Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Hara

Tsutomu Hara 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).

  • Patent number: 11860065
    Abstract: A method for leak testing includes a leak testing step and a reference leak step. In the leak testing step, a hollow work 20 as a test object is encapsulated in a work capsule 11. A test pressure is supplied to the work capsule 11 through a path 2a connected to the work capsule. A variation of pressure inside the work capsule 11 is detected in a condition in which the path 2a is shut-off, and a judgment is made whether a leakage through the work is generated based on the detected output. In the reference leak step, a reference leak device 30 having a known pinhole 31a is mounted on a work 20? for reference leakage that is same as the work 20 as the test object. The work 20? for reference leakage is encapsulated in the work capsule 11. The test pressure is supplied to the work capsule 11 via the path 2a, and a reference leakage is generated in the work 20? for reference leakage via the reference leak device 30 in a condition in which the path 2a is shut-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUKUDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mao Hirata, Tsutomu Hara, Naoto Izumo, Masaharu Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20230382599
    Abstract: A storage container for storing soft capsules to be orally ingested includes: a storage space for storing the soft capsules; an inner surface facing the storage space and contacting the soft capsules inside the storage space; and a separation unit causing part of a contact region of the soft capsules contacting the inner surface to be separated from the inner surface. The area of the contact portion of the contact region that contacts the inner surface is smaller than the area of the separation portion of the contact region that is separated from the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu HARA, Takamasa MORI, Shota SATO
  • Publication number: 20220349735
    Abstract: A flow rate of a gas is determined based on a predetermined relational expression including, as parameters: the flow rate of the gas; diameter and length of a hole; upstream and downstream pressures; and temperature, molecular weight, viscosity coefficient, and specific heat ratio of the gas. Additionally, setting conditions for a type and temperature of the gas, the length of the hole, and the pressures upstream and downstream from the hole are set; the relational expression is used to obtain the correspondence relationship between the diameter of the hole and the flow rate of the gas flowing through the hole; an approximation function approximating the obtained correspondence relationship is determined; the flow rate of a gas passing through a test piece having a hole of an unknown diameter is measured; and the diameter of the hole is estimated, based on the measured flow rate and the approximation function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hajime YOSHIDA, Yoshinori TAKEI, Kenta ARAI, Mao HIRATA, Tsutomu HARA, Jun INOMATA
  • Publication number: 20220227555
    Abstract: Provided is a packaging film including: a substrate layer that includes polyethylene; and a coating layer that includes a resin and is provided in contact with one surface of the substrate layer or is provided over one surface of the substrate layer through an anchor coat layer. In one preferable aspect of the packaging film, when a glass transition temperature of the coating layer is represented by Tgc and a glass transition temperature of the substrate layer is represented by Tgs, a value of Tgc is ?25° C. to 120° C. and a value of Tgc-Tgs is 90° C. to 245° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi YAMAMOTO, Masayuki SAKURAI, Izumi HARANO, Tsutomu HARA, Ryousuke MORITA, Hiroyuki WAKAKI, Tomoyoshi HAKAMATA, Hiroshi MATSUO, Ichiro TAKEISHI
  • Publication number: 20220113218
    Abstract: A method for leak testing includes a leak testing step and a reference leak step. In the leak testing step, a hollow work 20 as a test object is encapsulated in a work capsule 11. A test pressure is supplied to the work capsule 11 through a path 2a connected to the work capsule. A variation of pressure inside the work capsule 11 is detected in a condition in which the path 2a is shut-off, and a judgment is made whether a leakage through the work is generated based on the detected output. In the reference leak step, a reference leak device 30 having a known pinhole 31a is mounted on a work 20? for reference leakage that is same as the work 20 as the test object. The work 20? for reference leakage is encapsulated in the work capsule 11. The test pressure is supplied to the work capsule 11 via the path 2a, and a reference leakage is generated in the work 20? for reference leakage via the reference leak device 30 in a condition in which the path 2a is shut-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Mao HIRATA, Tsutomu HARA, Naoto IZUMO, Masaharu SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: 11248984
    Abstract: A method for leak testing includes a leak testing step and a reference leak step. In the leak testing step, a hollow work 20 as a test object is encapsulated in a work capsule 11. A test pressure is supplied to the work capsule 11 through a path 2a connected to the work capsule. A variation of pressure inside the work capsule 11 is detected in a condition in which the path 2a is shut-off, and a judgment is made whether a leakage through the work is generated based on the detected output. In the reference leak step, a reference leak device 30 having a known pinhole 31a is mounted on a work 20? for reference leakage that is same as the work 20 as the test object. The work 20? for reference leakage is encapsulated in the work capsule 11. The test pressure is supplied to the work capsule 11 via the path 2a, and a reference leakage is generated in the work 20? for reference leakage via the reference leak device 30 in a condition in which the path 2a is shut-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Fukuda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mao Hirata, Tsutomu Hara, Naoto Izumo, Masaharu Sugihara
  • Patent number: 10621936
    Abstract: In an apparatus for modulating light, a spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixels and configured to modulate input light in response to a drive voltage for each of the pixels. An input value setting unit is configured to set an input value for the each of pixels. The input value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the digital value is “N”, and “N” is a natural number. A converting unit is configured to convert the input value to a control value. A control value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the control value is “M”, and “M” is a natural number greater than “N”. A driving unit is configured to convert the control value to a voltage value and drive the each of the pixels in response to the drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Naoya Matsumoto, Takashi Inoue, Norihiro Fukuchi, Yuji Kobayashi, Tsutomu Hara
  • Publication number: 20190285507
    Abstract: A method for leak testing includes a leak testing step and a reference leak step. In the leak testing step, a hollow work 20 as a test object is encapsulated in a work capsule 11. A test pressure is supplied to the work capsule 11 through a path 2a connected to the work capsule. A variation of pressure inside the work capsule 11 is detected in a condition in which the path 2a is shut-off, and a judgment is made whether a leakage through the work is generated based on the detected output. In the reference leak step, a reference leak device 30 having a known pinhole 31a is mounted on a work 20? for reference leakage that is same as the work 20 as the test object. The work 20? for reference leakage is encapsulated in the work capsule 11. The test pressure is supplied to the work capsule 11 via the path 2a, and a reference leakage is generated in the work 20? for reference leakage via the reference leak device 30 in a condition in which the path 2a is shut-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: FUKUDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mao HIRATA, Tsutomu HARA, Naoto IZUMO, Masaharu SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: 10326106
    Abstract: The present invention is a sealing sheet comprising at least a base resin layer and a sealing resin layer, the base resin layer having a microstructure that is provided to one surface of the base resin layer, the sealing resin layer being provided on a side of the base resin layer on which the microstructure is provided, and the microstructure having a protrusion that has a maximum difference in height (H) of 1 to 50 ?m and is arranged two-dimensionally on the surface of the base resin layer, and an electronic device member, and an electronic device. The sealing sheet according to the invention exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability that suppresses or reduces the entry of a gas (e.g., water vapor) not only in the vertical direction, but also in the horizontal direction (from the edge) with respect to the surface of the sealing sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hara, Takeshi Kondo, Emi Fuchi
  • Publication number: 20190147816
    Abstract: In an apparatus for modulating light, a spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixels and configured to modulate input light in response to a drive voltage for each of the pixels. An input value setting unit is configured to set an input value for the each of pixels. The input value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the digital value is “N”, and “N” is a natural number. A converting unit is configured to convert the input value to a control value. A control value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the control value is “M”, and “M” is a natural number greater than “N”. A driving unit is configured to convert the control value to a voltage value and drive the each of the pixels in response to the drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Naoya MATSUMOTO, Takashi INOUE, Norihiro FUKUCHI, Yuji KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu HARA
  • Patent number: 10192502
    Abstract: In an apparatus for modulating light, an spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixels and configured to modulate input light in response to a drive voltage for each of the pixels. An input value setting unit is configured to set an input value for the each of pixels. The input value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the digital value is “N”, and “N” is a natural number. A converting unit is configured to convert the input value to a control value. A control value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the control value is “M”, and “M” is a natural number greater than “N”. A driving unit is configured to convert the control value to a voltage value and drive the each of the pixels in response to the drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Naoya Matsumoto, Takashi Inoue, Norihiro Fukuchi, Yuji Kobayashi, Tsutomu Hara
  • Publication number: 20180261800
    Abstract: The present invention is a sealing sheet comprising at least a base resin layer and a sealing resin layer, the base resin layer having a microstructure that is provided to one surface of the base resin layer, the sealing resin layer being provided on a side of the base resin layer on which the microstructure is provided, and the microstructure having a protrusion that has a maximum difference in height (H) of 1 to 50 ?m and is arranged two-dimensionally on the surface of the base resin layer, and an electronic device member, and an electronic device. The sealing sheet according to the invention exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability that suppresses or reduces the entry of a gas (e.g., water vapor) not only in the vertical direction, but also in the horizontal direction (from the edge) with respect to the surface of the sealing sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu HARA, Takeshi KONDO, Emi FUCHI
  • Patent number: 9857264
    Abstract: In leak testing by an accumulation method, it is possible to reliably detect accumulated inspection gas, and the reliability of leak testing is enhanced by reduction in background or impurity gas. At least an openable/closeable part 29 of a capsule 20 is housed inside a chamber 10 of a leak testing apparatus 1. A test workpiece 9 is housed in the capsule 20. Gas inside the chamber 10 is evacuated by a vacuum pump 31. A detector 2 detects inspection gas contained in this gas. The capsule 20 is continuously sealed for an accumulation time Ta, the capsule 20 is thereafter opened, and a leak is evaluated on the basis of detection information after the opening by the detector 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Fukuda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Watanabe, Tsutomu Hara, Naohiko Maruno
  • Patent number: 9859033
    Abstract: Provided are a conductive film which is excellent in hygrothermal characteristics and has excellent bending performance, and an electronic device having such a conductive film. A conductive film is obtained by forming, on one surface or both surfaces of a substrate, a zinc tin oxide (ZTO) layer and a transparent conductive film that is formed of zinc oxide other than zinc tin oxide sequentially from the substrate side, in which a thickness of the zinc tin oxide layer is 5 to 500 nm, a thickness of the zinc oxide-based transparent conductive film is 5 to 1000 nm, and a water-vapor transmittance rate of the zinc tin oxide (ZTO) layer is 0.1 g/(m2·day) or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hara, Satoshi Naganawa, Koichi Nagamoto
  • Patent number: 9736929
    Abstract: The present invention is a transparent conductive laminate comprising a base, a low-refractive-index layer, an intermediate-refractive-index layer, and a transparent conductive layer, the low-refractive-index layer, the intermediate-refractive-index layer, and the transparent conductive layer being sequentially stacked on at least one side of the base either directly or through one or more layers, the low-refractive-index layer having a refractive index of 1.40 to 1.50, and the intermediate-refractive-index layer having a refractive index of 1.50 to 1.80 and a film density of 2.5 to 4.5 g/cm3. The present invention provides a transparent conductive laminate that exhibits excellent moisture-heat resistance and excellent optical properties, and an electronic device or module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hara, Yuuta Suzuki, Koichi Nagamoto
  • Patent number: 9714125
    Abstract: A check valve 1 includes a housing member 10 inside which a fluid passage is formed, and a valve member 20 disposed inside the member 10. A valve seat part 11 is provided on an inner circumference surface of the member 10, the valve member 20 includes a valve disk 21 seated in a sealable manner on a seat surface 11a of the valve seat part 11, a pressing member 22 supported with the member 10 and pressing the valve disk 21 on the seat surface 11a, and a valve driving member 23 connected to the valve disk 21 and driving the valve disk 21 against pressing force of the pressing member 22, and an operating member 30 configured to be capable of operating the valve driving member 23 such that the valve disk 21 of the valve member 20 moves apart from the seat surface 11a is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Ichikawa, Tsutomu Hara, Tomio Tahara
  • Patent number: 9457937
    Abstract: Provided is a spouted bag body capable of having the same function as that of a check valve and allowing contents to easily come out by tilting a spout downward without applying excessive pressure to a bag body. A spouted bag body includes: a spout having a body portion formed in a cylindrical shape, and a valve portion disposed inside a cylindrical hole of the body portion; and a bag body attached to the body portion to seal an opening of the cylindrical hole on one side, in which the body portion is provided with a narrowed portion which protrudes from an inner surface of the cylindrical hole over an entire circumference thereof, and the valve portion includes a support portion attached to the body portion, and a movable portion which is formed of a material having elasticity, is connected to the support portion, and covers an opening of the narrowed portion on the other side by coming into contact with an edge portion of the opening of the narrowed portion on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Ichikawa, Tsutomu Hara, Tomio Tahara
  • Publication number: 20160178472
    Abstract: In leak testing by an accumulation method, it is possible to reliably detect accumulated inspection gas, and the reliability of leak testing is enhanced by reduction in background or impurity gas. At least an openable/closeable part 29 of a capsule 20 is housed inside a chamber 10 of a leak testing apparatus 1. A test workpiece 9 is housed in the capsule 20. Gas inside the chamber 10 is evacuated by a vacuum pump 31. A detector 2 detects inspection gas contained in this gas. The capsule 20 is continuously sealed for an accumulation time Ta, the capsule 20 is thereafter opened, and a leak is evaluated on the basis of detection information after the opening by the detector 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Fukuda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Watanabe, Tsutomu Hara, Naohiko Maruno
  • Publication number: 20160086683
    Abstract: Provided are a conductive film which is excellent in hygrothermal characteristics and has excellent bending performance, and an electronic device having such a conductive film. A conductive film is obtained by forming, on one surface or both surfaces of a substrate, a zinc tin oxide (ZTO) layer and a transparent conductive film that is formed of zinc oxide other than zinc tin oxide sequentially from the substrate side, in which a thickness of the zinc tin oxide layer is 5 to 500 nm, a thickness of the zinc oxide-based transparent conductive film is 5 to 1000 nm, and a water-vapor transmittance rate of the zinc tin oxide (ZTO) layer is 0.1 g/(m2·day) or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Tsutomu HARA, Satoshi NAGANAWA, Koichi NAGAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160063940
    Abstract: In an apparatus for modulating light, an spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixels and configured to modulate input light in response to a drive voltage for each of the pixels. An input value setting unit is configured to set an input value for the each of pixels. The input value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the digital value is “N”, and “N” is a natural number. A converting unit is configured to convert the input value to a control value. A control value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the control value is “M”, and “M” is a natural number greater than “N”. A driving unit is configured to convert the control value to a voltage value and drive the each of the pixels in response to the drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.,
    Inventors: Naoya MATSUMOTO, Takashi INOUE, Norihiro FUKUCHI, Yuji KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu HARA