Patents by Inventor Akira Yamaguchi

Akira Yamaguchi 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: 20180101924
    Abstract: A machine learning device which learns a correlation between shipment inspection information obtained by inspecting an object in shipment thereof and operation alarm information issued during operation of the object, includes a state observation unit which observes the shipment inspection information and the operation alarm information; and a learning unit which generates a learning model based on the shipment inspection information and the operation alarm information observed by the state observation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventor: Akira YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180076490
    Abstract: A battery is provided including an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte; wherein the electrolyte includes one or both of fluoro ethylene carbonate and difluoro ethylene carbonate in an amount of 0.5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less, wherein the anode includes an anode active material layer provided on an anode current collector, and wherein a thickness of the anode active material layer, after charging the battery, is 58 um or more and 75 um or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Kunihiko Hayashi, Tadahiko Kubota, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Akira Ichihashi, Yuzuru Fukushima, Hironori Sato, Masaki Kuratsuka, Hideto Watanabe, Kimio Tajima, Masahiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9869715
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor wafer inspection apparatus and a semiconductor wafer inspection method that can suppress warpage in a semiconductor wafer due to a temperature difference between the mounting surface of a table and the semiconductor wafer. In a prober of the present invention, a semiconductor wafer is heated to have a second temperature which is equal to or lower than a first temperature in a preheating step using an oven, and then the semiconductor wafer is placed on a mounting surface of a table which is heated to the first temperature. Thus, because a temperature difference between the mounting surface of the table and the semiconductor wafer is reduced in the prober, it is possible to suppress warpage in the semiconductor wafer that occurs right after the semiconductor wafer is placed on the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishimoto, Yuji Shigesawa, Akira Yamaguchi, Takashi Motoyama, Takenori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180006331
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains, as a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode material having a surface composition represented by the following formula (I); the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a halogenated carbonate represented by any of the following formulae (1) to (2) and an alkylbenzene represented by the following formula (3); a content of the halogenated carbonate is 0.1% by mass or more and not more than 50% by mass relative to the nonaqueous electrolyte; and a content of the alkylbenzene is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Toru Odani, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyamoto, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 9831532
    Abstract: The present application provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes, a cathode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, an anode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, and an electrolyte placed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte contains at least one of fluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (1) and difluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (2) as a solvent and the ratio of a discharge capacity B during discharging at a 5C rate to a discharge capacity A during discharging at a 0.2C rate ((B/A)×100) is 80% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Kunihiko Hayashi, Tadahiko Kubota, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Akira Ichihashi, Yuzuru Fukushima, Hironori Sato, Masaki Kuratsuka, Hideto Watanabe, Kimio Tajima, Masahiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9813010
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is configured to be connected to a motor by a wiring line, and includes: a motor driving unit for driving a motor; a current command unit for commanding supply of current to the motor driving unit; and, a miswiring detecting unit for detecting miswiring of lines connected to motors by acquiring via wiring lines a signal indicating the motor temperature detected by a motor temperature detector provided for the motor, wherein the miswiring detecting unit detects presence or absence of miswiring of the wiring lines, based on the change of the motor temperature when the current command unit commands supply of reactive current to the motor driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Iwanami, Akira Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9789743
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension structure includes a suspension arm and a ball joint. The suspension arm is connected between a suspension member and a vehicle-widthwise outer side end connected to a vehicle wheel. The ball joint connects the suspension arm and the vehicle wheel. When the vehicle receives an impact in the longitudinal direction, a socket of the ball joint pivots relative to a ball as the suspension arm deforms, and a flange portion on an open side of the socket interferes with a stud shaft of the ball joint. The interference causes the flange portion to deform and the ball to come out of the socket to undo the link with the vehicle wheel by the ball joint. Upon becoming unlinked, the vehicle wheel moves toward the vehicle-widthwise outer side and interference with the rear vehicle body is suppressed to limit deformation of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shingo Donkai, Akira Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki Nakao, Yoshihiro Konno, Kuniaki Ozono, Naoki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9765427
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotation/revolution type vapor phase growth apparatus that allows for automatic meshing between an external gear and an internal gear. In the apparatus, on tooth side surfaces of at least one kind of a plurality of external gear members provided rotatably in a circumferential direction of an outer periphery of a disk-shaped susceptor and a ring-shaped fixed internal gear member having an internal gear to mesh with the external gear members, there is provided a guide slope that abuts against a tooth side surface of the other kind of the gear member(s) to guide both kinds of the gear members into a meshed state when both kinds of the gear members move from a non-meshed state to the meshed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION, TNCSE Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Kosuke Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20170264168
    Abstract: An electric motor comprising: an motor main body, a fan motor for cooling the motor main body, and a casing which is attached to the motor main body to hold the fan motor, wherein the fan motor has engagement parts, and both of the motor main body and the casing are provided with engagement parts which can engage with the engagement parts on the fan motor to fasten the fan motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Nishifukumoto, Akira Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20170243291
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for aggregating quantities associated with messages includes: generating an implied message for an object based on two constituent messages, wherein the implied message is associated with a value based on the values of the constituent messages, a priority that is equivalent to the lower of the priorities of the constituent messages, and a quantity that is equivalent to the lesser of the quantities of the constituent messages, receiving third and fourth messages, increasing the quantity of the implied message based on the received messages, and upon an occurrence of a match event involving the implied message, automatically allocating all of the quantity of the implied message for matching during the match event before allocating any of the quantity associated with the third message for matching during the match event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Dileep Konduru, Eric Schuldt, Josê Antonio Acuña-Rohter, Akira Yamaguchi, Kevin Bulman
  • Patent number: 9742037
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains, as a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode material having a surface composition represented by the following formula (I); the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a halogenated carbonate represented by any of the following formulae (1) to (2) and an alkylbenzene represented by the following formula (3); a content of the halogenated carbonate is 0.1% by mass or more and not more than 50% by mass relative to the nonaqueous electrolyte; and a content of the alkylbenzene is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Odani, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyamoto, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 9647298
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes an anode; a cathode; a separator; an electrolytic solution including a solvent and an electrolyte salt; wherein the solvent includes a fluoro ethylene carbonate, wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte battery has a discharge capacity ratio of a discharge capacity B when discharging at a 5 C rate to a discharge capacity A when discharging at a 0.2 C rate ((B/A)×100%), and wherein the discharge capacity ratio is 80% or more. An electrical apparatus including a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Kunihiko Hayashi, Tadahiko Kubota, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Akira Ichihashi, Yuzuru Fukushima, Hironori Sato, Masaki Kuratsuka, Hideto Watanabe, Kimio Tajima, Masahiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9621006
    Abstract: An electric motor comprising a housing, a stator which is fastened to the housing, a rotor which is arranged at an inside of the stator, a bearing which is attached to the housing to support a shaft of the rotor, a shield member which is attached to the bearing to prevent scattering of lubricant enclosed in the bearing, and a scatter preventing member which extends from the housing so as to be positioned between the bearing and an iron core of the rotor, and prevents scattering of component parts of the bearing to the inside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitarou Takimoto, Akira Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20170092922
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery with a spirally coiled electrode body (10) including a cathode (11) having a cathode active material and an anode (12) having an anode active material which are coiled through a separator (13) in a battery can (1). As the separator (13), is used a separator having a plurality of laminated microporous films made of polyolefin which have different film layer thickness and average pore size. Specially, the separator (13) has three or more layers of microporous films made of polyolefin laminated. Further, the outermost layer of the separator is made of porous polypropylene and at least one layer of inner layers is made of porous polyethylene. The total of the thickness of layers made of porous polyethylene is located within a range of 40% to 84% as thick as the thickness of the separator. Thus, the temperature of a battery can be controlled, a reliability is enhanced and a productivity and cyclic characteristics are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hayato Hommura, Hiroshi Imoto, Atsuo Omaru, Masayuki Nagamine, Akira Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9583791
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution and a battery capable of improving cycle characteristics are provided. A separator is impregnated with an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes a cyclic carbonate derivative having a halogen atom such as 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one or 4-chloro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one and a cyclic imide salt such as 1,1,2,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane-1,3-disulfonimide lithium. Thereby, the decomposition reaction of the electrolytic solution can be inhibited, and the cycle characteristics can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumichi Kawashima, Masayuki Ihara, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Tadahiko Kubota, Akira Yamaguchi, Kumiko Takagi
  • Patent number: 9581907
    Abstract: A method for developing a substrate includes spinning the substrate with a spin holder and discharging a developer to the substrate from a plurality of exhaust ports arranged in a row on a developer feeder. The method also includes causing a moving mechanism to move said developer feeder in one direction extending to a center of the substrate in plan view while maintaining a direction of arrangement of said exhaust ports in said one direction, thereby to move said developer feeder between substantially the center and an edge of the substrate. The method further includes causing the developer discharged from said exhaust ports to impinge in separate streams on the substrate, and causing each of the separate streams to impinge spirally on the substrate, thereby to develop the substrate. At least two of loci of positions of impingement of the developer corresponding to said exhaust ports overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Harumoto, Akira Yamaguchi, Akihiro Hisai, Minoru Sugiyama, Takuya Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20170015166
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension structure includes a suspension arm and a ball joint. The suspension arm is connected between a suspension member and a vehicle-widthwise outer side end connected to a vehicle wheel. The ball joint connects the suspension arm and the vehicle wheel. When the vehicle receives an impact in the longitudinal direction, a socket of the ball joint pivots relative to a ball as the suspension arm deforms, and a flange portion on an open side of the socket interferes with a stud shaft of the ball joint. The interference causes the flange portion to deform and the ball to come out of the socket to undo the link with the vehicle wheel by the ball joint. Upon becoming unlinked, the vehicle wheel moves toward the vehicle-widthwise outer side and interference with the rear vehicle body is suppressed to limit deformation of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo DONKAI, Akira YAMAGUCHI, Tomoyuki NAKAO, Yoshihiro KONNO, Kuniaki OZONO, Naoki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20170010323
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor wafer inspection apparatus and a semiconductor wafer inspection method that can suppress warpage in a semiconductor wafer due to a temperature difference between the mounting surface of a table and the semiconductor wafer. In a prober of the present invention, a semiconductor wafer is heated to have a second temperature which is equal to or lower than a first temperature in a preheating step using an oven, and then the semiconductor wafer is placed on a mounting surface of a table which is heated to the first temperature. Thus, because a temperature difference between the mounting surface of the table and the semiconductor wafer is reduced in the prober, it is possible to suppress warpage in the semiconductor wafer that occurs right after the semiconductor wafer is placed on the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Takashi ISHIMOTO, Yuji SHIGESAWA, Akira YAMAGUCHI, Takashi MOTOYAMA, Takenori TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9531950
    Abstract: An imaging system using a transmission light source unit includes a sensor unit (imaging unit) that detects light emitted from a light source unit, a storage unit that stores correction data for eliminating the influence of ambient light, and a signal processing unit that performs correction for eliminating the influence of ambient light on measurement data, which is obtained by measurement using a subject, based on the correction data. The correction data is calculated based on a difference between first reference data obtained by imaging in a state where a light shielding plate having an opening is disposed between the light source unit and the sensor unit and second reference data obtained by imaging in a state where no light shielding plate is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutake Tanaka, Akira Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9519009
    Abstract: A prober includes: a wafer chuck having a conductive support surface; a movement rotation mechanism which moves and rotates the wafer chuck; a head stage which holds a probe holding portion; a stage member which has a conductive stage surface that is formed in parallel to the support surface and electrically connected with the support surface, and can move integrally with the wafer chuck; and a contactor which is fixed to a position facing the stage member and whose tip can electrically come into contact with the stage surface, wherein the stage member is separated from the wafer chuck as a separate body, and the stage surface and the support surface are electrically connected through a wiring member; and a back-surface electrode of a chip is electrically connected with a tester through the wafer chuck, a wiring, the stage member and the contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Konosuke Murakami, Toshiro Mori, Yuji Shigesawa, Kazuhisa Aoki, Akira Yamaguchi