Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Hashimoto

Kazuaki Hashimoto 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: 20240286946
    Abstract: Provided is a glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate or for a glass spacer for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, in which a mole ratio of the total content of Al2O3and MgO relative to the total content of SiO2 and CaO [(Al2O3+MgO)/(SiO2+CaO)] is in a range of 0.417 or more and 0.6 or less, the total content of SiO2 and Al2O3 (SiO2+Al2O3) is in a range of 64 mol % or more and 85 mol % or less, the total content of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, and CaO (SiO2+Al2O3+MgO+CaO) is in a range of 87 mol % or more and 98 mol % or less, the Na2O content is 0 mol %, and an average linear expansion coefficient of the glass at 100° C. to 300° C. is 68×10?7/° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi SATO, Kazuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240290350
    Abstract: A glass plate is a rectangular plate having a thickness less than 0.68 mm. A square measurement region having a length of 100 mm per side and cut out from a central region of the glass plate has a degree of flatness of 30 ?m or less. When subjected to first heat treatment in which the measurement region is kept at 700° C. for 4 hours and then cooled from 700° C. to 400° C. at a rate of 50° C./hour, the measurement region has a thermal contraction rate of 130 ppm or less. When subjected to second heat treatment in which the measurement region is kept at Tg-160° C. for 60 seconds and then cooled to room temperature in ambient air, where Tg (° C.) represents a glass transition temperature of the glass plate, an amount of change in the degree of flatness of the measurement region is 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuaki HASHIMOTO, Masanori TAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20240272579
    Abstract: A photosensitive drum is rotatable about a drum axis extending in a first direction. A frame includes a first side plate located at first end in the first direction and a second side plate spaced from the first side plate in the first direction. The frame rotatably supports the photosensitive drum between the first side plate and the second side plate in the first direction. The frame holds a developer cartridge. A lock lever is pivotable about a pivot axis extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The lock lever is movable between a lock position at which the developer cartridge is locked on the frame and a release position at which the developer cartridge is unlocked from the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuwen WANG, Junichi HASHIMOTO, Isao KISHI, Kazuaki OOKA
  • Publication number: 20240272580
    Abstract: A developing cartridge includes: a casing; a developing roller; a shaft; and a cam. The casing is configured to accommodate developer therein. The developing roller is rotatable about a first axis extending in an axial direction. The shaft extends along a second axis extending in the axial direction. The shaft is movable along the second axis. The cam is movable along the second axis in response to axial movement of the shaft. The cam has a cam surface non-parallel with the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuwen WANG, Junichi HASHIMOTO, Isao KISHI, Kazuaki OOKA
  • Patent number: 12040003
    Abstract: A glass for magnetic recording medium substrate is an amorphous oxide glass. In terms of mol %, SiO2 content ranges from 45 to 68%, Al2O3 from 5 to 20%, total content of SiO2 and Al2O3 60 to 80%, B2O3 from 0 to 5%, MgO from 3 to 28%, CaO from 0 to 18%, total content of BaO and SrO 0 to 2%, total content of alkali earth metal oxides from 12 to 30%, total content of alkali metal oxides from 3.5 to 15%, and at least one kind selected from the group made of Sn oxide and Ce oxide being included, a total content of Sn oxide and Ce oxide ranges from 0.05 to 2.00%, a glass transition temperature ?625° C., a Young's modulus ?83 GPa, a specific gravity ?2.85, and an average linear expansion coefficient at 100 to 300° C.?48×10?7/° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sato, Kazuaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240208859
    Abstract: A method for producing a ring-shaped object includes: placing a ring-shaped substrate on a plate; and spraying a gas containing a coating raw material toward a center hole of the ring-shaped substrate from above the ring-shaped substrate placed on the plate to cause the ring-shaped substrate to float up from the plate and form a film on a surface of the ring-shaped substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Masafumi MIURA, Kazuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11999652
    Abstract: Provided is a glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate or for a glass spacer for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, in which the total content of Li2O, Na2O, K2O, B2O3, and ZnO (Li2O+Na2O+K2O+B2O3+ZnO) is in a range of 0 mol % or more and 3 mol % or less, the mole ratio of the total content of Al2O3 and MgO relative to the total content of SiO2 and CaO [(Al2O3+MgO)/(SiO2+CaO)] is in a range of 0.30 or more and 0.6 or less, the total content of SiO2 and Al2O3 (SiO2+Al2O3) is in a range of 64 mol % or more and 85 mol % or less, and the total content of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, and CaO (SiO2+Al2O3+MgO+CaO) is in a range of 87 mol % or more and 98 mol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sato, Kazuaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240170506
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a first pixel region and a second pixel region within a substrate. A first recess region is disposed along a back-side of the substrate within the first pixel region. The back-side of the substrate within the first pixel region is asymmetric about a center of the first pixel region in a cross-sectional view. A second recess region is disposed along the back-side of the substrate and within the second pixel region. The back-side of the substrate within the second pixel region is asymmetric about a center of the second pixel region in the cross-sectional view. The first recess region and the second recess region are substantially symmetric about a vertical line laterally between the first pixel region and the second pixel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Keng-Yu Chou, Chun-Hao Chuang, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Wei-Chieh Chiang, Cheng Yu Huang, Wen-Hau Wu, Chih-Kung Chang
  • Publication number: 20240158281
    Abstract: Provided is a glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate or for a glass spacer for a magnetic recording/reproducing device, the glass being an amorphous glass that contains at least Li2O, in which a total content of Na2O and K2O is 0 mol % or more and 6.0 mol % or less, a B2O3 content is 0 mol % or more and 10.0 mol % or less, and a CaO content is 0 mol % or more and 1.0 mol % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Shuzo TOKUMITSU, Kazuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240124346
    Abstract: A glass is an amorphous oxide glass. An SiO2 content ranges from 56 mol % to 80 mol %, an Li2O content is 2.00 mol % or less, a B2O3 content ranges from 0 mol % to 4 mol %, a total content of MgO and CaO (MgO+CaO) ranges from 9 mol % to 40 mol %, and the oxide glass has a specific gravity of 2.75 g/cm3 or less, and a glass transition temperature of 650° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi SATO, Kazuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240088182
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a photodetector disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A wave guide filter having a substantially planar upper surface is disposed over the photodetector. The wave guide filter includes a light filter disposed in a light filter grid structure. The light filter includes a first material that is translucent and has a first refractive index. The light filter grid structure includes a second material that is translucent and has a second refractive index less than the first refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Cheng Yu Huang, Chun-Hao Chuang, Chien-Hsien Tseng, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Keng-Yu Chou, Wei-Chieh Chiang, Wen-Chien Yu, Ting-Cheng Chang, Wen-Hau Wu, Chih-Kung Chang
  • Patent number: 11923386
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a first photodetector disposed in a first pixel region of a semiconductor substrate and a second photodetector disposed in a second pixel region of the semiconductor substrate. The second photodetector is laterally separated from the first photodetector. A first diffuser is disposed along a back-side of the semiconductor substrate and over the first photodetector. A second diffuser is disposed along the back-side of the semiconductor substrate and over the second photodetector. A first midline of the first pixel region and a second midline of the second pixel region are both disposed laterally between the first diffuser and the second diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keng-Yu Chou, Chun-Hao Chuang, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Wei-Chieh Chiang, Cheng Yu Huang, Wen-Hau Wu, Chih-Kung Chang
  • Patent number: 11923392
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes an image sensing element disposed within a substrate. A gate structure is disposed along a front-side of the substrate. A back-side of the substrate includes one or more first angled surfaces defining a central diffuser disposed over the image sensing element. The back-side of the substrate further includes second angled surfaces defining a plurality of peripheral diffusers laterally surrounding the central diffuser. The plurality of peripheral diffusers are a smaller size than the central diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keng-Yu Chou, Chun-Hao Chuang, Jen-Cheng Liu, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Ming-En Chen, Shyh-Fann Ting, Shuang-Ji Tsai, Wei-Chieh Chiang
  • Publication number: 20240071419
    Abstract: A ring-shaped glass spacer is to be arranged in contact with a magnetic disk in a hard disk drive device. A film that contains at least one of tin oxide, zinc oxide, and titanium oxide is formed on each surface of a main surface, and an outer circumferential edge surface, and an inner circumferential edge surface of the glass spacer. The thickness of the film on a center portion of the outer circumferential edge surface of the glass spacer is larger than the thickness of the film on a center portion of the inner circumferential edge surface of the glass spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Masafumi MIURA, Kazuaki HASHIMOTO, Naoyuki HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11884584
    Abstract: A glass, which is a glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate or for a glass spacer for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, is an amorphous oxide glass. An SiO2 content ranges from 56 mol % to 80 mol %, an Li2O content ranges from 1 mol % to 10 mol %, a B2O3 content ranges from 0 mol % to 4 mol %, a Na2O content is 0 mol %, a total content of MgO and CaO (MgO+CaO) ranges from 9 mol % to 40 mol %, and the oxide glass has a specific gravity of 2.75 g/cm3 or less, a glass transition temperature of 650° C. or higher, and a Young's modulus of 90 GPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sato, Kazuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11869538
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ring-shaped glass spacer to be arranged in contact with a magnetic disk in a hard disk drive device includes processing for forming a film on the surface of a glass spacer main body, which is the base of the glass spacer. In the processing, the film is formed by passing the glass spacer main body through a location where the components of the film are in a spray state while an outer circumferential edge surface of the glass spacer main body is being rotated in a circumferential direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Miura, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Naoyuki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11862650
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a photodetector disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A wave guide filter having a substantially planar upper surface is disposed over the photodetector. The wave guide filter includes a light filter disposed in a light filter grid structure. The light filter includes a first material that is translucent and has a first refractive index. The light filter grid structure includes a second material that is translucent and has a second refractive index less than the first refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Yu Huang, Chun-Hao Chuang, Chien-Hsien Tseng, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Keng-Yu Chou, Wei-Chieh Chiang, Wen-Chien Yu, Ting-Cheng Chang, Wen-Hau Wu, Chih-Kung Chang
  • Publication number: 20230369363
    Abstract: A method for forming an image sensor package is provided. An image sensor chip is formed over a package substrate. A protection layer is formed overlying the image sensor chip. The protection layer has a planar top surface and a bottom surface lining and contacting structures under the protection layer. An opening is formed into the protection layer and spaced around a periphery of the image sensor chip. A light shielding material is filled in the opening to form an on-wafer shield structure having a sidewall directly contact the protection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Wen-Hau Wu, Chun-Hao Chuang, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Keng-Yu Chou, Wei-Chieh Chiang, Cheng Yu Huang
  • Publication number: 20230369366
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes an image sensing element disposed within a substrate. A gate structure is disposed along a front-side of the substrate. A back-side of the substrate includes one or more first angled surfaces defining a central diffuser disposed over the image sensing element. The back-side of the substrate further includes second angled surfaces defining a plurality of peripheral diffusers laterally surrounding the central diffuser. The plurality of peripheral diffusers are a smaller size than the central diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Keng-Yu Chou, Chun-Hao Chuang, Jen-Cheng Liu, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Ming-En Chen, Shyh-Fann Ting, Shuang-Ji Tsai, Wei-Chieh Chiang
  • Publication number: 20230361147
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip structure. The integrated chip structure includes forming a first image sensor element within a first substrate and a second image sensor element within a second substrate. The first image sensor element is configured to generate electrical signals from electromagnetic radiation within a first range of wavelengths and the second image sensor element is configured to generate electrical signals from electromagnetic radiation within a second range of wavelengths. A plurality of deposition processes are performed to form a band-pass filter over the second substrate. The band-pass filter has a plurality of alternating layers of a first material having a first refractive index and a second material having a second refractive index that is less than the first refractive index. The first substrate is bonded to the band-pass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng Yu Huang, Chun-Hao Chuang, Chien-Hsien Tseng, Kazuaki Hashimoto, Keng-Yu Chou, Wei-Chieh Chiang, Wen-Hau Wu