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).

  • Publication number: 20190272754
    Abstract: In the case of recognizing a traffic regulation which determines that the priority of a first lane is higher than the priority of a second lane, and in the case of determining a state in which another vehicle is in compliance with the traffic regulation, and then determining that the other vehicle is not complying with the traffic regulation, a vehicle control device carries out at least one of a travel control in which a travel position of a host vehicle is moved in a direction of a side opposite to the second lane, and a travel control in which acceleration is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Toshifumi SUZUKI, Hiroshi MIURA, Suguru YANAGIHARA, Marina SAIKYO, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190272744
    Abstract: An action planning unit determines an amount of deceleration of a host vehicle corresponding to a traffic regulation on the basis of at least one item of information from among a situation of other vehicles traveling in a second travel path recognized by an external environment recognition unit, a number of the other vehicles traveling in the second travel path, a speed limit of the second travel path, and environmental information of the second travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Toshifumi SUZUKI, Hiroshi MIURA, Suguru YANAGIHARA, Marina SAIKYO
  • Publication number: 20190266889
    Abstract: When a host vehicle crosses a track of a streetcar, if an external environment recognition unit recognizes a stop line (or a section line) between the host vehicle and the track, a stop position setting unit sets the stop line as a target stop position. In addition, if the external environment recognition unit does not recognize the stop line between the host vehicle and the track, the stop position setting unit sets a predetermined position that is separated from the track toward the host vehicle as the target stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Toshifumi SUZUKI, Hiroshi MIURA, Marina SAIKYO, Suguru YANAGIHARA, Yuta TAKADA, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190265728
    Abstract: An external environment recognition unit identifies a hearse or a funeral attendant vehicle following the hearse, from among at least one other vehicle traveling in a same forward traveling direction as a host vehicle in front of or on a side of the host vehicle. In the case that the external environment recognition unit identifies the hearse or the funeral attendant vehicle, the action planning unit plans an action of positioning the host vehicle at a location more rearwardly than a vehicle at a trailing end (trailing end vehicle) from among the hearse and the funeral attendant vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Marina SAIKYO, Hiroshi MIURA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Suguru YANAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190265727
    Abstract: An action planning unit predicts a first travel route, a first passage time, a second travel route, and a second passage time. In the case that an approach point exists at which a separation distance between the first travel route and the second travel route becomes less than or equal to a predetermined distance, then if the second passage time at the approach point occurs earlier than the first passage time, and a time difference therebetween lies within a predetermined time period, the action planning unit plans an action of the host vehicle in a manner so that the host vehicle does not hinder traveling of a hearse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Toshifumi SUZUKI, Hiroshi MIURA, Suguru YANAGIHARA, Marina SAIKYO, Yuta TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20190263412
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device and a vehicle control method, the vehicle control device comprises a lane recognition unit adapted to recognize a lane type of an adjacent lane adjacent to a host vehicle lane in which a host vehicle is traveling, a determination condition setting unit adapted to set a determination condition for permitting a lane change of the host vehicle from the host vehicle lane to the adjacent lane depending on the lane type of the adjacent lane that was recognized by the lane recognition unit, a lane change determining unit adapted to permit the lane change in the case that the determination condition is satisfied, and a vehicle control unit adapted to carry out a travel control or an assist control in relation to the lane change, in the case that the lane change determining unit has permitted the lane change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Marina SAIKYO, Hiroshi MIURA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Suguru YANAGIHARA, Yuta TAKADA, Shogo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190266895
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is equipped with an external environment recognition unit, an action planning unit, and a vehicle control unit. The external environment recognition unit identifies a hearse that is traveling toward a host vehicle from among at least one other vehicle traveling in front of or behind the host vehicle, and in the case that the external environment recognition unit identifies the hearse, the action planning unit plans an action that keeps the host vehicle away from the hearse by causing the host vehicle to move in a direction of an edge of a travel lane or a host vehicle travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Toshifumi SUZUKI, Hiroshi MIURA, Suguru YANAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190263411
    Abstract: In a vehicle control device and a vehicle control method, the vehicle control device comprises a lane recognition unit adapted to recognize lane types of a host vehicle lane and an adjacent lane, a control condition setting unit adapted to set first to third control conditions in order to make a lane change depending on the lane types that were recognized by the lane recognition unit, and a vehicle control unit adapted to carry out a lane change control with respect to a host vehicle on the basis of the first to third control conditions set by the control condition setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Marina SAIKYO, Hiroshi MIURA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Suguru YANAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190258269
    Abstract: If an external environment recognition unit recognizes another vehicle traveling in a particular section ahead of an own vehicle toward the own vehicle, a prediction unit predicts a position where the other vehicle crosses a first travel path (crossing position PA to PD) on the basis of at least one piece of information regarding an entering position of the other vehicle to the particular section, a travel time of the other vehicle in the particular section, a travel distance of the other vehicle in the particular section, a travel state of the other vehicle, and a position of a ground object on a first travel path side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Suguru Yanagihara, Toshifumi Suzuki, Hiroshi Miura, Marina Saikyo
  • Publication number: 20190245418
    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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Toru SAKAI, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Daisaku TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KURAI, Jun SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20190199158
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine that comprises: a stator in which a plurality of core units that have a core and a coil are annularly arranged around a shaft center; a rotor that faces a flux end surface of the stator in the shaft-center direction with a prescribed gap therebetween; a housing that houses the stator and the rotor and has an outlet that guides a lead wire for the stator to the outside; and a resin that integrally molds the stator and an inner circumferential surface of the housing that includes the outlet. The inner diameter of the outlet becomes larger from the shaft-center side to the radial-direction outside. The outlet has an elastic member that keeps the resin from flowing to the outside of the housing. The elastic member has a hollow part through which the lead wire passes from the shaft-center side to the radial-direction outside. Pressure from a rotary-shaft radial direction seals between the hollow part and the lead wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Yasuei YONEOKA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Toru SAKAI, Daisaku TAKAHASHI, Jun SAKURAI, Daisuke KURAI
  • Publication number: 20190157935
    Abstract: There is provided an axial gap rotary electric machine which includes a stator in which a plurality of core units, the core units having a core, a winding disposed in an outer periphery of the core, and a bobbin disposed between the core and the winding, are arranged in an annular shape about a rotation shaft, at least one rotor which faces an end surface of the core in an axial direction through a gap, a rotation shaft which rotates together with the rotor, and a housing in which the stator and the rotor are stored. A wiring fixing member is provided in an end surface and on an outer side of the stator in the axial direction, and includes an outer wall and an inner wall extending in a circumferential direction along a circumferential outer shape of the stator. The stator includes a crossover wire which leads the winding from the core unit. The crossover wire is disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall of the wiring fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuei YONEOKA, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Daisaku TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KURAI, Jun SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20190115703
    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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyofumi KAWAGUCHI, Maiko ODA, Takumi EJIMA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Yoshikazu OBARA, Yuki WADA
  • Publication number: 20190115702
    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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kiyofumi KAWAGUCHI, Maiko ODA, Takumi EJIMA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Yoshikazu OBARA, Yuki WADA
  • Patent number: 10261676
    Abstract: A vehicular apparatus includes: a control portion that executes an internal application pre-installed to the vehicular apparatus and an external application obtained from an external device located outside the vehicular apparatus; a load acquisition portion that acquires a load of the control portion when the external application is executed; and a display portion that displays the load acquired by the load acquisition portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshifumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190104760
    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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventors: Ugurhan Yilmaz, Toshifumi Suzuki, Barry Mooney, Tatiana Golovanova
  • Patent number: 10232482
    Abstract: A work seating detection device including a detection hole formed to discharge air from a work seating face of a chuck, a detection flow path connecting an air supply source supplying compressed air and the detection hole, a pressure switch detecting a secondary-side pressure of a throttle portion formed in the detection flow path, and a pressure regulator adjusting the secondary-side pressure is provided. An adjustment flow path branching on a secondary side of the throttle portion is formed in the detection flow path, an on-off valve is disposed at the adjustment flow path, an adjustment block provided with an adjustment face pressing an adjustment gauge is integrally formed in a tip portion, and an adjustment hole having the same size as the detection hole and communicating with the adjustment flow path is formed in the adjustment block for an opening portion to be positioned in the adjustment face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Suzuki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10216427
    Abstract: A vehicle device includes a storage unit, a determination unit, and a regulation unit. The storage unit stores a native application execution environment and an external application execution environment, the native application execution environment includes a native application preliminarily installed in the vehicle device and a software group for executing the native application, and the external application execution environment includes an external application acquired from an external device and a software group for executing the external application. The determination unit determines a rewriting amount of the storage unit requested by the external application execution environment. The regulation unit regulates a rewriting operation of the storage unit requested by the external application execution environment based on a determination result determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshifumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180351419
    Abstract: The moldability of the stator of an axial gap type rotating electric machine improved. The axial gap type rotating electric machine has: a stator comprising core members disposed about a rotating shaft in a ring shape with a predetermined space from adjacent core members, said core members each having a core around which a coil is wound, the number of the turns of the coil being less on the outer perimeter side than on the inner perimeter side, the core members being molded with mold material; and a rotor facing an end surface of the core in the shaft direction through a predetermined gap. The core members comprise: a first core member in which the number of coil winding layers on one side in the shaft direction is larger than the number of winding layers on the other side; and a second core member in which the number of coil winding layers on one side in the shaft direction is less than the number of winding layers on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Toru SAKAI, Tomonori KAWAGOE, Daisuke KITAJIMA, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Shuuichi TAKAHASHI, Hirooki TOKOI
  • Patent number: 10105806
    Abstract: A chip conveyor, which reduces the discharge amount of a cutting liquid by a simple structure, includes a storage tank in which chips and cutting liquid are stored; an endless conveyor main body which connects both end portions of a number of hinge plates in a front-back direction to each other by a hinge and circularly moves through a climbing portion from an inside of the storage tank by a driving mechanism; and a control device which controls driving of the driving mechanism, in which, in the conveyor main body, multiple scraping plates formed in a standing state with respect to the hinge plate are disposed with an interval in an advancing direction, and in which the scraping plates are formed along a width direction of the conveyor main body and have one or more through portions through which the cutting liquid passes within the width interval thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Suzuki, Koji Yamazaki