Patents by Inventor Masanori Suzuki
Masanori 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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Publication number: 20100243399Abstract: The torque fluctuation absorber includes a flywheel fixed on a first rotating shaft by a fixation member, a damper unit connected with a second rotating shaft and absorbs fluctuation of torque occurred between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft by elastic force, and a limiter unit provided on a power transmission path between the flywheel and the damper unit and inducing a slide when the fluctuation of the torque exceeded a predetermined value. A predetermined member rotates with the first rotating shaft on a power transmission path between the first rotating shaft and the limiter unit. The predetermined member has a side plate at the damper unit and a guide portion that prevents movement radially of a hub member, and the guide portion is provided at radially internal side of the fixation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro SAEKI, Satoshi NAKAGAITO, Toshiyuki SABURI, Masanori SUZUKI, Hiroaki SUEZAKI
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Publication number: 20100240697Abstract: [Problems] To provide a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a therapeutic agent for overactive bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2008Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Masanori Suzuki, Masashi Ukai, Akiyoshi Ohtake
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Patent number: 7796097Abstract: A plasma display panel which includes a front panel having a front substrates on which display electrodes each having a scan electrode and a sustain electrode disposed to each other with a discharge gap in between are provided in a plurality of columns; and a rear panel having a rear substrate disposed opposed to the front substrate, on which rear substrate barrier ribs for dividing a discharge space formed with respect to front panel are formed, an data electrode is disposed between the barrier ribs crosswise to the display electrodes, and a phosphor layer is disposed between the barrier ribs. Rear panel is split into a plurality of areas along the direction parallel to the data electrode and barrier ribs are formed for each of the split areas, an alignment mark is provided in a place out of the display region at the splitting border of rear panel, and an insulation layer covering data electrode is provided with a cut to have the alignment mark disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masanori Suzuki, Nobutaka Hokazono, Kentaro Ueda, Toshifumi Nagino
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Patent number: 7766752Abstract: A torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus provided between a driving source and a transmission and transmitting torque from the driving source to the transmission, the apparatus absorbing fluctuations in the torque and limiting a maximum value of the torque, the apparatus includes a flywheel, a supporting member, a first plate having a sliding surface, a second plate having a sliding surface, a disc spring supported by the supporting member and biasing one of the first and second plates towards the other one thereof, a friction material sandwiched tightly between the sliding surface of the first plate and the sliding surface of the second plate, a damper mechanism connected to the friction material and transmitting the torque from the driving source to an input shaft of the transmission, and a cover member demarcating the sliding surfaces of the first and second plates from an exterior of the torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiro Saeki, Satoshi Nakagaito, Makoto Takeuchi, Masanori Suzuki, Masaru Ebata
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Publication number: 20100175963Abstract: A torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus provided between a driving source and a transmission and transmitting torque from the driving source to the transmission, the apparatus absorbing fluctuations in the torque and limiting a maximum value of the torque, the apparatus includes a flywheel, a supporting member, a first plate having a sliding surface, a second plate having a sliding surface, a disc spring supported by the supporting member and biasing one of the first and second plates towards the other one thereof, a friction material sandwiched tightly between the sliding surface of the first plate and the sliding surface of the second plate, a damper mechanism connected to the friction material and transmitting the torque from the driving source to an input shaft of the transmission, and a cover member demarcating the sliding surfaces of the first and second plates from an exterior of the torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiro Saeki, Satoshi Nakagaito, Makoto Takeuchi, Masanori Suzuki, Masaru Ebata
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Publication number: 20100051411Abstract: A damper device includes a first plate member rotated when the rotational force is inputted thereto from an input side, a second plate member rotatable relative to the first plate member and outputting the rotational force to an output side when being rotated in response to a rotation of the first plate member, a damper portion for absorbing a relative rotation between the first plate member and the second plate member, and a hysteresis portion for absorbing the relative rotation by a friction force, wherein the hysteresis portion includes an intermediate member between the first plate member and the second plate member, and the intermediate member is pressed against one of the first plate member and the second plate member by the other one of the first plate member and the second plate member when the first plate member and the second plate member rotate relative to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro Saeki, Satoshi Nakagaito, Yoshitaka Inoshita, Masanori Suzuki, Hiroaki Suezaki
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Publication number: 20100009552Abstract: A connector adequately detects a state of an electronic component such as a memory card which is fitted in the connector by way of insertion, even when scrapes of a housing of the electronic component are produced due to insertion and removal of the electronic component which is fitted. In this connector (100), detecting parts (160A and 160B), which detect that a memory card (20) is fitted completely in an accommodating part (102) or detect whether or not data can be written in the memory card (20), have fixed terminals (162) and movable terminals (161). In the movable terminal (161), a card contacting part (163a) placed in the accommodating part (102) is pressed by the memory card (20), so that a movable contact part (164a) contacts and conducts with the fixed terminal (162).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Konno, Katsuhiro Hori, Makoto Watanabe, Masanori Suzuki
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Patent number: 7601044Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plasma display panel in which a discharge space is formed by a pair of glass substrates disposed to face each other, and a through port is formed at a corner portion of at least one of the glass substrates for evacuating the discharge space and filling a discharge gas. The method includes: a step of forming the through port of the glass substrate to a rim portion of a substrate glass that is to be cut into two or more of the glass substrate; and a step of forming a structure of the plasma display panel to the substrate glass. With such a method, the substrate glass can be prevented from being cracked or damaged so that the multi-plane manufacturing technique can be realized with high yield.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Masanori Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090212703Abstract: The plasma display panel includes: a front panel having a front substrate and display electrodes; and a rear panel having a rear substrate, a barrier rib, a data electrode and a phosphor layer. The rear substrate faces the front substrate to form a discharge space therebetween. The barrier rib is disposed on the rear substrate to divide the discharge space. The data electrode intersects the display electrodes. The phosphor layer is disposed between the barrier ribs. Further, the display electrodes are formed at a plurality of divided areas separately. The plurality of divided areas is the areas that the front substrate is divided into by a boundary intersecting the display electrodes. The display electrodes formed in the plurality of divided areas have unevenesses in profiles thereof at the boundary between the plurality of divided areas. This configuration easily provides a plasma display panel having a large screen and high resolution as display quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Suzuki, Nobutaka Hokazono, Kentaro Ueda, Toshifumi Nagino
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Patent number: 7563555Abstract: A toner composition including toner particles including a binder resin including a modified polyester resin, and a second resin having a weight average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 10,000; a colorant; a release agent; and a particulate material which is present at least a surface portion of the toner particles while embedded into the surface portion, wherein the binder resin has a glass transition temperature not lower than 35° C. and lower than 55° C., and wherein the particulate material has an average particle diameter of from 0.002 to 0.2 times that of the toner particles. A developer including the toner composition and a carrier having a layer thereon which includes at least an acrylic resin and a silicone resin, and a method for fixing an image of the toner composition are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Yohichiroh Watanabe, Masanori Suzuki, Tsunemi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Yamashita, Takuya Saito, Naohiro Watanabe, Masami Tomita, Shigeru Emoto, Shinichiro Yagi, Hiroshi Yamada, Toshiki Nanya, Tadao Takigawa
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Patent number: 7559844Abstract: A torque fluctuation absorber includes a disc fixed to a flywheel, a hub fixed to a transmission, first and second side plates fixed to the disc, a damper member, first and second control plates provided at axial both sides of the hub, the first and second control plates being riveted by a stopper pin, a first hysteresis mechanism including first and second low friction members and generating a small hysteresis, and a second hysteresis mechanism including first and second high friction members and generating a large hysteresis. The hub includes a flange portion having a through-hole into which the stopper pin is inserted. A relative rotational angle between the control plates and the hub is defined by a clearance formed between the through-hole and the hub. The first hysteresis mechanism is activated when the relative rotational angle is defined within the clearance.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiro Saeki, Satoshi Nakagaito, Makoto Takeuchi, Masanori Suzuki, Masaru Ebata
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Patent number: 7541128Abstract: A toner composition including toner particles including a binder resin including a modified polyester resin, and a second resin having a weight average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 10,000; a colorant; a release agent; and a particulate material which is present at least a surface portion of the toner particles while embedded into the surface portion, wherein the binder resin has a glass transition temperature not lower than 35° C. and lower than 55° C., and wherein the particulate material has an average particle diameter of from 0.002 to 0.2 times that of the toner particles. A developer including the toner composition and a carrier having a layer thereon which includes at least an acrylic resin and a silicone resin, and a method for fixing an image of the toner composition are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Yohichiroh Watanabe, Masanori Suzuki, Tsunemi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Yamashita, Takuya Saito, Naohiro Watanabe, Masami Tomita, Shigeru Emoto, Shinichiro Yagi, Hiroshi Yamada, Toshiki Nanya, Tadao Takigawa
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Publication number: 20090131469Abstract: There is provided an agent comprising solifenacin succinate in an amount of 5 mg to 10 mg or solifenacin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in an amount equimolar to 5 mg to 10 mg of solifenacin succinate for improvement of urinary urgency, pollakiuria and urinary incontinence due to neurogenic bladder caused by neurodegenerative diseases such as cerebrovascular disease or cerebral infarction, brain or spinal cord injury due to trauma, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, congenital malformation of the nerve system, peripheral neuropathy, and various spine lesions, that is, spinal cord compression and injury due to fracture, cervical and lumbar spondylosis, spondylosis deformans, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, vertebral disk hernia and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Ken Ikeda, Shuichi Sato, Masanori Suzuki, Akiyoshi Ohtake, Yasushi Ikeda, Kenji Yasukawa
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Patent number: 7534155Abstract: A method of manufacturing display panels includes forming a material layer on a substrate, and baking the material layer formed on substrate which is placed on a supporting bed. The supporting bed is formed of a first supporting bed and a second supporting bed placed on the first supporting bed. A difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the second supporting bed and the substrate is smaller than a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the first supporting bed and the substrate, and the substrate is placed on the second supporting bed such that the substrate is positioned entirely within the perimeter of the second supporting bed during the baking and heating. This structure allows reduction of scratches on a surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Yonehara, Masanori Suzuki, Makoto Morita, Daisuke Adachi, Yasuyuki Akata, Kenji Tanimoto
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Publication number: 20090096256Abstract: A backrest of a seat includes: a pad including a slit air guide hole which penetrates the pad from a front surface of the pad to a rear surface of the pad; a base member for blocking the air guide hole on a rear side of the pad, the base member including an inlet hole communicated with the air guide hole; and a cover for blocking the air guide hole on the front surface of the pad, the cover including a plurality of outlet holes communicated with the air guide hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiharu Kikuchi, Masanori Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090051288Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front panel and a rear panel. The front panel includes a front substrate and a display electrode. The rear panel includes a rear substrate, a barrier rib, a data electrode, and a phosphor layer. The rear substrate is arranged while facing the front substrate to form a discharge space between the front panel and the rear substrate. The barrier rib is formed at the rear substrate to partition the discharge space, the data electrode is formed while intersecting the display electrode, and the phosphor layer is formed between the barrier ribs. The barrier rib is formed at the divided areas separately in a direction parallel to the data electrode, and the barrier ribs formed at the divided areas separately have different properties among the plurality of areas. A large-screen plasma display panel having a high-resolution display quality is easily realized by the above configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Suzuki, Nobutaka Hokazono, Kentaro Ueda, Toshifumi Nagino
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Publication number: 20080304941Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a baking apparatus for PDP capable of realizing an improvement in productivity while minimizing an increase in a factory space. In a baking furnace 2 for performing heat treatment while conveying substrates 4, conveying means 6 of multiple stages for conveying substrates are provided. The conveying means 6 adjacent in an up and down direction are divided with heat insulating partitions 7 provided between them so as to form a multi-stage furnace, and heating means 9 are provided appropriately to the heat insulating partitions 7. In each furnace of the multi-stage furnace, a heating area, a keeping area and a cooling area are formed in order in the traveling direction of the conveying means, whereby baking of plasma display panels is performed in multiple stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2004Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Makoto Morita, Masanori Suzuki, Hiroyasu Tuji, Michiro Aoki, Hirohito Adachi
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Publication number: 20080220245Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent sealant for organic EL element, which is excellent in flexibility and can seal the organic EL element sufficiently, and thus can suppress generation of dark spots thereby capable of enhancing visibility of an image when an organic EL display is produced. The transparent sealant for organic EL element 2 of the present invention is formed with a flexible polymer composition, and is disposed between the light emitting face of a light emitting element 3 and the sealing member 4 in an electroluminescence display panel 1 comprising the light emitting element 3 sequentially including a substrate 31, an anode layer 32, a light emitting layer 33 and a cathode layer 34, and a sealing member 4 disposed on the light emitting side of the light emitting element 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2004Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: JSR CorporationInventors: Masanori Suzuki, Takashi Kawata, Hiroyuki Mizouchi, Akihiko Morikawa
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Patent number: 7418247Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) receiver includes an input terminal for receiving RF signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, a first tuned filter allowing a signal of a passing frequency in the RF signal in the first frequency band to pass through the filter, a local oscillator, a frequency divider for frequency-dividing a signal output from the local oscillator, a first mixer operable to convert the signal output from the first tuned filter into a signal of an intermediate frequency, a second tuned filter allowing a signal of a passing frequency of the RF signal in the second frequency band to pass through the filter, a second mixer operable to convert the signal output from the second tuned filter into a signal of the intermediate frequency, and a phase-locked-loop (PLL) circuit operable to control an oscillation frequency of the local oscillator and the passing frequencies of the first tuned filter and the second tuned filter.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sanae Asayama, Koji Nakatsuji, Masanori Suzuki, Atsuhito Terao
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Patent number: 7397647Abstract: The ionizer of the present invention comprises a chamber which has an ionization part that ionizes a portion of an ion carrier gas that is supplied to the interior of this chamber, and a blowing part which feeds the ion carrier gas toward a charged body. The ionization part is constructed from an ionization source which is contained in the chamber, and a control device which is connected with this ionization source via a high-voltage cable. Either the generating part of a soft X-ray generating device, the generating part of a low-energy electron beam generating device or the generating part of an ultraviolet radiation generating device is used as the ionization source. The control device, the connecting part between the control device and the high-voltage cable and the connecting part between the ionization source and the high-voltage cable are formed with an explosion-proof structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignees: Techno Ryowa Ltd., Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Harada CorporationInventors: Akira Mizuno, Akio Sugita, Masanori Suzuki, Tomokatsu Sato, Toshihiko Hino, Haruyuki Togari