Patents by Inventor Junichi Iwasawa

Junichi Iwasawa 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: 20230227375
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a plasma-resistant member including: a base member; and a layer structural component formed at a surface of the base member, the layer structural component including an yttria polycrystalline body and being plasma resistant, the layer structural component including a first uneven structure, and a second uneven structure formed to be superimposed onto the first uneven structure, the second uneven structure having an unevenness finer than an unevenness of the first uneven structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Junichi IWASAWA, Toshihiro AOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11623898
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a plasma-resistant member including: a base member; and a layer structural component formed at a surface of the base member, the layer structural component including an yttria polycrystalline body and being plasma resistant, the layer structural component including a first uneven structure, and a second uneven structure formed to be superimposed onto the first uneven structure, the second uneven structure having an unevenness finer than an unevenness of the first uneven structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Toshihiro Aoshima
  • Patent number: 11127569
    Abstract: A plasma-resistant member that includes a base material and a layer structural component is provided, wherein the layer structural component includes an yttria polycrystalline body, is formed at a surface of the base material, and has plasma resistance; crystallites that are included in the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component are not bonded to each other via a heterogenous phase; the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component has a crystal structure including only cubic, or a crystal structure in which cubic and monoclinic coexist; and an average value of a proportion of monoclinic to cubic inside the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component is greater than 0% and not more than 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 10759710
    Abstract: Disclosed is provision of a ceramic coat having an excellent low-particle generation as well as a method for assessing the low-particle generation of the ceramic coat. A composite structure including a substrate and a structure which is formed on the substrate and has a surface, wherein the structure includes a polycrystalline ceramic and the composite structure has luminance Sa satisfying a specific value calculated from a TEM image analysis thereof, can be suitably used as an inner member of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus required to have a low-particle generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Hiroaki Ashizawa, Takuma Wada, Ryoto Takizawa, Toshihiro Aoshima, Yuuki Takahashi, Atsushi Kinjo
  • Publication number: 20190276368
    Abstract: Disclosed is provision of a ceramic coat having an excellent low-particle generation as well as a method for assessing the low-particle generation of the ceramic coat. A composite structure including a substrate and a structure which is formed on the substrate and has a surface, wherein the structure includes a polycrystalline ceramic and the composite structure has luminance Sa satisfying a specific value calculated from a TEM image analysis thereof, can be suitably used as an inner member of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus required to have a low-particle generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Junichi IWASAWA, Hiroaki ASHIZAWA, Takuma WADA, Ryoto TAKIZAWA, Toshihiro AOSHIMA, Yuuki TAKAHASHI, Atsushi KINJO
  • Publication number: 20190144347
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a plasma-resistant member including: a base member; and a layer structural component formed at a surface of the base member, the layer structural component including an yttria polycrystalline body and being plasma resistant, the layer structural component including a first uneven structure, and a second uneven structure formed to be superimposed onto the first uneven structure, the second uneven structure having an unevenness finer than an unevenness of the first uneven structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Junichi IWASAWA, Toshihiro AOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10287212
    Abstract: There is provided a plasma-resistant member, including: a base material; and a layer structural component formed by aerosol deposition at a surface of the base material, the layer structural component being plasma-resistant and including an yttria polycrystalline body, the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component having a crystal structure in which cubic and monoclinic coexist, a proportion of monoclinic to cubic inside the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component being not less than 0% and not more than 60%, a crystallite size of the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component being not less than 8 nm and not more than 50 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 10221105
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a plasma-resistant member including: a base member; and a layer structural component formed at a surface of the base member, the layer structural component including an yttria polycrystalline body and being plasma resistant, the layer structural component including a first uneven structure, and a second uneven structure formed to be superimposed onto the first uneven structure, the second uneven structure having an unevenness finer than an unevenness of the first uneven structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Toshihiro Aoshima
  • Publication number: 20180301321
    Abstract: A plasma-resistant member that includes a base material and a layer structural component is provided, wherein the layer structural component includes an yttria polycrystalline body, is formed at a surface of the base material, and has plasma resistance; crystallites that are included in the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component are not bonded to each other via a heterogenous phase; the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component has a crystal structure including only cubic, or a crystal structure in which cubic and monoclinic coexist; and an average value of a proportion of monoclinic to cubic inside the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component is greater than 0% and not more than 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: Junichi IWASAWA
  • Publication number: 20170152189
    Abstract: There is provided a plasma-resistant member, including: a base material; and a layer structural component formed by aerosol deposition at a surface of the base material, the layer structural component being plasma-resistant and including an yttria polycrystalline body, the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component having a crystal structure in which cubic and monoclinic coexist, a proportion of monoclinic to cubic inside the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component being not less than 0% and not more than 60%, a crystallite size of the yttria polycrystalline body included in the layer structural component being not less than 8 nm and not more than 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Junichi IWASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160332921
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a plasma-resistant member including: a base member; and a layer structural component formed at a surface of the base member, the layer structural component including an yttria polycrystalline body and being plasma resistant, the layer structural component including a first uneven structure, and a second uneven structure formed to be superimposed onto the first uneven structure, the second uneven structure having an unevenness finer than an unevenness of the first uneven structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi IWASAWA, Toshihiro AOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 8114473
    Abstract: A composite structure having excellent plasma resistance includes a base material having a surface containing a ceramic polycrystal and a structure formed on the surface of the base material containing the ceramic polycrystal, wherein the structure contains a polycrystal containing a brittle material; a grain boundary layer having a glass layer does not substantially exist on a boundary face between crystals forming the polycrystal; a part of the polycrystal forms an anchor part embedded into the base material surface; and an average roughness (Ra) of an interface between the anchor part and the base material surface is 100 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Hironori Hatono
  • Patent number: 7897268
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a structure made of yttrium oxide is formed on a surface of a substrate comprises yttrium oxide polycrystals as a main component, a boundary layer made of hyaline does not substantially exist on a boundary face between crystals which form the structure, and both a cubic system and a monoclinic system exist in the crystal system of the yttrium oxide polycrystals. With this, it is possible to adjust the hardness of the structure made of yttrium oxide formed on a surface of a substrate to be larger than that of an yttrium oxide sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Ryoichi Nishimizu, Hironori Hatono, Hiroaki Ashizawa
  • Publication number: 20090233126
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a structure made of yttrium oxide is formed on a surface of a substrate comprises yttrium oxide polycrystals as a main component, a boundary layer made of hyaline does not substantially exist on a boundary face between crystals which form the structure, and both a cubic system and a monoclinic system exist in the crystal system of the yttrium oxide polycrystals. With this, it is possible to adjust the hardness of the structure made of yttrium oxide formed on a surface of a substrate to be larger than that of an yttrium oxide sintered body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Ryoichi Nishimizu, Hironori Hatono, Hiroaki Ashizawa
  • Publication number: 20080274347
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing a film with use of aerosol which is capable of forming a film of satisfactory quality at a high film formation rate. In the method, first, a carrier gas is mixed into a particle mixture which comprises raw fine particles comprising a brittle material as a main component and having a 50% average particle diameter of 0.010 ?m to 1.0 ?m on a volume basis, and auxiliary particles comprising a brittle material of the same type as or a different type from the brittle material of the raw fine particles as a main component and having a 50% average particle diameter of 3.0 ?m to 100 ?m on a volume basis, to form an aerosol. The aerosol is ejected onto the surface of a substrate to make the particle mixture come into collision with the substrate, so that the collision crushes or deforms the raw fine particles to form a film on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Hironori Hatono, Hiroaki Ashizawa, Tomokazu Ito, Kaori Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20080274333
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a composite structure excellent in resistance characteristics such as plasma resistance. The composite structure includes a base material having a surface containing a ceramic polycrystal and a structure formed on the surface of the base material containing the ceramic polycrystal, wherein the structure contains a polycrystal containing a brittle material; a grain boundary layer having a glass layer does not substantially exist on a boundary face between crystals forming the polycrystal; a part of the polycrystal forms an anchor part embedded into the base material surface; and an average roughness (Ra) of an interface between the anchor part and the base material surface is 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Hironori Hatono
  • Publication number: 20080274348
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing a film with use of aerosol which is capable of forming a film of satisfactory quality at an extremely high film formation rate. In the method, first, a carrier gas is mixed into fine particles comprising a brittle material as a main component and having a 50% average particle diameter of 100 nm to 300 nm on a number basis to form an aerosol. The aerosol is ejected onto the surface of a substrate to make the fine particles come into collision with the substrate, so that the collision crushes or deforms the fine particles to form a film on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Hironori Hatono, Hiroaki Ashizawa
  • Publication number: 20060178010
    Abstract: In order to control and reduce generation of disjoined grains from a plasma-resistant member, the present invention provides a plasma-resistant member having no pores and boundary layers. In a layer structure made of yttria polycrystal and formed on a surface of a member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus on a side exposed to plasma, the ratio of pores to the surface of the layer structure is less than 0.1 area %. With this, corrosion from pores never progresses even in a plasma atmosphere. It is also possible to control and reduce disjoined grains due to such corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Hironori Hatono, Naoya Terada, Yuji Aso, Masakatsu Kiyohara
  • Publication number: 20060159946
    Abstract: In order to control and reduce generation of disjoined grains from a plasma-resistant member, the present invention provides a plasma-resistant member having no pores and boundary layers. In a layer structure made of yttria polycrystal and formed on a surface of a member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus on a side exposed to plasma, substantially no hyaline boundary layer exists in the yttria polycrystal. With this, corrosion from a boundary layer never progresses even in a plasma atmosphere. It is also possible to control and reduce disjoined grains due to such corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Iwasawa, Hironori Hatono, Naoya Terada, Yuji Aso, Masakatsu Kiyohara
  • Patent number: 5588732
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus is comprised of an illumination unit arranged so as to project from a light apparatus body by a predetermined distance, a spring for spring-biasing the illumination unit in the direction in which the illumination unit is projected from the light apparatus body, a power switch for the illumination unit which is switched in accordance with a movement of the illumination unit, an engaging portion for engaging the illumination unit at the position close to the light apparatus body, and a releasing portion for releasing the engaging portion, wherein the lighting apparatus can be energized only when the illumination unit is projected from the lighting apparatus body. Also, an electrode apparatus attached to power source equipments such as a battery pack or the like is comprised of an electrode cover for shielding an electrode portion, wherein the electrode cover can be opened by a projected electrode portion of the equipments to which the power source equipment is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Asahi Research Corp.
    Inventors: Yuu Sasaki, Junichi Iwasawa, Masahiro Yamada