Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Nakamura

Hiroyuki Nakamura 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: 20210083645
    Abstract: Surface acoustic wave device having mass-loaded electrode. In some embodiments, a surface acoustic wave device for providing resonance of a surface acoustic wave having a wavelength ? can include a quartz substrate and a piezoelectric plate formed from LiTaO3 or LiNbO3 disposed over the quartz substrate. The piezoelectric plate can have a thickness greater than 2?. The surface acoustic wave device can further include an interdigital transducer electrode formed over the piezoelectric plate. The interdigital transducer electrode can have a mass density p in a range 1.50 g/cm3<??6.00 g/cm3, 6.00 g/cm3<??12.0 g/cm3, or 12.0 g/cm3<??23.0 g/cm3, and a thickness greater than 0.148?, greater than 0.079?, or greater than 0.036?, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Michio KADOTA, Shuji TANAKA, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10948412
    Abstract: Particularly provided is a method and a system for screening nanoparticles which allow effective search of conditions for surface modification of nanoparticles and reduction in the time, the labor, and the amount of a sample required for the surface modification compared with conventional techniques. The method for screening nanoparticles includes the steps of: dividing a nanoparticle suspension for a respective plurality of containers provided in a containment receptacle; performing surface modification on nanoparticles under different conditions for the respective containers; preparing evaluation samples by adding a dispersion medium into each container and mixing the nanoparticles and the dispersion medium; and performing evaluation on the evaluation sample in each container by optical analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Maki Saeki, Masanori Tanaka, Eiichi Kanaumi
  • Publication number: 20210067131
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device that includes a spinel layer, a piezoelectric layer, a temperature compensating layer between the spinel layer and the piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer is disclosed. The piezoelectric layer is disposed between the interdigital transducer electrode and the spinel layer. The acoustic wave device is configured to generate an acoustic wave having a wavelength of ?. The piezoelectric layer can have a thickness that is less than ?. In some embodiments, the spinel layer can be a polycrystalline spinel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Gong Bin Tang, Rei Goto, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiichi Maki
  • Publication number: 20210050840
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an elastic wave device. The elastic wave device includes a sub-wavelength thick piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a high velocity layer configured to inhibit an elastic wave from leaking from the piezoelectric layer at anti-resonance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Rei Goto, Jie Zou, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Chun Sing Lam
  • Patent number: 10919790
    Abstract: A method for removing selenium according to the present invention comprises: a valence change step of adding an oxidant to a wastewater from a facility that gasifies a fuel containing selenium in a reducing atmosphere, and oxidizing the selenium to change the valence of the selenium, and a solid-liquid separation step of adding a flocculant to the wastewater, forming a floc containing the selenium for which the valence has been changed in the valence change step, and subjecting the floc to solid-liquid separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Okino, Kazuhide Kamimura, Tetsuya Ito, Morikata Nishida, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10886202
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device capable of having simple wiring in mounting the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes at least one P-terminal, at least one N-terminal, a power output terminal, at least one power supply terminal, at least one ground (GND) terminal, at least one control terminal, and a package that is rectangular in a plan view and accommodates an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) being a high-side switching element, an IGBT being a low-side switching element, and a control circuit. The at least one control terminal is disposed on a first side of the package, opposite to a second side on which the power output terminal is disposed. The at least one P-terminal, the at least one N-terminal, the at least one power supply terminal, and the at least one GND terminal are disposed on a third side of the package, orthogonal to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10873311
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator that prevents a radio frequency (RF) signal from being coupled to a cap substrate. An electronic device includes a first substrate (device substrate) of piezoelectric material having a top surface on which an electronic circuit including a film bulk acoustic resonator is formed, a second substrate (cap substrate) of low-resistivity material, a bottom surface of which is disposed opposing the top surface of the first substrate, and a side wall disposed between the top surface of the first substrate and the bottom surface of the second substrate. The side wall defines a cavity together with the top surface of the first substrate and the bottom surface of the second substrate, the cavity internally including the electronic circuit. A thin film of high-resistivity material is formed on at least a portion of the bottom surface of the second substrate to prevent an RF signal emitted from the electronic circuit from being coupled to the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Satoshi Niwa, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200388608
    Abstract: A semiconductor device 1 has an IGBT region and a MOSFET region. A plurality of channel doped P layers formed in the MOSFET region include a trench-adjacent channel doped P layer whose side surface is in contact with a boundary trench gate formed between the IGBT region and the MOSFET region. A formation depth of the trench-adjacent channel doped P layer is set deeper than a formation depth of the boundary trench gate. In the MOSFET region, an N type MOSFET having a planar structure is configured including a channel region in the channel doped P layer, a gate insulating film in an interlayer oxide film, and a gate polysilicon serving as a planar gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoyo TAKANO, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200376857
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus including a transporting portion that transports a medium along a transport path, a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting, through a nozzle, a liquid onto the medium that is being transported, a mounting portion in which a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is mounted, and a heating portion that heats the medium on which the recording has been performed. The transport path includes an upper path positioned above the mounting portion in a vertical direction. After transporting and passing the medium, on which the recording has been performed, through the upper path, the transporting portion discharges the medium through a discharge port. The heating portion is provided above the mounting portion in the vertical direction and heats the medium transported through the upper path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Izumi NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200373920
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device capable of suppressing increase in size of a package and adjusting an amount of negative feedback. A power module as a semiconductor device includes an IGBT which is a switching element and a free wheel diode (FWD) parallelly connected to the switching element. The IGBT has, on a surface thereof, an emitter electrode and a gate electrode of the IGBT and a conductive pattern insulated from the emitter electrode and the gate electrode. The FWD has, on a surface thereof, an anode electrode of the FWD and a conductive pattern insulated from the anode electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10848923
    Abstract: A user location information detection and tracking system includes an IC tag that a user can carry, a user terminal configured to receive identification information outputted from the IC tag, a magnetic field device configured to form a magnetic field in a predetermined area, and a managing device communicably connected to the user terminal. The IC tag outputs at a predetermined timing, as the identification information, tag ID for identifying the IC tag, in response to detection of the magnetic field formed by the magnetic field device, the IC tag outputs, as the identification information, magnetic field identification information for identifying the magnetic field, and in response to the identification information received from the IC tag, the user terminal sends the identification information to the managing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Motoki Suzuki, Taro Morioka, Akira Arai, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10847489
    Abstract: A first wire has a first contact connected to a first semiconductor element, and a second contact connected to a second semiconductor element. A second wire has a third contact connected to the first semiconductor element and a fourth contact connected to the second semiconductor element. A first linear portion between the first contact and the second contact of the first wire has an undulation. A second linear portion between the third contact and the fourth contact of the second wire has an undulation. A first top portion of the first linear portion is adjacent to a second top portion of the second linear portion. An interval between the first top portion and the second top portion is narrower than an interval between the first contact and the third contact. The interval between the first top portion and the second top portion is narrower than an interval between the second contact and the fourth contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200361883
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel crystalline forms of sulfonamide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the crystalline form compounds and methods of preparing and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Jing Teng, Nathan Gignac
  • Patent number: 10794719
    Abstract: Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: a sensor unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information acquired by the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kunii, Takuya Shimizu, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Publication number: 20200314596
    Abstract: A user location information detection and tracking system includes an IC tag that a user can carry, a user terminal configured to receive identification information outputted from the IC tag, a magnetic field device configured to form a magnetic field in a predetermined area, and a managing device communicably connected to the user terminal. The IC tag outputs at a predetermined timing, as the identification information, tag ID for identifying the IC tag, in response to detection of the magnetic field formed by the magnetic field device, the IC tag outputs, as the identification information, magnetic field identification information for identifying the magnetic field, and in response to the identification information received from the IC tag, the user terminal sends the identification information to the managing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Motoki SUZUKI, Taro MORIOKA, Akira ARAI, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10778181
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an elastic wave device. The elastic wave device includes a sub-wavelength thick piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a high velocity layer configured to inhibit an elastic wave from leaking from the piezoelectric layer at anti-resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Rei Goto, Jie Zou, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Chun Sing Lam
  • Patent number: 10778183
    Abstract: Aspects and examples provide electronic elements and filter devices configured to prevent deterioration of the propagation characteristics caused by input and output signals being electromagnetically coupled to an electric conductor side wall. In one example an electronic filter includes an element substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface, and piezoelectric body. A circuit including a plurality of SAW resonators is formed on the top surface of the element substrate. The electronic filter further includes a sealing substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a side wall including an electric conductor and formed to define a cavity between the top surface of the element substrate and the bottom surface of the sealing substrate, the side wall enclosing a periphery of the circuit and being connected to a ground potential of the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SKYWORKS FILTER SOLUTIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Satoshi Niwa, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10769049
    Abstract: A debugging support apparatus supports debugging of a sequence program executed by a control apparatus. The debugging support apparatus includes a recording unit and a graph display processing unit which is a presentation processing unit. The recording unit records step numbers which are order information indicating the execution order of arithmetic processing for components constituting the sequence program, and operation data handled in step-by-step arithmetic processing. The graph display processing unit presents a relationship between the order information and the operation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keisuke Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20200279843
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a first region having a freewheeling diode arranged therein, second regions having an IGBT arranged therein, and a withstand-voltage retention region surrounding the first region and the second regions in plan view are defined. The semiconductor substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface. The semiconductor substrate includes an anode layer having a first conductivity type, which is arranged in the first main surface of the first region, and a diffusion layer having the first conductivity type, which is arranged in the first main surface of the withstand-voltage retention region adjacently to the anode layer. A first trench is arranged in the first main surface on a side of the anode layer with respect to a boundary between the anode layer and the diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Shinya SONEDA
  • Publication number: 20200262209
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium along a transport path, a liquid ejecting head that performs recording on the transported medium by ejecting liquid from a nozzle formed at a nozzle surface, a mounting portion on which a liquid storage portion for storing the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is mounted, and a first discharge port that delivers the medium on which the recording is performed toward a media processing apparatus that performs processing on the medium, in which the mounting portion is disposed at a position higher than the nozzle surface, and a first transport path which is a portion of the transport path from a position corresponding to the liquid ejecting head to the first discharge port passes above the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Izumi NOZAWA