Patents by Inventor Satoshi Usui
Satoshi Usui 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: 20190316558Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a high-pressure fuel supply pump that can restrict lowering of pressure and generation of cavitation in the vicinity of a seat by providing a throttle in a relief spring holder. Accordingly, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a fuel supply pump that includes a pressurizing chamber configured to pressurize fuel, and a relief valve mechanism configured to return fuel in a discharge path on a downstream side of the discharge valve to the pressurizing chamber. The relief valve mechanism includes a relief seat configured to close a relief channel when a relief valve is seated, a relief spring configured to energize the relief valve to the relief seat, and a relief spring holder configured to hold the relief spring. In the relief spring holder, a throttle section is formed in a fuel path for returning from a relief chamber in which the relief spring is disposed to the pressurizing chamber and the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Masahiko HAYATANI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Yuta SASO, Satoshi USUI, Katsutoshi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20190309715Abstract: A fuel pump includes an electromagnetically driven intake valve mechanism, a pump housing, a discharge valve, an opening, a seal member, and a first relief passage. The relief valve mechanism has a relief valve, a relief valve seat contacting the relief valve when the relief valve is closed and a relief spring biasing the relief valve against the relief valve seat. A second relief passage, communicating the first relief passage and a hole formed in the relief seat, is formed between the seal member and the relief valve seat. The relief valve seat, the relief valve, and the relief spring are arranged in this order beginning from the open end side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Yuta SASO, Atsuji SAITO, Satoshi USUI, Shingo TAMURA, Moritsugu AKIYAMA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Atsushi HOHKITA
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Publication number: 20190301414Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel supply pump capable of arranging a relief valve mechanism inside a pump body while suppressing an increase in size and an increase in manufacturing cost. Therefore, a high-pressure fuel supply pump of the present invention includes: a plunger that changes a volume of a pressurizing chamber by reciprocating an inside of a cylinder; a first hole formed from an outer circumferential surface of a pump body toward an inner circumferential side; a relief valve mechanism arranged in the first hole; and a second hole that returns fuel in a flow path on a discharge side of a discharge valve pressurized in the pressurizing chamber to a damper chamber or a plunger seal chamber communicating with the damper chamber when the relief valve mechanism opens in communication with the first hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Satoshi USUI, Atsuji SAITO, Minoru HASHIDA, Masamichi YAGAI, Kenichiro TOKUO, Masayuki SUGANAMI, Masahiko HAYATANI, Hiroyuki YAMADA
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Patent number: 10422330Abstract: High pressure fuel pump includes a cylinder which is fitted in a concave portion formed in a pump housing and which defines a compression chamber of the pump and a plunger which pressurizes, by sliding against the cylinder, the fluid in the compression chamber. It is structured such that the fluid sucked into the compression chamber by reciprocating motion of the plunger is pressurized and is then discharged from the compression chamber. The cylinder is formed of a cylindrical member which has a ceiling portion and in which the compression chamber is partitionedly formed. A fuel suction path formed in the pump housing reaches the compression chamber through the cylinder and a fuel discharge path formed in the pump housing is connected to the compression chamber through the cylinder. The cylinder is pressed against the pump body by a fuel pressurizing force applied to the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Tamura, Atsuji Saito, Satoshi Usui, Masahiko Hayatani
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Publication number: 20190278274Abstract: An autonomous mobile object configured to travel with a medicine loaded therein includes a movement controller configured to control the autonomous mobile object such that the autonomous mobile object autonomously travels to a designated place according to a request of a customer, an information provision unit configured to provide information on the medicine to the customer; and a product provision unit configured to provide the medicine to the customer when a predetermined condition is met.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Igata, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Atsushi Sajiki, Hidenari Soya, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190272568Abstract: A recommendation device includes: a search instruction receiving unit configured to receive a search instruction including a purpose and a movement start position, the purpose and the movement start position being input by a user; a route searching unit configured to, based on the search instruction, search for a route for movement from the movement start position to a place corresponding to the purpose; and a recommendation unit configured to generate, based on the route, recommendation information including at least a rental place of a vehicle, the vehicle being used for a service of car sharing, and a return place of the vehicle, and present the recommendation information to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro UMEDA, Takumi Fukunaga, Makoto Akahane, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190266666Abstract: A vehicle management device includes a processor. The processor is configured to analyze a use status of a vehicle, available in a car sharing service for a predetermined time range with respect to each rental place to rent the vehicle based on use record information for the vehicle and change a use fee for the predetermined time range based on the analyzed use status.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umeda, Takumi Fukunaga, Makoto Akahane, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190265702Abstract: An autonomous mobile object is configured to transport a plurality of packages having recipients residing in a designated area. The autonomous mobile object includes an operation controller configured to control the autonomous mobile object such that the autonomous mobile object autonomously travels to a designated place associated with the designated area, a storage apparatus having a plurality of compartments, each compartment configured to be independently lockable and unlockable and store a package, and a loading unit configured to load the storage apparatus storing the package and unload the storage apparatus at the designated place.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Igata, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Atsushi Sajiki, Hidenari Soya, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190266531Abstract: A vehicle management device including a processor configured to permit a first user belonging to a first user group to use a vehicle available for car sharing services within a range of an assigned number of vehicles preferentially assigned to the first user group that is set in advance at least for a predetermined day of a week and time range, and permit a second user belonging to a second user group to use a remaining number of vehicles excluding the assigned number of vehicles from a total number of vehicles available for the car sharing services.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umeda, Takumi Fukunaga, Makoto Akahane, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190251587Abstract: An information providing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire return information indicating a first spot and a first date and time; a determination unit configured to determine at least one of a first charge and a first privilege based on the return information; and a sending unit configured to send information indicating at least one of the first charge and the first privilege.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umeda, Takumi Fukunaga, Makoto Akahane, Satoshi Usui
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Patent number: 10378524Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump capable of reducing the number of components and decreasing the manufacturing cost by processing of a pump body is provided. The high-pressure fuel pump includes a metal damper, a pump body in which a damper housing that houses the metal damper is formed, a damper cover attached to the pump body, covering the damper housing, and holding the metal damper between the pump body and the damper cover, and a holding member fixed to the damper cover and holding the metal damper from a side opposite to the damper cover. The holding member is provided with an elastic portion that urges the pump body so that the metal damper is urged toward the damper cover.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsuji Saito, Satoshi Usui, Masamichi Yagai, Minoru Hashida, Masayuki Suganami, Kenichiro Tokuo, Atsushi Hohkita, Yuta Saso, Kazuaki Tokumaru
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Publication number: 20190243235Abstract: According to one embodiment, an imprint apparatus includes: an ejection unit that ejects droplets of a resin-based mask material on a substrate on the basis of a droplet dropping condition; and a control unit that selects a first droplet dropping condition according to a pattern to be transferred to the resin-based mask material and a second droplet dropping condition according to an underlying step difference amount that is concave-convex of a first shot area and causes the ejection unit to eject the droplets with respect to the first shot area, wherein the shot area where a pattern is formed on the substrate by one time of imprinting is set.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventor: Satoshi USUI
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Publication number: 20190244438Abstract: A car sharing settlement method includes: when a user uses a vehicle of car sharing, reading a balance of electronic money stored in an IC chip of the user using an IC reader-writer, the electronic money being prepaid; acquiring a usage fee of the vehicle by the user from a car sharing management device; when the balance is less than the usage fee, subtracting a prescribed amount equal to or less than the balance from the electronic money of the IC chip using the IC reader-writer; and collecting a difference between the usage fee and the prescribed amount during use or after use of the vehicle by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umeda, Takumi Fukunaga, Makoto Akahane, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190244283Abstract: A notification processing apparatus includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on information on a current location of a user and information on a current location of a first vehicle used by the user, a first required time, calculate, based on the information on the current location of the first vehicle and information on a scheduled return place of the first vehicle, a second required time, and calculate, based on the first required time and the second required time, a movement start time; and a notification processing unit configured to notify the movement start time to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umeda, Takumi Fukunaga, Makoto Akahane, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190244523Abstract: An information providing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires return position information indicating a position to which a vehicle is returned and first user position information indicating a position of a first user who is scheduled to move to a facility, a selection unit that selects a first vehicle for which the return position information and the first user position information satisfy a predetermined relationship, and a transmission unit that transmits the return position information of the first vehicle to the first user. A terminal device includes an output unit that receives and outputs return position information, which indicates a position to which a vehicle is returned, of a first vehicle satisfying a predetermined relationship with first user position information indicating a position of a first user who is scheduled to move to a facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umeda, Takumi Fukunaga, Makoto Akahane, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190244231Abstract: A benefit selection apparatus includes at least one processor configured to calculate, based on information on a travel route of a vehicle used by a user and on traffic congestion information, a congested travel record of the vehicle traveling in a congested section, and select a benefit corresponding to the congested travel record as a benefit awarded to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro UMEDA, Takumi FUKUNAGA, Makoto AKAHANE, Satoshi USUI
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Patent number: 10371109Abstract: A high-pressure fuel supply pump in which a relief valve mechanism is not detached by a force generated by a differential pressure between an inlet side and an output side of a relief valve mechanism is obtained. According to the present invention, in order to obtain the high-pressure fuel supply pump, the relief valve mechanism of the high-pressure fuel supply pump is oriented from a downstream side of a discharge valve to an upstream side of the discharge valve, and the output side of the relief valve mechanism is inserted from the upstream side of the discharge valve into the pump housing, and the relief valve mechanism is fixed with press fitting. Therefore, a force exerted by the differential pressure between the inlet side pressure and the output side pressure of the relief valve mechanism is exerted in a direction in which the relief valve mechanism is inserted, so that the relief valve mechanism can be prevented from being detached.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yuta Saso, Atsuji Saito, Satoshi Usui, Shingo Tamura, Moritsugu Akiyama, Hiroyuki Yamada, Atsushi Hohkita
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Publication number: 20190236630Abstract: A car sharing management device includes a communication device and an information processing device. The communication device is configured to acquire, from an information terminal owned by a user of a car sharing service, commercial facility information acquired by the information terminal at a commercial facility. The information processing device is configured to determine, based on the commercial facility information, whether the user uses the commercial facility while using the car sharing service. The information processing device is configured to provide the user with a reward in a case where the user uses the commercial facility while using the car sharing service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umeda, Takumi Fukunaga, Makoto Akahane, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190227551Abstract: The first autonomous mobile object includes a first controller that controls autonomous movement based on an operation command and a first carrying unit that carries the second autonomous mobile object. The second autonomous mobile object includes a second controller that controls autonomous movement based on the operation command, a payment unit that performs payment for merchandise in a designated store, and a second carrying unit that carries the merchandise. The operation command includes a command that causes the first autonomous mobile object carrying the second autonomous mobile object to move to the store, a command that causes the second autonomous mobile object to get off at the store, move into the store, to perform payment for merchandise, and to carry the merchandise, to get on the first autonomous mobile object, and a command that causes the first autonomous mobile object to move to a designated delivery place.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Hiroshi Igata, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Hidenari Soya, Atsushi Sajiki, Satoshi Usui
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Publication number: 20190205966Abstract: A mail-order system has a server apparatus and a moving object. The server apparatus includes a purchase likelihood information acquisition unit configured to acquire at least information regarding a commodity considered to be purchased by a user and information regarding a desired delivery destination of the commodity, and a moving object management unit configured to give an instruction relating to at least movement to the moving object. The moving object is able to load commodities. The moving object includes a movement controller configured to make the moving object move in an autonomous moving mode. At least one of the server apparatus and the moving object includes a positional information acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information of the moving object, and an inventory management unit configured to manage an inventory of commodities loaded in the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Igata, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Atsushi Sajiki, Hidenari Soya, Satoshi Usui