Patents by Inventor Katsuhiko Kato
Katsuhiko Kato 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).
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Patent number: 12181339Abstract: A spectroscopic module includes a support body having a bottom wall portion and a side wall portion surrounding a space on one side of the bottom wall portion, a spectroscopic portion provided on the one side of the bottom wall portion and having a plurality of grating grooves, a photodetector attached to the side wall portion so as to face the spectroscopic portion via the space and having a plurality of photodetection channels, a plurality of first terminals provided on a surface of the support body on a side opposite to the space so as to be disposed along the surface of the support body and electrically connected to the photodetector, and a wiring unit having a plurality of second terminals respectively facing the plurality of first terminals and respectively joined to the plurality of first terminals and a plurality of third terminals respectively and electrically connected to the plurality of second terminals.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Katsuhiko Kato
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Patent number: 12134799Abstract: A charged material containing a metal raw material of at least one of ferrochromium containing metal Si or ferrosilicon and unreduced slag containing Cr oxide generated by oxidation refining is charged into an AC electric furnace including three electrodes, a mass ratio of a metal Si amount to a Cr oxide amount being from 0.30 to 0.40, and a C concentration being from 2.0% by mass to a saturation concentration.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Norifumi Asahara, Katsuhiko Kato, Mikio Futaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Naoki Kaneko, Junichi Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20240304169Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resonator that is relatively lightweight, has high sound-blocking performance overwhelming the law of mass action, and is excellent in terms of manufacturability and durability. The resonator includes at least a sheet and at least one resonance portion. The resonance portion is provided in contact with a sheet surface of the sheet, and the resonance portion includes a weight portion and a base portion. The weight portion is supported by the base portion and has a larger mass than the base portion, and the weight portion has a penetration portion. The base portion is in contact with a surface on a resonance portion front end side of the weight portion and covers the weight portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Katsuhiko SUGIURA, Shogo KOGA, Naoyuki UCHIDA, Kazuma INOUE, Yukio KATO, Kohji UEHARA, Masashi MIURA
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Patent number: 12066326Abstract: A spectrometer includes a support having a bottom wall part and a side wall part surrounding a spectroscopic space, a cover arranged on an opening part formed by the side wall part and provided with a light transmitting part, a joining member arranged between the cover and the opening part, a light detection element supported by the side wall part between the spectroscopic space and the cover, and an optical function part provided on a surface of the bottom wall part. A vent is provided in at least one of the support, the cover, and the joining member. The vent is open to an outside and a space defined by the support, the cover, and the light detection element. The space communicates with the spectroscopic space.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Toshiteru Suzuki, Katsuhiko Kato, Issei Oshima, Takashi Oba
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Publication number: 20230332952Abstract: A spectrometer includes a support having a bottom wall part and a side wall part arranged on one side of the bottom wall part, a light detection element supported by the support to face a surface of the bottom wall part on the one side through a spectroscopic space, a resin molded layer provided at least on the surface of the bottom wall part on the one side, and a reflecting layer provided on the resin molded layer and included in an optical function part on the bottom wall part. The resin molded layer has a first part having a shape corresponding to the optical function part and a second part which surrounds the first part and is thinner than the first part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi YOKINO, Anna Yoshida, Katsuhiko Kato
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Patent number: 11725986Abstract: A spectrometer includes a support having a bottom wall part and a side wall part arranged on one side of the bottom wall part, a light detection element supported by the support to face a surface of the bottom wall part on the one side through a spectroscopic space, a resin molded layer provided at least on the surface of the bottom wall part on the one side, and a reflecting layer provided on the resin molded layer and included in an optical function part on the bottom wall part. The resin molded layer has a first part having a shape corresponding to the optical function part and a second part which surrounds the first part and is thinner than the first part.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Anna Yoshida, Katsuhiko Kato
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Publication number: 20220412801Abstract: A spectroscopic module includes a support body having a bottom wall portion and a side wall portion surrounding a space on one side of the bottom wall portion, a spectroscopic portion provided on the one side of the bottom wall portion and having a plurality of grating grooves, a photodetector attached to the side wall portion so as to face the spectroscopic portion via the space and having a plurality of photodetection channels, a plurality of first terminals provided on a surface of the support body on a side opposite to the space so as to be disposed along the surface of the support body and electrically connected to the photodetector, and a wiring unit having a plurality of second terminals respectively facing the plurality of first terminals and respectively joined to the plurality of first terminals and a plurality of third terminals respectively and electrically connected to the plurality of second terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.KInventors: Takafumi YOKINO, Katsuhiko KATO
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Patent number: 11493386Abstract: A spectroscopic module includes a support body having a bottom wall portion and a side wall portion surrounding a space on one side of the bottom wall portion, a spectroscopic portion provided on the one side of the bottom wall portion and having a plurality of grating grooves, a photodetector attached to the side wall portion so as to face the spectroscopic portion via the space and having a plurality of photodetection channels, a plurality of first terminals provided on a surface of the support body on a side opposite to the space so as to be disposed along the surface of the support body and electrically connected to the photodetector, and a wiring unit having a plurality of second terminals respectively facing the plurality of first terminals and respectively joined to the plurality of first terminals and a plurality of third terminals respectively and electrically connected to the plurality of second terminals.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Katsuhiko Kato
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Publication number: 20220195546Abstract: A charged material containing a metal raw material of at least one of ferrochromium containing metal Si or ferrosilicon and unreduced slag containing Cr oxide generated by oxidation refining is charged into an AC electric furnace including three electrodes, a mass ratio of a metal Si amount to a Cr oxide amount being from 0.30 to 0.40, and a C concentration being from 2.0% by mass to a saturation concentration, and operation is performed under a condition where a diameter PCD (m) of a circle passing through the centers of the three electrodes viewed in a plan view from a central axis direction of the electric furnace, an average electrode height He (m) that is a vertical distance from a tip of each electrode to a molten metal surface, a furnace inner diameter Df (m), a molten slag thickness Hs (m), a spreading diameter Darc (m) of an arc on the molten metal surface, and a deflection angle ? (deg) of the arc satisfy the following relationships to produce molten iron containing Cr. Darc=PCD+2He·tan ? ?=52.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Norifumi ASAHARA, Katsuhiko KATO, Mikio FUTAKA, Yasuhiro TANAKA, Naoki KANEKO, Junichi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20220195545Abstract: A charged material containing alloy iron of at least one of ferrochrome containing metallic Si or ferrosilicon, and unreduced slag containing Cr oxide generated by oxidative refining, is charged into an electric furnace as a mixture in which a mass ratio of a metallic Si amount to a Cr oxide amount is from 0.30 to 0.40, and a C concentration is in a range of from 2.0% by mass to a saturation concentration, and molten iron containing Cr obtained due to the Cr oxide undergoing reduction processing is produced, such that, when the charged material is heated and melted in the electric furnace, an attainment temperature is set to from 1400° C. to 1700° C., a maximum average heating rate in any 80° C. interval from 1300° C. to the attainment temperature is set to 15.0° C./min or less, and a minimum average heating rate in any 80° C. interval from 1300° C. to the attainment temperature is set to 3.0° C./min or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Norifumi ASAHARA, Katsuhiko KATO, Mikio FUTAKA, Yasuhiro TANAKA, Naoki KANEKO, Junichi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20220099490Abstract: A spectrometer includes a support having a bottom wall part and a side wall part arranged on one side of the bottom wall part, a light detection element supported by the support to face a surface of the bottom wall part on the one side through a spectroscopic space, a resin molded layer provided at least on the surface of the bottom wall part on the one side, and a reflecting layer provided on the resin molded layer and included in an optical function part on the bottom wall part. The resin molded layer has a first part having a shape corresponding to the optical function part and a second part which surrounds the first part and is thinner than the first part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi YOKINO, Anna YOSHIDA, Katsuhiko KATO
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Publication number: 20220099487Abstract: A spectrometer includes a support having a bottom wall part and a side wall part surrounding a spectroscopic space, a cover arranged on an opening part formed by the side wall part and provided with a light transmitting part, a joining member arranged between the cover and the opening part, a light detection element supported by the side wall part between the spectroscopic space and the cover, and an optical function part provided on a surface of the bottom wall part. A vent is provided in at least one of the support, the cover, and the joining member. The vent is open to an outside and a space defined by the support, the cover, and the light detection element. The space communicates with the spectroscopic space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi YOKINO, Toshiteru SUZUKI, Katsuhiko KATO, Issei OSHIMA, Takashi OBA
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Patent number: 11262240Abstract: A spectrometer 1A includes a package 2 having a stem 4 and a cap 5, an optical unit 10A disposed on the stem 4, and a lead pin 3 for securing the optical unit 10A to the stem 4. The optical unit 10A includes a dispersive part 21 for dispersing and reflecting light entering from a light entrance part 6 of the cap 5, a light detection element 30 having a light detection part 31 for detecting the light dispersed and reflected by the dispersive part 21, a support 40 for supporting the light detection element 30 such that a space is formed between the dispersive part 21 and the light detection element 30, and a projection 11 protruding from the support 40, the lead pin 3 being secured to the projection 11. The optical unit 10A is movable with respect to the stem 4 in a contact part of the optical unit 10A and the stem 4.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Katsumi Shibayama, Katsuhiko Kato
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Publication number: 20210278277Abstract: A spectroscopic module includes a support body having a bottom wall portion and a side wall portion surrounding a space on one side of the bottom wall portion, a spectroscopic portion provided on the one side of the bottom wall portion and having a plurality of grating grooves, a photodetector attached to the side wall portion so as to face the spectroscopic portion via the space and having a plurality of photodetection channels, a plurality of first terminals provided on a surface of the support body on a side opposite to the space so as to be disposed along the surface of the support body and electrically connected to the photodetector, and a wiring unit having a plurality of second terminals respectively facing the plurality of first terminals and respectively joined to the plurality of first terminals and a plurality of third terminals respectively and electrically connected to the plurality of second terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi YOKINO, Katsuhiko KATO
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Patent number: D910471Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Katsumi Shibayama, Katsuhiko Kato
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Patent number: D911194Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Katsumi Shibayama, Katsuhiko Kato
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Patent number: D913132Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Katsumi Shibayama, Katsuhiko Kato
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Patent number: D913826Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Katsumi Shibayama, Katsuhiko Kato
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Patent number: D933509Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Katsumi Shibayama, Katsuhiko Kato
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Patent number: D933510Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takafumi Yokino, Katsumi Shibayama, Katsuhiko Kato