Patents by Inventor Motoki Akimoto

Motoki Akimoto 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).

  • Patent number: 9695791
    Abstract: A fuel supply device for an engine is provided in which a throttle body is provided with an electrically operated fuel pump, wherein a base member integrally having a base portion that extends in the vertical direction on one side of the throttle body and a housing tube portion that is formed into a bottomed tube shape having an end wall communicating with the base portion is linked integrally to a body, a pump housing case that forms a fuel storage chamber is formed from the housing tube portion and a bottomed tubular housing cover joined to the housing tube portion via a seal member and is disposed beneath the body, and a vapor discharge path for discharging vapor generated in a fuel storage chamber is formed in the base portion so as to extend in the vertical direction and communicate with the fuel storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Akimoto, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuya Miura, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140096745
    Abstract: A fuel supply device for an engine is provided in which a throttle body is provided with an electrically operated fuel pump, wherein a base member integrally having a base portion that extends in the vertical direction on one side of the throttle body and a housing tube portion that is formed into a bottomed tube shape having an end wall communicating with the base portion is linked integrally to a body, a pump housing case that forms a fuel storage chamber is formed from the housing tube portion and a bottomed tubular housing cover joined to the housing tube portion via a seal member and is disposed beneath the body, and a vapor discharge path for discharging vapor generated in a fuel storage chamber is formed in the base portion so as to extend in the vertical direction and communicate with the fuel storage chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Akimoto, Kuniaki Takahashi, Tatsuya Miura, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8147241
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is method for use in a vertical heat treatment system which has an opening which is formed in a partition wall separating a housing-box transfer area from a treating-object transfer area (a wafer transfer area), and and through which an object to be treated is carried in the vertical heat treatment system to carry out a predetermined treatment. When the object to be treated is carried in via the opening of the partition wall, which separates the housing-box transfer area from the treating-object transfer area (wafer transfer area), to carry out a predetermined treatment, the structure of various mechanisms in the vicinity of the opening is simplified, and the space is saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shinya Mochizuki, Motoki Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20100316968
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is method for use in a vertical heat treatment system which has an opening which is formed in a partition wall separating a housing-box transfer area from a treating-object transfer area (a wafer transfer area), and and through which an object to be treated is carried in the vertical heat treatment system to carry out a predetermined treatment. When the object to be treated is carried in via the opening of the partition wall, which separates the housing-box transfer area from the treating-object transfer area (wafer transfer area), to carry out a predetermined treatment, the structure of various mechanisms in the vicinity of the opening is simplified, and the space is saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinya MOCHIZUKI, Motoki Akimoto
  • Patent number: 7819658
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vertical heat treatment system capable of simplifying the structure of various mechanisms in the vicinity of an opening which is formed in a partition wall separating a housing-box transfer area from a treating-object transfer area (a wafer transfer area), and of contributing to space saving, when an object to be treated is carried in the vertical heat treatment system through the opening to carry out a predetermined treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kazunari Sakata, Shinya Mochizuki, Motoki Akimoto, Hiroshi Motono
  • Publication number: 20070166657
    Abstract: There is provided a vertical heat treatment system capable of simplifying the structure of various mechanisms in the vicinity of an opening which is formed in a partition wall separating a housing-box transfer area from a treating-object transfer area (a wafer transfer area), and of contributing to space saving, when an object to be treated is carried in the vertical heat treatment system through the opening to carry out a predetermined treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Kazunari Sakata, Koyu Hasegawa, Keiichi Katabuchi, Shingo Watanabe, Shinya Mochizuki, Motoki Akimoto, Hiroshi Motono
  • Patent number: 7210924
    Abstract: There is provided a vertical heat treatment system capable of simplifying the structure of various mechanisms in the vicinity of an opening which is formed in a partition wall separating a housing-box transfer area from a treating-object transfer area (a wafer transfer area), and of contributing to space saving, when an object to be treated is carried in the vertical heat treatment system through the opening to carry out a predetermined treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shinya Mochizuki, Motoki Akimoto
  • Patent number: 7059849
    Abstract: A heat treatment system and method for cooling a loading chamber that includes a heat treatment furnace for heat-treating an object to be treated. The heat treatment furnace includes a throat for carrying the object in and out, and a cooling mechanism for cooling the vicinity of the throat. The cooling mechanism has a ventilating unit with a ventilating port for sending a cooling fluid toward the vicinity of the throat and a heat exchanger arranged so as to face the ventilating port in the vicinity of the throat. The cooling mechanism also has an intake fan for sucking the cooling fluid in the vicinity of the throat over the heat exchanger. When the object to be treated is carried in, the structure of various mechanisms in the vicinity of the throat is simplified, and space is saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kazunari Sakata, Koyu Hasegawa, Keiichi Katabuchi, Shingo Watanabe, Shinya Mochizuki, Motoki Akimoto, Hiroshi Motono
  • Publication number: 20050053891
    Abstract: There is provided a vertical heat treatment system capable of simplifying the structure of various mechanisms in the vicinity of an opening which is formed in a partition wall separating a housing-box transfer area from a treating-object transfer area (a wafer transfer area), and of contributing to space saving, when an object to be treated is carried in the vertical heat treatment system through the opening to carry out a predetermined treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Shinya Mochizuki, Motoki Akimoto
  • Patent number: 6852601
    Abstract: When carrying workpieces from a loading area in which the workpieces are handled into a heat treatment furnace to make the workpieces subjected to a heat treatment process using a predetermined process gas, the loading area is evacuated and controlled at a predetermined low negative pressure. An exhaust for evacuating the loading area is connected to the loading area, and a controller controls the exhaust so that the loading area is maintained at the predetermined low negative pressure. A specific gas and particles contained in a gas discharged from the loading area are removed by filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Seiichi Yoshida, Takashi Tanahashi, Akira Onodera, Motoki Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20020110769
    Abstract: When carrying workpieces from a loading area in which the workpieces are handled into a heat treatment furnace to make the workpieces subjected to a heat treatment process using a predetermined process gas, the loading area is evacuated and controlled at a predetermined low negative pressure. An exhaust for evacuating the loading area is connected to the loading area, and a controller controls the exhaust so that the loading area is maintained at the predetermined low negative pressure. A specific gas and particles contained in a gas discharged from the loading area are removed by filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Seiichi Yoshida, Takashi Tanahashi, Akira Onodera, Motoki Akimoto
  • Patent number: 6409503
    Abstract: When carrying workpieces from a loading area in which the workpieces are handled into a heat treatment furnace to make the workpieces subjected to a heat treatment process using a predetermined process gas, the loading area is evacuated and controlled at a predetermined low negative pressure. An exhaust for evacuating the loading area is connected to the loading area, and a controller controls the exhaust so that the loading area is maintained at the predetermined low negative pressure. A specific gas and particles contained in a gas discharged from the loading area are removed by filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Seiichi Yoshida, Takashi Tanahashi, Akira Onodera, Motoki Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20020023458
    Abstract: There is provided a vertical heat treatment system capable of simplifying the structure of various mechanisms in the vicinity of an opening which is formed in a partition wall separating a housing-box transfer area from a treating-object transfer area (a wafer transfer area), and of contributing to space saving, when an object to be treated is carried in the vertical heat treatment system through the opening to carry out a predetermined treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Kazunari Sakata, Koyu Hasegawa, Keiichi Katabuchi, Shingo Watanabe, Shinya Mochizuki, Motoki Akimoto, Hiroshi Motono