Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Mori

Shunsuke Mori 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: 20150183443
    Abstract: A damper apparatus (12) as the force generation mechanism mounted between a vehicle body (2) and a bogie (5) includes an attenuation damper (13), an electric damper (14), and a gear apparatus (15). The attenuation damper includes a rod protruding from a cylinder, and generates a damping force by converting motion energy of a forward or backward movement of the rod into heat energy. The electric damper includes a stator, and a movable element linearly movable relative to the stator. The gear apparatus is disposed between the attenuation damper and the electric damper, and can mechanically switch the attenuation damper and the electric damper between a series connection and a parallel connection. The gear apparatus switches a connection state between the attenuation damper and the electric damper according to the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Tsutomu Iwamura, Yusuke Akami, Noriyuki Utsumi, Tomoyuki Lee, Yusei Kimura, Shunsuke Mori
  • Patent number: 9046145
    Abstract: A shock absorber in which a flow of hydraulic oil caused by sliding movement of a piston in a cylinder is controlled by a pilot type main valve and a pilot valve to generate damping force. The valve-opening operation of the main valve is controlled by adjusting the pressure in a pilot chamber with the pilot valve. A valve block and a solenoid block are connected together into one unit and inserted into a casing before being secured with a nut. At this time, an actuating rod of the solenoid block is engaged with a pilot valve member retained by a pilot spring and a fail-safe spring in a cylindrical portion of a pilot body of the valve block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Murakami, Osamu Yuno, Tomohiko Fujioka, Takashi Nezu, Shunsuke Mori
  • Patent number: 8995046
    Abstract: A suspended particle device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a first electrode that can be controlled for a potential; a second electrode that can be controlled for a potential different from that of the first electrode; an electrified body; and a liquid suspension containing charged light control particles and a dispersion medium, in which the first electrode, the second electrode and the electrified body are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the liquid suspension is sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the light control particles are capable of being accumulated to a periphery of the electrified body. Thus, it is possible to ensure uniformity of transmission light as well as to hold a light transmittance state in a state where the power supply is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mori, Hiroki Kaneko, Haruo Akahoshi
  • Patent number: 8952884
    Abstract: Disclosed is a suspended particle device having a higher response speed of particles upon shutdown of the device. The suspended particle device includes a first substrate; a first electrode arranged on a surface of the first substrate; a second substrate; a second electrode arranged on a surface of the second substrate; and a suspension arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the suspension includes particles and a disperse medium, the particles are dispersed in the disperse medium, an orientation of the particles is controlled by an alternate-current voltage to be applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, and “a” which represents a frequency of an alternate-current voltage in a driving period is greater than “b” which represents a frequency of an alternate-current voltage in a shutdown period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mori, Yoshiro Mikami
  • Publication number: 20140371420
    Abstract: A method for producing polymer particles, including (A) polymerizing and granulating a ring-opening polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid with a catalyst in the presence of a surfactant, or (B) polymerizing and granulating an addition polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid in the presence of a silicone surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Mase, Takeshi Sako, Idzumi Okajima, Shunsuke Mori, Keishi Mizuno, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Taichi Nemoto, Chiaki Tanaka, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Jyun Ishiduka
  • Publication number: 20140353099
    Abstract: For the extension and compression strokes of a piston rod, a damping force generating mechanism generates a damping force by controlling the flow of hydraulic oil caused by the sliding movement of a piston in a cylinder. The damping force generating mechanism has a pilot-type main valve, a pilot-type control valve, and a pilot valve. The main valve has a pilot chamber into which the oil is introduced to adjust the valve-opening pressure of the main valve by the pressure in the pilot chamber. The control valve has a pilot chamber into which the oil is introduced to adjust the valve-opening pressure of the control valve by the pressure in the pilot chamber. The pilot valve controls the pressure in the pilot chamber of the control valve. The control valve controls the pressure in the pilot chamber of the main valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio YAMASHITA, Shunsuke MORI
  • Patent number: 8846810
    Abstract: A method for producing polymer particles, including (A) polymerizing and granulating a ring-opening polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid with a catalyst in the presence of a surfactant, or (B) polymerizing and granulating an addition polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid in the presence of a silicone surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Mase, Takeshi Sako, Idzumi Okajima, Shunsuke Mori, Keishi Mizuno, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Taichi Nemoto, Chiaki Tanaka, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Jyun Ishiduka
  • Patent number: 8776961
    Abstract: A shock absorber includes: at least one cylinder apparatus including a cylinder sealingly containing operating fluid, a piston slidably fittedly inserted in the cylinder to divide an interior of the cylinder into two chambers, and a piston rod coupled to the piston and extending to an outside of the cylinder; and at least one damping force generation mechanism connected to the cylinder apparatus, and capable of generating a damping force to be applied to a flow of the operating fluid caused by a movement of the piston and adjusting the damping force from the outside. The damping force generation mechanism includes a damping valve for generating the damping force, a pilot chamber for applying a pilot pressure by the operating fluid to the damping valve, and a pump for at least supplying or discharging the operating fluid to or from the pilot chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mori, Kenichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8694677
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus firstly transfers packets of a trial class. When the communication quality is insufficient, the terminal apparatus determines after a predetermined period of time whether or not to transfer the trail-class packets again according to a traffic rate of priority-class packets. There are provided a trial-class band capacity not to discard packets of the trial class and a priority-class band capacity not to discard packets of the priority class. Trial-class packets exceeding the former are discarded but the packets that has once become a priority class will not be discarded unless the latter is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Etsuko Koyanagi, Satoshi Miyayama, Naotaka Morita, Shunsuke Mori
  • Patent number: 8599470
    Abstract: A suspended particle device is realized which enables control of the amount of light transmitted through a prescribed area, without any complicated switching circuit on a substrate. A suspension, containing charged particles and a disperse medium, is filled between an A-substrate and a B-substrate, and first and second electrodes are formed on the A-substrate. A DC voltage is applied across the first and second electrodes, to localize the charged particles on the second electrode side. Subsequently, an AC voltage is applied across the first and second electrodes to orient, while maintaining the localized state of the charged particles, the charged particles along a direction of an electric field. Light transmittance is lower in an area where the charged particles are present than in an area without charged particles, whereas, in the area where the charged particles are present, the light transmittance can be controlled by adjusting the AC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mori, Yoshiro Mikami, Toshiaki Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 8376099
    Abstract: A volume compensation accumulator apparatus connected to a conduit connecting hydraulic cylinders in a suspension system. The volume compensation accumulator apparatus includes an arrangement of the two orifice plates in series in a spaced-apart relation, which eliminates the necessity of reducing the diameters of the orifices while providing the same orifice characteristic as that of an orifice having a smaller diameter, thereby making the boring process of the orifice easy, and reducing clogging of the orifices with foreign objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mori, Takao Nakadate, Kenichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20130033741
    Abstract: The suspended particle device includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a suspension disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first electrode is formed on the first substrate, the second electrode and the third electrode are formed on the second substrate, the suspension includes light-control particles and a disperse medium, the light-control particles are charged, an orientation state of the light-control particles is controlled by applying AC voltage to at least any one of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode, and the light-control particles are dispersed in the suspension or biased to the third electrode by applying DC voltage to at least one of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke MORI, Hiroki Kaneko, Yoshiro Mikami, Yoshii Morishita
  • Publication number: 20120305347
    Abstract: A shock absorber includes: at least one cylinder apparatus including a cylinder sealingly containing operating fluid, a piston slidably fittedly inserted in the cylinder to divide an interior of the cylinder into two chambers, and a piston rod coupled to the piston and extending to an outside of the cylinder; and at least one damping force generation mechanism connected to the cylinder apparatus, and capable of generating a damping force to be applied to a flow of the operating fluid caused by a movement of the piston and adjusting the damping force from the outside. The damping force generation mechanism includes a damping valve for generating the damping force, a pilot chamber for applying a pilot pressure by the operating fluid to the damping valve, and a pump for at least supplying or discharging the operating fluid to or from the pilot chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Shunsuke MORI, Kenichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120305349
    Abstract: A shock absorber in which a flow of hydraulic oil caused by sliding movement of a piston in a cylinder is controlled by a pilot type main valve and a pilot valve to generate damping force. The valve-opening operation of the main valve is controlled by adjusting the pressure in a pilot chamber with the pilot valve. A valve block and a solenoid block are connected together into one unit and inserted into a casing before being secured with a nut. At this time, an actuating rod of the solenoid block is engaged with a pilot valve member retained by a pilot spring and a fail-safe spring in a cylindrical portion of a pilot body of the valve block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Hiroshi MURAKAMI, Osamu YUNO, Tomohiko FUJIOKA, Takashi NEZU, Shunsuke MORI
  • Patent number: 8231367
    Abstract: There is provided with a compressor comprising: a compressor main body in which fluid inhaled from an inhale port is compressed, and the compressed fluid is exhausted from an exhaust port; and a pressure retaining device where provided on the exhaust port side of the compressor main body, and retaining pressure on the exhaust port side, wherein the pressure retaining device comprises: a valve body communicating with the exhaust port; an urging member normally urging the valve body into a direction to be closed; and a back-pressure means where an intermediate pressure between the inhale port and the exhaust port of the compressor main body is introduced as back pressure which affects the valve body, and wherein the valve body of the pressure retaining device is openable according to difference between pressure at the exhaust port, and the intermediate pressure of the back-pressure means and force by the urging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Suefuji, Shunsuke Mori
  • Publication number: 20120162292
    Abstract: Disclosed is a suspended particle device having a higher response speed of particles upon shutdown of the device. The suspended particle device includes a first substrate; a first electrode arranged on a surface of the first substrate; a second substrate; a second electrode arranged on a surface of the second substrate; and a suspension arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the suspension includes particles and a disperse medium, the particles are dispersed in the disperse medium, an orientation of the particles is controlled by an alternate-current voltage to be applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, and “a” which represents a frequency of an alternate-current voltage in a driving period is greater than “b” which represents a frequency of an alternate-current voltage in a shutdown period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Shunsuke MORI, Yoshiro Mikami
  • Patent number: 8117836
    Abstract: A pressure keeping mechanism is provided downstream of a discharge port of a compressor. The pressure keeping mechanism is set to a small flow path area having only a bypass orifice until a pressure in a downstream pipe reaches a predetermined pressure after the operation is started, the pressure keeping mechanism is set to a large flow path area of a pressure keeping valve which is opened when the pressure exceeds the predetermined pressure and the bypass orifice, thereby changing the flow path area at least in two stages. The pressure in the upstream pipe which is almost closed by the pressure keeping valve can be thus increased at a dash and the pressure in a compression chamber can also be increased swiftly immediately after the compressor is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mori, Kazutaka Suefuji
  • Publication number: 20120019897
    Abstract: A suspended particle device which enables light control without requiring any complicated switching circuit to be formed on a substrate is realized. A suspension containing charged particles and a disperse medium is filled between an A-substrate and a B-substrate, and first and second electrodes are formed on the A-substrate. A DC voltage is applied across the first and second electrodes to localize the charged particles on the second electrode side. Subsequently, an AC voltage is applied across the first and second electrodes to orient, while maintaining the localized state of the charged particles, the charged particles along a direction of an electric field. Light transmittance is lower in an area where the charged particles are present than in an area where no charged particles are present, whereas, in the area where the charged particles are present, the light transmittance can be controlled by adjusting the AC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Shunsuke MORI, Yoshiro MIKAMI, Toshiaki KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20110218313
    Abstract: A method for producing polymer particles, including (A) polymerizing and granulating a ring-opening polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid with a catalyst in the presence of a surfactant, or (B) polymerizing and granulating an addition polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid in the presence of a silicone surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MASE, Takeshi Sako, Idzumi Okajima, Shunsuke Mori, Keishi Mizuno, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Taichi Nemoto, Chiaki Tanaka, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Jyun Ishiduka
  • Publication number: 20110218301
    Abstract: A method for producing a polymer, including polymerizing a ring-opening polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid with a metal-free organic catalyst to produce a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Taichi NEMOTO, Nobuyuki Mase, Takeshi Sako, Idzumi Okajima, Shunsuke Mori, Chiaki Tanaka, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Jyun Ishiduka