Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kashiwagi

Hiroyuki Kashiwagi 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: 20100315643
    Abstract: A method for inspecting a nano-imprint template, includes irradiating light onto a template for nano-imprinting from a back surface side of the template, the template having a front surface where a pattern is formed, detecting near-field light which is generated near the front surface of the template by the irradiation of the light, and performing an inspection of the template on the basis of the detected near-field light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KASHIWAGI, Kazuya Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20100308513
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a template for imprint lithography includes a transparent substrate having a pattern with a recess portion and a protruding portion, and a light-shielding portion formed on a bottom surface of the recess portion and on a top surface of the protruding portion. A side wall of the protruding portion is inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kashiwagi, Kazuya Fukuhara, Ryoichi Inanami, Takuya Kono
  • Patent number: 6143422
    Abstract: A material which can be improved in its resistance to corrosion caused by alcohol-containing fuels after formation without detriment to weldability and without any substantial cost increase is developed.ConstitutionA chromate film is applied to a Zn--X alloy electroplating layer, in which X is one or more of Ni: 3-18 wt %, Co: 0.02-3 wt %, Mn: 25-45 wt %, or Cr: 8-20 wt %. The Zn--Ni alloy plating layer underlying the chromate film has cracks with a density of 1000-150000 in terms of the number of plated regions surrounded by cracks in a 1 mm.times.1 mm visual field, with cracks having a maximum width of 0.5 .mu.m or less comprising 90% or more of the total number of the cracks, and with cracks having a depth of 80% or more of the thickness of the plating layer comprising 80% or more of the total number of the cracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nagai, Yoshihiro Kawanishi, Eiji Kajiyama, Hiroyuki Kashiwagi, Shinichi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 5932359
    Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for fuel tanks comprising a Zn--X alloy plating layer + a chromate film, in which the Zn--X alloy plating layer has an X content for the plating metal as a whole of Ni: 9-18 wt %, Co: 0.02-3 wt %, Mn: 25-45 wt %, or Cr: 8-20 wt %, the amount of deposition of the plating layer is 5-40 g/m.sup.2 and the amount of the chromate film is 10-200 mg/m.sup.2 on a metallic Cr basis, the Zn--X alloy plating layer corresponding to at least the inner surface of a tank has: (1) cracks in the surface layer, with the density of the cracks being 1000-150000 in terms of the number of plated regions surrounded by cracks in a visual field of 1 mm.times.1 mm, and the maximum width of the cracks is not more than 0.5 .mu.m, or (2) an X/(X+Zn) atomic percentage (X.sub.2) determined by surface analysis based on ESCA with X.sub.1 .noteq.X.sub.2 (wherein X.sub.1 =average value of the X content of the plating metal as a whole), and with X.sub.2 being Ni: 5-25 at %, Co: 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nagai, Yoshihiro Kawanishi, Eiji Kajiyama, Hiroyuki Kashiwagi, Shinichi Tsuchiya