Patents by Inventor Nobuo Suzuki

Nobuo 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: 11668822
    Abstract: An underwater detection apparatus is provided which includes a transmission transducer, a reception transducer, and a motor. The transmission transducer transmits a transmission wave within a given fan-shaped transmission space, the fan-shaped transmission space having a first transmission width in a given first plane and a second transmission width in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The reception transducer receives, as a reception wave, a reflection wave of the transmission wave within a given fan-shaped reception space, the fan-shaped reception space having a first reception width in the first plane and a second reception width in the second plane, the second reception width being wider than the second transmission width, and in the second plane, the fan-shaped transmission space being within the fan-shaped reception space. The motor rotates the fan-shaped transmission space and the fan-shaped reception space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuo Suzuki, Kohei Kozuki, Takeshi Kawajiri, Yuji Ebita
  • Publication number: 20230063174
    Abstract: An underwater detection apparatus is provided which includes a transmission transducer, a reception transducer, and a motor. The transmission transducer transmits a transmission wave within a given fan-shaped transmission space, the fan-shaped transmission space having a first transmission width in a given first plane and a second transmission width in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The reception transducer receives, as a reception wave, a reflection wave of the transmission wave within a given fan-shaped reception space, the fan-shaped reception space having a first reception width in the first plane and a second reception width in the second plane, the second reception width being wider than the second transmission width, and in the second plane, the fan-shaped transmission space being within the fan-shaped reception space. The motor rotates the fan-shaped transmission space and the fan-shaped reception space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Suzuki, Kohei Kozuki, Takeshi Kawajiri, Yuji Ebita
  • Publication number: 20230019922
    Abstract: A fragmentation tip includes a shaft part and a fragmentation part. The shaft part has a tubular shape having a center axis that matches with a rotational axis of the fragmentation tip. The fragmentation part has a tubular shape and is connected to a distal end portion of the shaft part such that a center axis thereof is inclined to the rotational axis of the fragmentation tip. The fragmentation part and the shaft part form a suction passage therein. The fragmentation part has an annular open end at its distal end. The open end has a linear open end linearly formed when seen from a distal end side in the rotational axis. The linear open end is formed in a portion of the annular open end that is the closest to the rotational axis. The rotational axis passes through a region inside an outer circumference of the annular open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki OKADA, Takayoshi SHIBATA, Nobuo SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220402303
    Abstract: In a tire, an inclination angle of a cord included in a second belt layer with respect to a tire width direction is defined as a positive inclination angle in a tire see-through plan view, an intersection point between a perpendicular line drawn from an end portion of a belt layer having a maximum belt width in the tire width direction to a carcass and a cord of an outermost carcass layer in a tire radial direction is defined as a first reference point in a tire meridian cross-sectional view, and an inclination angle of the cord with respect to the tire width direction at the first reference point is ?3° or more in the tire see-through plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuo SUZUKI, Hiroshi IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 11513217
    Abstract: An underwater detection apparatus is provided which includes a transmission transducer, a reception transducer, and a motor. The transmission transducer transmits a transmission wave within a given fan-shaped transmission space, the fan-shaped transmission space having a first transmission width in a given first plane and a second transmission width in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The reception transducer receives, as a reception wave, a reflection wave of the transmission wave within a given fan-shaped reception space, the fan-shaped reception space having a first reception width in the first plane and a second reception width in the second plane, the second reception width being wider than the second transmission width, and in the second plane, the fan-shaped transmission space being within the fan-shaped reception space. The motor rotates the fan-shaped transmission space and the fan-shaped reception space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuo Suzuki, Kohei Kozuki, Takeshi Kawajiri, Yuji Ebita
  • Patent number: 11150125
    Abstract: A fuel remaining amount detector may include an arm supported rotatably to a body; an angle sensor configured to output first data in accordance with a relative angle between the body and the arm; a storage circuit configured to store conversion data; and a data conversion circuit configured to convert the first data to second data based on the conversion data. A manufacturing method of the fuel remaining amount detector may include creating the conversion data by performing processing for each of at least three predetermined angles, in which the processing includes: measuring the first data outputted by the angle sensor with the relative angle set to one of the predetermined angles; and storing a value corresponding to the one of the predetermined angles in the storage circuit as a value of the second data in association with the value of the measured first data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Manabe, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11105672
    Abstract: A liquid surface detecting unit includes a reservoir cup; a body attached to a side wall of the reservoir cup; an arm rotatably supported by the body; a sensor unit stored in the body and configured to detect rotating motion of the arm; a terminal unit extending from the sensor unit; and a wire harness connected to the terminal unit and extending to an outside of the body. The body may include a groove surrounding and guiding the wire harness together with the side wall of the reservoir cup, the wire harness extending from the terminal unit to the outside of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Manabe, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10962401
    Abstract: A liquid fuel level sensing device disclosed herein may include: a holder; an arm fixed to the holder; a cover fixed to the holder to cover the arm; and a float connected to the arm outside the holder. The holder may include a bottom portion and a first snap fit structure, which may include a pair of support portions provided with an interval therebetween, and provided on the bottom portion. First and second interval portions may be provided between the pair of support portions, the first interval portion may hold the arm, and the second interval portion may be provided above the first interval portion and be narrower than a width of the arm held in the first interval portion. The cover may include a deformation restricting portion provided at a position facing an outer surface of at least one of the pair of support portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Manabe, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210081921
    Abstract: An information processing method to be executed by an information processing apparatus includes providing a deferred payment service that includes a lump-sum payment to be liquidated in lump-sum within a predetermined period, and multiple times of payments to be liquidated respectively on a plurality of dates including a date within the predetermined period and dates after the predetermined period; receiving information of a first maximum amount to be liquidated by the deferred payment service within the predetermined period, designated by a user; and setting a second maximum amount, to be liquidated by one payment of the multiple times of payments, below the first maximum amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kan MIZUNO, Masato YAMAMOTO, Kazuho NAKAJIMA, Yasuyuki MATSUOKA, Yuuka YAMAJI, Koki KUSANO, Zhen CAO, Nobuo SUZUKI, Hisatomo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200371233
    Abstract: An underwater detection apparatus is provided which includes a transmission transducer, a reception transducer, and a motor. The transmission transducer transmits a transmission wave within a given fan-shaped transmission space, the fan-shaped transmission space having a first transmission width in a given first plane and a second transmission width in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The reception transducer receives, as a reception wave, a reflection wave of the transmission wave within a given fan-shaped reception space, the fan-shaped reception space having a first reception width in the first plane and a second reception width in the second plane, the second reception width being wider than the second transmission width, and in the second plane, the fan-shaped transmission space being within the fan-shaped reception space. The motor rotates the fan-shaped transmission space and the fan-shaped reception space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo SUZUKI, Kohei KOZUKI, Takeshi KAWAJIRI, Yuji EBITA
  • Patent number: 10788038
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine is provided which enables control of dilution of oil by fuel and water drops, i.e., control of the amount of so-called oil dilution. The control device for an internal combustion engine that is lubricated or cooled by oil includes: a variable displacement oil pump capable of varying the amount of discharge of the oil; an air-fuel ratio sensor for sensing an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine; and an ECU for controlling the amount of discharge of the variable displacement oil pump. The ECU controls the amount of discharge of the variable displacement oil pump, based on the air-fuel ratio sensed by the air-fuel ratio sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Suzuki, Takeshi Hara
  • Patent number: 10731542
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine cooling system, including: an internal combustion engine; a cooling circuit in which cooling fluid for cooling the internal combustion engine is circulated; a radiator for cooling the cooling fluid; a radiator circuit that branches from the cooling circuit to guide the cooling fluid to the radiator and return the cooling fluid having passed the radiator to the cooling circuit; a thermostat that is provided in a portion where the cooling circuit and the radiator circuit are connected to each other and that opens and closes a path between cooling circuit and the radiator circuit; a heater for heating the thermostat; and a control device for controlling the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hara, Hisashi Daicho, Nobuo Suzuki, Kazuhiko Imamura
  • Publication number: 20200182681
    Abstract: A fuel remaining amount detector may include an arm supported rotatably to a body an angle sensor configured to output first data in accordance with a relative angle between the body and the arm; a storage circuit configured to store conversion data; and a data conversion circuit configured to convert the first data to second data based on the conversion data. A manufacturing method of the fuel remaining amount detector may include creating the conversion data by performing processing for each of at least three predetermined angles, in which the processing includes: measuring the first data outputted by the angle sensor with the relative angle set to one of the predetermined angles; and storing a value corresponding to the one of the predetermined angles in the storage circuit as a value of the second data in association with the value of the measured first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichi MANABE, Nobuo SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200080885
    Abstract: A liquid surface detecting unit includes a reservoir cup; a body attached to a side wall of the reservoir cup; an arm rotatably supported by the body; a sensor unit stored in the body and configured to detect rotating motion of the arm; a terminal unit extending from the sensor unit; and a wire harness connected to the terminal unit and extending to an outside of the body. The body may include a groove surrounding and guiding the wire harness together with the side wall of the reservoir cup, the wire harness extending from the terminal unit to the outside of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichi Manabe, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200080560
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine is provided which enables control of dilution of oil by fuel and water drops, i.e., control of the amount of so-called oil dilution. The control device for an internal combustion engine that is lubricated or cooled by oil includes: a variable displacement oil pump capable of varying the amount of discharge of the oil; an air-fuel ratio sensor for sensing an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine; and an ECU for controlling the amount of discharge of the variable displacement oil pump. The ECU controls the amount of discharge of the variable displacement oil pump, based on the air-fuel ratio sensed by the air-fuel ratio sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Nobuo SUZUKI, Takeshi HARA
  • Publication number: 20200082499
    Abstract: To provide an information processing method capable of appropriately displaying an object, a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having a program stored thereon, and an information processing device. An information processing method, executed by one or more processors included in an information processing device, including: specifying at least one of a first region in which an object is to be displayed and a second region in which display of the object is prohibited, the first region and the second region being included in a display region of a display device, based on a user operation; and displaying the object in the specified first region of the display device or displaying the object in a region other than the specified second region of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Nobuo Suzuki, Yasuyuki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 10371231
    Abstract: A damper device that includes an input element to which torque from an engine is transferred; an output element; a first intermediate element; a second intermediate element; a first elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the first intermediate element; a second elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the output element; a third elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the second intermediate element; a fourth elastic body that transfers torque between the second intermediate element and the output element; and a fifth elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hiroki Nagai, Masaki Wajima, Takao Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Itou, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10364864
    Abstract: A damper device that includes an input element to which torque from an engine is transferred; an output element; a first intermediate element; a second intermediate element; a first elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the first intermediate element; a second elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the output element; a third elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the second intermediate element; a fourth elastic body that transfers torque between the second intermediate element and the output element; and a fifth elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hiroki Nagai, Masaki Wajima, Takao Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Itou, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190170561
    Abstract: A liquid fuel level sensing device disclosed herein may include: a holder; an arm fixed to the holder; a cover fixed to the holder to cover the arm; and a float connected to the arm outside the holder. The holder may include a bottom portion and a first snap fit structure, which may include a pair of support portions provided with an interval therebetween, and provided on the bottom portion. First and second interval portions may be provided between the pair of support portions, the first interval portion may hold the arm, and the second interval portion may be provided above the first interval portion and be narrower than a width of the arm held in the first interval portion. The cover may include a deformation restricting portion provided at a position facing an outer surface of at least one of the pair of support portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi MANABE, Nobuo SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190137319
    Abstract: The liquid fuel level sensing device disclosed herein may include a liquid fuel level sensor, a case, and an electric wire. The case may house the liquid fuel level sensor and include opposing surfaces opposing each other. The electric wire may include a core wire and an insulating film, and the electric wire may include an exposed portion in which the core wire is exposed and a coated portion in which the core wire is coated with the insulating film. The exposed portion may be connected to a terminal of the liquid fuel level sensor, and the coated portion may be interposed between the opposing surfaces in a compressed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi MANABE, Nobuo SUZUKI