Patents by Inventor Masafumi Inoue
Masafumi Inoue 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: 20190329219Abstract: The production method includes: a gel-crushing step of grinding a crosslinked hydrogel polymer to obtain a particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer; a heating drying step of obtaining dried particles from the particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer by using a continuous stirring drying machine; a post-crosslinking step of post-crosslinking the particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer or the dried particles; and a sizing step of adjusting a particle size of the dried particles or the post-crosslinked dried particles to obtain water-absorbent resin powder. The particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer contains a gel fluidizer. A gel temperature of the particulate crosslinked hydrogel polymer containing the gel fluidizer, the gel temperature being measured by a contact thermometer, is not lower than 50° C. In the production method, the dried particles or the post-crosslinked dried particles is forcedly cooled before the sizing step.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Hiroyasu WATABE, Mai SATO, Ryota WAKABAYASHI, Yoshihiro SHOBO, Shin-ya KATSUBE, Motohiro IMURA, Koji HONDA, Yoshifumi ADACHI, Tsuyoshi YORINO, Masafumi INOUE, Tomoyuki ARAKE, Hiroki HAYASHI, Naoki KATAKURA, Shin-ichi FUJINO, Kunihiko ISHIZAKI, Tokio SHUTO
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Patent number: 10421231Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has sufficient heat shrinkage properties in the main shrinkage direction that is the longitudinal direction without containing a monomer component that can form an amorphous component in a large amount, and which has a low heat shrinkage and a low shrinkage stress in the width direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction. The film has a heat shrinkage of 15-50% in a main shrinkage direction of the film and 0-12% in a direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction of the film, when treated for 10 seconds in hot water of 90° C., and a maximum shrinkage stress of 2-10 MPa in the main shrinkage direction of the film when measured under hot air of 90° C. The film contains 7-30 mol % of a constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of the whole polyester resin component.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Masayuki Haruta
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Patent number: 10424496Abstract: An upper end of a tubular member surrounding a common pipe line is closed by a lid member. The lid member has an opening formed therein for supplying liquids to adjacent the rotation center on the back surface of a wafer. Deionized water supplied at normal temperature to the interior of the tubular member, after serving to cool the common pipe line, flows out of a lower end of the tubular member.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Akiyoshi Nakano, Kurumi Yagi
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Patent number: 10317890Abstract: The present invention improves the accuracy of detecting abnormality in a substrate processing apparatus. A failure detection apparatus 520 is provided with a data acquisition part 522 used to collect data detected by sensors 270-1 to 270-a, 370-1 to 370-b and 470-1 to 470-c disposed in a CMP apparatus. In addition, the failure detection apparatus 520 is provided with a determination part 524 used to read recipe data from a recipe storage part 512, to compare the recipe data thus read with the data collected by a data acquisition part 522, thereby determining that abnormality is present in the CMP apparatus if the two data items differ.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsunori Sugiyama, Masafumi Inoue
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Publication number: 20190169386Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film, which has a main shrinkage direction in a longer direction, exhibits a higher shrinkage ratio in the main shrinkage direction, has small difference in shrinkage ratio at a high temperature and a low temperature so as not likely to generate wrinkles or the like when being used as a label, and exhibits small over-time decrease in shrinkage ratio at a low temperature. The heat-shrinkable polyester film has, as a main component, ethyleneterephthalate, and an amount of a diethyleneglycol (DEG) component is 10-25 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of a polyhydric alcohol component in all of polyester resin that composes the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
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Patent number: 10312005Abstract: The present invention provides a gapped core that facilitates adjustment of DC bias characteristics, has little variation in those characteristics, and also allows for excellent manufacturing efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Inventors: Yasuomi Takahashi, Masafumi Inoue, Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Hitoshi Yoshimori
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Patent number: 10287433Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester-based film is provided, which is heat-shrinkable in the longitudinal direction and which is freed from various problems, particularly curling-up or peeling in a bonded area. The heat-shrinkable polyester-based film is characterized by an A1/A2 (absorbance) ratio in the longitudinal direction, which is the main shrinking direction of the film, of 0.55 to 1, with an A1/A2 ratio in the width direction perpendicular to the main shrinking direction of 0.5 to 0.9, wherein A1 is the absorbance of the film at 1340 cm?1 and A2 is the absorbance of the film at 1410 cm?1 as determined by polarized ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, and a hot-water shrinkage of 35 to 60% in the longitudinal direction of the film and ?3 to 12% in the width direction of the film, wherein the hot-water shrinkage is determined by dipping the film in hot water at 90° C. for 10 seconds.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masafumi Inoue
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Patent number: 10266352Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet cassette including a first housing, a pressing plate, a raising plate, a first resilient member, and a second resilient member; a second housing; a sheet-cassette accommodating portion; a first electrode; a second electrode; a sheet conveyor; a driver; a first output device that outputs a first signal and a second signal; a second output device that outputs a rotation pulse signal; and a controller that receives the first signal, the second signal, and the rotation pulse signal. The controller counts pulses of the rotation pulse signal received from the second output device, determines the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal, and determines an amount of upward movement of the pressing plate based on the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masafumi Inoue, Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto
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Patent number: 10189962Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester film comprising ethylene terephthalate as a main component, containing not less than 0 mol % and not more than 5 mol % of a monomer component capable of serving as an amorphous component relative to the total of a polyester resin component, and having a main shrinkage direction in a lengthwise direction, wherein the heat-shrinkable polyester film satisfies heat shrinkage characteristics of the width direction and the lengthwise direction and the molecular orientation angle difference which is a difference between a molecular orientation angle of an edge of one end in the width direction and a molecular orientation angle of an edge of the other end.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Masayuki Haruta
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Patent number: 10162323Abstract: In a component mounting system having an inspection device performing a mounting inspection after component mounting, a correction value for correcting a mounting program is calculated based on board inspection information including fed-back component position deviation information, a component is mounted on a board in accordance with the mounting program corrected based on the calculated correction value, and a “present value” based on most recent board inspection information and a “pre-correction evaluation value” are displayed together on an evaluation value display screen as evaluation values representing accuracy at a time of the mounting based on the board inspection information during this component mounting work, the “pre-correction evaluation value” being calculated based on a temporary position deviation amount pertaining to a case where it is assumed that no correction based on the calculated correction value has been performed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Taniguchi, Masafumi Inoue, Satoshi Furuichi, Masahiro Kihara
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Publication number: 20180282084Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet cassette including a first housing, a pressing plate, a raising plate, a first resilient member, and a second resilient member; a second housing; a sheet-cassette accommodating portion; a first electrode; a second electrode; a sheet conveyor; a driver; a first output device that outputs a first signal and a second signal; a second output device that outputs a rotation pulse signal; and a controller that receives the first signal, the second signal, and the rotation pulse signal. The controller counts pulses of the rotation pulse signal received from the second output device, determines the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal, and determines an amount of upward movement of the pressing plate based on the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto
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Publication number: 20180229422Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has sufficient heat shrinkage properties in the main shrinkage direction that is the longitudinal direction without containing a monomer component that can form an amorphous component in a large amount, and which has a low heat shrinkage and a low shrinkage stress in the width direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction. The film has a heat shrinkage of 15-50% in a main shrinkage direction of the film and 0-12% in a direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction of the film, when treated for 10 seconds in hot water of 90° C., and a maximum shrinkage stress of 2-10 MPa in the main shrinkage direction of the film when measured under hot air of 90° C. The film contains 7-30 mol % of a constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of the whole polyester resin component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
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Patent number: 10011324Abstract: An electric vehicle includes an electric motor which generates a driving power for driving a wheel, a battery storing DC power to be supplied to the electric motor, a battery case accommodating the battery in a battery space in an interior of the battery case, an inverter which converts the DC power supplied from the battery and supplies electric power to the electric motor, and an electric wire connecting the inverter to the electric motor. The electric wire runs through an internal space of the battery case, and may penetrate an upper surface of the battery case, protrude upward, and connect to an inverter placed on an upper portion of the battery case. The electric wire may run through a cooling passage in the internal space. The electric wire may be interposed between the electric motor and the inverter. The electric wire may run vertically through the internal space.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masafumi Inoue
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Patent number: 10011323Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises an electric motor which generates a driving power for driving a wheel; and a battery case accommodating a plurality of batteries storing DC power to be supplied to the electric motor, in a battery space in an interior of the battery case, wherein the battery case has a shape which covers the electric motor above and forward.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masafumi Inoue
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Publication number: 20180182649Abstract: A substrate processing device includes a substrate holding table, an ultraviolet irradiator, a tubular member, a first gas supplying unit, and a second gas supplying unit. The ultraviolet irradiator is disposed facing to the substrate through an active space and configured to irradiate the substrate with ultraviolet light. The tubular member includes an inner surface surrounding a side surface of the substrate holding table, and at least one opening at a position facing to the side surface on the inner surface. The first gas supplying unit supplies gas to a space between the side surface of the substrate holding table and the inner surface of the tubular member through the at least one opening. The second gas supplying unit supplies gas to an active space between the substrate and the ultraviolet irradiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Akihiko TAKI, Hiroki TANIGUCHI, Takayoshi TANAKA, Yuta NAKANO
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Publication number: 20180162616Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has sufficient heat shrinkage properties in a main shrinkage direction that is in the longitudinal direction, has low heat shrinkage in the width direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction, does not have excessively high shrinkage stress in the main shrinkage direction, and has small attenuation of the shrinkage stress, whereby the followability to a container which is an object to be packaged is high, and slack is less likely to be generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
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Publication number: 20180158602Abstract: The present invention provides a method for cutting a molded core by which a molded core including a magnetic body are collectively cut.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: SHT Corporation LimitedInventors: Masafumi INOUE, Yasuomi TAKAHASHI, Tsunetsugu IMANISHI, Hitoshi YOSHIMORI
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Publication number: 20180144856Abstract: The present invention provides a coil apparatus formed by mounting a coil component to a casing. A core coil apparatus according to the present invention has a main body (30) and a segment (40) that are obtained by a molded core (20) including an annular magnetic body made of a magnetic material and an insulating resin covering part that covers the magnetic body being cut at a first cutting part and a second cutting part that transect an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface and approach each other toward an inner periphery of the molded core, the segment being disposed in a cutout part (31) formed on the main body, the resin covering part (22) having a main body-side flange part (25) and a segment-side flange part (27) that project toward the outer peripheral side and/or the lateral side, a coil (51) wound around the core and a casing (70) mounted with the core, the casing having a recess (72) into which the main body-side flange part and the segment-side flange part are inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: SHT Corporation LimitedInventors: Masafumi INOUE, Yasuomi TAKAHASHI, Tsunetsugu IMANISHI, Hitoshi YOSHIMORI
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Patent number: 9963184Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises a vehicle body including a head pipe supporting a steering shaft, and a main frame extending rearward from the head pipe; an electric motor which generates driving power for driving a wheel; and a battery case accommodating a plurality of batteries storing DC power to be supplied to the electric motor, in a battery space in an interior of the battery case, wherein the battery case includes a casing body, and a reinforcement frame provided on the casing body to reinforce the main frame, and the reinforcement frame is fastened to the main frame by a fastening member.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masafumi Inoue
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Patent number: D826857Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: SHT Corporation LimitedInventors: Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Yasuomi Takahashi, Masafumi Inoue