Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Sakai
Tetsuya Sakai 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).
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Publication number: 20200117091Abstract: The pattern-forming method includes: applying a silicon-containing film-forming composition directly or indirectly on at least an upper face side of a substrate to form a silicon-containing film; applying a resist film-forming composition directly or indirectly on an upper face side of the silicon-containing film to form a resist film; exposing the resist film to an extreme ultraviolet ray or an electron beam; and developing the resist film exposed to form a resist pattern. The silicon-containing film-forming composition contains a compound having a first structural unit represented by formula (1), and a solvent. In the formula (1), R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and X and Y each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: JSR CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki SEKO, Tomoya TAJI, Nozomi SATOU, Tetsuya SAKAI
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Publication number: 20200073326Abstract: An image forming device that prints a first image using first toner and prints a second image using foil on a sheet of paper, includes: a former that forms a first toner image by the first toner of the first image on the paper and forms a second toner image by second toner different from the first toner of the second image on the paper; a fixer that fixes the first toner image and the second toner image formed on the paper; a melter that melts the second toner out of the first toner and the second toner fixed to the paper; and a foil printer that prints the second image by bonding the foil to the melted second toner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Tetsuya SAKAI, Yoshinori TSUTSUMI, Kenji TSURU, Munenori NAKANO
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Patent number: 10571827Abstract: A device that replenishes developer to a developer unit and includes a storage for storing developer, an agitation member, and a vibration plate. The agitation member has a blade shape and is rotationally driven to agitate the developer in the storage. The vibration plate extends from a top portion towards a bottom portion of the storage along a rotation direction of the agitation member, and includes a vibration portion that vibrates due to contact with the agitation member undergoing rotation. A top end of the vibration plate is fixed and a bottom end of the vibration plate is a free end, and there is a gap between the vibration portion and an inner wall of the storage. The vibration plate is provided with an engagement protrusion towards the free end that engages with the agitation member and causes the agitation member undergoing rotation to deform then spring back.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Tetsuya Sakai, Syuichi Katogi, Takeru Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20200006103Abstract: An alignment device which aligns notch portions of wafers includes mounting tables that hold the wafers, movement units that move the mounting tables, notch portion detection units that detect a circumferential positions of the notch portion, and a controller that controls positions of the mounting tables by the movement units. The mounting tables includes a mounting table main body portion and a pad member attached to an opening in the mounting table main body portion to hold the wafers. The pad member includes the main body portion that is attached to the opening and has a through hole in a center portion thereof, the first annular portion on an end side of the pad member to abut against wafers, and the first collar portion that is integrally provided with the first annular portion and the main body portion and extends toward outside of the main body portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki WATANABE, Tetsuya SAKAI, Hiroshi KIKAI
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Publication number: 20190056681Abstract: A device that replenishes developer to a developer unit and includes a storage for storing developer, an agitation member, and a vibration plate. The agitation member has a blade shape and is rotationally driven to agitate the developer in the storage. The vibration plate extends from a top portion towards a bottom portion of the storage along a rotation direction of the agitation member, and includes a vibration portion that vibrates due to contact with the agitation member undergoing rotation. A top end of the vibration plate is fixed and a bottom end of the vibration plate is a free end, and there is a gap between the vibration portion and an inner wall of the storage. The vibration plate is provided with an engagement protrusion towards the free end that engages with the agitation member and causes the agitation member undergoing rotation to deform then spring back.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Tetsuya SAKAI, Syuichi KATOGI, Takeru KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 10173317Abstract: A multi-articulated manipulator composed of more than one hollow outer shell, joints to connect the outer shells to each other, a grasping member fastened for rotating movement with respect to the proximal outer shell, a claw transmission shaft to actuate the grasping member to rotate and an outer shell power transmission shaft to actuate the outer shells in to rotate independently from each other. The claw transmission shaft and the outer shell power transmission shaft respectively are composed of universal joints capable of rotating force and transmitting torque.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Sato, Tetsuya Sakai
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Patent number: 10137569Abstract: A multi-articulated manipulator is operated without rickety movement by a pair of grasping members, springs for the grasping members, and other springs extended across the foremost outer shell and the basement outer shell. The manipulator is small in size, easy to handle, reliable, better response and high precision in medical applications. With the multi-articulated manipulator, the foremost outer shell is connected to the basement outer shell in a bending manner. A pair of grasping members of claw members is connected to the foremost end of the foremost outer shell. The claw members are operated with a pair of claw power-transmission shafts and energized with springs to be biased towards their closed situation. The foremost outer shell and the basement outer shell are operated with claw power-transmitting shaft and normally biased by springs towards their closed situation.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Sato, Tetsuya Sakai
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Patent number: 9796092Abstract: This multi-articulated manipulator is rich in reliability and follow-up property in medical applications. The multi-articulated manipulator is composed of more than one hollow outer shell, joint members to connect the outer shells each other, a grasping member fastened for rocking movement to the foremost outer shell, and a power transmission shaft to actuate the grasping member and the outer shell in a bending manner independently from each other. The power transmission shaft is composed of a universal join allowed to bend independently from each other and transmit the rotating torque, and a transmission shaft capable of making expansion and shrinkage and able to transmit rotating torque. The power transmission shaft at the foremost end thereof has male threads mating with the nut made at the boss portion inside the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Sato, Tetsuya Sakai
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Patent number: 9776333Abstract: A hand member forms a hand of a robot arm for transferring a semiconductor wafer. The hand member is a U-shaped member on which the semiconductor wafer is placed. The hand member includes at least one fitting portion on which a frictional holding member for holding the semiconductor wafer is fitted sideways, on each of an inner edge and an outer edge.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Sakai, Hideki Sakaue
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Publication number: 20170144313Abstract: A hand member forms a hand of a robot arm for transferring a semiconductor wafer. The hand member is a U-shaped member on which the semiconductor wafer is placed. The hand member includes at least one fitting portion on which a frictional holding member for holding the semiconductor wafer is fitted sideways, on each of an inner edge and an outer edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Hirata CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Sakai, Hideki Sakaue
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Publication number: 20170050313Abstract: This multi-articulated manipulator is operated without rickety movement by means of a pair of grasping members, springs for the grasping members, and other springs extended across the foremost outer shell and the basement outer shell. This manipulator is small in size, easy in handling, rich in reliability, follow-up property and high precision in medical applications. With the multi-articulated manipulator, the foremost outer shell is connected to the basement outer shell in a bending manner. A pair of grasping members of claw members is connected to the foremost end of the foremost outer shell. The claw members are operated with a pair of claw power-transmission shafts and energized with springs to be biased towards their closed situation. The foremost outer shell and the basement outer shell are operated with claw power-transmitting shaft and normally biased by springs towards their closed situation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Takashi SATO, Tetsuya SAKAI
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Patent number: 9494219Abstract: Tables having nuts are easily assembled and/or replaced on a lead screw from an open side thereof. The lead screw has a large screw near a motor and a small screw remote from the motor. A right-handed screw mating with one of the nuts and a left-handed screw mating with the other of the nuts lie adjacent to each other in the lengthwise direction. A stepped portion of flange coming into an inner ring of a bearing is placed on an end shaft in adjacency to the large screw. The pair of the tables after energization of the motor is controlled to come to a preselected phase in which the tables get closer or nearer each other or come to another preselected phase in which the tables go away from each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Tetsuya Sakai
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Patent number: 9486744Abstract: Provided is a separation membrane manufacturing method capable of easily manufacturing a dense separation membrane. The separation membrane manufacturing method comprises a membrane forming step of forming a separation membrane precursor containing a separation membrane precursor solution on the surface of cells formed in a porous monolith substrate; and a drying step of performing ventilation drying by passing hot air through the cells having the separation membrane precursor in the monolith substrate to dry the separation membrane precursor. During the ventilation drying in the drying step, the temperature of the monolith substrate having the separation membrane precursor is raised to 90° C. within 15 minutes from the start of the passing of the hot air at such a rate of temperature rise that an average rate of temperature rise is 7° C./min or more from the start of the passing of the hot air until the temperature reaches 90° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Sakai, Hideyuki Suzuki, Akimasa Ichikawa, Naoto Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20160243697Abstract: This multi-articulated manipulator is rich in reliability, follow-up property and high precision in medical applications. The multi-articulated manipulator is composed of more than one hollow outer shell, joints to connect the outer shells each other, a grasping member fastened for rocking movement to the foremost outer shell, a claw transmission shaft to actuate the grasping member in a rocking manner and an outer shell power transmission shaft to actuate the outer shells in a bending manner independently from each other. The claw transmission shaft and the outer shell power transmission shaft respectively are composed of universal joints are capable of bending force and transmitting torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Takashi SATO, Tetsuya SAKAI
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Publication number: 20160207206Abstract: This multi-articulated manipulator is rich in reliability and follow-up property in medical applications. The multi-articulated manipulator is composed of more than one hollow outer shell, joint members to connect the outer shells each other, a grasping member fastened for rocking movement to the foremost outer shell, and a power transmission shaft to actuate the grasping member and the outer shell in a bending manner independently from each other. The power transmission shaft is composed of a universal join allowed to bend independently from each other and transmit the rotating torque, and a transmission shaft capable of making expansion and shrinkage and able to transmit rotating torque. The power transmission shaft at the foremost end thereof has male threads mating with the nut made at the boss portion inside the outer shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Takashi SATO, Tetsuya SAKAI
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Patent number: 9253367Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a charging device that uniformly charges the image carrying member, an exposure device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member, a development device that applies a development bias voltage to form a visible image in which toner is adhered to the electrostatic latent image, a control portion that controls an exposure amount in the exposure device and the development bias voltage and a storage portion that stores an exposure condition and a development condition. The resolution of image data can be switched to at least two types, a standard resolution and a high resolution higher than the standard resolution, and when the resolution of the image data is set at the high resolution, the control portion controls the exposure amount in the exposure device to perform thinning processing on the image.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Mitsuru Obara, Tetsuya Sakai, Munenori Nakano, Hironori Akashi, Tomoyuki Saito
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Publication number: 20150308548Abstract: Tables having nuts are easily assembled and/or replaced on a lead screw from an open side thereof. The lead screw has a large screw near a motor and a small screw remote from the motor. A right-handed screw mating with one of the nuts and a left-handed screw mating with the other of the nuts lie adjacent to each other in the lengthwise direction. A stepped portion of flange coming into an inner ring of a bearing is placed on an end shaft in adjacency to the large screw. The pair of the tables after energization of the motor is controlled to come to a preselected phase in which the tables get closer or nearer each other or come to another preselected phase in which the tables go away from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventor: Tetsuya SAKAI
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Patent number: D805044Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Sakai, Hideki Sakaue
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Patent number: D811457Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Sakai, Hideki Sakaue
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Patent number: D871194Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Watanabe, Tetsuya Sakai