Patents by Inventor Yukuo Nishimura
Yukuo Nishimura 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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Patent number: 4695717Abstract: A semi-conductor device comprising a lamination of a photoconductive layer, a charge-retaining layer and a display layer, provided between electroconductive films, and an electronic apparatus utilizing said semi-conductor device are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1985Date of Patent: September 22, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Hirai, Masahiro Haruta, Yukuo Nishimura, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takashi Nakagiri
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Patent number: 4693915Abstract: A film forming method, a recording medium formed thereby, and a recording method therewith are provided. The recording medium comprises a recording layer constituted of a monomolecular film or monomolecular-layer built-up film of a clathrate complex compound comprised of a host molecule and a guest molecule, said host molecule having a hydrophilic portion, a hydrophobic portion, and a portion capable of enclosing said guest molecule.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1985Date of Patent: September 15, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Masahiro Haruta, Yutaka Hirai, Yukuo Nishimura, Ken Eguchi, Takashi Nakagiri
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Patent number: 4691982Abstract: An optical coupler of good efficiency can be prepared at a low cost by making an optical waveguide and a grating of the optical coupler of a monomolecular layer or a monomolecular built-up film.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1985Date of Patent: September 8, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukuo Nishimura, Mamoru Miyawaki, Noriyuki Nose, Takashi Nakagiri
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Patent number: 4685766Abstract: An optical device comprises an optical waveguide constituted of as a basic unit a core layer of a material having a relatively high refractive index and a clad layer of a material having a relatively low refractive index and covering said core layer, and heating means for heating said core layer to change the refractive index thereof, characterized in that when said core layer is constituted of a liquid, said core layer is heated by said heating means to a temperature such that said core layer does not boil.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1984Date of Patent: August 11, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukuo Nishimura, Eigo Kawakami, Toshiaki Asano, Masahiro Haruta, Hiroshi Takagi, Takashi Noma, Nobutoshi Mizusawa, Mitsunobu Nakazawa, Kunitaka Ozawa
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Patent number: 4682897Abstract: A light scattering measuring apparatus utilizes light scattering to analyze physical properties of the surface and interior of an object, and particularly converts the scattered light therefrom into molecular vibrational energy or heat energy and measures the same. The light scattering measuring apparatus is provided with light applying means for applying an intermittent light to an object to be examined, a medium for absorbing scattered light intermittently emitted from the surface of the object by the applied light in accordance with the physical properties of the object to be examined and converting the scatterd light into molecular vibrational energy or heat energy, a detecting device for detecting the information regarding the energy produced by the medium, and a measuring device for measuring the molecular vibrational energy or the heat energy on the basis of a signal produced by the detecting device.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1985Date of Patent: July 28, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Saito, Ken Eguchi, Haruki Kawada, Yoshinori Tomida, Yukuo Nishimura, Takashi Nakagiri
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Patent number: 4683147Abstract: A method of forming a silicon-containing film deposited on a substrate, which comprises the steps of forming a gaseous atmosphere of at least one silicon compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formulas (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a deposition chamber containing the substrate, and applying light energy to the compound to exite and decompose the compound. The compounds of the general formulas (A)-(F) are defined below: (A) Si.sub.n H.sub.m X.sub.l (wherein X is a halogen atom, n is an integer of not less than 3, and m and l are integers of not less than 1, respectively, m+l=2n; if l is an integer of not less than 2, a plurality of X's may represent different halogen atoms) representing a cyclic silicon compound; (B) Si.sub.a X.sub.2a+2 (wherein X is a halogen atom and a is an integer of 1 to 6) representing a chain halogenated silicon compound; (C) Si.sub.b X.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1985Date of Patent: July 28, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ken Eguchi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Masahiro Haruta, Yukuo Nishimura, Yutaka Hirai, Takashi Nakagiri
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Patent number: 4683145Abstract: A method of forming a deposited film comprises forming a gaseous atmosphere of at least one silicon compound selected from those having the formula (A), (B) or (C) as shown below in a deposition chamber in which a substrate is arranged, and exciting and decomposing said compound by utilization of light energy thereby to form a desired film containing silicon atoms on said substrate: ##STR1## wherein l represents 3, 4 or 5; and R represents H or SiH.sub.3 ; ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent H or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m an integer of 3 to 7; and n an integer of 1 to 11;R.sup.1 --(Si.multidot.R.sup.2 R.sup.3).sub.p --R.sup.4 (c)wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 independently represent a phenyl or naphthyl group which may be substituted with halogens, or an alkyl group having 1 to 11 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently represent H or CH.sub.3 ; and p represents an integer of 3 to 7.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1985Date of Patent: July 28, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukuo Nishimura, Ken Eguchi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Masahiro Haruta, Yutaka Hirai, Takashi Nakagiri
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Patent number: 4683146Abstract: A process for producing deposition films is provided which comprises forming a gaseous atmosphere of at least one compound silicon hydride selected from the group consisting of;(A) straight chain silicon hydrides represented by the general formulaSi.sub.n H.sub.2n+2wherein n is an integer 4 or more;(B) cyclic silicon hydrides unsubstituted or substituted by a linear or branched silicon hydride residue which are represented by the general formulaSi.sub.m H.sub.2mwherein m is 3, 4, 5, or 6; and(C) branched chain silicon hydrides represented by the general formulaSi.sub.p H.sub.qwherein p is an integer of 4 or more and q is an interger of 10 or more;in a reaction chamber containing a substrate, and exerting light energy on the atmosphere to excite and decompose the silicon hydride, thereby a silicon-containing layer on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1985Date of Patent: July 28, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Hirai, Hiroshi Matsuda, Ken Eguchi, Masahiro Haruta, Yukuo Nishimura, Takashi Nakagiri
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Patent number: 4683144Abstract: A method for forming a deposited film comprises forming a gaseous atmosphere of a silane compound represented by the general formula: Si.sub.n H.sub.2n+2 (n.gtoreq.1) and a halogen compound in a deposition chamber in which a substrate is arranged, and exciting and decomposing these compounds by utilization of photoenergy thereby to form the deposited film containing silicon atoms on said substrate.A method for forming a deposited film comprises forming a gaseous atmosphere of a silane compound represented by the general formula: Si.sub.n H.sub.2n+2 (n.gtoreq.1), a halogen compound and a compound containing atoms belonging too the group III or the group V of the periodic table in a deposition chamber in which a substrate is arranged, and exciting and decomposing these compounds by utilization of photoenergy thereby to form a deposited film containing silicon atoms and the atoms belonging to the group III or the group V of the periodic table on said substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1985Date of Patent: July 28, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukuo Nishimura, Ken Eguchi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Masahiro Haruta, Yutaka Hirai, Takashi Nakagiri
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Patent number: 4674436Abstract: An apparatus for forming a monomolecular film or a monomolecular built-up film on a substrate, which comprises a tank, a frame for dividing a liquid surface in the tank and a support for moving the substrate horizontally in the liquid without disordering the liquid surface within the frame which contains the film.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1985Date of Patent: June 23, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiko Miyazaki, Etsuko Sugawa, Yoshinori Tomida, Hirohide Munakata, Yukuo Nishimura, Ken Eguchi
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Patent number: 4672265Abstract: An electroluminescent device comprises a double layer electroluminescent member sandwiched between a pair of electrodes. At least one layer of the two luminescent layers are constituted of a monomolecular film or a monomolecular layer built-up film comprising at least one electroluminescent organic compound which is electron-acceptable or electron-donative relative to the other luminescent layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1985Date of Patent: June 9, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ken Eguchi, Haruki Kawada, Yukuo Nishimura
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Patent number: 4640592Abstract: An optical device comprises an optical waveguide having, as a basic unit, a core layer of a liquid having a relatively high refractive index and a clad layer having a relatively low refractive index and covering said core layer, and a heat-generating means for heating a part of said core layer to form a vapor bubble in said liquid of said core layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1984Date of Patent: February 3, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukuo Nishimura, Toshiaki Asano, Nobutoshi Mizusawa, Eigo Kawakami, Masahiro Haruta, Takashi Noma, Hiroshi Takagi, Mitsunobu Nakazawa, Kunitaka Ozawa
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Patent number: 4634628Abstract: A recording medium and an image recording process in which a change in enzyme activity by light irradiation is utilized.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1984Date of Patent: January 6, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirohide Munakata, Yoshinori Tomida, Masahiro Haruta, Yutaka Hirai, Yukuo Nishimura, Takashi Hamamoto
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Patent number: 4618561Abstract: A record memory medium comprises a recording layer comprising a monomolecular film or monomolecular layer built-up film of a photosensitive organic compound having a hydrophilic moiety and a hydrophobic moiety. The medium can be used for recording/reading-out of information and light recording.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1984Date of Patent: October 21, 1986Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirohide Munakata, Yoshinori Tomida, Masahiro Haruta, Yutaka Hirai, Yukuo Nishimura, Takashi Hamamoto
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Patent number: 4592980Abstract: A photosensitive member comprises a monolayer or a multi-layer structure film, the film being constituted of one or more film forming molecules, the film forming molecule having a hydrophilic moiety and a hydrophobic moiety in the molecule and having photosensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1984Date of Patent: June 3, 1986Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Tomida, Yutaka Hirai, Masahiro Haruta, Yukuo Nishimura, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takashi Hamamoto
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Patent number: 4586980Abstract: A pattern of a monomolecular film or a monomolecular built-up film is formed on a base through the steps of providing a lift-off layer on a base on which a monomolecular film or a monomolecular built-up film is to be deposited, depositing the monomolecular film or the monomolecular built-up film on the base and the lift-off layer, and removing the lift-off layer from the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 1985Date of Patent: May 6, 1986Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Hirai, Yoshinori Tomida, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yukuo Nishimura
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Patent number: 4569855Abstract: A process for forming a deposition film, wherein a gaseous atmosphere of a silicon compound selected from(i) a silicon compound having at least one azo group directly bonded to a silicon atom and(ii) a silicon compound having at least one azide group directly bonded to a silicon atomis formed in a deposition chamber in which a substrate is placed, said compound is excited and decomposed utilizing light energy, and a deposition film containing silicon atoms is formed on said substrate.A compound containing atoms of a group III element or a group V element of the Periodic Table may be included in the atmosphere in the deposition chamber, the compounds excited and decomposed utilizing light energy, and a deposition film containing silicon atoms and the atoms in the group III or V element of the Periodic Table formed on said substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1985Date of Patent: February 11, 1986Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Masahiro Haruta, Ken Eguchi, Yukuo Nishimura, Yutaka Hirai, Takashi Nakagiri
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Patent number: 4536061Abstract: Display is effected by utilizing bubbles formed in a liquid layer by heat.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1982Date of Patent: August 20, 1985Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yukuo Nishimura
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Patent number: 4458256Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus comprises actuating portions and lead electrodes for conducting current. The lead electrodes are wired in such a manner that a conductive member is disposed on a surface which is at a side where the ink droplets are ejected and said conductive member is a part of said lead electrode, or one actuating portion is provided with a plurality of lead electrodes, and these lead electrodes are led, substantially in parallel, to terminals which are located at a side opposite to the ejection port with respect to the actuating portion, or one chamber is provided with a plurality of actuating portions which are separated from one another, and lead electrodes connected to the actuating portions are led, substantially in parallel, to terminals which are located at a side opposite to the ejection port with respect to the actuating portion, or the actuating portion is disposed on a conductive member intervened with an insulating layer and the conductive member is a part of the lead electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1982Date of Patent: July 3, 1984Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiaki Shirato, Yasushi Takatori, Toshitami Hara, Yukuo Nishimura, Michiko Takahashi
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Patent number: 4394669Abstract: A liquid jet recording apparatus comprises a first ink tank for storing an amount of ink, a second ink tank for receiving the ink from said first tank through a feed tube, a recording head for jetting the ink fed from said second tank, and a carriage for reciprocally moving said second ink tank and recording head together, characterized in that at least a portion of said feed tube is lengthwise moved following the movement of said second ink tank along the course of its reciprocation and thereby the ink is fed to said second ink tank from said first ink tank.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1981Date of Patent: July 19, 1983Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masakazu Ozawa, Kunio Watanabe, Shigeyuki Matsumoto, Yukuo Nishimura, Takashi Miyazaki