Patents by Inventor Naoki Watanabe

Naoki Watanabe 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: 20230139390
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting and the like capable of preventing (or suppressing) vibrations of a radar unit (and as a result, capable of preventing the detection area of the radar unit from being significantly changed) are provided. A vehicular lamp fitting includes: a lamp housing; an outer lens attached to the lamp housing, the outer lens including a recessed part and forming a first space between the outer lens and the lamp housing; a lamp unit disposed in the first space; a radar cover disposed while covering the recessed part, and forming a second space between the radar cover and the recessed part; a bracket disposed in the second space; a radar unit detachably fixed to the bracket; and a first fixing part fixing one end of the bracket to the outer lens; and a second fixing part fixing the other end of the bracket to the lamp housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki WATANABE, Atsushi IMORI, Yuichiro NISHIMURA, Minoru YAMAGUCHI, Miho SASAKI, Hideaki AIZAWA, Masayuki TAKAYAMA, Hironori TAMAKAWA, Takato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230119794
    Abstract: A hydrophilic fluororesin tube includes a tube wall that contains a fluororesin fiber deposited to form a nonwoven fabric, and satisfies the following requirement (1): requirement (1); the tube wall of the hydrophilic fluororesin tube demonstrating an average transmittance, when immersed in water at 25° C. for 1 minute, of 40% or larger at 400 to 700 nm wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Setoguchi, Naoki Watanabe, Hirotaka Muto
  • Publication number: 20230097539
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus comprising: a processing container for accommodating a plurality of substrates, a substrate holder provided in the processing container and configured to hold the substrates such that the plurality of substrates are arranged along a circumferential direction; a rotating and revolving mechanism configured to rotate the plurality of substrates on the substrate holder and revolve the plurality of substrates on the substrate holder along the circumferential direction; and a sputtered particle emitting mechanism configured to emit sputtered particles to the plurality of substrates held by the substrate holder. Sputtering film formation is performed by emitting the sputtered particles from the sputtered particle emitting mechanism while rotating and revolving the plurality of substrates held by the substrate holder using the rotating and revolving mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki WATANABE, Tatsuo HATANO
  • Patent number: 11602856
    Abstract: A vacuum transfer device includes: a main body including an arm unit with an internal mechanical part therein and a vacuum seal, and configured to transfer a high temperature substrate in a vacuum; a substrate holder connected to the main body to hold the substrate; a heat transport member provided on a surface of the main body and made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than that of a material constituting the main body in a creeping direction to transport heat transferred from the substrate to the substrate holder; and a heat radiator configured to dissipate heat transported by the heat transport member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuo Hatano, Naoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11586300
    Abstract: Provided is an input system including an instruction device; a detection device that detects an instruction position of the instruction device; a display device that is provided separately from the detection device and that displays an image of a space; a position detector that detects, in the space, a line-of-sight position in a line-of-sight of the position detector; a processor; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to set, in the space, an instruction target area including a reference position of the instruction device, based on the line-of-sight position detected by the position detector at the time of reception of a predetermined operation by the instruction device, and control the display device to display the instruction position of the instruction device in the instruction target area and on the image of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Watanabe, Tatsunori Kato
  • Publication number: 20230051550
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to an adhesive, a bonded body or a method for producing a press-bonded body. The adhesive includes a fluoroelastomer and is for bonding base materials in the presence of carbon dioxide in a liquid state, a gas-liquid mixture state, or a nearly liquid state. The bonded body is such that two or more base materials are bonded to each other with the adhesive. The method for producing a press-bonded body includes a step 1 in which two or more base materials are press-bonded in the presence of the adhesive including a fluoroelastomer and carbon dioxide in a liquid state, a gas-liquid mixture state, or a nearly liquid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Setoguchi, Naoki Watanabe, Takafumi Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20230051311
    Abstract: A method of forming a metal superlattice structure includes depositing, on a substrate, a layer of a first metal with face-centered-cubic (fcc) crystal structure. The method further includes depositing a layer of ruthenium (Ru) metal with fcc crystal structure on the layer of the first metal. The layer of the first metal may cause the layer of ruthenium metal to have fcc crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki Niimi, Gerrit Leusink, Hiroki Maehara, Einstein Noel Abarra, Naoki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230051865
    Abstract: The PVD apparatus includes a chamber, a plurality of stages, a first target holder, a power supply mechanism, and a shield. The plurality of stages are provided inside the chamber, and each of the plurality of stages is configured to place at least one substrate on an upper surface thereof. The first target holder is configured to hold at least one target provided for one stage, the target being exposed to a space inside the chamber. The power supply mechanism supplies power to the target via the first target holder. The shield is provided inside the chamber and a part of the shield is disposed between a first stage and a second stage in the plurality of stages, and between a first processing space on the first stage and a second processing space on the second stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takuya SEINO, Yasushi KODASHIMA, Naoki WATANABE, Hiroyuki TOSHIMA, Masato SHINADA, Tetsuya MIYASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230045557
    Abstract: The present specification provides an antisense oligomer capable of causing simultaneous skipping of a plurality of exons in pre-mRNA of interest, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the oligomer. The present specification also provides an antisense oligomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or hydrate thereof which causes simultaneous skipping of two or more numerically consecutive exons from pre-mRNA of interest, the antisense oligomer comprising a base sequence complementary to a base sequence of a region including the vicinity of a donor of any intron in the pre-mRNA of interest, or a region including the vicinity of an acceptor of any intron in the pre-mRNA of interest, or a partial base sequence thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: NIPPON SHINYAKU CO., LTD., NATIONAL CENTER OF NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
    Inventors: Naoki WATANABE, Yuichiro TONE, Shin'ichi TAKEDA, Yoshitsugu AOKI
  • Publication number: 20230032503
    Abstract: A system for transferring a fluid includes a transfer line connecting a storage tank and an LNG carrier, a loading arm provided on the transfer line, an emergency shutoff device configured to shut off the transfer line, a bypass line connecting the transfer line and the storage tank, and a bypass valve provided in the bypass line. The storage tank includes a fluid reception pipe configured to receive the fluid from the outside and a BOG pipe configured to discharge a boil-off gas of the fluid generated in the storage tank to the outside, and the bypass line is connected to at least one of the fluid reception pipe or the BOG pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihiko INABA, Naoki WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11542592
    Abstract: A film forming system comprises a chamber, a stage, a holder, a cathode magnet, a shield, a first moving mechanism, and a second moving mechanism. The chamber provides a processing space. The stage is provided in the processing space and configured to support a substrate. The holder is configured to hold a target that is provided in the processing space. The cathode magnet is provided outside the chamber with respect to the target. The shield has a slit and is configured to block particles released from the target around the slit. The first moving mechanism is configured to move the shield between the stage and the target along a scanning direction substantially parallel to a surface of the substrate mounted on the stage. The second moving mechanism is configured to move the cathode magnet along the scanning direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Shinada, Naoki Watanabe, Tetsuya Miyashita, Hiroaki Chihaya
  • Publication number: 20220415687
    Abstract: A substrate transfer device, includes: a first planar motor installed in a first chamber and having an array of coils; a second planar motor installed in a second chamber connected to the first chamber and having an array of coils; a pair of transfer units configured to move on at least one of the first planar motor and the second planar motor and configured to transfer a substrate; and a controller configured to control supply of electric current to the coils of the first planar motor and the second planar motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuo HATANO, Tetsuya MIYASHITA, Naoki WATANABE, Naoyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220415688
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a substrate transfer apparatus. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the substrate transfer apparatus includes: a planar motor provided in a transfer chamber and having coils arranged therein; a transfer unit movable on the planar motor; and a control unit configured to control an energization of the coils. The transfer unit includes two bases having magnets arranged thereon and configured to be movable on the planar motor, a substrate support member configured to support a substrate, and a link mechanism configured to connect the two bases and the substrate support member to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuo HATANO, Tetsuya MIYASHITA, Naoki WATANABE, Naoyuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11527615
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device whose performance is improved. A p type body region is formed in an n type semiconductor layer containing silicon carbide, and a gate electrode is formed on the body region with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween. An n type source region is formed in the body region on a side surface side of the gate electrode, and the body region and a source region are electrically connected to a source electrode. A p type field relaxation layer FRL is formed in the semiconductor layer on the side surface side of the gate electrode, and the source electrode is electrically connected to the field relaxation layer FRL. The field relaxation layer FRL constitutes a part of the JFET 2Q which is a rectifying element, and a depth of the field relaxation layer FRL is shallower than a depth of the body region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeru Suto, Naoki Tega, Naoki Watanabe, Hiroshi Miki
  • Publication number: 20220291762
    Abstract: A method may be executed by one or more active capacitive styluses and a sensor controller connected to sensor electrodes. The method includes: a discovery step, executed by the sensor controller, of repeatedly sending out a discovery packet for detecting any of the active capacitive styluses; a discovery response step, executed by a first active capacitive stylus among the one or more active capacitive styluses, by which the discovery packet is detected, of returning a response packet to the discovery packet; a configuration step, executed by the sensor controller, of transmitting a configuration packet including time slot designation information that designates a first time slot to the first active capacitive stylus; and a data transmission step, executed by the first active capacitive stylus, of transmitting operation state data indicative of an operation state of the first active capacitive stylus using the designated first time slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Naoki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220282052
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a laminate useful as a temporary support for producing a large-area, high-definition flexible electronic device, the laminate having stably low adhesive strength between a colorless and highly transparent polyimide film and an inorganic substrate even in the case of a large surface area and having few blister defects. The laminate that attains the purpose is obtained by initially wetting either one of an inorganic substrate coated with the silane coupling agent and a colorless polyimide film with an aqueous medium, and then laminating while pressing out the aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki WATANABE, Harumi YONEMUSHI, Kousuke SASAI (deceased), Hiroyuki WAKUI
  • Publication number: 20220274314
    Abstract: This apparatus for manufacturing a laminate comprises: a first sheet transporting device for transporting a first sheet; a water supply device for supplying an aqueous medium to the surface of the first sheet coated with a silane coupling agent and/or the surface of a second sheet coated with a silane coupling agent; and a laminating device for attaching the first sheet and the second sheet which have been supplied with the aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuo OKUYAMA, Kaya TOKUDA, Kazuyuki OUYA, Naoki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220270866
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing a sputtering process on a substrate includes: a processing container configured to accommodate a plurality of substrates; a plurality of stages provided inside the processing container to respectively place the plurality of substrates thereon and disposed to be arranged along a circle surrounding a preset center position; and a target disposed at a position above the stages to cause target particles to be emitted by plasma formed inside the processing container such that the target particles adhere to the substrates respectively placed on the stages, wherein the stages are arranged such that an emission region in which the target particles are emitted from the target and overlapping regions in which the substrates respectively placed on the stages overlap are arranged at positions that are rotationally symmetrical around the preset center position when viewed in a plan view from above the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya MIYASHITA, Naoki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220259727
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a substrate heating device, a substrate heating method, and a method of manufacturing a substrate heater are provided. A substrate heating device for heating a substrate within a processing container configured to perform processing of a substrate therein includes a substrate heater including a placement surface on which the substrate is placed. The substrate heater is configured to heat the substrate placed on the placement surface using a heater. The substrate heating device further includes a jacket provided to cover a bottom portion of the substrate heater via a cooling space and a cooling gas supplier configured to supply a cooling gas to the cooling space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuo HATANO, Naoki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220253163
    Abstract: An active pen includes an integrated circuit that transmits a downlink signal through a first electrode and receives an uplink signal through a second electrode different from the first electrode. The active pen includes a stop filter inserted between the second electrode and the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit, in operation, performs transmission of the downlink signal and the reception of the uplink signal at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki MIYAMOTO, Takeshi KOIKE, Naoki WATANABE