Patents by Inventor Takeo Tsuzuki

Takeo Tsuzuki 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: 11807180
    Abstract: A retainer member is equipped with a microphone facing portion, a drain path, and a stamped wall portion. The microphone facing portion is formed in a cylindrical shape matching an ultrasonic microphone is disposed outside the ultrasonic microphone in a radial direction extending radially from a longitudinal center line. The microphone facing portion extends from a body retaining portion toward a base side in an axial direction. The drain path extends through the microphone facing portion in the radial direction and is capable of discharging water from an inner space in the microphone facing portion. The stamped wall portion is formed in the microphone facing portion and faces the drain path through the longitudinal center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ueda, Taketo Harada, Takeo Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 11703580
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor includes a sensor body, a cushion member, a retainer unit, and a drainage path. The sensor body includes an ultrasonic microphone and a microphone support unit which allows a protruding part of the ultrasonic microphone located at a distal end in an axial direction to protrude and supports the protruding part. The cushion member covers the protruding part. The retainer unit allows exposure of a portion of the cushion member that is located at the distal end in the axial direction, and a portion of the cushion member that is located at a proximal end in the axial direction is sandwiched between the retainer unit and an outer peripheral surface of the protruding part. The drainage path penetrates the retainer unit in a radial direction to allow water to be discharged out of the retainer unit from a gap between the retainer unit and the cushion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ueda, Takeo Tsuzuki, Taketo Harada, Mitsuyasu Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11492003
    Abstract: An object sensing device is configured to sense an object therearound using an ultrasonic sensor. The object sensing device comprises: a distance judgment portion that performs a judgement of a distance to the object therearound in accordance with received ultrasonic waves that are based on transmitted ultrasonic waves by the ultrasonic sensor; and a notification control portion that performs a predetermined notification operation in accordance with the received ultrasonic waves that are based on the transmitted ultrasonic waves. The notification control portion performs the predetermined notification operation when the distance judgement portion has continuously judged that the object is within a predetermined close range. The notification control portion fails to perform the predetermined notification operation when a judgement history of the distance to the object by the distance judgement portion indicates an abnormal appearance of the object within the predetermined close range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeo Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 11490179
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor is provided with a sensor body, a cushion member, a retainer part and a waterproof seal. The sensor body has an ultrasonic microphone and a microphone support part. The cushion member covers a protrusion part of the ultrasonic microphone. The retainer part sandwiches a sandwiched part on a proximal end side between the retainer part and an outer peripheral surface of the ultrasonic microphone, while exposing an exposed part on a tip end side in the axial direction of the cushion member. The waterproof seal blocks a gap between a vehicle body component and the exposed part of the cushion member in an on-board state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ueda, Takeo Tsuzuki, Taketo Harada
  • Patent number: 11474239
    Abstract: An ultrasonic wave sensor includes: a bezel configured by a tubular member having a hollow portion, and including a tubular portion and a flange, the flange having a larger radial dimension than the tubular portion, one surface of the flange on a side opposite to the tubular portion being a front surface, one surface of the flange on the tubular portion side being a back surface; a sensor body including an ultrasonic vibrator and integrated with the bezel while part of the sensor body is inserted into the hollow portion; and a vibration prevention member arranged on the back surface and configured by an elastic body to prevent vibration transmission. The vibration prevention member is an O-ring having an annular shape surrounding the bezel so as to surround a center axis of the bezel, and the back surface has a ring-shaped groove into which part of the O-ring is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ueda, Takeo Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 11156703
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor is secured to an attachment object and passes through the attachment object. The ultrasonic sensor includes an oscillator which has a transceiving surface which transmits or receives an ultrasonic wave, a cylindrical elastic member which surrounds an outer surface of the oscillator extending from the transceiving surface in a thickness-wise direction of the transceiving surface and has an inner surface contacting the outer surface of the oscillator, a body which has a housing with a bottom and in which the to oscillator and the elastic member are disposed except a protruding portion on a side of said transceiving surface, and an annular body which surrounds the protruding portion of the elastic member and is disposed in the body in contact with a front of the attachment object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ueda, Takeo Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20210170968
    Abstract: A retainer member is equipped with a microphone facing portion, a drain path, and a stamped wall portion. The microphone facing portion is formed in a cylindrical shape matching an ultrasonic microphone is disposed outside the ultrasonic microphone in a radial direction extending radially from a longitudinal center line. The microphone facing portion extends from a body retaining portion toward a base side in an axial direction. The drain path extends through the microphone facing portion in the radial direction and is capable of discharging water from an inner space in the microphone facing portion. The stamped wall portion is formed in the microphone facing portion and faces the drain path through the longitudinal center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Keisuke UEDA, Taketo HARADA, Takeo TSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10892110
    Abstract: An electrolyte solution for electrochemical device contains: an electrolyte solution comprising a cyclic carbonate solvent containing 1.0 mol/L to 1.6 mol/L of LiPF6 as an electrolyte; an oxalate complex salt of lithium whose additive quantity relative to the electrolyte solution accounts for 1.0 percent by weight to 3.0 percent by weight; and a straight-chain carbonate whose additive quantity relative to the electrolyte solution accounts for 1.0 percent by weight to 9.0 percent by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeo Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20200317217
    Abstract: An object sensing device is configured to sense a object therearoun using an ultrasonic sensor. The object sensing device comprises: a distance judgment portion that performs a judgement of a distance to the object therearoun in accordance with received ultrasonic waves that are based on transmitted ultrasonic waves by the ultrasonic sensor; and a notification control portion that performs a predetermined notification operation in accordance with the received ultrasonic waves that are based on the transmitted ultrasonic waves. The notification control portion performs the predetermined notification operation when the distance judgement portion has continuously performed the judgement that the object is within a predetermined close range. And, the notification control portion fail to perform the predetermined notification operation when a judgement history of the distance to the object by the distance judgement portion indicates an abnormal appearance of the object within the predetermined close range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Takeo TSUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200284890
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor includes a sensor body, a cushion member, a retainer unit, and a drainage path. The sensor body includes an ultrasonic microphone and a microphone support unit which allows a protruding part of the ultrasonic microphone located at a distal end in an axial direction to protrude and supports the protruding part. The cushion member covers the protruding part. The retainer unit allows exposure of a portion of the cushion member that is located at the distal end in the axial direction, and a portion of the cushion member that is located at a proximal end in the axial direction is sandwiched between the retainer unit and an outer peripheral surface of the protruding part. The drainage path penetrates the retainer unit in a radial direction to allow water to be discharged out of the retainer unit from a gap between the retainer unit and the cushion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Keisuke Ueda, Takeo Tsuzuki, Taketo Harada, Mitsuyasu Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20200288224
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor is provided with a sensor body, a cushion member, a retainer part and a waterproof seal. The sensor body has an ultrasonic microphone and a microphone support part. The cushion member covers a protrusion part of the ultrasonic microphone. The retainer part sandwiches a sandwiched part on a proximal end side between the retainer part and an outer peripheral surface of the ultrasonic microphone, while exposing an exposed part on a tip end side in the axial direction of the cushion member. The waterproof seal blocks a gap between a vehicle body component and the exposed part of the cushion member in an on-board state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Keisuke Ueda, Takeo Tsuzuki, Taketo Harada
  • Publication number: 20200099091
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution for an electrochemical device, includes: an electrolytic solution in which an electrolyte is dissolved in a solvent, wherein the solvent includes a cyclic carbonate and a chain carbonate at a volume ratio of 25:75 to 75:25, the electrolyte is dissolved in the electrolytic solution at a concentration of 0.8 mol/L to 1.6 mol/L, and includes an imide-based lithium salt and a non-imide-based lithium salt at a molar ratio of 1:9 to 10:0, and a lithium oxalate salt is added to the electrolytic solution at a concentration of 0.1 wt % to 2.0 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Takeo TSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10580589
    Abstract: A lithium ion capacitor has an electrolytic solution that contains: 100 parts by volume of a solvent containing 20 to 50 parts by volume of propylene carbonate, 10 to 35 parts by volume of dimethyl carbonate, and 15 to 70 parts by volume of ethyl methyl carbonate; and lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, as an electrolyte. The lithium ion capacitor can maintain its initial high capacitance and low internal resistance, while also undergoing minimal characteristics changes in a low-temperature environment, even after exposure to a high-temperature, high-voltage environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeo Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20190391263
    Abstract: An ultrasonic wave sensor includes: a bezel configured by a tubular member having a hollow portion, and including a tubular portion and a flange, the flange having a larger radial dimension than the tubular portion, one surface of the flange on a side opposite to the tubular portion being a front surface, one surface of the flange on the tubular portion side being a back surface; a sensor body including an ultrasonic vibrator and integrated with the bezel while part of the sensor body is inserted into the hollow portion; and a vibration prevention member arranged on the back surface and configured by an elastic body to prevent vibration transmission. The vibration prevention member is an O-ring having an annular shape surrounding the bezel so as to surround a center axis of the bezel, and the back surface has a ring-shaped groove into which part of the O-ring is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Keisuke UEDA, Takeo TSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10483049
    Abstract: A lithium ion capacitor has an electrolytic solution that contains: an electrolyte which is a mixture of LiFSI and LiBF4, where the mol ratio of LiFSI to LiBF4 is in a range of 90/10 to 30/70; a solvent that contains at least one type of cyclic or chained carbonate compound; and a film-forming agent; wherein the concentration of electrolyte in the electrolytic solution is in a range of 1.2 to 1.8 mol/L. The lithium ion capacitor can maintain its initial high capacitance and low internal resistance, while also undergoing minimal characteristics changes after exposure to a high-temperature, high-voltage environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeo Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20190295783
    Abstract: Electrolyte liquid for an electrochemical device includes: electrolyte liquid in which solvent of cyclic carbonate includes 0.8 mol/L or more and 1.6 mol/L or less of LiPF6 as electrolyte; and chain carbonate of which an added amount to the electrolyte liquid is 0.1 wt % or more and less than 10.0 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Takeo TSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10332694
    Abstract: An electric double-layer capacitor contains an electrolytic solution, wherein the electrolytic solution comprises 1.2 to 1.8 mol/L of spirobipyrrolidinium tetrafluoroborate as electrolyte as well as solvent, where the solvent contains 50 to 60 percent by volume of propylene carbonate, 30 to 36 percent by volume of dimethyl carbonate, and 4 to 20 percent by volume of ethyl methyl carbonate. The electric double-layer capacitor can maintain its initial high capacitance and low internal resistance, while undergoing smaller characteristic changes after being exposed to low-temperature environments, high-voltage environments or high-temperature environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Tsuzuki, Takatoshi Nagase
  • Publication number: 20190096594
    Abstract: An electrolyte solution for electrochemical device contains: an electrolyte solution comprising a cyclic carbonate solvent containing 1.0 mol/L to 1.6 mol/L of LiPF6 as an electrolyte; an oxalate complex salt of lithium whose additive quantity relative to the electrolyte solution accounts for 1.0 percent by weight to 3.0 percent by weight; and a straight-chain carbonate whose additive quantity relative to the electrolyte solution accounts for 1.0 percent by weight to 9.0 percent by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Takeo TSUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190004161
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor is secured to an attachment object and passes through the attachment object. The ultrasonic sensor includes an oscillator which has a transceiving surface which transmits or receives an ultrasonic wave, a cylindrical elastic member which surrounds an outer surface of the oscillator extending from the transceiving surface in a thickness-wise direction of the transceiving surface and has an inner surface contacting the outer surface of the oscillator, a body which has a housing with a bottom and in which the to oscillator and the elastic member are disposed except a protruding portion on a side of said transceiving surface, and an annular body which surrounds the protruding portion of the elastic member and is disposed in the body in contact with a front of the attachment object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Keisuke UEDA, Takeo TSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10115535
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an electric storage device 1 includes: an electric storage element 50 having a positive electrode and a negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolytic solution constituted by a non-aqueous solvent primarily containing cyclic ester and cyclic carbonate ester, in which an electrolyte containing lithium salt is dissolved and to which a sulfonate ester derivative whose reduction potential is higher than that of the cyclic ester and cyclic carbonate ester is added; and an outer container 70 that stores the electric storage element 50 and non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The electric storage device can offer both good low-temperature characteristics and good high-temperature reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Tsuzuki, Koji Kano