Patents by Inventor Kenichi Sasaki

Kenichi Sasaki 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: 20220035234
    Abstract: A reflective mask blank for EUV lithography includes: a substrate; a multilayer reflective film for reflecting EUV light; and a phase shift film for shifting a phase of EUV light, the multilayer reflective film and the phase shift film formed on or above the substrate in this order. The phase shift film includes a layer 1 including ruthenium (Ru) and at least one selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O) and nitrogen (N). Among diffraction peaks derived from the phase shift film observed at 2?: from 20° to 50° by out-of-plane XRD method, a peak having the highest intensity has a half value width FWHM of 1.0° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Daijiro AKAGI, Hirotomo KAWAHARA, Toshiyuki UNO, Ichiro ISHIKAWA, Kenichi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220002205
    Abstract: A sintered body, containing zinc, magnesium and oxygen as constituent elements, wherein the atomic ratio of zinc to the sum of zinc and magnesium [Zn/(Zn+Mg)] is 0.20 to 0.75, the atomic ratio of magnesium to the sum of zinc and magnesium [Mg/(Zn+Mg)] is 0.25 to 0.80, and the sintered body consists of a single crystal structure as measured by X-ray diffraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Shigekazu TOMAI, Yoshihiro UEOKA, Satoshi KATSUMATA, Kenichi SASAKI, Masashi OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210343876
    Abstract: A crystalline structure compound A is represented by a composition formula (2) and has having diffraction peaks respectively in below-defined ranges (A) to (K) of an incidence angle observed by X-ray diffraction measurement. (InxGayAlz)2O3??(2) In the formula (2), 0.47?x?0.53, 0.17?y?0.43, 0.07?z?0.33, and x+y+z=1. 31° to 34° (A), 36° to 39° (B), 30° to 32° (C), 51° to 53° (D), 53° to 56° (E), 62° to 66° (F), 9° to 11° (G), 19° to 21° (H), 42° to 45° (I), 8° to 10° (J), and 17° to 19° (K).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi INOUE, Masatoshi SHIBATA, Emi KAWASHIMA, Kenichi SASAKI, Atsushi YAO
  • Publication number: 20210309535
    Abstract: A compound includes indium element (In), gallium element (Ga), aluminum element (Al) and oxygen element (O), the compound having a triclinic crystal system with lattice constants being a=10.07±0.15 ?, b=10.45±0.15 ?, c=11.01±0.15 ?, ?=111.70±0.50°, ?=107.70±0.50° and ?=90.00±0.50°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi SASAKI, Emi KAWASHIMA, Kazuyoshi INOUE, Masatoshi SHIBATA, Atsushi YAO
  • Patent number: 10991513
    Abstract: A composite electronic component includes: a first electronic component including a ceramic body having a main surface caused to face a circuit board at a time of mounting and first and second end surfaces orthogonal to the main surface, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode respectively provided to the first end surface and the second end surface and respectively extending from the first end surface and the second end surface to the main surface; and a second electronic component including a functional film provided to the main surface, and a first electrode film and a second electrode film provided to both end portions of the functional film separately from the first external electrode and the second external electrode, the second electronic component being configured to fit within a thickness of each of the first external electrode and the second external electrode from the main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Aida, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200214180
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a cooling structure capable of cooling down, by a coolant that flows through a first flow channel formed by a first wall portion and a second wall portion facing with each other, a first electronic component and a second electronic component mounted on an external surface of the first wall portion. The first wall portion is formed in a stepwise shape, and includes a first mount portion on which the first electronic component is mounted, a second mount portion which has a different height from the first mount portion, and on which the second electronic component is mounted, and a first connection portion that is extended between the first mount portion and the second mount portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Daiki Kudo, Masahiro Shimada, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10461657
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a first cooler configured to cool a power module, a second cooler configured to cool at least one electronic component, and a housing configured to house the first cooler and the second cooler. The power conversion device also includes a connecting coolant passage formed in an inner wall of the housing such that the connecting coolant passage connects the first cooler to the second cooler. The power conversion device can have the connecting coolant passage formed in the housing, without enlarging a size of the housing. The strength of a side wall of the housing is enhanced because the connecting coolant passage is formed in the inner wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakamura, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190289753
    Abstract: A power converter includes a sealing member in a loop shape sealing a space between a sealing surface of a cooler and a sealing surface of a casing. Either one of the sealing surface of the cooler and the sealing surface of the casing is provided with a groove in a loop shape enabling the sealing member to be fitted therein. A first positioning portion is provided on a bottom surface of the groove. The sealing member includes an internal sealing portion with a circular cross-section and located along the bottom surface of the groove, an external sealing portion with a circular cross-section and located so as to surround a looped outer circumference surface of the internal sealing portion, and a connected portion that connects the internal sealing portion to the external sealing portion across an entire circumference of the loop. The connected portion includes a second positioning portion capable of being fitted in the first positioning portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakamura, Morifumi Shigemasa, Shinichiro Hayakawa, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10420256
    Abstract: A power converter includes a sealing member in a loop shape sealing a space between a sealing surface of a cooler and a sealing surface of a casing. Either one of the sealing surface of the cooler and the sealing surface of the casing is provided with a groove in a loop shape enabling the sealing member to be fitted therein. A first positioning portion is provided on a bottom surface of the groove. The sealing member includes an internal sealing portion with a circular cross-section and located along the bottom surface of the groove, an external sealing portion with a circular cross-section and located so as to surround a looped outer circumference surface of the internal sealing portion, and a connected portion that connects the internal sealing portion to the external sealing portion across an entire circumference of the loop. The connected portion includes a second positioning portion capable of being fitted in the first positioning portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakamura, Morifumi Shigemasa, Shinichiro Hayakawa, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190121816
    Abstract: A program creating device according to the present invention includes a definition information acquiring unit to acquire database definition information that is information indicating a configuration of a database in a programmable logic controller; and a program component generating unit to generate program components to be used in creating a program for operating the database on the basis of the database definition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi SASAKI, Hirofumi KAI
  • Patent number: 10263359
    Abstract: Provided is a power conversion apparatus that can enhance the strength of the vicinity of an opening through which a connector is exposed, and can prevent water from entering a casing through the opening or reduce such water intrusion. The power conversion apparatus includes a circuit board, a connector mounted on the circuit board, and a lid having an opening to allow the connector to be exposed therethrough and placed over the circuit board and the connector. The lid includes a bead that protrudes from a top plate to enclose an exposed portion of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakamura, Morifumi Shigemasa, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10264705
    Abstract: Provided is a power conversion apparatus that has a simple drain structure of coolers without increasing a size of the power conversion apparatus. The power conversion apparatus includes a housing equipped with a first cooler and a second cooler. One of the first and second coolers has a plurality of coolant openings. The other cooler is constituted by a plurality of members that are connected to each other. The housing includes a plurality of first sealing portions for sealing connecting portions of a plurality of connecting coolant passages that connect to the coolant openings, and second sealing portions for sealing connecting portions between the members. Each of the sealing portions has a first sealing member, a second sealing member, and a drain opening. The drain openings merge into a single drain exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakamura, Morifumi Shigemasa, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10200589
    Abstract: An autofocus apparatus includes a control unit configured to set an offset amount based on information relating to a shape of a first high-frequency component of an image signal obtained by photoelectrically converting an object image formed by an image pickup optical system that includes a focus lens while driving the focus lens, and to move the focus lens to a position that shifts from a first position of the focus position by a sum of the offset amount and a predetermined amount that is determined by characteristic information of the image pickup optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190013615
    Abstract: Provided is a power conversion apparatus that can enhance the strength of the vicinity of an opening through which a connector is exposed, and can prevent water from entering a casing through the opening or reduce such water intrusion. The power conversion apparatus includes a circuit board, a connector mounted on the circuit board, and a lid having an opening to allow the connector to be exposed therethrough and placed over the circuit board and the connector. The lid includes a bead that protrudes from a top plate to enclose an exposed portion of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakamura, Morifumi Shigemasa, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190014686
    Abstract: Provided is a power conversion apparatus that has a simple drain structure of coolers without increasing a size of the power conversion apparatus. The power conversion apparatus includes a housing equipped with a first cooler and a second cooler. One of the first and second coolers has a plurality of coolant openings. The other cooler is constituted by a plurality of members that are connected to each other. The housing includes a plurality of first sealing portions for sealing connecting portions of a plurality of connecting coolant passages that connect to the coolant openings, and second sealing portions for sealing connecting portions between the members. Each of the sealing portions has a first sealing member, a second sealing member, and a drain opening. The drain openings merge into a single drain exit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakamura, Morifumi Shigemasa, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10174480
    Abstract: A work machine includes a lower-part traveling body, an upper-part turning body, an arm, a boom, a cab, an engine, a fuel tank, and a counterweight. The upper-part turning body is turnably disposed on the lower-part traveling body. The boom has a first end connected to the upper-part turning body and a second end connected to the arm. The cab is mounted on a front left of a frame of the upper-part turning body. The engine is disposed behind the cab on the frame. The fuel tank is disposed behind the engine on the frame. The counterweight is disposed behind the fuel tank on the frame. The fuel tank is disposed in a hollow formed in the counterweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO (S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Tanaka, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180350525
    Abstract: A composite electronic component includes: a first electronic component including a ceramic body having a main surface caused to face a circuit board at a time of mounting and first and second end surfaces orthogonal to the main surface, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode respectively provided to the first end surface and the second end surface and respectively extending from the first end surface and the second end surface to the main surface; and a second electronic component including a functional film provided to the main surface, and a first electrode film and a second electrode film provided to both end portions of the functional film separately from the first external electrode and the second external electrode, the second electronic component being configured to fit within a thickness of each of the first external electrode and the second external electrode from the main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: SHIN AIDA, KENICHI SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180219488
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a first cooler configured to cool a power module, a second cooler configured to cool at least one electronic component, and a housing configured to house the first cooler and the second cooler. The power conversion device also includes a connecting coolant passage formed in an inner wall of the housing such that the connecting coolant passage connects the first cooler to the second cooler. The power conversion device can have the connecting coolant passage formed in the housing, without enlarging a size of the housing. The strength of a side wall of the housing is enhanced because the connecting coolant passage is formed in the inner wall of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakamura, Kenichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170247858
    Abstract: A work machine includes a lower-part traveling body, an upper-part turning body, an arm, a boom, a cab, an engine, a fuel tank, and a counterweight. The upper-part turning body is turnably disposed on the lower-part traveling body. The boom has a first end connected to the upper-part turning body and a second end connected to the arm. The cab is mounted on a front left of a frame of the upper-part turning body. The engine is disposed behind the cab on the frame. The fuel tank is disposed behind the engine on the frame. The counterweight is disposed behind the fuel tank on the frame. The fuel tank is disposed in a hollow formed in the counterweight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Yousuke TANAKA, Kenichi SASAKI
  • Patent number: 9534136
    Abstract: A semi-organic insulation coating includes an inorganic component and an organic resin, a Zr compound and an Si compound contains a plate-like silica as an inorganic component and are included in a ratio in a dry coating of 20 to 70 mass % of Zr compound (converted to ZrO2) and 10 to 50 mass % of Si compound containing plate-like silica (converted to SiO2), and the remainder is substantially an organic resin, whereby a magnetic steel sheet with a semi-organic insulation coating has no deterioration of corrosion resistance and water resistance without containing a chromium compound and being excellent in powdering resistance, scratch resistance, sticking resistance, TIG weldability, punchability and coating appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumichi Sashi, Hiroyuki Ogata, Chiyoko Tada, Nobuko Nakagawa, Nobue Fujibayashi, Tomofumi Shigekuni, Kenichi Sasaki