Patents by Inventor Tomonori Suzuki

Tomonori 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: 20240101097
    Abstract: A speed reducer includes a planetary gear, a first ring gear and a second ring gear. The planetary gear is a helical gear and has planetary gear teeth each of which is tilted relative to an axis of the planetary gear. The first ring gear is a spur gear and has first ring gear teeth which extend in parallel with an axis of the first ring gear and are configured to mesh with the planetary gear teeth. The second ring gear is a spur gear and has second ring gear teeth which extend in parallel with an axis of the second ring gear and are configured to mesh with the planetary gear teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tomonori SUZUKI, Akira TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20240102514
    Abstract: A housing is placed at an inside space of a case to be installed on a vehicle. The housing includes: a housing plate portion configured to contact a case plate portion of the case; and a receiving space located on one side of the housing plate portion which is opposite to the case plate portion. An electric motor is placed at the receiving space and is configured to output a torque. The housing includes a housing protrusion and a housing recess. The housing protrusion protrudes from a surface of the housing plate portion located on another side of the housing plate portion at which the case plate portion is placed, and the housing protrusion is configured to fit into a case recess of the case. The housing recess is recessed from another surface of the housing plate portion which is opposite to the housing protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Tomonori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240083489
    Abstract: A steering device includes: an upper column having a cylindrical shape that is disposed on a radially outer side of a steering shaft; a lower column having a cylindrical shape that is fitted to the upper column and is capable of relatively moving in an axial direction with respect to the upper column; an attachment portion that is attached to the upper column and provided with a column long hole; a column bracket that includes a side plate portion located on a side of the upper column and is attached to a vehicle body; a liner slot that is inserted into the column long hole of the attachment portion and restricts an axial movement; and a pin that extends along a vehicle width direction and penetrates through the side plate portion and the liner slot, in which the liner slot is provided with a through-hole through which the pin penetrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori MORISHIMA, Tasuku OISHI, Jotaro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240077393
    Abstract: A physical property estimation device for a resin composition, which estimates a physical property of a resin composition that is manufactured by using a base polymer, a flame retardant, a flame retardant auxiliary, and other materials. The physical property estimation device is provided with a regression model building processing unit that learns by machine learning a relationship between explanatory variable data and physical property data including physical property data as an estimation target, and builds a regression model that shows a correlation between the explanatory variable data and the physical property data, and a physical property estimation processing unit that estimates the physical property of an estimation target by using the regression model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke SHANAI, Tomonori WATANABE, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240077466
    Abstract: A first synthesized characteristic value calculated based on a first blending ratio of constituent materials contained in a first composite material and on a first characteristic value corresponding to the constituent materials contained in the first composite material, as well as first blending information of the constituent materials contained in the first composite material are used as input parameters (explanatory variables) for an approximate function to estimate a value of physical quantity (objective variable) for the first composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke SHANAI, Tomonori WATANABE, Takahiro SUZUKI, Tamotsu KIBE, Takehiko TANI
  • Patent number: 11919065
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for producing a hot forged material in air using a Ni-based superalloy for the die. Also described herein are methods for producing a hot forged material, by placing on a lower die a material for hot forging, of which part or all of the surface is coated with a glass-based lubricant, and pressing the material for hot forging with the lower die and an upper die, to form a hot forged material, wherein one or both of the lower die and the upper die are made of a Ni-based superalloy, and wherein the surface of the die in contact with the material for hot forging is coated with a glass-based lubricant containing SiO2 as a main component, in which the total content of alkali metal oxides is 0 to 10.0% in mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Suzuki, Tomonori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20230407616
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device includes a nozzle, a heat exchanger, a cold water flow channel, a switching element, a control board, a heat transfer plate, and a casing. The heat exchanger uses alternating current power to heat the wash water supplied to the nozzle. The cold water flow channel supplies the wash water to the heat exchanger from a water supply source. The switching element switches a supply state of the alternating current power to the heat exchanger. A controller is mounted to the control board. The controller is operated by direct current power. The controller controls the switching element. The heat transfer plate is configured to dissipate heat of the switching element. The switching element is mounted to the control board. The cold water flow channel includes a cooling part. The cooling part water-cools the heat transfer plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Saki YAMAMURA, Shuhei HAYATA, Tomonori SUZUKI, Takakuni YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230313848
    Abstract: A clutch of a clutch device is provided between a first transmission portion and a second transmission portion that are rotatable relative to a housing. A state changing unit is configured to receive a force in an axial direction from a translation portion and change a state of the clutch to an engaged state or a non-engaged state according to a relative position in the axial direction of the translation portion with respect to the housing. An urging member is configured to urge the translation portion in a direction to switch the clutch from the engaged state to the non-engaged state. A retainer member is fixed directly to the housing and is configured to restrict an axial position of the urging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tomonori SUZUKI, Takumi SUGIURA, Akira TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20230304543
    Abstract: A rotary actuator includes a housing, a motor, a speed reducer, and a rotational translation unit. The motor includes a stator that includes a coil and is fixed to the housing, and a rotor that is provided with a magnet and rotates when the coil is energized. The speed reducer decelerates and outputs a torque of the motor. The speed reducer is a planetary gear mechanism including a sun gear, multiple planetary gears, and a ring gear. At least one of projection region components, which are components constituting the speed reducer and are located in a magnet projection region obtained by projecting a magnet in an axial direction, is formed of a non-magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tomonori SUZUKI, Takumi SUGIURA, Akira TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20230248013
    Abstract: Provided is a novel roasting method that is effective for improving the flavor of roasted coffee beans. The present invention provides a method for producing roasted coffee beans, including a step of roasting coffee beans, wherein a ratio of lightness (lightness ratio) of the coffee beans is 0.65 or more, and a temperature increasing rate of a roasting temperature is retained at -0.15° C./second to 0.15° C./second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomonori Suzuki, Takao Takahashi, Morio Mitsuhashi, Koichiro Yamada, Harumichi Seta
  • Publication number: 20230240317
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object to provide a method for producing green coffee beans that can be used to make coffee beverages with a fruity aroma. Dining the process of producing green coffee beans, the following steps are performed: heating green coffee beans, and contacting the heated green coffee beans with an alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Nakajima, Akira Soguchi, Tomonori Suzuki, Nao Kamezawa
  • Publication number: 20230014627
    Abstract: A hydraulic oil control valve includes a sleeve, a spool and a spring. The spool is received at an inside of the sleeve and is configured to be reciprocated. The spring is configured to be seated against a spring seat of the sleeve and is configured to apply a preload to the spool. The sleeve has a stepped portion, which has a spool contact surface for limiting movement of the spool toward the spring seat, and a protrusion, which is located at a center of the spring seat and protrudes toward an opening of the sleeve. The protrusion has a sloped peripheral surface. The protrusion is configured such that in a state where an end portion of the spring is not seated against the spring seat while the spring is placed adjacent to the spring seat, the end portion of the spring contacts the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tomonori SUZUKI, Futoshi KAWAMURA, Kinya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11382911
    Abstract: A diketopiperazine mixture suitable for mixing with a food or drink and a method for producing the mixture. High-temperature and high-pressure treatment of plant peptides in a liquid allows production of a plant extract containing a high concentration of diketopiperazines including cyclo-leucyl-leucine and cyclo-leucyl-phenylalanine. Diketopiperazines having excellent flavor derived from a plant natural product and can produce a food or drink provided with the functions of the diketopiperazines by directly mixing the diketopiperazines with the food or drink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Yoshinori Beppu, Koichi Nakahara, Tomonori Suzuki, Soichiro Shima, Yuka Murakami
  • Patent number: 10864749
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thermal print head includes a heat sink; a head substrate placed on the heat sink and having a plurality of heat generating elements arranged in a primary scanning direction; a circuit board placed on the heat sink so as to be adjacent to the head substrate in an auxiliary scanning direction and provided with a connection circuit; and a control element electrically connected to the heat generating element via a first bonding wire and electrically connected to the connection circuit via a second bonding wire, in which at least one of the first bonding wire and the second bonding wire includes any of a copper wire, a copper alloy wire, and a wire mainly made of copper and coated with a metal different from copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Megumi Yamauchi, Seiichi Noro, Masakatsu Doi, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Yoshihide Abe, Tomonori Suzuki, Yuuki Komori
  • Patent number: 10795790
    Abstract: A storage control apparatus is configured to access a physical storage region of a storage apparatus corresponding to a logical address of a logical storage region, when an error is detected, specify a physical address of the physical storage region, for each of a plurality of regions generated by dividing the physical storage region using a plurality of division conditions different from each other, specify a number of times in which the error is detected, specify a recovery target region in which the number of times is equal to or greater than a first value, specify a first division condition generating the recovery target region, select, from a plurality of recovery methods, a first recovery method corresponding to the first division condition, and cause the storage apparatus to recover a first logical address in the logical storage region corresponding to the recovery target region by using the first recovery method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Fujihara, Tomonori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10688807
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thermal print head includes a heat sink, a head substrate having a plurality of heat generating elements placed on the heat sink and disposed in a primary scanning direction, a circuit board placed on the heat sink so as to be adjacent to the head substrate in an auxiliary scanning direction and provided with a connection circuit, and a control element electrically connected to the heat generating element via a first bonding wire and electrically connected to the connection circuit via a second bonding wire, wherein a plurality of first bonding wires is disposed in parallel in the primary scanning direction, and among the first bonding wires, the first bonding wire having a length of at least 2 mm or more is a metal wire having a Young's modulus greater than that of gold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Megumi Yamauchi, Seiichi Noro, Masakatsu Doi, Yoshihide Abe, Tomonori Suzuki, Yuuki Komori, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190336569
    Abstract: A diketopiperazine mixture suitable for mixing with a food or drink and a method for producing the mixture. High-temperature and high-pressure treatment of plant peptides in a liquid allows production of a plant extract containing a high concentration of diketopiperazines including cyclo-leucyl-leucine and cyclo-leucyl-phenylalanine. Diketopiperazines having excellent flavor derived from a plant natural product and can produce a food or drink provided with the functions of the diketopiperazines by directly mixing the diketopiperazines with the food or drink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Yoshinori Beppu, Koichi Nakahara, Tomonori Suzuki, Soichiro Shima, Yuka Murakami
  • Publication number: 20190193418
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thermal print head includes a heat sink, a head substrate having a plurality of heat generating elements placed on the heat sink and disposed in a primary scanning direction, a circuit board placed on the heat sink so as to be adjacent to the head substrate in an auxiliary scanning direction and provided with a connection circuit, and a control element electrically connected to the heat generating element via a first bonding wire and electrically connected to the connection circuit via a second bonding wire, wherein a plurality of first bonding wires is disposed in parallel in the primary scanning direction, and among the first bonding wires, the first bonding wire having a length of at least 2 mm or more is a metal wire having a Young's modulus greater than that of gold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOSHIBA HOKUTO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi YAMAUCHI, Seiichi NORO, Masakatsu DOI, Yoshihide ABE, Tomonori SUZUKI, Yuuki KOMORI, Tsuyoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190193417
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thermal print head includes a heat sink; a head substrate placed on the heat sink and having a plurality of heat generating elements arranged in a primary scanning direction; a circuit board placed on the heat sink so as to be adjacent to the head substrate in an auxiliary scanning direction and provided with a connection circuit; and a control element electrically connected to the heat generating element via a first bonding wire and electrically connected to the connection circuit via a second bonding wire, in which at least one of the first bonding wire and the second bonding wire includes any of a copper wire, a copper alloy wire, and a wire mainly made of copper and coated with a metal different from copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOSHIBA HOKUTO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Megumi Yamauchi, Seiichi Noro, Masakatsu Doi, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Yoshihide Abe, Tomonori Suzuki, Yuuki Komori
  • Publication number: 20180365118
    Abstract: A storage control apparatus is configured to access a physical storage region of a storage apparatus corresponding to a logical address of a logical storage region, when an error is detected, specify a physical address of the physical storage region, for each of a plurality of regions generated by dividing the physical storage region using a plurality of division conditions different from each other, specify a number of times in which the error is detected, specify a recovery target region in which the number of times is equal to or greater than a first value, specify a first division condition generating the recovery target region, select, from a plurality of recovery methods, a first recovery method corresponding to the first division condition, and cause the storage apparatus to recover a first logical address in the logical storage region corresponding to the recovery target region by using the first recovery method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Fujihara, Tomonori Suzuki