Patents by Inventor Akihiro Kanda

Akihiro Kanda 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: 20240118014
    Abstract: Provided is an electric device made more convenient by being configured such that the temperature of a wide area in each accommodation section can be individually adjustable. In an electric device, a first refrigerant pipe is provided to a right-side member constituting a side surface of a first accommodation chamber, and a second refrigerant pipe is provided to a left-side member constituting a side surface of a second accommodation chamber. The first refrigerant pipe and the second refrigerant pipe are independent of each other. A regulating valve includes: a first regulating valve provided to the first refrigerant pipe, and a second regulating valve provided to the second refrigerant pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji KISHIMA, Takuya KATAOKA, Kazuki NOGUCHI, Akihiro KOBAYASHI, Daisuke NITAWAKI, Ibuki KANDA, Shingo KOSUGI, Yoshiki AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240102718
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical device. In a setting unit, a right-room temperature display unit displays a set temperature or the current temperature of a first housing room. A left-room temperature display unit displays a set temperature or the current temperature of a second housing room. A right-room temperature setting button is an operation unit for a user to switch the set temperature of the first housing room. A left-room temperature setting button is an operation unit for a user switch the set temperature of the second housing room. The set temperature difference between the first and second housing rooms is controlled to be within a prescribed value. When the set temperature of one of the first and second housing rooms is changed so that the set temperature exceeds a prescribed value, a microcomputer automatically changes the other set temperature so that the set temperature difference is within a prescribed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji KISHIMA, Takuya KATAOKA, Kazuki NOGUCHI, Akihiro KOBAYASHI, Daisuke NITAWAKI, Ibuki KANDA, Shingo KOSUGI, Yoshiki AOKI
  • Publication number: 20230390623
    Abstract: A shape retainer and a shape retention method are provided, by which the shape of an interior space of an inner part of a baseball or softball glove can be retained precisely. A shape retainer includes a main body having a main surface depressed in a concave shape, so that the shape of the interior space of the inner part of the baseball or softball glove can be retained precisely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Akihiro Kanda, Yuki Yamada, Yuya Motegi
  • Patent number: 11768141
    Abstract: An object hardness measuring device includes a first side portion, a second side portion, a pedestal unit, a load unit, a measuring unit, and a holding unit. The load unit applies a load to the measurement object. The measuring unit is able to measure, in a state where the load acts on the measurement object, at least one of a movement distance of the second side portion with respect to the first side portion and a change amount of the load when the second side portion is moved either at a predetermined speed or to a predetermined position. The holding unit is able to hold the measurement object, and is movable between the first side portion and the second side portion by the slide rail unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System, MIZUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetuya Mouri, Tomoe Ozeki, Yuki Yamada, Kazuhiro Kume, Akihiro Kanda, Kazuyuki Takita
  • Publication number: 20230136834
    Abstract: The baseball or softball glove includes a thumb part, an index finger pan, and a web. The web includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The first protrusion has a first through hole. The second protrusion has a second through hole. At least either the first through hole or the second through hole has an inclined edge that extends obliquely upward from a base of the thumb part or the index finger part on a peripheral edge forming the through hole. The first protrusion and the second protrusion are engaged with each other in a state where the first through hole and the second through hole are connected to each other in a chain shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki Yamada, Kenji Maeda, Kazuhiro Kume, Akihiro Kanda, Yuya Motegi
  • Publication number: 20220221386
    Abstract: An object hardness measuring device includes a first side portion, a second side portion, a pedestal unit, a load unit, a measuring unit, and a holding unit. The load unit applies a load to the measurement object. The measuring unit is able to measure, in a state where the load acts on the measurement object, at least one of a movement distance of the second side portion with respect to the first side portion and a change amount of the load when the second side portion is moved either at a predetermined speed or to a predetermined position. The holding unit is able to hold the measurement object, and is movable between the first side portion and the second side portion by the slide rail unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Tetuya Mouri, Tomoe Ozeki, Yuki Yamada, Kazuhiro Kume, Akihiro Kanda, Kazuyuki Takita
  • Publication number: 20100127609
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp includes a luminous tube, an outer bulb housing the luminous tube, and a diffusing film formed on at least one of inner and outer surfaces of the outer bulb, in which the diffusing film includes first silica particles having shapes different in surface curvature from each other and hollow second silica particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miho Watanabe, Sadao Sakaguchi, Kazuyoshi Okamura, Akihiro Kanda, Ryo Kikuta, Yasuhito Fujita
  • Patent number: 5854535
    Abstract: A metal halide lamp has an outer envelope (3, 23) of quartz glass which sounds a discharge vessel (2, 22) of quartz glass. The discharge vessel (2, 22) gas-tightly retains an ionizable fill which includes sodium. In order to avoid loss of sodium from the discharge vessel (2, 22) due to UV radiation impinging upon current supply wires (8, 9, 28, 29) extending from the discharge vessel (2, 22) within and into the outer envelope (3, 23), the quartz glass of the outer envelope is doped with materials absorbing UV radiation, preferably cerium aluminate and titanium oxide; the outer envelope is spaced from the discharge vessel by at most 5 mm, the sodium content in the ionizable fill is at most 0.7 mg.sup.3 of the discharge volume, and the space within the outer envelope is evacuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hohlfeld, Dirk Hoffmann, Akihiro Kanda, Katsuya Otani
  • Patent number: 5838048
    Abstract: A silicon oxide film and a polysilicon film are formed on a silicon substrate and are selectively etched to form a contact hole in a region where an emitter is to be formed. A polysilicon film is laid on the substrate and two polysilicon films are patterned to form an emitter electrode and a gate electrode made of the two polysilicon films which are doped with arsenic. The arsenic is diffused from the polysilicon films of the emitter electrode into the silicon substrate to form an N.sup.+ emitter layer which has a high concentration and is shallow. Consequently, the contamination of a gate insulator film can be prevented from occurring and a bipolar transistor having high performance, for example, a high current amplification factor or the like can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Hirai, Masahiro Nakatani, Mitsuo Tanaka, Akihiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5696006
    Abstract: A silicon oxide film and a polysilicon film are formed on a silicon substrate and are selectively etched to form a contact hole in a region where an emitter is to be formed. A polysilicon film is laid on the substrate and two polysilicon films are patterned to form an emitter electrode and a gate electrode made of the two polysilicon films which are doped with arsenic. The arsenic is diffused from the polysilicon films of the emitter electrode into the silicon substrate to form an N.sup.+ emitter layer which has a high concentration and is shallow. Consequently, the contamination of a gate insulator film can be prevented from occurring and a bipolar transistor having high performance, for example, a high current amplification factor or the like can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Hirai, Masahiro Nakatani, Mitsuo Tanaka, Akihiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5406106
    Abstract: A silicon oxide film as a dielectric film and a silicon nitride film or a polysilicon film as a protection film for the silicon oxide film are formed on a silicon substrate. After the two films are selectively etched to form contact holes of a bipolar transistor, a polysilicon film as a conductive film is laid on the entire substrate and selectively etched to form electrodes. In a MIS transistor, the protection film of the silicon nitride film serves as a gate insulator film and the protection film of the polysilicon film serves as a gate electrode. Accordingly, contamination to the gate insulator film at formation of contact holes of the bipolar transistor is prevented, and an excellent semiconductor with Bi-MOS structure is manufactured with low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Hirai, Masahiro Nakatani, Mitsuo Tanaka, Akihiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5331198
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device, in particular, a semiconductor device comprising a vertical npn transistor, a vertical pnp transistor and an IIL which are integrated on the same one-conductivity type semiconductor substrate (1) . The IIL comprises an emitter, a base and a collector which are respectively comprised of a high-density n.sup.+ -type first buried layer (5), a p.sup.+ -type second buried layer (8) having a lower impurity density than the n.sup.+ -type first buried layer (5), and at least one of n.sup.+ -type diffused layer (31). The semiconductor device thus constituted makes it possible to increase the emitter injection efficiency while the base impurity density is kept high, and also to decrease the base width, so that the collector-emitter breakdown voltage and current gain of the IIL can be more improved and also the operation speed of the IIL can be made higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kanda, Mitsuo Tanaka, Takehiro Hirai, Masahiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 5323054
    Abstract: In a a semiconductor device having a vertical npn transistor, a vertical pnp transistor and an IIL which are integrated on the same substrate, grooves that reach an n.sup.+ -type buried layer 5 serving as an emitter of the IIL and an n.sup.+ -type buried layer 4 serving as a collector of the vertical npn transistor are formed at the same time, and an oxide film 101 is formed only on the sidewall of each groove; in the grooves, n.sup.+ -type polycrystalline silicon films 103 and 102 are formed, which are made to serve as an emitter lead-out portion of the IIL and a collector wall of the vertical npn transistor, respectively; a p-type diffused layer 17 serving as an injector of the IIL and a p-type diffused layer 18 and p.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kanda, Mitsuo Tanaka, Takehiro Hirai, Masahiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 5318917
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a base diffusion layer in a predetermined region in a semiconductor substrate of a first conduction type, the base diffusion layer being of a second conduction type; forming first insulating films and simultaneously forming an emitter lead-out electrode and a collector lead-out electrode in regions above an emitter-contact-forming region and a collector-contact-forming region, the first insulating films extending on the emitter and collector lead-out electrodes, the emitter and collector lead-out electrodes including impurity corresponding to the first conduction type; forming second insulating films at sides of the emitter and collector lead-out electrodes; forming a base contact; forming a base lead-out electrode including impurity corresponding to the second conduction type; diffusing the impurity from the emitter lead-out electrode, the collector lead-out electrode, and the base lead-out electrode to form an emitter diffusion lay
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kanda, Yoshiro Fujita, Takehiro Hirai, Mitsuo Tanaka, Hideya Esaki
  • Patent number: 5204274
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a base diffusion layer in a predetermined region in a semiconductor substrate of a first conduction type, the base diffusion layer being of a second conduction type; forming first insulating films and simultaneously forming an emitter lead-out electrode and a collector lead-out electrode in regions above an emitter-contact-forming region and a collector-contact-forming region, the first insulating extending films on the emitter and collector lead-out electrodes, the emitter and collector lead-out electrodes including impurity corresponding to the first conduction type; forming second insulating films at sides of the emitter and collector lead-out electrodes; forming a base contact; forming a base lead-out electrode including impurity corresponding to the second conduction type; diffusing the impurity from the emitter lead-out electrode, the collector lead-out electrode, and the base lead-out electrode to form an emitter diffusion lay
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kanda, Yoshiro Fujita, Takehiro Hirai, Mitsuo Tanaka, Hideya Esaki
  • Patent number: 5162252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device, in particular, a semiconductor device comprising a vertical npn transistor, a vertical pnp transistor and an IIL which are integrated on the same one-conductivity type semiconductor substrate (1). The IIL comprises an emitter, a base and a collector which are respectively comprised of a high-density n.sup.+ -type first buried layer (5), a p.sup.+ -type second buried layer (8) having a lower impurity density than the n.sup.+ -type first buried layer (5), and at least one of n.sup.+ -type diffused layer (31).The semiconductor device thus constituted makes it possible to increase the emitter injection efficiency while the base impurity density is kept high, and also to decrease the base width, so that the collector-emitter breakdown voltage and current gain of the IIL can be more improved and also the operation speed of the IIL can be made higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kanda, Mitsuo Tanaka, Takehiro Hirai, Masahiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 4536950
    Abstract: In making a vertical bipolar transistors, after forming by diffusion process a region to become inactive base region an oxide film is selectively formed on the region, thereafter an ion implantation is carried out to produce regions which become the active base region and emitter region by using the oxide film; thereby such a configuration is formed so that defect part (108) induced at the time of the ion implantation is confined in the emitter region, thereby minimizing the leakage current at the PN junction, and hence assuring production of high performance and high reliability semiconductor devices; further, a high integration is attained by adopting self-alignment in forming emitter contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sadamatsu, Michihiro Inoue, Akihiro Kanda, Akira Matsuzawa