Patents by Inventor Shinichi Nishizawa

Shinichi Nishizawa 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: 7434458
    Abstract: A method for determining coil spring force line range corresponding to specific damper friction values using a universal spring mechanism and using the determined force line range in coil spring design. The method includes securing the mechanism to a suspension system including a damper, providing a controller for controlling actuator legs thereof for exerting force between upper and lower seats of the mechanism, and performing a capability study of the mechanism. The method further includes determining a desired coil spring force line position based upon the capability study, activating the mechanism to generate a desired coil spring force line based upon the desired coil spring force line position, performing damper friction measurements for determining a coil sp ring force line position for minimizing damper friction, determining the coil spring force line range based upon the damper friction measurements, and designing a coil spring based upon the coil spring force line range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: NHK International Corp.
    Inventors: Shinichi Nishizawa, Jason Logsdon
  • Patent number: 7396411
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a single crystal includes the steps of: flowing a raw material gas toward a seed crystal in a reactive chamber so that the single crystal grows from the seed crystal; controlling the raw material gas by a gas flow control member having a cylindrical shape; passing the raw material gas through a clearance between the seed crystal and an inner wall of the gas flow control member; and flowing a part of the raw material gas to bypass the seed crystal. The method provides the single crystal having good quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tomohisa Kato, Shinichi Nishizawa, Fusao Hirose
  • Patent number: 7110926
    Abstract: A method for determining coil spring force line range corresponding to specific damper friction values using a universal spring mechanism and using the determined force line range in coil spring design. The method includes securing the mechanism to a suspension system including a damper, providing a controller for controlling actuator legs thereof for exerting force between upper and lower seats of the mechanism, and performing a capability study of the mechanism. The method further includes determining a desired coil spring force line position based upon the capability study, activating the mechanism to generate a desired coil spring force line based upon the desired coil spring force line position, performing damper friction measurements for determining a coil spring force line position for minimizing damper friction, determining the coil spring force line range based upon the damper friction measurements, and designing a coil spring based upon the coil spring force line range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: NHK International Corp.
    Inventors: Shinichi Nishizawa, Jason Logsdon
  • Publication number: 20060156971
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a single crystal includes the steps of: flowing a raw material gas toward a seed crystal in a reactive chamber so that the single crystal grows from the seed crystal; controlling the raw material gas by a gas flow control member having a cylindrical shape; passing the raw material gas through a clearance between the seed crystal and an inner wall of the gas flow control member; and flowing a part of the raw material gas to bypass the seed crystal. The method provides the single crystal having good quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Kato, Shinichi Nishizawa, Fusao Hirose
  • Patent number: 7045009
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a single crystal includes the steps of: flowing a raw material gas toward a seed crystal in a reactive chamber so that the single crystal grows from the seed crystal; controlling the raw material gas by a gas flow control member having a cylindrical shape; passing the raw material gas through a clearance between the seed crystal and an inner wall of the gas flow control member; and flowing a part of the raw material gas to bypass the seed crystal. The method provides the single crystal having good quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tomohisa Kato, Shinichi Nishizawa, Fusao Hirose
  • Publication number: 20050211514
    Abstract: A method for determining coil spring force line range corresponding to specific damper friction values using a universal spring mechanism and using the determined force line range in coil spring design. The method includes securing the mechanism to a suspension system including a damper, providing a controller for controlling actuator legs thereof for exerting force between upper and lower seats of the mechanism, and performing a capability study of the mechanism. The method further includes determining a desired coil spring force line position based upon the capability study, activating the mechanism to generate a desired coil spring force line based upon the desired coil spring force line position, performing damper friction measurements for determining a coil sp ring force line position for minimizing damper friction, determining the coil spring force line range based upon the damper friction measurements, and designing a coil spring based upon the coil spring force line range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Shinichi Nishizawa, Jason Logsdon
  • Publication number: 20050183820
    Abstract: Thermal treatment equipment for rapidly heating a SiC substrate having a diameter of several inches or larger to a temperature as high as 1200° C. or higher with a high in-plane evenness by heating a peripheral zone of a substrate using high frequency induction and by heating a central zone of the substrate using infrared lamps while the substrate and a stage thereof are covered with a shield plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Kenji Fukuda, Junji Senzaki, Shinichi Nishizawa, Tomoyoshi Endo, Teruyuki Yashima
  • Publication number: 20050092564
    Abstract: A method for determining coil spring force line range corresponding to specific damper friction values using a universal spring mechanism and using the determined force line range in coil spring design. The method includes securing the mechanism to a suspension system including a damper, providing a controller for controlling actuator legs thereof for exerting force between upper and lower seats of the mechanism, and performing a capability study of the mechanism. The method further includes determining a desired coil spring force line position based upon the capability study, activating the mechanism to generate a desired coil spring force line based upon the desired coil spring force line position, performing damper friction measurements for determining a coil spring force line position for minimizing damper friction, determining the coil spring force line range based upon the damper friction measurements, and designing a coil spring based upon the coil spring force line range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Shinichi Nishizawa, Jason Logsdon
  • Publication number: 20050028725
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a single crystal includes the steps of: flowing a raw material gas toward a seed crystal in a reactive chamber so that the single crystal grows from the seed crystal; controlling the raw material gas by a gas flow control member having a cylindrical shape; passing the raw material gas through a clearance between the seed crystal and an inner wall of the gas flow control member; and flowing a part of the raw material gas to bypass the seed crystal. The method provides the single crystal having good quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Tomohisa Kato, Shinichi Nishizawa, Fusao Hirose
  • Publication number: 20030111309
    Abstract: A method for modeling a coil spring on a suspension system in terms of derived torque and force characteristics of the spring comprising the steps of providing a force field generator for simulating the spring, securing the force field generator to the suspension system, activating the force field generator to produce forces for characterizing the spring, measuring the forces; and deriving a spring design based upon the measured forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Shinichi Nishizawa, Akihiko Kumagai