Patents by Inventor Naoto Suzuki

Naoto 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: 20080217640
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device is provided which can prevent the reflectance of a metal film from deteriorating due to heat aging and can prevent wire bonding performance of the semiconductor light emitting element from deteriorating due to the diffusion of Ni contained in a Ni barrier metal layer to the reflection layer during die-bonding of the semiconductor light emitting element. The semiconductor light emitting device includes a metal film formed on a substrate and a semiconductor light emitting element. The metal film includes a barrier metal layer configured to prevent a predetermined material from being diffused into the substrate, a metal layer formed on the barrier metal layer; and a reflection layer formed on the metal layer. The reflection layer is configured to reflect light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element, and the metal layer is made of Ti or Pd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Suzuki, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Yoshiaki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 7377646
    Abstract: A perimeter for examining a state of a visual field of a patient's eye includes: a target presenting unit that presents a stimulation target for examination to the eye, a presentation position and a presentation brightness of the target being variable; a first arithmetic unit that obtains a threshold of sensitivity with respect to the presentation brightness at each examination point on a retina corresponding to each presentation position; an input unit that inputs function information at each examination point, the function information at each examination point being objectively obtained by processing a first fundus image of the eye taken before irradiation onto a fundus of the eye and a second fundus image of the eye taken after the irradiation; and a determining unit that determines an initial reference value of the presentation brightness at each presentation position based on the input function information at each examination point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7353798
    Abstract: A low-pressure delivery pipe provided with intake manifold injectors, a fuel pressure regulator, a high-pressure fuel pump, a high-pressure delivery pipe provided with in-cylinder injectors, and an electromagnetic relief valve are connected in series at the downstream of a low-pressure fuel pump that discharges a fuel within a fuel tank at a prescribed pressure. Since the low-pressure delivery pipe is arranged downstream of the low-pressure fuel pump, the fuel pressure within the low-pressure delivery pipe is lowered upon stop of vehicle operation, in response to stop of the low-pressure fuel pump. The fuel pressure within the high-pressure delivery pipe is also lowered in response to stop of the low-pressure fuel pump, by opening the electromagnetic relief valve upon stop of vehicle operation. Thus, oil tightness of the injectors during the stop of vehicle operation is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tokuda, Naoki Kurata, Katsuhiko Yamaguchi, Toshio Inoue, Naoto Suzuki, Mamoru Tomatsuri, Keiko Hasegawa, Keita Fukui
  • Patent number: 7344249
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for examining and evaluating a visual function of an eye of a patient, includes: a presentation unit which presents an examination target to the patient's eye; a storage unit which stores therein subjective information obtained from the patient as to whether or not the patient can visually recognize the presented examination target; a calculation unit which calculates an objective evaluation value for the patient's eye using a fuzzy theory expressed as a probability function, based upon the stored subjective information; and an output unit which outputs the calculated evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7309129
    Abstract: A perimeter for examining a visual field of an eye of a patient, includes: a presentation unit, which presents an examination target at each of various positions around an eye fixation point to which the patient's eye is visually fixed; a position determination unit, which determines at least one of positions of an optic pappila, a central fovea and a macula lutea on a fundus of the patient's eye; and a control unit, which determines a running state of a nerve fiber bundle on the fundus based on the determined position, and which controls the presentation unit to present and move the examination target based on the determined running state of the nerve fiber bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7294625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents phenyl which may be substituted, R2 represents H, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl or substituted amino, Q represents CH or N, R3 represents H, alkyl or amino, R4 represents the formula (II) to (V): wherein R7 represents H or alkyl, R8 represents H, alkyl or substituted amino, R9 represents H or alkyl, R12 represents H, alkyl, halogeno alkyl or substituted amino, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and a medical composition containing the same as effective ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hagihara, Nobuhiko Shibakawa, Masamichi Nishihara, Toshiyuki Shirai, Motohisa Shimizu, Tohru Hasegawa, Yasunori Tokunaga, Naoto Suzuki, Yukinori Wada
  • Patent number: 7281509
    Abstract: The start control procedure of the invention lags an open-close timing VVT of an intake valve, restricts a throttle opening TH of a throttle valve, and starts cranking an engine with a lower torque Tlow. When a pressure Pf of a fuel supplied to in-cylinder fuel injection valves reaches or exceeds a preset reference value, which is greater than a sum of an in-cylinder compression pressure Pin and a closed valve position-retaining pressure Pcv of the in-cylinder fuel injection valves, the start control procedure cranks the engine with a standard cranking torque Tset. The start control procedure then starts advance of the open-close timing VVT of the intake valve, cancels the restriction of the throttle opening TH, and starts fuel injection from the in-cylinder fuel injection valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Fukui, Keiko Hasegawa, Mamoru Tomatsuri, Naoto Suzuki, Toshio Inoue, Katsuhiko Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7263972
    Abstract: A low-pressure delivery pipe provided with intake manifold injectors, a fuel pressure regulator, a high-pressure fuel pump, a high-pressure delivery pipe provided with in-cylinder injectors, and an electromagnetic relief valve are connected in series at the downstream of a low-pressure fuel pump that discharges a fuel within a fuel tank at a prescribed pressure. Since the low-pressure delivery pipe is arranged downstream of the low-pressure fuel pump, the fuel pressure within the low-pressure delivery pipe is lowered upon stop of vehicle operation, in response to stop of the low-pressure fuel pump. The fuel pressure within the high-pressure delivery pipe is also lowered in response to stop of the low-pressure fuel pump, by opening the electromagnetic relief valve upon stop of vehicle operation. Thus, oil tightness of the injectors during the stop of vehicle operation is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tokuda, Naoki Kurata, Katsuhiko Yamaguchi, Toshio Inoue, Naoto Suzuki, Mamoru Tomatsuri, Keiko Hasegawa, Keita Fukui
  • Publication number: 20070199542
    Abstract: A low-pressure delivery pipe provided with intake manifold injectors, a fuel pressure regulator, a high-pressure fuel pump, a high-pressure delivery pipe provided with in-cylinder injectors, and an electromagnetic relief valve are connected in series at the downstream of a low-pressure fuel pump that discharges a fuel within a fuel tank at a prescribed pressure. Since the low-pressure delivery pipe is arranged downstream of the low-pressure fuel pump, the fuel pressure within the low-pressure delivery pipe is lowered upon stop of vehicle operation, in response to stop of the low-pressure fuel pump. The fuel pressure within the high-pressure delivery pipe is also lowered in response to stop of the low-pressure fuel pump, by opening the electromagnetic relief valve upon stop of vehicle operation. Thus, oil tightness of the injectors during the stop of vehicle operation is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tokuda, Naoki Kurata, Katsuhiko Yamaguchi, Toshio Inoue, Naoto Suzuki, Mamoru Tomatsuri, Keiko Hasegawa, Keita Fukui
  • Publication number: 20070193559
    Abstract: A low-pressure delivery pipe provided with intake manifold injectors, a fuel pressure regulator, a high-pressure fuel pump, a high-pressure delivery pipe provided with in-cylinder injectors, and an electromagnetic relief valve are connected in series at the downstream of a low-pressure fuel pump that discharges a fuel within a fuel tank at a prescribed pressure. Since the low-pressure delivery pipe is arranged downstream of the low-pressure fuel pump, the fuel pressure within the low-pressure delivery pipe is lowered upon stop of vehicle operation, in response to stop of the low-pressure fuel pump. The fuel pressure within the high-pressure delivery pipe is also lowered in response to stop of the low-pressure fuel pump, by opening the electromagnetic relief valve upon stop of vehicle operation. Thus, oil tightness of the injectors during the stop of vehicle operation is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tokuda, Naoki Kurata, Katsuhiko Yamaguchi, Toshio Inoue, Naoto Suzuki, Mamoru Tomatsuri, Keiko Hasegawa, Keita Fukui
  • Patent number: 7185641
    Abstract: Both evaporated fuel purge and EGR are performed by supplying both an evaporated fuel and an exhaust gas at a position downstream from a throttle valve, of an intake pipe. A controller for controlling a purge flow rate and an EGR flow rate controls an opening degree of a purge control valve and an opening degree of the throttle valve, for example, as an operational state of an engine to compensate for a decrease in the purge flow rate caused by an increase in the EGR flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7152587
    Abstract: In a canister system of seal type, a purge VSV is closed even if a predetermined purge condition is established so as to prevent direct purging of an evaporated fuel within a fuel tank into an intake system of an engine when one of the following conditions is established, that is, (1) a motor pump of an OBD pump module is driven; (2) a switching valve of the OBD pump module is set to ON; and (3) a closing valve is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20060260853
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle of the invention, the control procedure corrects an idling intake air flow Qidl to enable an engine immediately after its start to generate an output power Pe that is substantially equivalent to an engine power demand Pe*. After the correction, the control procedure controls the engine to have an intake air flow Qe with reflection of an intake air flow correction value Qec and controls a motor MG1 to generate electric power by using the output power Pe of the engine and to charge a battery with the generated electric power within an input limit Win of the battery. The control of the invention ensures that the output power Pe of the engine does not exceed the engine power demand Pe* in restriction of the charge level of the battery. This arrangement effectively prevents the state of charge SOC of the battery, which is charged with the electric power generated by the motor MG1, from exceeding the input limit Win.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daigo Ando, Toshio Inoue, Tsukasa Abe, Naoto Suzuki, Yukio Kobayashi, Osamu Harada
  • Publication number: 20060202921
    Abstract: A device for driving a self-luminous panel has self-luminous elements arranged at intersecting positions of a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning lines and selectively drives the self-luminous elements for luminescence by data line driving means and scanning line scanning means and includes luminescence controlling means for controlling the operation of the data line driving means and the scanning line scanning means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Suzuki, Hiroyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20060188780
    Abstract: A subject for the invention relates to providing a positive active material for lithium ion secondary batteries which attains a high discharge capacity and is excellent in rate characteristics and cycle characteristics. A feature of the invention resides in that a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide which has a composition represented by LixNiyMnzO2 wherein x is 1+1/9±(1+1/9)/10, y is 4/9±(4/9)/10, and z is 4/9±(4/9)/10, in particular, represented by the general formula Li[Ni0.5-0.5XMn0.5-0.5XLiX]O2 wherein X satisfies 0.05?X?0.11, and has a crystal structure belonging to the monoclinic system and having a space group of C12/ml (No. 12) is used as a positive-electrode material. The lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide preferably is one in which in X-ray powder diffractometry using a Cu—K? ray, the peak intensity ratio I(002)/I(13-3) between the (002) plane and the (13-3) plane in terms of Miller indexes hkl on the assumption of belonging to C12/ml (No. 12) of the monoclinic system is 1.35 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Fujii, Naoto Suzuki, Takayuki Shoji, Minoru Kuniyoshi
  • Patent number: 7086392
    Abstract: A control apparatus is provided for a sealed fuel tank system which is applied to an engine including a throttle valve provided in an intake pipe, and which includes a vaporized fuel supply pipe that connects a fuel tank and the intake pipe, and a control valve that opens and closes the vaporized fuel supply pipe. The control apparatus includes a controller which maintains the control valve in an open state on the condition that a pressure in the fuel tank is equal to or higher than a reference determination pressure; and corrects an opening amount of the throttle valve to a value equal to a first control opening amount that is smaller than a required opening amount set based on an operating state of the engine by a first correction opening amount when the control valve is in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20060086343
    Abstract: In a canister system of seal type, a purge VSV is closed even if a predetermined purge condition is established so as to prevent direct purging of an evaporated fuel within a fuel tank into an intake system of an engine when one of the following conditions is established, that is, (1) a motor pump of an OBD pump module is driven; (2) a switching valve of the OBD pump module is set to ON; and (3) a closing valve is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7032580
    Abstract: When fuel vapor flows to an intake passage from a canister, the amount of fuel injected to an internal combustion engine is corrected to suppress fluctuation of the air-fuel ratio in the engine due to the fuel vapor. An EGR mechanism variably sets the EGR rate. When the pressure in a fuel tank is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, a tank sealing system releases gas containing fuel vapor from the fuel tank to the canister on condition that fuel vapor is flowing to the intake passage from the canister. A controller controls the EGR mechanism to reduce the EGR rate when gas is released from the fuel tank to the canister. Therefore, combustion is stabilized even if EGR is executed when gas in the fuel tank is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20060082525
    Abstract: A drive device for a light-emitting display panel in which pixels respectively including light-emitting elements are arranged at crossing positions of a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning selection lines in the form of a matrix. A 1-frame period is time-divided into a plurality of sub-frame periods, grayscale bits for setting ON periods are allocated to the sub-frames, respectively, to perform weighting, grayscale display is performed by summing the ON periods of the sub-frames, and a frame frequency of the 1-frame period is set within a range of 100 Hz to 150 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Suzuki, Shuichi Seki
  • Publication number: 20060063934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents phenyl which may be substituted, R2 represents H, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl or substituted amino, Q represents CH or N, R3 represents H, alkyl or amino, R4 represents the formula (II) to (V): wherein R7 represents H or alkyl, R8 represents H, alkyl or substituted amino, R9 represents H or alkyl, R12 represents H, alkyl, halogeno alkyl or substituted amino, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and a medical composition containing the same as effective ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Masahiko Hagihara, Nobuhiko Shibakawa, Masamichi Nishihara, Toshiyuki Shirai, Motohisa Shimizu, Tohru Hasegawa, Yasunori Tokunaga, Naoto Suzuki, Yukinori Wada