Patents by Inventor Akio Hashimoto
Akio Hashimoto 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: 11961583Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory chips, at least one of the memory chips including a first controller configured to be shifted to a wait state of generating a peak current, before generating the peak current in accordance with a command. The device further includes a control chip including a second controller configured to search a state of the first controller and control, based on a result of searching the state of the first controller, whether or not to issue a cancel instruction for the wait state to the first controller that has been shifted to the wait state.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Akio Sugahara, Yoshikazu Harada, Shoichiro Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20240074716Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnosis apparatus includes a table, an imaging unit, and processing circuitry. The table includes a table top on which a subject is placed. The imaging unit includes an X-ray tube which emits X-rays to the subject and an X-ray detector which detects the X-rays. The processing circuitry detects contact between an object and at least one of the imaging unit and the table. The processing circuitry executes control to display contact position information relating to a position in contact with the object based on a detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Keisuke SUGAWARA, Saki HASHIMOTO, Masanori MATSUMOTO, Yoshiyuki SATO, Hisayuki UEHARA, Shingo ABE, Akio TETSUKA
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Patent number: 9890438Abstract: An aluminum copper clad material has excellent bonding strength and includes an aluminum layer and a copper layer that are bonded without a nickel layer interposed therebetween. The aluminum layer and the copper layer are diffusion-bonded via an Al—Cu intermetallic compound layer. The copper layer satisfies Dcs?0.5×Dcc, where Dcc represents the average crystal grain size of crystal grains in a central portion in the thickness direction of the copper layer, and Dcs represents the average crystal grain size of an interface adjacent portion C2 in the copper layer that is about 0.5 ?m apart from the interface between the copper layer and the intermetallic compound layer. The intermetallic compound layer has an average thickness of about 0.5 ?m to about 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimitsu Oda, Masaaki Ishio, Akio Hashimoto, Kenji Ikeuchi
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Publication number: 20160122842Abstract: An aluminum copper clad material has excellent bonding strength and includes an aluminum layer and a copper layer that are bonded without a nickel layer interposed therebetween. The aluminum layer and the copper layer are diffusion-bonded via an Al—Cu intermetallic compound layer. The copper layer satisfies Dcs?0.5×Dcc, where Dcc represents the average crystal grain size of crystal grains in a central portion in the thickness direction of the copper layer, and Dcs represents the average crystal grain size of an interface adjacent portion C2 in the copper layer that is about 0.5 ?m apart from the interface between the copper layer and the intermetallic compound layer. The intermetallic compound layer has an average thickness of about 0.5 ?m to about 10 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Yoshimitsu ODA, Masaaki ISHIO, Akio HASHIMOTO, Kenji IKEUCHI
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Patent number: 9266188Abstract: An aluminum copper clad material has excellent bonding strength and includes an aluminum layer and a copper layer that are bonded without a nickel layer interposed therebetween. The aluminum layer and the copper layer are diffusion-bonded via an Al—Cu intermetallic compound layer. The copper layer satisfies Dcs?0.5×Dcc, where Dcc represents the average crystal grain size of crystal grains in a central portion in the thickness direction of the copper layer, and Dcs represents the average crystal grain size of an interface adjacent portion C2 in the copper layer that is about 0.5 ?m apart from the interface between the copper layer and the intermetallic compound layer. The intermetallic compound layer has an average thickness of about 0.5 ?m to about 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: NEOMAX MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimitsu Oda, Masaaki Ishio, Akio Hashimoto, Kenji Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 9180444Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for producing a catalyst for use in the production of a methylamine compound can be provided, wherein the catalyst comprises a modified crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve. The method comprises: a moisture control step of adsorbing moisture onto a crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve in an amount of 5 to 30 wt % of the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve; and a step of heating the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve having moisture adsorbed thereon under a pressure of 0.1 MPa or more and at a temperature of 130 to 350° C. for 5 to 40 hours.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Toshihiro Nomura, Katsumi Higuchi, Akio Hashimoto, Sachiko Arie
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Publication number: 20150258538Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for producing a catalyst for use in the production of a methylamine compound can be provided, wherein the catalyst comprises a modified crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve. The method comprises: a moisture control step of adsorbing moisture onto a crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve in an amount of 5 to 30 wt % of the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve; and a step of heating the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve having moisture adsorbed thereon under a pressure of 0.1 MPa or more and at a temperature of 130 to 350° C. for 5 to 40 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Toshihiro Nomura, Katsumi Higuchi, Akio Hashimoto, Sachiko Arie
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Patent number: 8993799Abstract: A method for producing a purified naphthalenedicarboxylic acid includes steps of mixing a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid-containing material and an amine in a mixed liquid of water and an organic solvent to give a crystal of a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid amine salt; and obtaining a purified naphthalenedicarboxylic acid from the crystal of the naphthalenedicarboxylic acid amine salt, wherein (1) in the step of forming the naphthalenedicarboxylic acid amine salt by adding an amine to the slurry that contains water, an organic solvent and a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, the amine addition rate is from 0.002 to 0.4 mol/min relative to one mol of the naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, or (2) an amine is added to the aqueous solution prepared by dissolving the naphthalenedicarboxylic acid amine salt in water, or to the liquid prepared through solid-liquid separation of the aqueous solution to insolubilize and precipitate the metal component, and the precipitated metal component is removed through solid-liquid separation.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Hideharu Kurashima, Masayoshi Hayashi, Akio Hashimoto, Ryuusuke Shigematsu
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Patent number: 8800794Abstract: A biaxially drawn, blow-molded bottle and its preform comprise at least a layer of a gas barrier material laminated inside the PET resin layers, a functional portion having a screw thread raised spirally in the upper portion of neck and also having a stop ring disposed under the screw thread, and a neck ring disposed at the lower end of the neck. In these preform and bottle, the leading edge of the gas barrier layer is positioned at a half height of the neck ring where the most advanced front of the leading edge neither reaches a half height of the stop ring nor extends to the functional portion. It is intended here that the neck would not be affected by the shrinking deformation caused by the existence of the gas barrier layer in the functional portion of the neck, which is treated for thermal crystallization.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Uesugi, Akio Hashimoto, Masato Suzuki, Hiromi Shimura
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Publication number: 20140200364Abstract: A method for producing a purified naphthalenedicarboxylic acid includes steps of mixing a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid-containing material and an amine in a mixed liquid of water and an organic solvent to give a crystal of a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid amine salt; and obtaining a purified naphthalenedicarboxylic acid from the crystal of the naphthalenedicarboxylic acid amine salt, wherein (1) in the step of forming the naphthalenedicarboxylic acid amine salt by adding an amine to the slurry that contains water, an organic solvent and a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, the amine addition rate is from 0.002 to 0.4 mol/min relative to one mol of the naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, or (2) an amine is added to the aqueous solution prepared by dissolving the naphthalenedicarboxylic acid amine salt in water, or to the liquid prepared through solid-liquid separation of the aqueous solution to insolubilize and precipitate the metal component, and the precipitated metal component is removed through solid-liquid separation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Inventors: Hideharu Kurashima, Masayoshi Hayashi, Akio Hashimoto, Ryuusuke Shigematsu
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Patent number: 8524340Abstract: The preform of the biaxially drawn, blow-molded bottle comprises polyethylene terephthalate layers 2 and at least a gas barrier layer 3 laminated with the polyethylene terephthalate layers. The gas barrier layer 3 extends downward from a level halfway to the height of the neck 4 including the neck ring 5, or at least from above the neck ring 5, down virtually to the lower end of body 6. The gas barrier layer 3 inside the wall of the neck 4 has an average thickness corresponding to a third (?) or less of the maximum thickness of the gas barrier layer 3 inside the wall of the body 6, allowing most of the gas barrier material to be located in the wall of the body 6. Thus, the gas barrier material is effectively utilized, and in the case of the heat-resistant bottle, the neck has the predetermined dimensions without fail after the whitening treatment.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Hashimoto, Masato Suzuki, Tadashi Asai
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Publication number: 20130071686Abstract: An aluminum copper clad material has excellent bonding strength and includes an aluminum layer and a copper layer that are bonded without a nickel layer interposed therebetween. The aluminum layer and the copper layer that are diffusion-bonded via an Al—Cu intermetallic compound layer. The copper layer satisfies Dcs?0.5×Dcc, where Dcc represents the average crystal grain size of crystal grains in a central portion in the thickness direction of the copper layer, and Dcs represents the average crystal grain size of an interface adjacent portion C2 in the copper layer that is about 0.5 ?m apart from the interface between the copper layer and the intermetallic compound layer. The intermetallic compound layer has an average thickness of about 0.5 ?m to about 10 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Yoshimitsu Oda, Masaaki Ishio, Akio Hashimoto, Kenji Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 8246763Abstract: A high strength aluminum alloy casting obtained by casting an aluminum alloy comprised of 7.5 to 11.5 wt % of Si, 3.8 to 4.8 wt % of Cu, 0.45 to 0.65 wt % of Mg, 0.4 to 0.7 wt % of Fe, 0.35 to 0.45 wt % of Mn, and the balance of Al and not more than 0.2 wt % of unavoidable impurities, wherein this aluminum alloy has 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of Ag added to it or contains 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of at least one element selected from the group of second additive elements comprised of Rb, K, Ba, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ta, V, and Pd and rare earth elements, and a method of production of a high strength aluminum alloy casting comprising the steps of filling a melt of an aluminum alloy in a mold to obtain a casting, taking out the aluminum alloy casting from the mold, solubilizing the high strength aluminum alloy casting by heating in a temperature range of 495 to 505° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Yamada, Tomoyuki Hatano, Susumu Miyakawa, Hiromi Takagi, Hiroshi Horikawa, Akio Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7976918Abstract: A biaxially drawn, blow-molded bottle and its preform comprise at least a layer of a gas barrier material laminated inside the PET resin layers, a functional portion having a screw thread raised spirally in the upper portion of neck and also having a stop ring disposed under the screw thread, and a neck ring disposed at the lower end of the neck. In these preform and bottle, the leading edge of the gas barrier layer is positioned at a half height of the neck ring where the most advanced front of the leading edge neither reaches a half height of the stop ring nor extends to the functional portion. It is intended here that the neck would not be affected by the shrinking deformation caused by the existence of the gas barrier layer in the functional portion of the neck, which is treated for thermal crystallization.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Uesugi, Akio Hashimoto, Masato Suzuki, Hiromi Shimura
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Publication number: 20100192888Abstract: A high strength aluminum alloy casting obtained by casting an aluminum alloy comprised of 7.5 to 11.5 wt % of Si, 3.8 to 4.8 wt % of Cu, 0.45 to 0.65 wt % of Mg, 0.4 to 0.7 wt % of Fe, 0.35 to 0.45 wt % of Mn, and the balance of Al and not more than 0.2 wt % of unavoidable impurities, wherein this aluminum alloy has 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of Ag added to it or contains 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of at least one element selected from the group of second additive elements comprised of Rb, K, Ba, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ta, V, and Pd and rare earth elements, and a method of production of a high strength aluminum alloy casting comprising the steps of filling a melt of an aluminum alloy in a mold to obtain a casting, taking out the aluminum alloy casting from the mold, solubilizing the high strength aluminum alloy casting by heating in a temperature range of 495 to 505° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Yamada, Tomoyuki Hatano, Susumu Miyakawa, Hiromi Takagi, Hiroshi Horikawa, Akio Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7464941Abstract: A sealing mechanism comprises a support member forming part of the semiconductor producing apparatus which has a vacuum chamber, a rotation shaft rotatably received in the support member, and at least three seal rings axially spaced apart from each other between the support member and the rotation shaft to form a first fluid chamber close to the atmosphere and a second fluid chamber close to the vacuum chamber. The first fluid chamber is vacuumized to have a first pressure, and the second fluid chamber is also vacuumized to have a second pressure which is lower than the first pressure. The first and second fluid chambers work together to enhance the sealing performance of the sealing mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akio Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20080251488Abstract: A biaxially drawn, blow-molded bottle and its preform comprise at least a layer of a gas barrier material laminated inside the PET resin layers, a functional portion having a screw thread raised spirally in the upper portion of neck and also having a stop ring disposed under the screw thread, and a neck ring disposed at the lower end of the neck. In these preform and bottle, the leading edge of the gas barrier layer is positioned at a half height of the neck ring where the most advanced front of the leading edge neither reaches a half height of the stop ring nor extends to the functional portion. It is intended here that the neck would not be affected by the shrinking deformation caused by the existence of the gas barrier layer in the functional portion of the neck, which is treated for thermal crystallization.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Uesugi, Akio Hashimoto, Masato Suzuki, Hiromi Shimura
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Publication number: 20080083478Abstract: A high strength aluminum alloy casting obtained by casting an aluminum alloy comprised of 7.5 to 11.5 wt % of Si, 3.8 to 4.8 wt % of Cu, 0.45 to 0.65 wt % of Mg, 0.4 to 0.7 wt % of Fe, 0.35 to 0.45 wt % of Mn, and the balance of Al and not more than 0.2 wt % of unavoidable impurities, wherein this aluminum alloy has 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of Ag added to it or contains 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of at least one element selected from the group of second additive elements comprised of Rb, K, Ba, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ta, V, and Pd and rare earth elements, and a method of production of a high strength aluminum alloy casting comprising the steps of filling a melt of an aluminum alloy in a mold to obtain a casting, taking out the aluminum alloy casting from the mold, solubilizing the high strength aluminum alloy casting by heating in a temperature range of 495 to 505° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2007Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventors: Kouji Yamada, Tomoyuki Hatano, Susumu Miyakawa, Hiromi Takagi, Hiroshi Horikawa, Akio Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7246800Abstract: A sealing mechanism comprises a support member forming part of the semiconductor producing apparatus which has a vacuum chamber, a rotation shaft rotatably received in the support member, and at least three seal rings axially spaced apart from each other between the support member and the rotation shaft to form a first fluid chamber close to the atmosphere and a second fluid chamber close to the vacuum chamber. The first fluid chamber is vacuumized to have a first pressure, and the second fluid chamber is also vacuumized to have a second pressure which is lower than the first pressure. The first and second fluid chambers work together to enhance the sealing performance of the sealing mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akio Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7115238Abstract: Problems on catalyst production and catalyst performance with respect to conventional 8-oxygen-membered ring micropore-containing crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieves as non-equilibrium methylamine synthesis catalysts, are resolved. A chabazite type crystalline silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve having high purity and high crystallinity and having, on a crystal grain surface, an amorphous oxide layer whose Si/Al atomic ratio is greater than that of the whole crystal grain can be stably produced with high yield with the use of a small amount of structure directing agents by the present method characterized in that hydrothermal treatment conducted in the production of 8-oxygen-membered ring micropore-containing crystalline silicoaluminophosphate sieves is controlled under specified treating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Katsumi Higuchi, Akio Hashimoto, Toshihiro Nomura, Sachiko Arie, Takuo Ohshida, Takashi Kojima