Patents by Inventor Akira Kaneko
Akira Kaneko 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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Publication number: 20240222268Abstract: An apparatus that includes a first interlayer insulating film having a contact hole; a contact plug embedded in the contact hole, the contact plug including a main part and a barrier metal part located between an outer wall of the main part and an inner wall of the contact hole; a second interlayer insulating film covering the first interlayer insulating film; and a first conductive pattern embedded in the second interlayer insulating film and connected to the contact plug. Apart of the second interlayer insulating film is embedded in a gap between a top part of the outer wall of the main part of the contact plug and a top part of the inner wall of the contact hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: TAKAYOSHI TASHIRO, HIROKI YAMAWAKI, AKIRA KANEKO
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Publication number: 20240159421Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit including a plurality of heat exchangers (a condenser and an evaporator), and an axial fan configured to send air to the heat exchangers. The refrigerant circuit and the axial fan are accommodated in a case. The heat exchangers are disposed in a direction orthogonal to an air flow direction, and the axial fan is disposed on one side of an arrangement direction of the heat exchangers, and supplies the air to the heat exchangers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Naotaka IWASAWA, Akira KANEKO, Yasuaki KANO, Takahisa TOBE, Yoshio KOWADA
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Publication number: 20240145384Abstract: An apparatus that includes a first conductive pattern positioned at a first wiring layer and extending in a first direction, a second conductive pattern positioned at a second wiring layer located above the first wiring layer and extending in a second direction, and a contact plug connecting the first conductive pattern with the second conductive pattern. The contact plug includes a lower conductive section contacting the first conductive pattern and an upper conductive section contacting the second conductive pattern. The width of the lower conductive section on a first boundary between the lower and upper conductive sections in the first direction is greater than the width of the upper conductive section on the first boundary in the first direction and the width of the second conductive pattern on a second boundary between the contact plug and the second conductive pattern in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Akira Kaneko
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Patent number: 11961687Abstract: A push switch includes a case having a housing space with an upper opening, fixed contacts provided at a bottom of the housing space in the case, a movable contact member having a dome-shaped member, the movable contact member being disposed in the housing space, and having a central portion that is brought into contact with the fixed contacts by inverting the movable contact member in response to the movable contact member being pushed by an operator, and a pushing member is disposed above the movable contact member, and the pushing member is configured to push the movable contact portion directly or through other portions upon being pushed by the operator. The pushing member pushes a portion being situated outside of a central portion of the movable contact member directly or through other portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Kaneko, Katsutoshi Usui, Hiroshi Ohara
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Publication number: 20240064955Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower electrode provided over the substrate, a capacitive insulating film, and an upper electrode provided over the lower electrode, wherein the lower electrode has an upper portion and a lower portion, and at a boundary between the upper portion and the lower portion, the diameter of the upper portion is smaller than the diameter of the lower portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventor: Akira Kaneko
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Publication number: 20230366641Abstract: A plate-stacked heat exchanger is proposed which exchanges heat with high heat exchange efficiency in flow paths each including an internal space bulging outward between two heat transfer plates. A flow path forming portion includes a plurality of flow path bulging portions that bulges outward of a heat exchanger plate and forms heat exchange flow paths of a first heating medium therein, and a header portion includes a communication hole communicating with the header portion of an adjacent heat exchanger plate, and a flow path forming portion-side expanded portion expanding from the communication hole toward the flow path forming portion, and the flow path forming portion-side expanded portion communicates with the plurality of heat exchange flow paths. Consequently, heat can be exchanged in a greater width. Therefore, a high heat exchange rate can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventor: Akira KANEKO
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Publication number: 20230272977Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a pair of headers, and a plurality of heat exchanger tubes stacked between the pair of headers. Each of the headers includes header members each having a gutter-shaped cross section and including an open part and a bottom part. The header members are stacked in a staking direction of the heat exchanger tubes in such a way that the bottom part of one header member closes the open part of another header member. A fitted hole into which an end of a heat exchanger tube is fitted is provided in a side part of the header member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Kaneko, Naotaka Iwasawa, Akihiro Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20230269930Abstract: An apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of pillar-shaped bottom electrodes provided over the substrate; and an upper electrode covering side and top surfaces of the pillar-shaped bottom electrodes with an intervening capacitor insulating film therebetween. The pillar-shaped bottom electrodes have at least an upper portion and a lower portion. The diameter of the upper portion is smaller than the diameter of the lower portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Akira Kaneko, Keisuke Otsuka
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Publication number: 20230259856Abstract: Provided is a project success probability calculation system including a performance influencing pre-element holder that holds a performance influencing pre-element which is a pre-element that influences the performance of a project, a questioner that outputs a question for associating a performance pre-status value with the performance influencing pre-element assuming a specific project in which the project is specifically specified and prompts an input, a probability distribution derivation function holder that holds a probability distribution derivation function which is a function for calculating a probability distribution of success of the specific project using the performance pre-status value associated with the performance influencing pre-element, a success probability distribution calculator that calculates a success probability distribution of the specific project, based on the performance pre-status value obtained by the input and the held probability distribution derivation function, and a successType: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya TAKAHASHI, Toshinari GOTO, Akira KANEKO, Ryo HASEGAWA, Yi ZHANG
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Patent number: 11696431Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower electrode provided over the substrate, a capacitive insulating film, and an upper electrode provided over the lower electrode, wherein the lower electrode has an upper portion and a lower portion, and at a boundary between the upper portion and the lower portion, the diameter of the upper portion is smaller than the diameter of the lower portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Akira Kaneko
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Publication number: 20230153759Abstract: A project management organization diagnosis DB system that diagnoses a proper operability which is information indicating whether a project management organization, which is an organization to manage a project, is properly installed and operated during the progress of the project, and provides a database storing a result of the diagnosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya TAKAHASHI, Toshinari GOTO, Ryo HASEGAWA, Yi ZHANG, Akira KANEKO
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Patent number: 11647624Abstract: An apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of pillar-shaped bottom electrodes provided over the substrate; and an upper electrode covering side and top surfaces of the pillar-shaped bottom electrodes with an intervening capacitor insulating film therebetween; wherein the pillar-shaped bottom electrodes have at least an upper portion and a lower portion, and the diameter of the upper portion is smaller than the diameter of the lower portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Akira Kaneko, Keisuke Otsuka
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Patent number: 11607926Abstract: Provided is a vehicle air-conditioning system configured so that air-cooling/heating can be efficiently performed. The system (10, 20, 30, 40) includes a vapor compression heat pump unit (HP) having at least a compressor (CP), a condenser (CD), an expansion mechanism (EX), and an evaporator (EV) on a refrigerant circuit (RC), a brine flow path network (BC) having multiple pumps (PC, PH) and multiple flow path switching valves (TV1 to TV8, V1 to V9), and a vehicle indoor air-conditioning unit (AC) having an air duct (AD) and multiple vehicle indoor heat exchangers (HXC1, HXC2) arranged in series in the air duct. Upon actuation in an air-cooling mode or an air-heating mode accompanied by neither dehumidification nor defrosting, brine flows in series in the multiple vehicle indoor heat exchangers.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Kaneko
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Publication number: 20230055168Abstract: Provided is a project management system including a process identifying information holding unit that holds process identifying information for identifying processes of a project, an influencing circumstantial situation information holding unit that holds a plurality of pieces of influencing circumstantial situation information that is information indicating an influencing circumstance being a circumstance influencing progress of the project recognized in the processes of the project, a per-process influencing circumstantial situation information input reception unit that receives per-process influencing circumstantial situation information that is information associating the influencing circumstantial situation information being held and the process identifying information of the process in which the circumstantial situation indicated by the influencing circumstantial situation information is recognized, and a graphical output unit that outputs graphically the per-process influencing circumstantial situationType: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventor: Akira KANEKO
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Patent number: 11459019Abstract: A vehicle steering apparatus, including: a steering column; a link member; an actuator including: a vehicle body side engaging portion, and a link side engaging portion, and when operated, the actuator changing a spacing between the vehicle body side engaging portion and the link side engaging portion, and swinging the steering column between the first position and the second position; a steering support that supports the steering column from the vehicle lower side in a state in which the steering column is disposed at the first position; and a clamp member provided at the link member, the clamp member being engaged with the steering support in the state in which the steering column is disposed at the first position, and the clamp member moving away from the steering support when the steering column is to swing from the first position toward the second position.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Ohrui, Akira Kaneko, Akihiro Harada
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Publication number: 20220189960Abstract: An apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of pillar-shaped bottom electrodes provided over the substrate; and an upper electrode covering side and top surfaces of the pillar-shaped bottom electrodes with an intervening capacitor insulating film therebetween; wherein the pillar-shaped bottom electrodes have at least an upper portion and a lower portion, and the diameter of the upper portion is smaller than the diameter of the lower portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Akira Kaneko, Keisuke Otsuka
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Publication number: 20220122985Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower electrode provided over the substrate, a capacitive insulating film, and an upper electrode provided over the lower electrode, wherein the lower electrode has an upper portion and a lower portion, and at a boundary between the upper portion and the lower portion, the diameter of the upper portion is smaller than the diameter of the lower portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Akira Kaneko
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Patent number: 11227866Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower electrode provided over the substrate, a capacitive insulating film, and an upper electrode provided over the lower electrode, wherein the lower electrode has an upper portion and a lower portion, and at a boundary between the upper portion and the lower portion, the diameter of the upper portion is smaller than the diameter of the lower portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Akira Kaneko
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Publication number: 20210394815Abstract: A vehicle steering apparatus, including: a steering column; a link member; an actuator including: a vehicle body side engaging portion, and a link side engaging portion, and when operated, the actuator changing a spacing between the vehicle body side engaging portion and the link side engaging portion, and swinging the steering column between the first position and the second position; a steering support that supports the steering column from the vehicle lower side in a state in which the steering column is disposed at the first position; and a clamp member provided at the link member, the clamp member being engaged with the steering support in the state in which the steering column is disposed at the first position, and the clamp member moving away from the steering support when the steering column is to swing from the first position toward the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Masahiro Ohrui, Akira Kaneko, Akihiro Harada
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Publication number: 20210335558Abstract: A push switch includes a case having a housing space with an upper opening, fixed contacts provided at a bottom of the housing space in the case, a movable contact member having a dome-shaped member, the movable contact member being disposed in the housing space, and having a central portion that is brought into contact with the fixed contacts by inverting the movable contact member in response to the movable contact member being pushed by an operator, and a pushing member is disposed above the movable contact member, and the pushing member is configured to push the movable contact portion directly or through other portions upon being pushed by the operator. The pushing member pushes a portion being situated outside of a central portion of the movable contact member directly or through other portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Akira KANEKO, Katsutoshi USUI, Hiroshi OHARA