Patents by Inventor Hisashi Okamura

Hisashi Okamura 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: 20240112840
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a cobalt-boron (CoB) layer for magnetic recording devices, memory devices, and storage devices. In one or more embodiments, the CoB layer is part of a spin-orbit torque (SOT) device. In one or more embodiments, the SOT device is part of an SOT based sensor, an SOT based writer, a memory device (such as a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) device), and/or a storage device (such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a tape drive). In one embodiment, an SOT device includes a seed layer, and a cap layer spaced from the seed layer. The SOT device includes a spin-orbit torque (SOT) layer, and a nano layer (NL) between the seed layer and the cap layer. The SOT device includes a cobalt-boron (CoB) layer between the seed layer and the cap layer, and the CoB layer is ferromagnetic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Susumu OKAMURA, Quang LE, Brian R. YORK, Cherngye HWANG, Randy G. SIMMONS, Kuok San HO, Hisashi TAKANO
  • Patent number: 11866596
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: at least one dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160:1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of a polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji Kitada, Hiroko Hayashi, Yasunari Ikeda, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Naito, Kazumasa Otsuki, Michio Nakamori, Shinichi Yamamoto, Seiji Kagami, Shigeki Kawada
  • Publication number: 20230392030
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition includes a coloring material, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water. The coloring material contains a compound (A) having Cr (chromium) as Me in a structure represented by formula (1) below, and a compound (B) having Co (cobalt) as Me in the structure represented by the formula (1) below, and the mass ratio of the compound (B) to the compound (A) is over 0 and 0.06 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi OKAMURA, Hidehiko KOMATSU, Hiromi NOGUCHI, Yuzuka KUMAGAI, Yasuhiro OKI
  • Patent number: 11591489
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition contains: C.I. Disperse Red 364; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of the ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of the polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi Okamura, Hiroko Hayashi, Kenji Kitada, Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Yamamoto, Michio Nakamori, Shigeki Kawada, Kenta Kikuchi, Kazumasa Otsuki, Seiji Kagami, Shinichi Naito
  • Patent number: 11447649
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition includes a first component which is at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160: 1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a second component which is a dispersant having at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof; and a third component which has a coumarin skeleton and at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunari Ikeda, Hiroko Hayashi, Kenji Kitada, Hirofumi Hokari, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Shinichi Naito
  • Patent number: 11384249
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition contains at least one disperse dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Disperse Yellow 54, C.I. Disperse Red 60, and C.I. Disperse Blue 359, and a styrene maleic acid-based dispersing agent represented by Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kitada, Hiroko Hayashi, Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Seiji Kagami, Shinichi Naito
  • Publication number: 20220205175
    Abstract: An ink composition for ink jet textile printing of the present disclosure contains a color material, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and the color material contains a color material A represented by Formula (1) below, a color material B represented by Formula (2) below, and a color material C that has a triazine structure and is different from the color material A and the color material B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Hiromi NOGUCHI, Shintaro HAMA, Hidehiko KOMATSU, Yasuhiro OKI, Hisashi OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220204789
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet ink composition of the present disclosure contains a color material represented by Formula (1) below, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water. The color material represented by Formula (1) below contains two or more alkali metal ions as counterions, and the counterions include at least a sodium ion. (In Formula (1), M represents a counterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Hisashi OKAMURA, Hidehiko KOMATSU, Yasuhiro OKI
  • Publication number: 20200239718
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: at least one dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160:1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of a polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Hiroko HAYASHI, Yasunari IKEDA, Hisashi OKAMURA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Hirofumi HOKARI, Shinichi NAITO, Kazumasa OTSUKI, Michio NAKAMORI, Shinichi YAMAMOTO, Seiji KAGAMI, Shigeki KAWADA
  • Publication number: 20200207999
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition contains: C.I. Disperse Red 364; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of the ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of the polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hisashi OKAMURA, Hiroko HAYASHI, Kenji KITADA, Yasunari IKEDA, Hirofumi HOKARI, Shinichi YAMAMOTO, Michio NAKAMORI, Shigeki KAWADA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Kazumasa OTSUKI, Seiji KAGAMI, Shinichi NAITO
  • Publication number: 20190352525
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition includes a first component which is at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160: 1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a second component which is a dispersant having at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof; and a third component which has a cumarin skeleton and at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yasunari IKEDA, Hiroko HAYASHI, Kenji KITADA, Hirofumi HOKARI, Hisashi OKAMURA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Shinichi NAITO
  • Publication number: 20190300736
    Abstract: An aqueous inkjet composition contains at least one disperse dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Disperse Yellow 54, C.I. Disperse Red 60, and C.I. Disperse Blue 359, and a styrene maleic acid-based dispersing agent represented by Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Hiroko HAYASHI, Yasunari IKEDA, Hirofumi HOKARI, Hisashi OKAMURA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Seiji KAGAMI, Shinichi NAITO
  • Patent number: 8384185
    Abstract: A technique is provided which allows a chip mounted by wire bonding and a chip mounted by bump electrodes to share a manufacturing process. Both in a case where a chip is electrically coupled to an external circuit by bump electrodes and a case where the chip is electrically coupled to the external circuit by bonding wires, a bump coupling part and a bonding pad are both provided in a single uppermost wiring layer. When the bump electrodes are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bump coupling part and a surface of the bonding pad is covered with the insulating film. On the other hand, when the bonding wires are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bonding pad and a surface of the bump coupling part is covered with the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Niichi Ito, Tetsuji Nakamura, Takamitsu Nagaosa, Hisashi Okamura
  • Patent number: 8222082
    Abstract: A technique is provided which allows a chip mounted by wire bonding and a chip mounted by bump electrodes to share a manufacturing process. Both in a case where a chip is electrically coupled to an external circuit by bump electrodes and a case where the chip is electrically coupled to the external circuit by bonding wires, a bump coupling part and a bonding pad are both provided in a single uppermost wiring layer. When the bump electrodes are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bump coupling part and a surface of the bonding pad is covered with the insulating film. On the other hand, when the bonding wires are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bonding pad and a surface of the bump coupling part is covered with the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Niichi Ito, Tetsuji Nakamura, Takamitsu Nagaosa, Hisashi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20120074541
    Abstract: A technique is provided which allows a chip mounted by wire bonding and a chip mounted by bump electrodes to share a manufacturing process. Both in a case where a chip is electrically coupled to an external circuit by bump electrodes and a case where the chip is electrically coupled to the external circuit by bonding wires, a bump coupling part and a bonding pad are both provided in a single uppermost wiring layer. When the bump electrodes are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bump coupling part and a surface of the bonding pad is covered with the insulating film. On the other hand, when the bonding wires are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bonding pad and a surface of the bump coupling part is covered with the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Niichi ITO, Tetsuji NAKAMURA, Takamitsu NAGAOSA, Hisashi OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 7919153
    Abstract: A laminated structure comprising, at least one optically anisotropic layer formed of a liquid crystalline composition comprising a compound having two or more types of reactive groups, and at least one photosensitive polymer layer. The laminated structure is useful for forming an optically anisotropic layer inside of a liquid crystal cell. The laminated structure is also useful for forming a liquid crystal cell substrate with an optically anisotropic layer having an optically compensating ability, inside of a liquid crystal cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Tomita, Ichiro Amimori, Hisashi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20110076466
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner composition for electrostatic photography, including a reactive compound A having a reactive group XA, and a reactive compound B having a reactive group XB that is capable of reacting with the reactive group XA and forming a bond, wherein the reactive compound B is capable of forming a three-dimensionally bonded structure by reacting with the reactive compound A, and wherein the toner composition includes the reactive compound A and the reactive compound B in a mutually isolated state. Preferably, the reactive compounds respectively have two or more reaction sites, and any one of the compounds has three or more reaction sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi OKAMURA, Kousaku YOSHIMURA, Takafumi HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20090212425
    Abstract: A technique is provided which allows a chip mounted by wire bonding and a chip mounted by bump electrodes to share a manufacturing process. Both in a case where a chip is electrically coupled to an external circuit by bump electrodes and a case where the chip is electrically coupled to the external circuit by bonding wires, a bump coupling part and a bonding pad are both provided in a single uppermost wiring layer. When the bump electrodes are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bump coupling part and a surface of the bonding pad is covered with the insulating film. On the other hand, when the bonding wires are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bonding pad and a surface of the bump coupling part is covered with the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Niichi Ito, Tetsuji Nakamura, Takamitsu Nagaosa, Hisashi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20090027612
    Abstract: A laminated structure comprising, at least one optically anisotropic layer formed of a liquid crystalline composition comprising a compound having two or more types of reactive groups, and at least one photosensitive polymer layer. The laminated structure is useful for forming an optically anisotropic layer inside of a liquid crystal cell. The laminated structure is also useful for forming a liquid crystal cell substrate with an optically anisotropic layer having an optically compensating ability, inside of a liquid crystal cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Tomita, Ichiro Amimori, Hisashi Okamura
  • Patent number: 7351451
    Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising at least one liquid crystal compound and at least one anthraquinone compound represented by formula (1) below: Formula (1) (wherein R2 to R8 each independently represents a hydrogen or substituent; Het is a sulfur or oxygen; B1 and B2 each independently represents an optionally substituted arylene, heteroarylene, cycloalkan-diyl or cycloalken-diyl; Q1 is a bivalent linking group; C1 is an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkokycarbonyl or acyloxy; p, q and r each represents a number from 0 to 5 and n is a number from 1 to 3 satisfying 3?(p+r)×n?10; when plural {(B1)p-(Q1)q-(B2)r} are present, these may be the same or different) was disclosed
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Okamura, Takashi Katoh