Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Shirai

Yasuyuki Shirai 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: 7103990
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotation type silicon wafer cleaning device to further raise the stability of a silicon wafer by providing a better hydrogen termination on the silicon wafer after completion of chemical and pure water cleaning treatments. According to the present invention, a rotation type silicon wafer cleaning device has a silicon wafer support/rotation driving mechanism inside the case body for cleaning the silicon wafer at the post chemical cleaning with pure water, drying and hydrogen termination treatments on the outer surface of a silicon wafer is performed by means of installing a silicon wafer drying device comprising a gas supply panel attached to a case body to supply a mixed gas of the hydrogen gas and inactive gas containing a hydrogen gas of more than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Takumi Fujita, Yukio Minami, Nobukazu Ikeda, Akihiro Morimoto, Koji Kawada
  • Publication number: 20060196593
    Abstract: By performing thermal fusion bonding in the state where a bonding portion is covered with a bonding portion cover and the concentrations of oxygen and moisture inside the bonding portion cover are set lower than the concentrations of oxygen and moisture in the atmosphere, it is possible to reduce elution from a bonded resin-based pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Kazumi Tsukamoto, Yasuyuki Shirai
  • Publication number: 20060174977
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to form a chromium-oxide film excellent in corrosion resistance without containing an oxide film of other metal onto the optional metallic material. The chromium-oxide passivation film excellent in corrosion resistance without containing the oxide film of other metal can be formed inexpensively and in a short time, and a fluid supplying system for supplying fluid hard in corrosivity in safety is able to be provided. This invention comprises a step of forming the passivation film consisting of a chromium oxide by giving heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere after coating chromium on metallic material of which surface roughness (Ra) of a coat surface is not more than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Nobukazu Ikeda, Eiji Ideta, Akihiro Morimoto, Tetsutaro Ogushi, Takehisa Konishi
  • Publication number: 20060127245
    Abstract: A vacuum pump having a high corrosion resistance is disclosed. A member constituting the vacuum pump is composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the surface of the member is subjected to a plasma oxidation treatment such as an oxidation treatment using oxygen radicals, so that a dense and smooth aluminum oxide coating film is formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Masafumi Kitano
  • Publication number: 20060097641
    Abstract: A cold cathode fluorescent tube where an electron emitting electrode is sealed in shows much deterioration in the luminance with time, thereby being not adequate for a long time use. The electrode emitting electrode is formed in such a shape that an electric field is not locally concentrated. By mixing a material of high heat conductivity, such as tungsten, as the material for the electron emitting electrode or using helium of high heat conductivity as the sealing gas, a long life of the cold cathode fluorescent tube is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Akihiro Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20060085282
    Abstract: There is provided a network shopping system that contributes to the omission of the item to be purchased and the prevention of purchasing an unnecessary item. Information of equipment that each client possesses is stored in net member DB. A main item, an option, or an item having a tendency to be used at the same time, are associated with an item related thereto and stored in related item DB. When a user inputs individual identification information for authentication processing, the system searches net member DB to specify equipment that the user possesses. Next the system gains access to related item DB, searches a related item, and recommends the item to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Atsushi Hanai, Masayuki Nishimoto, Fusakichi Ohkouchi, Tsukasa Fukudome, Tatsuto Torikai, Hiroshi Hosoda, Yasuyuki Shirai, Eiji Shinohara, Akihiro Nishida, Sachiko Misumi, Takuya Higashimae, Yoshiaki Ohno, Keisuke Kataoka, Shizuo Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20060085281
    Abstract: There is provided a network shopping system that contributes to the omission of the item to be purchased and the prevention of purchasing an unnecessary item. Information of equipment that each client possesses is stored in net member DB. A main item, an option, or an item having a tendency to be used at the same time, are associated with an item related thereto and stored in related item DB. When a user inputs individual identification information for authentication processing, the system searches net member DB to specify equipment that the user possesses. Next, the system gains access to related item DB, searches a related item, and recommends the item to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Atsushi Hanai, Masayuki Nishimoto, Fusakichi Ohkouchi, Tsukasa Fukudome, Tatsuto Torikai, Hiroshi Hosoda, Yasuyuki Shirai, Eiji Shinohara, Akihiro Nishida, Sachiko Misumi, Takuya Higashimae, Yoshiaki Ohno, Keisuke Kataoka, Shizuo Kamimura
  • Patent number: 7000419
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to comprise an apparatus for high efficiency gas temperature and humidity adjustment and an adjustment method allowing to elevate the heat exchange efficiency of a cooling coil, reduce the cooling water quantity, lower also the pipe arrangement diameter and water supply pump power, making possible to cut the initial cost and running cost of the air-conditioning system. The apparatus for high efficiency gas temperature and humidity adjustment is characterized by that means for removing condensate water deposited on the cooling coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi Plant Engineering & Construction Co, LTD
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Masaki Hirayama, Hideo Hanaoka, Takeshi Honma, Hirokazu Suzuki, Yoshio Yamazaki, Yoshinori Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 6962283
    Abstract: The present invention provides a welding method for materials to be welded which are subjected to fluoride passivation treatment, and a fluoride passivation retreatment method, wherein, when fluoride passivation retreatment was conducted after welding, there is no generation of particles or dust, and superior resistance is provided to fluorine system gases. In the present invention, when materials to be welded comprising stainless steel subjected to fluoride passivation treatment are welded, hydrogen is added to the gas (the back shield gas) flowing through the materials to be welded. Furthermore, in the welding method for materials to be welded which are subjected to fluoride passivation treatment in accordance with the present invention, the thickness of the fluoride passivated film in a predetermined range from the butt end surfaces of the materials to be welded, comprising stainless steel subjected to a fluoride passivation treatment, is set to 10 nm or less, and welding is conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignees: Stella Chemifa Kabushiki
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takahisa Nitta, Yasuyuki Shirai, Osamu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6940034
    Abstract: A fixing structure for a welding electrode and a welding head is shown which enable improvement of durability of a welding electrode, improvement of work efficiency in welding, and a reduction of time required for welding and also which make it possible to execute welding for an extended time with high reliability. In the fixing structure, a fixed section of a welding electrode is inserted via a thermally conductive material into an inserting section of a fixing base and a peripheral surface of the fixed section of the welding electrode is uniformly contacted to the fixing base to affix the welding electrode to the fixing base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Ultraclean Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takahisa Nitta, Yasuyuki Shirai, Osamu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050126030
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotation type silicon wafer cleaning device to further raise the stability of a silicon wafer by providing a better hydrogen termination on the silicon wafer after completion of chemical and pure water cleaning treatments. According to the present invention, a rotation type silicon wafer cleaning device has a silicon wafer support/rotation driving mechanism inside the case body for cleaning the silicon wafer at the post chemical cleaning with pure water, drying and hydrogen termination treatments on the outer surface of a silicon wafer is performed by means of installing a silicon wafer drying device comprising a gas supply panel attached to a case body to supply a mixed gas of the hydrogen gas and inactive gas containing a hydrogen gas of more than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Takumi Fujita, Yukio Minami, Nobukazu Ikeda, Akihiro Morimoto, Koji Kawada
  • Publication number: 20050098543
    Abstract: A fixing structure for a welding electrode and a welding head is shown which enable improvement of durability of a welding electrode, improvement of work efficiency in welding, and a reduction of time required for welding and also which make it possible to execute welding for an extended time with high reliability. In the fixing structure, a fixed section of a welding electrode is inserted via a thermally conductive material into an inserting section of a fixing base and a peripheral surface of the fixed section of the welding electrode is uniformly contacted to the fixing base to affix the welding electrode to the fixing base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takahisa Nitta, Yasuyuki Shirai, Osamu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6847672
    Abstract: A gas supply path structure forms a fluid path for allowing a laser gas to flow into or out of a pair of fluid inlet and outlet 11a and a laser gas is controlled to a predetermined subsonic speed at a throat portion. Gas supplies for controlling the speed of the gas are connected each to the fluid inlet and to the fluid outlet of the gas supply path structure and, together with a cooling device, compose a circulation system for controlling the speed and pressure of the laser gas at the fluid inlet and/or at the fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Hiroshi Osawa, Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Kazuhide Ino, Toshikuni Shinohara, Yasuyuki Shirai, Masaki Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20050011935
    Abstract: The present invention provides a welding method for materials to be welded which are subjected to fluoride passivation treatment, and a fluoride passivation retreatment method, wherein, when fluoride passivation retreatment was conducted after welding, there is no generation of particles or dust, and superior resistance is provided to fluorine system gases. In the present invention, when materials to be welded comprising stainless steel subjected to fluoride passivation treatment are welded, hydrogen is added to the gas (the back shield gas) flowing through the materials to be welded. Furthermore, in the welding method for materials to be welded which are subjected to fluoride passivation treatment in accordance with the present invention, the thickness of the fluoride passivated film in a predetermined range from the butt end surfaces of the materials to be welded, comprising stainless steel subjected to a fluoride passivation treatment, is set to 10 nm or less, and welding is conducted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takahisa Nitta, Yasuyuki Shirai, Osamu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040234278
    Abstract: A printing machine generates use information including the number of printouts made in a printing operation, and transmits the generated use information to a management apparatus. A machine information data base stores old use information of the printing machine and a threshold value of a predetermined number of printouts in association with the printing machine. Upon reception of the use information sent from the printing machine, a machine management server stores the use information in the machine information data base and counts up the number of printouts of the printing machine. When the counted number of printouts exceeds the threshold value stored in the machine information data base, it is determined that preventive maintenance for the printing machine is needed. When it is determined that preventive maintenance is necessary, the machine management server sends instruction information instructing preventive maintenance to the maintenance terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Minoru Saitoh, Yoshiaki Ohno, Yasuyuki Shirai
  • Patent number: 6818320
    Abstract: A welding method for materials to be welded which are subjected to fluoride passivation treatment, and a fluoride passivation retreatment method, wherein, when fluoride passivation retreatment is conducted after welding, there is no generation of particles or dust. The method provides superior resistance to fluorine system gases. During fluoride passivation treatment, hydrogen is added to the gas (the back shield gas) flowing through the materials to be welded. In one embodiment of the welding method, the thickness of the fluoride passivated film in a predetermined range from the butt end surfaces of the materials to be welded is set to 10 nm or less, followed by subsequent welding. Furthermore, the fluoride passivation retreatment method, includes the steps of heating at least the welded parts following welding and flowing a gas containing fluorine gas in the interior portion of the parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignees: Stella Chemifa Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takahisa Nitta, Yasuyuki Shirai, Osamu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6804285
    Abstract: A gas supply path structure forms a fluid path for allowing a laser gas to flow into or out of a pair of fluid inlet and outlet 11a and a laser gas is controlled to a predetermined subsonic speed at a throat portion. Gas supplies for controlling the speed of the gas are connected each to the fluid inlet and to the fluid outlet of the gas supply path structure and, together with a cooling device, compose a circulation system for controlling the speed and pressure of the laser gas at the fluid inlet and/or at the fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Hiroshi Osawa, Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Kazuhide Ino, Toshikuni Shinohara, Yasuyuki Shirai, Masaki Hirayama
  • Patent number: 6748751
    Abstract: An air cooling device includes at least one cooling unit which includes an oblique honeycomb having front, rear, upper, and lower openings and disposed so that air to be cooled is introduced into the front opening and cooled air is discharged from the rear opening, a cooling water supply means which supplies cooling water to the upper opening of the oblique honeycomb, and a water receiving section which receives discharge water discharged from the lower opening of the oblique honeycomb, and a blower means which introduces air to be cooled into the front opening of the oblique honeycomb and allows cooled air to be discharged from the rear opening of the oblique honeycomb, wherein the height of one oblique honeycomb in the cooling unit is 200 to 800 mm. The air cooling device has high thermal efficiency, a small liquid-gas ratio, and a small pressure drop, and is capable of saving space and energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignees: Nichias Co., Ltd., Taisei Corporation, Hitachi Plant Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Sadao Kobayashi, Isao Terada, Toshihisa Okabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Naoki Mori, Hiromu Itoh, Yoshihide Wakayama, Hitoshi Inaba, Kazuo Saito, Kikuji Kobayashi, Hideo Hanaoka
  • Publication number: 20040042307
    Abstract: In a film formation method of a semiconductor device including a plurality of silicon-based transistors or capacitors, there exist hydrogen at least in a part of the silicon surface in advance, and the film formation method removes the hydrogen by exposing the silicon surface to a first inert gas plasma. Thereafter a silicon compound layer is formed on the surface of the silicon gas by generating plasma while using a mixed gas of a second inert gas and one or more gaseous molecules, such that there is formed a silicon compound layer containing at least a pat of the elements constituting the gaseous molecules, on the surface of the silicon gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Masaki Hirayama, Yasuyuki Shirai
  • Publication number: 20030150234
    Abstract: An air cooling device includes at least one cooling unit which includes an oblique honeycomb having front, rear, upper, and lower openings and disposed so that air to be cooled is introduced into the front opening and cooled air is discharged from the rear opening, a cooling water supply means which supplies cooling water to the upper opening of the oblique honeycomb, and a water receiving section which receives discharge water discharged from the lower opening of the oblique honeycomb, and a blower means which introduces air to be cooled into the front opening of the oblique honeycomb and allows cooled air to be discharged from the rear opening of the oblique honeycomb, wherein the height of one oblique honeycomb in the cooling unit is 200 to 800 mm. The air cooling device has high thermal efficiency, a small liquid-gas ratio, and a small pressure drop, and is capable of saving space and energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Tadahiro Ohmi
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Sadao Kobayashi, Isao Terada, Toshihisa Okabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Naoki Mori, Hiromu Itoh, Yoshihide Wakayama, Hitoshi Inaba, Kazuo Saito, Kikuji Kobayashi, Hideo Hanaoka