Patents by Inventor Toshifumi Suzuki

Toshifumi 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: 10886803
    Abstract: This axial gap-type rotary electrical machine has: a stator in which a plurality of core units each configured from a core, a coil, and a bobbin are disposed, centered around a rotating shaft, in an annular shape along the inner circumferential surface of a housing; and a rotor that is face-to-face with a cross-sectional surface of the core through a predetermined gap in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. The bobbin is formed in a cylindrical shape, has flange parts extending a predetermined amount in the outer circumferential direction at the top and bottom of the cylindrical shape, is provided with notch sections on the tip part in the inner circumferential direction of the flange part of the bobbin, and forms an acute angle. In addition, approximately circular notch sections are formed on adjacent side surface portions of the bobbin in the outer circumferential direction of the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Daisaku Takahashi, Daisuke Kurai, Jun Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20200395808
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to ensure reliability and installation space reduction of crossover wires of an axial gap type rotary electric machine. An axial gap type rotary electric machine having: a stator which is constructed by annularly arranging multiple core units about an axis of rotation, each of the core units having at least a core, windings disposed around the outer periphery of the core, and crossover wires leading out from the windings; at least one rotor which faces an axial end surface of the cores with a gap therebetween; and a rotary shaft which rotates along with the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hirooki TOKOI, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Kenji UZAWA, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Toru SAKAI, Ryousou MASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200337364
    Abstract: A plug of vaporisable material for a vapour generating device which generates a vapour by heating at least the base of the plug includes vaporisable material shaped such that it defines a cavity within the vaporisable material, wherein the cavity is frusto-conical in shape, with the apex adjacent to the base of the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Ugurhan Yilmaz, Thomas Johaentges, Toshifumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10796173
    Abstract: An external environment recognition unit recognizes a construction section ahead of a host vehicle and recognizes that one or more recognition objects express entry possible/impossible information as to whether the host vehicle can enter the construction section. If the external environment recognition unit recognizes a traffic control person who directs traffic in the construction section as the recognition object and recognizes the entry possible/impossible information that is expressed by the traffic control person, an action plan unit (or an entry determination unit) decides whether to cause the host vehicle to enter the construction section or to stop before the construction section by using preferentially the entry possible/impossible information that is expressed by the traffic control person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miura, Toshifumi Suzuki, Marina Saikyo, Suguru Yanagihara, Yuta Takada
  • Patent number: 10763716
    Abstract: An axial-air-gap rotating electric machine with a stator bobbin is provided. The bobbin renders the respective turn counts of windings in the machine the same and minimizes the lengths of connecting wires between continuous windings regardless of the continuous turn count, the direction in which each winding is wound, and whether the number of stages is odd or even. The bobbin, which has a tubular shape that substantially matches the exterior shape of a core, is provided with flanges that extend outwards from near the respective openings in the bobbin. One of the flanges has two first notches, and the other flange has a second notch. The axial positions of the starting and finishing ends of coils on adjacent stator cores are the same, and the flanges containing the notches through which the ends of the coils are run are on the same side with respect to the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Daisuke Kitajima, Tomonori Kawagoe, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toru Sakai, Shuuichi Takahashi, Toshifumi Suzuki, Norihisa Iwasaki, Ryousou Masaki, Yuji Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10721956
    Abstract: A plug (25) of vaporisable material for a vapour generating device (1) which generates a vapour by heating at least the base of the plug (25) is disclosed. The plug (25) comprises vaporisable material shaped such that it defines a cavity (26) within the vaporisable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: JT International SA
    Inventors: Ugurhan Yilmaz, Thomas Johaentges, Toshifumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10694775
    Abstract: A method for producing a vaporisable material comprising plant fibres for use in a vapour generating device which generates a vapour by heating the vaporisable material is disclosed. The method comprises reducing the particle size of the plant fibres to less than 1.5 mm and mixing plant fibres of at least two ranges of particle size. The invention also relates to vaporisable material for use in a vapour generating device obtainable by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: JT International SA
    Inventors: Ugurhan Yilmaz, Toshifumi Suzuki, Barry Mooney, Tatiana Golovanova
  • Patent number: 10666002
    Abstract: A novel wire harness connecting structure for a housed circuit assembly is provided. The connecting structure is able to electrically connect a wire harness and a circuit assembly housed in a housing to each other, using a small number of parts, with high space efficiency. The wire harness connecting structure for housed circuit assemblies is used to electrically connect wire harnesses to circuit assemblies housed in a housing, wherein through holes are provided in a wall of the housing, circuit assembly connectors that are provided in the circuit assemblies face the through holes, and harness end connectors that are provided at ends of the wire harnesses are configured to be inserted into the through holes of the housing and to be connected to the circuit assembly connectors of the circuit assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Kawaguchi, Maiko Oda, Takumi Ejima, Toshifumi Suzuki, Yoshikazu Obara, Yuki Wada
  • Publication number: 20200021179
    Abstract: This axial gap-type rotary electrical machine has: a stator in which a plurality of core units each configured from a core, a coil, and a bobbin are disposed centering around a rotary shaft, in an annular shape along the inner circumferential surface of a housing; and a rotor that is face-to-face with a cross-sectional surface of the core through a predetermined gap in the radial direction of the rotary shaft. The rotor comprises a rotor base which is provided with a disk-shaped permanent magnet and an end portion gripping the outer circumference of the permanent magnet, and which holds the permanent magnet. The thickness of the end portion of the rotor base decreases toward the stator side. In particular, the end portion of the rotor base is formed in a tapered shape in which the thickness of the end portion decreases toward the stator side. In addition, the end portion of the rotor base is formed such that high portions and low portions are periodically provided over the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Daisaku TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KURAI, Jun SAKURAI, Masayuki YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10530210
    Abstract: To ensure ready assembly of a stator and reliably reduce the shaft voltage in an axial air gap rotating electric machine, an axial air gap rotating electric machine has a circular ring-shaped stator formed by a plurality of stator cores arranged about a rotational axis direction in a ring shape. Each stator core comprises a tubular bobbin and a coil, with the tubular bobbin having an iron core inserted into a bobbin inner tubular portion substantially matching the peripheral shape of the iron core. The axial air gap rotating electric machine has a first conductive member having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion contacting the end surface of the bobbin opening portion. The horizontal portion contacts parts of the iron core outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the bobbin inner tubular portion, and the vertical portion is conductively connected to the inner circumferential housing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Toshifumi Suzuki, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Ryousou Masaki, Norihisa Iwasaki, Yuji Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10523100
    Abstract: The present invention provides an axial air-gap rotary electric machine with which it is possible to achieve downsizing and increased output as well as an improvement in the support strength of a molded resin and housing and a reduction in the manufacturing cost of the housing. Provided is an axial air-gap rotary electric machine having: a stator in which a plurality of core members, which have at least an iron core and a coil, are arranged in a circular shape centered around a rotating shaft and curved around the inner peripheral surface of a housing; and a rotor that faces an end surface of the iron core with a prescribed air gap therebetween in the radial direction of the rotating shaft. Therein, the housing has, in the surface facing the stator, a hole that communicates with the outside, and the stator has a resin molded portion formed by filling a resin into at least the surface of the core members facing the inner peripheral surface of the housing, and into the hole, and molding integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirooki Tokoi, Shuuichi Takahashi, Yasuei Yoneoka, Shinya Yamaji, Toshifumi Suzuki, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toru Sakai, Ryousou Masaki
  • Patent number: 10516243
    Abstract: A wire harness connecting structure for two circuit assemblies is provided. The structure allows a wire harness to be easily connected to two circuit assemblies with high space efficiency, and can reduce noise in the wire harness. A first connection terminal is provided in a first circuit assembly and a second connection terminal is provided in a second circuit assembly are located adjacent to each other. Two electrical wire-side connection terminals are respectively provided at an end of a first electrical wire and an end of a second electrical wire are housed and positioned in a shared connector housing, and thus a single harness end connector is formed. A wire harness is constituted by the first electrical wire and the second electrical wire. The electrical wire-side connection terminals of the wire harness are configured to be electrically connected to the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Kawaguchi, Maiko Oda, Takumi Ejima, Toshifumi Suzuki, Yoshikazu Obara, Yuki Wada
  • Patent number: 10450784
    Abstract: A vertically sliding manual opening and closing door with good one-handed operability, including: a plate-like door member configured to open and close an opening section by being slid vertically; a support member configured to guide the vertical sliding of the door member by a support section configured to support left and right end sections of the door member; and a lock mechanism configured to position the door member that has been raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yanagisaki, Toshifumi Suzuki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10454325
    Abstract: The present invention ensures reliability while reducing the size of an axial air gap rotating electric machine. An axial air gap rotating electric machine has: a stator comprising a plurality of core members arranged in a ring shape, said core members each having an iron core, a coil wound in an iron core outer periphery direction, and a bobbin disposed between the iron core and the coil; and a rotor plane-facing an end surface of the iron core via an air gap in a rotating shaft radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuuichi Takahashi, Hirooki Tokoi, Toru Sakai, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toshifumi Suzuki, Jun Sakurai, Tomonori Kawagoe, Daisaku Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190318892
    Abstract: This relay unit includes: a first bus bar; a relay electrically connected to the first bus bar; and an apparatus cover for covering the first bus bar and the relay. The apparatus cover includes: an upper member in a box shape having a covered upper end, the upper member having an opening formed in a lower end; and a lower member bonded to the upper member such that the opening of the upper member is covered with the lower member. The lower member is formed of a resin having heat conductivity that is higher than that of the upper member. The first bus bar is connected to the lower member via a first inner heat conductive sheet such that heat can be transferred to the lower member, said first inner heat conductive sheet being disposed between the first bus bar and the lower member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Noritaka Ikejiri, Takumi Ejima, Kiyofumi Kawaguchi, Maiko Oda, Toshifumi Suzuki, Yoshikazu Obara
  • Patent number: 10421167
    Abstract: A movable stand with casters for installing each of a plurality of separate type control panels that correspond to a plurality of machine tools disposed in parallel and are disposed to be separated from the machine tools, is provide. The stand includes a top plate sections on which the separate type control panel is installed, a plurality of leg sections that support the top plate section, and horizontal sections that are provided to attach the casters to bottom sections of the leg sections and are horizontal to a floor, in which, out of the horizontal sections, a height from the floor of one horizontal section is different from a height from the floor of another horizontal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Suzuki, Jun Yanagisaki, Shigefumi Suzuyama
  • Publication number: 20190286149
    Abstract: An action plan unit (or an avoidance action plan unit) determines whether a host vehicle needs to enter a second travel path in order to pass by an avoidance object (or a construction site) on the basis of a position of the avoidance object in a width direction and a position of a center line. If the host vehicle needs to enter the second travel path and the center line prohibits departure from a first travel path in compliance with traffic regulations, the action plan unit temporarily cancels the path departure suppression control of suppressing the departure from the first travel path among controls that comply with the traffic regulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIURA, Marina SAIKYO, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Suguru YANAGIHARA, Yuta TAKADA, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190286926
    Abstract: An external environment recognition unit recognizes a construction section ahead of a host vehicle and recognizes that one or more recognition objects express entry possible/impossible information as to whether the host vehicle can enter the construction section. If the external environment recognition unit recognizes a traffic control person who directs traffic in the construction section as the recognition object and recognizes the entry possible/impossible information that is expressed by the traffic control person, an action plan unit (or an entry determination unit) decides whether to cause the host vehicle to enter the construction section or to stop before the construction section by using preferentially the entry possible/impossible information that is expressed by the traffic control person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIURA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Marina SAIKYO, Suguru YANAGIHARA, Yuta TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20190286141
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a signal recognizing section that recognizes an output state of a traffic signal, a passage permission judging section that judges whether passage of a host vehicle through an intersection is allowed, and a driving control section that performs travel control of the host vehicle. The passage permission judging section changes a judgment standard for whether to allow passage of the host vehicle through the intersection in a transitional state, when the host vehicle is in the intersection and the output state of the traffic signal is the transitional state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIURA, Suguru YANAGIHARA, Marina SAIKYO, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190283744
    Abstract: When a host vehicle returns to a first travel path, an external environment recognition unit recognizes oncoming vehicle information including information of the presence or absence of an oncoming vehicle in an exit area, the position of the oncoming vehicle in the exit area, and behavior of the oncoming vehicle in the exit area. An action plan unit (or a passage action plan unit) sets a return start position and a return end position to cause the host vehicle to return to the first travel path, or a return travel trajectory to cause the host vehicle to return to the first travel path on the basis of the oncoming vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miura, Marina Saikyo, Toshifumi Suzuki, Suguru Yanagihara, Yuta Takada, Shogo Kobayashi