Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Kasahara

Nobuyuki Kasahara 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: 20230298805
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kosei OSADA, Isamu NISHIMURA, Tetsuya KAGAWA, Daiki YANAGISHIMA, Toshiyuki ISHIKAWA, Michihiko MIFUJI, Satoshi KAGEYAMA, Nobuyuki KASAHARA
  • Patent number: 11657953
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosei Osada, Isamu Nishimura, Tetsuya Kagawa, Daiki Yanagishima, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Michihiko Mifuji, Satoshi Kageyama, Nobuyuki Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20210233700
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kosei OSADA, Isamu NISHIMURA, Tetsuya KAGAWA, Daiki YANAGISHIMA, Toshiyuki ISHIKAWA, Michihiko MIFUJI, Satoshi KAGEYAMA, Nobuyuki KASAHARA
  • Patent number: 11011297
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosei Osada, Isamu Nishimura, Tetsuya Kagawa, Daiki Yanagishima, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Michihiko Mifuji, Satoshi Kageyama, Nobuyuki Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20200203058
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kosei OSADA, Isamu NISHIMURA, Tetsuya KAGAWA, Daiki YANAGISHIMA, Toshiyuki ISHIKAWA, Michihiko MIFUJI, Satoshi KAGEYAMA, Nobuyuki KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170287624
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosei OSADA, Isamu NISHIMURA, Tetsuya KAGAWA, Daiki YANAGISHIMA, Toshiyuki ISHIKAWA, Michihiko MIFUJI, Satoshi KAGEYAMA, Nobuyuki KASAHARA
  • Patent number: 9697948
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosei Osada, Isamu Nishimura, Tetsuya Kagawa, Daiki Yanagishima, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Michihiko Mifuji, Satoshi Kageyama, Nobuyuki Kasahara
  • Patent number: 9304251
    Abstract: To provide a plastic optical fiber using amorphous fluorinated polymers whereby transmission loss and bending loss are low, no cracking takes place during stretching, and a wide range of molding conditions is acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tanaka, Nobuyuki Kasahara, Masakuni Sato, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Susumu Saito, Tetsuji Shimohira, Yoshinobu Takano, Naoto Ota
  • Publication number: 20150344915
    Abstract: A process for producing a chemical product comprises a first fermentation step wherein fermentation is conducted by supplying a starting material compound and oxygen to a microorganism-containing liquid, to obtain a first fermentation broth containing a chemical product formed by the fermentation, a second fermentation step wherein the first fermentation broth is taken out and used as a second fermentation broth, and fermentation is conducted by supplying oxygen without supplying a starting material compound, so that the concentration of the starting material compound in the second fermentation broth is adjusted to be a concentration (Y) lower than a concentration (X) of the starting material compound in the first fermentation broth, and a separation step wherein the second fermentation broth is separated to obtain a separated liquid containing the chemical product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi SEKIYA, Hiroshi HATANO, Hiroki TANAKA, Nobuyuki KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150177456
    Abstract: To provide a plastic optical fiber using amorphous fluorinated polymers whereby transmission loss and bending loss are low, no cracking takes place during stretching, and a wide range of molding conditions is acceptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tanaka, Nobuyuki Kasahara, Masakuni Sato, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Susumu Saito, Tetsuji Shimohira, Yoshinobu Takano, Naoto Ota
  • Publication number: 20150137314
    Abstract: The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosei OSADA, Isamu NISHIMURA, Tetsuya KAGAWA, Daiki YANAGISHIMA, Toshiyuki ISHIKAWA, Michihiko MIFUJI, Satoshi KAGEYAMA, Nobuyuki KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150072386
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing an organic acid, whereby the desired organic acid can be efficiently recovered without necessity for adjusting the pH to a neutral level in the fermentation step. The method for producing an organic acid, comprises a first step of producing an organic acid by fermentation to obtain a crude liquid containing the organic acid and having a pH of from 1 to 5, and a second step of extracting the organic acid from the crude liquid containing the organic acid obtained in the first step by means of an extraction medium containing a C10-30 diester compound and an alkylamine compound to obtain an extract (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro . NOGAMI, Nobuyuki KASAHARA, Tsubasa TAKASUGI
  • Patent number: 8658746
    Abstract: To provide an electrolyte polymer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, made of a perfluorinated polymer having sulfonic groups, characterized in that in a test of immersing 0.1 g of the polymer in 50 g of a fenton reagent solution containing 3% of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and 200 ppm of bivalent iron ions at 40° C. for 16 hours, the amount of eluted fluorine ions detected in the solution is not more than 0.002% of the total amount of fluorine in the polymer immersed. The electrolyte polymer of the present invention has very few unstable terminal groups and has an excellent durability, and therefore, is suitable as a polymer constituting an electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and a polymer contained in a catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Atsushi Watakabe, Tetsuji Shimohira, Hisao Kawazoe, Ichiro Terada
  • Patent number: 8236213
    Abstract: A process for producing a perfluoropolymer, the process including extruding a polymer obtained by polymerizing a perfluoromonomer to prepare strands, and bringing a gas comprising from 3 to 50 volume % of fluorine gas into contact with the strands; the process being conducted on an apparatus that includes an extruder for melting and extruding the polymer obtained by polymerizing a perfluoromonomer, a die having a plurality of pores for preparing the strands from the molten polymer extruded, and a fluorination tank for bringing the gas comprising from 3 to 50 volume % of fluorine gas into contact with the strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Noriaki Miyaki, Fusaaki Takeo, Satoshi Shiratori
  • Publication number: 20120148818
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing copolymer, containing: chlorotrifluoroethylene monomer units (A); and monomer units (B), which are obtained by polymerizing a monomer selected from the group consisting of (i) a monomer having a formula: CH2?CHCOON(R0)2, wherein each R0 is independently a hydrogen or an alkyl group; (ii) N-vinylcaprolactam; (iii) a monomer having a formula: CH2?CR1CH2OCH2CR2?CH2, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen, a fluorine, or a methyl group; (iv) a monomer having a formula: CH2?CHCH2CH(CH3)—R3, wherein R3 is a linear alkyl group comprising 1 to 7 carbons; and (v) a monomer of methyl 2-fluoroacrylate, wherein a ratio, (A)/((A)+(B)), is from 3 to 99 mol %, a fluorine content of the copolymer is from 15 to 75 mol %, and a molecular weight of the copolymer is from 1,000 to 1,000,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Safir L. ADAM, Song Li, Shinji Okada, Nobuyuki Kasahara, Katsuya Ueno, Yoshitomi Morizawa, Takashi Okazoe
  • Patent number: 8118476
    Abstract: A gas/liquid mixing equipment of the present invention comprises a stirring vessel 1, a stirring shaft 10 inserted horizontally in the stirring vessel 1 and a helical ribbon impeller 20 attached to the stirring shaft 10, whereby a high gas absorption performance can be secured even with low shearing. Further, a polymer can be produced with high productivity. A gas/liquid mixing method of the present invention is a method which comprises employing the above-mentioned gas/liquid mixing equipment, and a method for producing a polymer of the present invention is a method which comprises polymerizing feed monomers containing gaseous monomers in aqueous solvents, wherein the gaseous monomers and the aqueous solvents are mixed by such a gas/liquid mixing method. A polymer of the present invention is produced by the above-mentioned method for producing a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Shin Tatematsu, Shigeki Kobayashi, Yasuhiko Matsuoka, Hiroki Nagai, Terence Edwin Attwood, Steven McDonald, Philip David Mackrell, Shigeki Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 8026316
    Abstract: To provide a process for efficiently producing a perfluoropolymer having unstable terminal groups reduced. A process for producing a fluorination-treated perfluoropolymer, which comprises melting a thermoplastic perfluoropolymer to form strands and contacting the polymer strands with a fluorine gas. For fluorination-treatment of the perfluoropolymer, an apparatus 10 is used, which comprises a melt extruder 11 for melting and extruding the perfluoropolymer, a die 12 for forming the melt extruded polymer into continuous strands 1 and a fluorination tank 13 for contacting the continuous strands 1 with a fluorine gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Noriaki Miyake
  • Publication number: 20110091791
    Abstract: To provide an electrolyte polymer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, made of a perfluorinated polymer having sulfonic groups, characterized in that in a test of immersing 0.1 g of the polymer in 50 g of a fenton reagent solution containing 3% of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and 200 ppm of bivalent iron ions at 40° C. for 16 hours, the amount of eluted fluorine ions detected in the solution is not more than 0.002% of the total amount of fluorine in the polymer immersed. The electrolyte polymer of the present invention has very few unstable terminal groups and has an excellent durability, and therefore, is suitable as a polymer constituting an electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and a polymer contained in a catalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KASAHARA, Atsushi Watakabe, Tetsuji Shimohira, Hisao Kawazoe, Ichiro Terada
  • Patent number: 7902311
    Abstract: To provide an electrolyte polymer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, made of a perfluorinated polymer having sulfonic groups, characterized in that in a test of immersing 0.1 g of the polymer in 50 g of a fenton reagent solution containing 3% of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and 200 ppm of bivalent iron ions at 40° C. for 16 hours, the amount of eluted fluorine ions detected in the solution is not more than 0.002% of the total amount of fluorine in the polymer immersed. The electrolyte polymer of the present invention has very few unstable terminal groups and has an excellent durability, and therefore, is suitable as a polymer constituting an electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and a polymer contained in a catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Atsushi Watakabe, Tetsuji Shimohira, Hisao Kawazoe, Ichiro Terada
  • Publication number: 20100063214
    Abstract: To provide a process for efficiently producing a perfluoropolymer having unstable terminal groups reduced. A process for producing a fluorination-treated perfluoropolymer, which comprises melting a thermoplastic perfluoropolymer to form strands and contacting the polymer strands with a fluorine gas. For fluorination-treatment of the perfluoropolymer, an apparatus 10 is used, which comprises a melt extruder 11 for melting and extruding the perfluoropolymer, a die 12 for forming the melt extruded polymer into continuous strands 1 and a fluorination tank 13 for contacting the continuous strands 1 with a fluorine gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Noriaki Miyake