Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Inoguchi

Kazuhiko Inoguchi 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: 11028855
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a supercharger that can promptly and easily form an abradable layer in a supercharger. A method of manufacturing a supercharger is a method of manufacturing a supercharger including a turbine configured to rotationally drive, and a compressor having an impeller configured to rotate according to rotational force of the turbine and a housing (10) configured to store the impeller, and the method includes a process of applying coating of an abradable material which is to form an abradable layer (20) when being solidified, only to a predetermined range on a surface of the housing (10) via which the impeller and the housing (10) face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Hatanaka, Makoto Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Takashi Arai, Hitomi Otsubo
  • Publication number: 20180051707
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a supercharger that can promptly and easily form an abradable layer in a supercharger. A method of manufacturing a supercharger is a method of manufacturing a supercharger including a turbine configured to rotationally drive, and a compressor having an impeller configured to rotate according to rotational force of the turbine and a housing (10) configured to store the impeller, and the method includes a process of applying coating of an abradable material which is to form an abradable layer (20) when being solidified, only to a predetermined range on a surface of the housing (10) via which the impeller and the housing (10) face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya HATANAKA, Makoto TAKEUCHI, Kazuhiko INOGUCHI, Takashi ARAI, Hitomi OTSUBO
  • Patent number: 8039403
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a thin film transistor (1), the oxide film forming step is performed whereby: a process-target substrate (2) having a surface on which a gate oxide film (4) should be formed is immersed in an oxidizing solution containing an active oxidizing species; and a gate oxide film (4) is formed through direct oxidation of polycrystalline silicon (51) on the process-target substrate (2). With this step, a silicon dioxide film (42) is formed while growing a silicon dioxide film (41) on the process-target substrate 2. Accordingly, the interface between the polycrystalline silicon (51) and the gate oxide film (4) is kept clean. The gate oxide film (4) is uniformly formed with excellent quality in insulation tolerance and other properties. Therefore, the thin film transistor (1) contains a high quality oxide film with excellent insulation tolerance and other properties which can be formed at low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Imai, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7595230
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a thin film transistor (1), the oxide film forming step is performed whereby: a process-target substrate (2) having a surface on which a gate oxide film (4) should be formed is immersed in an oxidizing solution containing a; active oxidizing species; and a gate oxide film (4) is formed through direct oxidation of polycrystalline silicon (51) on the process-target substrate (2). With this step, a silicon dioxide film (42) is formed while growing a silicon dioxide film (41) on the process-target substrate 2. Accordingly, the interface between the polycrystalline silicon (51) and the gate oxide film (4) is kept clean. The gate oxide film (4) is uniformly formed with excellent quality in insulation tolerance and other properties. Therefore, the thin film transistor (1) contains a high quality oxide film with excellent insulation tolerance and other properties which can be formed at low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Hikaru Kobayashi
    Inventors: Shigeki Imai, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20090137131
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a thin film transistor (1), the oxide film forming step is performed whereby: a process-target substrate (2) having a surface on which a gate oxide film (4) should be formed is immersed in an oxidizing solution containing an active oxidizing species; and a gate oxide film (4) is formed through direct oxidation of polycrystalline silicon (51) on the process-target substrate (2). With this step, a silicon dioxide film (42) is formed while growing a silicon dioxide film (41) on the process-target substrate 2. Accordingly, the interface between the polycrystalline silicon (51) and the gate oxide film (4) is kept clean. The gate oxide film (4) is uniformly formed with excellent quality in insulation tolerance and other properties. Therefore, the thin film transistor (1) contains a high quality oxide film with excellent insulation tolerance and other properties which can be formed at low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Hikaru Kobayashi
    Inventors: Shigeki IMAI, Kazuhiko INOGUCHI, Hikaru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20090120538
    Abstract: An object is to provide an aluminum die cast product, e.g., a pressure vessel that requires high airtightness, in which pressure leak or gas leak ratio can be reduced and the product yield can be increased and also to provide a method for manufacturing the product. An aluminum die cast product in which a cast hole is formed by a core pin in a thick portion that is made thicker than other portions, wherein a chill layer with a secondary dendrite arm spacing of at least 5.5 ?m or less is provided at the surface of the cast hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi HAMASAKI, Kazuhiko INOGUCHI, Masaya HATANAKA, Masaki KAWASAKI, Shinji SAHO
  • Publication number: 20080053637
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing an aluminum die-cast product are provided, wherein an occurrence of shrinkage cavity is eliminated or reduced to a very small amount, and a sound and high-quality aluminum die-cast product having no casting defect can be produced. The method for manufacturing an aluminum die-cast product by performing die casting while a part, in which a casting defect tends to occur due to solidification shrinkage of a melt, which has been pressure-filled in a mold, during a solidification process, is pressurized with a local pressurization pin includes the steps of allowing the local pressurization pin to follow the movement of a solidification interface based on a solidification interface movement speed, which is calculated in advance, of the melt and keeping pushing the local pressurization pin in until the solidification is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Hamasaki, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Masaya Hatanaka, Shinji Saho
  • Publication number: 20070117284
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a thin film transistor (1), the oxide film forming step is performed whereby: a process-target substrate (2) having a surface on which a gate oxide film (4) should be formed is immersed in an oxidizing solution containing an active oxidizing species; and a gate oxide film (4) is formed through direct oxidation of polycrystalline silicon (51) on the process-target substrate (2). With this step, a silicon dioxide film (42) is formed while growing a silicon dioxide film (41) on the process-target substrate 2. Accordingly, the interface between the polycrystalline silicon (51) and the gate oxide film (4) is kept clean. The gate oxide film (4) is uniformly formed with excellent quality in insulation tolerance and other properties. Therefore, the thin film transistor (1) contains a high quality oxide film with excellent insulation tolerance and other properties which can be formed at low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Shigeki Imai, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070052342
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element emitting primary light and a wavelength conversion portion absorbing a part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength equal to or longer than the wavelength of the primary light. The wavelength conversion portion includes a plurality of green or yellow light-emitting phosphors and a plurality of red light-emitting phosphors. The green or yellow light-emitting phosphor is implemented by at least one selected from a specific europium (II)-activated silicate phosphor (A-1) and a specific cerium (III)-activated silicate phosphor (A-2). The red light-emitting phosphor is implemented by a specific europium (II)-activated nitride phosphor (B). The light-emitting device emitting white light at efficiency and color rendering property higher than in a conventional example can thus be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Masaaki Katoh, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Hiroshi Umeda, Yuhichi Memida, Takashi Oouchida, Yuhsuke Fujita, Masatoshi Omoto
  • Patent number: 7075594
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate; a counter substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate. The active matrix substrate includes a plate; a thin film transistor provided on the plate; and a side light shielding layer for covering at least a portion of a side surface of the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Ueda, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Yoshinori Higami
  • Patent number: 6842470
    Abstract: A nitride-type compound semiconductor laser device includes a substrate and a layered structure provided on the substrate. A light absorption layer having a bandgap smaller than a bandgap of an active layer in the layered structure is provided in a position between the cladding layer, which is provided on a side opposite to a mount surface with respect to the active layer, and a surface of the layered structure which is opposite to the mount surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Susumu Omi, Toshiyuki Okumura, Kazuhiko Inoguchi
  • Publication number: 20040008295
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate; a counter substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate. The active matrix substrate includes a plate; a thin film transistor provided on the plate; and a side light shielding layer for covering at least a portion of a side surface of the thin film transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Tohru Ueda, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Yoshinori Higami
  • Patent number: 6628348
    Abstract: A plasma address electrooptical device is provided, wherein the distance between a liquid crystal drive electrode 6a and an adjacent liquid crystal drive electrode 6b is set to be equal to or greater than the distance between the lower surface of said liquid crystal drive electrode 6a and the lower surface of a dielectric layer 3. Moreover, by providing additional electrodes between liquid crystal drive electrodes of the plasma address electrooptical device, the display leakage to adjacent pixels is reduced even further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Sakai, Sadahiko Yasukawa, Kazuhiko Inoguchi
  • Publication number: 20030103539
    Abstract: A nitride-type compound semiconductor laser device includes a substrate and a layered structure provided on the substrate. A light absorption layer having a bandgap smaller than a bandgap of an active layer in the layered structure is provided in a position between the cladding layer, which is provided on a side opposite to a mount surface with respect to the active layer, and a surface of the layered structure which is opposite to the mount surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Susumu Omi, Toshiyuki Okumura, Kazuhiko Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 6549552
    Abstract: A nitride-type compound semiconductor laser device includes a substrate and a layered structure provided on the substrate. A light absorption layer having a bandgap smaller than a bandgap of an active layer in the layered structure is provided in a position between the cladding layer, which is provided on a side opposite to a mount surface with respect to the active layer, and a surface of the layered structure which is opposite to the mount surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Susumu Omi, Toshiyuki Okumura, Kazuhiko Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 6254755
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an Oldham ring having uniform electroplating thickness and a scroll member type compressor comprising the same; in order to accomplish the above object, the electroplating process for plating an Oldham ring comprising a ring body and a plurality of key portions extending outwardly from the ring body of the present invention comprises the steps of: soaking the Oldham ring in a plating liquid; arranging at least two cathodes respectively on the inside wall of the ring body at positions corresponding to the areas between each adjacent pair of the key portions; and electroplating the Oldham ring by passing electric current between the cathodes and at least one anode contacting to the plating liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Miura, Kimiharu Takeda, Nobuo Hagi, Kazuhiko Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 6017774
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a group III-V compound semiconductor including nitrogen as a group V element by an organometallic vapor phase growth method. An organometallic as a group III material, an amine type material or ammonia as a group V material and an organic compound which is decomposed by heating so as to generate radicals are used to perform crystal growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Yuasa, Kazuhiko Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 5995527
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser device including Ga.sub.x Al.sub.y In.sub.1-x-y N (0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1, 0.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.1)) layers has an InN contact layer, which has a thickness ranging, preferably, from 0.1 .mu.m to 1.0 .mu.m inclusive. The contact layer is formed by a MOCVD method. When materials for formation of the InN contact layer are fed into a reactor, an organic radical material is also fed and a substrate temperature is controlled to be about 800.degree. C. during the process of growth of the InN layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ueta, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Takayuki Yuasa
  • Patent number: 5900647
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes: an SiC substrate; an SiC growth layer for absorbing a grating defect of the SiC substrate and/or a damage at and in the vicinity of a surface of the SiC substrate; and Ga.sub.x Al.sub.y In.sub.1-x-y N (0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1, 0.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.1) layer formed on the SiC growth layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Inoguchi
  • Patent number: 5361271
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser of the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate, a multi-layered structure formed on the semiconductor substrate and a current and light confining section formed on the multi-layered structure, wherein the current and light confining section includes at least two multi-layered current and light confining portions each having a laser beam transmission layer and a laser beam absorption layer formed on the laser beam transmission layer, and at least one stripe groove which spatially separates the at least two current and light confining portions; wherein an equivalent refractive index in the multi-layered current and light confining portions with respect to a laser beam in a fundamental transverse mode is made smaller than that within the stripe groove; wherein the multi-layered structure includes an active layer, and the active layer has a region positioned below the stripe groove of the current and light confining section and regions positioned below a respective one of the m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruhisa Takiguchi, Kazuhiko Inoguchi, Hiroaki Kudo, Satoshi Sugahara, Mototaka Taneya