Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Watanabe
Hirokazu Watanabe 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: 20160163880Abstract: A transistor excellent in electrical characteristics and a method for manufacturing the transistor are provided. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a source region, a drain region, and a channel formation region over an insulating surface; a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode overlapping with the channel formation region, over the gate insulating film; a source electrode in contact with the source region; and a drain electrode in contact with the drain region. The source region and the drain region include a portion having higher oxygen concentration than the channel formation region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Shinji OHNO, Hirokazu WATANABE, Naoto KUSUMOTO
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Patent number: 9334233Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acrylonitrile which includes a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process of performing vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation by bringing a source gas containing propylene, molecular oxygen, and ammonia into contact with a fluidized bed catalyst to obtain acrylonitrile. The method is characterized in that the fluidized bed catalyst is a catalyst containing molybdenum and bismuth and the vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process is performed while maintaining an adsorbed amount of ammonia per specific surface area (m2/g) of the fluidized bed catalyst in the range of 0.05 to 0.6 ?mol/m2. According to the method for producing acrylonitrile of the invention, it is possible to stably maintain a high acrylonitrile yield over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Watanabe, Motoo Yanagita, Takashi Karasuda, Kazufumi Nishida, Kenichi Miyaki
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Patent number: 9328063Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acrylonitrile which includes a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process of performing vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation by bringing a source gas containing propylene, molecular oxygen, and ammonia into contact with a fluidized bed catalyst to obtain acrylonitrile. The method is characterized in that the fluidized bed catalyst consists of particles containing Fe, Sb, and Te, and the vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process is performed while maintaining a B/A in the range of 2.0 to 5.0, where A denotes an atomic ratio of Te/Sb in a bulk composition of the fluidized bed catalyst and B denotes an atomic ratio of Te/Sb in a surface composition of the particles of the fluidized bed catalyst. According to the method for producing acrylonitrile of the invention, it is possible to stably maintain a high acrylonitrile yield over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Karasuda, Hirokazu Watanabe, Motoo Yanagita, Kazufumi Nishida
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Publication number: 20160098041Abstract: A motor control device may include a position command output means, a first subtraction means that calculates and outputs a position deviation, a position control means, a second subtraction means that calculates and outputs a position deviation, a speed control means that outputs a torque command, a limiter limits the level of the torque command, a motor drive means, and a voltage fluctuation detection means. When the voltage fluctuation detection means detects that the voltage of said power source has dropped below a predetermined reference level, either the position command output means varies the position command so as to reduce the rotational speed of the motor and/or said position control means limits said speed command to be output.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Jun OTSUJI, Akihiro ITO, Hirokazu WATANABE, Hideyuki ODAGIRI
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Publication number: 20160008794Abstract: A catalyst for acrylonitrile production, which is produced by the vapor phase contact ammoxidation of propylene by molecular oxygen and ammonia, and a method for producing acrylonitrile using the catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazufumi NISHIDA, Motoo YANAGITA, Takashi KARASUDA, Hirokazu WATANABE
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Patent number: 9181178Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acrylonitrile which includes a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process of performing vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation by bringing a source gas containing propylene, molecular oxygen, and ammonia into contact with a fluidized bed catalyst to obtain acrylonitrile. The method is characterized in that the fluidized bed catalyst is a catalyst containing iron, antimony, and tellurium, and the vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process is performed while maintaining an adsorbed amount of ammonia per specific surface area (m2/g) of the fluidized bed catalyst in the range of 0.01 to 0.22 ?mol/m2. According to the method for producing acrylonitrile of the invention, it is possible to stably maintain a high acrylonitrile yield over a long period of time.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Watanabe, Motoo Yanagita, Takashi Karasuda, Kazufumi Nishida, Kenichi Miyaki
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Publication number: 20150258693Abstract: The present invention is to provide an industrial robot, which is placed in vacuum for use, capable of efficiently cooling down hand- or arm-driving motors which are arranged inside the arm in air. The industrial robot is provided with a motor for rotating a second arm unit with respect to a first arm unit, a motor for rotating a hand with respect to the second arm unit, a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the second arm unit, and a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the hand; the hand and the arm are placed in vacuum. The reduction gears and are coaxially arranged so that the center of rotation of the second arm unit with respect to the first arm unit coincides with the axial centers of the reduction gears. The interior space of the hollow first arm unit is kept at atmospheric pressure in which the motors and the reduction gears are arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Takayuki Yazawa, Yoshihisa Masuzawa, Tomoki Tanabe, Hirokazu Watanabe
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Publication number: 20150147561Abstract: A ceramic porous body has an alumina porous body made up by binding aggregate alumina particles to each other, the aggregate alumina particles being bound to each other by a compound including gadolinium silicate, lanthanum silicate or yttrium silicate synthesized from a silicate mineral and at least one rare-earth oxide selected from Gd2O3, La2O3, and Y2O3, and an inorganic porous film formed on the alumina porous body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: NORITAKE CO., LIMITEDInventors: Hirokazu Watanabe, N. Nair Balagopal
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Publication number: 20150144312Abstract: An oil cooler includes flat tubes layered together with a clearance, wherein cooling water flows through the clearance. Each flat tube includes a first plate, a second plate, and a fin plate held between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate is recessed to form a fin plate accommodation portion accommodating the fin plate, wherein a thin portion is formed outside of the fin plate accommodation portion in a longitudinal direction of the flat tube. An oil port is provided at the thin portion. Each flat tube includes a guide wall at a lateral periphery thereof, wherein the guide wall faces the oil port in a width direction, and projects in a layering direction. The guide wall, the thin portion, and a lateral wall of the oil port form a nozzle portion to guide cooling water in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki OOI, Hirokazu Watanabe
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Patent number: 9040984Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device which includes a gate insulating film with high withstand voltage and thus can have high reliability. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor film over an insulating surface; a pair of first conductive films over the oxide semiconductor film; a first insulating film, a second insulating film, and a third insulating film which are stacked in this order over the oxide semiconductor film and the pair of first conductive films; and a second conductive film overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film over the first to third insulating films. The first insulating film and the third insulating film contain silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon nitride oxide, aluminum oxide, or aluminum oxynitride. The second insulating film contains gallium oxide, zirconium oxide, or hafnium oxide.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Watanabe, Shinji Ohno
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Patent number: 9040450Abstract: A process for producing a composite oxide catalyst which includes a step of preparing an aqueous slurry containing at least iron and antimony and composed of a liquid phase and a solid phase, a step of drying the aqueous slurry to obtain a dried material, and a step of calcining the obtained dried material, wherein of the precipitated particles having a particle size of not less than 1 ?m but less than 150 ?m contained within the aqueous slurry, the proportion of precipitated particles having a particle size of not less than 1 ?m but less than 10 ?m is within a range from 40 to 90% by volume, and the proportion of precipitated particles having a particle size of not less than 10 ?m but less than 150 ?m is within a range from 10 to 60% by volume.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Dia-Nitrix Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Miyaki, Motoo Yanagita, Hirokazu Watanabe, Takashi Karasuda
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Publication number: 20150065744Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acrylonitrile which includes a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process of performing vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation by bringing a source gas containing propylene, molecular oxygen, and ammonia into contact with a fluidized bed catalyst to obtain acrylonitrile. The method is characterized in that the fluidized bed catalyst is a catalyst containing molybdenum and bismuth and the vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process is performed while maintaining an adsorbed amount of ammonia per specific surface area (m2/g) of the fluidized bed catalyst in the range of 0.05 to 0.6 ?mol/m2. According to the method for producing acrylonitrile of the invention, it is possible to stably maintain a high acrylonitrile yield over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Watanabe, Motoo Yanagita, Takashi Karasuda, Kazufumi Nishida, Kenichi Miyaki
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Publication number: 20150057463Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acrylonitrile which includes a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process of performing vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation by bringing a source gas containing propylene, molecular oxygen, and ammonia into contact with a fluidized bed catalyst to obtain acrylonitrile. The method is characterized in that the fluidized bed catalyst is a catalyst containing iron, antimony, and tellurium, and the vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process is performed while maintaining an adsorbed amount of ammonia per specific surface area (m2/g) of the fluidized bed catalyst in the range of 0.01 to 0.22 ?mol/m2. According to the method for producing acrylonitrile of the invention, it is possible to stably maintain a high acrylonitrile yield over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Watanabe, Motoo Yanagita, Takashi Karasuda, Kazufumi Nishida, Kenichi Miyaki
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Publication number: 20150046177Abstract: A medicine registration apparatus includes a storage unit, a processor and a display unit. The storage unit stores a medicine master database including information regarding a required disposal method of a medicine. The processor reads identification information on a medicine, identifies a medicine based on the identification information, determines whether the identified medicine includes a corresponding required disposal method in the medicine master database, and provide a notification that the identified medicine includes the corresponding requited disposal method when it is determined that the identified medicine includes the corresponding required disposal method. The display unit displays the notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: MAKOTO NOZAWA, Yoshiaki Kumai, Yumiko Okuma, Toshihide Murata, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Shiomi Matsui, Hirokazu Watanabe, Maki Sato, Yasuhiro Nakajima
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Publication number: 20150031907Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acrylonitrile which includes a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process of performing vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation by bringing a source gas containing propylene, molecular oxygen, and ammonia into contact with a fluidized bed catalyst to obtain acrylonitrile. The method is characterized in that the fluidized bed catalyst consists of particles containing Fe, Sb, and Te, and the vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation process is performed while maintaining a B/A in the range of 2.0 to 5.0, where A denotes an atomic ratio of Te/Sb in a bulk composition of the fluidized bed catalyst and B denotes an atomic ratio of Te/Sb in a surface composition of the particles of the fluidized bed catalyst. According to the method for producing acrylonitrile of the invention, it is possible to stably maintain a high acrylonitrile yield over a long period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Karasuda, Hirokazu Watanabe, Motoo Yanagita, Kazufumi Nishida
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Publication number: 20150019244Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a registration module configured to register a medicament to be used in a storage section; a display control module configured to display each of the medicaments registered by the registration module in a list on a display section; and a reception module configured to receive a cancellation operation of cancelling the registration of the designated medicament in the medicaments registered by the registration module; wherein the registration module cancels the registration of the medicaments designated through the cancellation operation from the storage section; and the display control module displays the cancelled information indicating that the registration is cancelled corresponding to the medicament designated through the cancellation operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Yumiko Okuma, Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
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Publication number: 20150019243Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a storage section, a recognition module and an output control module. The storage section stores a first medicament master in which first medicament information relating to each medicament is held and a second medicament master in which second medicament information including determined output form of each medicament is held. The recognition module recognizes a medicament of a reading target. The output control module outputs the first medicament information corresponding to the medicament recognized by the recognition module according to the determined output form in the second medicament information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
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Publication number: 20150019242Abstract: The medicament information storage section stores a plurality of types of drug codes respectively assigned to each medicament. The slip information storage section stores, for each use of a slip for notifying information of the medicament used at a medical site, information of the type of drug codes required for the use of the slip. The specifying module specifies the medicament used at the medical site. The registration module registers information relating to the medicament specified by the specifying module. The creation module acquires the drug code of the medicament registered by the registration module for each slip having different use from the medicament information storage section to create slips for different uses based on the information stored in the slip information storage section. The output module outputs the slips created by the creation module for different uses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Toshihide Murata, Shiomi Matsui, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shunichiro Kamamoto
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Publication number: 20150019245Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus for registering a used medicament in a storage section comprises a registration module configured to set a borrow resource for a used medicament borrowed from another place and register the borrow source in the storage section and a display control module configured to display a list of the registered medicaments on a display section and display the information indicating that the medicament is borrowed from another place corresponding to the medicament set with the borrow source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
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Patent number: 8849504Abstract: An electronic control apparatus for vehicles is provided. The apparatus comprises a volatile memory storing control data therein, a control component performing control necessary to the vehicle using the control data in the volatile memory, and an update component updating the control data in the volatile memory based on controlled results. The apparatus further comprises a detecting component, recording component and transmitting unit. The detecting component detects an abnormality occurring in the volatile memory and the recording component correlates a history of the detected abnormality with information indicating a region of the volatile memory in which the abnormality occurs and records information indicating the abnormality history. The transmitting unit generates a transmission signal indicating the abnormality history on the basis of the information indicating the recorded history and transmitting the transmission signal to an external device via a communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Hirokazu Watanabe