Patents by Inventor Takanori Suzuki

Takanori 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: 10875396
    Abstract: A driving device unit includes an electric motor configured to drive a vehicle, a drive device accommodating the electric motor, and an electric motor control device configured to control the electric motor. The drive device and the electric motor control device are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction, and an electrical connection portion electrically connecting the drive device and the electric motor control device is disposed at a joining portion between the drive device and the electric motor control device, and the drive device and the electric motor control device include a first fixing portion that directly fixes the drive device and the electric motor control device in the vicinity of the electrical connection portion, and a second fixing portion that fixes the drive device and the electric motor control device via a stiffener at a position away from the electrical connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Suzuki, Takuro Tominaga, Shogo Nomura, Shogo Tsumura
  • Patent number: 10821923
    Abstract: A joint disposed on a power transmission path between an electric motor that drives a vehicle and a battery includes a first connector portion to which a first cable connected to a battery side is connected, a second connector portion to which a second cable connected to an electric motor side is connected, a joint box including the first connector portion and the second connector portion, a positive electrode bus bar provided inside the joint box and connects a positive electrode of the first connector portion and a positive electrode of the second connector portion, and a negative electrode bus bar provided inside the joint box and connects a negative electrode of the first connector portion and a negative electrode of the second connector portion. The positive electrode bus bar and the negative electrode bus bar are disposed to be spaced from each other in an upper-lower direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Naoto Kochi, Ryohei Saiki, Takanori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200335266
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion and a first flange portion, a first wire and a second wire that are wound around the winding core portion in the same direction, and a first terminal electrode that is disposed on the first flange portion and that is connected to a first end portion of the first wire. The shape of an outer edge of the first terminal electrode includes a convex curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi MAKI, Reiichi MATSUBA, Takashi SUKEGAWA, Yasuhiro ITANI, Takanori SUZUKI, Yuuki KITADAI
  • Publication number: 20200335248
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion, a first flange portion, and a second flange portion, and a first wire and a second wire that are wound around the winding core portion in the same direction and that form a winding portion. The winding portion includes a second intersecting portion along a third side surface of the winding core portion at a position on the winding portion nearest to the second flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ITANI, Takashi SUKEGAWA, Takanori SUZUKI, Yuuki KITADAI, Yoshifumi MAKI, Reiichi MATSUBA
  • Publication number: 20200335249
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion and a first flange portion that is disposed on a first end portion of the winding core portion in a direction in which the winding core portion extends. A first curved portion is formed at a connection between a bottom surface of the winding core portion and the first flange portion. A ratio of a length of the first curved portion in a height direction to a distance in the height direction between the bottom surface and a first terminal electrode is no less than 20% and no more than 60% (i.e., from 20% to 60%).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi SUKEGAWA, Yasuhiro ITANI, Takanori SUZUKI, Yuuki KITADAI, Yoshifumi MAKI, Reiichi MATSUBA
  • Publication number: 20200335261
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion, a first flange portion, and a second flange portion, and a plate member that is mounted on the first flange portion and the second flange portion. A distance in a height direction between the plate member and the first flange portion, or a distance in the height direction between the plate member and the second flange portion, or both vary in a length direction, or in a width direction, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi SUKEGAWA, Yasuhiro ITANI, Takanori SUZUKI, Yuuki KITADAI, Yoshifumi MAKI, Reiichi MATSUBA
  • Publication number: 20200335250
    Abstract: A coil component includes a core including a winding core portion, a first flange portion, and a second flange portion, a first wire and a second wire that are wound around the winding core portion in the same direction and that form a winding portion, a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode that are disposed on the first flange portion, and a third terminal electrode and a fourth terminal electrode that are disposed on the second flange portion. A length of the winding portion along a bottom surface of the winding core portion is shorter than a length of the winding portion along an upper surface of the winding core portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi SUKEGAWA, Yasuhiro ITANI, Yoshifumi MAKI, Takanori SUZUKI, Yuuki KITADAI, Reiichi MATSUBA
  • Publication number: 20200262265
    Abstract: A load estimation device includes: an air spring having a diaphragm that expands and contracts due to supply and exhaust of air, and configured to support a support body in a liftable manner; an auxiliary support portion configured to support the support body separately from the air spring; a displacement sensor configured to measure a length of the air spring; a pressure sensor configured to measure an internal pressure of the air spring; a temperature sensor disposed together with the air spring, and configured to measure a temperature of the air spring; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a spring load supported by the air spring based on measured results of the displacement sensor, the pressure sensor and the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahito KIZU, Takanori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10744863
    Abstract: To provide a power unit structure for an electrically driven vehicle which can decrease design man-hours, as well as raise the rigidity of the unit. A control device unit for an electrically driven vehicle includes: a first mounting part which is a mounting part of a power supply unit that supplies electric power to an electric motor, and a second mounting part which fixes the control device unit to an electric motor unit; and the control device unit is mounted from a transmission case side of the electric motor unit towards an electric motor case side, the first mounting part being mounted to a central case, and the second mounting part being mounted to the transmission case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Suzuki, Yuya Ishihara, Takuro Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20200248924
    Abstract: An air processing device includes: a casing; a component detachably provided on a body of the casing; and an imaging device that acquires image data of at least one predetermined object to be imaged in the casing. The imaging device is supported by the component so as to be located at a position at which the imaging device can image the object to be imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori SUZUKI, Youichi HANDA, Keita KITAGAWA, Masaya NISHIMURA, Yoshiteru NOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200173670
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an air-conditioning device that allows sufficient power to be reliably supplied to an imaging device. [Solution] An air-conditioning device includes a control unit that makes an imaging device capture an image while at least one predetermined component of the air-conditioning device is at rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori SUZUKI, Youichi HANDA, Keita KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10657756
    Abstract: An article dispensing apparatus includes: one article discharging apparatus; and another article discharging apparatus, the one article discharging apparatus and the other article discharging apparatus being capable of being combined in a back-to-back manner. The one article discharging apparatus includes: a driving source; an output gear configured to rotate by a driving force from the driving source when a discharging instruction has been given to the one article discharging apparatus; link levers where each link lever is provided rotatably about an axis of the link lever; and a controller configured to perform return processing including rotating the output gear in another direction or one direction to return the output gear to a standby position when the output gear that has been rotated in the one direction or the other direction from the standby position by the discharge instruction does not return to the standby position within a preset time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shirou Takeuchi, Takanori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10640627
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an amine adduct of a conductive composite, including: adding an amine compound to a conductive polymer dispersion liquid which contains water and a conductive composite containing a ? conjugated conductive polymer and a polyanion at a mass ratio of the ? conjugated conductive polymer to the polyanion of 1:3 to 1:7.5 to precipitate an amine adduct of the conductive composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD., NISSIN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sou Matsubayashi, Takanori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200108707
    Abstract: A driving device unit includes an electric motor configured to drive a vehicle, a drive device accommodating the electric motor, and an electric motor control device configured to control the electric motor. The drive device and the electric motor control device are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction, and an electrical connection portion electrically connecting the drive device and the electric motor control device is disposed at a joining portion between the drive device and the electric motor control device, and the drive device and the electric motor control device include a first fixing portion that directly fixes the drive device and the electric motor control device in the vicinity of the electrical connection portion, and a second fixing portion that fixes the drive device and the electric motor control device via a stiffener at a position away from the electrical connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori SUZUKI, Takuro TOMINAGA, Shogo NOMURA, Shogo TSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20200108784
    Abstract: A joint disposed on a power transmission path between an electric motor that drives a vehicle and a battery includes a first connector portion to which a first cable connected to a battery side is connected, a second connector portion to which a second cable connected to an electric motor side is connected, a joint box including the first connector portion and the second connector portion, a positive electrode bus bar provided inside the joint box and connects a positive electrode of the first connector portion and a positive electrode of the second connector portion, and a negative electrode bus bar provided inside the joint box and connects a negative electrode of the first connector portion and a negative electrode of the second connector portion. The positive electrode bus bar and the negative electrode bus bar are disposed to be spaced from each other in an upper-lower direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto KOCHI, Ryohei SAIKI, Takanori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200101813
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electrical apparatus comprising an electric circuit unit, a cooling unit that cools the electric circuit unit, a housing that accommodates the electric circuit unit and the cooling unit, a refrigerant introduction unit that supplies a refrigerant to the cooling unit; and a refrigerant discharge unit that discharges the refrigerant from the cooling unit. The refrigerant introduction unit and the refrigerant discharge unit are provided on opposite sides with the electric circuit unit being interposed therebetween in a horizontal direction. The housing is provided, on an inner side of an outer edge of the housing, with a connector connecting portion that is connected to a connector, and the connector connecting portion is provided below the cooling unit and closer to the refrigerant introduction unit or to the refrigerant discharge unit than the electric circuit unit in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro TOMINAGA, Takanori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200079168
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a left front support portion to which a left front suspension supporting a left front wheel is fixed; a right front support portion to which a right front suspension supporting a right front wheel is fixed; a left rear support portion to which a left rear suspension supporting a left rear wheel is fixed; a right rear support portion to which a right rear suspension supporting a right rear wheel is fixed; a vehicle interior; and a battery provided below the vehicle interior with a floor panel therebetween. The battery is disposed such that a first intersection substantially coincides with a center of gravity of the battery in a top view. The first intersection is an intersection at which a first imaginary line intersects a second imaginary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori SUZUKI, Hiroyuki OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200079305
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle interior, a battery provided below the vehicle interior with a floor panel in between, a front room provided in front of the vehicle interior with a dashboard in between, a charging port disposed in the front room, and a junction box which electrically connects a first power line extending from the charging port and a second power line extending from a power line connection portion of the battery. The junction box is disposed on a virtual line connecting the charging port and the power line connection portion in a side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki TAKIZAWA, Makoto HATAMI, Takanori SUZUKI, Naoto KOCHI
  • Publication number: 20200079202
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric equipment and a cable connected to the electric equipment, a cable connection portion of the electric equipment is disposed on one side of the vehicle in a front-rear direction, and the cable connection portion is disposed closer to the other side in the front-rear direction than an end surface on the one side in the front-rear direction of the electric equipment and at a position lower than an uppermost surface of the electric equipment. The cable includes a first wire portion extending from the cable connection portion to one side of the vehicle in the width direction; a second wire portion continuously extending to the other side in the front-rear direction, and a third wire portion continuously extending to the other side in the width direction, and the cable is disposed along an upper surface of the electric equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takanori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200079200
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electrical device, a frame member configured to hold the electric device, and a bracket connecting a vehicle structural member and the frame member. The frame member includes: a frame main body having an electrical device accommodation portion configured to accommodate the electrical device and a bracket attachment portion to which the bracket is attached; and an upper frame which is attached to the frame main body and covers the electric device accommodated in the electric device accommodation portion. The bracket attachment portion is attached to the bracket in a direction from the bottom to the top. The upper frame is attached to the frame main body in a direction from the top to the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takanori SUZUKI