Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Matsunaga

Hiroshi Matsunaga 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: 20100029085
    Abstract: A cleaning composition of a semiconductor device for laminating an organosiloxane-based thin film and a photoresist layer in this order on a substrate having a low dielectric interlayer insulation film and a copper wiring or a copper alloy wiring, then applying selective exposure and development treatments to the subject photoresist layer to form a photoresist pattern, subsequently applying a dry etching treatment to the organosiloxane-based thin film and the low dielectric interlayer insulation film while using this resist pattern as a mask and then removing the organosiloxane-based thin film, a residue generated by the dry etching treatment, a modified photoresist having been modified by the dry etching treatment and an unmodified photoresist layer located in a lower layer than the modified photoresist, the cleaning composition containing from 15 to 20% by mass of hydrogen peroxide, from 0.0001 to 0.003% by mass of an amino polymethylene phosphonic acid, from 0.02 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Masaru Ohto, Hideo Kashiwagi, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090218458
    Abstract: A shell type needle roller bearing includes an outer ring and a plurality of needle rollers arranged along an inner raceway of the outer ring. A steel sheet to be formed into the shell type outer ring 1 by pressing is made of a medium to high carbon steel containing carbon by not less than 0.3 mass percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Shinji Oishi, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Tsuneaki Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 7572758
    Abstract: A cleaning liquid is provided, which comprises an aqueous solution containing nitric acid, sulfuric acid, a fluorine compound, and a basic compound. The concentration of water in the cleaning liquid is 80% by weight or more, and the pH value of the cleaning liquid is from 1 to less than 3. The cleaning liquid is effective for removing etching residues formed in a dry etching process from semiconductor devices and display devices without oxidizing and corroding their metal wirings, particularly, copper wirings and the materials of insulating films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Shimada, Kojiro Abe, Masaru Ohto, Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20090159823
    Abstract: A mechanical valve has a main body having a cylinder hole formed therein, a movable element that is inserted into the cylinder hole and that moves forwardly and rearwardly, and a drive section that drives the movable element. A plurality of openings through which air passes are formed in an internal peripheral surface of the cylinder hole, and the openings are opened and closed as a result of forward and rearward movements of the movable element. A movable magnet is fastened to each of both ends of the movable element. Electromagnets opposing the respective movable magnets are provided in a drive section. The movable element is actuated by utilization of magnetic force of the electromagnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicants: TEAC Corporation, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Atsushi Saito
  • Publication number: 20090154856
    Abstract: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly, which is effective to avoid an inner race detachment during assemblage onto an automotive vehicle. The assembly is provided with an inner member made up of a hub axle and an inner race mounted on an outer periphery of an inboard end portion of the hub axle. The inner race has an inner periphery provided with an stepped area that extends to an inboard annular face of the inner race and has a depth measured at an inner peripheral edge of an inboard annular face, and an inner surface of this stepped area is of a shape made up of a straight area and an inclined surface continued from an outboard end of the straight area to the inner peripheral surface, and a plastically deformed portion engageable with the inclined surface as a result of crimping is provided in the hub axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Kubota, Kazuo Komori, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Akira Fujimura, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Masahiro Kiuchi
  • Publication number: 20090093315
    Abstract: A game system includes a game apparatus. To the game apparatus are connected a monitor, a controller, and a load controller. When the game apparatus starts a game, prior to starting the main content, a weight value of a player is detected and the weight value is set as a reference value. When the reference value is already set, the detected weight value of the player is compared with the reference value. When a comparison result shows a match, the game apparatus continues game play. On the other hand, when the comparison result shows a mismatch, the game apparatus confirms the player whether to continue the game and when the game is continued, the weight value of the player detected this time is reset as the reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Tadashi Sugiyama, Yuji Sawatani
  • Publication number: 20080298734
    Abstract: To further reduce the manufacturing cost of a shell type needle roller bearing, and to ensure high quality of the shell type outer ring by subjecting the outer ring to a heat treatment that needs no adjustment of the atmosphere. The steel sheet to be formed into the shell type outer ring 1 by pressing is made of a medium to high carbon steel containing carbon by not less than 0.3 mass percent. With this arrangement, the material cost and thus the manufacturing cost are lower than when using a conventional low-carbon structural alloy steel sheet or a steel sheet for cold rolling and pressing. Also, it is possible to ensure high quality of the outer ring by subjecting the outer ring to simple heat treatment without the need for carburizing or carbonitriding, which needs adjustment of the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Shinji Oishi, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Tsuneaki Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20080294818
    Abstract: In a chip, a transfer unit is provided between a physical layer processing unit and a link unit so that multiple lanes of data processed by the physical layer processing unit are transferred to the link unit. The transfer unit includes: multiple transfer unit input terminals inputting the multiple lanes of data processed by the physical layer processing unit; multiple transfer unit output terminals respectively connected to multiple input terminals of the link unit so as to output data input from one of the multiple transfer unit input terminals to each of the multiple input terminals of the link unit; and a switching unit switching the data, which is input from any one of the transfer unit input terminals, to be output from each of the transfer unit output terminals in response to a control signal from a control signal terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 7438541
    Abstract: A hermetic rotary compressor operates two cylinders simultaneously in the regular operation; however it halts operating one of the cylinders when it selects an operation with a half capacity. A vane room of the halted cylinder is air-tightly sealed with respect to lubricant atmosphere in a hermetic case. An oil-supplying groove is provided to a vane groove of the halted cylinder, and lubricant is supplied to the oil-supplying groove in order to lubricate the vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Aya, Toshiharu Yasu, Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20080178490
    Abstract: A method for drying lumber in a short time with less use of energy. The method of drying lumber includes: enclosing lumber in a batch container having a pressure release valve; filling fluid into the batch container under pressure; maintaining a temperature and a pressure at or above a critical point of the fluid for a certain period of time; and then opening the pressure release valve of the batch container to reduce the internal pressure to atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Masahiro Matsunaga, Koichi Setoyama, Yutaka Kataoka, Hiroaki Matsui, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Takeshi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7399170
    Abstract: In a two-cylinder type hermetic rotary compressor, a first cylinder continually operates due to a spring member biasing a first vane. A pressure introducing pipe is connected to a second vane room arranged in a second cylinder. The second cylinder stops and starts operation by introducing sucking pressure or discharge pressure from the pressure introducing pipe. A discharge pressure introducing pipe that is connected to a portion of a hermetic case below the oil face of the lubricating oil is connected to the pressure introducing pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Aya, Toshiharu Yasu, Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 7393390
    Abstract: Air is introduced from an intake chamber into a plurality of hollow fiber membranes in a casing. The casing is connected to a vacuum pump via a three-way valve and water vapor in air is evacuated through the membranes. Dehumidified or dried air is discharged from a discharge chamber at the ends of the membranes. The vacuum pump is connected to a detector/selector. If the vacuum pump is out of order, it is detected by the detector/selector and another dehumidifier including a depressurizing device is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 7392154
    Abstract: Reference coordinates in a coordinate system and designated coordinates in the coordinate system based on coordinate information outputted by a pointing device are set. A distance and direction between the reference coordinates and the designated coordinates are calculated. When the distance has a value smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the distance is converted into a game parameter using a first conversion function is determined. On the other hand, when the distance has a value greater than the predetermined threshold value, the distance is converted into a game parameter using a second conversion function for converting the distance into a value greater than a value into which the distance is converted using the first conversion function. The game is processed using the direction and the game parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo Nakanishi, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Shinichi Ikematsu
  • Publication number: 20080145256
    Abstract: A hermetic rotary compressor operates two cylinders simultaneously in the regular operation; however it halts operating one of the cylinders when it selects an operation with a half capacity. A vane room of the halted cylinder is air-tightly sealed with respect to lubricant atmosphere in a hermetic case. An oil-supplying groove is provided to a vane groove of the halted cylinder, and lubricant is supplied to the oil-supplying groove in order to lubricate the vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Aya, Toshiharu Yasu, Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20070099810
    Abstract: A cleaning liquid which comprises at least one selected from potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide in an amount of 0.01 to 10% by weight, water-soluble organic solvent in an amount of 5 to 80% by weight, a corrosion inhibitor at least one selected from the group consisting of group IX metal of the Periodic Table, group IX metal alloy and group XI metal of the Periodic Table in an amount of 0.0001% by weight and water. The present provides a cleaning liquid and a cleaning method both capable of removing photoresists or its deposits and attached articles on the surface of treated substances such as organosiloxane-based anti-reflection film, configuration protective coat or so without corroding the treated substances, particularly low dielectric constant film, group IX metals of the Periodic Table and their alloy, and group XI metals of the Periodic Table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Masaru Ohto, Hiroshi Yoshida, Eiko Kuwabara, Ming Fang, Lourdes Dominguez
  • Publication number: 20070011303
    Abstract: In an information system, a web server records web access logs of a client outside of a LAN. A mail server records transmission/reception logs of e-mails. A DB server records access right operation logs. A task application server records DB access log. An administrative server collects logs recorded in the web server, the mail server, the DB server, and the task application server, and operation logs of the client terminals to trace a person and an operation related to information leakage using the collected logs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takahisa Hatakeyama, Junichi Koizumi, Hidetada Anan, Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20060274986
    Abstract: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly, in which the sufficient proof strength of an inner race during assemblage onto the vehicle body can be secured without its function being lowered, the wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member, an inner member, and rows of rolling elements interposed therebetween. The inner member includes an hub axle having a flange and an inner race on an inner race mount, with raceways defined in the hub axle and the inner race. The inner race has a counterbore at its inboard end. The hub axle has a plastically deformed portion which engages an axially oriented surface of the counterbore when radially outwardly crimped and does not protrude outwardly beyond an inboard end face of the inner race. The difference P between the inner race mount and an outer peripheral face of the plastically deformed portion is 0.13 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Komori, Kazunori Kubota, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Akira Fujimura, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Jun Numamoto, Masahiro Kiuchi
  • Publication number: 20060225456
    Abstract: In a two-cylinder type hermetic rotary compressor, a first cylinder is always compressed and operated since a spring member biases a first vane. A pressure introducing pipe is connected to a second vane room arranged in a second cylinder. The second cylinder is stopped in operation and is operated by introducing sucking pressure or discharge pressure from the pressure introducing pipe. A discharge pressure introducing pipe connected to a portion of a hermetic case below the oil face of lubricating oil is connected to the pressure introducing pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Toru Aya, Toshiharu Yasu, Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20060216185
    Abstract: A hermetic rotary compressor operates two cylinders simultaneously in the regular operation; however it halts operating one of the cylinders when it selects an operation with a half capacity. A vane room of the halted cylinder is air-tightly sealed with respect to lubricant atmosphere in a hermetic case. An oil-supplying groove is provided to a vane groove of the halted cylinder, and lubricant is supplied to the oil-supplying groove in order to lubricate the vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Toru Aya, Toshiharu Yasu, Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 7104601
    Abstract: In a vehicle occupant restraint system for restraining a lower part of a vehicle occupant, an arrangement for moving a restraining member from a retracted position to a deployed position upon detection and/or prediction of a vehicle crash by a crash sensor is adapted in such a manner that the restraining member cannot be made to move from the deployed position to the retracted position by an external force applied to the restraining member but can be made to move from the retracted position to the deployed position and from the deployed position back to the retracted position by a force transmitted from a power actuator to the restraining member via a power transmitting member. Thus, while the restraining member is capable of withstanding the load of restraining the vehicle occupant, even when the restraining member is deployed, it can be brought back to the retracted position so that the restraining system can be used repeatedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ko Masuda, Takashi Takeshita, Hiroshi Matsunaga