Patents by Inventor Toshinari Watanabe

Toshinari 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: 20240025258
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display device includes n layers from a cover glass to a housing bottom member, including a display panel midway thereof. The housing bottom member is fixed to an interior portion of a vehicle at at least two fixing points. When a virtual plane R is defined based on the two fixing points, a distance Zcg is defined based on a main surface of the cover glass and the virtual plane R, and a distance Z is defined based on a main surface of the display panel and the virtual plane R, a ratio Z/Zcg is 0.6 or less. When a virtual line L is defined based on the main surface of the display panel and the virtual plane R, the n layers satisfy Expression (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toshinari WATANABE, Atsushi INOUE, Ryou HOKARI, Yasuhiro INOUE
  • Patent number: 11871590
    Abstract: A thin film of metal oxide includes zinc (Zn); tin (Sn); silicon (Si); and oxygen (O). In terms of oxide, based on 100 mol % of total of oxides of the thin film, SnO2 is greater than 15 mol % but less than or equal to 95 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hideo Hosono, Yoshitake Toda, Satoru Watanabe, Toshinari Watanabe, Kazuhiro Ito, Naomichi Miyakawa, Nobuhiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11531140
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an optical laminate capable of reducing reflectance not only with respect to light incident vertically but also light incident obliquely, and further capable of obtaining a neutral reflected color tone even when light is incident obliquely. The optical laminate includes a base material, an antireflection film provided on one surface of the base material, and a light shielding film provided on the other surface of the base material. The optical laminate satisfies all of the following characteristics (i) to (iii): 0.5<R(?1a,?1a)/R(?1b,?1b)<1.5;??(i) Y(?2)?3%; and??(ii) Y(?3)?10%;??(iii) in which R (?, ?) designates reflectance when light of a wavelength of ? nm is incident at an angle of ?, provided that ?1a=380 nm, ?1a=60° and ?1b=650 nm, ?1b=60°; and Y (?) designates luminous reflectance at an incident angle of ?, provided that ?2=5° and ?3=60°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Tachibana, Keisuke Matsuda, Takaaki Murakami, Toshinari Watanabe, Tomoyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11258006
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic memory element in which an improvement in properties, such as an improvement in coercive properties or a reduction in a leak current, can be attained, a method for producing the same, and a magnetic memory. The magnetic memory element, includes: a columnar stack ST in which a reference layer FX having a fixed magnetization direction, a barrier layer TL including a non-magnetic body, and a recording layer FR having a reversible magnetization direction are stacked in this order; and an insulating film which contains nitrogen and is provided to cover a lateral surface of the columnar stack, in which in one or both of the recording layer and the barrier layer, a nitrogen concentration is 7×1030 atoms/m2 or more in a position of 2 nm inside from an outer circumferential end of the columnar stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tetsuo Endoh, Masaaki Niwa, Hiroaki Honjo, Hideo Sato, Shoji Ikeda, Toshinari Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210343961
    Abstract: A thin film of metal oxide includes zinc (Zn); tin (Sn); silicon (Si); and oxygen (O). In terms of oxide, based on 100 mol % of total of oxides of the thin film, SnO2 is greater than 15 mol % but less than or equal to 95 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Satoru WATANABE, Toshinari WATANABE, Kazuhiro ITO, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Nobuhiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11094909
    Abstract: A thin film of amorphous metal oxide includes zinc (Zn), silicon (Si) and oxygen (O), the atomic ratio of Zn/(Zn+Si) being 0.30 to 0.95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hideo Hosono, Yoshitake Toda, Toshinari Watanabe, Naomichi Miyakawa, Kazuhiro Ito, Satoru Watanabe, Akira Mitsui, Kazuto Ohkoshi
  • Publication number: 20210091304
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a magnetic memory element in which an improvement in properties, such as an improvement in coercive properties or a reduction in a leak current, can be attained, a method for producing the same, and a magnetic memory. [Means for Resolution] The magnetic memory element, includes: a columnar stack ST in which a reference layer FX having a fixed magnetization direction, a barrier layer TL including a non-magnetic body, and a recording layer FR having a reversible magnetization direction are stacked in this order; and an insulating film (a second insulating film 20) which contains nitrogen and is provided to cover a lateral surface of the columnar stack, in which in one or both of the recording layer and the barrier layer, a nitrogen concentration is 7×1030 atoms/m2 or more in a position of 2 nm inside from an outer circumferential end of the columnar stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuo Endoh, Masaaki Niwa, Hiroaki Honjo, Hideo Sato, Shoji Ikeda, Toshinari Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190383971
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an optical laminate capable of reducing reflectance not only with respect to light incident vertically but also light incident obliquely, and further capable of obtaining a neutral reflected color tone even when light is incident obliquely. The optical laminate includes a base material, an antireflection film provided on one surface of the base material, and a light shielding film provided on the other surface of the base material. The optical laminate satisfies all of the following characteristics (i) to (iii): 0.5<R(?1a,?1a)/R(?1b,?1b)<1.5;??(i) Y(?2)?3%; and??(ii) Y(?3)?10%;??(iii) in which R (?, ?) designates reflectance when light of a wavelength of ? nm is incident at an angle of ?, provided that ?1a=380 nm, ?1a=60° and ?1b=650 nm, ?1b=60°; and Y (?) designates luminous reflectance at an incident angle of ?, provided that ?2=5° and ?3=60°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Tachibana, Keisuke Matsuda, Takaaki Murakami, Toshinari Watanabe, Tomoyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10446783
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a pair of first electrodes arranged separated from and opposing each other on a first surface of a substrate; a light-emitting layer arranged on at least one of the first electrodes; a second electrode arranged on the light-emitting layer; and a bridge layer connecting the first electrodes. The bridge layer is formed of a material having a resistance that falls within a range of 100 k? to 100 M?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Hosono, Yoshitake Toda, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Naomichi Miyakawa, Satoru Watanabe, Toshinari Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190172605
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an amorphous C12A7 electride thin film which has an electron density of greater than or equal to 2.0×1018 cm?3 and less than or equal to 2.3×1021 cm?3, and exhibits a light absorption at a photon energy position of 4.6 eV. Also disclosed herein is an amorphous thin film which is fabricated using a target made of a crystalline C12A7 electride, and containing an electride of an amorphous solid material includig calcium, aluminum, and oxygen, in which an Al/Ca molar ratio of the thin film is 0.5 to 4.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Katsuro HAYASHI, Setsuro ITO, Satoru WATANABE, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Toshinari WATANABE, Kazuhiro ITO
  • Patent number: 10249402
    Abstract: A C12A7 electride thin film fabrication method includes a step of forming an amorphous C12A7 electride thin film on a substrate by vapor deposition under an atmosphere with an oxygen partial pressure of less than 0.1 Pa using a target made of a crystalline C12A7 electride having an electron density within a range of 2.0×1018 cm?3 to 2.3×1021 cm?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AGC Inc., JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hideo Hosono, Yoshitake Toda, Katsuro Hayashi, Setsuro Ito, Satoru Watanabe, Naomichi Miyakawa, Toshinari Watanabe, Kazuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20190058142
    Abstract: A thin film of metal oxide includes zinc (Zn); tin (Sn); silicon (Si); and oxygen (O). In terms of oxide, based on 100 mol % of total of oxides of the thin film, SnO2 is greater than 15 mol % but less than or equal to 95 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Satoru WATANABE, Toshinari WATANABE, Kazuhiro ITO, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Nobuhiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10128457
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having a light-extraction structure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an inorganic-material-based layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer or between the second electrode and the light-emitting layer. The inorganic-material-based layer has thickness of 100 nm or more and has conductivity of 10?6 ??1 cm?1 or more and 100 ??1 cm?1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Nakamura, Naomichi Miyakawa, Satoru Watanabe, Toshinari Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9881773
    Abstract: A production method of an electroconductive mayenite compound having an electron density greater than or equal to 5×1020 cm?3 includes preparing an object of processing containing a mayenite compound or a precursor of a mayenite compound, placing aluminum foil on at least part of a surface of the object of processing, and retaining the object of processing at temperatures falling within the range of 1080° C. to 1450° C. in a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Satoru Watanabe, Toshinari Watanabe, Naomichi Miyakawa
  • Patent number: 9879338
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrically conductive mayenite compound, includes preparing a body to be processed including a mayenite compound; and placing the body to be processed in the presence of carbon monoxide gas and aluminum vapor supplied from an aluminum source without being in contact with the aluminum source and retaining the body to be processed at a temperature range of 1080° C. to 1450° C. under a reducing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Satoru Watanabe, Toshinari Watanabe, Naomichi Miyakawa
  • Publication number: 20170186990
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having a light-extraction structure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an inorganic-material-based layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer or between the second electrode and the light-emitting layer. The inorganic-material-based layer has thickness of 100 nm or more and has conductivity of 10?6 ??1cm?1 or more and 100 ??1cm?1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro NAKAMURA, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Satoru WATANABE, Toshinari WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170186989
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a pair of first electrodes arranged separated from and opposing each other on a first surface of a substrate; a light-emitting layer arranged on at least one of the first electrodes; a second electrode arranged on the light-emitting layer; and a bridge layer connecting the first electrodes. The bridge layer is formed of a material having a resistance that falls within a range of 100 k? to 100 M?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Nobuhiro NAKAMURA, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Satoru WATANABE, Toshinari WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170186984
    Abstract: A thin film of metal oxide includes zinc (Zn); tin (Sn); silicon (Si); and oxygen (O). In terms of oxide, based on 100 mol % of total of oxides of the thin film, SnO2 is greater than 15 mol % but less than or equal to 95 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Satoru WATANABE, Toshinari WATANABE, Kazuhiro ITO, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Nobuhiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160285027
    Abstract: A thin film of amorphous metal oxide includes zinc (Zn), silicon (Si) and oxygen (O), the atomic ratio of Zn/(Zn+Si) being 0.30 to 0.95.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: HIDEO HOSONO, YOSHITAKE TODA, TOSHINARI WATANABE, NAOMICHI MIYAKAWA, KAZUHIRO ITO, SATORU WATANABE, AKIRA MITSUI, KAZUTO OHKOSHI
  • Patent number: 9428827
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrically conductive mayenite compound, includes (a) preparing a body to be processed, the body to be processed including a mayenite compound or a precursor of a mayenite compound; and (b) performing a heat treatment on the body to be processed under a reducing atmosphere including an aluminum compound and carbon monoxide (CO) gas within a range of 1080° C. to 1450° C., the aluminum compound being a compound that emits aluminum oxide gas during the heat treatment on the body to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Satoru Watanabe, Toshinari Watanabe, Naomichi Miyakawa