Patents by Inventor Hironobu Shimizu

Hironobu Shimizu 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).

  • Patent number: 11942768
    Abstract: A wire cover includes an inner cover member covering a bent section of an electric wire from an inner peripheral side and an outer cover member covering the bent section from an outer peripheral side. One end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a first direction. The other end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a second direction. The inner cover member and the outer cover member move relative to each other along the first direction. When observed from a third direction intersecting a plane that includes the first direction and the second direction, a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion are positioned outward of the surface of the inner cover body on the innermost side of the bent section or inward of the surface of the outer cover body on the outermost side of the bent section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Hiroyuki Koyano
  • Publication number: 20230160066
    Abstract: A technique makes it possible to prevent direct contact between a nozzle outer periphery and a nozzle adapter and to prevent generation of particles due to the direct contact. The technique includes: a nozzle that has an attaching portion formed on one end and discharges, into a processing chamber, a gas supplied to the attaching portion; a nozzle adapter that is disposed in the processing chamber and is clearance-fitted to an outer peripheral surface of the attaching portion with a predetermined gap; and a plurality of annular buffer members that is disposed in the attaching portion and abuts on the nozzle adapter, in which at least one of the annular buffer members is compressed and deformed in a radial direction of the corresponding annular buffer member in a state where the attaching portion of the nozzle is attached to the nozzle adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka ABE, Hironobu SHIMIZU, Shinya MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220298640
    Abstract: There is provided a technique capable of reducing a tilt of a nozzle. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process vessel constituted by a reaction tube and a manifold supporting the reaction tube from thereunder and in which a substrate is processed; a nozzle through which a process gas is supplied to the substrate; a metal adapter configured to hold the nozzle vertically in the process vessel; a support base arranged below the metal adapter and fixed to the manifold; and a fixing bolt engaging with the support base and screwed into the metal adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hironobu SHIMIZU, Satoru MURATA, Shinya MORITA
  • Patent number: 8305852
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical information recording medium that can solve a problem that a BCA mark becomes unrecognizable in an optical recording medium including a recording layer using an organic coloring matter. A playback signal in a burst cut area comprises a bright-area amplitude level formed upon the playback of a part where no barcode-shaped mark has been formed, a dark-area amplitude level formed upon the playback of a part where a barcode-shaped mark has been formed, and a maximum amplitude level having a protruded waveform formed upon the reproduction of the edge of a barcode-shaped mark. When a portion intermediate between the maximum amplitude level and the dark-part amplitude level is defined as an intermediate level, the intermediate level is lower than the bright-area amplitude level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Matsuda, Hironobu Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120122319
    Abstract: Contamination of a substrate can be prevented or suppressed. A substrate processing apparatus includes a reaction tube having an inner space divided by a barrier wall into a film forming space and a plasma generating space. When a desired film is formed on a substrate placed inside the reaction tube, first and second processing gases are supplied to the reaction tube through nozzles. On the other hand, when a part of the reaction tube constituting the plasma generating space is coated with a film, second and third processing gases are supplied to the plasma generating space through the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Hironobu SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 8092603
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a substrate holding part that holds substrates of required numbers in the processing chamber, a gas supply/exhaust part that supplies or exhausts required gas into the processing chamber, a rotation part that rotates the substrate holding part, a first heating part provided in the substrate holding part so as to face at least an upper surface of each substrate held by the substrate holding part, and a power supply part that supplies power to the first heating part in a non-contact state by electromagnetic coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimizu, Nobuo Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20110134745
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical information recording medium that can solve a problem that a BCA mark becomes unrecognizable in an optical recording medium including a recording layer using an organic coloring matter. A playback signal in a burst cut area comprises a bright-area amplitude level formed upon the playback of a part where no barcode-shaped mark has been formed, a dark-area amplitude level formed upon the playback of a part where a barcode-shaped mark has been formed, and a maximum amplitude level having a protruded waveform formed upon the reproduction of the edge of a barcode-shaped mark. When a portion intermediate between the maximum amplitude level and the dark-part amplitude level is defined as an intermediate level, the intermediate level is lower than the bright-area amplitude level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Matsuda, Hironobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7682679
    Abstract: A dye or dyes are selected, which are capable of absorbing a laser beam with a wavelength of 350 to 500 nm and are capable of recording sub-information using a laser beam with a wavelength of 640 to 680 nm or 750 to 830 nm. An optical information recording medium including the optical recording layer records sub-information (BCA information) of a type different from that of main information (data information) in a sub-information region (a BCA recording region) different from a main information area (a data area) using a laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimizu, Daisuke Morishita
  • Publication number: 20090178762
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a substrate holding part that holds substrates of required numbers in the processing chamber, a gas supply/exhaust part that supplies or exhausts required gas into the processing chamber, a rotation part that rotates the substrate holding part, a first heating part provided in the substrate holding part so as to face at least an upper surface of each substrate held by the substrate holding part, and a power supply part that supplies power to the first heating part in a non-contact state by electromagnetic coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimizu, Nobuo Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20090178619
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a substrate holding part that holds substrates of required numbers in the processing chamber, a gas supply/exhaust part that supplies or exhausts required gas into the processing chamber, a rotation part that rotates the substrate holding part, a first heating part provided in the substrate holding part so as to face at least an upper surface of each substrate held by the substrate holding part, and a power supply part that supplies power to the first heating part in a non-contact state by electromagnetic coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimizu, Nobuo Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20090074984
    Abstract: Contamination of a substrate can be prevented or suppressed. A substrate processing apparatus includes a reaction tube having an inner space divided by a barrier wall into a film forming space and a plasma generating space. When a desired film is formed on a substrate placed inside the reaction tube, first and second processing gases are supplied to the reaction tube through nozzles. On the other hand, when a part of the reaction tube constituting the plasma generating space is coated with a film, second and third processing gases are supplied to the plasma generating space through the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Hironobu SHIMIZU, Norikazu Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20080023141
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a substrate holding part that holds substrates of required numbers in the processing chamber, a gas supply/exhaust part that supplies or exhausts required gas into the processing chamber, a rotation part that rotates the substrate holding part, a first heating part provided in the substrate holding part so as to face at least an upper surface of each substrate held by the substrate holding part, and a power supply part that supplies power to the first heating part in a non-contact state by electromagnetic coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimizu, Nobuo Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20060023620
    Abstract: In an optical information recording medium, a first sub-information area, a second sub-information area, and the main information area are provided in order from the center of the optical information recording medium in an outer peripheral direction. A first groove is formed in the first boundary area between the first sub-information area and the second sub-information area and a second groove is formed in the second boundary area between the second sub-information area and the main information area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimizu, Daisuke Morishita
  • Publication number: 20060023617
    Abstract: A dye or dyes are selected, which are capable of absorbing a laser beam with a wavelength of 350 to 500 nm and are capable of recording sub-information using a laser beam with a wavelength of 640 to 680 nm or 750 to 830 nm. An optical information recording medium including the optical recording layer records sub-information (BCA information) of a type different from that of main information (data information) in a sub-information region (a BCA recording region) different from a main information area (a data area) using a laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimizu, Daisuke Morishita
  • Patent number: 6813232
    Abstract: An optical information recording/reproducing method and a device are provided, which can optimally record and reproduce information onto and from an optical information recording medium such as CD-R or DVD-R for high-density recording. A reproducing signal corresponding to a pit-land pattern recorded on the optical information recording medium is obtained by irradiating laser light to the optical information recording medium to judge a relative effective spot diameter of the laser light corresponding to a standard length T according to the reproducing signal, a correction range at recording of information is specified according to the judged effective spot diameter, a recording pulse is corrected according to the specified correction range, and a correction range of the reproducing signal at reproduction of information is specified to correct the reproducing signal according to the specified correction range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sunagawa, Hironobu Shimizu, Atsuo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6538326
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a second wiring layer 7 is formed via an inter-layer insulation film 6 on a first wiring layer 2 connected to an active region of a silicon substrate 1, and a bonding pad 14 is placed on the second wiring layer 7 via a protection film 8 and a polyimide film 10, so as to overlie the active region of the silicon substrate 1. The second wiring layer 7 has a plurality of wires 7a and 7b in a region underlying the bonding pad 14: the wire 7a is joined to the bonding pad 14 via opening sections 9 and 11 provided in the protection film 8 and the polyimide film 10, respectively, and the protection film 8 and the polyimide film 10 are placed between the wires 7b and the bonding pad 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimizu, Koji Fujimoto, Masahiro Horio
  • Publication number: 20020043723
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a second wiring layer 7 is formed via an inter-layer insulation film 6 on a first wiring layer 2 connected to an active region of a silicon substrate 1, and a bonding pad 14 is placed on the second wiring layer 7 via a protection film 8 and a polyimide film 10, so as to overlie the active region of the silicon substrate 1. The second wiring layer 7 has a plurality of wires 7a and 7b in a region underlying the bonding pad 14: the wire 7a is joined to the bonding pad 14 via opening sections 9 and 11 provided in the protection film 8 and the polyimide film 10, respectively, and the protection film 8 and the polyimide film 10 are placed between the wires 7b and the bonding pad 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Hironobu Shimizu, Koji Fujimoto, Masahiro Horio