Patents by Inventor Suzuki

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: 11148561
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat mounted in a vehicle. The vehicle seat of the present disclosure includes a seat body, a seat frame forming a framework of the seat body, a first load absorber provided to a back of the seat frame, and a second load absorber provided lower than the first load absorber on the back of the seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Yamaguchi, Yasumasa Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11149143
    Abstract: A resin composition (E) includes from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (B), from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin (C), and from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin (D) based on 100 parts by mass of a polyolefin (A), wherein the polyolefin (A) has an MFR (190° C., under a load of 2.16 kg) from 0.01 to 10 g/10 min, the acid-modified polyolefin (C) has an acid value from 0.1 to 9 mg KOH/g, the acid-modified polyolefin (D) has an acid value of more than 10 mg KOH/g and 120 mg KOH/g or less, and a ratio (D/A) of an MFR (190° C., under a load of 2.16 kg) of the acid-modified polyolefin (D) to the MFR (190° C., under a load of 2.16 kg) of the polyolefin (A) is 50 or more. The resin composition (E) of the present invention causes reduction in the amount of deteriorated materials adhering to a screw and/or a die even when long-term continuous melt molding is conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Ito, Makoto Suzuki, Makoto Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11152132
    Abstract: A covering material for an electric wire contains a polyvinyl chloride. The covering material has a property of a change curve of loss modulus with respect to temperature which shows no peak within a temperature range in a usage environment for the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Horiuchi, Daisuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11152275
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first insulating resin member sealing a mounting surface of a lead frame, and a second insulating resin member sealing a heat dissipating surface. The second insulating resin member contains a filler having a maximum diameter of 0.02 mm to 0.075 mm. The second insulating resin member includes a thin molded portion formed in contact with the heat dissipating surface of the lead frame. The thin molded portion has a thickness 1.1 times to 2 times the maximum diameter of the filler. The semiconductor device includes, at an interface between the first insulating resin member and the second insulating resin member, a mixture layer in which these resins are mixed with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takanobu Kajihara, Katsuhiko Omae, Shunsuke Fushie, Yoshinori Kaneto, Junya Suzuki, Yuki Okabe
  • Patent number: 11150573
    Abstract: A developing cartridge includes a casing, a rotating member, and an electrode member. The casing may be configured to accommodate therein developer. The rotating member has a rotational shaft extending in an axial direction. The rotating member is configured to rotate about the rotational shaft and carries the developer thereon. The electrode member is configured to be electrically connected to the rotating member. The electrode member covers at least part of the rotational shaft from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction and is arranged to confront the casing in the axial direction. The electrode member is configured to move in the orthogonal direction in accordance with a movement in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGOYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasumasa Fujii, Tsutomu Suzuki, Hiroshi Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11149368
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes a feed amount setting part and a feed amount adjustment part. In the feed amount setting part, a forward feed amount for one stitch of forward stitching is set. In the feed amount adjustment part, the forward feed amount which is set by the feed amount setting part is compared with the maximum backward feed amount for one stitch of reverse stitching which is determined by a feed mechanism. Then, in the feed amount adjustment part, when the forward feed amount is larger than the maximum backward feed amount, the total amount of backward feed amounts for plural stitches of backward stitching is adjusted so as to coincide with the total amount of the forward feed amounts for one stitch or more of forward stitching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruka Nakamura, Kentaro Akahane, Hideo Suzuki, Ayako Harada
  • Patent number: 11152696
    Abstract: The radio-wave transparent cover includes a plastic transparent layer, a decorative layer provided on the rear-side surface of the transparent layer, and a plastic base layer provided on the rear-side surface of the decorative layer. The transparent layer has a peripheral part having a protrusion extending rearward. The protrusion defines a peripheral edge of the transparent layer. The protrusion has an inner circumferential surface forming a part of an engaging end projecting rearward from the protrusion. The decorative layer is provided in a region of the rear-side surface of the transparent layer adjoining the inner circumferential surface of the engaging end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Risa Suzuki, Hideto Maeda, Yuhki Maji, Kimihiro Iimura
  • Patent number: 11148460
    Abstract: To provide a writing instrument capable of further improving durability of a writing nib without impairing writing performance even when writing is performed with a heavy writing load. A writing instrument A having a writing part formed of at least a writing nib 30 made of a porous body and a retainer 40 made of a hard material, in which the protrusion amount of the distal end of the writing nib 30 from the retainer 40 is 0.65 mm or more and 1.05 mm or less and/or 40% or more and 65% or less of the thickness of the writing nib 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Kouichi Hirano, Yukinori Sawa, Toshimi Kamitani
  • Patent number: 11153751
    Abstract: A purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a communication system that are capable of maintaining a high security level in each divided network in the case of applying network slicing to a core network. A communication system according to the present disclosure includes a subscriber-information management apparatus (10) configured to manage subscriber information of a communication terminal; and a security apparatus (20) configured to manage identification information of the communication terminal in association with security information used in at least one network slice system usable by the communication terminal. The subscriber-information management apparatus (10) acquires, using the identification information of the communication terminal and identification information of a network slice system used by the communication terminal, security information used in the network slice system used by the communication terminal from the security apparatus (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Ito, Anand Raghawa Prasad, Andreas Kunz, Naoaki Suzuki, Toshiyuki Tamura
  • Patent number: 11149404
    Abstract: It is determined whether a velocity estimation model is established from an actual operating velocity Vr and a target operating velocity Vt of each of actuators 20A, 21A, and 22A; in a case in which the velocity estimation model is established, a dynamic center-of-gravity position of a hydraulic excavator 1 in a case in which each of the actuators 20A, 21A, and 22A is suddenly stopped from a driven state is predicted from an estimated operating velocity Ve; in a case in which the velocity estimation model is not established, the dynamic center-of-gravity position is predicted from the actual operating velocity Vr and it is determined whether to execute control intervention using the predicted dynamic center-of-gravity position; and in a case in which it is determined to execute the control intervention, the target operating velocity Vt is corrected in such a manner that each of the actuators 20A, 21A, and 22A slowly decelerate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Suzuki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Hisami Nakano
  • Patent number: 11150581
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to bear a non-fixed toner image, a transfer portion configured to transfer the non-fixed toner image onto a sheet at a transfer nip, a fixing portion including a first rotary member, a second rotary member and a heating portion configured to heat the first rotary member, a control portion configured to execute a nip image forming process of forming a nip image, on the sheet, corresponding to a shape of the fixing nip, and a reading unit configured to read the nip image, wherein the control portion sets the heating portion to a first temperature in a case where the non-fixed toner image passes through the fixing nip and sets the heating portion to a second temperature which is lower than the first temperature in a case where the nip image passes through the fixing nip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamashita, Shun-ichi Ebihara, Masahiro Suzuki, Mahito Yoshioka, Yoshiro Saito, Satoshi Saito
  • Patent number: 11148716
    Abstract: Provided is a steering assistance device 1, wherein and a demarcation line detection unit 100 detects left and right lane demarcation lines for a lane in which a vehicle is travelingtravels. An assistance unit 11 performs steering assistance for of the vehicle so that the vehicle travels parallel to the left and right lane demarcation lines. If the vehicle is between the left and right lane demarcation lines and the angle formed by the a direction of travel of the vehicle and a line along the center between the left and right lane demarcation lines is equal to or less than a prescribed angle, a steering control unit 102 stops the steering assistance for of the vehicle by the assistance unit 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Teruhiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11153964
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a top plate, a bottom plate provided under the top plate, a circuit board provided between the top plate and the bottom plate, an electronic component disposed on the circuit board, and an intermediate plate provided between the top plate and the circuit board. The intermediate plate is configured to provide a clearance between the top plate and intermediate plate, or between the circuit board and the intermediate plate. The intermediate plate is further configured to allow an air flow from a first end portion to a second end portion of the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akitoshi Suzuki, Yoshiharu Matsuda, Kazuhiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11148562
    Abstract: A vehicle seat structure includes a vehicle seat including a seat cushion configured to support an occupant, an upper rail that is fixed to the vehicle seat and that moves in a seat front-rear direction together with the vehicle seat, and a lower rail that is fixed to a floor of a vehicle body and that engages with the upper rail and supports the upper rail so as to allow movement of the upper rail. The vehicle seat structure includes a lock mechanism configured to restrict movement of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail. The lock mechanism is configured such that at least part of the lock mechanism deforms when a force toward the seat front side arising due to inertia acts on the vehicle seat in a state in which the upper rail is engaged with a seat rear side portion of the lower rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiichi Kondo, Katsunori Yamada, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11148412
    Abstract: In order to provide, to a roll-to-roll printing apparatus which seamlessly performs printing on a base material using a roll-to-roll method, performance for finely controlling the tension of the base material, the roll-to-roll printing apparatus includes a drive roll (74) that supplies a base material (B) to a plate cylinder, a drive roll actuator that rotates the drive roll (74), a dancer actuator (84) that changes a path line length of the base material (B) to vary the tension of the base material (B), a tension detection device (78) that detects the tension of the base material (B), and a tension control device (80) that controls the drive roll actuator and the dancer actuator (84) in accordance with a result of the detection by the tension detection device (78) to compensate for a variation in the tension of the base material (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Suzuki, Shinya Matsubara, Taishi Hitomi, Makoto Ikeda, Kiyoto Miyoshi, Takatora Ando
  • Patent number: 11148660
    Abstract: This vehicle turning control device controls the turning characteristic of a vehicle having braking/driving sources capable of independently controlling a braking/driving torque for each wheel. The vehicle turning control device includes a yaw moment control device for controlling a yaw moment occurring in the vehicle, and a slip determination device for determining a road surface state from the angular velocity and the angular acceleration of the wheel and the vehicle speed. The yaw moment control device includes a control gain calculator for calculating a control gain, a target yaw rate calculator for calculating a target yaw rate from the vehicle speed, the steering angle, and the control gain, and a yaw moment calculator for calculating the braking/driving torque for each wheel in accordance with the target yaw rate. The control gain calculator calculates the control gain on the basis of a determination result of the slip determination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11152193
    Abstract: A waveguide has a first conductor surface facing toward the interior of the waveguide, a second conductor surface facing toward the interior of the waveguide, and a slot extending from the first conductor surface to the outside of the waveguide. The first conductor surface and the second conductor surface electrically communicate with each other and face each other. The first length in the y direction of the first conductor surface in a cross section perpendicular to the z direction is smaller than the second length in the y direction of the second conductor surface in the cross section perpendicular to the z direction. The first length includes the length in the y direction of the slot in the cross section perpendicular to the z direction. The second length is smaller than the distance between the first conductor surface and the second conductor surface in the x direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
    Inventors: Hirotaka Toyoda, Haruka Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11150548
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to an aspect includes a light source that outputs first light and second light, wavelength converter that contains phosphor and converts first light into fluorescence, and a light combiner that combines second light with fluorescence and outputs the resultant combined light. Wavelength converter has a first end surface and a second end surface and a side surface. Light combiner has a first surface and a second surface and a third surface. First end surface of the wavelength converter faces the first surface of the light combiner. First light enters the wavelength converter via the side surface, and the fluorescence exits out of the wavelength converter via the first end surface. Fluorescence enters the light combiner via the first surface, the second light enters the light combiner via the third surface, and the combined light exits out of the light combiner via the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Suzuki, Hidefumi Sakata, Takeshi Takezawa
  • Patent number: 11153034
    Abstract: A user equipment includes a receiver and a transmitter and is configured to report channel state information (CSI) to a base station in a communication system in which a plurality of downlink component carriers and at least one uplink component carrier are configured. The receiver receives, in a slot nTrigger, a trigger message that triggers reporting of the CSI for at least one unlicensed downlink component carrier of the plurality of downlink component carriers. The transmitter transmits, in a slot nReport, the CSI based on reference signals present in a slot nRS on the at least one unlicensed downlink component carrier. Responsive to the at least one unlicensed downlink component carrier being occupied for a period of time for a bursty downlink transmission, only the reference signals in the slot nRS are evaluated for the CSI, and other slots in the period of time are not evaluated for the CSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Alexander Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Michael Einhaus, Sujuan Feng, Hidetoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11151815
    Abstract: A key information sharing system includes a delivery device that delivers key information as first information for a control device equipped in an object and a user terminal that receives the first information delivered from the delivery device. The delivery device adds second information that allows the first information to be transferred between the user terminal and a third-party terminal without the delivery device, to the first information to be delivered to the user terminal. The user terminal transmits the first information to the third-party terminal in response to an input operation by a user, when the user terminal receives the first information to which the second information has been added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Suzuki, Yuki Ito, Hiroyasu Shiokawa, Yasumasa Kobayashi, Naoki Yamamuro, Makoto Akahane