Patents by Inventor Daisuke Adachi
Daisuke Adachi 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: 20240130654Abstract: A biomagnetic field measurement device to measure a biomagnetic field includes a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) sensor, and includes a flux locked loop unit. The SQUID sensor includes an adjustment device configured to adjust a loop gain of the flux locked loop unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Takashi YASUI, Ryoh MAEDA, Daisuke OYAMA, Yoshiaki ADACHI
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Patent number: 11958921Abstract: To provide a disposable diaper enabling reduction in re-wet amount and having an excellent speed of incorporating liquid regardless of concentration and configuration of a water-absorbing agent in an absorbent material. A water-absorbing agent having excellent Gel Capillary Absorption (GCA) and Free Gel Bed Permeability (FGBP) is obtained by crushing a crosslinked hydrogel polymer obtained in a polymerization step to have a specific weight average particle diameter while fluid retention capacity and a surface tension of a water-absorbing agent are adjusted in a specific range, drying the crushed crosslinked hydrogel polymer, and then adding a liquid permeability enhancer thereto during surface crosslinking or after surface crosslinking.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yorino, Daisuke Takeda, Yoshitaka Ikeuchi, Shigeru Sakamoto, Yoshihiro Shobo, Yoshifumi Adachi, Ryota Wakabayashi, Daisuke Takagi, Sachie Kitabata
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Patent number: 11934126Abstract: A heating device includes a first rotator, a heater including a base and a heat generator, and a second rotator contacting the first rotator. The heat generator adjacent to the base defines a heat generation area having one edge close to one edge of the base in a longitudinal direction of the base. A length between the one edge of the base and the one edge of the heat generation area is longer than a length between the other edge of the base and the other edge of the heat generation area. The second rotator has one edge close to the one edge of the heat generation area. A length between the one edge of the second rotator and the one edge of the heat generation area is shorter than a length between the other edge of the second rotator and the other edge of the heat generation area.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Ishigaya, Keitaro Shoji, Tomoya Adachi, Daisuke Hirano
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Publication number: 20240069457Abstract: The toner contains binder resin-containing toner particles and silica fine particle S1, wherein the weight-average particle diameter of the toner is 4.0-15.0 ?m, both inclusive, peaks originating with the silica fine particle S1 are observed in 29 Si-NMR measurement of the silica fine particle S1, and, in the spectrum obtained by 29Si CP/MAS NMR or 29Si DD/MAS NMR, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D1 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D2 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, and the peak area of a peak corresponding to the Q unit structure in the silica fine particle S1 satisfy a prescribed relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: RYUJI MURAYAMA, SHIN KITAMURA, TORU TAKAHASHI, DAISUKE TSUJIMOTO, RYUICHIRO MATSUO, HITOSHI SANO, NOBUYUKI FUJITA, SHUJI YAMADA, YUKA GUNJI, TAKAKUNI KOBORI, YOSHIHIRO OGAWA, ATSUHIKO OHMORI, HIROKI KAGAWA, KEISUKE ADACHI, TOMOKO SUGITA
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Publication number: 20240021742Abstract: A solar cell for achieving an increase in performance. The solar cell is a back junction solar cell comprising a semiconductor substrate, first semiconductor layers stacked in a first region which is a part of the back side of the semiconductor substrate, and second semiconductor layers stacked in a second region which is another part of the back side of the semiconductor substrate. In the second region, the first semiconductor layers are present in some parts between the semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor layers, wherein the first semiconductor layers comprise sea shapes in a sea-island structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Katsunori KONISHI, Daisuke ADACHI
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Patent number: 11876429Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion and a movable portion vibrable in an axis direction with respect to the stationary portion. The stationary portion includes a coil and a housing. The housing includes a first region expanding in a first direction orthogonal to the axis direction, and a second region disposed on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the axis direction and the first direction relative to the first region and expanding in the first direction. In a cross-section across the axis direction, a distance in the second direction between the second region and the first region is longest at a center in the first direction of the first region. In the cross-section, a shape formed by the first and second regions is asymmetric with respect to an axis extending parallel to the first direction through a center of the housing in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsunori Hirata, Daisuke Adachi, Hiroaki Hirano, Tomohiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11789536Abstract: An input device includes a contact body to contact an object, a pressure sensor to detect pressure of contact of the contact body with the object, a vibrator to generate a vibration to provide a tactile sensation, and a vibration controller. The vibration of the vibrator when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is large is larger than that when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is small.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsunori Hirata, Tomohiro Hasegawa, Daisuke Adachi, Hiroaki Hirano, Tomohiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11670997Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary part, and a movable element which has a magnet and can vibrate in one direction. The stationary part includes a coil which applies a driving force to the magnet due to energization, a housing which houses the movable element and the coil therein, a first lid part which closes an end portion of the housing on one side in the one direction, and a first bearing part. The first bearing part is disposed inside the housing on the other side in the one direction from the first lid part. The first bearing part includes a bearing inner circumferential surface disposed with a gap therebetween with respect to an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the movable element on one side in the one direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsunori Hirata, Tomohiro Hasegawa, Daisuke Adachi, Hiroaki Hirano, Hideki Nishimura
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Publication number: 20220345019Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion and a movable portion vibrable in an axis direction with respect to the stationary portion. The stationary portion includes a coil and a housing. The housing includes a first region expanding in a first direction orthogonal to the axis direction, and a second region disposed on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the axis direction and the first direction relative to the first region and expanding in the first direction. In a cross-section across the axis direction, a distance in the second direction between the second region and the first region is longest at a center in the first direction of the first region. In the cross-section, a shape formed by the first and second regions is asymmetric with respect to an axis extending parallel to the first direction through a center of the housing in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Atsunori HIRATA, Daisuke ADACHI, Hiroaki HIRANO, Tomohiro KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220206580Abstract: An input device includes a contact body to contact an object, a pressure sensor to detect pressure of contact of the contact body with the object, a vibrator to generate a vibration to provide a tactile sensation, and a vibration controller. The vibration of the vibrator when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is large is larger than that when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is small.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Atsunori HIRATA, Tomohiro HASEGAWA, Daisuke ADACHI, Hiroaki HIRANO, Tomohiro KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220014082Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary part, and a movable element which has a magnet and can vibrate in one direction. The stationary part includes a coil which applies a driving force to the magnet due to energization, a housing which houses the movable element and the coil therein, a first lid part which closes an end portion of the housing on one side in the one direction, and a first bearing part. The first bearing part is disposed inside the housing on the other side in the one direction from the first lid part. The first bearing part includes a bearing inner circumferential surface disposed with a gap therebetween with respect to an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the movable element on one side in the one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsunori HIRATA, Tomohiro HASEGAWA, Daisuke ADACHI, Hiroaki HIRANO, Hideki NISHIMURA
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Patent number: 11211519Abstract: The method for manufacturing a solar cell includes: forming a first semiconductor layer of first conductivity type on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a lift-off layer containing a silicon-based material on the first semiconductor layer; selectively removing the lift-off layer and first semiconductor layer; forming a second semiconductor layer of second conductivity type on a surface having the lift-off layer and first semiconductor layer; and removing the second semiconductor layer covering the lift-off layer by removing the lift-off layer using an etching solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota Mishima, Kunihiro Nakano, Katsunori Konishi, Daisuke Adachi, Takashi Kuchiyama, Kenji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11158748Abstract: A solar cell includes a crystal substrate which has a major surface on a light reception side provided with a first texture surface and a major surface on a non-light reception side provided with a second texture surface. The second texture surface occupies 20% or more of the area of the major surface on the non-light reception side.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko Uto, Daisuke Adachi
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Patent number: 11069828Abstract: A method for manufacturing a crystalline silicon-based solar cell includes performing a plasma treatment on a plurality of conductive single-crystalline silicon substrates in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chamber, each of the conductive single-crystalline silicon substrates having an intrinsic silicon-based layer on a first principal surface thereof. The first principal surface of the conductive single-crystalline silicon substrate may have a pyramidal texture that comprises a plurality of projections having a top portion, a middle portion, and a valley portion. The plasma treatment may include introducing a hydrogen gas and a silicon-containing gas into the CVD chamber and exposing a surface of the intrinsic silicon-based layer to hydrogen plasma. An amount of the hydrogen gas introduced into the CVD chamber during the plasma treatment may be 150 to 2500 times an amount of the silicon-containing gas introduced into the CVD chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Adachi
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Patent number: 11066509Abstract: A conductive paste composition includes 1 to 10 parts by weight of a binder (A), 2 to 20 parts by weight of an epoxy monomer (B), 1 to 20 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent (C), and 70 to 95 parts by weight of a conductive filler (D). The binder (A) is a reactive oligomer having a siloxane bond as a main skeleton and including a plurality of oxirane rings as an organic group. The epoxy monomer (B) includes an oxirane ring. The total amount of the binder (A), the epoxy monomer (B), the crosslinking agent (C), and the conductive filler (D) is 100 parts by weight.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Tamai, Masanori Kanematsu, Daisuke Adachi
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Patent number: 11024760Abstract: A crystalline silicon-based solar cell includes, in the following order, a crystalline silicon substrate having a first principal surface, a non-single-crystalline silicon-based thin-film, and a transparent electroconductive layer. The non-single-crystalline silicon-based thin-film and the transparent electroconductive layer are disposed on the first principal surface. The non-single-crystalline silicon-based thin-film comprises, in the following order from the first principal surface, an intrinsic silicon-based thin-film and a conductive silicon-based thin-film. The first principal surface has a plurality of pyramidal projections, each having a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion. A thickness of the non-single-crystalline silicon-based thin-film disposed on the top portions is smaller than a thickness of the non-single-crystalline silicon-based thin-film disposed on the middle portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Adachi
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Patent number: 10998456Abstract: The solar cell includes a plurality of light-receiving-side finger electrodes on a light-receiving surface of a photoelectric conversion section having a semiconductor junction. The light-receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion section is covered with a first insulating layer. Each light-receiving-side finger electrodes include: a first metal seed layer provided between the photoelectric conversion section and the first insulating layer; and a first plating metal layer being conduction with the first metal seed layer through openings formed in the first insulating layer. The solar cell includes an isolated plating metal layer pieces contacting neither the light-receiving-side finger electrodes nor the back-side finger electrodes. On the surface of the first insulating layer, an isolated plating metal crowded region is present in a form of a band-shape extending parallel to an extending direction of the light-receiving-side finger electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kunta Yoshikawa, Daisuke Adachi, Toru Terashita, Masafumi Hiraishi
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Patent number: 10964826Abstract: A photoelectric conversion section of a solar cell has a first electrode layer and a collecting electrode that are formed in this order on a first principal surface, and has a second electrode layer that is formed on a second principal surface. The collecting electrode includes a first electroconductive layer, an insulating layer, and a second electroconductive layer in this order on the first electrode layer. The first and second electroconductive layers are electrically connected via an opening section in the insulating layer. At peripheral edge of the first and second principal surfaces, the photoelectric conversion section has an insulating region excluding the first or second electrode layer. On the side of the principal surface having no insulating region, the first or second electrode layer is formed up to the peripheral end of the relevant principal surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Adachi, Kunta Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20200411713Abstract: The method for manufacturing a solar cell includes: forming a first semiconductor layer of first conductivity type on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a lift-off layer containing a silicon-based material on the first semiconductor layer; selectively removing the lift-off layer and first semiconductor layer; forming a second semiconductor layer of second conductivity type on a surface having the lift-off layer and first semiconductor layer; and removing the second semiconductor layer covering the lift-off layer by removing the lift-off layer using an etching solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Ryota MISHIMA, Kunihiro NAKANO, Katsunori KONISHI, Daisuke ADACHI, Takashi KUCHIYAMA, Kenji YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: D1018777Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Urata, Tomohiro Adachi, Yoshinobu Toda, Hiroki Sakamoto, Keisho Morimoto