Patents by Inventor Shinji Muto

Shinji Muto 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: 20190152867
    Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic matrix composite is provided with: weaving a fabric from fibers of SiC; infiltrating SiC into pores in the fabric by vapor phase infiltration; executing solid phase infiltration by immersing the fabric after the vapor phase infiltration in an immersion liquid including a solvent, a SiC powder and a glass powder to infiltrate SiC and glass into the fabric; and executing liquid phase infiltration by immersing the fabric after the solid phase infiltration in an immersion liquid including a solvent and an organic silicon polymer and calcine the immersed fabric to infiltrate SiC into the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke MIZOKAMI, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Shinji MUTO, Hiroshige MURATA
  • Publication number: 20190071364
    Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite component includes a first substrate and a second substrate each formed of a silicide-containing ceramic matrix composite, silicon carbide layers respectively coating a bonding surface of the first substrate and a bonding surface of the second substrate, and a bonding layer formed of a silicon-containing alloy and provided between the silicon carbide layer coating the bonding surface of the first substrate and the silicon carbide layer coating the bonding surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Rie HARADA, Yousuke MIZOKAMI, Takahiko SHINOHARA, Shinji MUTO
  • Patent number: 10132778
    Abstract: A pair of electrodes is connected to a test specimen in order to apply an electric current to the test specimen in the direction of a conductive fiber of each conductive fiber woven fabric of a plurality of prepregs as targets for verification of the presence or absence of waviness, among a plurality of prepregs constituting the test specimen composed of a conductive composite material, and then a magnetic field sensor is relatively scanned over the test specimen, while applying an electric current between the pair of electrodes, to determine a portion of the test specimen where a magnetic field variation is detected by the scanning of the magnetic field sensor as a portion where waviness of the conductive fibers of the conductive fiber woven fabric of the plurality of prepregs as targets for verification of the presence or absence of waviness is present. Thus, it is possible to grasp, for example, the condition of fibers of the conductive composite material in the test specimen as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Tsuda, Hiroaki Hatanaka, Shinji Muto, Koichi Inagaki, Hiroyuki Hishida, Akiyoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 9709084
    Abstract: A clip includes a pair of holding members arranged oppositely to one another to be capable of holding an elastic body therebetween, a base member, to which end portions of one side of the pair of holding members are coupled and at least one of the holding members is pivotably coupled, set on an object to be fixed, and pressing members provided on the holding members for pressing/retaining the elastic member between the pair of holding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, NEWFREY LLC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kato, Shinji Muto, Kei Akazawa, Yoshimichi Matudaira
  • Publication number: 20160209365
    Abstract: A pair of electrodes is connected to a test specimen in order to apply an electric current to the test specimen in the direction of a conductive fiber of each conductive fiber woven fabric of a plurality of prepregs as targets for verification of the presence or absence of waviness, among a plurality of prepregs constituting the test specimen composed of a conductive composite material, and then a magnetic field sensor is relatively scanned over the test specimen, while applying an electric current between the pair of electrodes, to determine a portion of the test specimen where a magnetic field variation is detected by the scanning of the magnetic field sensor as a portion where waviness of the conductive fibers of the conductive fiber woven fabric of the plurality of prepregs as targets for verification of the presence or absence of waviness is present. Thus, it is possible to grasp, for example, the condition of fibers of the conductive composite material in the test specimen as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori TSUDA, Hiroaki HATANAKA, Shinji MUTO, Koichi INAGAKI, Hiroyuki HISHIDA, Akiyoshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20160072105
    Abstract: A battery cover includes side walls that cover four side faces of the battery, and a first spacer provided at a top portion of the side walls for providing a space between the battery and the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji MUTO, Jun IWATA, Masashi NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20140109358
    Abstract: A clip includes a pair of holding members arranged oppositely to one another to be capable of holding an elastic body therebetween, a base member, to which end portions of one side of the pair of holding members are coupled and at least one of the holding members is pivotably coupled, set on an object to be fixed, and pressing members provided on the holding members for pressing/retaining the elastic member between the pair of holding members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicants: NEWFREY LLC., NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Kato, Shinji Muto, Kei Akazawa, Yoshimichi Matudaira
  • Patent number: 8636873
    Abstract: A structure, for use in a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus in which a plasma process is performed on a target substrate, includes a base member at least having a first surface and a second surface; and a thermally sprayed insulating film covering the first surface. Further, the structure includes an insulating protection member covering the second surface and made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient different from that of the base member; and an insulating layer interposed between the thermally sprayed insulating film and the insulating protection member to prevent a contact therebetween. The thermally sprayed insulating film, the insulating protection member and the insulating layer constitute an insulating surface covering the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Masakazu Higuma, Shinji Muto
  • Patent number: 8430375
    Abstract: A foam filling member that can hold a foam sheet in a looped shape stably, without increasing the number of components, to provide improved vibration suppression and sound insulation. The strip-like foam sheet is formed in a looped shape by bending round it, so that both end portions of the foam sheet are overlapped with each other in a thickness direction thereof to form an overlapped portion therein. Then, insertion shafts of a clip are inserted through the overlapped portion, so that the overlapped portion is held in sandwich relation between a base portion and a head portion to form a foam filling member. Then, a supporting portion of the fixing portion of the clip is inserted in a fixing hole of an inner panel and fixed to the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kinpara, Shinji Muto, Shinpei Nishikawa, Takehiro Ul
  • Patent number: 8225569
    Abstract: A foam filling member that can hold a foam sheet in a looped shape stably, without increasing the number of components, to provide improved vibration suppression and sound insulation. The strip-like foam sheet is formed in a looped shape by bending round it, so that both end portions of the foam sheet are overlapped with each other in a thickness direction thereof to form an overlapped portion therein. Then, insertion shafts of a clip are inserted through the overlapped portion, so that the overlapped portion is held in sandwich relation between a base portion and a head portion to form a foam filling member. Then, a supporting portion of the fixing portion of the clip is inserted in a fixing hole of an inner panel and fixed to the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kinpara, Shinji Muto, Shinpei Nishikawa, Takehiro Ui
  • Patent number: 7985459
    Abstract: A foam filling member having a foaming base material in sheet form which is simplified in structure so that it can be formed into a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of a space of a structure with an improved working efficiency and can also be placed in a space of the structure with an improved working efficiency, without any need of the sticking to a wall surface of a partition wall defining the space of the structure. Incisions 4, 5, 6, 7, cut in partway along a thickness direction of the foaming base material 2 along a bending portion and cuts 9, 10 passing through in the thickness direction are formed in the foaming base material 2. By simply bending or folding the foaming base material 2 along the incisions 4, 5, 6, 7 and the cuts 9, 10, the foam filling member 1 can be formed in a three-dimensional shape corresponding to an interior space of a pillar and thus can be set in place in the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Muto, Kazuhiko Kinpara, Takehiro Ui
  • Publication number: 20110076435
    Abstract: A shield plate includes a flat plate shaped member; and a stress-concentrating portion which is formed over the entire surface of the flat plate shaped member and bends when an external force is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Tachibana, Masayuki Kadota, Shinji Muto, Kenji Kobayashi, Hideaki Morita
  • Publication number: 20100325994
    Abstract: A foam filling member that can hold a foam sheet in a looped shape stably, without increasing the number of components, to provide improved vibration suppression and sound insulation. The strip-like foam sheet is formed in a looped shape by bending round it, so that both end portions of the foam sheet are overlapped with each other in a thickness direction thereof to form an overlapped portion therein. Then, insertion shafts of a clip are inserted through the overlapped portion, so that the overlapped portion is held in sandwich relation between a base portion and a head portion to form a foam filling member. Then, a supporting portion of the fixing portion of the clip is inserted in a fixing hole of an inner panel and fixed to the inner panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kinpara, Shinji Muto, Shinpei Nishikawa, Takehiro Ul
  • Publication number: 20100319284
    Abstract: A foam filling member that can hold a foam sheet in a looped shape stably, without increasing the number of components, to provide improved vibration suppression and sound insulation. The strip-like foam sheet is formed in a looped shape by bending round it, so that both end portions of the foam sheet are overlapped with each other in a thickness direction thereof to form an overlapped portion therein. Then, insertion shafts of a clip are inserted through the overlapped portion, so that the overlapped portion is held in sandwich relation between a base portion and a head portion to form a foam filling member. Then, a supporting portion of the fixing portion of the clip is inserted in a fixing hole of an inner panel and fixed to the inner panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kinpara, Shinji Muto, Shinpei Nishikawa, Takehiro Ul
  • Publication number: 20100319283
    Abstract: A foam filling member that can hold a foam sheet in a looped shape stably, without increasing the number of components, to provide improved vibration suppression and sound insulation. The strip-like foam sheet is formed in a looped shape by bending round it, so that both end portions of the foam sheet are overlapped with each other in a thickness direction thereof to form an overlapped portion therein. Then, insertion shafts of a clip are inserted through the overlapped portion, so that the overlapped portion is held in sandwich relation between a base portion and a head portion to form a foam filling member. Then, a supporting portion of the fixing portion of the clip is inserted in a fixing hole of an inner panel and fixed to the inner panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kinpara, Shinji Muto, Shinpei Nishikawa, Takehiro Ul
  • Patent number: 7819377
    Abstract: A foam filling member that can hold a foam sheet in a looped shape stably, without increasing the number of components, to provide improved vibration suppression and sound insulation. The strip-like foam sheet is formed in a looped shape by bending round it, so that both end portions of the foam sheet are overlapped with each other in a thickness direction thereof to form an overlapped portion therein. Then, insertion shafts of a clip are inserted through the overlapped portion, so that the overlapped portion is held in sandwich relation between a base portion and a head portion to form a foam filling member. Then, a supporting portion of the fixing portion of the clip is inserted in a fixing hole of an inner panel and fixed to the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kinpara, Shinji Muto, Shinpei Nishikawa, Takehiro Ui
  • Publication number: 20090229757
    Abstract: The plasma processing apparatus includes: a chamber including an upper electrode and a lower electrode; a matching box electrically connected to the lower electrode, wherein the matching box is freely attached and detached with respect to the lower electrode and supplies a radio frequency (RF) power to the lower electrode; and an air cylinder fixed at the chamber and pulling up the matching box to a position where the matching box is connected to the lower electrode. The lower electrode and the matching box are electrically connected to each other via a cylindrical female terminal connected to one of the lower electrode and the matching box and a male terminal connected to other one of the lower electrode and the matching box and inserted in an inner diameter surface of the female terminal, and at least one of the female terminal and the male terminal includes an elastic conductor covering a contact surface that contacts other one of the female terminal and the male terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Shinji Muto
  • Publication number: 20090193754
    Abstract: A foam filling member having a foaming base material in sheet form which is simplified in structure so that it can be formed into a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of a space of a structure with an improved working efficiency and can also be placed in a space of the structure with an improved working efficiency, without any need of the sticking to a wall surface of a partition wall defining the space of the structure. Incisions 4, 5, 6, 7, cut in partway along a thickness direction of the foaming base material 2 along a bending portion and cuts 9, 10 passing through in the thickness direction are formed in the foaming base material 2. By simply bending or folding the foaming base material 2 along the incisions 4, 5, 6, 7 and the cuts 9, 10, the foam filling member 1 can be formed in a three-dimensional shape corresponding to an interior space of a pillar and thus can be set in place in the interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Muto, Kazuhiko Kinpara, Takehiro Ui
  • Patent number: 7544393
    Abstract: The susceptor of a plasma treating device, or the electrostatic chuck of a substrate table, is formed by ceramic thermal spray method. A thermally sprayed ceramic layer is pore-sealed by methacrylic resin. Resin raw material mainly containing methyl methacrylate is applied to and impregnated into the thermally sprayed ceramic layer and then is cured to thereby fill pores between ceramic particles in the thermally sprayed ceramic layer with methacrylic resin. Methacrylic resin raw material solution, which does not produce pores at curing, can complete perfect pore sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shinji Muto, Chihiro Taguchi, Nobuyuki Okayama
  • Patent number: 7527850
    Abstract: A foam filling member having a foaming base material in sheet form which is simplified in structure so that it can be formed into a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of a space of a structure with an improved working efficiency and can also be placed in a space of the structure with an improved working efficiency, without any need of the sticking to a wall surface of a partition wall defining the space of the structure. Incisions 4, 5, 6, 7, cut in partway along a thickness direction of the foaming base material 2 along a bending portion and cuts 9, 10 passing through in the thickness direction are formed in the foaming base material 2. By simply bending or folding the foaming base material 2 along the incisions 4, 5, 6, 7 and the cuts 9, 10, the foam filling member 1 can be formed in a three-dimensional shape corresponding to an interior space of a pillar and thus can be set in place in the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Muto, Kazuhiko Kinpara, Takehiro Ui