Patents by Inventor Michio Suzuki

Michio 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: 10005195
    Abstract: Disclosed are a corrugated paperboard cutting control apparatus and a corrugated paperboard cutting control method. Under control of a cutter control device (110), a camera (CA) images a flute arrangement state in a cut section LE of a corrugated paperboard after being cut. A lower-level management device (100) acquires a result of the imaging from the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA ISOWA
    Inventor: Michio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9989115
    Abstract: A brake system including a piston brake system and an integral parking brake system. The brake system includes a brake piston having a piston bore, and a brake pad. The parking brake system includes a rotary to linear stage mechanism located at least partially within the piston bore. During a brake apply, the brake piston and the brake pad are moved against a brake rotor to create a clamp force. During a parking brake apply, the rotary to linear stage mechanism transfers torque into a linear force to move the same brake piston and the same brake pad against the brake rotor to create a clamp force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Michio Suzuki, Aurelian Bahmata
  • Patent number: 9989755
    Abstract: A process of installing optical components as precisely aligning optical axes thereof is disclosed. The process, which relates to an optical module having a signal port and/or a local port, and optical components optically coupling the ports with an active device having a built-in photodiode (PD), includes steps of (a) preparing a reference mirror that emulates a housing with a side to which the ports are attached, (b) aligning an optical axis of the auto-collimator with an optical axis of the reference mirror; (c) replacing the reference mirror with the housing; (d) aligning optical axes of the optical components with the optical axis of the auto-collimator; and (e) installing the optical components within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Fujimura, Yutaka Moriyama, Tomoya Saeki, Michio Suzuki, Satoru Kanemaru
  • Publication number: 20180135711
    Abstract: A torque transferring assembly that includes: a first output; a second output; and a spider located in between the first output and the second output. The spider is adapted to support a plurality of torque transferring elements such that each of the torque transferring elements are in communication with both of the first output and the second output. The torque transferring assembly is adapted to supply a torque to both the first output and the second output so that both outputs rotate together until a load or resistance acting on the first output becomes higher than a load or resistance acting on the second output. The torque transferring assembly is then adapted to transfer the torque to the second output so that the first output slows or ceases to rotate, while the second output continues to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Galus Chelaidite, Michio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9964165
    Abstract: A brake piston includes a piston pocket. The piston pocket receives a nut that is axially movable along a center axis. The nut is restricted from rotating within the piston pocket when a torque due to a frictional engagement between a nut seal and an inner pocket wall, one or more projections, or both is greater than an input torque at the nut. The nut is rotatable within the piston pocket when a torque due to the frictional engagement between the nut seal and the inner pocket wall, the one or more projections or both is less than the input torque at the nut and is less than the torque due to the frictional engagement between the piston and the piston seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Galus Chelaidite, Michio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9956634
    Abstract: A hot-dip plating apparatus for plating a thin molten solder film can control a film thickness of a molten solder on a base material evenly and in increments of a few ?m and achieve a thin-film solder plating having a film thickness less than a conventional system. As shown in FIG. 1, this apparatus comprises a solder bath 17 of accommodating the molten solder 7; a second conveying section 23 for drawing up a strip member 31 from the solder bath; and a blower section 19 for blowing hot gas on the strip member 31 immediately after being drawn up from the solder bath by a second conveying section 23; the hot gas having a predetermined flow volume and a predetermined temperature equal to or higher than a melting temperature of the molten solder 7. According to this configuration, the excess molten solder 7 can be trimmed from the strip member 31 corresponding to composition of the molten solder 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu Sato, Koji Watanabe, Kota Kikuchi, Michio Suzuki, Naoto Kameda, Hideki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9944039
    Abstract: A corrugated paperboard sheet manufacturing apparatus (1) comprises a single facer (8) for preparing a single-faced corrugated paperboard sheet (6), a double facer (12) for preparing a double-faced corrugated paperboard sheet (12), a slitter-scorer (17) for performing a scoring and a slitting of the double-faced corrugated paperboard sheet (10), a cutter (20) for cutting the double-faced corrugated paperboard sheet (10) after the scoring and slitting, and a printer (18) for printing individual identification information on the double-faced corrugated paperboard sheet, in a non-contact state. The printer (18) is disposed on a conveyance line of the corrugated paperboard sheet manufacturing apparatus (1) at a position on a downstream side of the double facer (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA ISOWA
    Inventors: Michio Suzuki, Yusuke Tozuka, Satoru Tsuchiya, Masufumi Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20180087590
    Abstract: A brake piston assembly including a brake piston; a rotary to linear stage mechanism including a spindle and a nut; and a ball ramp assembly including a nut ramp plate and a piston ramp plate. The brake piston includes a piston pocket. The ball ramp assembly is located at a bottom wall of the piston pocket. The ball ramp assembly engages a side wall of the piston pocket so that the ball ramp assembly is maintained in the piston pocket after the ball ramp assembly is assembled in the piston pocket. Rotation of the spindle causes the nut to axially move until the nut directly contacts the nut ramp plate, and further axial movement of the nut causes the nut to move the ball ramp assembly and the brake piston against an inboard brake pad to create a clamp force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Galus Chelaidite, Michio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9908349
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a printer includes a battery, a display, a memory and a processor. The memory stores a predetermined residual capacity of the battery of the printer and amount information of a printing medium on which a predetermined printing data can be printed with the predetermined residual capacity in association with each other in advance. The processor controls the display such that the amount information corresponding to the predetermined residual capacity stored in the memory is displayed on the display, in a case where determining that the residual capacity of the battery is reduced to less than the predetermined residual capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu Satake, Masami Yamanashi, Michio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180058524
    Abstract: A brake system including a piston brake system and an integral parking brake system. The brake system includes a brake piston having a piston bore, and a brake pad. The parking brake system includes a rotary to linear stage mechanism located at least partially within the piston bore. During a brake apply, the brake piston and the brake pad are moved against a brake rotor to create a damp force. During a parking brake apply, the rotary to linear stage mechanism transfers torque into a linear force to move the same brake piston and the same brake pad against the brake rotor to create a clamp force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Michio Suzuki, Aurelian Bahmata
  • Publication number: 20180043712
    Abstract: A printer includes a battery, and a conveying unit powered by the battery and configured to convey printing media at a first speed and a second speed lower than the first speed, a printing unit that prints on the printing media conveyed by the conveying unit, a measuring device that measures a residual capacity of the battery, a display for displaying information related to the residual capacity of the battery, and a processor configured to control the display to, when the residual capacity of the battery is not less than a predetermined residual capacity value, display first information indicating a total number of the printing media that can be printed at the first speed, and when the residual capacity of the battery is less than the predetermined residual capacity value, display second information indicating a total number of the printing media that can be printed at the second speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Shu SATAKE, Masami YAMANASHI, Michio SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180045258
    Abstract: A support portion (23) has three screw insertion portions (23d1, 23d2, and 23d3) which is fixed to a caliper, and arranged so as to surround an output shaft (39). Therefore, it is possible to firmly fix a case (21) to the caliper at these fixing locations. Additionally, since the fixing locations are determined so as to collectively define a “plane”, it is possible to effectively inhibit a sway of the case (21) with respect to the caliper. Furthermore, it is possible to inhibit a twist of the case (21), and it is possible to sufficiently support a vehicle requiring large torque such as a truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kimura, Takeshi Kuroki, Hiroyuki Kato, Michio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170370453
    Abstract: A linear stage assembly comprising a nut having a wall defining a bore which has a nut helical thread which includes: a crest, a root, and a flank between the crest and root; a screw having a screw helical thread about an exterior which includes: a crest, a root, and a flank between the crest and the root; wherein the nut and the screw are in a mating relationship so that the nut flank and the screw flank are in contact with one another defining a contact interface which imposes a frictional force that is sufficiently small to allow generally longitudinal movement in response to an actuation load of the screw or the nut relative to the other and sufficiently large to prevent back drive of the screw or the nut relative to the other after the actuation load is removed and in response to an opposing reaction force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Michio Suzuki, Galus Chelaidite, Waleed Al-Mahshi
  • Publication number: 20170284245
    Abstract: The manufacturing method of the plugged honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure forming step of forming a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure, and a plugging step of forming plugging portions in end portions of the cells of the honeycomb structure formed in the honeycomb structure forming step, and in the plugging step, there is performed a press pouring operation of pressing one end face of the honeycomb structure into a plugging slurry stored in a bottomed tubular container to pour, under pressure, the plugging slurry into the cells of the honeycomb structure, and as the plugging slurry of the plugging step, there is used a slurry in which a yield point viscosity of a viscous fluidity is 600 Pa·s or more, a recovery viscosity is 300 Pa·s or more, and a high shearing viscosity is 200 Pa·s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Michio SUZUKI, Kojiro HAYASHI, Yuji WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9752477
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure including a honeycomb structure body, first plugging portions, and second plugging portions. The honeycomb structure body has a porous partition wall. The first plugging portions are disposed at an outflow side end face of inlet cells and an inflow side end face of outlet cells. The inlet cells are the predetermined cells of the honeycomb structure body. The outlet cells are the residual cells of the honeycomb structure body. The second plugging portions are not fired. The first plugging portions form a checkered pattern at the inflow side end face and the outflow side end face. The number of the second plugging portions is within 3% of the number of cell open ends where the first plugging portions are not formed, on both end faces of the honeycomb structure body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomokatsu Aoyama, Masataka Yamashita, Michio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170159733
    Abstract: A brake piston includes a piston pocket. The piston pocket receives a nut that is axially movable along a center axis. The nut is restricted from rotating within the piston pocket when a torque due to a frictional engagement between a nut seal and an inner pocket wall, one or more projections, or both is greater than an input torque at the nut. The nut is rotatable within the piston pocket when a torque due to the frictional engagement between the nut seal and the inner pocket wall, the one or more projections or both is less than the input torque at the nut and is less than the torque due to the frictional engagement between the piston and the piston seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Galus Chelaidite, Michio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170085734
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a printer comprises a printing processor configured to execute a printing processing on a conveyed sheet; a near field communication device including a non-volatile rewritable storage module and configured to carry out input or output of information to or from the storage module through a near field communication caused by an induced electromotive force generated by a carrier wave from an external device; a status reception module configured to receive a status indicating a state of the printing processor; and a status storage module configured to store the status received through the status reception module in the storage module of the near field communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shu Satake, Masami Yamanashi, Michio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170080727
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a printer includes a battery, a display, a memory and a processor. The memory stores a predetermined residual capacity of the battery of the printer and amount information of a printing medium on which a predetermined printing data can be printed with the predetermined residual capacity in association with each other in advance. The processor controls the display such that the amount information corresponding to the predetermined residual capacity stored in the memory is displayed on the display, in a case where determining that the residual capacity of the battery is reduced to less than the predetermined residual capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shu SATAKE, Masami YAMANASHI, Michio SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170038541
    Abstract: A process of installing optical components as precisely aligning optical axes thereof is disclosed. The process, which relates to an optical module having a signal port and/or a local port, and optical components optically coupling the ports with an active device having a built-in photodiode (PD), includes steps of (a) preparing a reference mirror that emulates a housing with a side to which the ports are attached, (b) aligning an optical axis of the auto-collimator with an optical axis of the reference mirror; (c) replacing the reference mirror with the housing; (d) aligning optical axes of the optical components with the optical axis of the auto-collimator; and (e) installing the optical components within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yasushi Fujimura, Yutaka Moriyama, Tomoya Saeki, Michio Suzuki, Satoru Kanemaru
  • Publication number: 20160361886
    Abstract: A corrugated paperboard sheet manufacturing apparatus (1) comprises a single facer (8) for preparing a single-faced corrugated paperboard sheet (6), a double facer (12) for preparing a double-faced corrugated paperboard sheet (12), a slitter-scorer (17) for performing a scoring and a slitting of the double-faced corrugated paperboard sheet (10), a cutter (20) for cutting the double-faced corrugated paperboard sheet (10) after the scoring and slitting, and a printer (18) for printing individual identification information on the double-faced corrugated paperboard sheet, in a non-contact state. The printer (18) is disposed on a conveyance line of the corrugated paperboard sheet manufacturing apparatus (1) at a position on a downstream side of the double facer (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Michio SUZUKI, Yusuke TOZUKA, Satoru TSUCHIYA, Masufumi SONODA