Patents by Inventor Minoru Suzuki

Minoru 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: 11569197
    Abstract: An ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes an ultrasonic bonding machine having an ultrasonic tool for applying an ultrasonic wave to a bonding target member mounted on a fixed object fixed to a jig, while pressing a bonding member against the bonding target member; and a bonding inspection apparatus for inspecting a bonding quality of the bonding target member and the bonding member. The bonding inspection apparatus includes: a bonded-state measuring device for detecting a vibration in the jig or a housing of the ultrasonic bonding machine equipped with the jig, to thereby output a detection signal; and a bonded-state determination device for determining, in a bonding process for the bonding target member and the bonding member, a bonded state between the bonding target member and the bonding member on the basis of the detection signal outputted by the bonded-state measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Egusa, Shingo Sudo, Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Erubi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11557467
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate, a base plate, and first and second electrode layers. The ceramic dielectric substrate includes first and second major surfaces. The first and second electrode layers are provided inside the ceramic dielectric substrate. The second electrode layer is provided between the first electrode layer and the first major surface. The first electrode layer includes first and second portions. The first portion is positioned more centrally of the ceramic dielectric substrate than is the second portion. The first portion includes first and second surfaces. The second portion includes third and fourth surfaces. The third surface is positioned between the first surface and the second electrode layer. An electrical resistance of the first surface is greater than an average electrical resistance of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Momiyama, Minoru Suzuki, Hitoshi Sasaki, Tsukasa Shigezumi
  • Patent number: 11557465
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate, a base plate, and first and second electrode layers. The ceramic dielectric substrate includes first and second major surfaces. The first and second electrode layers are provided inside the ceramic dielectric substrate. The second electrode layer is provided between the first electrode layer and the first major surface. The first electrode layer includes first and second portions. The first portion is positioned more centrally of the ceramic dielectric substrate than is the second portion. The first portion includes first and second surfaces. The second portion includes third and fourth surfaces. The third surface is positioned between the first surface and the second electrode layer. An electrical resistance of the first surface is less than an average electrical resistance of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Momiyama, Minoru Suzuki, Hitoshi Sasaki, Tsukasa Shigezumi
  • Publication number: 20220412244
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst apparatus has a honeycomb base material and a catalyst noble metal supported by the honeycomb base material, wherein: the honeycomb base material contains ceria-zirconia composite oxide particles as one of the constituent materials, is of a wall flow type, and includes inlet-side cells and outlet-side cells demarcated by porous partition walls; the catalyst noble metal is supported in inlet-side support regions and outlet-side support regions; each of the inlet-side support regions is formed with a specific length from the exhaust gas flow upstream end; the catalyst noble metal 70% support depth is not greater than 50% of the thickness of the porous partition walls; each of the outlet-side support regions is formed with a specific length from the exhaust gas flow downstream end; and the catalyst noble metal 70% support depth is greater than 50% of the thickness of the porous partition walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kana IWATA, Minoru ITOU, Takeru YOSHIDA, Masaru KAKINOHANA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Atsushi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220411413
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder, Parkinson's disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof. wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Masami YAMADA, Shinkichi SUZUKI, Takahiro SUGIMOTO, Minoru NAKAMURA, Hiroki SAKAMOTO, Makoto KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20220403932
    Abstract: A piston ring includes a plurality of first ring pieces placed inside the ring groove in a stacking manner such that the first ring pieces adhere to each other in the axis direction. The first ring pieces include respective piston ring gap portions each having end surfaces separated from each other in the circumferential direction of the first ring pieces such that the end surfaces face each other via a ring gap having a predetermined dimension. The respective piston ring gap portions of the first ring pieces are displaced from each other in the circumferential direction. A closing member is provided to close the piston ring gap portions of the first ring pieces in the radial direction of the first ring pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi KOYAMA, Takashi SUZUKI, Naoki TSUNEISHI, Minoru UCHIYAMA, Yuzuru SHIRATORI, Yuuichiro WADA
  • Patent number: 11517359
    Abstract: In order to apply, with a simple and easy means, proper pressure between bone segments spaced apart as a result of osteotomy or a bone fracture, without lowering the fixing force at the screw meshing portion, without increasing a dead space, and without increasing the thickness of the plate, the present invention provides a bone plate having an upper face, which is to be in contact with bone, a lower face, which is to be in contact with the bone, and a plurality of holes arranged to receive bone screws and connecting the upper face and the lower face. In at least one of the holes, a portion of an edge, on the upper face, of the hole is formed so as to be raised in the form of a protrusion higher than the upper face around the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: Koichi Kuroda, Yasuharu Yokoyama, Tomohiko Fukuhara, Masaki Atarashi, Kitaru Suzuki, Minoru Harada, Toshihisa Iwanaga, Mitsuya Urata
  • Patent number: 11511365
    Abstract: A welding system includes a welding torch that welds a workpiece by using a wire, a suction device that sucks shielding gas, and a sucked shielding gas supply path for allowing the sucked shielding gas to flow, wherein the welding torch includes a contact chip that guides the wire, a shielding gas supply nozzle that supplies the shielding gas to a weld zone, and a suction nozzle that surrounds a periphery of the wire protruding from the contact chip, and is opened toward a tip of the wire to suck the shielding gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kawabe, Tokuji Maruyama, Minoru Miyata, Kei Yamazaki, Reiichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11510320
    Abstract: A method of the invention is a method of processing a wiring substrate that includes a configuration in which conductors locally disposed on a substrate are coated with resin having inorganic members that form a filler and are dispersed in an organic member, the method including: removing the organic member from a surface layer side of the resin by use of an ashing method; and removing, by use of a wet cleaning method, the inorganic members remaining the surface layer side of the resin from which the organic member is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Muneyuki Sato, Yasuhiro Morikawa, Minoru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11494043
    Abstract: A coordinate input device includes a plurality of detection electrodes arranged in a grid shape, a coordinate calculation unit that calculates coordinates representing a proximity position of an object on a basis of changes in capacitances of the plurality of detection electrodes, and an output unit that outputs the coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculation unit. The coordinate calculation unit calculates the coordinates using each of a first calculation method and a second calculation method. In a case where two objects are detected using both the first calculation method and the second calculation method, the output unit outputs the coordinates calculated using the first calculation method in a case where a distance between the two objects is greater than a predetermined first threshold, and outputs the coordinates calculated using the second calculation method in a case where the distance between the two objects is less than a predetermined second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakajima, Minoru Watanabe, Yohei Rokkasho, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11495915
    Abstract: A connector apparatus of the present invention includes a receptacle into which a plug is inserted, a moving member configured to move in conjunction with insertion of the plug, and a sensor provided below the receptacle and configured to detect presence or absence of the plug in the receptacle, in which the moving member includes a first portion extending downward, a second portion, one end of which is connected to the first portion and another end of which is located above the one end, and a third portion, one end of which is connected to the second portion and configured to move in conjunction with the insertion of the plug to thereby switch between a first state in which the plug is disposed in a predetermined region and a second state in which the plug is not disposed in the predetermined region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusuke Suzuki, Minoru Sato, So Matsuka
  • Patent number: 11495466
    Abstract: A processing method of a wafer includes a resist film coating step of coating either one surface of a front surface and a back surface with a resist film containing an ultraviolet absorber, a laser beam irradiation step of irradiating the side of the one surface with a laser beam absorbed by the wafer and removing part of the wafer and the resist film along planned dividing lines, a plasma etching step of supplying a gas in a plasma state to the side of the one surface and removing an exposed region of the wafer exposed along the planned dividing lines through plasma etching, and a check step of irradiating plural positions on the side of the one surface of the wafer with ultraviolet rays and detecting light emission of the resist film to measure the thickness of the resist film and check a coating state of the resist film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sandoh, Minoru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11482764
    Abstract: A battery pack in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a communication terminal and a detector, and supplies electric power to an external device. The communication terminal receives a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal. The first signal has a first potential, the second signal has a second potential, and the third signal has a third potential. The first potential, the second potential, and the third potential are different from one another. The detector determines a potential at the communication terminal, to thereby detect the first signal, the second signal, or the third signal in accordance with the determined potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Minoru Gyoda, Nobuyuki Oyama, Hiroshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220291603
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image is provided. The carrier comprises a core particle having an internal void ratio of from 0.0% to 2.0% and a coating layer coating the core particle. The coating layer contains flat chargeable particles satisfying Formula 1 blow: 1.0?R1/R2?3.0??Formula 1 where R1 [nm] and R2 [nm] represent a major axis and a thickness, respectively, of each of the flat chargeable particles. The carrier has an apparent density of from 2.0 to 2.5 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KISHIDA, Kousuke Suzuki, Tohru Suganuma, Minoru Masuda, Masashi Nagayama, Kento Takeuchi, Kaede Masuko
  • Publication number: 20220291604
    Abstract: A carrier for forming an electrophotographic image is provided. The carrier comprises a core particle and a coating layer coating the core particle. The coating layer contains a conductive component comprising an element A, and a coating resin comprising an element B. The element A is undetected in the coating resin by an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer, and the element B is undetected in the conductive component by the energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer. A standard deviation of a value A/B is 0.4 or less, where the value A/B is a ratio of the element A to the element B in intensity measured by the energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Namie Suzuki, Kousuke Suzuki, Tohru Suganuma, Masashi Nagayama, Minoru Masuda, Hiroyuki Kishida, Kento Takeuchi, Kaede Masuko
  • Publication number: 20220250037
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst device having a substrate and one or more catalytic noble metals supported on the substrate. The substrate has a plurality of cells partitioned by a porous wall 1 and includes ceria-zirconia compound oxide particles. A specific noble metal that is one of the one or more catalytic noble metals satisfies both the following requirements (1) and (2): (1) the noble metal 50% support depth for the specific noble metal is 30% or less of the distance from the surface of the porous wall 1 to the center of the interior of the porous wall 1, and (2) the noble metal 90% support depth for the specific noble metal is 35% or more of the distance from the surface of the porous wall 1 to the center of the interior of the porous wall 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kana IWATA, Minoru ITOU, Shunsuke OHISHI, Takeru YOSHIDA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Masaru KAKINOHANA, Satoshi KAMITANI
  • Patent number: 11402253
    Abstract: A fluid sensing apparatus includes a fluid sensor configured to detect a temperature distribution on a detection surface caused by heating, and output a signal value corresponding to a flow of a fluid; a falling time counting unit configured to count a falling time of the signal value after stopping the heating; and a failure determining unit configured to perform failure determination based on the falling time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Nagawatari, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220212171
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalytic device includes: a substrate; at least one type of noble-metal catalyst that is supported on the substrate; and a coating layer on the surface of the substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of cells which are demarcated by porous walls. The substrate and the coating layer each include ceria-zirconia composite oxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicants: CATALER CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kana IWATA, Minoru ITOU, Shunsuke OHISHI, Takeru YOSHIDA, Masaru KAKINOHANA, Satoshi KAMITANI, Hiromasa SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220206640
    Abstract: A coordinate input device includes a plurality of detection electrodes arranged in a grid shape, a coordinate calculation unit that calculates coordinates representing a proximity position of an object on a basis of changes in capacitances of the plurality of detection electrodes, and an output unit that outputs the coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculation unit. The coordinate calculation unit calculates the coordinates using each of a first calculation method and a second calculation method. In a case where two objects are detected using both the first calculation method and the second calculation method, the output unit outputs the coordinates calculated using the first calculation method in a case where a distance between the two objects is greater than a predetermined first threshold, and outputs the coordinates calculated using the second calculation method in a case where the distance between the two objects is less than a predetermined second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAJIMA, Minoru WATANABE, Yohei ROKKASHO, Yasuhiro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: D962096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sayaka Obana, Toru Takegawa, Hiroya Nagasawa, Ikuo Wakayama, Minoru Suzuki