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).

  • Publication number: 20190331037
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle configured provided with a temperature raising control part performing temperature raising control supplying current to a heating element to make a temperature of a catalyst rise when it is judged that a time elapsed from when an internal combustion engine was stopped during a stopped time of the vehicle has become a predetermined time or more and a purge control part performing purge control performing motoring of the internal combustion engine and opening a purge valve when the temperature of the catalyst has become a predetermined temperature or more or when a time of supply of current to the heating element has become a predetermined time or more such that fuel particles held by adsorption at the inside of a canister is discharged into the intake passage to supply them to a catalyst device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji SUZUKI, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Sui KURIHASHI, Yoshiyuki KAGEURA
  • Patent number: 10461752
    Abstract: It is desired to even further attempt to stabilize temperature in oscillator such as OCXOs (Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillators). A temperature controlling apparatus is provided. The temperature controlling apparatus includes: a temperature sensor; a power supply circuit that supplies, to a first heater, power corresponding to a difference between a target value and a detected value obtained from the temperature sensor; and a second heater that is provided at a position such that thermal conduction therefrom to the temperature sensor is faster than that from the power supply circuit, and changes power consumption of the second heater according to power consumption of the power supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Hirose, Takayuki Sato, Kenji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190299294
    Abstract: A method for metal powder injection molding includes injecting a first metal powder of a TiAl-based intermetallic compound into a mold, and molding the first metal powder through use of an injection molding machine; injecting a second metal powder of a TiAl-based intermetallic compound having a same constituent as the first metal powder and having a different average particle diameter from the first metal powder into a mold, and molding the second metal powder through use of the injection molding machine; and sintering molded articles obtained by molding the first metal powder and the second metal powder, and producing a mixed sintered compact in which a first sintered compact of the molded article obtained by molding the first metal powder and a second sintered compact of the molded article obtained by molding the second metal powder are integrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicants: OSAKA YAKIN KOGYO CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AERO ENGINES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadayuki HANADA, Kenji SUZUKI, Shuntaro TERAUCHI, Hisashi KITAGAKI, Kazuki HANAMI
  • Patent number: 10426712
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dental polymerizable composition that requires less discharging force, is easily formable, has low polymerization shrinkage stress during curing, and exhibits high stain resistance and surface gloss when cured. The present invention relates to a dental polymerizable composition including a (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A), a polymerizable monomer (B), and a polymerization initiator (C). The (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A) consists of a (meth)acrylic polymer block (a) having a curable functional group and a (meth)acrylic polymer block (b) having no curable functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Ida, Kenji Suzuki, Seiya Shimizu, Kenji Shachi, Kazuhiko Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20190297417
    Abstract: An audio device includes a signal processor that processes an audio signal based on a predetermined parameter, a level adjuster that adjusts a level of the audio signal, a speaker that receives the audio signal and outputs sound, an interface that receives an instruction to switch the parameter, and a controller that decreases gain of the level adjuster when receiving the instruction to switch the parameter, and then performs gain control to increase the gain of the level adjuster so that a change amount of the gain of the level adjuster for a predetermined period of time is less than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Kenji SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190290242
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that achieve high transmission/reception sensitivity and wide frequency band are provided. The ultrasound probe includes a pMUT array in which a plurality of pMUTs are arranged. The pMUTs include first pMUTs for ultrasound transmission and pMUTs for ultrasound wave reception having a structure different from that of the first pMUTs. The cell region of each first pMUT and the cell region of each second pMUT are separated from each other in the ultrasound wave radiation plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji SUZUKI, Yuta NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10407551
    Abstract: To provide a polyarylene sulfide (hereinafter, PAS) manufacturing method and PAS manufacturing device that further eliminates processing costs in manufacturing PAS, by recovering from solid content containing an unreacted sulfur source and alkali metal halide produced as a byproduct the sulfur source and the solid content with a reduced amount of the sulfur source, and then conveniently and easily reusing the unreacted sulfur source without performing a large-scale process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Michihisa Miyahara, Hiroshi Sakabe
  • Publication number: 20190270103
    Abstract: A gas atomization nozzle includes a through-hole formed along a center line; a nozzle portion configured of a Laval nozzle which is disposed around the center line and provided to be inclined at a predetermined angle toward the center line; and swirling motion imparting means for imparting a swirling flow around the center line to gas which is injected from the nozzle portion. The nozzle portion is formed in a ring shape which is continuous around the center line, and the swirling motion imparting means is configured as a fin provided in the nozzle portion to impart a swirling flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Tadayuki HANADA, Kenji SUZUKI, Satoru YAMAZAKI, Kenji DOI, Shuntaro TERAUCHI, Hisashi KITAGAKI
  • Patent number: 10400330
    Abstract: There is provided a tungsten film forming method for forming a tungsten film on a target substrate disposed inside a chamber kept under a depressurized atmosphere and having a base film formed on a surface thereof, using a tungsten chloride gas as a tungsten raw material gas and a reducing gas for reducing the tungsten chloride gas, which includes: performing an SiH4 gas treatment with respect to the target substrate having the base film formed thereon by supplying an SiH4 gas into the chamber; and subsequently, forming the tungsten film by sequentially supplying the tungsten chloride gas and the reducing gas into the chamber while purging an interior of the chamber in the course of sequentially supplying the tungsten chloride gas and the reducing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Takanobu Hotta, Tomohisa Maruyama, Masayuki Nasu, Junya Miyahara, Koji Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20190264796
    Abstract: The transmission includes: an open-end cover fitted to an inner circumference of an open end portion of a rotary housing, the cover being configured to close the open end portion; an O-ring provided between the rotary housing and the open-end cover in the compressed state in the axial direction of the rotary housing, the O-ring being configured to seal between the inner circumferential portion of the rotary housing and the outer circumferential portion of the open-end cover; and a snap ring configured to restrict the movement of the open-end cover in the axial direction. The open-end cover is pushed against the snap ring by the repulsive force exerted by the compressed O-ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Jun SUZUKI, Kenji SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190254936
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for optical three-dimensional modeling that offers desirable shape accuracy in optical three-dimensional modeling, and that provides desirable transparency and mechanical characteristics upon being cured. The present invention relates to a composition for optical three-dimensional modeling comprising a polymerizable monomer (a), an ultraviolet-absorbing inorganic particle (b), and a photopolymerization initiator (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Kenji SUZUKI, Naoki NISHIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20190237545
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an n-type semiconductor substrate; a p-type base layer formed on a surface of the n-type semiconductor substrate; an n-type emitter layer formed on the p-type base layer, a trench gate penetrating through the p-type base layer and the n-type emitter layer; an n-type carrier stored layer formed between the n-type semiconductor substrate and the p-type base layer and having a higher concentration than that of the n-type semiconductor substrate; and a p-type collector layer formed on a back surface of the n-type semiconductor substrate, wherein with respect to the n-type carrier stored layer, a concentration gradient directing from a position of a peak concentration to the back surface of the n-type semiconductor substrate is larger than a concentration gradient directing from the position of the peak concentration to the p-type base layer, and a proton is implanted in the n-type carrier stored layer as an impurity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10365201
    Abstract: A CPU of an analysis apparatus performs a fluid analysis and derives transient distribution information that represents an accumulation distribution of a particulate layer on an inflow-side inner circumferential surface of a honeycomb structure at a time point after a short time interval ?t (step S130). The CPU then repeatedly performs a fluid analysis by taking into account the transient distribution information derived previous time to repeatedly derive transient distribution information (steps S130 to S150) and then derives post-transient-analysis distribution information that represents the accumulation distribution of the particulate layer at a later time point (step S160).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Miyairi, Satoshi Sakashita, Kazuya Mori, Naoki Yoshida, Shingo Sokawa, Kenji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10355084
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a cell surface electrode portion, and a peripheral edge surface structure portion. The semiconductor chip has a cell portion and a peripheral edge portion provided around the cell portion in plan view. The cell surface electrode portion is provided on the cell portion. The peripheral edge surface structure portion is provided on the peripheral edge portion. The peripheral edge portion is made thinner than the cell portion so that a back surface of the peripheral edge portion is more concave than a back surface of the cell portion. When the thickness of the cell portion is represented by tc and the size of the step between the cell portion and the peripheral edge portion on the back surface is represented by dtb, 0%<dtb/tc?1.5% is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Nishi, Kenji Suzuki, Tetsuo Takahashi, Junichi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10347715
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a drift layer formed of a first conductive type semiconductor material, a MOSFET part including a p-type base layer provided on a front surface of the drift layer, a first n-type buffer layer provided on a reverse side of the drift layer, and a second n-type buffer layer provided on a reverse side of the first n-type buffer layer and having a high impurity concentration. The first n-type buffer layer has a higher impurity concentration than the drift layer and has a total amount of electrically active impurities per unit area of 1.0×1012 cm?2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Tetsuo Takahashi, Mitsuru Kaneda, Ryu Kamibaba, Koichi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20190204363
    Abstract: The present invention provides a current sensor including: a primary conductor through which current to be measured flows; a magnetic sensor which has a magnetosensitive surface and detects magnetic field generated by the current to be measured; a sealing portion sealing the primary conductor and the magnetic sensor; and a plurality of terminals exposed through a side surface of the sealing portion; wherein the primary conductor includes: a first end connected to one of the terminals which is exposed through any one side surface of the sealing portion and through which the current to be measured is input; a second end connected to another one of the terminals exposed through the one side surface and through which the current to be measured is output; and a third end which is connected to one of the terminals exposed through a side surface other than the one side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji SUZUKI, Kenji KAI
  • Publication number: 20190187780
    Abstract: A determination apparatus includes one or more memories, and one or more processors configured to perform, on the basis of data detected by a sensor that measures a first user who operates a first avatar, detection of a first behavior of the first user, determine a first type of behavior corresponding to the detected first behavior by referring to information indicating correspondence between a plurality of behaviors and a plurality of types of behavior, and perform, on the basis of a behavior tendency of the first user determined in accordance with the first type of behavior, control of an output to an environment where the first avatar exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko Hayashida, Kenji Suzuki, Hideaki Kuzuoka
  • Patent number: 10323596
    Abstract: An oil dilution rate calculation system of an internal combustion engine acquires a blowby gas flow ratio showing the ratio of the flow of blowby gas to the flow of gas to the combustion chamber and an output current of the air-fuel ratio sensor during fuel cut control in which the internal combustion engine stops the feed of fuel to the combustion chamber and at a plurality of points of time of different flows of blowby gas passing through the blowby gas passage and flowing to the downstream side of the throttle valve in the intake passage, and calculate an oil dilution rate based on the acquired blowby gas flow ratio and output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyamoto, Toru Kidokoro, Yasushi Iwazaki, Kenji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190175093
    Abstract: A swallowing action measurement device includes a holder, a sound detector and a posture detector. The holder is fitted to a neck region of a person being measured from behind. The sound detector is held in the holder in contact with the outer side surface of the neck region close to the epiglottis, and detects sound associated with at least a swallowing action of the person being measured and outputs a measured sound signal. The posture detector detects a posture of the person being measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: University of Tsukuba
    Inventor: Kenji SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10316779
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis system of an air-fuel ratio sensor is provided with an exhaust purification catalyst, an upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor which is provided at an upstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor which is provided at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, and a diagnosis device which uses the outputs of these air-fuel ratio sensors as the basis to diagnose abnormality of the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyamoto, Toru Kidokoro, Yasushi Iwazaki, Kenji Suzuki