Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Okuda

Yasuhiro Okuda 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: 20240151891
    Abstract: A minimum display unit forming a pattern, displayable by a light guide plate of a display device, has first and second prisms with reflective surfaces in a curved surface shape that is convex relative to an incident surface of the light guide plate. The first and second prisms are configured such that a ratio of light quantities from first and second light sources having different emission colors into the light guide plate, reflected by the reflective surface of the first prism, and directed to a predetermined direction is a first ratio; a ratio of light quantities from second and third light sources having different emission colors into the light guide plate, reflected by the reflective surface of the second prism, and directed to the predetermined direction is a second ratio. The first and second ratios are set such that the minimum display unit is displayed in a predetermined display color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru OKUDA, Yasuhiro Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20240153760
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving the controllability of firm thickness distribution. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber; a first and a second gas supply system; an exhaust system; and a controller for controlling the first and the second gas supply system and the exhaust system to form a film. The first gas supply system includes: a first and a second storage part; a first gas supply port for supplying a gas stored in the first storage part from an outer periphery toward a center of a substrate; and a second gas supply for supplying the gas stored in the second storage part from the outer periphery along a direction more inclined toward the outer periphery than a direction from the outer periphery toward the center of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuyuki OKUDA, Syuzo SAKURAI, Yasuhiro INOKUCHI, Masayoshi MINAMI
  • Patent number: 11951919
    Abstract: An in-vehicle power supply system includes: a main battery; an upper power supply unit configured to supply power of a power supply to the main battery; a first power supply line allocated to conduct the power of the power supply of a first voltage; a second power supply line allocated to conduct the power of the power supply of a second voltage lower than the first voltage; a step-down conversion unit configured to step down a voltage of the first power supply line to supply the power of the power supply to the second power supply line; and a capacitor. The upper power supply unit, the capacitor, and an input of the step-down conversion unit are connected to the first power supply line. The main battery and an output of the step-down conversion unit are connected to the second power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kominato, Sadaharu Okuda
  • Patent number: 11915927
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving the controllability of firm thickness distribution. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber; a first and a second gas supply system; an exhaust system; and a controller for controlling the first and the second gas supply system and the exhaust system to form a film. The first gas supply system includes: a first and a second storage part; a first gas supply port for supplying a gas stored in the first storage part from an outer periphery toward a center of a substrate; and a second gas supply for supplying the gas stored in the second storage part from the outer periphery along a direction more inclined toward the outer periphery than a direction from the outer periphery toward the center of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Okuda, Syuzo Sakurai, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Masayoshi Minami
  • Publication number: 20220272838
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dielectric sheet, includes the steps of extrusion molding a mixture including powder polytetrafluoroethylene and spherical silica at a temperature lower than or equal to a melting point of the polytetrafluoroethylene, and calendering a sheet body obtained by the extrusion molding. A mass ratio of the silica with respect to the polytetrafluoroethylene is 1.3 or greater. An average particle diameter of the silica is 0.1 ?m or greater but 3.0 ?m or less. A reduction ratio of the extrusion molding is 8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Shingo KAIMORI, Takashi NINOMIYA, Motohiko SUGIURA, Yasuhiro OKUDA, Hideki KASHIHARA, Satoshi KIYA, Makoto NAKABAYASHI, Kentaro OKAMOTO, Chiaki TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210260536
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a micro or nano porous membrane composed of a stretched membrane of a fluororesin membrane, wherein the fluororesin membrane contains sintered bodies of a plurality of core-shell particles containing fluororesins, wherein the core-shell particles include cores and shells covering outer surfaces of the cores, wherein an average particle size of the core-shell particles before being sintered is greater than or equal to 100 nm and less than or equal to 1,000 nm, wherein a ratio of a volume of the shells to a volume of the cores in the core-shell particles before being sintered is greater than or equal to 2/98 and less than or equal to 50/50, wherein a fluororesin of the cores is a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer or a combination thereof, and a fluororesin of the shells is polytetrafluoroethylene, and wherein a first heat of fusion of the fluororesins in the core-shell particles is less than or equal to
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Hirokazu KATAYAMA, Fumihiro HAYASHI, Yasuhiro OKUDA
  • Patent number: 10307825
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a metal powder and an ink with which a sintered body having good flexibility can be formed, and a sintered body having good flexibility. A metal powder according to an embodiment of the present invention has a mean particle size D50BET of 1 nm or more and 200 nm or less as calculated by a BET method, a mean crystallite size DCryst of 20 nm or less as determined by an X-ray analysis, and a ratio (DCryst/D50BET) of the mean crystallite size DCryst to the mean particle size D50BET of less than 0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Issei Okada, Yoshio Oka, Takashi Kasuga, Yasuhiro Okuda, Jinjoo Park, Kousuke Miura, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20180333739
    Abstract: A coating device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a travel module that causes a strip-shaped sheet to travel in a longitudinal direction, a coating module that coats a surface of the strip-shaped sheet with ink while the strip-shaped sheet travels, and a supply module that supplies the ink to the coating module. The coating module includes a slot-type coating head that is disposed above the strip-shaped sheet so as to span the strip-shaped sheet in a width direction. The slot-type coating head includes an ink storage part that widens toward the strip-shaped sheet in cross-sectional view and an ink supply path that communicates with an upper part of the ink storage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MIYATA, Takashi KASUGA, Yoshio OKA, Yasuhiro OKUDA, Jinjoo PARK, Hiroshi UEDA, Kohei OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10096855
    Abstract: A redox flow cell membrane includes a porous membrane that has a mean flow pore size of not more than 100 nm, that has a thickness of not more than 500 ?m, and that has an air flow rate of not less than 0.1 ml/s·cm2. When the redox flow cell membrane is used for a V—V-based redox flow cell, the porous membrane preferably has a mean flow pore size of not more than 30 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Katayama, Yasuhiro Okuda, Naoki Shimbara, Toshio Shigematsu, Yongrong Dong, Kei Hanafusa, Fumihiro Hayashi, Aya Ooya
  • Patent number: 9967976
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property, and a conductive layer formed on at least one of surfaces of the base film. In the substrate for a printed circuit board, at least the conductive layer contains titanium in a dispersed manner. The conductive layer preferably contains copper or a copper alloy as a main component. A mass ratio of titanium in the conductive layer is preferably 10 ppm or more and 1,000 ppm or less. The conductive layer is preferably formed by application and heating of a conductive ink containing metal particles. The conductive ink preferably contains titanium or a titanium ion. The metal particles are preferably obtained by a titanium redox process including reducing metal ions using trivalent titanium ions as a reducing agent in an aqueous solution by an action of the reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyata, Issei Okada, Takashi Kasuga, Yoshio Oka, Yasuhiro Okuda, Jinjoo Park, Hiroshi Ueda, Kousuke Miura
  • Publication number: 20180015547
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a metal powder and an ink with which a sintered body having good flexibility can be formed, and a sintered body having good flexibility. A metal powder according to an embodiment of the present invention has a mean particle size D50BET of 1 nm or more and 200 nm or less as calculated by a BET method, a mean crystallite size DCryst of 20 nm or less as determined by an X-ray analysis, and a ratio (DCryst/D50BET) of the mean crystallite size DCryst to the mean particle size D50BET of less than 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Issei OKADA, Yoshio OKA, Takashi KASUGA, Yasuhiro OKUDA, Jinjoo PARK, Kousuke MIURA, Hiroshi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20170347459
    Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property, and a conductive layer formed on at least one of surfaces of the base film. In the substrate for a printed circuit board, at least the conductive layer contains titanium in a dispersed manner. The conductive layer preferably contains copper or a copper alloy as a main component. A mass ratio of titanium in the conductive layer is preferably 10 ppm or more and 1,000 ppm or less. The conductive layer is preferably formed by application and heating of a conductive ink containing metal particles. The conductive ink preferably contains titanium or a titanium ion. The metal particles are preferably obtained by a titanium redox process including reducing metal ions using trivalent titanium ions as a reducing agent in an aqueous solution by an action of the reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MIYATA, Issei OKADA, Takashi KASUGA, Yoshio OKA, Yasuhiro OKUDA, Jinjoo PARK, Hiroshi UEDA, Kousuke MIURA
  • Publication number: 20160330850
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate for a printed wiring board, and a printed wiring board, which are not limited in size because vacuum equipment is not necessary for the production, in which an organic adhesive is not used, and which can include a conductive layer (copper foil layer) having a sufficiently small thickness. Also provided are a method for producing the substrate for a printed wiring board, and a method for producing the printed wiring board. A substrate for a printed wiring board includes an insulating base, a first conductive layer that is stacked on the insulating base, and a second conductive layer that is stacked on the first conductive layer, in which the first conductive layer is a coating layer composed of a conductive ink containing metal particles, and the second conductive layer is a plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshio OKA, Takashi KASUGA, Issei OKADA, Katsunari MIKAGE, Naota UENISHI, Yasuhiro OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20160330847
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate for a printed wiring board, and a printed wiring board, which are not limited in size because vacuum equipment is not necessary for the production, in which an organic adhesive is not used, and which can include a conductive layer (copper foil layer) having a sufficiently small thickness. Also provided are a method for producing the substrate for a printed wiring board, and a method for producing the printed wiring board. A substrate for a printed wiring board includes an insulating base, a first conductive layer that is stacked on the insulating base, and a second conductive layer that is stacked on the first conductive layer, in which the first conductive layer is a coating layer composed of a conductive ink containing metal particles, and the second conductive layer is a plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshio OKA, Takashi KASUGA, Issei OKADA, Katsunari MIKAGE, Naota UENISHI, Yasuhiro OKUDA
  • Patent number: 9226406
    Abstract: By connecting together connecting electrodes having an organic film serving as an oxidation-preventing film using a conductive adhesive, the manufacturing process can be simplified, and a highly reliable connection structure can be constructed at low cost. An electrode connection method, in which a first connecting electrode 2 and a second connecting electrode 10 are connected together through a conductive adhesive 9 that is interposed between the electrodes, includes an organic film formation step in which an organic film 6 is formed on at least a surface of the first connecting electrode, and an electrode connection step in which the first connecting electrode and the second connecting electrode are connected together through the conductive adhesive. In the electrode connection step, by allowing an organic film decomposing component mixed in the conductive adhesive to act on the organic film, the organic film is decomposed, and thus connection between the connecting electrodes is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Yamamoto, Kyouichirou Nakatsugi, Yasuhiro Okuda
  • Publication number: 20140255821
    Abstract: A redox flow cell membrane includes a porous membrane that has a mean flow pore size of not more than 100 nm, that has a thickness of not more than 500 ?m, and that has an air flow rate of not less than 0.1 ml/s·cm2. When the redox flow cell membrane is used for a V—V-based redox flow cell, the porous membrane preferably has a mean flow pore size of not more than 30 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hirokazu Katayama, Yasuhiro Okuda, Naoki Shimbara, Toshio Shigematsu, Yongrong Dong, Kei Hanafusa, Fumihiro Hayashi, Aya Ooya
  • Publication number: 20140166495
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate for a printed wiring board, and a printed wiring board, which are not limited in size because vacuum equipment is not necessary for the production, in which an organic adhesive is not used, and which can include a conductive layer (copper foil layer) having a sufficiently small thickness. Also provided are a method for producing the substrate for a printed wiring board, and a method for producing the printed wiring board. A substrate 1 for a printed wiring board includes an insulating base 11, a first conductive layer 12 that is stacked on the insulating base 11, and a second conductive layer 13 that is stacked on the first conductive layer 12, in which the first conductive layer 12 is a coating layer composed of a conductive ink containing metal particles, and the second conductive layer 13 is a plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio OKA, Takashi KASUGA, Issei OKADA, Katsunari MIKAGE, Naota UENISHI, Yasuhiro OKUDA
  • Patent number: 8506750
    Abstract: A composite structure comprising two polytetrafluoroethylene porous layers and a framework structural member having a plurality of gaps or openings, the framework structural member being disposed between the two polytetrafluoroethylene porous layers, wherein the composite structure is structured such that the polytetrafluoroethylene porous layers are united together by being adhered with each other through the gaps or openings of the framework structural member and such that the respective polytetrafluoroethylene porous layers (A1) and (A2) are united with the framework structural member closely along the surfaces of the respective constituent elements of the framework structural member in such a manner as to wrap the respective elements. The method of manufacturing the composite structure is characterized in that it includes a step of applying pressure through a mass of fine particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hayashi, Yasuhiro Okuda, Motomi Nakata
  • Patent number: 8507803
    Abstract: The invention offers a board-connecting structure that can provide electrodes with a fine pitch and that can combine the insulating property and the connection reliability. The structure of connecting printed wiring boards 10 and 20 electrically connects a plurality of first electrodes 12 and 13 provided to be adjacent to each other on a first board 11 with a plurality of second electrodes 22 and 23 provided to be adjacent to each other on a second board 21 through an adhesive 30 that contains conductive particles 31 and that has anisotropic conductivity. By heating and pressing the adhesive placed between the mutually facing first electrode 12 and second electrode 22 and between the mutually facing first electrode 13 and second electrode 23, an adhesive layer 30a is formed between the first board 11 and the second board 21 and in the adhesive layer 30a, a cavity portion 33 is formed between the first electrodes 12 and 13 and between the second electrodes 22 and 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Yamamoto, Kyouichirou Nakatsugi, Ayao Kariya, Katsuhiro Satou, Yasuhiro Okuda
  • Patent number: 8470438
    Abstract: There is provided a connecting structure with high reliability produced at low cost through the production process simplified by connecting connection electrodes, each including an organic film as an oxidation preventing film, to each other using a conductive adhesive. An electrode-connecting structure in which a first connection electrode 2 and a second connection electrode 10 are connected to each other with a conductive adhesive layer 9 therebetween includes organic films 6 and 11 formed on at least the first connection electrode and conductive particles 8 contained so that major axes of the particles are oriented in a thickness direction of the conductive adhesive layer and the average length of the major axes is larger than the total thickness of at least the organic films and the conductive adhesive layer, wherein the conductive particles pierce the organic films and contact the first connection electrode and the second connection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Yamamoto, Kyouichirou Nakatsugi, Yasuhiro Okuda