Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Nishimura

Kazuaki Nishimura 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).

  • Patent number: 10199268
    Abstract: In a film forming method for forming a cobalt film on a target substrate having a recess formed in a surface thereof to fill the recess with the cobalt film, the recess is partially filled by forming a cobalt film on the target substrate by an ALD method or a CVD method using an organic metal compound gas. The cobalt film is partially etched by supplying an etching gas containing ?-diketone gas and NO gas to the target substrate. Then, the recess is further filled by forming a cobalt film on the target substrate by the ALD method or the CVD method using an organic metal compound gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Susumu Yamauchi, Jun Lin, Kazuaki Nishimura, Toshio Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10189670
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling machine (for example, a banknote handling machine (10)) includes: a storage unit (for example, an escrow unit (20), banknote storages (30), a banknote storage cassette (40)) configured to store a paper sheet transported from a transport unit (16); and a shifting unit (19) provided in the transport unit (16) and configured to shift the paper sheet transported by the transport unit (16), in a width direction orthogonal to a direction in which the paper sheet is transported, according to a position, in the width direction, of a specific member (for example, a tape (136) in the escrow unit (20), a pair of feed rollers of a banknote feeding mechanism (32, 42) provided in the banknote storages (30), a banknote storage cassette (40)) in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yokawa, Kazuaki Nishimura, Hirokazu Goto
  • Publication number: 20180324526
    Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm includes resin and hollow glass member particles contained in the resin. Further, a loudspeaker includes the above-described loudspeaker diaphragm, a magnetic circuit, a frame connected to the magnetic circuit, and a voice coil body having one end connected to the loudspeaker diaphragm and the other end disposed inside a magnetic gap in the magnetic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: TETSUSHI ITANO, SEIJI TAKAGI, KENJI ENDOU, KAZUAKI NISHIMURA, MAKOTO KUROZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180305048
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus (for example, a banknote handling apparatus) includes a holding unit (for example, each holding member) which holds a portion of the storage bag near an opening thereof, a sealing unit (for example, each heating member) which seals the opening of the storage bag held by the holding unit, and a placement unit (for example, each stage) that is movable in a substantially vertical direction and on which at least a part of the storage bag held by the holding unit is placed. When a sealing process is performed, the placement unit on which at least a part of the storage bag held by the holding unit is placed is raised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki NISHIMURA, Youichi TAKEMURA, Ryosuke KONO
  • Publication number: 20180244483
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus (for example, banknote handling apparatus 20) includes a storing and feeding unit (25) in which a sheet is stored on a rotary member (for example, drum (25a)) by winding the sheet on the rotary member and the sheet wound on the rotary member can be fed from the rotary member, a transport unit (23) that transports the sheet fed from the storing and feeding unit (25), a curl correction mechanism (70) that corrects a curl of the sheet transported by the transport unit (23), and a stacking unit (for example, banknote collection bag (34)) in which the sheet that has passed through the curl correction mechanism (70) is stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Takahiro OE, Kazuaki NISHIMURA, Youichi TAKEMURA
  • Publication number: 20180197748
    Abstract: In a substrate processing method for performing predetermined processing on a substrate, which has a processing target film, accommodated in a processing chamber, as a luminous intensity of a predetermined wavelength in an emission spectrum of a plasma generated from a processing gas in the chamber, a luminous intensity of the predetermined wavelength which starts to change when actual processing of the processing target film is started is measured. Then, a processing time of the predetermined processing performed after a moment when the measured luminous intensity of the predetermined wavelength is changed, is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuaki NISHIMURA, Jun LIN, Koji TAKEYA
  • Publication number: 20180076087
    Abstract: In a film forming method for forming a cobalt film on a target substrate having a recess formed in a surface thereof to fill the recess with the cobalt film, the recess is partially filled by forming a cobalt film on the target substrate by an ALD method or a CVD method using an organic metal compound gas. The cobalt film is partially etched by supplying an etching gas containing ?-diketone gas and NO gas to the target substrate. Then, the recess is further filled by forming a cobalt film on the target substrate by the ALD method or the CVD method using an organic metal compound gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Susumu YAMAUCHI, Jun LIN, Kazuaki NISHIMURA, Toshio HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 9911596
    Abstract: A modification processing method includes preparing a substrate having a silicon layer on which a damage layer is formed through plasma processing. The method further includes removing the damage layer formed on the silicon layer by processing the substrate with a first process gas containing a fluorine gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tamotsu Morimoto, Yusuke Muraki, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180057302
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling machine (for example, a banknote handling machine (10)) includes: a storage unit (for example, an escrow unit (20), banknote storages (30), a banknote storage cassette (40)) configured to store a paper sheet transported from a transport unit (16); and a shifting unit (19) provided in the transport unit (16) and configured to shift the paper sheet transported by the transport unit (16), in a width direction orthogonal to a direction in which the paper sheet is transported, according to a position, in the width direction, of a specific member (for example, a tape (136) in the escrow unit (20), a pair of feed rollers of a banknote feeding mechanism (32, 42) provided in the banknote storages (30), a banknote storage cassette (40)) in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi YOKAWA, Kazuaki NISHIMURA, Hirokazu GOTO
  • Publication number: 20170309478
    Abstract: An etching method includes: disposing a target substrate which includes silicon and silicon-germanium in a chamber; supplying the chamber with processing gas which comprises H2 gas and Ar gas in an excited state; and selectively etching the silicon with respect to the silicon-germanium by the processing gas which is in the excited state. Due to this configuration, silicon can be etched, with high selectivity, with respect to the silicon-germanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Koji TAKEYA, Kazuaki NISHIMURA, Nobuhiro TAKAHASHI, Junichiro MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160351390
    Abstract: A modification processing method includes preparing a substrate having a silicon layer on which a damage layer is formed through plasma processing. The method further includes removing the damage layer formed on the silicon layer by processing the substrate with a first process gas containing a fluorine gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Tamotsu MORIMOTO, Yusuke MURAKI, Kazuaki NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9443724
    Abstract: A modification processing method includes preparing a substrate having a silicon layer on which a damage layer is formed through plasma processing. The method further includes removing the damage layer formed on the silicon layer by processing the substrate with a first process gas containing a fluorine gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Tamotsu Morimoto, Yusuke Muraki, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20150373112
    Abstract: A history information management method includes detecting competing access requests from among a plurality of access requests, utilizing history information that are generated by the plurality of access requests, each of the plurality of access requests being related to a plurality of data that are respectively mapped to a plurality of accounts; specifying an executed access request from among the detected competing access requests based on information relating to an executed access request; and specifying, for each of the plurality of accounts, part of the history information relating to an executed access to the data based on the specified access request and the history information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuaki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150357187
    Abstract: A modification processing method includes preparing a substrate having a silicon layer on which a damage layer is formed through plasma processing. The method further includes removing the damage layer formed on the silicon layer by processing the substrate with a first process gas containing a fluorine gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tamotsu MORIMOTO, Yusuke MURAKI, Kazuaki NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150095313
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a process including: referring to data-size information indicating size of data corresponding to a query for acquiring the data stored in a storage, the data-size information and the data being stored in the storage and the data-size information being associated with the data in the storage; specifying an amount of the data corresponding to the query in accordance with the data-size information; and determining whether allows an output of the data corresponding to the query in accordance with the specified amount of the data and a data amount acceptable for the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: TOMOHIKO HIRAGUCHI, Junji Shimaoka, Kazuaki Nishimura, Shuichi Kido, Hiroshi Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 8615998
    Abstract: A first turbocharger comprises a first center housing and a first return passage. A second turbocharger comprises a second center housing and a second return passage. The first return passage joins the second return passage at a junction. The length of the second return passage from the second center housing to the junction is longer than that of the first return passage from the first center housing to the junction. A bellows-shaped vibration absorption portion is provided at the second return passage. The first return passage comprises a first upstream return passage and a first downstream return passage, and the first upstream and downstream return passages are connected to each other via the flexible hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Niwa, Kazuaki Nishimura, Satoshi Nishizaka, Hiroaki Deguchi
  • Patent number: 8590306
    Abstract: There are provided first and second water supply passages to supply cooling water from an engine to first and second center housings of first and second turbochargers, and first and second return passages to return the cooling water from the first and second turbochargers to the engine. A cooling-water connection portion of the first water supply is located above the level of a cooling-water connection portion of the second water supply passage. A vapor releasing passage is provided between the second turbocharger and an upper tank provided on the outside of an engine body at a position located above the connection portion of the second return passage of the second turbocharger. Accordingly, the function of vapor releasing from the first and second turbochargers can be improved, thereby increasing the layout flexibility around the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Niwa, Kazuaki Nishimura, Satoshi Nishizaka, Hiroaki Deguchi
  • Patent number: 8406452
    Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm contains polylactic acid, and bamboo charcoal mixed in the polylactic acid. The diaphragm does not affect environment and provides a loudspeaker with high sound quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Kajihara, Kazuaki Nishimura, Hiroshi Shinkoda
  • Patent number: 8340342
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm containing resin and carbonized bamboo material with a large degree of flexibility in setting physical properties, moisture-proof reliability and strength secured, superior appearance, and productivity and dimensional stability increased, which allows making characteristics and sound highly accurately, and designing with great originality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Jin, Yoshimichi Kajihara, Shinya Mizone, Kazuaki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20120247511
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a thin film forming apparatus by removing extraneous matter attached to an interior of the thin film forming apparatus after supplying a treatment gas into a reaction chamber of the thin film forming apparatus and forming a thin film on an object to be processed, the method including: supplying a cleaning gas including fluorine gas, hydrogen fluoride gas, and chlorine gas into the reaction chamber heated to a predetermined temperature to remove the extraneous matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro OKADA, Yukio TOJO, Kenji TAGO, Kazuaki NISHIMURA