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).
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Publication number: 20120235462Abstract: The in-wheel motor drive assembly 21 includes: a motor unit A; a wheel hub bearing unit having a tubular wheel hub 32, a cylindrical outer-ring-side member 22c surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the wheel hub, and a wheel hub bearing 33 disposed in an annular space formed between the outer circumferential surface of the wheel hub and the inner circumferential surface of the outer-ring-side member to rotatably support the wheel hub; and a speed reduction unit 101 being a speed reduction mechanism having an output shaft 28 extending in one direction and an input shaft 25 extending in the other direction and reducing the rotational speed of the input shaft and transmitting the reduced rotation to the output shaft, the output shaft being fixedly inserted in the center of the wheel hub 32 and the input shaft being fixedly inserted in the motor rotary shaft 35.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Yamamoto, Minoru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120231553Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing vessel evacuated by an evacuation system and including therein a stage for holding thereon a substrate to be processed, the processing vessel defining therein a processing space, a processing gas supply path that introduces an etching gas into the processing vessel, a plasma source that forms plasma in the processing space, and a high-frequency source connected to the stage. The processing vessel includes therein a shielding plate dividing the processing space into a first processing space part including a surface of the substrate to be processed and a second processing space part corresponding to a remaining part of the processing space, wherein the shielding plate is formed with an opening having a size larger than a size of the substrate to be processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITEDInventors: Yoichi OKITA, Koji IBI, Minoru Suzuki, Yuuichi Tachino
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Publication number: 20120208098Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a source gas passage including a first desulfurizer that has a desulfurization performance relative to a source gas having a relatively higher dew point, and a second desulfurizer that has the desulfurization performance relative to a source gas having a relatively lower dew point and the source gas having the relatively higher dew point. The desulfurization performance of the second desulfurizer relative to the source gas having the relatively higher dew point is lower than the desulfurization performance of the second desulfurizer relative to the source gas having the relatively lower dew point. The first desulfurizer, the second desulfurizer, and a flowmeter are arranged at the source gas passage in the aforementioned order from an upstream side to a downstream side of the source gas passage in a flow direction of the source gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicants: OSAKA GAS CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki OHKAWARA, Shin Iwata, Susumu Takami, Minoru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120066777Abstract: Disclosed are: a method for detecting (diagnosing) visceral obesity in a subject; a test agent useful for the method; a method for searching for a substance that can be used as an active ingredient for ameliorating visceral obesity; and an ameliorating agent for visceral obesity or a medicinal agent for preventing a metabolic disease developed as a result of the progression of visceral obesity. As the test agent, a polynucleotide which comprises at least 15 nucleotides and can hybridize with a nucleotide sequence for coiled-coil domain containing protein 3 (CCDC3) gene or a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence under stringent conditions or an antibody capable of recognizing CCDC3 protein is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicants: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD., RIKEN, SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCEInventors: Yoshihiro Kawamura, Masatomo Rokushima, Minoru Suzuki, Tatsuya Takahashi, Minoru Ikeda, Atsunori Kashiwagi, Hiroshi Maegawa, Tohru Tani, Shiro Maeda
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Patent number: 8132636Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive unit (21) comprises a casing (22), a motor part (A), a deceleration part (B), a wheel hub (31), and a wheel hub bearing (33) rotatably supporting the wheel hub (31) with respect to the casing (22). The wheel hub bearing (33) includes first and second outer track surfaces (33a) and (33b) provided on the inner diameter surface of the casing (22), a first inner track surface (33c) provided on the outer diameter surface of a wheel-side rotation member (30) and opposed to the first outer track surface (33a), a second inner track surface (33d) provided on the outer diameter surface of the wheel hub (31) and opposed to the second outer track surface (33b), and a plurality of rolling elements (33e) arranged between the outer track surfaces (33a) and (33b) and the inner track surfaces (33c) and (33d).Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: NTN CorporationInventor: Minoru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120006608Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive unit (21) comprises a casing (22), a motor part (A), a deceleration part (B), a wheel hub (31), and a wheel hub bearing (33) rotatably supporting the wheel hub (31) with respect to the casing (22). The wheel hub bearing (33) includes first and second outer track surfaces (33a) and (33b) provided on the inner diameter surface of the casing (22), a first inner track surface (33c) provided on the outer diameter surface of a wheel-side rotation member (30) and opposed to the first outer track surface (33a), a second inner track surface (33d) provided on the outer diameter surface of the wheel hub (31) and opposed to the second outer track surface (33b), and a plurality of rolling elements (33e) arranged between the outer track surfaces (33a) and (33b) and the inner track surfaces (33c) and (33d).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventor: Minoru SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20110319219Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive unit (21) comprises a casing (22), a motor part (A), a deceleration part (B), a wheel hub (31), and a wheel hub bearing (33) rotatably supporting the wheel hub (31) with respect to the casing (22). The wheel hub bearing (33) includes first and second outer track surfaces (33a) and (33b) provided on the inner diameter surface of the casing (22), a first inner track surface (33c) provided on the outer diameter surface of a wheel-side rotation member (30) and opposed to the first outer track surface (33a), a second inner track surface (33d) provided on the outer diameter surface of the wheel hub (31) and opposed to the second outer track surface (33b), and a plurality of rolling elements (33e) arranged between the outer track surfaces (33a) and (33b) and the inner track surfaces (33c) and (33d).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventor: Minoru SUZUKI
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Patent number: 8038562Abstract: A rotary shaft is provided so as to be coaxial with an inner member which comprises a hub ring and a bearing inner ring. External gears are rotatably provided around eccentric portions formed on the rotary shaft. The external gears mesh with internal teeth formed on the inner periphery of a casing. When the rotary shaft rotates, the external gears mesh with the internal teeth one after another, so that their centers rotate about the axis of the rotary shaft. When the rotary shaft rotates once, the external gears rotate about their own axes by an amount corresponding to the difference in number between the external teeth and the internal teeth. The rotation of the external gears about their axes is transmitted through a torque transmission to the inner member, thereby rotating the inner member at a reduced speed.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: NTN CorporationInventor: Minoru Suzuki
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Patent number: 8033943Abstract: A rotary shaft is provided so as to be coaxial with an inner member which comprises a hub ring and a bearing inner ring. External gears are rotatably provided around eccentric portions formed on the rotary shaft. The external gears mesh with internal teeth formed on the inner periphery of a casing. When the rotary shaft rotates, the external gears mesh with the internal teeth one after another, so that their centers rotate about the axis of the rotary shaft. When the rotary shaft rotates once, the external gears rotate about their own axes by an amount corresponding to the difference in number between the external teeth and the internal teeth. The rotation of the external gears about their axes is transmitted through a torque transmission to the inner member, thereby rotating the inner member at a reduced speed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: NTN CorporationInventor: Minoru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110161628Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus includes plural reconfigurable circuit layers, a first memory, a selecting unit, and a configuring unit. In each of the plural reconfigurable circuit layers, a processing circuit can be reconfigured. The first memory stores circuit information representing processing circuits that should be configured. The selecting unit selects, if it is unnecessary to use all the plural reconfigurable circuit layers in order to configure the processing circuits represented by the circuit information, a part of the reconfigurable circuit layers having high priority orders set in advance and otherwise selects all the plural reconfigurable circuit layers. The configuring unit configures, using the selected reconfigurable circuit layers, the processing circuits represented by the circuit information stored in the first memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Minoru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110133541Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive unit (21) includes a motor portion A, a speed reduction portion B, and a wheel hub C. The speed reduction portion B includes outer pins (27) engaging with circumferences of curve plates (26a) and (26b) to generate rotation movements of the curved plates, and an outer pin holding portion (45) fixedly fitted in an inner diameter surface of a casing (22) holding the speed reduction portion B, to hold the outer pins (27) parallel to a rotation axis of a motor side rotation member (25). The outer pin holding portion (45) includes a cylindrical portion (46), a pair of ring portions (47) and (48) extending from axial both ends of the cylindrical portion (46) to radially inner side, and a pair of outer pin holding holes (47a) and (48a) provided at opposed positions of the pair of ring portions (47) and (48), and extending parallel to the rotation axis of the motor side rotation member (25) to hold the axial ends of the outer pin (27).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2008Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Tomoaki Makino, Ken Yamamoto, Minoru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110098966Abstract: The electronic clinical thermometer includes a thermistor, a reference resistor, a voltage switch for selectively applying a voltage in order to accumulate electric charge in a capacitor via the thermistor or reference resistor, an A/D converter for detecting a voltage change occurring when removing the electric charge accumulated in the capacitor, and outputting an ON signal while the capacitor has a voltage equal to or higher than a predetermined voltage, a timer for measuring the duration of the ON signal, and an arithmetic processor for calculating the ambient temperature of the thermistor by using the discharge time when removing the electric charge accumulated in the capacitor via the thermistor, and the average value of the discharge times when removing the electric charge accumulated in the capacitor via the reference resistor immediately before and after removing the electric charge accumulated in the capacitor via the thermistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Minoru SUZUKI
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Patent number: 7906033Abstract: A plasma etching apparatus for etching semiconductor wafers. The plasma etching apparatus has a reaction tube made of a dielectric material and a high frequency antenna located around the reaction tube for generating a plasma inside the reaction tube. The high frequency antenna has a sloped segment that produces a relatively large capacitive coupling with the reaction tube. The high frequency antenna is moved by a driver around the reaction tube in a horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor LimitedInventors: Yuuichi Tachino, Minoru Suzuki, Koji Ibi, Genichi Komuro, Yoichi Okita
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Publication number: 20110011203Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive device (21) includes a motor part A, a reducer part B, a wheel hub C, and a reducer part lubricating mechanism to supply a lubricant oil to the reducer part. The reducer part lubricating mechanism includes a lubricant oil path (25c), a lubricant oil supply port (25d), a lubricant oil discharge port (22b), a circulation oil path (45) passing through a casing (22) to connect the lubricant oil discharge port (22b) to the lubricant oil path (25c), and to return the lubricant oil discharged from the lubricant oil discharge port (22b) to the lubricant oil path (25c), a cooling water path (22e) provided in the casing (22) so as to be in contact with the circulation oil path (45) to cool down the lubricant oil passing through the circulation oil path (45), and a partition member (49) arranged in a contact position between the circulation oil path (45) and the cooling water path (22e), to separate them.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Inventors: Ken Yamamoto, Tomoaki Makino, Minoru Suzuki, Takayuki Iio
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Publication number: 20100290933Abstract: An electric pump includes a pump; a motor having a motor shaft, the motor shaft being connected to the pump to drive the pump; a support member which is arranged between the pump and a front end portion of the motor, the front end portion of the motor being a motor shaft side, the support member supporting the pump and the motor when the motor shaft penetrates the pump; a motor cover which covers the motor, the motor cover having a closed-end cylindrical shape, and an opened end side of the motor cover being fixed to the support member; and an elastic member which is in a state of being compressed positioned between a rear end portion of the motor and a bottom portion of the motor cover. The motor is supported by the support member as being urged thereto by the elastic member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicants: MIKUNI CORPORATION, MITSUBUSHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shingo Tabata, Michihiro Yokoyama, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Hideki Endo, Haruo Kotera, Naohisa Koike, Kenta Tanaka
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Publication number: 20100267509Abstract: An object is to provide a compact power transmission device which comprises a small number of parts and is compact in size, and which can transmit the rotation of a rotary shaft to a wheel with a high reduction ratio. A rotary shaft 11 is provided so as to be coaxial with an inner member 11 which comprises a hub ring 4 and a bearing inner ring 5. External gears 16a and 16b are rotatably provided around eccentric portions 14a and 14b formed on the rotary shaft 11. The external gears 16a and 16b mesh with internal teeth 18 formed on the inner periphery of a casing 1. When the rotary shaft 11 rotates, the external gears 16a and 16b mesh with the internal teeth 18 one after another, so that their centers rotate about the axis of the rotary shaft. When the rotary shaft 11 rotates once, the external gears 16a and 16b rotate about their own axes by an amount corresponding to the difference in number between the external teeth 17 and the internal teeth 18.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventor: Minoru SUZUKI
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Patent number: 7790812Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an acid anhydride-based epoxy resin curing agent, an acid anhydride-based epoxy resin curing agent, an epoxy resin composition, and a cured product and optical semiconductor device using the same. The process for producing an acid anhydride-based epoxy resin curing agent according to the present invention comprises heating a mixture containing a polyvalent carboxylic acid anhydride and a polyester resin in the presence of hydrogen gas and a hydrogenation catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ryusuke Tanaka, Minoru Suzuki
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Patent number: 7786445Abstract: A side tube includes a tube head, a funnel-shaped connection neck, and a tube main body, which are arranged along a tube axis and which are integrated together into the side tube. The size of a cross section of the tube head perpendicular to the tube axis is larger than the size of a cross section of the tube main body perpendicular to the tube axis. The radius of curvature of rounded corners of the tube head is smaller than the radius of curvature of rounded corners of the tube main body. The length of the tube head along the tube axis is shorter than the length of the tube main body along the tube axis. One surface of a faceplate is connected to the tube head. A photocathode is formed on the surface of the faceplate in its area located inside the tube head.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Teruhiko Yamaguchi, Suenori Kimura, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshitaka Nakamura
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Patent number: 7763152Abstract: There is provided an ion exchange membrane electrolyzer, wherein at least one electrode is energized by coming into contact with plate spring bodies formed on the electrode side of an electrode holding member forming a space with an electrode chamber partition bonded to a plate-like electrode chamber partition by a strip-like bonded portion, the electrode has a connected portion extending from a plane parallel to the ion exchange membrane toward the electrode holding member side in a direction perpendicular to the electrode plane, the connected portion is provided with an engaging opening extending in a direction perpendicular to the electrode plane, and the engaging opening engages with an engaging member, permitting the electrode to move in a direction perpendicular to the electrode plane within the displacement range of the plate spring bodies.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignees: Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd., Tosoh CorporationInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Masakazu Kameda
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Publication number: 20100160587Abstract: The thermosetting resin composition of the present invention comprises a compound (A) containing an organic group having two or more carbon atoms and a hydrosilyl group, a compound (B) containing a carbon-carbon double bond, and a hydrosilylation catalyst (C), wherein the composition is liquid at 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Akihiro Yoshida, Takeo Tomiyama, Shingo Kobayashi, Shouko Tanaka, Minoru Suzuki, Masaru Shiina