Patents by Inventor Hiroki Murakami

Hiroki Murakami 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).

  • FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND ERASE METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170243656
    Abstract: Provided is a flash memory device capable of restricting power consumption in an erase operation. The invention includes a plurality of wells, a power supply device, and a coupling device. The power supply device applies erase voltages to the wells for performing an erase operation. The coupling device performs selective coupling between the wells. When performing the erase operation on the wells, the power supply device applies the erase voltage to one of the wells, and applies the erase voltage to the other one of the wells after the coupling device electrically couples the one of the wells to the other one of the wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroki MURAKAMI, Kenichi ARAKAWA
  • OUTDOOR UNIT AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170205128
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes at least a compressor, a gas-liquid separator, and an outdoor heat exchanger of a refrigerant circuit, the refrigerant circuit being formed by connecting, by pipes, the compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducing device, the gas-liquid separator, and the outdoor heat exchanger that acts as an evaporator including at least a plurality of heat transfer tubes and an inlet header that distributes incoming refrigerant to the heat transfer tubes. The outdoor unit further includes a gas-liquid-separator bypass pipe, a gas-liquid-separator-side flow control valve, a header bypass pipe, a header-side flow control valve, and a determination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji ONAKA, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Mizuo SAKAI, Hiroki MURAKAMI, Hiroaki NAKAMUNE
  • MASK PATTERN FORMING METHOD, FINE PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170162381
    Abstract: In a mask pattern forming method, a resist film is formed over a thin film, the resist film is processed into resist patterns having a predetermined pitch by photolithography, slimming of the resist patterns is performed, and an oxide film is formed on the thin film and the resist patterns after an end of the slimming step in a film deposition apparatus by supplying a source gas and an oxygen radical or an oxygen-containing gas. In the mask pattern forming method, the slimming and the oxide film forming are continuously performed in the film deposition apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhide HASEBE, Shigeru NAKAJIMA, Jun OGAWA, Hiroki MURAKAMI
  • Numerical control device for controlling five-axis processing machine
    Patent number: 9651932
    Abstract: A numerical control device for controlling a five-axis processing machine includes a tool-direction instruction correction unit, and corrects a tool-direction vector so that a tool direction of a processing program smoothly changes. The tool-direction instruction correction unit refers to a tool-direction correction tolerance set in advance by a tool-direction correction tolerance setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Murakami
  • Numerical controller having command path compression function
    Patent number: 9645568
    Abstract: A numerical controller extracts a subsequence from a sequence of command points obtained from a machining program in a manner such that the same path may be created regardless of whether the sequence of command points is extracted from the commanded direction or from the reverse direction. A compressed path approximated by a straight line or a curve is created in a manner such that the compressed path may be approximated by the same straight line or curve regardless of whether the compressed path is created from the extracted subsequence in a commanded direction or in the reverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Murakami
  • AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170082332
    Abstract: In an air-conditioning apparatus in which air sucked into a casing of an outdoor unit by a fan is discharged from an upper portion of the casing, each of liquid header portions is configured to be connected with each of heat transfer tubes of a plurality of divided regions formed by dividing the outdoor heat exchangers in an up and down direction. Further, a shunt is configured to supply two-phase refrigerant, in which quality is adjusted by a gas-liquid separator, to each of the liquid header portions. To each of the liquid header portions, the shunt supplies the two-phase refrigerant of the amount corresponding to the air quantity of the divided region connected to each of the liquid header portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji ONAKA, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki OKANO, Eito SAITO, Hirofumi KOGE, Osamu MORIMOTO, Hiroki MURAKAMI, Hiroaki NAKAMUNE
  • Film forming method, film forming apparatus and storage medium
    Patent number: 9562285
    Abstract: A method of forming a thin film containing a doping element in a vacuum atmosphere, which includes: supplying a source gas into a processing vessel being under the vacuum atmosphere through a source gas supply unit such that a source of the source gas is adsorbed onto a substrate in the processing vessel; repeating, a plurality of times, a sequence of operations of supplying a doping gas containing the doping element into the processing vessel through a doping gas supply unit, followed by sealing the doping gas inside the processing vessel, followed by vacuum-exhausting the processing vessel; supplying a reaction gas into the processing vessel through a reaction gas supply unit such that the reaction gas reacts with the source to produce a reaction product; and replacing an internal atmosphere of the processing vessel, the replacing being performed between the operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Keisuke Suzuki, Hiroki Murakami, Shingo Hishiya, Kentaro Kadonaga, Minoru Obata
  • Vehicle air-conditioning device
    Patent number: 9561703
    Abstract: In vehicle air-conditioning devices including a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion device, and an indoor heat exchanger that are connected by refrigerant pipes to form a refrigeration cycle; an indoor air-sending device that supplies air to the indoor heat exchanger; and an outdoor air-sending device that supplies air to the outdoor heat exchanger, the refrigerant circuit is installed under the floor of a vehicle and uses carbon dioxide as the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munehisa Gunjima, Hiroki Murakami
  • Power steering apparatus and method for assembling power steering apparatus
    Patent number: 9540041
    Abstract: After a Hall IC sensor is set in a connector in such a manner that the Hall IC sensor and a harness are electrically connected to each other, the connector and the Hall IC sensor are inserted from an opposite side of a connector insertion hole in a radial direction toward one side of the connection insertion hole in the radial direction, and a first magnetism collection ring and a second magnetism collection ring are inserted into a torque sensor container portion from a first opening portion in such a manner that the Hall IC sensor is situated between the first magnetism collection ring and the second magnetism collection ring in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS STEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Murakami, Shinichi Isobe, Kohtaro Shiino
  • REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160370042
    Abstract: A refrigerant circuit includes: plural gas/liquid separators adapted to separate a two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant into refrigerant vapor and refrigerant liquid; a channel switching valve connected upstream of the gas/liquid separators and adapted to switch channels for the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant by opening and closing; an evaporating heat exchanger adapted to accept inflow of the refrigerant liquid or the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant, the refrigerant liquid produced by separation by the gas/liquid separators; a header installed upstream of the evaporating heat exchanger perpendicularly or at angles to the evaporating heat exchanger; a compressor installed downstream of the evaporating heat exchanger; and plural bypass routes connected to the respective gas/liquid separators and adapted to allow passage of the refrigerant vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji ONAKA, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Mizuo SAKAI, Hiroaki NAKAMUNE, Hiroki MURAKAMI
  • Semiconductor memory device
    Patent number: 9501354
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory array; a data-maintaining component, maintaining data read from the memory array or maintaining data used for writing to the memory array; an external input/output terminal; an error correction component, coupling the data-maintaining component and performing error-detection or correcting the data input to the data-maintaining component or output data from the data-maintaining component; a compressing component, coupling between the external input/output terminal and the error correction component and compressing or extending data. The compressing component compresses data provided by the external input/output terminal, provides the compressed data to the error correction component, extends the data provided by the error correction component, and provides the extended data to the external input/output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Hiroki Murakami
  • Method of forming silicon oxide film
    Patent number: 9472394
    Abstract: A method of forming a silicon oxide film includes forming a silicon film on a base, the base being a surface to be processed of an object to be processed, and forming a silicon oxide film on the base by oxidizing the silicon film. Between the forming a silicon film and the forming a silicon oxide film, exposing the object to be processed having the silicon film formed thereon to an atmosphere containing at least an oxidizing component is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Murakami, Toshiyuki Ikeuchi, Jun Sato, Yuichiro Morozumi
  • Flexible clock scheme of flash memory, memory module, computer-readable recording medium and operating method using the same
    Patent number: 9449704
    Abstract: A flash memory, a memory module, a computer-readable recording medium and an operating method are provided, which can perform a flexible setup by a flexible clock scheme. A NAND-type flash memory 100 of the invention includes: a memory array 110 having NAND-type memory cells, a controller 150 including a processor and a ROM/RAM, and a system clock generating circuit 200 configured to generate an internal system clock signal. The ROM/RAM is at least stored with setup commands for a setup of the flash memory, and the processor processes the setup commands based on the internal system clock signal during a setup period. The controller 150 further controls the system clock generating circuit 200, so that a frequency of the internal system clock signal becomes high speed during the setup period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroki Murakami
  • AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160216015
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus controls a decrease in efficiency of a refrigeration cycle, and includes a suction pipe having one end connected to a suction side of a compressor and an other end connected to an evaporator, a receiver connected to a refrigerant pipe connecting the evaporator and a condenser to each other, a first bypass pipe having one end connected to the receiver and an other end connected to the suction pipe and configured to supply refrigerant from the receiver to the suction pipe, a flow control valve provided to the first bypass pipe, a heat recovery portion disposed downstream of a portion of the suction pipe connected to the first bypass pipe, and a control device configured to control an opening degree of the flow control valve based on a degree of superheat of refrigerant in the heat recovery portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mizuo SAKAI, Masanori AOKI, Hirokuni SHIBA, Hiroaki NAKAMUNE, Hiroki MURAKAMI
  • Film forming method
    Patent number: 9390912
    Abstract: A film forming method for forming a thin film composed of a SiOCN layer containing at least silicon (Si), oxygen (O), carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) on a surface of a workpiece within an evacuable processing vessel optionally using a silane-based gas, a hydrocarbon gas, a nitriding gas or an oxidizing gas includes forming a first film including at least Si, C and N, and forming a second film including at least Si, C and O. The forming a first film and the forming a second film are set as a cycle and the cycle is performed once or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Murakami, Koji Sasaki, Keisuke Suzuki, Yuichiro Morozumi
  • NUMERICAL CONTROLLER FOR RETRACTION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20160147213
    Abstract: A numerical controller which controls a five-axis machining machine having two rotary axes generates speed data for deceleration stop along movement paths when a stop signal that requires interruption of machining and retraction is sensed, and based on the speed data, generates stop retraction path command data combining a path for the deceleration stop along the movement paths and a retraction path receding from the movement paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroki MURAKAMI
  • Exhaust manifold mounting structure for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 9347361
    Abstract: A cross recess is provided at a fastening seat portion of a cylinder head in which exhaust port outlets are arranged in two rows and two in each row. A cross protrusion that is fittable to the cross recess is provided at a flange of an exhaust manifold. A gasket has a cross opening through which the cross protrusion is insertable. The exhaust manifold is fastened to the cylinder head by passing the cross protrusion of the flange of the exhaust manifold through the cross opening of the gasket and then fitting the cross protrusion to the cross recess of the fastening seat portion of the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Murakami
  • Voltage regulator for a flash memory
    Patent number: 9317053
    Abstract: The invention provides a voltage regulator. The voltage regulator (100) of the invention includes a comparison circuit (20) and a voltage divider circuit (110). The voltage divider circuit (110) has a PMOS transistor (T6) connected to a voltage source (VDD) and resistors (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6) serially connected between the transistor (T6) and a reference voltage. A feedback voltage generated from a node (N3) between resistors R4 and R5 is provided to the comparison circuit (20). In addition, a middle voltage (Vm) generated from a node (Nc) of the resistors is provided to a well region, so the parasitic capacitance is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Masaru Yano, Hiroki Murakami
  • POWER STEERING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING POWER STEERING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160083008
    Abstract: After a Hall IC sensor is set in a connector in such a manner that the Hall IC sensor and a harness are electrically connected to each other, the connector and the Hall IC sensor are inserted from an opposite side of a connector insertion hole in a radial direction toward one side of the connection insertion hole in the radial direction, and a first magnetism collection ring and a second magnetism collection ring are inserted into a torque sensor container portion from a first opening portion in such a manner that the Hall IC sensor is situated between the first magnetism collection ring and the second magnetism collection ring in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems Steering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki MURAKAMI, Shinichi Isobe, Kohtaro Shiino
  • FLASH MEMORY, MEMORY MODULE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPERATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160071610
    Abstract: A flash memory, a memory module, a computer-readable recording medium and an operating method are provided, which can perform a flexible setup by a flexible clock scheme. A NAND-type flash memory 100 of the invention includes: a memory array 110 having NAND-type memory cells, a controller 150 including a processor and a ROM/RAM, and a system clock generating circuit 200 configured to generate an internal system clock signal. The ROM/RAM is at least stored with setup commands for a setup of the flash memory, and the processor processes the setup commands based on the internal system clock signal during a setup period. The controller 150 further controls the system clock generating circuit 200, so that a frequency of the internal system clock signal becomes high speed during the setup period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroki Murakami