Patents by Inventor Tohru Suzuki
Tohru 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).
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Publication number: 20240097441Abstract: A management system includes a plurality of resources configured to be electrically connected to an external power supply, and a management device configured to manage the resources. The management device includes a planning unit and a management unit. The planning unit is configured to determine a power balancing plan of each of the resources by using first information on a use schedule of each of the resources and second information indicating a magnitude of an environmental load in a process of generating electric power to be supplied by the external power supply. The management unit is configured to manage the resources to cause each of the resources to operate according to the power balancing plan or a modified power balancing plan in power balancing of the external power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER MIRAIZ CO., INC., CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.Inventors: Yusuke HORII, Eiko Megan UCHIDA, Masashi TANAKA, Masato EHARA, Sachio TOYORA, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Akinori MORISHIMA, Takuji MATSUBARA, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ryou TAKAHASHI, Kenta ITO, Toshiki SUZUKI, Atsushi MIYASHITA, Takashi OCHIAI
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Patent number: 11934145Abstract: A developing apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image bearer, a developing sleeve, a case, and an air filter. The case accommodates a two-component developer and the developing sleeve. The air filter is attached to the case. The air filter has a thickness of 2 to 20 mm and has a density gradient with a pressure loss of 2 to 40 Pa at a wind speed of 10 cm/s. The air filter forms an airflow sucked into the case from a gap between the developing sleeve and the case and forms an airflow discharged from the case through the air filter. The two-component developer accommodated in the case contains a magnetic particle a surface of which is coated with a resin layer. The resin layer contains at least one type of chargeable particle.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Masuda, Tohru Suganuma, Masashi Nagayama, Hiroyuki Kishida, Kento Takeuchi, Kaede Masuko, Tomomi Suzuki, Takuya Suganuma, Kazuki Yogosawa
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Publication number: 20220365454Abstract: A mark detecting apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to generate an alignment mark image by imaging of an alignment mark on an object, a detecting unit configured to detect the alignment mark in the alignment mark image, and an adjusting unit configured to adjust a parameter relating to the imaging, based on a learning model generated by learning using the alignment mark image in which the alignment mark could not be detected and a first parameter as the parameter for the imaging of the alignment mark image in which the alignment mark could be detected. The adjusting unit acquires a second parameter as a result of inference processing based on the learning model. The imaging unit performs the imaging in a state where the parameter is adjusted to the second parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Masashi Yamamoto, Tohru Suzuki, Hisatoshi Neya, Yoshiaki Kurosawa, Shingo Yoneda, Masanori Hioki
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Patent number: 10466602Abstract: A lithography apparatus detects a plurality of first substrate-side marks arranged with respect to a part of shot regions on which patterning is to be performed by using the first original in the lithography apparatus and detects a plurality of second substrate-side marks arranged with respect to other shot regions different from the part of the shot regions on which patterning is to be performed by using the second original different from the first original in another lithography apparatus. The lithography apparatus outputs information on detection results of the plurality of second substrate-side marks to be available in the other lithography apparatus. Then, based on detection results of the plurality of first substrate-side marks, the lithography apparatus performs patterning while performing alignment with the first original with respect to the part of the shot regions.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taichi Yoshioka, Yusuke Kurita, Tohru Suzuki, Moritaka Iwakoshi, Taizou Kawada, Hironori Okazumi, Shunsuke Karaki, Takayuki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20190072864Abstract: A lithography apparatus detects a plurality of first substrate-side marks arranged with respect to a part of shot regions on which patterning is to be performed by using the first original in the lithography apparatus and detects a plurality of second substrate-side marks arranged with respect to other shot regions different from the part of the shot regions on which patterning is to be performed by using the second original different from the first original in another lithography apparatus. The lithography apparatus outputs information on detection results of the plurality of second substrate-side marks to be available in the other lithography apparatus. Then, based on detection results of the plurality of first substrate-side marks, the lithography apparatus performs patterning while performing alignment with the first original with respect to the part of the shot regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Taichi Yoshioka, Yusuke Kurita, Tohru Suzuki, Moritaka Iwakoshi, Taizou Kawada, Hironori Okazumi, Shunsuke Karaki, Takayuki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9647198Abstract: Piezoelectric oriented ceramics containing a Pb(Ti, Zr)O3-based compound having a high degree of orientation not lower than 0.64, which was calculated with the Lotgering method based on an X-ray diffraction pattern in a prescribed cross-section thereof, and having a sintered density not lower than 85% of a theoretical density.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignees: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventors: Yasunari Miwa, Shinichiro Kawada, Masahiko Kimura, Tohru Suzuki, Tetsuo Uchikoshi, Yoshio Sakka
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Patent number: 9356279Abstract: In a (001) pole figure of the active material particles, where a plane parallel to the substrate is defined as the equatorial plane, a Lotgering factor fa(001) of an A plane and a Lotgering factor fh(001) of a B plane satisfy both Expressions (1) and (2) below, the A plane being an equatorial cross section perpendicular to a line that connects the center of the (001) pole figure and a first point of maximum XRD intensity of peaks attributed to (001) planes at the outer periphery of the equatorial plane, the B plane being an equatorial cross section perpendicular to a line that connects the center of the (001) pole figure and a second point of minimum XRD intensity of peaks attributed to the (001) planes at the outer periphery of the equatorial plane: fa(001)>0.3 ??Expression (1) fa(001)?fb(001)<1.0 ??Expression (2).Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventors: Masato Hozumi, Toshiya Saito, Hideto Yamada, Tohru Suzuki, Tetsuo Uchikoshi, Yoshio Sakka
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Patent number: 9181557Abstract: The present invention provides uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase; and transforming-gene-introduced Moorella bacteria obtained by introducing a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase and a transforming-gene to a chromosome of the uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria. The present invention was accomplished by uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria, comprising an MTA-D-pF strain that is obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase on a chromosome of Moorella bacteria.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignees: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Hiroshima University, Gifu UniversityInventors: Yutaka Nakashimada, Akihisa Kita, Tohru Suzuki, Shinsuke Sakai, Kazue Takaoka
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Patent number: 8979560Abstract: A lever type connector in which workability in inserting terminals is enhanced is provided. A lever type connector 1 includes a connector housing 22 for containing terminals 61 at terminal ends of wires, and a lever 30 which is rotatably mounted on the connector housing 22, and rotated at a wire extending side of the connector housing 22 thereby to move a mating connector to be engaged with the connector housing 22 up to a normally engaged position. The lever 30 includes a pair of arm parts 31 (31a, 31b), and a connecting part 38 for interconnecting respective base end parts 51 (51a, 51b) of the arm parts 31. A recess part 53 for enlarging a distance between the base end parts 51 is provided on at least one of inner walls 50 (50a, 50b) of the base end parts 51 of the arm parts 31 which are opposed to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tohru Kobayashi, Tohru Suzuki
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Patent number: 8814581Abstract: A lever type connector in which workability in inserting terminals is enhanced is provided. A lever type connector 1 includes a connector housing 22 for containing terminals 61 at terminal ends of wires, and a lever 30 which is rotatably mounted on the connector housing 22, and rotated at a wire extending side of the connector housing 22 thereby to move a mating connector to be engaged with the connector housing 22 up to a normally engaged position. The lever 30 includes a pair of arm parts 31 (31a, 31b), and a connecting part 38 for interconnecting respective base end parts 51 (51a, 51b) of the arm parts 31. A recess part 53 for enlarging a distance between the base end parts 51 is provided on at least one of inner walls 50 (50a, 50b) of the base end parts 51 of the arm parts 31 which are opposed to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tohru Kobayashi, Tohru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140206065Abstract: The present invention provides uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase; and transforming-gene-introduced Moorella bacteria obtained by introducing a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase and a transforming-gene to a chromosome of the uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria. The present invention was accomplished by uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria, comprising an MTA-D-pF strain that is obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase on a chromosome of Moorella bacteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicants: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., GIFU UNIVERSITY, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Yutaka Nakashimada, Akihisa Kita, Tohru Suzuki, Shinsuke Sakai, Kazue Takaoka
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Publication number: 20140206084Abstract: The present invention provides a primer set used for transformation that imparts a uracil requiring property by deleting or destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase in Moorella bacteria. The present invention is accomplished by a primer set that is used for creating a uracil requiring strain obtained by deleting or destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase in Moorella bacteria by homologous recombination and is represented by SEQ ID No. 1 and 2 that amplify an upstream region adjacent to said gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicants: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., GIFU UNIVERSITY, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Yutaka Nakashimada, Akihisa Kita, Tohru Suzuki, Shinsuke Sakai, Kazue Takaoka
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Publication number: 20140038055Abstract: In a (001) pole figure of the active material particles, where a plane parallel to the substrate is defined as the equatorial plane, a Lotgering factor fa(001) of an A plane and a Lotgering factor fh(001) of a B plane satisfy both Expressions (1) and (2) below, the A plane being an equatorial cross section perpendicular to a line that connects the center of the (001) pole figure and a first point of maximum XRD intensity of peaks attributed to (001) planes at the outer periphery of the equatorial plane, the B plane being an equatorial cross section perpendicular to a line that connects the center of the (001) pole figure and a second point of minimum XRD intensity of peaks attributed to the (001) planes at the outer periphery of the equatorial plane: fa(001)>0.3 ??Expression (1) fa(001)?fb(001)<1.0 ??Expression (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato HOZUMI, Toshiya SAITO, Hideto YAMADA, Tohru SUZUKI, Tetsuo UCHIKOSHI, Yoshio SAKKA
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Patent number: 8518584Abstract: A production method for an electrode for a battery includes preparing a conductive substrate, and electrode material particles having ion conduction anisotropy; and producing an electrode by attaching the electrode material particles onto the conductive substrate, and applying a magnetic field in a predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, National Institute for Materials ScienceInventors: Koji Kawamoto, Masato Hozumi, Yoshio Sakka, Tetsuo Uchikoshi, Tohru Suzuki, Hideto Yamada
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Publication number: 20130102172Abstract: A lever type connector in which workability in inserting terminals is enhanced is provided. A lever type connector 1 includes a connector housing 22 for containing terminals 61 at terminal ends of wires, and a lever 30 which is rotatably mounted on the connector housing 22, and rotated at a wire extending side of the connector housing 22 thereby to move a mating connector to be engaged with the connector housing 22 up to a normally engaged position. The lever 30 includes a pair of arm parts 31 (31a, 31b), and a connecting part 38 for interconnecting respective base end parts 51 (51a, 51b) of the arm parts 31. A recess part 53 for enlarging a distance between the base end parts 51 is provided on at least one of inner walls 50 (50a, 50b) of the base end parts 51 of the arm parts 31 which are opposed to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Tohru Kobayashi, Tohru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130052438Abstract: An oriented ceramic containing an Mn+1AXn phase, where the Mn+1AXn phase is a ternary compound, and M is an early transition metal, A is an A group element, X is C or N, and n is an integer of 1 to 3, wherein the oriented ceramic has a layered microstructure similar to shell layers of pearl, which is formed by laminating a layer of a nano-order to milli-order in a thickness thereof, and the oriented ceramic is an oriented bulk material a total thickness of which is in milli-order or larger at smallest.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventors: Chunfeng Hu, Salvatore Grasso, Yoshio Sakka, Hidehiko Tanaka, Tohru Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120267748Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductivity-type semiconductor stack including the recesses which extend from a first principal surface toward a second principal surface and have bottoms not reaching the second principal surface, the second conductivity-type anode regions which are embedded at a distance from one another in the first principal surface, each of which has a part of an outer edge region exposed to a side surface of the corresponding recess, an anode electrode which is provided on the first principal surface of the semiconductor stack to form a Schottky barrier junction with the semiconductor stack in a region where the plurality of anode regions are not formed and form ohmic junctions with the anode regions; and a cathode electrode provided on the second principal surface of the semiconductor stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tohru SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20110195310Abstract: A production method for an electrode for a battery includes preparing a conductive substrate, and electrode material particles having ion conduction anisotropy; and producing an electrode by attaching the electrode material particles onto the conductive substrate, and applying a magnetic field in a predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventors: Koji KAWAMOTO, Masato HOZUMI, Yoshio SAKKA, Tetsuo UCHIKOSHI, Tohru SUZUKI, Hideto YAMADA
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Publication number: 20110058393Abstract: A switching power supply device that uses a SJ-MISFIT reduces a surge in voltage caused by the oscillation of drain current. The switching power supply device of the present invention, which is switched by a switching element that is a MOSFET having a super junction structure, includes an oscillation reduction diode connected in anti-parallel to the switching element, wherein when a characteristic curve of output capacitance Coss of the switching element relative to a drain-to-source voltage VDS is approximated by a first line, second line and third line corresponding to lines A, B and C shown in FIG. 2, junction capacitance CD2 of the oscillation reduction diode at a point b where a characteristic curve of the junction capacitance CD2 of the oscillation reduction diode and the second line cross each other is 40% or more of the output capacitance Coss of the switching element at a point a where the first and second lines cross each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventor: Tohru SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20050218566Abstract: A novel oriented sintered silicon carbide product, wherein ? silicon carbide is orientated in an arbitrary direction and crystal orientation is controlled to an arbitrary direction; and method for preparing the oriented sintered silicon carbide product which comprises mixing ? silicon carbide particles with a solvent to form an ? silicon carbide slurry, solidifying the slurry, molding the resultant solid, followed by sintering, wherein the solidification and molding are carried out in a magnetic field of 1 T or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2003Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Tohru Suzuki, Yoshio Sakka