Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Iwasaki

Hitoshi Iwasaki 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: 20170236537
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a magnetic pole, a stacked body, and a first nonmagnetic layer. The stacked body includes first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and an intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer and being nonmagnetic. The first nonmagnetic layer is provided between the second magnetic layer and the magnetic pole. A product of a thickness and a saturation magnetic flux density of the second magnetic layer is larger than a product of a thickness and a saturation magnetic flux density of the first magnetic layer. The length of the first magnetic layer is shorter than a length of the second magnetic layer. A current flows from the second magnetic layer toward the first magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Shuichi MURAKAMI, Kenichiro YAMADA, Katsuhiko KOUI, Mariko SHIMIZU, Akihiko TAKEO, Naoyuki NARITA, Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170209062
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor according to an embodiment includes: a magneto-resistive film including a laminate structure, the laminate structure including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and an intermediate layer arranged between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer; and a pair of electrodes for supplying current in a first direction perpendicular to a laminate direction of the magneto-resistive film, wherein the second magnetic layer includes an amorphous magnetic layer, and a crystalline magnetic layer arranged between the amorphous magnetic layer and the intermediate layer, and a length of a current path of the magneto-resistive film is 10 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi IWASAKI, Akira KIKITSU, Satoshi SHIROTORI
  • Publication number: 20170212188
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor of an embodiment includes: a magnetic field detector including a magnetic layer in which a length in a first direction is 10 times or more of a length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a length in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction is ½ or less of the length in the second direction; a first magnetic material member arranged along the first direction, and in which a length in the third direction is longer than the length in the third direction of the magnetic layer; a first nonmagnetic insulating layer arranged between the magnetic field detector and the first magnetic material member, and in which a length in the second direction is ½ or less of the length in the second direction of the magnetic layer; and a circuit supplying current to the magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Akira KIKITSU, Hitoshi IWASAKI, Satoshi SHIROTORI
  • Publication number: 20170186450
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a magnetic pole, a stacked body, and a first non-magnetic layer. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and a non-magnetic intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first non-magnetic layer is provided between the second magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and contacts the magnetic pole and the second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer has a first thickness and a first saturation magnetic flux density. The second magnetic layer has a second thickness and a second saturation magnetic flux density. A second product of the second thickness and the second saturation magnetic flux density is larger than a first product of the first thickness and the first saturation magnetic flux density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro YAMADA, Shuichi MURAKAMI, Naoyuki NARITA, Katsuhiko KOUI, Akihiko TAKEO, Mariko SHIMIZU, Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170145661
    Abstract: A recycling passage 71 is configured to perform “pressure oil recycling,” in which the recycling passage 71 feeds boom discharge oil 35Fo (recycling discharge oil) discharged from a boom cylinder 23F (a recycling actuator), to the boom cylinder 23F (an actuator actuated with feeding of discharge oil from a second pump 12). A first sensing pressure rising passage 81 feeds a part of boom discharge oil 35Fo to a first unload passage 31 upstream of a first pressure sensing unit 61p when the pressure oil recycling is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9653103
    Abstract: A magnetic head according to an embodiment includes: a spin valve element with three terminals including a nonmagnetic base layer, a first terminal including a first magnetic layer, a second terminal including a second magnetic layer, and a third terminal including a third magnetic layer; and a slider including a first external lead terminal connecting to the first terminal, a second external lead terminal connecting to the second terminal, and a third external lead terminal connecting to the third terminal, in an operation, a first current being caused to flow from the second external lead terminal to the third terminal via the second terminal and the nonmagnetic base layer, and a second current that is lower than the first current being caused to flow to the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuuzo Kamiguchi, Hitoshi Iwasaki, Masayuki Takagishi, Tomomi Funayama, Kenichiro Yamada, Satoshi Shirotori, Susumu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9589581
    Abstract: A microwave-assisted magnetic recording head according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic pole; a magnetic shield including a first portion and a second portion connecting to the first portion, a gap being present between the first portion and the magnetic pole; a recording coil disposed to at least one of the magnetic pole and the magnetic shield; and a spin torque oscillator including a nonmagnetic intermediate layer extending within and outside the gap, an oscillation layer disposed on a portion of the nonmagnetic intermediate layer in the gap, and a spin injection layer in which a magnetization direction is pinned and which is disposed on a portion of the nonmagnetic intermediate layer outside the gap so as to be separated from the oscillation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Takagishi, Hitoshi Iwasaki, Kenichiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 9583123
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistance effect element includes first and second shields, first and second side magnetic units, a stacked body, and a hard bias unit. The first side magnetic unit includes a first soft magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a second soft magnetic layer. The second side magnetic unit includes a third soft magnetic layer, a second nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a fourth soft magnetic layer. The stacked body includes a fifth ferromagnetic layer, a third nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a sixth ferromagnetic layer. The hard bias unit is provided between the first and second shields. A first distance between the first and fifth magnetic layers is shorter than a second distance between the second and sixth magnetic layers. A third distance between the third and fifth magnetic layers is shorter than a fourth distance between the fourth and sixth magnetic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yousuke Isowaki, Satoshi Shirotori, Masayuki Takagishi, Hitoshi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20170022687
    Abstract: Cost for a direction switching valve (third direction switching valve) is reduced while oil is supplied from two pumps to one actuator (third actuator). A hydraulic circuit 30 for construction machinery includes a first unloading passage 31 connected with a first pump 11, a second unloading passage 32 connected with a second pump 12, a first supply passage 41 connected with the first pump 11, a second supply passage 42 connected with the second pump 12, a third supply passage 43, and third direction switching valves (53E and 53F). The third supply passage 43 is connected with the first supply passage 41 and the second supply passage 42. The third direction switching valves are connected with the third supply passage 43, the first unloading passage 31, the second unloading passage 32, and the tank passage 35, and supply and discharge oil to and from the third actuators (23E and 23F).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170011757
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and an intermediate layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, the intermediate layer including: a first layer containing oxygen and at least one element of Cu, Au, and Ag; and a second layer containing Mg and oxygen, the second layer being disposed between the first layer and the second magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Susumu HASHIMOTO, Satoshi SHIROTORI, Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160281109
    Abstract: The present inventors successfully introduced genes into stem cells of airway epithelial tissues using simian immunodeficiency virus vectors pseudotyped with F and HN, which are envelope glycoproteins of Sendai virus. Gene transfer into airway epithelial tissue stem cells using a vector of the present invention is useful for gene therapy of genetic respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis. Furthermore, it is possible to select respiratory organs such as the lungs as production tissues for providing proteins that are deficient due to genetic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Mitomo, Makoto Inoue, Hitoshi Iwasaki, Mamoru Hasegawa, Eric W. Alton, Uta Griesenbach
  • Patent number: 9437223
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a multilayer element including a first magnetic layer, a magnetization direction of the first magnetic layer being pinned, a nonmagnetic layer disposed on the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer disposed in a first region on the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetization direction of the second magnetic layer being pinned and antiparallel to the magnetization direction of the first magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer disposed in a second region that is different from the first region on the nonmagnetic layer near one of two opposite end faces of the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetization direction of the third magnetic layer being changeable by an external magnetic field, a lower face of the nonmagnetic layer being in contact with an upper face of the first magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoshi Shirotori, Yuuzo Kamiguchi, Masayuki Takagishi, Hitoshi Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 9378756
    Abstract: An example magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic recording medium, a magnetic recording head and a signal processor. The magnetic recording head includes a first magnetic pole to apply a recording magnetic field to the magnetic recording medium; a spin torque oscillator arranged parallel to the first magnetic pole; and a first coil to magnetize the first magnetic pole. The signal processor writes and reads a signal on the magnetic recording medium by using the magnetic recording head and includes a first current circuit to supply a recording current to the first coil, the recording current including a recording signal to be recorded on the magnetic recording medium. The recording current includes either one of a signal changing at a frequency higher than that of the recording signal, and a signal having the same frequency as the recording signal and changing an absolute value thereof in one cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yamada, Hitoshi Iwasaki, Masayuki Takagishi
  • Publication number: 20160180867
    Abstract: A microwave-assisted magnetic recording head according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic pole; a magnetic shield including a first portion and a second portion connecting to the first portion, a gap being present between the first portion and the magnetic pole; a recording coil disposed to at least one of the magnetic pole and the magnetic shield; and a spin torque oscillator including a nonmagnetic intermediate layer extending within and outside the gap, an oscillation layer disposed on a portion of the nonmagnetic intermediate layer in the gap, and a spin injection layer in which a magnetization direction is pinned and which is disposed on a portion of the nonmagnetic intermediate layer outside the gap so as to be separated from the oscillation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki TAKAGISHI, Hitoshi IWASAKI, Kenichiro YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160099015
    Abstract: A magnetic head according to an embodiment includes: a non-local spin valve element with three terminals including a nonmagnetic base layer, a first terminal including a first magnetic layer, a second terminal including a second magnetic layer, and a third terminal including a third magnetic layer; and a slider including a first external lead terminal connecting to the first terminal, a second external lead terminal connecting to the second terminal, and a third external lead terminal connecting to the third terminal, in an operation, a first current being caused to flow from the second external lead terminal to the third terminal via the second terminal and the nonmagnetic base layer, and a second current that is lower than the first current being caused to flow to the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yuuzo KAMIGUCHI, Hitoshi IWASAKI, Masayuki TAKAGISHI, Tomomi FUNAYAMA, Kenichiro YAMADA, Satoshi SHIROTORI, Susumu HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160099014
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a multilayer element including a first magnetic layer, a magnetization direction of the first magnetic layer being pinned, a nonmagnetic layer disposed on the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer disposed in a first region on the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetization direction of the second magnetic layer being pinned and antiparallel to the magnetization direction of the first magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer disposed in a second region that is different from the first region on the nonmagnetic layer near one of two opposite end faces of the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetization direction of the third magnetic layer being changeable by an external magnetic field, a lower face of the nonmagnetic layer being in contact with an upper face of the first magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIROTORI, Yuuzo KAMIGUCHI, Masayuki TAKAGISHI, Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9275662
    Abstract: A magnetic head of an embodiment includes: a first electrode being a magnetic body having a magnetic shielding property; a first signal detector disposed on the first electrode and being a differential magnetoresistive effect element; a second electrode disposed on the first signal detector; an insulating layer disposed on the second electrode; a third electrode disposed on the insulating layer; a second signal detector disposed on the third electrode and being a differential magnetoresistive effect element; and a fourth electrode disposed on the second signal detector and being a magnetic body having a magnetic shielding property. At least one of the second electrode and the third electrode is a nonmagnetic metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yousuke Isowaki, Kenichiro Yamada, Masayuki Takagishi, Hitoshi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20160035377
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a spin-valve element includes a nonmagnetic unit, a first magnetic unit, a second magnetic unit, a third magnetic unit, a current source, and a voltage sensor. The current source is connected to the second magnetic unit and the third magnetic unit. The current source causes a current to flow between the second magnetic unit and the third magnetic unit via the nonmagnetic unit. The voltage sensor is connected to the second magnetic unit and the third magnetic unit. A maximum length of a contact surface between the first magnetic unit and the nonmagnetic unit is not more than a spin diffusion length of the nonmagnetic unit. A length of the first magnetic unit in a direction orthogonal to the contact surface is not more than 3 times a spin diffusion length of the first magnetic unit. The first magnetic unit does not contact an external electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yuuzo KAMIGUCHI, Masayuki TAKAGISHI, Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160027457
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistance effect element includes first and second shields, first and second side magnetic units, a stacked body, and a hard bias unit. The first side magnetic unit includes a first soft magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a second soft magnetic layer. The second side magnetic unit includes a third soft magnetic layer, a second nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a fourth soft magnetic layer. The stacked body includes a fifth ferromagnetic layer, a third nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a sixth ferromagnetic layer. The hard bias unit is provided between the first and second shields. A first distance between the first and fifth magnetic layers is shorter than a second distance between the second and sixth magnetic layers. A third distance between the third and fifth magnetic layers is shorter than a fourth distance between the fourth and sixth magnetic layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Yousuke ISOWAKI, Satoshi SHIROTORI, Masayuki TAKAGISHI, Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9240202
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a spin-valve element includes a nonmagnetic unit, a first magnetic unit, a second magnetic unit, a third magnetic unit, a current source, and a voltage sensor. The current source is connected to the second magnetic unit and the third magnetic unit. The current source causes a current to flow between the second magnetic unit and the third magnetic unit via the nonmagnetic unit. The voltage sensor is connected to the second magnetic unit and the third magnetic unit. A maximum length of a contact surface between the first magnetic unit and the nonmagnetic unit is not more than a spin diffusion length of the nonmagnetic unit. A length of the first magnetic unit in a direction orthogonal to the contact surface is not more than 3 times a spin diffusion length of the first magnetic unit. The first magnetic unit does not contact an external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuuzo Kamiguchi, Masayuki Takagishi, Hitoshi Iwasaki