Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Namba

Hiroaki Namba 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: 20240071223
    Abstract: A travelling control system includes a plurality of vehicles each including a controller, a server including a generator configured to generate a travelling control information for the plurality of vehicles, a predictor configured to predict a merging interference between a first vehicle travelling from a merging road toward a main road and a second vehicle travelling on the main road, a sender which is provided in the first vehicle to send an interference suppressing request, and a receiver which is provided in the second vehicle to receive the interference suppressing request. The controller of the second vehicle travelling on the main road is configured to execute interference suppressing control of suppressing an approach of the second vehicle to the first vehicle travelling from the merging road to the main road, in a case that the receiver receives the interference suppressing request from the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hajime OYAMA, Masato MIZOGUCHI, Ryosuke NAMBA, Hiroaki KAWAMURA, Norikazu EBISAWA, Kengo KOBAYASHI, Masaru NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20240015960
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers that is located on a front side of at least one semiconductor material layer; memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack; memory opening fill structures; a dielectric material portion contacting sidewalls of the insulating layers of the alternating stack. In one embodiment, a connection via structure can vertically extend through the dielectric material portion, and a metal plate can contact the connection via structure. Alternately or additionally, an integrated via and pad structure may be provided, which includes a conductive via portion vertically extending through the dielectric material portion and a conductive pad portion located on an end of the conductive via portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroaki Namba
  • Patent number: 11778818
    Abstract: An alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a retro-stepped dielectric material portion overlying stepped surfaces of the alternating stack, and memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack are formed over a substrate. A patterned etch mask layer including discrete openings is formed thereabove. Via cavities through an upper region of the retro-stepped dielectric material portion by performing a first anisotropic etch process. Metal plates are selectively formed on physically exposed surfaces of a first subset of the electrically conductive layers by a selective metal deposition process. A subset of the via cavities without any metal plates therein are vertically extended downward by performing a second anisotropic etch process while the metal plates protect underlying electrically conductive layers. Via cavities can be formed without punching through electrically conductive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Ryo Mochizuki, Yasuo Kasagi, Michiaki Sano, Junji Oh, Yujin Terasawa, Hiroaki Namba
  • Patent number: 11370347
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile cabin set that allows flexible arrangement of layout in a cabin. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a mobile cabin set that includes a cabin body configuring a part of a moving body and including a ceiling surface, a floor surface, and two or more side surfaces that define an interior space; at least one rail arranged on at least one surface of the ceiling surface, or the two or more side surfaces of the cabin body, the at least one rail extending in a direction that intersects a vertical direction; and at least one attachment arranged in the interior space. The at least one rail includes an attachment/detachment mechanism to allow attachment/detachment of the at least one attachment at a given position of the at least one rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Katsuhito Yamauchi, Takeshi Yamada, Hiroaki Namba, Masahiro Tatenami
  • Publication number: 20220194697
    Abstract: A waste transporting mobile unit includes a waste container that collects waste, a sensor configured to sense the amount of waste accumulated in the waste container, and a travel device configured to travel when the amount of waste sensed by the sensor reaches a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Yoshikawa, Shigeru Inamori, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Kosuke Sakakibara, Nao Yamamoto, Shinpei Yasukawa, Katsuhito Yamauchi, Hiroaki Namba, Tatsuya Ono
  • Publication number: 20220198837
    Abstract: A path acquiring unit that tracks a visitor of an amusement facility, and acquires a movement path of the visitor, and a print creating unit that creates a visit record by combining the movement path acquired by the path acquiring unit with a picture acquired at a prescribed place on the acquired movement path are included, and the visit record created by the print creating unit is provided to the visitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Yoshikawa, Shigeru Inamori, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Kosuke Sakakibara, Nao Yamamoto, Shinpei Yasukawa, Katsuhito Yamauchi, Hiroaki Namba, Tatsuya Ono
  • Publication number: 20220028879
    Abstract: An alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a retro-stepped dielectric material portion overlying stepped surfaces of the alternating stack, and memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack are formed over a substrate. A patterned etch mask layer including discrete openings is formed thereabove. Via cavities through an upper region of the retro-stepped dielectric material portion by performing a first anisotropic etch process. Metal plates are selectively formed on physically exposed surfaces of a first subset of the electrically conductive layers by a selective metal deposition process. A subset of the via cavities without any metal plates therein are vertically extended downward by performing a second anisotropic etch process while the metal plates protect underlying electrically conductive layers. Via cavities can be formed without punching through electrically conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo MOCHIZUKI, Yasuo KASAGI, Michiaki SANO, Junji OH, Yujin TERASAWA, Hiroaki NAMBA
  • Publication number: 20200369195
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile cabin set that allows flexible arrangement of layout in a cabin. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a mobile cabin set that includes a cabin body configuring a Dart of a moving body and including a ceiling surface, a floor surface, and two or more side surfaces that define an interior space; at least one rail arranged on at least one surface of the ceiling surface, or the two or more side surfaces of the cabin body, the at least one rail extending in a direction that intersects a vertical direction; and at least one attachment arranged in the interior space. The at least one rail includes an attachment/detachment mechanism to allow attachment/detachment of the at least one attachment at a given position of the at least one rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tokuyuki NISHIKAWA, Katsuhito YAMAUCHI, Takeshi YAMADA, Hiroaki NAMBA, Masahiro TATENAMI
  • Patent number: 5728767
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous resin composition characterized by comprising 80 to 10 parts by weight of modified polyolefin with weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 100000, modified by copolymerizing polypropylene, polyethylene, copolymer of propylene or ethylene with .alpha.-olefin or degradation products of these under heat or with oxidizing agent, radical-generating agent or the like, with 0.1 to 20% by weight of one kind or not less than two kinds of acid anhydride, carboxylic acid or alcohol with radically polymerizable double bond, and 20 to 90 parts by weight of one kind or a mixture of two or more kinds of acrylic or methacrylic monomers, mixed or dissolved and polymerized in water in the presence of surfactant and polymerization initiator. And, the aqueous resin composition of the invention not only shows excellent adhesion to polyolefin, but also has adherence to other organic substrates and inorganic substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kanetou, Kenichi Fujino, Hiroaki Namba, Taro Abe
  • Patent number: 5563195
    Abstract: An aqueous polyolefin resin composition characterized by containing a substance with a structure of poly(alkylene oxide) and a solubility parameter (SP value) of not lower than 7 to not higher than 12 at a proportion of not less than 0.001 wt. % to not more than 50 wt. % as a constitutional ingredient upon aqueous conversion of polyolefin or modified polyolefin, and film formers such as paint, primer, ink and coating material, sealant and adhesive containing it as a part of constitutional ingredients are disclosed. As the substances with a structure of poly(alkylene oxide), several examples are given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Namba, Ken-ichi Fujino
  • Patent number: 5559176
    Abstract: An aqueous polyolefin resin composition characterized by containing a substance with a structure of poly(alkylene oxide) and a solubility parameter (SP value) of not lower than 7 to not higher than 12 at a proportion of not less than 0.001 wt. % to not more than 50 wt. % as a constitutional ingredient upon aqueous conversion of polyolefin or modified polyolefin, and film formers such as paint, primer, ink and coating material, sealant and adhesive containing it as a part of constitutional ingredients are disclosed. As the substances with a structure of poly(alkylene oxide), several examples are given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Namba, Ken-ichi Fujino
  • Patent number: 5534577
    Abstract: An aqueous polyolefin resin composition of (a) a polyolefin or a modified polyolefin selected from the group consisting of polyolefins which have been modified by graft copolymerization with an unsaturated carboxylic acid, unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride or mixture thereof, polyolefins which have been modified by graft copolymerization with a reactive monomer having radical polymerizability and mixtures thereof and (b) a substance with a structure of poly(alkylene oxide) and a solubility parameter (SP value) of not lower than 7 cal.sup.1/2 .multidot.cm.sup.-3/2 to not higher than 12 cal.sup.1/2 .multidot.cm.sup.-3/2 at a proportion of not less than 0.001 wt. % to not more than 50 wt. % upon aqueous conversion of the polyolefin or modified polyolefin and its use in film forming compositions such as paints, primers, inks and coating materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Namba, Ken-ichi Fujino
  • Patent number: 5089587
    Abstract: An epoxy resin having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n is an integer of from 0 to 15, and wherein the resin has an epoxy equivalent in the range of 320-345 g/eq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Sanyo-Kokusaku Pulp Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Namba, Minoru Hishinuma
  • Patent number: 4936537
    Abstract: A sealing body for mounting a mirror to the outside of a front door of a passenger car and a door mirror using the sealing body. The sealing body is sandwiched between a door panel and a mirror pad boot, and consists of a seal frame and a sealing pad. The seal frame has frame portions and openings. The frame portions are in close contact with the mirror pad boot. The sealing pad has protruding portions fitted in the openings. The front end surfaces of the protruding portions are in close contact with the mirror pad boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignees: Tokai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kasei Kogyo Company, Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo
    Inventors: Hiroaki Namba, Masakazu Kubota, Osamu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4764571
    Abstract: An epoxy resin having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n is an integer of from 0 to 15, and wherein said resin has an epoxy equivalent in the range of 260-345 g/eq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Sanyo-Kokusaku Pulp Company Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Namba, Minoru Hishinuma