Patents by Inventor Junichi Kawasaki

Junichi Kawasaki 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: 20250014827
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, and first and second external electrodes. The multilayer body further includes an extended dielectric portion extending from at least one of a first side margin portion and a second side margin portion to cover only a portion of an inner layer portion at at least one of a first end surface and a second end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventor: Junichi KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240378989
    Abstract: According to one aspect of a technique the present disclosure, there is provided a method of identifying a cause of an abnormality, including: (a) outputting an alarm indicating the failure detected based on sensor information; (b) acquiring a plurality of apparatus data comprising a plurality piece of the sensor information related to the alarm; (c) comparing each of the apparatus data with a threshold value; and (d) when none of the apparatus data acquired in (b) exceed the threshold value according to a comparison result in (c), identifying a specific apparatus data among the plurality of apparatus data closest to the threshold value as a factor of generating the alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Masanori OKUNO, Junichi KAWASAKI, Shinichiro MORI, Yasuhiro JOHO, Satomi YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240338015
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: a recipe including a plurality of steps for which a processing condition for a substrate is defined; a display capable of displaying at least one selected from information on the plurality of steps included in the recipe and information on the processing condition of at least one step selected from the plurality of steps; an operator configured to perform an editing operation for the processing condition; and a controller capable of controlling information on a step for which the editing operation for the processing condition is performed to be displayed in a different manner from information on a step for which the editing operation is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuanze QI, Shinichiro Mori, Junichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20240331943
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body including a stack and a side margin, the stack having a rectangular or substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and including main surfaces opposing each other in a thickness direction, side surfaces opposing each other in a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the thickness direction, and end surfaces opposing each other in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the thickness direction and the width direction, the stack including an internal electrode layer and a dielectric layer alternately stacked in the thickness direction, the side margin covering each of side surfaces of the stack in the width direction, and an external electrode covering one of the end surfaces of the element body in the length direction and electrically connected to the internal electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Shoji FUKUI, Junichi KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 12080149
    Abstract: According to one aspect of a technique the present disclosure, there is provided a processing apparatus including: an apparatus controller including a memory storing apparatus data containing monitor data containing sensor information and an alarm indicating a failure detected based on the sensor information and an alarm analysis table containing analysis items. The apparatus controller is capable of outputting the alarm containing an alarm ID for specifying a type and an occurrence time of the alarm; specifying candidates of the analysis items from the alarm ID; acquiring monitor data corresponding to the candidates; determining a rank of the cause of the alarm according to a difference between monitor data at the occurrence time and a predetermined threshold value; and displaying a relationship between the monitor data and the threshold value. The display screen displays an occurrence history of the alarm and history of acquiring the monitor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Okuno, Junichi Kawasaki, Shinichiro Mori, Yasuhiro Joho, Satomi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240249881
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and electrode layers laminated therein, and two external electrodes respectively provided on two end surfaces of the multilayer body. As seen in a plane including a width and a lamination direction in a middle portion in a length direction, among the internal electrode layers, end portions in the width direction of about 90% or more of internal electrode layers in a middle in the lamination direction are curved toward a second main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Junichi KAWASAKI, Shoji FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20240096666
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a technique capable of rapidly identifying a cause of an occurrence of a failure and supporting a recovery. There is provided a technique that includes: a memory storing recipes, apparatus information reported from within the substrate processing apparatus and failure information; a process vessel in which a substrate is processed based on a recipe; and a controller for: (i) storing failure data in the memory together with an occurrence time of the failure contained in the failure information when the failure occurs in the substrate processing apparatus, the failure data containing first apparatus-related information reported before the failure during a first period defined in advance and the recipe in the memory; and (ii) adding second apparatus-related information reported after the failure during a second period defined in advance to the failure data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuri TAKEBAYASHI, Shinichiro MORI, Junichi KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240087929
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of detecting a substrate state without contacting the substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided (a) loading a substrate retainer, where a plurality of substrates is placed, into a reaction tube; (b) processing the plurality of the substrates by supplying a gas into the reaction tube; (c) unloading the substrate retainer out of the reaction tube after the plurality of the substrates is processed; and (d) detecting the plurality of the substrates placed on the substrate retainer after the substrate retainer is rotated by a first angle with respect to a transferable position, wherein the plurality of the substrates is transferable to/from the substrate retainer in the transferable position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MIYADA, Hajime ABIKO, Junichi KAWASAKI, Tadashi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240013980
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including an inner layer portion including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, and external electrodes on end surfaces of the multilayer body. The internal electrode layers each include a counter electrode portion and an extension electrode portion extending from the counter electrode portion toward the end surface and, when viewing the multilayer body in a cross section parallel to the width direction and the lamination direction, and when a maximum length in the width direction of a range in which one end in the width direction of the counter electrode portions is provided is defined as R1, and a maximum length in the width direction of a range in which one end in the width direction of the extension electrode portions is provided is defined as R2, a relationship between R1 and R2 is R2>R1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hironori TSUTSUMI, Shoji FUKUI, Junichi KAWASAKI, Mitsuru IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11869785
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of detecting a substrate state without contacting the substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided (a) loading a substrate retainer, where a plurality of substrates is placed, into a reaction tube; (b) processing the plurality of the substrates by supplying a gas into the reaction tube; (c) unloading the substrate retainer out of the reaction tube after the plurality of the substrates is processed; and (d) detecting the plurality of the substrates placed on the substrate retainer after the substrate retainer is rotated by a first angle with respect to a transferable position, wherein the plurality of the substrates is transferable to/from the substrate retainer in the transferable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Miyada, Hajime Abiko, Junichi Kawasaki, Tadashi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20240006184
    Abstract: According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a gas line whose gas flow rate is to be edited by a user can be confirmed. There is provided a technique that includes: (a) displaying, on a recipe edit screen, a parameter setting region configured to set control parameters including a gas flow rate of a flow rate controller and a gas pattern screen configured to set an opening/closing state of a valve; (b) editing the recipe on the recipe edit screen; and (c) processing a substrate by performing the recipe edited in (b). When the gas flow rate of the flow rate controller is set on the parameter setting region, a flow rate controller on the gas pattern screen in association with the flow rate controller whose gas flow rate is set on the parameter setting region is clearly specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi KAWASAKI, Shinichiro MORI, Yasuhiro JOHO, Satomi YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220375331
    Abstract: According to one aspect of a technique the present disclosure, there is provided a processing apparatus including: an apparatus controller including a memory storing apparatus data containing monitor data containing sensor information and an alarm indicating a failure detected based on the sensor information and an alarm analysis table containing analysis items. The apparatus controller is capable of outputting the alarm containing an alarm ID for specifying a type and an occurrence time of the alarm; specifying candidates of the analysis items from the alarm ID; acquiring monitor data corresponding to the candidates; determining a rank of the cause of the alarm according to a difference between monitor data at the occurrence time and a predetermined threshold value; and displaying a relationship between the monitor data and the threshold value. The display screen displays an occurrence history of the alarm and history of acquiring the monitor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Masanori OKUNO, Junichi KAWASAKI, Shinichiro MORI, Yasuhiro JOHO, Satomi YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220139745
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of detecting a substrate state without contacting the substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided (a) loading a substrate retainer, where a plurality of substrates is placed, into a reaction tube; (b) processing the plurality of the substrates by supplying a gas into the reaction tube; (c) unloading the substrate retainer out of the reaction tube after the plurality of the substrates is processed; and (d) detecting the plurality of the substrates placed on the substrate retainer after the substrate retainer is rotated by a first angle with respect to a transferable position, wherein the plurality of the substrates is transferable to/from the substrate retainer in the transferable position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MIYADA, Hajime ABIKO, Junichi KAWASAKI, Tadashi OKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11257699
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of detecting a substrate state without contacting the substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided (a) loading a substrate retainer, where a plurality of substrates is placed, into a reaction tube; (b) processing the plurality of the substrates by supplying a gas into the reaction tube; (c) unloading the substrate retainer out of the reaction tube after the plurality of the substrates is processed; and (d) detecting the plurality of the substrates placed on the substrate retainer after the substrate retainer is rotated by a first angle with respect to a transferable position, wherein the plurality of the substrates is transferable to/from the substrate retainer in the transferable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Miyada, Hajime Abiko, Junichi Kawasaki, Tadashi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20210395204
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takuji BANDO, Satoshi AOKI, Junichi KAWASAKI, Makoto ISHIGAMI, Youichi TANIGUCHI, Tsuyoshi YABUUCHI, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Yoshihiro NISHIOKA, Noriyuki KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu FUJIMURA, Masanori TAKAHASHI, Kaoru ABE, Tomonori NAKAGAWA, Koichi SHINHAMA, Naoto UTSUMI, Michiaki TOMINAGA, Yoshihiro OOI, Shohei YAMADA, Kenji TOMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11152782
    Abstract: A drive device (9) drivably controls linear solenoid valves (SL1 to SL5) by inputting respective drive signals to one-side ends (5a) of the linear solenoid valves (SL1 to SL5) via a connector (Co) and wires (Ha). Other-side ends (5b) of the linear solenoid valves (SL1 to SL5) are connected to respective wires (56). The wires (56) are connected to the connector (Co) while being integrally commonalized by the common wire (57). This allows reducing the number of ground terminals gt of the connector (Co), whereby the connector (Co) can be downsized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kento Yamashita, Junichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20200168491
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of detecting a substrate state without contacting the substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided (a) loading a substrate retainer, where a plurality of substrates is placed, into a reaction tube; (b) processing the plurality of the substrates by supplying a gas into the reaction tube; (c) unloading the substrate retainer out of the reaction tube after the plurality of the substrates is processed; and (d) detecting the plurality of the substrates placed on the substrate retainer after the substrate retainer is rotated by a first angle with respect to a transferable position, wherein the plurality of the substrates is transferable to/from the substrate retainer in the transferable position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MIYADA, Hajime ABIKO, Junichi KAWASAKI, Tadashi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200123110
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Takuji BANDO, Satoshi AOKI, Junichi KAWASAKI, Makoto ISHIGAMI, Youichi TANIGUCHI, Tsuyoshi YABUUCHI, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Yoshihiro NISHIOKA, Noriyuki KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu FUJIMURA, Masanori TAKAHASHI, Kaoru ABE, Tomonori NAKAGAWA, Koichi SHINHAMA, Naoto UTSUMI, Michiaki TOMINAGA, Yoshihiro OOI, Shohei YAMADA, Kenji TOMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190225584
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Takuji BANDO, Satoshi AOKI, Junichi KAWASAKI, Makoto ISHIGAMI, Youichi TANIGUCHI, Tsuyoshi YABUUCHI, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Yoshihiro NISHIOKA, Noriyuki KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu FUJIMURA, Masanori TAKAHASHI, Kaoru ABE, Tomonori NAKAGAWA, Koichi SHINHAMA, Naoto UTSUMI, Michiaki TOMINAGA, Yoshihiro OOI, Shohei YAMADA, Kenji TOMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10150735
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Bando, Satoshi Aoki, Junichi Kawasaki, Makoto Ishigami, Youichi Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Yabuuchi, Kiyoshi Fujimoto, Yoshihiro Nishioka, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Fujimura, Masanori Takahashi, Kaoru Abe, Tomonori Nakagawa, Koichi Shinhama, Naoto Utsumi, Michiaki Tominaga, Yoshihiro Ooi, Shohei Yamada, Kenji Tomikawa