Patents by Inventor Kazufumi Kato

Kazufumi 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).

  • Publication number: 20150171397
    Abstract: Provided is a separator which shows excellent performance in electric insulation, electrolyte-holding property and ion- or electron-permeability and which can be stably manufactured. The separator is configured from a laminate non-woven fabric consisting of at least two layers, said layers including a non-woven fabric layer (layer I) that comprises a synthetic fiber having a fiber size of 0.1 ?m or greater and less than 4.0 ?m and a non-woven fabric layer (layer II) that comprises a thermoplastic resin fiber having a fiber size of 4.0-30.0 ?m inclusive, and has a weight per area of 3.0 g/m2 or greater and less than 20.0 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamada, Junichi Kusakabe, Rumina Obi, Shinichi Okajima, Kazufumi Kato
  • Patent number: 8953304
    Abstract: There is provided a high performance solid electrolytic capacitor that can be manufactured stably. The present invention provides the solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode foil and a cathode foil, and a separator arranged between the anode foil and the cathode foil, wherein the anode foil, the cathode foil, and the separator are wound around, so that the separator is intervened between the anode foil and the cathode foil, the anode foil has a dielectric oxide film layer, the separator comprises a solid electrolyte and a nonwoven fabric holding the solid electrolyte, the nonwoven fabric composing the separator is a laminated nonwoven fabric having at least two layers of the nonwoven fabric layers, and the laminated nonwoven fabric comprises a nonwoven fabric layer (layer I) composed of ultra fine fiber having a fiber diameter of 0.1 to 4 ?m, and a nonwoven fabric layer (layer II) composed of a thermoplastic resin fiber having a fiber diameter of 6 to 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kato, Rumina Obi, Ikuo Ueno
  • Publication number: 20120247868
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a noise absorbing fabric in which electromagnetic waves are not susceptible to being reflected and which has superior noise absorbing ability, a noise absorbing fabric having noise absorbing ability across a wide band, a noise absorbing fabric that is soft, highly flexible, thin, and can be incorporated in intricate portions of electronic components or housings and the like by being bent or folded and the like, and a noise absorbing fabric that can be easily and stably produced without using an expensive soft magnetic material, is inexpensive and demonstrates high performance. In the noise absorbing fabric, a metal is subjected to metal processing on at least one side of a fabric, and the common logarithmic value of the surface resistivity of the surface subjected to metal processing is within the range of 0 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kato, Tomoya Tanaka, Rumina Obi
  • Publication number: 20120154985
    Abstract: There is provided a high performance solid electrolytic capacitor that can be manufactured stably. The present invention provides the solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode foil and a cathode foil, and a separator arranged between the anode foil and the cathode foil, wherein the anode foil, the cathode foil, and the separator are wound around, so that the separator is intervened between the anode foil and the cathode foil, the anode foil has a dielectric oxide film layer, the separator comprises a solid electrolyte and a nonwoven fabric holding the solid electrolyte, the nonwoven fabric composing the separator is a laminated nonwoven fabric having at least two layers of the nonwoven fabric layers, and the laminated nonwoven fabric comprises a nonwoven fabric layer (layer I) composed of ultra fine fiber having a fiber diameter of 0.1 to 4 ?m, and a nonwoven fabric layer (layer II) composed of a thermoplastic resin fiber having a fiber diameter of 6 to 30 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kato, Rumina Obi, Ikuo Ueno
  • Publication number: 20120111627
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic shielding sheet that has a smaller increase in the thickness of a base after the formation of a metal coating film when compared with conventional electromagnetic shielding sheets, and which has excellent electromagnetic wave shielding properties despite a small amount of adhered metal. According to the present invention, the electromagnetic shielding sheet can endure metal working processes and has high electromagnetic wave shielding properties, resulting in a thin, very flexible fabric sheet. Specifically disclosed is an electromagnetic shielding sheet which is composed of a laminated non-woven fabric that has at least a first layer and a second layer, and which is characterized in that the first layer is a layer of thermoplastic synthetic fibers having a fiber diameter of 6 ?m to 50 ?m, the second layer is a layer of ultrafine fibers having a fiber diameter of 0.1 ?m to 5.0 ?m, and a metal is adhered to at least one surface of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kato, Kazuaki Shikata, Rumina Obi, Ikuo Ueno
  • Patent number: 7809468
    Abstract: A server includes a communication section which receives event information from an event detection device which detects a plurality of types of events occurring in a plurality of temporary storage devices provided at different locations, and transmits transportation load display information to a PC, a storage section which stores lot state data indicating states of lots and storage state data indicating states of the temporary storage devices, an update section which updates the lot state data and the storage state data based on the event information, and an information generation section which generates transportation load display information for notifying a lot transportation state to the user based on the lot state data and the storage state data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamagishi, Kazufumi Kato, Takuma Miura, Katsutoshi Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20080113135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bag which can be opened easily and straightly in the same direction as the opening direction and can ensure easier removal of contents therefrom. Further, the present invention provides a bag having excellent moistureproof effect and improved storage stability of contents by interleaving an aluminum foil as an interlayer. There is disclosed a bag characterized in that the bag is made of a laminated film of a biaxially stretched polystyrene film which comprises an amorphous polystyrene copolymer resin and has a Vicat softening temperature of 110 to 155° C. and a polyethylene film, wherein the biaxially stretched polystyrene film is disposed outside the bag and the polyethylene film is disposed inside the bag. There is also disclosed a bag characterized in that the bag has excellent moistureproof effect and improved storage stability of contents by interleaving an aluminum foil as an interlayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kato, Yuuji Mizutari
  • Publication number: 20080021594
    Abstract: A server includes a communication section which receives event information from an event detection device which detects a plurality of types of events occurring in a plurality of temporary storage devices provided at different locations, and transmits transportation load display information to a PC, a storage section which stores lot state data indicating states of lots and storage state data indicating states of the temporary storage devices, an update section which updates the lot state data and the storage state data based on the event information, and an information generation section which generates transportation load display information for notifying a lot transportation state to the user based on the lot state data and the storage state data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Takashi Yamagishi, Kazufumi Kato, Takuma Miura, Katsutoshi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7277774
    Abstract: A server includes a communication section which receives event information from an event detection device which detects a plurality of types of events occurring in a plurality of temporary storage devices provided at different locations, and transmits transportation load display information to a PC, a storage section which stores lot state data indicating states of lots and storage state data indicating states of the temporary storage devices, an update section which updates the lot state data and the storage state data based on the event information, and an information generation section which generates transportation load display information for notifying a lot transportation state to the user based on the lot state data and the storage state data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamagishi, Kazufumi Kato, Takuma Miura, Katsutoshi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7224442
    Abstract: A supply control apparatus is provided and includes a memory for storing lot control data for controlling a plurality of lots, reticule control data for controlling a plurality of masks, and inline photo device control data; an update section for updating the data; a control information generating section generating lot supply control information for controlling lot supply based on the lot control data and the reticule control data, as well as mask supply control information for controlling mask supply; and a communications section for transmitting the lot supply control information to a lot supply device that supplies lots to the photo device, transmitting the mask supply control information to a mask supply device that supplies masks to the photo device, while receiving notification information on the current position of a lot or a mask from the lot supply device, the mask supply device or the photo device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kato, Akira Tadano, Yuki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 6990421
    Abstract: A method of displaying a measurement result in an inspection process using network, the method includes a first step that a host, which intensively controls and manages a device for inspecting a lot to be processed in one or a plurality of steps, transmits to the device a condition of measuring a lot determined to be put in, a second step that the device measures the lot based on the measurement condition received via the network and then obtains measured data, a third step that the host determines whether the measured data received via the network is abnormal or normal based on a predetermined assessment standard and then produces a result of assessing a measured value so as to transmit the result to the device and a fourth step that the device provides a display corresponding to the result of assessing the measured value in accordance with the received result of assessing the measured value as well as a previously registered display standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazufumi Kato
  • Publication number: 20050192703
    Abstract: A server includes a communication section which receives event information from an event detection device which detects a plurality of types of events occurring in a plurality of temporary storage devices provided at different locations, and transmits transportation load display information to a PC, a storage section which stores lot state data indicating states of lots and storage state data indicating states of the temporary storage devices, an update section which updates the lot state data and the storage state data based on the event information, and an information generation section which generates transportation load display information for notifying a lot transportation state to the user based on the lot state data and the storage state data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Takashi Yamagishi, Kazufumi Kato, Takuma Miura, Katsutoshi Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20050117143
    Abstract: A supply control apparatus is provided and includes a memory for storing lot control data for controlling a plurality of lots, reticule control data for controlling a plurality of masks, and inline photo device control data; an update section for updating the data; a control information generating section generating lot supply control information for controlling lot supply based on the lot control data and the reticule control data, as well as mask supply control information for controlling mask supply; and a communications section for transmitting the lot supply control information to a lot supply device that supplies lots to the photo device, transmitting the mask supply control information to a mask supply device that supplies masks to the photo device, while receiving notification information on the current position of a lot or a mask from the lot supply device, the mask supply device or the photo device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kato, Akira Tadano, Yuki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20040133401
    Abstract: A method of displaying a measurement result in an inspection process using network, the method includes a first step that a host, which intensively controls and manages a device for inspecting a lot to be processed in one or a plurality of steps, transmits to the device a condition of measuring a lot determined to be put in, a second step that the device measures the lot based on the measurement condition received via the network and then obtains measured data,a third step that the host determines whether the measured data received via the network is abnormal or normal based on a predetermined assessment standard and then produces a result of assessing a measured value so as to transmit the result to the device and a fourth step that the device provides a display corresponding to the result of assessing the measured value in accordance with the received result of assessing the measured value as well as a previously registered display standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazufumi Kato
  • Patent number: RE43405
    Abstract: A method of displaying a measurement result in an inspection process using network, the method includes a first step that a host, which intensively controls and manages a device for inspecting a lot to be processed in one or a plurality of steps, transmits to the device a condition of measuring a lot determined to be put in, a second step that the device measures the lot based on the measurement condition received via the network and then obtains measured data, a third step that the host determines whether the measured data received via the network is abnormal or normal based on a predetermined assessment standard and then produces a result of assessing a measured value so as to transmit the result to the device and a fourth step that the device provides a display corresponding to the result of assessing the measured value in accordance with the received result of assessing the measured value as well as a previously registered display standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazufumi Kato