Patents by Inventor Kenji Suzuki
Kenji 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: 11981772Abstract: Polyoxymethylene, where a ratio of a low molecular weight component having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less in a molecular weight distribution is 7.0% or less of the total, and the molecular weight distribution is obtained by measurement by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) using polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as a standard substance.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chihiro Suemitsu, Hitoshi Mizomoto, Kenji Ebara, Tatsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 11981763Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for stereolithographic modeling emitting a weak odor, having desirable shape accuracy, and made into a cured product having desirable strength, toughness, and color tone when used for stereolithographic modeling. The present invention relates to a resin composition for stereolithographic modeling, comprising: a polymerizable monomer (A); a photopolymerization initiator (B), and an organic peroxide (C), wherein the polymerizable monomer (A) comprises a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound (A-1) having a viscosity of 1,000 mPa·s or less and a normal boiling point of 270° C. or more and/or a (meth)acrylamide compound (A-2) having a viscosity of 1,000 mPa·s or less and a normal boiling point of 200° C. or more, and the photopolymerization initiator (B) is at least one selected from a (bis)acylphosphine oxide, an ?-hydroxyketone compound, an ?-aminoketone compound, a benzoin alkyl ether compound, a thioxanthone, a ketal, an ?-diketone, and an anthraquinone.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Misaki Ito
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Patent number: 11981531Abstract: A sheet feeding device feeds a sheet in a feed direction. The sheet feeding device includes a loading portion, a feeler, and a first detection sensor. The sheet is to be placed on the loading portion. The feeler rotates from a reference position to a pushed position around a support shaft in response to a push by a downstream end of the sheet, which is placed on the loading portion, in the feeding direction. The first detection sensor detects a rotation of the feeler from one of the reference position and the pushed position to the other of the reference position and the pushed position. The loading portion includes a second detection sensor to detect a state in which the sheet is placed on the loading portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Suzuki, Ryohei Morisaki, Kenji Hari, Nagayasu Yoshida, Katsuji Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20240153640Abstract: An information processing system includes: a machine learning model learned using learning data including two or more types of modal information acquired from a patient or a subject; a setting unit that sets input data to be used as input to the machine learning model from the learning data; and an output unit that inputs the input data to the machine learning model and outputs an estimation result of efficacy of a medicine or a health condition for the patient or the subject, in which the setting unit sets the input data on the basis of the degree of influence given to estimation of a diagnosis result at the time of learning of the machine learning model, the degree of influence given by each piece of the modal information included in the learning data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Shigeatsu YOSHIOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi KUNIHIRO, Yohei KOBAYASHI, Shiori SASADA, Yugo KATSUKI, Kenji SUZUKI, Masato ISHII
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Publication number: 20240151382Abstract: A vehicle lamp is provided which includes an inner lens suitable for diffusion of light. A vehicle lamp is provided which includes: a luminous body configured to emit surface light; and an inner lens placed forward of a light output surface of the luminous body, in which first steps extending in one direction are formed on an input surface of the inner lens, and second steps extending in a direction orthogonal to the first steps are formed on an output surface of the inner lens. It is possible to uniformly diffuse incident light in all directions by orthogonally forming the steps extending in the one directions on the two opposing surfaces, the input and output surfaces, of the inner lens. In addition, mold processing for injection molding is easy. Therefore, the reproducibility is also high.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Naoya SUGIE, Kenji YOSHIDA, Kenta SUZUKI, Akihiro SUMIYA
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Publication number: 20240151954Abstract: A first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power, a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group (G4) having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group (G5) having positive refractive power are arranged in order from an object, and zooming is performed by changing distances between each lens group, and the first lens group (G1) is composed of three or more lenses, the fourth lens group (G4) is composed of two or less lenses, and the fifth lens group (G5) is composed of two or less lenses and moves to an image surface side upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, and the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied. 8.40<f1/(?f2)??(1) where, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group (G1), and f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens group (G2).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Atsushi SUZUKI, Kenji ISHIDA, Saburo MASUGI
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Patent number: 11971479Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor is provided with an ultrasonic element that converts between an electrical signal and an ultrasonic vibration and an element accommodating case having a bottomed cylindrical shape and accommodating the ultrasonic element inside thereof. The element accommodating case includes a side plate portion formed in a cylindrical shape that surrounds a directional center axis, and a bottom plate portion that closes one end side of the side plate portion in an axial direction which is parallel to the directional center axis. The ultrasonic element is attached to the bottom plate portion. The bottom plate portion includes at least one protrusion. The protrusions vibrate together with the bottom plate portion when the bottom plate portion vibrates as an ultrasonic vibration.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Satake, Youhei Suzuki, Kensuke Kobayashi, Dai Kondo, Syoya Ishida, Yudai Yamamoto, Kenji Fukabori
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Patent number: 11966181Abstract: A tubular fuser device rotates and is in contact with a sheet on which a positively charged toner image is formed to fix the toner image to the sheet. The fuser device includes a tubular substrate made of a metal, a rubber layer covering the outer periphery of the substrate, an adhesion layer covering the outer periphery of the rubber layer, and a surface layer made of a resin covering the outer periphery of the adhesion layer. The adhesion layer has a first adhesion layer that is in contact with the rubber layer and a second adhesion layer interposed between the first adhesion layer and the surface layer. The first adhesion layer is made of a fluororesin-based adhesive, and the second adhesion layer is made of a silicone rubber-based adhesive containing an ionic conductor.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru Nemoto, Kenji Sasaki, Masaya Suzuki, Hidetomo Mukai
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Publication number: 20240128824Abstract: A dynamo-electric machine comprising: a stator core with plurality of slots, a coil covered with insulated conductor wire, wherein the coil comprising plurality of storages stored in the slots and plurality of coil ends that are outside of the slots, conductor of coil end close to the conductor of the heterophase coil having insulating materials at only one of the surfaces, either the inner diameter surface close to the conductor of the heterophase coil or outer diameter surface of the heterophase coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kenji IKEDA, Yuji ENOMOTO, Hirooki TOKOI, Mizuki NAKAHARA, Hiroyuki MIKAMI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Toru SAKAI, Masaru AMAIKE, Yuji TSUJI
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Publication number: 20240120817Abstract: A permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine includes a stator, a first rotor, and a second rotor. The stator includes a stator core, a plurality of stator teeth, a plurality of stator slots, a plurality of stator magnets, and a stator coil. The first rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to the plurality of stator magnets. The second rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to a plurality of first pole pieces. The second rotor includes a plurality of second pole pieces. A proportion of the number of the plurality of stator slots to the number of poles of the plurality of second pole pieces of the second rotor is greater than 1.25 and less than 1.5, or greater than 1.5 and less than 3.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Haruyuki KOMETANI, Ryoji MIYATAKE, Takuro YAMADA, Kenji TANAKA, Katsuhiro HIRATA, Noboru NIGUCHI, Kazuaki TAKAHARA, Hironori SUZUKI, Takuya ITO
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Publication number: 20240109115Abstract: In a press forming device and a press forming method for press-forming a workpiece that includes a load control region to which a constant load is to be applied, the press forming device includes a die unit that includes an upper die and a lower die that sandwich the workpiece; a slider that holds the upper die; a bolster that holds the lower die; a pressing mechanism that presses the slider toward the bolster at a plurality of pressing points; and one or more support blocks arranged around the die unit, between the bolster and the slider. The support block is arranged farther outward than the pressing points, on a line that extends, in an arrangement direction of the pressing points, from a reference point on an end portion of the load control region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Naosuke Kageyama, Kenji Matsutani, Susumu Egawa, Muneyoshi Suzuki, Tsuyomi Makino
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Publication number: 20240109459Abstract: A seat cushion is formed integrally by a body pad portion, an outer peripheral edge portion, and a connection portion. The outer peripheral edge portion protrudes toward a floor panel from the outer peripheral edge portion in a plan view and contacts a floor panel at its lower face. The connection portion is provided to protrude toward the floor panel at a portion which is separated from a front-side part of the outer peripheral edge portion and a rear-side part of the outer peripheral edge portion, respectively. The connection portion connects the floor panel and the body pad portion. A portion between the front-side part and the rear-side part of the outer peripheral edge portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction is a separation portion where a lower face of the seat cushion faces an upper face of the floor panel with a gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji MATSUMOTO, Miho KURATA, Sakayu TERADA, Daisuke YAMADA, Yuki HANAZAWA, Naoko MOTOYOSHI, Aoi FUJIMOTO, Junsuke INOUE, Takashi SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11947272Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion formed of a conductive resin composition, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and 10 micrometers or less. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 1.0×104 particles per mm2 or greater and 2.0×106 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 3.0 micrometers or greater and 15.0 micrometers or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
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Patent number: 11947273Abstract: A conductive roller includes: a core member including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof; and a surface layer arranged along the outer surface of the core member. The surface layer includes a conductive portion, and a surface roughness imparting material in a form of particles dispersed in the conductive portion. An average particle size of the surface roughness imparting material is in a range of 6 micrometers or greater and less than 10 micrometers. The number of particles of the surface roughness imparting material per unit area of the surface layer is in a range of 3.5×105 particles per mm2 or greater and 7.5×105 particles per mm2 or less. An average thickness of the surface layer is in a range of 0.2 micrometers or greater and 5.5 micrometers or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo Suzuki, Atsushi Ikeda, Satoshi Fukuoka, Kenji Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240094656Abstract: A charging roll includes a core, a rubber substrate arranged around the core, and a surface layer arranged around the rubber substrate. The surface layer includes a conductive matrix containing a base material formed of an insulator, and a conductive material dispersed in the base material, and particles of a surface roughness-imparting material dispersed in the conductive matrix. Each of the particles of the surface roughness-imparting material is formed of an insulator, is porous, and has a specific surface area of 8.7 m2/g or greater and 55 m2/g or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo SUZUKI, Atsushi IKEDA, Satoshi FUKUOKA, Kenji SASAKI
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Patent number: 11934247Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit capable of communicating with a server, a battery, and a controller. The controller is capable of executing processing regarding a predetermined function for which personal authentication is required at a time of use, detects a remaining charge level of the battery, and transmits, when the detected remaining charge level is less than a predetermined threshold value, a transfer request signal to the server, the transfer request signal requesting transfer of use authority of the function to another information processing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masatomo Kurata, Takashi Nitta, Futoshi Takeuchi, Kenji Suzuki
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Patent number: 11933336Abstract: A coupling member includes: first, second, and third portions each having a flat plate-like shape; and a fillet portion. The first portion has a first side and a second side orthogonal to each other. The second portion is bent at the first side relative to the first portion, and extends to an inner surface of the first portion. The third portion is bent at the second side relative to the first portion, and extends to an inner surface of the first portion. A bend radius of an outer surface of the coupling member at the first side is equal to a bend radius of a surface of a first extending member facing the first side. A bend radius of an outer surface of the coupling member at the second side is equal to a bend radius of a surface of a second extending member facing the second side.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Suzuki, Yoshino Harada
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Patent number: 11932548Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium hydroxide powder includes a pulverizing step of pulverizing coarse particles of lithium hydroxide to obtain lithium hydroxide powder; and a carbonation-suppressing step of storing the lithium hydroxide powder in an airtight container in an atmosphere satisfying requirements (1) and (2). (1) A partial pressure of carbon dioxide gas is 100 Pa or less with respect to a total amount of gas present in the airtight container. (2) A relative humidity in the airtight container is 60% or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Gouda, Keiichiro Suzuki, Jun-ichi Kageura
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Publication number: 20240089655Abstract: [Problem] To provide technology for setting an audio playback environment compatible with adding speakers. [Solution] An audio device 1 corrects, for each connected speaker 2, an audio playback signal output from speakers 2-1 to 2-3, in accordance with filter information registered in association with that speaker 2. When a new speaker 2 is connected, identification information is acquired from that speaker 2, the identification information is used to query a management server 4, and acoustic properties of that speaker 2 are acquired from the management server 4. The acquired acoustic properties are then compared to target prescribed acoustic properties, filter information is generated for causing the audio playback signal output from the speaker 2 to approach the prescribed acoustic properties, and the generated filter information is registered in association with the speaker 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: D&M Holding Inc.Inventor: KENJI SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20240089577Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging section that has a pixel region where a plurality of pixels is arrayed, a readout unit control section that controls readout units each set as a part of the pixel region, a readout control section that controls readout of pixel signals from the pixels included in the pixel region for each of the readout units set by the readout unit control section, a recognition section that has a machine learning model trained on the basis of leaning data, and a determination basis calculation section that calculates a determination basis of a recognition process performed by the recognition section. The recognition section performs the recognition process for each of the readout units. The determination basis calculation section calculates a determination basis for each of the readout units.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kenji SUZUKI, Suguru AOKI, Ryuta SATOH