixed to the casing; a rotation shaft of a motor, which is rotatably supported on the casing through intermediation of a plurality of rolling bearings; and a rotor, which is mounted to the rotation shaft of the motor, the rotation shaft of the motor being configured to rotationally drive an input shaft of a speed reducer, the speed reduction part being configured to reduce a speed of rotation of the input shaft of the speed reducer to transmit the rotation to an output shaft of the speed reducer, the wheel bearing part being connected to the output shaft of the speed reducer, the rotation shaft of the motor being made of case hardening steel and subjected to carburizing, quenching, and tempering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Kuroda, Tomohisa Uozumi, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190127897
    Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing a non-woven fabric includes a diffusing shaft, which includes a first shaft portion in a defined location and provided with a slit-shaped air guide, wherein filaments are supplied together with air from an inlet side of the air guide to an outlet side of the air guide; a second shaft portion in a defined location, having an inlet side that is communicated with an outlet side of the first shaft portion and an outlet side that is disposed to face a filament collecting unit, wherein an opening width along a machine direction of the inlet side of the second shaft portion is larger than an opening width along a machine direction of the first shaft portion; and a stepped portion provided at a connecting portion between the outlet side of the first shaft portion and the inlet side of the second shaft portion and connecting the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shouichi TAKAKU, Kenichi SUZUKI, Naosuke KUNIMOTO, Atsushi KAWADA, Takayuki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10258694
    Abstract: Provided is a skin external preparation including a drug and nanometer-size molecular assemblies. The molecular assemblies contain an amphiphilic block copolymer having a hydrophilic block chain including a sarcosine-derived structural unit and a hydrophobic block chain including a hydroxy acid-derived structural unit. The skin external preparation according to the present invention may reduce skin irritation caused by the drug, be very safe, and have excellent pharmacological effects, even when a drug that is generally difficult to be transdermally administered due to its strong skin irritation is contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Haruki Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Yamakita, Eiichi Ozeki, Takashi Kawabe, Eri Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20190106821
    Abstract: A diffusing unit of an apparatus for manufacturing a non-woven fabric is provided with a diffusion space between a jet nozzle and a moving belt of a collecting unit, an opening of a sub nozzle is arranged side-by-side with an opening of the jet nozzle, and the sub nozzle jets air from the opening. The jet nozzle jets, toward the moving belt, plural filaments together with air. The air jetted from the jet nozzle forms a conveying flow that gradually spreads and flows in the diffusion space, and the plural filaments are diffused by this conveying flow and are sent toward the moving belt to be collected. The air jetted from the sub nozzle flows along the air flow around the conveying flow and suppresses air in the diffusion space from entering the conveying flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shouichi Takaku, Kenichi Suzuki, Naosuke Kunimoto, Atsushi Kawada, Takayuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10252600
    Abstract: There is disclosed an air-conditioning apparatus for vehicle which is capable of selecting an appropriate operation mode while inhibiting the operation mode from being unnecessarily changed, and achieving rapid and stable vehicle interior air conditioning. A controller has respective operation modes of a heating mode, a dehumidifying and heating mode, a dehumidifying and cooling mode, and a cooling mode, and selects and executes these operation modes. The controller has a dehumidifying and heating mode maximum radiator temperature MAP and a dehumidifying and cooling mode maximum radiator temperature MAP. The controller selects an operation mode in which a radiator target temperature TCO is achievable by heat radiation in a radiator 4 with reference to each MAP, on startup or at a time of change of the operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Sanden Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Kenichi Suzuki, Kouhei Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20190100954
    Abstract: A wire type window regulator includes a guide rail, a wire driving mechanism, and a wire guide member. The guide rail guides a slider base to freely move up and down. A window glass is fixed to the slider base. The wire driving mechanism moves the slider base up/down along the guide rail via a drive wire. The wire guide member is disposed on at least one of an upper end and a lower end of the guide rail. The wire guide member changes a routing direction of the drive wire wound around the wire guide member. The wire guide member supports a fixing member that is inserted through the guide rail and that fixes the guide rail and the wire guide member to the vehicle door panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Atsushi MURAMATSU, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kenichi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10239382
    Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner of a heat pump system in which there is prevented or inhibited frosting to an outdoor heat exchanger when heating in a vehicle interior is beforehand performed during plug-in, thereby realizing comfortable heating in the vehicle interior during running and also extending a running distance. The vehicle air conditioner includes a heating medium circulating circuit 23 to heat air to be supplied from an air flow passage 3 to a vehicle interior, a controller has frosting estimation means for estimating frosting to an outdoor heat exchanger 7, and when a heating mode is executed in a state where a power is supplied from an external power source to a compressor 2 or a battery which supplies the power to drive the compressor 2, the controller executes the heating by a heating medium circulating circuit 23, in a case where the frosting to the outdoor heat exchanger 7 is predicted on the basis of the estimation of the frosting estimation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sanden Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190088594
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a first electronic device in which one terminal is connected to a first wiring line, the other terminal is connected to a second wiring line, and a first device current flows in a first current direction from the first wiring line to the second wiring line, and a second electronic device in which one terminal is connected to a third wiring line, the other terminal is connected to a fourth wiring line, and a second device current flows in a second current direction from the third wiring line to the fourth wiring line, the first electronic device and the second electronic device being disposed such that at least part of a first magnetic flux generated by the first device current flowing in the first current direction cancels at least part of a second magnetic flux generated by the second device current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke IKEDA, Kenichi SUZUKI