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).

  • Publication number: 20240128571
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka WATANABE, Masahiro YAMADA, Akiya KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20240096551
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki OOTA, Tomohiro KIDO, Tomonori SAKATA, Masahiro KUBOTA, Kenta KONDO
  • Patent number: 11869708
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Oota, Tomohiro Kido, Tomonori Sakata, Masahiro Kubota, Kenta Kondo
  • Patent number: 11715590
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Masahiro Kubota, Tomonori Sakata, Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe, Yoshiyuki Oota
  • Patent number: 11610728
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Matsuki, Hiraku Kawai, Yuichi Iida, Masahiro Kubota, Fumihiko Naruse
  • Publication number: 20230054320
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro KIDO, Masahiro KUBOTA, Tomonori SAKATA, Kenta KONDO, Shimpei TANABE, Yoshiyuki OOTA
  • Patent number: 11527352
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11508514
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Masahiro Kubota, Tomonori Sakata, Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe, Yoshiyuki Oota
  • Publication number: 20220254562
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro KIDO, Masahiro KUBOTA, Tomonori SAKATA, Kenta KONDO, Shimpei TANABE, Yoshiyuki OOTA
  • Patent number: 11348719
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Masahiro Kubota, Tomonori Sakata, Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe, Yoshiyuki Oota
  • Publication number: 20220068614
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiko ICHISHIMA, Hiroshi OISHI, Noriko OMORI, Akira MIYAZAKI, Masahiro KUBOTA, Jun KOMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220068554
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MATSUKI, Hiraku KAWAI, Yuichi IIDA, Masahiro KUBOTA, Fumihiko NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20210183316
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiro KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 10957256
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Masahiro Kubota
  • Publication number: 20200321157
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 10706778
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kubota, Norio Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10565709
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Coporation
    Inventors: Kazumasa Arakita, Masahiro Kubota
  • Publication number: 20190287460
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro KUBOTA, Norio NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10354593
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuta Murakami, Masahiro Kubota, Norio Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190189333
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro KIDO, Masahiro KUBOTA, Tomonori SAKATA, Kenta KONDO, Shimpei TANABE, Yoshiyuki OOTA