Patents by Inventor Takatoshi Suzuki

Takatoshi 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).

  • Publication number: 20250033360
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a cleaning unit including cleaning mechanisms configured to clean a printing head ejecting a liquid, each of the cleaning mechanisms scanning in a predetermined direction while contacting the printing head; a movement mechanism configured to move each of the cleaning mechanisms between a first height in contact with the printing head and a second height not in contact with the printing head; a driving source of the movement mechanism; and a coupling/releasing unit configured to perform coupling/releasing between the driving source and the movement mechanism, in which one or more of the cleaning mechanisms are moved to the first height by the movement mechanism coupled with the driving source, and after the one or more cleaning mechanisms are moved to the first height, the coupling/releasing unit releases coupling between the driving source and the movement mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: TAKATOSHI NAKANO, TETSUJI SUZUKI, RYOSUKE ARAKI
  • Patent number: 12199374
    Abstract: There are provided a connector and a mounting structure, the connector including: a terminal fitting; an electric wire connected to the terminal fitting; a housing that includes a fitting portion having a shape protruding in a fitting direction with a mating part and accommodating the terminal fitting, an outer wall portion defining an internal space in which the electric wire is routed, and a hollow convex portion formed by a part of the outer wall portion protruding outward to have a convex shape in the fitting direction; and a fuse that includes a fused portion accommodated in a hollow portion of the convex portion and is connected to the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamai, Takatoshi Suzuki, Junya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240213703
    Abstract: A housing is provided which accommodates a plurality of terminal-equipped electric wires side by side in an arrangement direction, in which a first terminal fitting causes a first coupling portion to protrude from a first electric wire connection portion to a side opposite to a drawing direction of an electric wire and causes a first terminal connection portion to protrude from the first coupling portion in a protruding direction, a second terminal fitting causes a second coupling portion to protrude from a second electric wire connection portion to a side of the drawing direction of the electric wire and causes a second terminal connection portion to protrude from the second coupling portion in the protruding direction, the second terminal connection portion is disposed at a position overlapping a coating of the electric wire drawn out from the second electric wire connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamai, Takatoshi Suzuki, Masakazu Nagaoka, Takuya Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20240213721
    Abstract: Provided are a molding process of molding a shield shell with a mold provided with a first molding die and a second molding die, and a molded product extraction process of extracting the first molding die from the shield shell in a vertically providing direction of a peripheral wall body and extracting the second molding die from the shield shell in a second extraction direction orthogonal to a first extraction direction of the first molding die, in which, in the molding process, a first molding die that is a wall surface for forming a side wall surface with a draft angle relative to the first extraction direction and the second molding die that has a size enough to leave a gap between a screw hole and a male screw member and has a protrusion for forming the screw hole with the second extraction direction as a hole axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamai, Takatoshi Suzuki, Masakazu Nagaoka, Takuya Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20240204451
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal fitting physically and electrically connected to a terminal of an electric wire to form a terminal-equipped electric wire; and a housing configured to accommodate a plurality of the terminal-equipped electric wires, hold two adjacent electric wires side by side in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction by an electric wire holding portion, and draw out each of the electric wires from the electric wire holding portion while keeping an arrangement state. The electric wire holding portion has an electric wire insertion path formed by a first and a second grooves joined in an assembly direction of the first holding portion and the second holding portion orthogonal to the axial direction. The two adjacent electric wire insertion paths are offset from each other in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction and the assembly direction, and are offset from each other in the assembling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamai, Takatoshi Suzuki, Masakazu Nagaoka, Takuya Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20230122390
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including: a housing including a cylindrical wall portion; and a hollow annular front holder attached to the cylindrical wall portion to surround an outer periphery thereof. The front holder includes: a pair of first locking portions and a pair of operating portions arranged that are arranged to face with each other in a radial direction of the front holder. The connecter is configured such that: in a state where the front holder is fitted externally on the cylindrical wall portion, the pair of first locking portions is engaged with the cylindrical wall portion; and in response to an operation of displacing the pair of operating portions to approach with each other in the radial direction, the pair of first locking portions is displaced to release an engagement between the front holder and the cylindrical wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamai, Takatoshi Suzuki, Junya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230122279
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including a seal member that seals a gap between an opening inner wall of an opening and a peripheral edge of a cover. The seal member includes a body portion having an annular shape along the peripheral edge of the cover, an extending portion that extends from an end portion of the body portion on a side of an outside along a cover surface of the cover, and a protruding portion that protrudes in a direction of intersecting with an extending direction of the extending portion and extends from the extending portion along the cover surface. The cover includes a recessed fitting portion into which the extending portion and the protruding portion of the seal member are fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamai, Takatoshi Suzuki, Junya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230120275
    Abstract: There are provided a connector and a mounting structure, the connector including: a terminal fitting: an electric wire connected to the terminal fitting; a housing that includes a fitting portion having a shape protruding in a fitting direction with a mating part and accommodating the terminal fitting, an outer wall portion defining an internal space in which the electric wire is routed, and a hollow convex portion formed by a part of the outer wall portion protruding outward to have a convex shape in the fitting direction; and a fuse that includes a fused portion accommodated in a hollow portion of the convex portion and is connected to the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamai, Takatoshi Suzuki, Junya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11476615
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a terminal metal fitting to which a core wire exposed portion of a core wire of a terminal of a wire is physically and electrically connected; a housing inside which the terminal metal fitting and the terminal of the wire are housed and from which the wire is drawn outside from inside; and a wire holding member that holds, inside the housing, the terminal of the wire, in which the wire holding member has a fixed portion that is fixed to a fixing portion inside the housing, and a holding portion that holds the terminal of the wire so that the terminal of the wire does not move relatively to the housing when the fixed portion is fixed to the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Suzuki, Yoshitaka Tsushima, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220080631
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a foam molded product, in which in a foaming step, at least a part of a burr is made to be an undercut that is caught in a movable mold portion when mold opening the movable mold portion, in a cross section obtained by cutting a foam intermediate on a plane orthogonal to a direction in which a boundary between a main body and a burr extends, a fragile portion is provided at the boundary such that at least a part of the burr located near the boundary is narrowed toward the boundary, and a foam intermediate is formed, and in a removal step, the fragile portion is broken and the burr is removed by pulling the burr with the movable mold portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi SUZUKI, Takatoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210257776
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a terminal metal fitting to which a core wire exposed portion of a core wire of a terminal of a wire is physically and electrically connected; a housing inside which the terminal metal fitting and the terminal of the wire are housed and from which the wire is drawn outside from inside; and a wire holding member that holds, inside the housing, the terminal of the wire, in which the wire holding member has a fixed portion that is fixed to a fixing portion inside the housing, and a holding portion that holds the terminal of the wire so that the terminal of the wire does not move relatively to the housing when the fixed portion is fixed to the fixing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Takatoshi Suzuki, Yoshitaka Tsushima, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10389056
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a connector housing, a temperature sensor, and a holder. The connector housing houses the terminal. The temperature sensor defines the terminal or an electric wire connected to the terminal as a temperature detection target, and detects temperature of the temperature detection target. The holder houses and holds the terminal, the electric wire, and the temperature sensor. The holder includes at least one first pressing portion and a second pressing portion. The first pressing portion projects toward the housed temperature sensor, and presses and pushes the temperature sensor to the temperature detection target. The second pressing portion presses and pushes the housed temperature detection target to the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Suzuki, Tomokazu Iwami
  • Publication number: 20180219316
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a connector housing, a temperature sensor, and a holder. The connector housing houses the terminal. The temperature sensor defines the terminal or an electric wire connected to the terminal as a temperature detection target, and detects temperature of the temperature detection target. The holder houses and holds the terminal, the electric wire, and the temperature sensor. The holder includes at least one first pressing portion and a second pressing portion. The first pressing portion projects toward the housed temperature sensor, and presses and pushes the temperature sensor to the temperature detection target. The second pressing portion presses and pushes the housed temperature detection target to the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Takatoshi Suzuki, Tomokazu Iwami
  • Patent number: 9547171
    Abstract: An optical scanning system includes a variable-focus element, an imaging lens and a deflector, wherein the reciprocal of the focal length f of the variable-focus element is changed from 1/fMIN to 1/fMAX, and for the case that the equation 1/f={(1/fMAX)+(1/fMIN)}/2 holds, a beam which has passed through the variable-focus element is a divergent beam, and x 2 + x 2 2 x 1 > x 3 ( 1 ) is satisfied, where x1 represents a distance from a virtual image point of the divergent beam to the principal point on the entry side of the variable-focus element, x2 represents a distance from the principal point on the exit side of the variable-focus element to the principal point on the entry side of the imaging lens, and x3 represents a distance from the principal point on the exit side of the imaging lens to an image point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: NALUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Seki, Takatoshi Suzuki, Tomohito Kuwagaito
  • Patent number: 9508465
    Abstract: Sealing performance between a sealing member and a reinforcing plate adhered to a wiring unit is prevent from being deteriorated. An FPC 1 is integrated with a sealing member 2, and a cover 3 is attached to a front end portion. On upper and lower surfaces of the FPC 1, reinforcing plates 12 each having a shape of a rectangular flat plate are arranged and adhered in an opposing manner interposing the FPC 1. The sealing member 2 is formed of elastic material such as rubber, and is fixedly attached to the FPC 1 such that the sealing member 2 covers the reinforcing plates 12 adhered to the upper and lower surfaces of the FPC 1 together with the FPC 1 located along front edges and rear edges of the reinforcing plates 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Miura, Takatoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160033762
    Abstract: An optical scanning system includes a variable-focus element, an imaging lens and a deflector, wherein the reciprocal of the focal length f of the variable-focus element is changed from 1/fMIN to 1/fMAX, and for the case that the equation 1/f={(1/fMAX)+(1/fMIN)}/2 holds, a beam which has passed through the variable-focus element is a divergent beam, and x 2 + x 2 2 x 1 > x 3 ( 1 ) is satisfied, where x1 represents a distance from a virtual image point of the divergent beam to the principal point on the entry side of the variable-focus element, x2 represents a distance from the principal point on the exit side of the variable-focus element to the principal point on the entry side of the imaging lens, and x3 represents a distance from the principal point on the exit side of the imaging lens to an image point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Daisuke SEKI, Takatoshi SUZUKI, Tomohito KUWAGAITO
  • Patent number: 9194559
    Abstract: An illumination lens includes a light receiving surface 101; and a light exit surface 103. When the axis of 101 is designated as Z-axis, a position of the bottom of the lens is designated as z=0 and X-axis and Y-axis are defined in a plane which contains z=0 and is perpendicular to Z-axis, 101 is symmetric about YZ-plane and XZ-plane and a cross-sectional area of a cross section of 101 parallel to XY-plane monotonously decreases with increase in z-coordinate. When the maximum value of z-coordinate on 101 is designated as d and a radius of the cross section of 103 at z=0 is designated as r, a point (x, y) on a cross section of 101 at z=0.3d is represented by ( x a ) 2 + ( y b ) 2 = f ? ( ? ) ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? 2 ( 1 ) where a and b represent constants and ? = tan - 1 ? ( y x ) ? ? f ? ( 0 ) = f ? ( ? 2 ) = 1.0 , ? and ? ? f ? ( ? ) ? 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: NALUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Seki, Katsumoto Ikeda, Takatoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150140850
    Abstract: A shield connector structure includes: a connection member fixed to the outer surface of a metal case; a first seal member interposed between an inner surface of the connection member and an outer surface of an outer insulation coating of a shield wire; a second seal member interposed between the connection member and an inner surface of an insertion hole of the metal case; and an annular fixing member that fixes a shield portion of the shield wire to the connection member by crimping. The connection member includes a first cylindrical extension portion extending from the connection member body to the inside of the insertion hole of the metal case and a second cylindrical extension portion further extending from the tip of the first extension portion and having an outer diameter smaller than that of the first extension portion. The shield portion is clamped by the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi SUZUKI, Naoki MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20140063801
    Abstract: An illumination lens includes a light receiving surface 101; and a light exit surface 103. When the axis of 101 is designated as Z-axis, a position of the bottom of the lens is designated as z=0 and X-axis and Y-axis are defined in a plane which contains z=0 and is perpendicular to Z-axis, 101 is symmetric about YZ-plane and XZ-plane and a cross-sectional area of a cross section of 101 parallel to XY-plane monotonously decreases with increase in z-coordinate. When the maximum value of z-coordinate on 101 is designated as d and a radius of the cross section of 103 at z=0 is designated as r, a point (x, y) on a cross section of 101 at z=0.3 d is represented by ( x a ) 2 + ( y b ) 2 = f ? ( ? ) ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? 2 ( 1 ) where a and b represent constants and ? = tan - 1 ? ( y x ) ? ? f ? ( 0 ) = f ? ( ? 2 ) = 1.0 , ? and ? ? f ? ( ? ) ? 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: NALUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke SEKI, Katsumoto IKEDA, Takatoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20130206445
    Abstract: Sealing performance between a sealing member and a reinforcing plate adhered to a wiring unit is prevent from being deteriorated. An FPC 1 is integrated with a sealing member 2, and a cover 3 is attached to a front end portion. On upper and lower surfaces of the FPC 1, reinforcing plates 12 each having a shape of a rectangular flat plate are arranged and adhered in an opposing manner interposing the FPC 1. The sealing member 2 is formed of elastic material such as rubber, and is fixedly attached to the FPC 1 such that the sealing member 2 covers the reinforcing plates 12 adhered to the upper and lower surfaces of the FPC 1 together with the FPC 1 located along front edges and rear edges of the reinforcing plates 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Miura, Takatoshi Suzuki