Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Suzuki
Yasuaki 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: 20200208917Abstract: Oil cooler is provided to include: a number of core plates each of which has three oil pass holes where oil flows and three cooling water pass holes where cooling water flows; heat-exchanging section where core plates are laminated to define inter-plate oil flow passage and inter-plate cooling water flow passage alternately between an adjacent pair of core plates, in which oil and cooling water can mutually independently flow in direction perpendicular to core plate lamination direction while changing its flow direction by U-turn thereby proceeding in core plate lamination direction as a whole; one end part located at one side of core plate lamination direction and provided with both oil inlet and oil outlet; and the other end part located at the other side of core plate lamination direction and provided with both cooling water inlet and cooling water outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka KOBAYASHI, Yasuaki SUZUKI, Masahiro ARIYAMA
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Publication number: 20200171984Abstract: A stopper is provided with a rotation shaft-side protrusion provided both on an outer circumferential surface of an outer circumferential surface part of a rotation shaft and on an end surface of a ratchet, and protrudes from each of the surfaces, an engagement member slidably supported on the outer circumferential surface, and engages with the rotation shaft-side protrusion in a rotation direction of the rotation shaft, and a support member-side protrusion provided to engage with the engagement member in the rotation direction such that a sliding surface part of a support member is formed concentric with the outer circumferential surface and a portion of the sliding surface part protrudes toward the outer circumferential surface part, wherein the sliding surface part faces the outer circumferential surface part so that the engagement member is slidably interposed between the support member and the outer circumferential surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke KAJINO, Yasuaki SUZUKI
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Patent number: 10625633Abstract: A lifter includes a pinion gear meshed with an input gear of a link mechanism that lifts and lowers a seat. A rotation control device that controls rotation of the pinion gear includes a rotation restriction mechanism. The rotation restriction mechanism includes a sub-meshing member which meshes with a meshed member together with a main meshing member. The sub-meshing member is displaceable to gradually release the meshing of the sub-meshing member with the meshed member when the meshing between the meshed member and the main meshing member is released.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 10619935Abstract: Oil cooler is provided to include: a number of core plates each of which has three oil pass holes where oil flows and three cooling water pass holes where cooling water flows; heat-exchanging section where core plates are laminated to define inter-plate oil flow passage and inter-plate cooling water flow passage alternately between an adjacent pair of core plates, in which oil and cooling water can mutually independently flow in direction perpendicular to core plate lamination direction while changing its flow direction by U-turn thereby proceeding in core plate lamination direction as a whole; one end part located at one side of core plate lamination direction and provided with both oil inlet and oil outlet; and the other end part located at the other side of core plate lamination direction and provided with both cooling water inlet and cooling water outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka Kobayashi, Yasuaki Suzuki, Masahiro Ariyama
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Patent number: 10562416Abstract: A lifter device including: an input member configured to be rotated about a rotation shaft in synchronization with an operation handle and to input an operation force of the operation handle to a rotation drive mechanism and a lock mechanism; and a fixing member slidably fixing the input member to a support member rotatably supporting the rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Kajino, Yasuaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 10471856Abstract: A lifter device, wherein a pawl operating member is configured to be rotatable with respect to a rotation shaft so as to rotate in accordance with an operation of an operation handle and includes a first projection protrudingly formed on its outer peripheral side for rotational alignment, wherein a support member includes a second projection which is protrudingly formed so as to face the first projection and which serves as a reference position of a pawl operating member in a rotational direction, and wherein, in a state where the operation handle is not operated, a second spring is configured to bias the first projection so as to overlap with the second projection in the rotational direction of the pawl operating member.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuaki Suzuki, Yusuke Kajino
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Publication number: 20190070982Abstract: A lifter device including: an input member configured to be rotated about a rotation shaft in synchronization with an operation handle and to input an operation force of the operation handle to a rotation drive mechanism and a lock mechanism; and a fixing member slidably fixing the input member to a support member rotatably supporting the rotation shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke KAJINO, Yasuaki SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20180339610Abstract: A lifter device, wherein a pawl operating member is configured to be rotatable with respect to a rotation shaft so as to rotate in accordance with an operation of an operation handle and includes a first projection protrudingly formed on its outer peripheral side for rotational alignment, wherein a support member includes a second projection which is protrudingly formed so as to face the first projection and which serves as a reference position of a pawl operating member in a rotational direction, and wherein, in a state where the operation handle is not operated, a second spring is configured to bias the first projection so as to overlap with the second projection in the rotational direction of the pawl operating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuaki SUZUKI, Yusuke KAJINO
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Publication number: 20180141469Abstract: A lifter device including: pinion gear meshed with an input gear of a link mechanism configured to lift and lower a seat; and a rotation control device configured to control rotation of the pinion gear and including a rotation restriction mechanism including a meshed member configured to rotate together with a rotation shaft and a main meshing member configured to restrict rotation of the rotation shaft by being meshed with the meshed member; wherein the rotation restriction mechanism includes a sub-meshing member which is configured to mesh with a meshed member together with a main meshing member, and wherein the sub-meshing member has a shape which allows displacement of the sub-meshing member in a direction of gradually releasing the meshing of the sub-meshing member with the meshed member in a state where the meshing between the meshed member and the main meshing member is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuaki SUZUKI
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Patent number: 9855870Abstract: A vehicle seat lifter device includes: a pinion gear which meshes with an input gear of a link mechanism which causes a seat to undergo lifting and lowering operations; and a rotational control device which controls rotation of the pinion gear. The rotational control device includes a rotating shaft which rotates in synchronization with the pinion gear, a rotation restriction mechanism including a first meshing member which rotates with the rotating shaft and a second meshing member which restricts rotation of the rotating shaft by meshing with the first meshing member, an input member which is linked to an operation handle to rotate around the rotating shaft, a release mechanism which releases the meshing of the first and second meshing members through rotation of the input member from a neutral position, and a braking mechanism which applies a braking force to the rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 9778140Abstract: An engine testing apparatus is provided with a memory portion for storing a control command value obtained when the rotation speed of a dynamometer is changed by the control command value in accordance with the change of the engine rotation speed in a real vehicle in a period in which the engine behavior in a real vehicle is reproduced without connecting the dynamometer to an engine under test. The engine testing apparatus is provided with an output portion that supplies the control command value stored in the memory portion to the dynamometer with reference to an engine output signal showing the start of the reproducing period.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuaki Suzuki, Takuya Kusakabe, Masato Hayasaka, Yoshinao Sato, Nobuhiko Asakura, Sou Shimizu, Yoshimasa Sawada, Takao Akiyama, Shinya Nagao, Yoshiharu Kido
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Publication number: 20170088018Abstract: A vehicle seat lifter device includes: a pinion gear which meshes with an input gear of a link mechanism which causes a seat to undergo lifting and lowering operations; and a rotational control device which controls rotation of the pinion gear. The rotational control device includes a rotating shaft which rotates in synchronization with the pinion gear, a rotation restriction mechanism including a first meshing member which rotates with the rotating shaft and a second meshing member which restricts rotation of the rotating shaft by meshing with the first meshing member, an input member which is linked to an operation handle to rotate around the rotating shaft, a release mechanism which releases the meshing of the first and second meshing members through rotation of the input member from a neutral position, and a braking mechanism which applies a braking force to the rotating shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yasuaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20160187067Abstract: Oil cooler is provided to include: a number of core plates each of which has three oil pass holes where oil flows and three cooling water pass holes where cooling water flows; heat-exchanging section where core plates are laminated to define inter-plate oil flow passage and inter-plate cooling water flow passage alternately between an adjacent pair of core plates, in which oil and cooling water can mutually independently flow in direction perpendicular to core plate lamination direction while changing its flow direction by U-turn thereby proceeding in core plate lamination direction as a whole; one end part located at one side of core plate lamination direction and provided with both oil inlet and oil outlet; and the other end part located at the other side of core plate lamination direction and provided with both cooling water inlet and cooling water outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotaka KOBAYASHI, Yasuaki SUZUKI, Masahiro ARIYAMA
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Publication number: 20150266919Abstract: A cation exchange chromatography media for purifying of the antibody comprises a base media involving porous particles and a polymer containing, in the range of 30 to 100 mol % based on the total monomer, at least one kind of strong cation exchange monomer unit represented by formula (1) or formula (2), and ion exchange capacity of the cation exchange chromatography media is from 60 to 300 ?mol/mL: (wherein, R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or methyl, A1 and A2 are —R4—SO3M, here, R4 is alkylene having 2 to 4 carbons, and M is a hydrogen atom, Na or K.).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Takashi Ishihara, Toshiyuki Suzawa, Yasuaki Suzuki, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Shigeyuki Aoyama
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Publication number: 20140019081Abstract: An engine testing apparatus is provided with a memory portion for storing a control command value obtained when the rotation speed of a dynamometer is changed by the control command value in accordance with the change of the engine rotation speed in a real vehicle in a period in which the engine behavior in a real vehicle is reproduced without connecting the dynamometer to an engine under test. The engine testing apparatus is provided with an output portion that supplies the control command value stored in the memory portion to the dynamometer with reference to an engine output signal showing the start of the reproducing period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicants: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuaki Suzuki, Takuya Kusakabe, Masato Hayasaka, Yoshinao Sato, Nobuhiko Asakura, Sou Shimizu, Yoshimasa Sawada, Takao Akiyama, Shinya Nagao, Yoshiharu Kido
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Publication number: 20130330146Abstract: In a screw installation structure in which a first member, made of an iron-based material and having a male screw-threaded portion, is fixed to a second member, made of an aluminum-based material and having a screw hole, by screw-threaded connection between the male screw-threaded portion and the screw hole, a non-circular deformed portion is partly formed on an outer periphery of a portion of the first member, exposed from the screw hole of the second member. Also provided is an anti-rotation and anti-loosening member configured to be brought into fitted-engagement with the non-circular deformed portion. The anti-rotation and anti-loosening member, in fitted-engagement with the non-circular deformed portion, is brazed onto a surface of the second member in wall contact with a contact surface of the anti-rotation and anti-loosening member, so as to prevent loosening of the first member relative to the second member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Kentaro HARADA, Yasuaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 8021723Abstract: A method for processing a substrate by plasma CVD includes: (i) forming a film on a substrate placed on a susceptor by applying RF power between the susceptor and a shower plate in the presence of a film-forming gas in a reactor; and (ii) upon completion of step (i), without unloading the substrate, applying amplitude-modulated RF power between the susceptor and the shower plate in the absence of a film-forming gas but in the presence of a non-film-forming gas to reduce a floating potential of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: ASM Japan K.K.Inventors: Yasushi Fukasawa, Mitsutoshi Shuto, Yasuaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20100085129Abstract: An impedance matching apparatus adapted to be connected between a reaction chamber and a power source for plasma processing includes a transformer, a coil unit, and a capacitor connected in series. A primary side of the transformer is adapted to be connected to the power source, and a secondary side of the transformer has multiple taps positioned at different windings; and the coil unit is comprised of multiple coils having different inductances and arranged in parallel, wherein each tap is connected to a different coil or coils. The impedance matching circuit further includes a switch unit provided between the coil unit and the capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: ASM JAPAN K.K.Inventors: Mitsutoshi Shuto, Yasuaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 7640822Abstract: A resin worm wheel is formed by injection molding and includes a first end and a second end. The worm wheel is adapted to be driven by a worm. The worm wheel further includes: an engaging portion including a plurality of teeth engageable with the worm and a tooth space formed between the neighboring teeth; a first non-engaging portion adjacent to the engaging portion at the first end of the worm wheel and not engaging with the worm; and a first cutout portion formed at the first non-engaging portion continuously from the tooth space, the first cutout portion extending axially.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuaki Suzuki, Nobuhiko Takeda, Kouji Hirao
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Publication number: 20090241712Abstract: A worm gear mechanism includes a worm wheel having a central axis; and a worm shaft made of resin having a rotational axis and a plurality of geared portions which engages with the worm wheel, the worm shaft allowing the worm wheel to rotate about the central axis of the worm wheel when rotating about the rotational axis of the worm shaft, tooth root portions of the geared portions being configured to have a profile which varies gradually along an axial direction of the worm shaft relative to a datum line being perpendicular to the axial direction of the worm shaft and passing through the central axis of the worm wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuaki Suzuki, Yuki Okabe