Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Odagi

Hideyuki Odagi 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: 20120196175
    Abstract: A process for producing a chargeable-and-dischargeable thin film lithium secondary battery, which includes a substrate, a positive electrode film arranged on the substrate and formed in a structure of which lithium is insertable and releasable, an electrolyte film which is arranged on the positive electrode film and being in contact with the positive electrode film and contains lithium ions and in which lithium ions are movable, and a negative electrode film made of metallic lithium and arranged on the electrolyte film and being in contact with the electrolyte film, wherein after the negative electrode film is formed, a lithium carbonate film is formed on a surface of the negative electrode film by bringing a surface of the negative electrode film into contact with a surface-treating gas containing a rare gas and carbon dioxide. The process does not change the properties of a metallic lithium film as a negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Masanori HIDA, Hideyuki Odagi, Tetsuya Shimada, Makoto Aodai, Toshiharu Kurauchi
  • Publication number: 20120082778
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a technology, which uses an apparatus having a simple configuration to efficiently form a film with uniform film thickness and film quality when continuously forming a film by vacuum deposition of highly reactive lithium. A vacuum deposition system of the present invention has a vacuum deposition chamber wherein an evaporation material is deposited on a substrate by deposition, a substrate supplying/replacing system, connected to the vacuum deposition chamber, for performing supplying and replacing the substrate to and from the vacuum deposition chamber, and a material supplying/replacing system, connected to the vacuum deposition chamber, for performing the supplying and the replacing of the evaporation material to and from the vacuum deposition chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SHIMADA, Masanori Hida, Hideyuki Odagi, Shun Mikami, Makoto Aodai, Toshiharu Kurauchi
  • Patent number: 8011315
    Abstract: A thin film forming apparatus such that a substrate can be easily fixed/removed to/from the outer circumferential surface of a drum type substrate holder through a simple arrangement. The drum type substrate holder (5) is supported in a horizontal posture rotatably about a horizontal rotational shaft in a film deposition chamber A jig (13) holding a substrate (12) fixedly is transferred by an arm horizontally onto the outer circumferential surface of the drum type substrate holder (5), and an end part (13b) of the substrate fixing jig (13) can be secured by a securing device (14) provided at the corner part (5a) of the outer circumferential surface of the drum type substrate holder (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: ULVAC, Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Matsumoto, Shun Mikami, Kouichi Hanzawa, Mineharu Moriya, Hideyuki Odagi, Tetsuya Shimada, Masashi Kubo, Susumu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7967961
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming apparatus which is capable of forming a film on both surfaces of a substrate by sputtering continuously with high efficiency by restraining a rise in temperature of the substrate to a predetermined value or higher. In a film forming chamber 2 the pressure of which is controlled, while a rotating drum 7 is rotated by the driving of a drive motor 8, a film is formed on the top surface of a substrate 12 on a substrate tray 13 held on a substrate holder 10 by cathodes 17a and 17b for outer surface to which a d.c. voltage or an a.c. voltage or a high-frequency voltage is applied, and also a film is formed on the back surface of the substrate 12 on the substrate tray 13 held on the substrate holder 10 by cathodes 14a and 14b for inner surface to which a d.c. voltage or an a.c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc
    Inventors: Minoru Dogi, Hideyuki Odagi, Tetsuya Shimada, Masahiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20080164147
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming apparatus which is capable of forming a film on both surfaces of a substrate by sputtering continuously with high efficiency by restraining a rise in temperature of the substrate to a predetermined value or higher. In a film forming chamber 2 the pressure of which is controlled, while a rotating drum 7 is rotated by the driving of a drive motor 8, a film is formed on the top surface of a substrate 12 on a substrate tray 13 held on a substrate holder 10 by cathodes 17a and 17b for outer surface to which a d.c. voltage or an a.c. voltage or a high-frequency voltage is applied, and also a film is formed on the back surface of the substrate 12 on the substrate tray 13 held on the substrate holder 10 by cathodes 14a and 14b for inner surface to which a d.c. voltage or an a.c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Minoru Dogi, Hideyuki Odagi, Tetsuya Shimada, Masahiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20080141943
    Abstract: [Problems] A thin film forming apparatus such that a substrate can be easily fixed/removed to/from the outer circumferential surface of a drum type substrate holder through a simple arrangement. [Means for Solving Problems] The drum type substrate holder (5) is supported in a horizontal posture rotatably about a horizontal rotational shaft in a film deposition chamber A jig (13) holding a substrate (12) fixedly is transferred by an arm horizontally onto the outer circumferential surface of the drum type substrate holder (5), and an end part (13b) of the substrate fixing jig (13) can be secured by a securing device (14) provided at the corner part (5a) of the outer circumferential surface of the drum type substrate holder(5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Takafumi Matsumoto, Shun Mikami, Kouichi Hanzawa, Mineharu Moriya, Hideyuki Odagi, Tetsuya Shimada, Masashi Kubo, Susumu Ikeda