Patents by Inventor Jun Kurano

Jun Kurano 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: 10945312
    Abstract: A heating device includes a holding member and having thereinside a plurality of resistive heating elements connected to different pairs of electrode terminals, and a columnar support member joined to the holding member. A first resistive heating element is disposed throughout a first region including a region that overlaps the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction and a second region that is located around an outer periphery of the first region and that does not overlap the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction. A second resistive heating element is disposed throughout the first region and the second region, and an amount of heat generated by the second resistive heating element per unit area of the first region is larger than an amount of heat generated by the second resistive heating element per unit area of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Kurano
  • Patent number: 10626501
    Abstract: A heating device includes a holding member having a resistive heating element, a columnar support member joined to the holding member, power receiving electrodes connected to the resistive heating element, and an electrode terminal unit disposed in each of through holes in the columnar support member. Each of the electrode terminal units includes a first columnar member having one end portion connected to the power receiving electrode and the other end portion connected to a metal stranded wire, and a second columnar member having an end portion connected to the metal stranded wire. A columnar member assembly having a portion of the first columnar member and a portion of the second columnar member includes a general portion and a large-diameter portion. The distance between the large-diameter portion and an inner peripheral surface of the through hole is smaller than the distance between the general portion and the inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Kurano, Kazutaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10615060
    Abstract: A heating device includes a holding member and having thereinside a plurality of resistive heating elements connected to different pairs of electrode terminals, and a columnar support joined to the second surface of the holding member. The plurality of resistive heating elements include a first resistive heating element and a second resistive heating element. The first resistive heating element is disposed throughout a first region including a region that overlaps the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction and a second region that is located around the outer periphery of the first region and that does not overlap the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction. The second resistive heating element is disposed at a position closer to the first surface than the first resistive heating element in the first direction and is disposed in only the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Kurano
  • Patent number: 10347521
    Abstract: A heating member includes a ceramic substrate having a structure in which a plurality of ceramic layers are laminated together; a resistance heat-generating element embedded in the ceramic substrate; an electricity supply element disposed on a surface of the ceramic substrate; and an electricity supply path embedded in the ceramic substrate and electrically connecting the resistance heat-generating element and the electricity supply element. The electricity supply path includes a plurality of conductive layers disposed along the planar direction of the ceramic layers at different positions in the thickness direction of the ceramic substrate, and a plurality of vias disposed along the thickness direction of the ceramic substrate. When the plurality of conductive layers are viewed from the thickness direction, their outer edges are positionally offset from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu Ishikawa, Yasuhiko Inui, Taichi Kibe, Jun Kurano
  • Publication number: 20180090349
    Abstract: A heating device includes a holding member and having thereinside a plurality of resistive heating elements connected to different pairs of electrode terminals, and a columnar support joined to the second surface of the holding member. The plurality of resistive heating elements include a first resistive heating element and a second resistive heating element. The first resistive heating element is disposed throughout a first region including a region that overlaps the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction and a second region that is located around the outer periphery of the first region and that does not overlap the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction. The second resistive heating element is disposed at a position closer to the first surface than the first resistive heating element in the first direction and is disposed in only the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Jun KURANO
  • Publication number: 20180092161
    Abstract: A heating device includes a holding member and having thereinside a plurality of resistive heating elements connected to different pairs of electrode terminals, and a columnar support member joined to the holding member. A first resistive heating element is disposed throughout a first region including a region that overlaps the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction and a second region that is located around an outer periphery of the first region and that does not overlap the columnar support member as viewed from the first direction. A second resistive heating element is disposed throughout the first region and the second region, and an amount of heat generated by the second resistive heating element per unit area of the first region is larger than an amount of heat generated by the second resistive heating element per unit area of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Jun KURANO
  • Publication number: 20180087153
    Abstract: A heating device includes a holding member having a resistive heating element, a columnar support member joined to the holding member, power receiving electrodes connected to the resistive heating element, and an electrode terminal unit disposed in each of through holes in the columnar support member. Each of the electrode terminal units includes a first columnar member having one end portion connected to the power receiving electrode and the other end portion connected to a metal stranded wire, and a second columnar member having an end portion connected to the metal stranded wire. A columnar member assembly having a portion of the first columnar member and a portion of the second columnar member includes a general portion and a large-diameter portion. The distance between the large-diameter portion and an inner peripheral surface of the through hole is smaller than the distance between the general portion and the inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Jun KURANO, Kazutaka TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9691652
    Abstract: A ceramic member, in a carrier device, including: a plurality of ceramic layers; a clamping electrode formed on a first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers and inside of the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to attract a dielectric material by electrostatic force; an electric heating element formed on a second ceramic layer, which is more distant from a side holding a carried object than the first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to generate heat using electric power; a power feed port; a land formed on a third ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to receive electric power through the power feed port; and a via arranged to pass through at least one of the plurality of ceramic layers and provided as a conductive material to electrically connect the electric heating element with the land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaname Miwa, Tomonori Niwa, Jun Kurano
  • Publication number: 20170110357
    Abstract: A heating member includes a ceramic substrate having a structure in which a plurality of ceramic layers are laminated together; a resistance heat-generating element embedded in the ceramic substrate; an electricity supply element disposed on a surface of the ceramic substrate; and an electricity supply path embedded in the ceramic substrate and electrically connecting the resistance heat-generating element and the electricity supply element. The electricity supply path includes a plurality of conductive layers disposed along the planar direction of the ceramic layers at different positions in the thickness direction of the ceramic substrate, and a plurality of vias disposed along the thickness direction of the ceramic substrate. When the plurality of conductive layers are viewed from the thickness direction, their outer edges are positionally offset from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Hironobu ISHIKAWA, Yasuhiko INUI, Taichi KIBE, Jun KURANO
  • Patent number: 9276504
    Abstract: A ceramic member, in a carrier device, includes: a plurality of ceramic layers that have insulating properties and are integrally sintered; a clamping electrode formed on a first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers and inside of the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to attract a dielectric material by electrostatic force; a power feed port configured to receive a supply of electric power to the clamping electrode from outside of the ceramic member; a land formed on a second ceramic layer, which is different from the first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to receive electric power through the power feed port; and a via arranged to pass through at least one of the plurality of ceramic layers and provided as a conductive material to electrically connect the clamping electrode with the land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaname Miwa, Tomonori Niwa, Jun Kurano
  • Publication number: 20150021944
    Abstract: A ceramic member, in a carrier device, includes: a plurality of ceramic layers that have insulating properties and are integrally sintered; a clamping electrode formed on a first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers and inside of the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to attract a dielectric material by electrostatic force; a power feed port configured to receive a supply of electric power to the clamping electrode from outside of the ceramic member; a land formed on a second ceramic layer, which is different from the first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to receive electric power through the power feed port; and a via arranged to pass through at least one of the plurality of ceramic layers and provided as a conductive material to electrically connect the clamping electrode with the land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaname Miwa, Tomonori Niwa, Jun Kurano
  • Publication number: 20150016010
    Abstract: A ceramic member, in a carrier device, including: a plurality of ceramic layers; a clamping electrode formed on a first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers and inside of the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to attract a dielectric material by electrostatic force; an electric heating element formed on a second ceramic layer, which is more distant from a side holding a carried object than the first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to generate heat using electric power; a power feed port; a land formed on a third ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to receive electric power through the power feed port; and a via arranged to pass through at least one of the plurality of ceramic layers and provided as a conductive material to electrically connect the electric heating element with the land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaname Miwa, Tomonori Niwa, Jun Kurano