Patents Represented by Attorney Masuvalley & Partners
  • Patent number: 8089158
    Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device having an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a substrate to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes, an electrode or a terminal electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. Consequently, in the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has an electrode terminal of a TFT substrate, wherein the electrode is formed on an insulator and is comprised of a conductive layer mainly consisting of copper and an oxide covering an outer part, further the oxide is a layered structure of transparent electrodes, the layered portion having ohmic contact, and the oxide mainly consists of manganese oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Interconnect Materials, LLC
    Inventors: Junichi Koike, Hideaki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8084860
    Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device having an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a substrate to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes, an electrode or a terminal electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. Consequently, in the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has an electrode terminal of a TFT substrate, wherein the electrode is formed on an insulator and is comprised of a conductive layer mainly consisting of copper and an oxide covering an outer part, further the oxide is a layered structure of transparent electrodes, the layered portion having ohmic contact, and the oxide mainly consists of manganese oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Interconnect Materials, LLC
    Inventors: Junichi Koike, Hideaki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8063652
    Abstract: The present invention stably maintains contact between probe pins and a wafer. Screws are provided at a plurality of positions in an outer circumferential portion of a printed circuit board. On a lower surface side of the outer circumferential portion of the printed circuit board, a retainer plate is provided, and a bottom end surface of each of the screws is held down with the retainer plate. Turning each of the screws in a state where the bottom end surface of the each of the screws is held down with the retainer plate causes the outer circumferential portion of the printed circuit board to be moved up and down. Adjusting a height of the outer circumferential portion of the printed circuit board by turning each of the screws located at the plurality of positions enables parallelism of the entire probe card with respect to the wafer to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Amemiya, Syuichi Tsukada
  • Patent number: 8052515
    Abstract: A display unit displays symbols in a plurality of columns, and in particular arranges the symbols in the same order in two or more of the columns. A game controller unit determines an arrangement of symbols at random on a condition that symbols are arranged in the same order and at the same positions in the two or more columns. A display controller unit causes the display unit to spin the two or more columns of symbols from the same position in synchronization with each other, and stop the two or more columns at the same position to display the arrangement of symbols determined by the game controller unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8020486
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a device that accurately communicates a subtle variation of an operation side to an action side. Specifically, in the present invention, an operating device is provided to perform a lock release operation of an extension device. The operating device feeds oil to a valve chamber by pressing a piston. When the flow rate of the fed oil is excessive, the valve is pressed to an opening resisting a biasing force of a compressed spring, thereby a rapid increase in the oil supplied to the action section is suppressed. Further, the supplied oil is suppressed to a very small amount by the throttle section, thereby an increase in the operation amount on the action section side is suppressed while maintaining the supply of the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Fumoto Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yamamoto, Ryouhei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7993315
    Abstract: A sperm collecting apparatus is provided and includes a container including a cylindrical container main unit that has an opening portion on at least one end face in a longitudinal direction thereof and a cap that is attached to and detached from the opening portion of the container main unit to close and open the opening portion, and a core member which is accommodated in said container and has an insertion room extending from an insertion port at one end face in a longitudinal direction therein. The core member includes a core main unit having said insertion port and the insertion room and a plurality of ribs provided upright from an outer face of the core main unit to cross one another, and sealed rooms are formed through the outer face of the core main unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Tenga Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7971214
    Abstract: The present invention is a television receiver that includes a memory that stores a first lock release code, an input device to input a second lock release code, a comparing portion to compare the second lock release code to the first lock release code, and a control portion to output a signal to operate the television receiver when the result of the comparison conforms. Also the present invention includes a method for preventing theft of an electronic device that includes the steps of storing a lock release code in a memory of the electronic device, providing information corresponding to the lock release code to a third party, requesting an input of the information corresponding to the lock release code, comparing input information to the lock release code stored in the memory, and disabling the electronic device when the result of the comparison is not conforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Gakumura, Hideki Baba, Akira Tsurusaki
  • Patent number: 7940361
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including, a pair of substrates, a gate electrode of a thin film transistor (TFT) formed on one of the substrates, and a wiring layer connected to the gate electrode or an electrode of the thin film transistor, wherein at least a part of the gate electrode or a part the wiring layer is formed by a layer structured by a pure copper layer and a Cu—Mn alloy layer including Mn, wherein a concentration of Mn in the Cu—Mn alloy layer is more than 0.1 and not more than 20 atomic percentage within a solubility limit of Mn in the copper, and wherein a boundary surface between the Cu—Mn alloy layer and said one of the substrate includes an oxide layer having a Mn oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Interconnect Materials, LLC
    Inventor: Junichi Koike
  • Patent number: 7857694
    Abstract: A display includes a plurality of display areas connected with each other, each operable to variably and stationarily display one kind of plural hexagonal indicium. A controller determines a win occurrence, in a case where an identical kind of indicium are stationarily displayed on at least two of the display areas which are adjacently arranged on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Eiji Aida
  • Patent number: 7855869
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolytic capacitor having a low defective fraction. A solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention includes an anode structured by an anode lead formed by a valve metal, and porous body of valve metal connected to the anode, and a dielectric layer provided on a surface of the anode wherein a Vickers hardness of the anode lead, which is positioned at not more than 20 ?m in depth from a surface of the anode lead is set 30 Hv-70 Hv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Nishimura, Hiroshi Nonoue, Takashi Umemoto
  • Patent number: 7851351
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices includes the steps of; forming an insulating film comprising a fluorine added carbon film on a substrate; forming a first barrier layer comprising a silicon nitride film on the insulating film by exposing a surface of the substrate formed with the insulating film to a plasma containing each active specie of a silicon and a nitride; forming a second barrier layer comprising a film containing silicon, carbon, and nitride on the first barrier layer by exposing a surface of the substrate formed with the first barrier layer to a plasma containing each active specie of the silicon and a carbon; and forming a film containing silicon and oxygen on the second barrier layer by exposing a surface of the substrate formed with the second barrier layer to a plasma containing each active specie of the silicon and an oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7846022
    Abstract: The objective of present invention is to provide a game input device which allows a player to enjoy the feeling of actually playing a musical instrument along with a rhythm of music, a game method and a game system using such a game input device. The present invention is a game input device having a moving portion and a neck portion, the moving portion has at least two or more inputs, the moving portion is provided onto the neck portion, and the position of the moving portion is movable on the neck portion. The present invention is also a game method and a game system using the game input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Chiwata
  • Patent number: 7846036
    Abstract: A golf putter head includes an opening, a deflectable plate and a cutout. The opening is located behind a putter face, and is larger than a golf ball. The deflectable plate is coupled to the golf putter head, with a first end of the deflectable plate projecting into the opening. The cutout is located above the deflectable plate, the cutout having a width that is greater than or equal to a width of the deflectable plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7782433
    Abstract: A method of forming an oxide film on a surface of a copper alloy, including the steps of providing a copper alloy including copper and an element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Zn, Ga, Li, Ge, Sr, Ag, Ba, Pr and Nd, and diffusing atoms of the element to a surface of the copper alloy so as to form an oxide film on the surface of the copper alloy, wherein a concentration of the element in the copper alloy is more than 0.1 and not more than 20 atomic percentage and within a solubility limit of the element in the copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignees: Tohoku University, Advanced Interconnect Materials LLC
    Inventor: Junichi Koike
  • Patent number: 7782413
    Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device with an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a semiconductor layer or a pixel electrode to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes a source electrode and a drain electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has a TFT electrode of a TFT substrate, wherein a source electrode or a drain electrode includes a layer of mainly copper and an oxide covering an outer part of the layer. Further, in the present invention, the semiconductor layer or the pixel electrode and said source electrode or the drain electrode are in ohmic contact in the TFT electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignees: Tohoku University, Advanced Interconnect Materials LLC
    Inventors: Junichi Koike, Hideaki Kawakami
  • Patent number: D626602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Takahashi, Toshiaki Shimizu, Takashi Nishitsuji, Masao Mizoguchi, Hidekazu Kato
  • Patent number: D642224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuji Taniguchi
  • Patent number: RE42637
    Abstract: The present invention provides a probe card that can examine an object with small electrode spacing. A probe supporting plate is provided to a lower face side of a printed wiring board of a probe card. A plurality of probes are supported by the probe supporting plate. The probes comprise an upper contact, a lower contact, and a main body portion. An upper end portion of the upper contact protrudes toward an upper side of the probe supporting plate and contacts a terminal of the printed wiring board. A lower end portion of the lower contact protrudes toward a lower side of the probe supporting plate. On the probe supporting plate, a through-hole and a concave portion are formed to luck the probes, and the probes can be inserted and removed freely against the probe supporting plate from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jun Mochizuki, Hisatomi Hosaka
  • Patent number: D651225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Akira Maeda
  • Patent number: D651626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Akira Maeda