Patents by Inventor Akihiro Fujimoto
Akihiro Fujimoto 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: 6998161Abstract: Tubulation tubing of a display panel includes a flange at one end and a ring-shape adhesive member placed on a display panel to align a vent hole of the display with an opening of the tubulation tubing and the flange of the tubulation tubing is bonded to the display panel via the adhesive member.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display LimitedInventors: Akihiro Fujimoto, Shinji Kanagu
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Publication number: 20060008607Abstract: Tubulation tubing of a display panel includes a flange at one end and a ring-shape adhesive member placed on a display panel to align a vent hole of the display with an opening of the tubulation tubing and the flange of the tubulation tubing is bonded to the display panel via the adhesive member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Applicant: Fijitsu Hitachi Plasma Display LimitedInventors: Akihiro Fujimoto, Shinji Kanagu
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Patent number: 6827623Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a plasma display panel of the type which includes a discharge space defined between a pair of substrates and sealed by a sealant, the method comprising a first step of forming the sealant on at least one of the substrates and stacking one substrate on the other through the intermediation of the sealant, a second step of reducing the pressure in the space existing between the pair of substrates due to the presence of the sealant and melting the sealant by heating, a third step of curing the sealant to thereby firmly attach the pair of substrates to each other and define a predetermined discharge space, a fourth step of removing impurities in the discharge space, and a fifth step of filling the discharge space with discharge gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1999Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Fumiaki Nakatake, Minoru Fukui, Yoshitaka Ukai, Shinji Kanagu, Kazuhide Iwasaki, Akihiro Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20040165915Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, an image forming unit, an intermediate transfer belt, a circuit of a drive motor which outputs information on a moving distance, a registration roller, a CPU which calculates the predetermined timing on the basis of the information on the moving distance output by the circuit of the drive motor at the time when a rotation speed of the intermediate transfer belt is switched from a first process speed to a second process speed, and a memory storing the information on the predetermined timing calculated by the CPU, wherein the CPU controls the registration roller so as to start the conveyance of the recording material at the predetermined timing stored in the memory. Consequently, a positional relation between a leading end of the recording material and a leading end of the image formed on the recording material can be set as a desired positional relation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2004Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahide Hirai, Akihiro Fujimoto
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Patent number: 6709174Abstract: A solution-receiving plate having solution-passing holes for passing a developer solution therethrough toward the back side of the plate is provided. Respective surfaces of the solution-receiving plate and a substrate are at the same height, and the solution-receiving plate is placed on the front-end side of the substrate and separated slightly from the front end of the substrate. A supply nozzle is moved to apply a developer solution. Accordingly, when the developer solution extended continuously between the perimeter of the substrate and the supply nozzle is severed, the severed developer solution is prevented from returning to the developer solution already spread over the substrate and thus flow and waves are prevented from occurring in the developer solution spread on the surface of the substrate. A resist pattern with a highly uniform line width is thus produced.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Taro Yamamoto, Akihiro Fujimoto, Kousuke Yoshihara, Hideharu Kyouda, Hirofumi Takeguchi
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Patent number: 6673151Abstract: A spin chuck for holding a wafer to the front face of which a resist solution is supplied, a cup for housing the spin chuck and forcibly exhausting an atmosphere around the wafer by exhaust from the bottom thereof, and an air flow control plate, provided in the cup to surround the outer periphery of the wafer, for controlling an air flow in the vicinity of the wafer are provided. Accordingly, a state of special air flow at an outer edge portion of a substrate to be processed can be eliminated, thereby preventing an increase in film thickness at the outer edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Kousuke Yoshihara, Akihiro Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20030211266Abstract: A method of bonding a tubulation tubing of a display panel includes the step of preparing a tubulation tubing having a flange at one end and a ring-shape adhesive member, the step of placing the tubulation tubing and the adhesive member on a display panel in such a manner that the vent hole is covered with an opening of the tubulation tubing, and the step of holding the tubulation tubing by pressing the flange of the tubulation tubing to a face of the display panel with use of a pressing tool, and heating to a temperature, thereby bonding the flange of the tubulation tubing to the display panel by fusion of the adhesive member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display LimitedInventors: Akihiro Fujimoto, Shinji Kanagu
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Patent number: 6608441Abstract: A plasma display panel has a good productivity of partition formation and air exhaustion process and realizes a bright and stable display. A discharge gas is filled in a gap between two substrates. A mesh-patterned partition is arranged on the inner surface of one of the substrates for dividing the gap into plural squares corresponding to a cell arrangement. The partition has low portions forming a mesh-like air path that travels through all of the gas-filled space enclosed by the partition, in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display LimitedInventors: Yasuhiko Kunii, Masayuki Shibata, Yoshimi Kawanami, Kenichi Yamamoto, Atsushi Yokoyama, Yusuke Yajima, Shinji Kanagu, Yasuhiro Wakabayashi, Akihiro Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Nanto
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Patent number: 6591635Abstract: A method of bonding a tubulation tubing of a display panel includes the steps of preparing a tubulation tubing having a flange at one end and a ring-shape adhesive member, placing the tubulation tubing and the adhesive member on a display panel to align the vent hole with an opening of the tubulation tubing, holding the tubulation tubing by pressing the flange of the tubulation tubing to a face of the display panel with a pressing tool, and heating to soften the adhesive, thereby bonding the flange of the tubulation tubing to the display panel via the adhesive member.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2000Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display LimitedInventors: Akihiro Fujimoto, Shinji Kanagu
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Patent number: 6578772Abstract: The present invention is a treatment solution supply apparatus for supplying a treatment solution onto a substrate and includes: a discharge nozzle for discharging the treatment solution onto the substrate; a container for storing the treatment solution; a supply piping for connecting the discharge nozzle and the container; a pump provided along the supply piping; a pump drive mechanism for controlling operation of the pump; a circulation piping having one end branching out from the piping between the container and the pump and another end provided at the pump; a filter, provided at some midpoint along the supply piping and between the one end and the other end of the circulation piping, for filtering the treatment solution to remove a foreign substance; a drain piping for draining the treatment solution filtered by the filter and containing the foreign substance; and a valve provided along the drain piping for controlling a flow rate of the treatment solution drained from the filter.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Akihiro Fujimoto, Kousuke Yoshihara, Masahiro Enomoto
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Publication number: 20030101929Abstract: A spin chuck for holding a wafer to the front face of which a resist solution is supplied, a cup for housing the spin chuck and forcibly exhausting an atmosphere around the wafer by exhaust from the bottom thereof, and an air flow control plate, provided in the cup to surround the outer periphery of the wafer, for controlling an air flow in the vicinity of the wafer are provided. Accordingly, a state of special air flow at an outer edge portion of a substrate to be processed can be eliminated, thereby preventing an increase in film thickness at the outer edge portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2003Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Kousuke Yoshihara, Akihiro Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20030077083Abstract: A solution-receiving plate having solution-passing holes for passing a developer solution therethrough toward the back side of the plate is provided. Respective surfaces of the solution-receiving plate and a substrate are at the same height, and the solution-receiving plate is placed on the front-end side of the substrate and separated slightly from the front end of the substrate. A supply nozzle is moved to apply a developer solution. Accordingly, when the developer solution extended continuously between the perimeter of the substrate and the supply nozzle is severed, the severed developer solution is prevented from returning to the developer solution already spread over the substrate and thus flow and waves are prevented from occurring in the developer solution spread on the surface of the substrate. A resist pattern with a highly uniform line width is thus produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Taro Yamamoto, Akihiro Fujimoto, Kousuke Yoshihara, Hideharu Kyouda, Hirofumi Takeguchi
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Publication number: 20030073372Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a plasma display panel of the type which includes a discharge space defined between a pair of substrates and sealed by a sealant, the method comprising a first step of forming the sealant on at least one of the substrates and stacking one substrate on the other through the intermediation of the sealant, a second step of reducing the pressure in the space existing between the pair of substrates due to the presence of the sealant and melting the sealant by heating, a third step of curing the sealant to thereby firmly attach the pair of substrates to each other and define a predetermined discharge space, a fourth step of removing impurities in the discharge space, and a fifth step of filling the discharge space with discharge gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 1999Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: FUMIAKI NAKATAKE, MINORU FUKUI, YOSHITAKA UKAI, SHINJI KANAGU, KAZUHIDE IWASAKI, AKIHIRO FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20030052959Abstract: To provide an image forming apparatus having a plurality of optical systems each simultaneously scanning two stations by one polygon mirror to minimize conveyance-directional color misregistration of an intermediate transferring belt. An electrophotographic color laser printer connected with a host computer is provided with a scanner unit common to first and second stations, a scanner unit common to third and fourth stations, and a registration-position detector for reading an image pattern formed on an intermediate transferring belt and detecting a registration position of an image of a laser beam. The plane phase of the polygon mirror in the first and second stations is controlled and central positions of image patterns by two laser beams are detected to correct the misregistration between these central positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventor: Akihiro Fujimoto
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Patent number: 6527860Abstract: A spin chuck for holding a wafer to the front face of which a resist solution is supplied, a cup for housing the spin chuck and forcibly exhausting an atmosphere around the wafer by exhaust from the bottom thereof, and an air flow control plate, provided in the cup to surround the outer periphery of the wafer, for controlling an air flow in the vicinity of the wafer are provided. Accordingly, a state of a special air flow at an outer edge portion of a substrate to be processed can be eliminated, thereby preventing an increase in film thickness at the outer edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2000Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Kousuke Yoshihara, Akihiro Fujimoto
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Patent number: 6501493Abstract: An image forming apparatus for accurately correcting misregister between images and effecting image formation is an apparatus for forming images by a plurality of image forming portions each having an image bearing member and a scanner unit for deflecting and scanning a light beam in conformity with an image signal and writing an image onto the image bearing member, and has an image signal outputting portion for outputting the image signal in conformity with a partly masked horizontal sync signal, and is designed to change the mask timing of the horizontal sync signal in conformity with the misregister amount among the images and to change the phase of a rotation reference signal for the control of the rotation of the scanner unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2001Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akihiro Fujimoto, Hideaki Hirasawa
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Patent number: 6391111Abstract: To provide a coating apparatus which is capable of making short a lag time up to action of a valve and making operate a discharging pump and a valve with the best timing. By employing electric-air regulators ER1 and ER2 of small size and high response speed as a speed controller for controlling a switching speed of a switching valve AV or a suck-back valve SV, total flowing course is made short, thereby a time lag up to operation of a valve is made short. Further, by detecting the pressure of a resist liquid being discharged from a discharging pump 120 by a pressure sensor 123, and by controlling the operation of each device of a discharging pump 120, a switching valve AV, and a suck-back valve SV through a controller 180, a discharging pump 120, a switching valve AV, and a suck-back valve SV can be operated with the best timings, and generation of particles due to dripping of a resist liquid at a tip end of a resist nozzle 60 is prevented from occurring.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1999Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Akihiro Fujimoto, Kazuo Sakamoto, Nobukazu Ishizaka, Izumi Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20020047519Abstract: A plasma display panel is provided that has a good productivity of partition formation and air exhaustion process and realizes a bright and stable display. A discharge gas is filled in a gap between two substrates. A mesh-patterned partition is arranged on the inner surface of one of the substrates for dividing the gap into plural squares corresponding to a cell arrangement. The partition has low portions for forming a mesh-like air path that travels all gas-filled space enclosed by the partition in a plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Inventors: Yasuhiko Kunii, Masayuki Shibata, Yoshimi Kawanami, Kenichi Yamamoto, Atsushi Yokoyama, Yusuke Yajima, Shinji Kanagu, Yasuhiro Wakabayashi, Akihiro Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Nanto
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Publication number: 20020021345Abstract: An image forming apparatus for accurately correcting misregister between images and effecting image formation is an apparatus for forming images by a plurality of image forming portions each having an image bearing member and a scanner unit for deflecting and scanning a light beam in conformity with an image signal and writing an image onto the image bearing member, and has an image signal outputting portion for outputting the image signal in conformity with a partly masked horizontal sync signal, and is designed to change the mask timing of the horizontal sync signal in conformity with the misregister amount among the images and to change the phase of a rotation reference signal for the control of the rotation of the scanner unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2001Publication date: February 21, 2002Inventors: Akihiro Fujimoto, Hideaki Hirasawa
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Publication number: 20010025890Abstract: The present invention is a treatment solution supply apparatus for supplying a treatment solution onto a substrate and includes: a discharge nozzle for discharging the treatment solution onto the substrate; a container for storing the treatment solution; a supply piping for connecting the discharge nozzle and the container; a pump provided along the supply piping; a pump drive mechanism for controlling operation of the pump; a circulation piping having one end branching out from the piping between the container and the pump and another end provided at the pump; a filter, provided at some midpoint along the supply piping and between the one end and the other end of the circulation piping, for filtering the treatment solution to remove a foreign substance; a drain piping for draining the treatment solution filtered by the filter and containing the foreign substance; and a valve provided along the drain piping for controlling a flow rate of the treatment solution drained from the filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2001Publication date: October 4, 2001Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Akihiro Fujimoto, Kousuke Yoshihara, Masahiro Enomoto