Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Noda

Kazuhiko Noda 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: 20160236933
    Abstract: An ozone generation apparatus includes a cylindrical shaped first electrode, a cylindrical shaped second electrode disposed coaxially with the first electrode and disposed in the first electrode, a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Dry air is supplied between the first electrode and the second electrode as raw material gas. A discharge gap length d formed by the first electrode, the second electrode, and the dielectric is set to be in a range of 0.3 to 0.5 mm. A pd product, which is a product of the discharge gap length d and a gas pressure p of the raw material gas, is in a range of 6 to 16 kPa·cm. And the discharge gap length d and the gas pressure p of the raw material gas are set to satisfy following expression. (pd?250d?3.16)2+150d?12.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takaaki MURATA, Yuji Okita, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Kie Kubo, Ryutaro Makise, Kazuhiko Noda, Ryoichi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160221167
    Abstract: An extraction device according to an embodiment, includes an elastic body, first and second pressing units, and a pulling unit. The elastic body includes a first end facing a first direction, a second end positioned opposite from the first end, and a contact face facing a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and can expand in the second direction. The first and second pressing units press the first and second ends. The pulling unit can pull the second pressing unit in the first direction. The contact face comes into contact with an object to be extracted, when the elastic body compressed by pressing force expands in the second direction. When the pulling unit is pulled in the first direction, while the contact face is in contact with the object to be extracted, the object to be extracted is pulled by friction between the object and the contact face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Ryoichi TAKAHASHI, Kazuhiko NODA, Kie KUBO
  • Publication number: 20160207768
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ozone generation device includes a first electrode unit, a second electrode unit, a fuse and a fuse holder. The first electrode unit is provided on an inner face of a discharge tube. The second electrode unit is provided outside the discharge tube at an interval. The second electrode faces the first electrode unit. A diameter of the outer face of the fuse is smaller than a diameter of the inner face. At least a part of the outer face is positioned inside the discharge tube. The fuse holder is interposed between the discharge tube and the fuse, includes the outer periphery and an inner periphery and is provided with a first opening and a second opening. The outer periphery extends in an arc along the inner face to come into contact with the inner face. The inner periphery extends in an arc along the outer face to come into contact with the outer face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiko SHIROTA, Kazuhiko NODA, Michiko HASHIMOTO, Kie KUBO
  • Patent number: 9309118
    Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus includes a cylindrical high-voltage electrode and a coaxially arranged cylindrical low-voltage electrode. A predetermined high voltage is applied between the high-voltage and low-voltage electrodes via a dielectric substance to cause discharge generating ozone, the discharge gap length being 0.3 to 0.5 mm. One of the low-voltage and high-voltage electrodes is a metal electrode and the other a dielectric electrode. A projection group including plural done shape projections, arranged on same circumference of the metal electrode, is arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the metal electrode to hold the metal electrode coaxial with the dielectric electrode while keeping the discharge gap length. The projection group is arranged at a center portion in a longitudinal direction of the discharging space positioned away from both ends of the discharging space by a predetermined distance L3 satisfying, 0.0?L3/L?0.1, L being length of the discharging space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Takaaki Murata, Kazuhiko Noda, Kie Kubo
  • Publication number: 20150239737
    Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus includes a cylindrical high-voltage electrode and a coaxially arranged cylindrical low-voltage electrode. A predetermined high voltage is applied between the high-voltage and low-voltage electrodes via a dielectric substance to cause discharge generating ozone, the discharge gap length being 0.3 to 0.5 mm. One of the low-voltage and high-voltage electrodes is a metal electrode and the other a dielectric electrode. A projection group including plural done shape projections, arranged on same circumference of the metal electrode, is arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the metal electrode to hold the metal electrode coaxial with the dielectric electrode while keeping the discharge gap length. The projection group is arranged at a center portion in a longitudinal direction of the discharging space positioned away from both ends of the discharging space by a predetermined distance L3 satisfying, 0.0?L3/L?0.1, L being length of the discharging space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryoichi Takahashi, Takaaki Murata, Kazuhiko Noda, Kie Kubo
  • Publication number: 20150004070
    Abstract: An ozone generation apparatus includes a cylindrical shaped first electrode, a cylindrical shaped second electrode disposed coaxially with the first electrode and disposed in the first electrode, a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Dry air is supplied between the first electrode and the second electrode as raw material gas. A discharge gap length d formed by the first electrode, the second electrode, and the dielectric is set to be in a range of 0.3 to 0.5 mm. A pd product, which is a product of the discharge gap length d and a gas pressure p of the raw material gas, is in a range of 6 to 16 kPa·cm. And the discharge gap length d and the gas pressure p of the raw material gas are set to satisfy following expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takaaki MURATA, Yuji OKITA, Kiyoyuki AMEMORI, Kie KUBO, Ryutaro MAKISE, Kazuhiko NODA, Ryouichi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8877049
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, water to be treated is passed through each of a first reactor vessel and second reactor vessel, phosphorus contained in the water is removed by using an adsorbent, thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged from each of a first treated water discharge path and second treated water discharge path, and thus the influence of soluble impurities derived from the water is eliminated. Further, when suspended solids impurities contained in the water are accumulated in the phosphorus adsorbent, the accumulated impurities are eliminated by a reverse cleaning operation using a liquid to be thereafter introduced from a reactor vessel liquid introduction path into the reactor vessel, and hence the influence of the suspended solids in the water on a desorption agent liquid to be thereafter introduced into a crystallization vessel, and containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinobu Moniwa, Hidetaki Shiire, Satomi Ebihara, Masahiko Tsutsumi, Nobuyuki Ashikaga, Satoshi Haraguchi, Akiko Suzuki, Hideyuki Tsuji, Tatsuoki Kohno, Kazuhiko Noda, Katsuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8819929
    Abstract: A component mounting method for mounting a plurality of types of components on a substrate is disclosed. The mounting method includes providing a component mounting apparatus 1 for mounting a semiconductor chip 6a picked from a component feeding stage 3 to a substrate 7, having a paste coating unit 20 for squirting paste from an associated coating nozzle to apply the paste to the substrate 7, a paste transfer unit 54 for transferring paste by an associated transfer tool to the substrate 7, and a heating-press unit 57 for pressing the component loaded on the substrate 7 against the substrate 7 while heating the component. The mounting method also includes selecting a work unit from the paste coating unit 20, the paste transfer unit 54 and the heating-press unit 57, and equipping a second head 12 with the selected work unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Noda
  • Patent number: 8663569
    Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus according to one embodiment includes a hollow cylindrical sealed container provided with an inlet for a feed gas containing oxygen gas and an outlet for an ozonized gas. A discharge tube including a dielectric tube arranged within the container and a first electrode arranged within the dielectric tube is provided in the container. A second electrode is arranged within the container and surrounds the first electrode, spaced apart from the dielectric tube to form a discharge gap between the second electrode and the dielectric tube. The apparatus further includes a discharge voltage source configured to apply a discharging voltage across the first and second electrodes, and a cooling water jacket surrounding the second electrode. The dielectric tube has an outer diameter of 12 mm or more, but 19 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takaaki Murata, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Ryutaro Makise, Kanako Nakajima, Kazuhiko Noda, Michiko Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140034560
    Abstract: An aggregating agent injector (12) employs water currents generated by a raw water pump (10) to have flowing raw water undergo injection of an aggregating agent for aggregation of solids in raw water to form flocs, a first stirrer (13) works, as raw water inflows with the aggregating agent injected therein, for use of water currents thereof to stir inflowing raw water, and cause to outflow, a flocculation vessel (14) works, as stirred raw water inflows, to have inflowing raw water reside therein to form flocs, and cause to outflow, by using water currents thereof and a centrifugal separator (15) works, as raw water inflows with flocs therein, for use of water currents thereof to have inflowing raw water swirl, effecting centrifugal separation thereof into flocs as solids and processed water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Mii Fukuda, Takashi Menju, Yasushi Yamamoto, Tokusuke Hayami, Taizo Uchimura, Kazuyoshi Aoki, Ichiro Yamanashi, Kazuhiko Noda
  • Publication number: 20130248432
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, water to be treated is passed through each of a first reactor vessel and second reactor vessel, phosphorus contained in the water is removed by using an adsorbent, thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged from each of a first treated water discharge path and second treated water discharge path, and thus the influence of soluble impurities derived from the water is eliminated. Further, when suspended solids impurities contained in the water are accumulated in the phosphorus adsorbent, the accumulated impurities are eliminated by a reverse cleaning operation using a liquid to be thereafter introduced from a reactor vessel liquid introduction path into the reactor vessel, and hence the influence of the suspended solids in the water on a desorption agent liquid to be thereafter introduced into a crystallization vessel, and containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Shinobu Moniwa, Hidetaki Shiire, Satomi Ebihara, Masahiko Tsutsumi, Nobuyuki Ashikaga, Satoshi Haraguchi, Akiko Suzuki, Hideyuki Tsuji, Tatsuoki Kohno, Kazuhiko Noda, Katsuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8394267
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in order to eliminate impurities, and the like, water to be treated is passed through each of reactor vessels, phosphorus contained in the water to be treated is removed by using an adsorbent, and thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged through each of first to third treated water discharge paths, thereby eliminating the impurities, and the like derived from the water to be treated. It is possible to eliminate the influence of the impurities in the water to be treated on the discharged desorption agent liquid containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent can be eliminated, and hence it is possible to obtain a phosphorus-containing liquid containing no substance other than the recovered phosphoric matter material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinobu Moniwa, Hidetake Shiire, Satomi Ebihara, Masahiko Tsutsumi, Nobuyuki Ashikaga, Satoshi Haraguchi, Akiko Suzuki, Hideyuki Tsuji, Tatsuoki Kohno, Kazuhiko Noda, Katsuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8220787
    Abstract: A part mounting apparatus of the invention comprises: a pickup head having a pickup tool for picking up a part; a pickup head supporting unit for supporting the pickup head; a pickup head supporting arm having one end portion where the pickup head is disposed and an other end portion rotatably mounted to the pickup head supporting unit; a pickup head inverting unit for vertically inverting the pickup head with respect to the pickup head supporting unit; and a pickup tool rotating unit for rotating the pickup tool about a rotational axis of the pickup tool, wherein the pickup tool rotating unit includes driving force generating unit and driving force transmitting unit for transmitting a driving force of the driving force generating unit as a rotational force of the pickup tool, and the driving force generating unit is disposed on the pickup head supporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Noda
  • Publication number: 20120156106
    Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus according to one embodiment includes a hollow cylindrical sealed container provided with an inlet for a feed gas containing oxygen gas and an outlet for an ozonized gas. A discharge tube including a dielectric tube arranged within the container and a first electrode arranged within the dielectric tube is provided in the container. A second electrode is arranged within the container and surrounds the first electrode, spaced apart from the dielectric tube to form a discharge gap between the second electrode and the dielectric tube. The apparatus further includes a discharge voltage source configured to apply a discharging voltage across the first and second electrodes, and a cooling water jacket surrounding the second electrode. The dielectric tube has an outer diameter of 12 mm or more, but 19 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Takaaki MURATA, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Ryutaro Makise, Kanako Nakajima, Kazuhiko Noda, Michiko Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8151451
    Abstract: In a construction in which the intermediate stage 5 is interposed between the substrate positioning stage 4 and the electronic component supply stage 3; and in which it is possible to select either a mode of the bonding head 10A transferring to the substrate positioning stage 4 the electronic component P taken out of the electronic component supply stage 3 by the pickup head 6 and mounted on the intermediate stage 5 or a mode for transporting the electronic components, which has been taken directly out of the electronic component supply stage 3, to the substrate positioning stage 4 by means of the bonding head 10A, the pickup head moving mechanism 7 for moving the pickup head 6 is coupled in a suspended manner to the lower surface of the beam member 8b of the gantry 8 positioned at the end of the base 2, and a space S that allows entry of a portion of the electronic component supply stage 3 is assured at a position beneath the pickup head moving mechanism 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Noda
  • Patent number: 8111142
    Abstract: A non-contact ID tag writing apparatus capable of applying high-speed writing to a non-contact ID tag is realized. With a plurality of antennas (221 to 223) arranged along the direction in which tags (11) are transported, one antenna applies writing to one of the tags while the tags pass through the coverage area of the antenna. The antennas apply the writing to the respective tags different from one another, whereby the writing can be applied to all the tags in a row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignees: Miyake, Inc., Iwata Label Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Mizukawa, Kazuhiko Noda
  • Publication number: 20110162189
    Abstract: Provided is a component mounting device and a component mounting method in which three stages, i.e. a component supply stage, a component intermediate stage and a component mounting stage are disposed properly to achieve efficient movement of a pickup head and a mounting head to thereby improve production efficiency. The component mounting device includes: a pickup head 5 which picks up a chip 4 from a wafer sheet holder 2; a chip intermediate table 6 on which the picked-up chip 4 is temporarily placed; a mounting head 7 which receives the chip 4 temporarily placed on the chip intermediate table 6; and a board support table 9 on which the chip 4 received by the mounting head 7 is mounted on a board 8; wherein: the chip intermediate table 6 is disposed at a height between the wafer sheet holder 2 and the board support table 9 to keep the balance between moving times of the pickup head 5 and the mounting head 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Noda
  • Publication number: 20100300949
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in order to eliminate impurities, and the like, water to be treated is passed through each of reactor vessels, phosphorus contained in the water to be treated is removed by using an adsorbent, and thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged through each of first to third treated water discharge paths, thereby eliminating the impurities, and the like derived from the water to be treated. It is possible to eliminate the influence of the impurities in the water to be treated on the discharged desorption agent liquid containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent can be eliminated, and hence it is possible to obtain a phosphorus-containing liquid containing no substance other than the recovered phosphoric matter material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Shinobu Moniwa, Hidetake Shiire, Satomi Ebihara, Masahiko Tsutsumi, Nobuyuki Ashikaga, Satoshi Haraguchi, Akiko Suzuki, Hideyuki Tsuji, Tatsuoki Kohno, Kazuhiko Noda, Katsuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100300948
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, water to be treated is passed through each of a first reactor vessel and second reactor vessel, phosphorus contained in the water is removed by using an adsorbent, thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged from each of a first treated water discharge path and second treated water discharge path, and thus the influence of soluble impurities derived from the water is eliminated. Further, when suspended solids impurities contained in the water are accumulated in the phosphorus adsorbent, the accumulated impurities are eliminated by a reverse cleaning operation using a liquid to be thereafter introduced from a reactor vessel liquid introduction path into the reactor vessel, and hence the influence of the suspended solids in the water on a desorption agent liquid to be thereafter introduced into a crystallization vessel, and containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Shinobu Moniwa, Hidetake Shiire, Satomi Ebihara, Masahiko Tsutsumi, Nobuyuki Ashikaga, Satoshi Haraguchi, Akiko Suzuki, Hideyuki Tsuji, Tatsuoki Kohno, Kazuhiko Noda, Katsuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100230332
    Abstract: An adsorption apparatus for wastewater, having a reaction tank configured to allow adsorption of a resource substance contained in wastewater on an adsorbent to be carried out therein, a supplying device configured to supply wastewater containing the resource substance to the reaction tank, a charging device configured to charge the adsorbent into the reaction tank, a water discharging device configured to discharge a treated water, obtained after the wastewater is removed of the resource substance by the adsorption, from the reaction tank, a adsorbent discharging device configured to discharge the adsorbent having the resource substance adsorbed thereon, from the reaction tank, and an adsorbent flow out preventing device configured to prevent flow out of the adsorbent from the reaction tank during the adsorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiko TSUTSUMI, Shinobu Moniwa, Katsuya Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Ashikaga, Satomi Ebihara, Hidetake Shiire, Kazuhiko Noda