Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kubota
Masahiro Kubota 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: 20240128571Abstract: The battery pack includes a tray having a bottom wall, a cell module disposed on the tray and having at least one battery cell, a high voltage connection portion provided on the bottom surface of the cell module and electrically connected to the at least one battery cell, a high voltage busbar connected to the high voltage connection portion, and a water absorbing sheet disposed between the bottom wall of the tray and the bottom surface of the cell module. A first opening portion is defined in the water absorbing sheet at a position opposite the high voltage connection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirotaka WATANABE, Masahiro YAMADA, Akiya KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20240096551Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor component includes preparing an insulating paste that is photosensitive and that includes a filler material composed of quartz, a glass material and a resin material, and a conductive paste, forming a first insulating layer by applying the insulating paste, and exposing the first insulating layer in a state where a first portion of the first insulating layer is shielded by a mask. The method further includes removing the first portion of the first insulating layer to form a groove at a position corresponding to the first portion, applying the conductive paste in the groove to form a coil conductor layer in the groove, and applying the insulating paste on the first insulating layer and the coil conductor layer to form a second insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki OOTA, Tomohiro KIDO, Tomonori SAKATA, Masahiro KUBOTA, Kenta KONDO
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Patent number: 11869708Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor component includes preparing an insulating paste that is photosensitive and that includes a filler material composed of quartz, a glass material and a resin material, and a conductive paste, forming a first insulating layer by applying the insulating paste, and exposing the first insulating layer in a state where a first portion of the first insulating layer is shielded by a mask. The method further includes removing the first portion of the first insulating layer to form a groove at a position corresponding to the first portion, applying the conductive paste in the groove to form a coil conductor layer in the groove, and applying the insulating paste on the first insulating layer and the coil conductor layer to form a second insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Oota, Tomohiro Kido, Tomonori Sakata, Masahiro Kubota, Kenta Kondo
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Patent number: 11715590Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body that is an insulator and a coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers that extend along planes in the element body are electrically connected to each other. Also, each of the coil conductor layers includes metal part and glass part, and the glass part include internal glass portion that is entirely included in the metal part.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Masahiro Kubota, Tomonori Sakata, Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe, Yoshiyuki Oota
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Patent number: 11610728Abstract: An electronic component comprising a glass body containing a photosensitizer; a conductor as at least a part of an electric element, arranged on the glass body; a terminal electrode as a terminal of the electric element, arranged above an outer surface of the glass body, with the terminal electrode being electrically connected to the conductor; and an insulating film arranged above the outer surface of the glass body. The insulating film reflects or absorbs light in a photosensitive wavelength range of the photosensitizer contained in the glass body.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Matsuki, Hiraku Kawai, Yuichi Iida, Masahiro Kubota, Fumihiko Naruse
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Publication number: 20230054320Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body that is an insulator and a coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers that extend along planes in the element body are electrically connected to each other. Also, each of the coil conductor layers includes metal part and glass part, and the glass part include internal glass portion that is entirely included in the metal part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro KIDO, Masahiro KUBOTA, Tomonori SAKATA, Kenta KONDO, Shimpei TANABE, Yoshiyuki OOTA
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Patent number: 11527352Abstract: An electronic component includes a single-layer glass plate, an outer-surface conductor that is disposed above an outer surface of the single-layer glass plate and that is at least a part of an electrical element, and a terminal electrode that is a terminal of the electrical element. The terminal electrode is disposed above the outer surface of the single-layer glass plate and being electrically connected to the outer-surface conductor.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiraku Kawai, Noboru Shiokawa, Yuichi Iida, Yoshitaka Matsuki, Masahiro Kubota, Kenji Nishiyama, Takaya Wada, Tadashi Washimori, Rikiya Sano, Chiharu Sakaki
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Patent number: 11508514Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body that is an insulator and a coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers that extend along planes in the element body are electrically connected to each other. Also, each of the coil conductor layers includes metal part and glass part, and the glass part include internal glass portion that is entirely included in the metal part.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Masahiro Kubota, Tomonori Sakata, Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe, Yoshiyuki Oota
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Publication number: 20220254562Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body that is an insulator and a coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers that extend along planes in the element body are electrically connected to each other. Also, each of the coil conductor layers includes metal part and glass part, and the glass part include internal glass portion that is entirely included in the metal part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro KIDO, Masahiro KUBOTA, Tomonori SAKATA, Kenta KONDO, Shimpei TANABE, Yoshiyuki OOTA
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Patent number: 11348719Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body that is an insulator and a coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers that extend along planes in the element body are electrically connected to each other. Also, each of the coil conductor layers includes metal part and glass part, and the glass part include internal glass portion that is entirely included in the metal part.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Masahiro Kubota, Tomonori Sakata, Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe, Yoshiyuki Oota
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Publication number: 20220068614Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor manufacturing member including a silicon carbide-containing boron carbide film at least on a surface thereof, in which the silicon carbide-containing boron carbide film has a content of silicon carbide of 5 wt % or more and 18 wt % or less and a balance being boron carbide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Masahiko ICHISHIMA, Hiroshi OISHI, Noriko OMORI, Akira MIYAZAKI, Masahiro KUBOTA, Jun KOMIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220068554Abstract: An electronic component comprising a glass body containing a photosensitizer; a conductor as at least a part of an electric element, arranged on the glass body; a terminal electrode as a terminal of the electric element, arranged above an outer surface of the glass body, with the terminal electrode being electrically connected to the conductor; and an insulating film arranged above the outer surface of the glass body. The insulating film reflects or absorbs light in a photosensitive wavelength range of the photosensitizer contained in the glass body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka MATSUKI, Hiraku KAWAI, Yuichi IIDA, Masahiro KUBOTA, Fumihiko NARUSE
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Publication number: 20210183316Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a plurality of pixels arrayed next to one another in a first direction and in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a control circuit, wherein each of the pixels includes a light-emitting element configured to emit light by a current flowing therethrough, a drive transistor, a shut-off transistor, and a holding capacitance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventor: Masahiro KUBOTA
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Patent number: 10957256Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a plurality of pixels arrayed next to one another in a first direction and in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a control circuit, wherein each of the pixels includes a light-emitting element configured to emit light by a current flowing therethrough, a drive transistor, a shut-off transistor, and a holding capacitance.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventor: Masahiro Kubota
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Publication number: 20200321157Abstract: An electronic component includes a single-layer glass plate, an outer-surface conductor that is disposed above an outer surface of the single-layer glass plate and that is at least a part of an electrical element, and a terminal electrode that is a terminal of the electrical element. The terminal electrode is disposed above the outer surface of the single-layer glass plate and being electrically connected to the outer-surface conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiraku KAWAI, Noboru SHIOKAWA, Yuichi IIDA, Yoshitaka MATSUKI, Masahiro KUBOTA, Kenji NISHIYAMA, Takaya WADA, Tadashi WASHIMORI, Rikiya SANO, Chiharu SAKAKI
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Patent number: 10706778Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display apparatus having a display device including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including: a drive transistor; and a light emitting element coupled to the drive transistor and to a reference potential, wherein a current from the drive transistor to the light emitting element is determined based on a voltage between a gate and a source of the drive transistor, and the display device is configured to divide a one-frame period during which a frame image is being displayed into certain unit time segments each having a same time period and each including one or more light emission time slots during each of which the pixel is emitting light and one or more no-light emission time slots during each of which the pixel is not emitting light, and then configured to switch light emission of the pixel on and off in a manner such that a light quantity in the one or more light emission time slots per each of the unit time segment is equalized.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Masahiro Kubota, Norio Nakamura
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Patent number: 10565709Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment comprises processing circuitry configured to acquire morphology image data including a site of a subject and function image data including the site, extract a blood vessel region that corresponds to a blood vessel included in the morphology image data, calculate a fluid index in the blood vessel region, and based on the fluid index, calculate a first function index as an index indicating a function of a tissue to which a nutrient is supplied from the blood vessel, acquire a second function index as an index indicating a function of the tissue based on the function image data, detect a mismatch between the first function index and the second function index, and determine a spatial region that corresponds to the mismatch in the site.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CoporationInventors: Kazumasa Arakita, Masahiro Kubota
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Publication number: 20190287460Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display apparatus having a display device including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including: a drive transistor; and a light emitting element coupled to the drive transistor and to a reference potential, wherein a current from the drive transistor to the light emitting element is determined based on a voltage between a gate and a source of the drive transistor, and the display device is configured to divide a one-frame period during which a frame image is being displayed into certain unit time segments each having a same time period and each including one or more light emission time slots during each of which the pixel is emitting light and one or more no-light emission time slots during each of which the pixel is not emitting light, and then configured to switch light emission of the pixel on and off in a manner such that a light quantity in the one or more light emission time slots per each of the unit time segment is equalized.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Masahiro KUBOTA, Norio NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10354593Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display device including pixels each including a light emitting element; a voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of different voltages; a switching device configured to be capable of switching the voltages in a manner such that any one of the voltages is applied to each of the pixels; and a controller configured to control operation of the switching device. The controller is configured to cause, at least once during a period for displaying an image corresponding to one frame, the switching device to operate in a manner such that voltages applied to the pixel are switched from a lower to a higher voltage.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yuta Murakami, Masahiro Kubota, Norio Nakamura
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Publication number: 20190189333Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body that is an insulator and a coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers that extend along planes in the element body are electrically connected to each other. Also, each of the coil conductor layers includes metal part and glass part, and the glass part include internal glass portion that is entirely included in the metal part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro KIDO, Masahiro KUBOTA, Tomonori SAKATA, Kenta KONDO, Shimpei TANABE, Yoshiyuki OOTA