Patents by Inventor Katsuaki TO

Katsuaki TO 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: 20220228272
    Abstract: A method for producing fluorine gas including electrolyzing an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, measuring the current efficiency of fluorine gas production in the electrolyzing, and sending a fluid generated in the inside of the electrolytic cell in the electrolyzing the electrolyte, from the inside to the outside of the electrolytic cell through a flow path. In the sending, the flow path in which the fluid flows is switched in accordance with the current efficiency measured in the measuring the current efficiency, such that the fluid is sent to a first flow path that sends the fluid to a first outside when the current efficiency measured in the measuring the current efficiency is not less than a predetermined reference value, or the fluid is sent to a second flow path that sends the fluid to a second outside when the current efficiency is less than the predetermined reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Katsuaki TO, Yohsuke FUKUCHI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11295775
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protection layer that are arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that are arranged in this order on the orientation control layer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including an oxide at grain boundary parts of magnetic grains, and the second magnetic layer is closest to the protection layer among layers within the perpendicular magnetic layer, and includes magnetic grains made of a CoCrPt alloy, and a nitride of carbon or a hydride of carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kota Hasegawa, Katsuaki To
  • Patent number: 10984829
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protection layer that are arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that are arranged in this order on the orientation control layer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including an oxide at grain boundary parts of magnetic grains, and the second magnetic layer is closest to the protection layer among layers within the perpendicular magnetic layer, and includes magnetic grains made of a CoCrPt alloy, and a nitride of carbon or a hydride of carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kota Hasegawa, Katsuaki To
  • Publication number: 20210098017
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protection layer that are arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that are arranged in this order on the orientation control layer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including an oxide at grain boundary parts of magnetic grains, and the second magnetic layer is closest to the protection layer among layers within the perpendicular magnetic layer, and includes magnetic grains made of a CoCrPt alloy, and a nitride of carbon or a hydride of carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kota HASEGAWA, Katsuaki TO
  • Publication number: 20190295583
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protection layer that are arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that are arranged in this order on the orientation control layer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including an oxide at grain boundary parts of magnetic grains, and the second magnetic layer is closest to the protection layer among layers within the perpendicular magnetic layer, and includes magnetic grains made of a CoCrPt alloy, and a nitride of carbon or a hydride of carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kota HASEGAWA, Katsuaki TO
  • Patent number: 10074396
    Abstract: In a magnetic recording medium of the present invention, an outermost surface of a protective layer 3 on a lubricant layer 4 side contains carbon and nitrogen in a range of 50 atomic % to 90 atomic %, and the lubricant layer 4 is formed by being in contact with the outermost surface, contains compounds A to C represented in the below general formulas (1) to (3) described below, and has a film thickness of 0.5 nm to 2 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Eishin Yamakawa, Katsuaki To, Saeko Hayase
  • Publication number: 20170084305
    Abstract: In a magnetic recording medium of the present invention, an outermost surface of a protective layer 3 on a lubricant layer 4 side contains carbon and nitrogen in a range of 50 atomic % to 90 atomic %, and the lubricant layer 4 is formed by being in contact with the outermost surface, contains compounds A to C represented in the below general formulas (1) to (3) described below, and has a film thickness of 0.5 nm to 2 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Eishin YAMAKAWA, Katsuaki TO, Saeko HAYASE
  • Patent number: 9449634
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere. The first lubricant has a lower molecular mass and a higher chemical polarity than those of the second lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takehiko Okabe, Katsuaki To
  • Publication number: 20150332724
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere. The first lubricant has a lower molecular mass and a higher chemical polarity than those of the second lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Takehiko OKABE, Katsuaki TO
  • Patent number: 9177587
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takehiko Okabe, Katsuaki To
  • Patent number: 9159354
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant that is dissolved in an organic solvent onto the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takehiko Okabe, Katsuaki To
  • Patent number: 9147422
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere. The first lubricant has a lower molecular mass and a higher chemical polarity than those of the second lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takehiko Okabe, Katsuaki To
  • Publication number: 20140295072
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant that is dissolved in an organic solvent onto the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant. A molecular mass of a compound included in the first lubricant is higher than that of the second lubricant, and a chemical polarity of the compound included in the first lubricant is lower than that of the second lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takehiko OKABE, Katsuaki TO
  • Publication number: 20140295073
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere. The first lubricant has a lower molecular mass and a higher chemical polarity than those of the second lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takehiko OKABE, Katsuaki To
  • Publication number: 20140212577
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takehiko OKABE, Katsuaki TO
  • Publication number: 20140212579
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant that is dissolved in an organic solvent onto the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takehiko OKABE, Katsuaki To