Patents by Inventor Kazuya Inoue

Kazuya Inoue 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: 20240113208
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present disclosure, includes a semiconductor layer in which a trench is formed, a buried electrode provided inside the trench, an upper electrode provided above the buried electrode inside the trench, an insulating film provided inside the trench, a first electrode provided on an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, and a second electrode provided on a lower surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein the insulating film includes a first portion between the buried electrode and a side wall of the trench, a second portion between the upper electrode and the side wall of the trench, and a third portion between the buried electrode and the upper electrode, and a lower surface of the upper electrode has a dent in a central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei SAKO, Yuji EBIIKE, Kazuya INOUE
  • Patent number: 11932921
    Abstract: An object is to provide an alloy composition that has a sufficient melting point for casting of an aluminum alloy, also has high hardness, and can suppress an occurrence of galling. The alloy composition of the present invention includes: a Mo—Cr-based dendritic structure 3; and a Ni—Al-based interdendritic structure 5 that fills a periphery of the Mo—Cr-based dendritic structure 3. The alloy composition of the present invention can adopt a chemical composition I in which when Mo+Cr+Ni+Al=100 at. % holds, Ni+Al=15 to 50 at. % and Mo+Cr=50 to 85 at. % hold; or a chemical composition II in which Ni+Al=40 to 70 at. % and Mo+Cr=30 to 60 at. % hold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuho Koseki, Kenichi Inoue, Hiroshi Shiratori, Kazuya Shinagawa
  • Publication number: 20230309576
    Abstract: A hydrous oily food having a moisture content of 3% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less, and containing a water-based continuous phase and an oil-based continuous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya INOUE, Masamichi TOKUNAGA, Yuri NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220294539
    Abstract: An underwater optical communication device communicates with another underwater optical communication device. The underwater optical communication device is provided with an optical transmitter, an optical receiver, and a controller. The optical transmitter transmits laser light to another underwater optical communication device. The optical receiver receives laser light from another underwater optical communication device. The controller controls the optical transmitter and the optical receiver. The optical receiver is provided with a polarizing plate configured to transmit S-polarized light of natural light and suppress transmission of P-polarized light of natural light and a photodetector configured to detect laser light emitted from the polarizing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutomo KADOKURA, Mamoru HISAMITSU, Kazuya INOUE, Ryosuke NISHI
  • Patent number: 11384231
    Abstract: Provided is a propylene polymer composition capable of implementing a molded article containing excellent impact resistance. Provided is a propylene polymer composition containing components (A) to (C), satisfying all of requirements (1) to (5), (A) a propylene polymer containing 90 wt % or more of a propylene structural unit; (B) an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer or hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer containing more than 10 wt % and 99 wt % or less of an ethylene structural unit; (C) a propylene block copolymer or graft copolymer containing a propylene polymer segment and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer segment or a hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer segment; (1) an intrinsic viscosity being 0.5 dl/g or more; (2) CXIS having a number average molecular weight of 40,000 or more; (3) a ratio of the number average molecular weight of CXIS to a number average molecular weight of CXS being 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichi Seno, Yohei Kashiwame, Kazuya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220117253
    Abstract: A water-containing chocolate-like confectionery, which comprises an oil-in-water type emulsified mixture, wherein the mixture has a water content of 20% by weight or less, and a water activity of 0.7 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya INOUE, Masamichi TOKUNAGA, Kaoru HIGAKI, Hiroyuki UTSUNOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20220099952
    Abstract: A light receiving device of optical communication equipment includes a condenser lens configured to condense incident light, a collimation lens having a focal length shorter than a focal length of the condenser lens, the collimation lens being configured to convert light from the condenser lens to parallel light, a bandpass filter having a filter surface on which the parallel light from the collimation lens is perpendicularly incident, the bandpass filter being configured to transmit only a wavelength of the incident light, and a light receiving element configured to detect light transmitted through the bandpass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ryosuke NISHI, Kazutomo KADOKURA, Mamoru HISAMITSU, Kazuya INOUE
  • Publication number: 20210115234
    Abstract: Provided is a propylene polymer composition capable of implementing a molded article containing excellent impact resistance. Provided is a propylene polymer composition containing components (A) to (C), satisfying all of requirements (1) to (5), (A) a propylene polymer containing 90 wt % or more of a propylene structural unit; (B) an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer or hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer containing more than 10 wt % and 99 wt % or less of an ethylene structural unit; (C) a propylene block copolymer or graft copolymer containing a propylene polymer segment and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer segment or a hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer segment; (1) an intrinsic viscosity being 0.5 dl/g or more; (2) CXIS having a number average molecular weight of 40,000 or more; (3) a ratio of the number average molecular weight of CXIS to a number average molecular weight of CXS being 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi SENO, Yohei KASHIWAME, Kazuya INOUE
  • Patent number: 10662322
    Abstract: A propylene polymer composition contains the following components (A), (B), and (C) and satisfies the requirements (1) to (4): Component (A): a propylene polymer, Component (B): an elastomer, Component (C): a propylene block copolymer; Requirement (1): the propylene polymer composition has a melting point of 100° C. or more; Requirement (2): the propylene polymer composition has a limiting viscosity of 1.0 dl/g or more; Requirement (3): at least one of the number-average molecular weight of a component insoluble in p-xylene at 25° C. of the propylene polymer composition and the number-average molecular weight of a component insoluble in n-heptane at 25° C. of the propylene polymer composition is 80000 or more; and Requirement (4): the ratio of the polystyrene-equivalent number-average molecular weight of the component (A) to the polystyrene-equivalent number-average molecular weight of the component (B) is 1.0 or more and 20 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Kazuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 10591657
    Abstract: An optical fiber laser module is provided with an optical fiber (2) for diffusing light, and a laser module housing (1) connected to the optical fiber. The laser module housing is provided with a laser light source (11) that outputs laser light to the optical fiber, and a light detector (14) that detects laser light that has been wave-guided through the full length of the optical fiber. The optical fiber is provided with: a light incident part (3a) provided inside the laser module housing, laser light from the laser light source being incident on the light incident part; and a terminal part (3) on which is formed a reflective film (4) that reflects the laser light that was incident on the light incident part and was wave-guided through the full length of the optical fiber so as to return the laser light to the light incident part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutomo Kadokura, Mamoru Hisamitsu, Kazuya Inoue, Ryosuke Nishi
  • Publication number: 20190094440
    Abstract: An optical fiber laser module is provided with an optical fiber (2) for diffusing light, and a laser module housing (1) connected to the optical fiber. The laser module housing is provided with a laser light source (11) that outputs laser light to the optical fiber, and a light detector (14) that detects laser light that has been wave-guided through the full length of the optical fiber. The optical fiber is provided with: a light incident part (3a) provided inside the laser module housing, laser light from the laser light source being incident on the light incident part; and a terminal part (3) on which is formed a reflective film (4) that reflects the laser light that was incident on the light incident part and was wave-guided through the full length of the optical fiber so as to return the laser light to the light incident part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutomo KADOKURA, Mamoru HISAMITSU, Kazuya INOUE, Ryosuke NISHI
  • Publication number: 20190049679
    Abstract: The optical connector includes an insert-opening 3b into which the optical fiber 4 is inserted, a connection-opening 3a that positions the tip of the optical fiber inserted into an insert-opening to a desired laser light connection position, and a guide 2a that guides the optical fiber inserted into the insert-opening 3f, where the insert-opening is in-place on the non-optical-axis of the laser light to be connected and a position-difference between the connection-opening and the insert-opening is larger than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: KAZUTOMO KADOKURA, Mamoru HISAMITSU, Kazuya INOUE, Ryosuke NISHI
  • Patent number: 10168837
    Abstract: An adjustment method for adjusting the direction of infrared light projected so that infrared light to pass over a displayed image from a projection device that is rotatable with orthogonal first and second axes as axes of rotation, the method including: arranging the projection device such that the plane containing the first axis and a line perpendicular to the upper edge or lower edge of the displayed image is orthogonal to the plane in which the displayed image is displayed; displaying a first image representing a first target on the line; and rotating the projection device with the second axis as the axis of rotation such that the irradiation position of the infrared light upon an indicator in the first image, in which is displayed a captured image, coincides with the position of the first target on the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180312675
    Abstract: A propylene polymer composition contains the following components (A), (B), and (C) and satisfies the requirements (1) to (4): Component (A): a propylene polymer, Component (B): an elastomer, Component (C): a propylene block copolymer; Requirement (1): the propylene polymer composition has a melting point of 100° C. or more; Requirement (2): the propylene polymer composition has a limiting viscosity of 1.0 dl/g or more; Requirement (3): at least one of the number-average molecular weight of a component insoluble in p-xylene at 25° C. of the propylene polymer composition and the number-average molecular weight of a component insoluble in n-heptane at 25° C. of the propylene polymer composition is 80000 or more; and Requirement (4): the ratio of the polystyrene-equivalent number-average molecular weight of the component (A) to the polystyrene-equivalent number-average molecular weight of the component (B) is 1.0 or more and 20 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Kazuya INOUE
  • Patent number: 9887116
    Abstract: The tip face 411 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the groove bottom face 322 have a positional relationship of facing each other, and a bottom portion space 413 is formed between the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the groove bottom face 322. A pair of side faces 412 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the pair of groove side faces 323 have a positional relationship of facing each other, and side face spaces 324 which are in communication with an opening of the retaining groove 321 are respectively formed between the pair of side faces 412 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove and the pair of groove side faces 323, and the bottom portion space is in communication with the side face space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: MIRAIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Ozawa, Kazuya Inoue, Minoru Tomita
  • Publication number: 20170235432
    Abstract: An adjustment method for adjusting the direction of infrared light projected so that infrared light to pass over a displayed image from a projection device that is rotatable with orthogonal first and second axes as axes of rotation, the method including: arranging the projection device such that the plane containing the first axis and a line perpendicular to the upper edge or lower edge of the displayed image is orthogonal to the plane in which the displayed image is displayed; displaying a first image representing a first target on the line; and rotating the projection device with the second axis as the axis of rotation such that the irradiation position of the infrared light upon an indicator in the first image, in which is displayed a captured image, coincides with the position of the first target on the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: Kazuya INOUE
  • Patent number: 9599876
    Abstract: A periodic polarization reversal electrode, periodic polarization reversal structure forming method and periodic polarization reversal element. The element includes a plurality of stripe electrode sections with a stripe shape extending in parallel at a gap from each other, arranged in contact with the +Z surface of a ferroelectric crystal substrate; an insulation film arranged over the +Z surface so as to cover the plurality of stripe electrode sections; and an equipotential electrode section which has a portion that opposes at least a part of each of the plurality of stripe electrode sections across the insulation film and is arranged over the insulation film without contacting the ferroelectric crystal substrate or the plurality of stripe electrode sections, wherein an electric field is generated in the area of the ferroelectric crystal substrate directly below the plurality of stripe electrode sections by applying a voltage to the equipotential electrode section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Inoue, Katsuhiko Tokuda, Mamoru Hisamitsu, Kazutomo Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20170025294
    Abstract: The tip face 411 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the groove bottom face 322 have a positional relationship of facing each other, and a bottom portion space 413 is formed between the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the groove bottom face 322. A pair of side faces 412 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove 321 and the pair of groove side faces 323 have a positional relationship of facing each other, and side face spaces 324 which are in communication with an opening of the retaining groove 321 are respectively formed between the pair of side faces 412 of the base portion 41 inserted into the retaining groove and the pair of groove side faces 323, and the bottom portion space is in communication with the side face space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kazunori OZAWA, Kazuya INOUE, Minoru TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20160202595
    Abstract: A periodic polarization reversal electrode, periodic polarization reversal structure forming method and periodic polarization reversal element. The element includes a plurality of stripe electrode sections with a stripe shape extending in parallel at a gap from each other, arranged in contact with the +Z surface of a ferroelectric crystal substrate; an insulation film arranged over the +Z surface so as to cover the plurality of stripe electrode sections; and an equipotential electrode section which has a portion that opposes at least a part of each of the plurality of stripe electrode sections across the insulation film and is arranged over the insulation film without contacting the ferroelectric crystal substrate or the plurality of stripe electrode sections, wherein an electric field is generated in the area of the ferroelectric crystal substrate directly below the plurality of stripe electrode sections by applying a voltage to the equipotential electrode section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya INOUE, Katsuhiko TOKUDA, Mamoru HISAMITSU, Kazutomo KADOKURA
  • Patent number: D728540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya Inoue