Patents by Inventor Atsushi Isobe
Atsushi Isobe 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: 11578138Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibody which binds specifically to human TLR7 or monkey TLR7 and does not bind to mouse TLR7 or rat TLR7, and has an activity of inhibiting a function of human TLR7 or monkey TLR7, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignees: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, The University of TokyoInventors: Kensuke Miyake, Yusuke Murakami, Yuji Motoi, Atsuo Kanno, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Umeharu Ohto, Takaichi Shimozato, Atsushi Manno, Takashi Kagari, Jun Ishiguro, Kensuke Nakamura, Takashi Isobe
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Publication number: 20230018880Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device according to an embodiment is a magnetic pole piece device disposed between an inner diameter side magnet field and an outer diameter side magnet field of a magnetic gear that includes an annular member which includes a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of holding members respectively disposed between the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and a cover member which is made of a composite material obtained by impregnating continuous fiber extending along the circumferential direction with a matrix resin. The cover member is disposed on at least one of an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the annular member. A relation of ?·tc?t?½·tc is satisfied, where tc is a gap between the annular member and the magnet field and t is a thickness of the cover member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki SHIMIZU, Mikito SASAKI, Shinichi ISOBE, Akihiko UMEDA, Atsushi YUGE
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Patent number: 11492452Abstract: A main purpose of the present invention is to provide a multi-block copolymer composition having good elasticity and excellent stress relaxation properties, as well as small tension set. The present invention achieves the purpose by providing a multi-block copolymer composition obtained by a modification treatment, the composition including a block copolymer B formed by introducing a functional group capable of forming a non-covalent bond to a block copolymer A; wherein the block copolymer A includes a block copolymer A1 having a specific primary structure and a block copolymer A2 having a specific primary structure, and the mass ratio (A1/A2) of the block copolymer A1 and the block copolymer A2 is 100/0 to 50/50.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Kousuke Isobe, Sadaharu Hashimoto, Atsushi Nozawa, Atsushi Noro, Takato Kajita, Yushu Matsushita
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Patent number: 11466150Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a block copolymer composition which has good elasticity, while having excellent stress relaxation properties. The object is achieved by providing a block copolymer composition obtained by a modification treatment, the block copolymer composition comprising a block copolymer B formed by introducing a functional group capable of forming a non-covalent bond into a block copolymer A including at least one aromatic vinyl polymer block and at least one conjugated diene polymer block.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Kousuke Isobe, Sadaharu Hashimoto, Atsushi Nozawa, Ryoji Kameyama, Atsushi Noro, Takato Kajita, Yushu Matsushita
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Patent number: 11459417Abstract: The present invention provides a block copolymer composition comprising a block copolymer B formed by introducing a functional group capable of forming a non-covalent bond into a block copolymer A including at least one aromatic vinyl polymer block and at least one conjugated diene polymer block, wherein: the block copolymer B includes an ionic group as the functional group capable of forming a non-covalent bond.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEMInventors: Kousuke Isobe, Sadaharu Hashimoto, Atsushi Noro, Takato Kajita, Haruka Tanaka, Yushu Matsushita
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Publication number: 20220215585Abstract: A three-dimensional measurement device includes an image data receiving unit, a camera position selecting unit, a stereoscopic image selecting unit, and a camera position calculator. The image data receiving unit receives data of multiple photographic images. The photographic images are obtained by photographing a measurement target object and a random dot pattern from multiple surrounding viewpoints by use of a camera. The camera position selecting unit selects camera positions from among multiple positions of the camera. The stereoscopic image selecting unit selects the photographic images as stereoscopic images from among the photographic images that are taken from the camera positions selected by the camera position selecting unit. The camera position calculator calculates the camera position from which the stereoscopic images are taken. The selection of the camera positions is performed multiple times in such a manner that at least one different camera position is selected each time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: Kazusa DNA Research InstituteInventors: Atsushi HAYASHI, Nobuo KOCHI, Takanari TANABATA, Sachiko ISOBE
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Patent number: 10989733Abstract: Provided are acceleration sensor, geophone and seismic prospecting system with high sensitivity and low power consumption. The acceleration sensor includes a mass body displaceable with respect to a rotation shaft. The acceleration sensor includes a first AC servo control facing a first symmetrical region of the first movable portion, a second AC servo control electrode facing a second symmetrical region of the second movable portion, and a DC servo control electrode facing an asymmetrical region of the second movable portion. A first AC servo capacitive element is formed by the first movable portion and the first AC servo control electrode, a second AC servo capacitive element is formed by the second movable portion and the second AC servo control electrode, and a DC servo capacitive element is formed by the second movable portion and the DC servo control electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yuudai Kamada, Atsushi Isobe, Noriyuki Sakuma, Takashi Shiota, Chisaki Takubo
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Patent number: 10935566Abstract: Provided is an acceleration sensor having a large mass in a movable portion, and realizing high impact resistance. An acceleration sensor element 10a includes an upper substrate 20, a lower substrate 21 spaced apart from the upper substrate 20, and an intermediate substrate 19 provided between the upper substrate 20 and the lower substrate 21. Each of a first movable portion 16, a second movable portion 17, a frame portion 12, a fixed portion 13, and a spring portion 14 constituting the intermediate substrate 19 is configured with two layers of an upper layer and a lower layer, and a stopper portion 18 is provided at one end of the frame portion 12. A distance 31 between an end portion of the first movable portion 16 or the second movable portion 17 and an end portion of the stopper portion 18 in the upper layer and a distance 32 between an end portion of the first movable portion 16 or the second movable portion 17 and an end portion of the stopper portion 18 in the lower layer are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yuudai Kamada, Atsushi Isobe, Noriyuki Sakuma, Chisaki Takubo, Tomonori Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 10802041Abstract: In an acceleration sensor detecting a vibration acceleration by using torsion of a beam joining a fixed portion and a membrane, a spring constant of the beam is decreased while an increase in a chip size due to extension of the beam is prevented, so that an acceleration sensor that is highly sensitive and small in a size is provided with a low price. A sensor of a capacitance detecting type includes a membrane having a stacking structure formed of two or more layers and a plurality of beams capable of twisting so that the membrane is movable in a detecting direction, a first beam of the plurality of beams is formed of the same layer as either an upper or a lower layer of the membrane, and a second beam thereof is formed of the same layer as either an upper or a lower layer of the movable portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Isobe, Yuudai Kamada, Chisaki Takubo, Noriyuki Sakuma, Tomonori Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 10802040Abstract: An acceleration sensor has high sensitivity, low power consumption and high linearity of output to the applied acceleration under gravity. To solve the above problem, the acceleration sensor is provided with a movable section placed between a base substrate and a cap substrate and rotating about a rotation axis. A top left electrode included in the cap substrate and a left movable electrode included in the movable section form a left capacitor, and a top right electrode included in the cap substrate and a right movable electrode included in the movable section form a right capacitor. Then, a lateral width of a first detection region in which capacitance is detected between the top left electrode and the left movable electrode, and a lateral width of a second detection region in which capacitance is detected between the top right electrode and the right movable electrode are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Isobe, Takashi Shiota, Yuudai Kamada, Chisaki Takubo, Noriyuki Sakuma
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Patent number: 10739376Abstract: There is provided an acceleration sensor with low noise and high sensitivity. Specifically, a first number of opening portions are formed in a region corresponding to a heavyweight section of a mass body, on a surface of a membrane layer, and a second number of opening portions are formed in a region corresponding to the heavyweight section of the mass body, on a back surface of the membrane layer. The opening portion and the opening portion are connected to each other to form a plurality of through portions on the membrane layer, and the first number is larger than the second number.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Isobe, Takashi Shiota, Yuudai Kamada, Chisaki Takubo, Noriyuki Sakuma
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Patent number: 10697995Abstract: An acceleration sensor with an improved membrane (mass body) is provided. The membrane includes a moving portion, a moving portion electrically separated from the moving portion, and a mechanical junction portion that mechanically connects the moving portion and the moving portion in a y-axis direction. The mechanical junction portion includes a first portion extending in a direction having a first angle with respect to the y-axis direction and a second portion extending in a direction having a second angle different from the first angle with respect to the y-axis direction in an xy plane, and is formed to have a non-linear shape in an x-axis direction. The acceleration sensor with improved the membrane stably operates by reducing a variation in a capacity value of a detection electrode and has an excellent noise characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Isobe, Yuudai Kamada, Chisaki Takubo, Noriyuki Sakuma, Tomonori Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 10538429Abstract: In a calculator in a MEMS manufacturing system, a stage control unit inclines a stage based on a stage angle 1 setting a stage inclination angle and a stage angle 2 of the inclination angle different from the stage angle 1. A stage-angle calculation unit calculates the stage inclination angles from first and second images acquired by a SEM apparatus when the stage control unit sets the stage at the stage angles 1 and 2. A 3D-data creation unit creates three-dimensional device data from a third image that is a device image acquired when the stage is set at the stage angle 1 and a fourth image that is a device image acquired when the stage is set at the stage angle 2. When the three-dimensional device data is created, a correction value calculated from the stage angles 1 and 2 and the first and second images is used.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Misuzu Sagawa, Atsushi Isobe
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Inertia sensor with improved detection sensitivity using servo voltage to detect a physical quantity
Patent number: 10527643Abstract: There is provided an inertia sensor with low noise and high sensitivity. The inertia sensor captures a physical quantity as a change of electrostatic capacitance and detects the physical quantity based on a servo voltage generating electrostatic force that cancels the change of the electrostatic capacitance. The inertia sensor includes a detection capacitor unit that captures the physical quantity as the change of the electrostatic capacitance and a servo capacitor unit to which the servo voltage is applied. Here, the detection capacitor unit and the servo capacitor unit are connected mechanically through an insulation material.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Isobe, Yuki Furubayashi, Takashi Oshima, Yuudai Kamada, Takashi Shiota, Chisaki Takubo, Noriyuki Sakuma -
Patent number: 10527642Abstract: An acceleration sensor (1) includes a fixed portion (33), a movable portion (31) connected to the fixed portion (33), a lower electrode (11) that is disposed to face a lower surface of the movable portion (31), and an upper electrode (21) that is disposed to face an upper surface of the movable portion (31). A distance in an x-axis direction between an end portion (41) of the lower electrode (11) and the fixed portion (33) is shorter than a distance in the x-axis direction between an end portion (51) of the upper electrode (21) and the fixed portion (33). Further, a distance in the x-axis direction between an end portion (42) of the lower electrode (11) and the fixed portion (33) is shorter than a distance in the x-axis direction between an end portion (52) of the upper electrode (21) and the fixed portion (33).Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Isobe, Noriyuki Sakuma, Chisaki Takubo, Yuudai Kamada, Takashi Shiota
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Patent number: 10502758Abstract: Airtightness in a cavity of an inertial sensor (acceleration sensor) is increased to achieve high sensitivity. In the acceleration sensor having movable electrodes VE1, VE2 and fixed electrodes FE1, FE2, the fixed electrodes are formed by portions surrounded by a through hole TH1 provided in a cap layer CL, and the through hole is filled with an insulating film IF1 and polysilicon P and has a wide portion (WP). The wide portion has a gap SP that is not filled with the insulating film IF1 and the polysilicon P, and the gap SP is filled with the interlayer insulating film ID. With such a configuration, degassing can be exhausted through the gap (airway) SP in a pressure reducing step.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Shiota, Tatsuyuki Saito, Tatemi Ido, Noriyuki Sakuma, Yuudai Kamada, Atsushi Isobe, Chisaki Takubo
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Publication number: 20190162752Abstract: In an acceleration sensor detecting a vibration acceleration by using torsion of a beam joining a fixed portion and a membrane, a spring constant of the beam is decreased while an increase in a chip size due to extension of the beam is prevented, so that an acceleration sensor that is highly sensitive and small in a size is provided with a low price. A sensor of a capacitance detecting type includes a membrane having a stacking structure formed of two or more layers and a plurality of beams capable of twisting so that the membrane is movable in a detecting direction, a first beam of the plurality of beams is formed of the same layer as either an upper or a lower layer of the membrane, and a second beam thereof is formed of the same layer as either an upper or a lower layer of the movable portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Atsushi ISOBE, Yuudai KAMADA, Chisaki TAKUBO, Noriyuki SAKUMA, Tomonori SEKIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190084830Abstract: In a calculator in a MEMS manufacturing system, a stage control unit inclines a stage based on a stage angle 1 setting a stage inclination angle and a stage angle 2 of the inclination angle different from the stage angle 1. A stage-angle calculation unit calculates the stage inclination angles from first and second images acquired by a SEM apparatus when the stage control unit sets the stage at the stage angles 1 and 2. A 3D-data creation unit creates three-dimensional device data from a third image that is a device image acquired when the stage is set at the stage angle 1 and a fourth image that is a device image acquired when the stage is set at the stage angle 2. When the three-dimensional device data is created, a correction value calculated from the stage angles 1 and 2 and the first and second images is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Misuzu SAGAWA, Atsushi ISOBE
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Publication number: 20180372774Abstract: An acceleration sensor has high sensitivity, low power consumption and high linearity of output to the applied acceleration under gravity. To solve the above problem, the acceleration sensor is provided with a movable section placed between a base substrate and a cap substrate and rotating about a rotation axis. A top left electrode included in the cap substrate and a left movable electrode included in the movable section form a left capacitor, and a top right electrode included in the cap substrate and a right movable electrode included in the movable section form a right capacitor. Then, a lateral width of a first detection region in which capacitance is detected between the top left electrode and the left movable electrode, and a lateral width of a second detection region in which capacitance is detected between the top right electrode and the right movable electrode are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Atsushi ISOBE, Takashi SHIOTA, Yuudai KAMADA, Chisaki TAKUBO, Noriyuki SAKUMA
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Publication number: 20180370793Abstract: A manufacturing method of a MEMS sensor includes a step of, by irradiating a first hole formed in a second layer on a semiconductor substrate with a focused ion beam for a first predetermined time, forming a first sealing film, which seals the first hole, on the first hole, and a step of, by irradiating a second hole formed in the second layer with a focused ion beam for a second predetermined time, forming a second sealing film, which seals the second hole, on the second hole. At this time, each of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time is a time in which thermal equilibrium of the second layer is maintainable, and the step of forming the first sealing film and the step of forming the second sealing film are performed repeatedly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Masaharu KINOSHITA, Atsushi ISOBE, Kazuo ONO, Noriyuki SAKUMA, Tomonori SEKIGUCHI, Keiji WATANABE