Patents by Inventor Akio Ogawa

Akio Ogawa 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: 20230420613
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ultraviolet semiconductor light-emitting element that allows a user to easily confirm whether or not it is driven to emit the deep ultraviolet light. An ultraviolet semiconductor light-emitting element according to the present invention includes a single crystal AlN substrate, an n-type AlGaN layer, an active layer, and a p-type AlGaN layer. The n-type AlGaN layer is formed on the single crystal AlN substrate. The active layer is formed on the n-type AlGaN layer. The active layer has a light emission peak wavelength of 250 nm or more and 280 nm or less. The p-type AlGaN layer is formed on the active layer. The C concentration in the single crystal AlN substrate is 3×1017 atoms/cm3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru KINOSHITA, Akio OGAWA, Hiroyuki KANO
  • Patent number: 10246604
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing an aqueous liquid containing a vinyl polymer, of which the production efficiency is high, without lowering the yield of the vinyl polymer. When removing a hydrophilic organic solvent from a mixed liquid comprising a vinyl polymer, the hydrophilic organic solvent and water to produce an aqueous liquid containing the vinyl polymer, a liquid phase and a gas phase are formed in a closed container, a part of the liquid of the liquid phase is formed into small droplets and brought into contact with the gas phase to vaporize the hydrophilic organic solvent, and the vaporized hydrophilic organic solvent is removed from the closed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukunaga, Katsuya Ueno, Akio Ogawa, Yutaka Ohyama, Teruhiko Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20170327710
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing an aqueous liquid containing a vinyl polymer, of which the production efficiency is high, without lowering the yield of the vinyl polymer. When removing a hydrophilic organic solvent from a mixed liquid comprising a vinyl polymer, the hydrophilic organic solvent and water to produce an aqueous liquid containing the vinyl polymer, a liquid phase and a gas phase are formed in a closed container, a part of the liquid of the liquid phase is formed into small droplets and brought into contact with the gas phase to vaporize the hydrophilic organic solvent, and the vaporized hydrophilic organic solvent is removed from the closed container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shintaro FUKUNAGA, Katsuya UENO, Akio OGAWA, Yutaka OHYAMA, Teruhiko YASUDA
  • Patent number: 9702945
    Abstract: A magnetic measurement device which can measure the magnetic characteristics in a microregion of a thin plate magnetic sample. After a magnetic sample is applied by a magnetic field and magnetized accordingly, by scanning the magnetic sample using a measuring part, the magnetic flux leakage in the magnetic sample can be measured. The magnetic flux leaks outside by magnetizing a first region and a second region of the magnetic sample in reciprocally opposite directions and reducing the demagnetizing field. Specifically, a magnetic field generating part with at least a pair of magnetic poles is used to perform the magnetization of multiple poles, or the magnetic field generating part applies a damped oscillation magnetic field to perform the magnetization, or a local magnetic field generating part which applies an alternating magnetic field and scans the surface of the sample at the same time is used to perform the magnetization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Tsutomu Chikamatsu, Akio Ogawa, Kyung-ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9488828
    Abstract: In an optical deflector apparatus including a mirror, an inner frame, an outer frame, an inner piezoelectric actuator adapted to flex the mirror around an axis of the mirror, an outer piezoelectric actuator adapted to flex the mirror around the axis of the mirror, and a driver adapted to generate an offset drive voltage and a rocking drive voltage. The offset drive voltage is applied to a first piezoelectric actuator selected from the inner piezoelectric actuator and the outer piezoelectric actuator. The rocking drive voltage is applied to a second piezoelectric actuator different from the first piezoelectric actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Ikegami, Akio Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9436000
    Abstract: An optical deflector includes a mirror structure having a symmetrical axis on a plane of the mirror structure, an outer frame surrounding the mirror structure, and at least one meander-type piezoelectric actuator coupled between the mirror structure and the outer frame and having a plurality of piezoelectric cantilevers in parallel with the symmetrical axis folded at folded portions. The mirror structure is divided into a first half portion and a second half portion along the symmetrical axis. The first half portion is close to a closest one of the folded portions, and the second half portion is far from the closest one of the folded portions. A mass of the second half portion is larger than a mass of the first half portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Ogawa, Keiichi Ikegami
  • Patent number: 9354285
    Abstract: A magnetic measurement device which measures coercivity and coercivity distribution in a microregion of a thin plate magnetic sample with high coercivity. A magnetic sample is applied with a magnetic field in a first direction and magnetized, a second magnetic field is applied in a direction opposite to the first, a measuring part scans the sample, measuring magnetic flux leakage due to remnant magnetization in the sample. The intensity of the second magnetic field is gradually increased while the measuring part repeats the measurement to obtain the second magnetic field wherein the magnitude of the leakage from the sample reaches the maximum level, and when a magnetic field equivalent to the coercivity is applied to the sample and about half of the magnetization is reversed, the sample's coercivity is obtained based on the determination that the demagnetizing field Hd reaches the minimum level and the leakage reaches the maximum level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Tsutomu Chikamatsu, Akio Ogawa, Kyung-ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9340633
    Abstract: Provided is a treatment method for fluororesin pellets to remove hydrofluoric acid released from fluororesin pellets obtained by melt-molding a melt-moldable fluororesin. The treatment method comprises bringing a hydrofluoric acid-removing medium selected from warm water of from 30 to 200° C., steam of from 100 to 200° C. and warm wind of from 40 to 200° C. into contact with fluororesin pellets obtained by melt-molding a melt-moldable fluororesin, and thereby treating the fluororesin pellets so that the amount of hydrofluoric acid released per kg of the resulting fluororesin pellets would be at most 5 ?g as determined after the storage of the resulting fluororesin pellets at 35° C. for 15 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Otsugu, Yuji Tanonaka, Atsushi Tsuji, Shigeru Aida, Akio Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9328178
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer powder, whereby it is possible to simply and inexpensively produce an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer powder excellent in handling efficiency from a slurry having an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer dispersed in a fluorinated organic solvent. A method for producing an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer powder, which comprises feeding, at a feeding linear velocity exceeding 0.10 m/sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsuya Ueno, Atsushi Tsuji, Akio Ogawa, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150362724
    Abstract: In an optical deflector apparatus including a mirror, an inner frame, an outer frame, an inner piezoelectric actuator adapted to flex the mirror around an axis of the mirror, an outer piezoelectric actuator adapted to flex the mirror around the axis of the mirror, and a driver adapted to generate an offset drive voltage and a rocking drive voltage. The offset drive voltage is applied to a first piezoelectric actuator selected from the inner piezoelectric actuator and the outer piezoelectric actuator. The rocking drive voltage is applied to a second piezoelectric actuator different from the first piezoelectric actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi IKEGAMI, Akio OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150277108
    Abstract: An optical deflector includes a mirror structure having a symmetrical axis on a plane of the mirror structure, an outer frame surrounding the mirror structure, and at least one meander-type piezoelectric actuator coupled between the mirror structure and the outer frame and having a plurality of piezoelectric cantilevers in parallel with the symmetrical axis folded at folded portions. The mirror structure is divided into a first half portion and a second half portion along the symmetrical axis. The first half portion is close to a closest one of the folded portions, and the second half portion is far from the closest one of the folded portions. A mass of the second half portion is larger than a mass of the first half portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio OGAWA, Keiichi IKEGAMI
  • Publication number: 20150070005
    Abstract: A magnetic measurement device which measures coercivity and coercivity distribution in a microregion of a thin plate magnetic sample with high coercivity. A magnetic sample is applied with a magnetic field in a first direction and magnetized, a second magnetic field is applied in a direction opposite to the first, a measuring part scans the sample, measuring magnetic flux leakage due to remnant magnetization in the sample. The intensity of the second magnetic field is gradually increased while the measuring part repeats the measurement to obtain the second magnetic field wherein the magnitude of the leakage from the sample reaches the maximum level, and when a magnetic field equivalent to the coercivity is applied to the sample and about half of the magnetization is reversed, the sample's coercivity is obtained based on the determination that the demagnetizing field Hd reaches the minimum level and the leakage reaches the maximum level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Tsutomu Chikamatsu, Akio Ogawa, Kyung-ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140375308
    Abstract: A magnetic measurement device which can measure the magnetic characteristics in a microregion of a thin plate magnetic sample. After a magnetic sample is applied by a magnetic field and magnetized accordingly, by scanning the magnetic sample using a measuring part, the magnetic flux leakage in the magnetic sample can be measured. The magnetic flux leaks outside by magnetizing a first region and a second region of the magnetic sample in reciprocally opposite directions and reducing the demagnetizing field. Specifically, a magnetic field generating part with at least a pair of magnetic poles is used to perform the magnetization of multiple poles, or the magnetic field generating part applies a damped oscillation magnetic field to perform the magnetization, or a local magnetic field generating part which applies an alternating magnetic field and scans the surface of the sample at the same time is used to perform the magnetization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Tsutomu Chikamatsu, Akio Ogawa, Kyung-ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140135465
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer powder, whereby it is possible to simply and inexpensively produce an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer powder excellent in handling efficiency from a slurry having an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer dispersed in a fluorinated organic solvent. A method for producing an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer powder, which comprises feeding, at a feeding linear velocity exceeding 0.10 m/sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsuya Ueno, Atsushi Tsuji, Akio Ogawa, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8546797
    Abstract: In a ZnO based compound semiconductor device, nitrogen (N) doped (Mg)ZnO:N layer is inserted as a diffusion barrier layer 9 between a ZnO based n-type layer 3 to which n-type dopants are doped and an active layer 4 or a p-type layer 5. The diffusion barrier layer 9 prevents diffusion of the n-type dopants to the active layer 4 or the p-type layer 5. Crystalline quality of the active layer 4 of the ZnO based compound semiconductor device is not deteriorated by the diffusion of the n-type dopants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Yamamuro, Hiroyuki Kato, Akio Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8436351
    Abstract: A ZnO-containing semiconductor layer contains Se added to ZnO and has an emission peak wavelength of ultraviolet light and an emission peak wavelength of visual light. By combining the ZnO-containing semiconductor layer with phosphor or a semiconductor which is excited by the emitted ultraviolet light and emits visual light, visual light at various wavelengths can be emitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Yamamuro, Michihiro Sano, Naochika Horio, Hiroyuki Kato, Akio Ogawa, Hiroshi Kotani
  • Patent number: 8292203
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing ETFE granules having a low content of an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer oligomer and being excellent in handling efficiency. A method for granulating an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, which is characterized by stirring and granulating a slurry of an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer together with water in the presence of both ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene at a granulation temperature of from 10 to 130° C. for a granulation time of from 30 to 240 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shigeru Aida, Atsushi Tsuji, Akio Ogawa, Toshiyuki Chisaka, Jumpei Nomura
  • Patent number: 8143618
    Abstract: A ZnO based semiconductor device includes: a lamination structure including a first semiconductor layer containing ZnO based semiconductor of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor layer containing ZnO based semiconductor of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, formed above the first semiconductor layer and forming a pn junction together with the first semiconductor layer; and a Zn—Si—O layer containing compound of Zn, Si and O and covering a surface exposing the pn junction of the lamination structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kotani, Michihiro Sano, Hiroyuki Kato, Naochika Horio, Akio Ogawa, Tomofumi Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 8138754
    Abstract: The characteristics of thin-film magnetic heads are evaluated by measuring, in a step and repeat method and apparatus, the magnetic field generated by the respective heads in a bar including multiple heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Ogawa, Tsutomu Chikamatsu, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Kazunori Matsuiwa, Masaki Ohashi, Kazuyoshi Nakajima, Kiyotaka Shindo
  • Patent number: 8039867
    Abstract: A ZnO-containing semiconductor layer, doped with Se, has an emission peak wavelength in visual light and has a band gap equivalent to a band gap of ZnO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Ogawa, Michihiro Sano, Hiroyuki Kato, Naochika Horio, Hiroshi Kotani, Tomofumi Yamamuro