Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Fujio

Kazuhiko Fujio 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: 11961747
    Abstract: A heater includes an insulating base, a resistance heating element, and a hollow member. The base includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The resistance heating element extends inside the base along the upper surface and the lower surface. The hollow member includes a first plate-shaped part laid over the lower surface, a second plate-shaped part facing the first plate-shaped part through a space, and a side surface part surrounding the space from an outside in a planar direction of the first plate-shaped part and the second plate-shaped part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusaku Ishimine, Kazuto Maruyama, Keiichi Sekiguchi, Kazuhiko Fujio
  • Publication number: 20220298641
    Abstract: A flow path member of the present disclosure includes: a base having a first surface, and further having a first inflow port and a first outflow port; and a flow path that connects to the first inflow port and the first outflow port in an inside of the base. The flow path includes a first flow path that goes along the first surface and a second flow path that intersects the first flow path. The base includes a first projection in the first flow path, and a surface of the first projection is continuous with a wall surface of the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Keiichi SEKIGUCHI, Kazuhiko FUJIO
  • Publication number: 20210292247
    Abstract: A ceramic structural body includes a substrate that is composed of a ceramic(s), a hole that is opened on a surface of the substrate, and a seal material that is positioned at an opening portion of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Kazuhiko FUJIO
  • Publication number: 20210043475
    Abstract: A heater includes an insulating base, a resistance heating element, and a hollow member. The base includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The resistance heating element extends inside the base along the upper surface and the lower surface. The hollow member includes a first plate-shaped part laid over the lower surface, a second plate-shaped part facing the first plate-shaped part through a space, and a side surface part surrounding the space from an outside in a planar direction of the first plate-shaped part and the second plate-shaped part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yuusaku ISHIMINE, Kazuto MARUYAMA, Keiichi SEKIGUCHI, Kazuhiko FUJIO
  • Patent number: 10697707
    Abstract: A heat exchange member includes: a lid portion; a bottom plate portion; a plurality of partition portions disposed so as to connect the lid portion and the bottom plate portion, a part surrounded by the lid portion, the bottom plate portion and the partition portion defining a first flow passage through which a first fluid flows; a curved portion curved toward the first flow passage on a first flow passage side of at least one of the lid portion and the bottom plate portion when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to a direction in which the first fluid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Sekiguchi, Yuusaku Ishimine, Kazuhiko Fujio
  • Patent number: 10627173
    Abstract: A flow path member includes a lid portion, a bottom plate portion, and side walls provided between the lid portion and the bottom plate portion, a flow path in which a fluid flows is configured with the lid portion, the side walls, and the bottom plate portion, a portion of a surface of the side walls on the flow path side includes a coarse portion that is coarser than the other portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Sekiguchi, Kazuhiko Fujio, Yuusaku Ishimine
  • Patent number: 10566264
    Abstract: A flow path member may include silicon nitride ceramics. The flow path member may have an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow path connected to the inlet port and the outlet port inside the flow path member. A plurality of needle-shaped crystals may be arranged on a surface of the flow path where the needle-shaped crystals intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: KYOCERA CORPORATION, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusaku Ishimine, Takeshi Muneishi, Kazuhiko Fujio, Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Kentaro Takanami, Takao Shirai
  • Publication number: 20180374778
    Abstract: A flow path member may include silicon nitride ceramics. The flow path member may have an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow path connected to the inlet port and the outlet port inside the flow path member. A plurality of needle-shaped crystals may be arranged on a surface of the flow path where the needle-shaped crystals intersect each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yuusaku ISHIMINE, Takeshi MUNEISHI, Kazuhiko FUJIO, Yoshiyuki FUKUDA, Kentaro TAKANAMI, Takao SHIRAI
  • Patent number: 10103047
    Abstract: A flow path member includes a flow path which has an inlet and an outlet in a base made of ceramics, and a low resistance portion whose surface resistance is less than 1×107 ?/sq in at least a part of the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Sekiguchi, Kazuhiko Fujio, Yuusaku Ishimine
  • Patent number: 9953898
    Abstract: A flow channel member according to the present invention includes a ceramic substrate, a flow channel inside the ceramic substrate through which a fluid flows, and multiple protrusions on an outer surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Moriyama, Yuusaku Ishimine, Kazuhiko Fujio, Keiichi Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20170219302
    Abstract: The heat exchanger is provided with: a plurality of first members including walls that have introduction holes on a first end side and discharge holes on a second end side, with spaces connecting the introduction holes and the discharge holes serving as first channels through which fluid flows; second members that communicate with the introduction holes at the first end side of the plurality of first members to introduce the first fluid to the first members; and third members that communicate with the discharge holes at the second end side of the plurality of first members to discharge the first fluid that has flowed through the first members. In at least one adjacent pair of the introduction holes, regions that overlap with opening regions of the upstream-side introduction holes exist in the walls including the downstream-side introduction holes, when viewed in a direction in which the first fluid flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Masayuki MORIYAMA, Yuusaku ISHIMINE, Kazuhiko FUJIO, Keiichi SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170200668
    Abstract: [Object] Provided are a flow channel member having high heat-exchange efficiency in addition to high corrosion resistance and high mechanical characteristics, a heat exchanger including the flow channel member, and a semiconductor module including the flow channel member. [Solution] A flow channel member 10 according to the present invention includes a ceramic substrate 1, a flow channel 3 inside the ceramic substrate 1 through which a fluid flows, and multiple protrusions 2 on an outer surface of the substrate 1. The flow channel member 10 according to the present invention having such a configuration has high heat-exchange efficiency in addition to high corrosion resistance and high mechanical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Masayuki MORIYAMA, Yuusaku ISHIMINE, Kazuhiko FUJIO, Keiichi SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170038148
    Abstract: A heat exchange member includes: a lid portion; a bottom plate portion; a plurality of partition portions disposed so as to connect the lid portion and the bottom plate portion, a part surrounded by the lid portion, the bottom plate portion and the partition portion defining a first flow passage through which a first fluid flows; a curved portion curved toward the first flow passage on a first flow passage side of at least one of the lid portion and the bottom plate portion when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to a direction in which the first fluid flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi SEKIGUCHI, Yuusaku ISHIMINE, Kazuhiko FUJIO
  • Patent number: 9448014
    Abstract: Channel members 100 to 107 according to the present invention have an inner spiral channel 9 through which a fluid 23 flows. The channel 9 is formed by a lid part 1, a bottom plate part 3, and a wall part 2 connected to the lid part 1 and the bottom plate part 3. The wall part 2 is made of a ceramic laminate. Even if the wall part 2 of the channel members 100 to 107 is narrow between channel segments 9, its good corrosion resistance allows the channel 9 to be resistant to collapse when the fluid 23 is supplied at high pressure. A heat exchanger 200, a semiconductor unit 300, and a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 400 including any of the channel members 100 to 107 have improved heat exchange efficiency between the channel members 100 to 107 and the fluid 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tsubokawa, Kazuhiko Fujio, Kenjiro Maeda, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20150153116
    Abstract: There is provided a flow path member including: a first wall section; a second wall section; and a third wall section that is provided between the first wall section and the second wall section. An internal section that is configured by the first wall section, the second wall section, and the third wall section becomes a flow path through which a fluid flows and a plurality of flow path openings of the flow path are arranged in one direction on a cut plane obtained by cutting from the first wall section to the second wall section. Furthermore, one of two adjacent flow path openings is disposed to be more displaced than the other either toward the first wall section side or toward the second wall section side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Sekiguchi, Kazuhiko Fujio, Yuusaku Ishimine
  • Publication number: 20150137442
    Abstract: A flow path member includes a lid portion, a bottom plate portion, and side walls provided between the lid portion and the bottom plate portion, a flow path in which a fluid flows is configured with the lid portion, the side walls, and the bottom plate portion, a portion of a surface of the side walls on the flow path side includes a coarse portion that is coarser than the other portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Sekiguchi, Kazuhiko Fujio, Yuusaku Ishimine
  • Publication number: 20150084261
    Abstract: A flow path member includes a flow path which has an inlet and an outlet in a base made of ceramics, and a low resistance portion whose surface resistance is less than 1×107 ?/sq in at least a part of the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Sekiguchi, Kazuhiko Fujio, Yuusaku Ishimine
  • Publication number: 20140319672
    Abstract: Channel members 100 to 107 according to the present invention have an inner spiral channel 9 through which a fluid 23 flows. The channel 9 is formed by a lid part 1, a bottom plate part 3, and a wall part 2 connected to the lid part 1 and the bottom plate part 3. The wall part 2 is made of a ceramic laminate. Even if the wall part 2 of the channel members 100 to 107 is narrow between channel segments 9, its good corrosion resistance allows the channel 9 to be resistant to collapse when the fluid 23 is supplied at high pressure. A heat exchanger 200, a semiconductor unit 300, and a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 400 including any of the channel members 100 to 107 have improved heat exchange efficiency between the channel members 100 to 107 and the fluid 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Kenji Tsubokawa, Kazuhiko Fujio, Kenjiro Maeda, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20130088837
    Abstract: There is provided a flow channel member which is configured by laminating a plurality of side wall units and inside which a flow channel is provided, wherein occurrence of joint failure of the side wall units are reduced. A flow channel member includes a cover unit, a side wall unit, and a bottom plate unit, wherein a flow channel through which a fluid flows is provided inside the flow channel member, and a gap which communicates with the flow channel is provided between the cover unit and the side wall unit. According to the flow channel member, since the gap which communicates with the flow channel is located between the cover unit and the side wall unit, a contact area between the flow channel and the fluid increases, and thus heat exchange efficiency with the cover unit may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tsubokawa, Kazuhiko Fujio, Kenjiro Maeda