Patents by Inventor Kazuya Sekiguchi

Kazuya Sekiguchi 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: 20250069598
    Abstract: To take security into account and increase user friendliness, an information processing device includes: an input unit to which information is input; an extracting unit extracting predetermined words from the information input to the input unit; a classifying unit classifying the words extracted by the extracting unit into first words and second words; and a converting unit converting the first words by a first conversion method and converting the second words by a second conversion method, the second conversion method being different from the first conversion method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo HOSHUYAMA, Hiroyuki Akiya, Kazuya Umeyama, Keiichi Nitta, Hiroki Uwai, Masakazu Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8198162
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device wherein the generation of voids is prevented in aluminum-based electrodes or the like. The method is suitable for manufacturing a semiconductor device adapted for vehicles, which is required to have a high reliability. However, it is very difficult that power semiconductor devices such as power MOSFETs, in particular, trench gate type power MOS devices are formed without having any void since the thickness of aluminum-based electrodes thereof is as large as about 3500 to 5500 nm (2.5 ?m or more). In the present invention, a method is provided wherein at the time of forming an aluminum-based electrode metal film positioned over a wafer and having a thickness of 2.5 ?m or more over a highland/lowland-repeated region in a line and space form by sputtering, the temperature of the wafer is set to 400° C. or higher and lower than 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Sekiguchi, Yoshio Fukayama, Yuji Takahashi, Tomokuni Chino, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Katsuhiro Mitsui, Daisuke Ono, Tatsuhiko Miura
  • Patent number: 7944644
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention effectively control utilizing a spoiler, the windage vibration of a magnetic head caused by the airflow generated in accordance with rotation of a magnetic disk, while reducing the dust flowing in on the downstream side of the spoiler. According to one embodiment, a spoiler is provided with wings facing a plurality of magnetic disks and a supporting section for the wings is disposed on the upstream side of a head stack assembly in the airflow direction in accordance with the rotation of the magnetic disks. Further, the wings each extend in a direction from the outer circumferences of the magnetic disks towards the spindle shaft while reducing the width of the wing, and is formed to have the width of the wing in a range of 2.7% through 2.9% of the circumferential length of the magnetic disks in a range of two thirds of the length of the wing in a direction towards the spindle shaft from a region located at the outer circumferences of the magnetic disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Jiro Kaneko, Masaki Ootsuka, Yuuichi Ootani, Kazuya Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20090179261
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device wherein the generation of voids is prevented in aluminum-based electrodes or the like. The method is suitable for manufacturing a semiconductor device adapted for vehicles, which is required to have a high reliability. However, it is very difficult that power semiconductor devices such as power MOSFETs, in particular, trench gate type power MOS devices are formed without having any void since the thickness of aluminum-based electrodes thereof is as large as about 3500 to 5500 nm (2.5 ?m or more). In the present invention, a method is provided wherein at the time of forming an aluminum-based electrode metal film positioned over a wafer and having a thickness of 2.5 ?m or more over a highland/lowland-repeated region in a line and space form by sputtering, the temperature of the wafer is set to 400° C. or higher and lower than 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuya SEKIGUCHI, Yoshio Fukayama, Yuji Takahashi, Tomokuni Chino, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Katsuhiro Mitsui, Daisuke Ono, Tatsuhiko Miura
  • Publication number: 20090165824
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention improve the efficiency of a cleaning process for cleaning a component part of a magnetic disk drive in a magnetic disk drive manufacturing line. According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk part cleaning apparatus is included in a head stack assembly (HSA) cleaning line for cleaning head stack assemblies of magnetic disk drives included in a magnetic disk drive manufacturing line. The magnetic disk part cleaning apparatus is disposed between a HSA assembly line for assembling a head stack assembly, and head disk assembly (HDA) assembly line for assembling a head disk assembly including the head stack assembly and is connected directly to at least either of the HSA assembly line and the HDA assembly line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi Global Strorage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Akiko Hashi, Katsuhiro Ota, Mieko Kashi, Toshinori Jinoka, Takuya Kambayashi
  • Publication number: 20080068746
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention effectively control utilizing a spoiler, the windage vibration of a magnetic head caused by the airflow generated in accordance with rotation of a magnetic disk, while reducing the dust flowing in on the downstream side of the spoiler. According to one embodiment, a spoiler is provided with wings facing a plurality of magnetic disks and a supporting section for the wings is disposed on the upstream side of a head stack assembly in the airflow direction in accordance with the rotation of the magnetic disks. Further, the wings each extend in a direction from the outer circumferences of the magnetic disks towards the spindle shaft while reducing the width of the wing, and is formed to have the width of the wing in a range of 2.7% through 2.9% of the circumferential length of the magnetic disks in a range of two thirds of the length of the wing in a direction towards the spindle shaft from a region located at the outer circumferences of the magnetic disks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Jiro Kaneko, Masaki Ootsuka, Yuuichi Ootani, Kazuya Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 5388879
    Abstract: A suction-type metering robot hand comprising (a) a hollow suction pad having a gas-permeable obstacle at an opening of the suction pad; and (b) a main body of the robot hand supporting the suction pad and having a vacuum passage communicating with the suction pad. According to the robot hand of the present invention, the provision of the net on the opening of the suction pad makes it possible to suck fragile articles such as a fried cutlet, roasted bean curd, a piece of bread and the like to a desired place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sekiguchi, Masao Taguchi, Hitoshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 5165219
    Abstract: A packing device for articles having directionality that includes imaging means for taking an image of the articles, means for recognizing the direction of the articles, first memory means for storing the direction of the articles, second memory means for storing the direction of the articles to be packed into a container, and means for calculating the difference in angle between the directions stored in the first and second memory means. The direction of the robot hand for grasping the articles is controlled by the output of the calculating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sekiguchi, Masao Taguchi, Hitoshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 5152900
    Abstract: Sterilized and packaged mineral water comprises sterilized mineral water having a hardness of not less than 50 mg/l and a content of dissolved carbonic acid gas ranging from 9 to 30 mg/l (as calcium carbonate) and a number of bacteria of not more than 10.sup.-3 /ml which is obtained by sterilizing pumped-up mineral water having a hardness of not less than 50 mg/l and a content of dissolved carbonic acid gas ranging from 10 to 31 mg/l by filtering through a filter having a pore size of not more than 0.22 .mu.m. The packaged and sterilized mineral water can be effectively prepared by a method which comprises packaging pumped-up mineral water in a container without subjecting it to any heat-sterilization treatment wherein the mineral water is sterilized by passing through a filter having a pore size of not more than 0.22 .mu.m, packaged in a sterilized container under an aseptic condition of not more than Class 100 and then the container is airtight-sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sekiguchi, Masao Taguchi, Masayuki Nakatani, Tomoyuki Seki, Takaaki Shimizu, Mahito Orii
  • Patent number: 4861559
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuously sterilizes and fills food and medicines containing solids. In this apparatus, a filler nozzle is disposed downstream of a back-pressure tank, and a control valve is interposed between the back-pressure tank and the filler nozzle for controlling the flow rate of the products which are delivered from the sterilizer to the back-pressure tank. The control valve avoids a remarkable pressure loss which might otherwise be invited in the series passages of the apparatus. The outflow of air from the back pressure tank to the filler nozzle is minimized so that the back pressure can be applied to the sterilizer as stably as possible. At the same time, the sterilized products are continuously fed to the filler nozzle so that they can be packed simultaneously with their upstream sterilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Company Limited
    Inventors: Ko Sugisawa, Kazuya Sekiguchi, Kiyoaki Tuji, Akinobu Ono
  • Patent number: 4690699
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing sterile air comprises a sterilizing filter for filtering microbes in air and an air heater for heating the filtered air for its sterilization. There is provided means for disposing of the sterile air from the air heater at an initial stage of production of the sterile air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ko Sugisawa, Kazuya Sekiguchi, Masao Taguchi, Masayuki Nakatani, Hitoshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 4597945
    Abstract: A sterilization apparatus suitable for sterilizing food and medicines containing solid particles, which comprises a forcing device, a sterilizer, a backpressure tank and a backpressure device. The sterilization apparatus is sterilized beforehand under application of a backpressure by employing the forcing device and the backpressure device. The products are sterilized in the sterilizer under pressure by the forcing device and the backpressure tank, and then the sterilized products are collected in the backpressure tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Company Limited
    Inventors: Ko Sugisawa, Kazuya Sekiguchi, Kiyoaki Tsuzi, Akinobu Ono
  • Patent number: 4559963
    Abstract: Two or more sets of liquid substance feed means are provided each which consists of a supply device, a transport pipe and a delivery pump. These feed means are connected through a valve to a single transport pipe and back pressure devices are provided in all but one of the liquid-substance feed means. While a liquid substance is being fed by one of the feeding means, another liquid substance having different properties is passing in the other feed means and using the back pressure device provided in the latter means, the flow rate and the pressure of the latter liquid substance are controlled as the same as those of the former being fed by the former feed means. Being switched over, in this condition, from the former feed means to the latter to feed the latter liquid substance, two or more kinds of liquid substance having different properties can be fed sequentially at predetermined pressure and flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Company Limited
    Inventors: Ko Sugisawa, Kazuya Sekiguchi, Masao Taguchi, Masayuki Nakatani, Hitoshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 4539903
    Abstract: A filling apparatus for charging a liquid or highly viscous product into containers. The apparatus has a pressurizing tank, buffer tank, filling tank and a filling machine. The tanks have controllable pneumatic internal pressure. The product is fed at a high pressure from the pressurizing tank to the buffer tank and, after decreasing the pressure in the buffer tank, the product is transferred at the normal or low pressure from the buffer tank to the filling tank and filling machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Company Limited
    Inventors: Ko Sugisawa, Kazuya Sekiguchi, Masao Taguchi, Masayuki Nakatani, Hitoshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 4516596
    Abstract: A system having first, second and third pipes connected respectively to first, second and third ports of a three-way valve. A by-pass pipe is connected at its one end to one of the second and third ports after disconnecting the associated one of the second and third pipes therefrom and at the other end to the other of the second and third pipes prior to the cleaning operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ko Sugisawa, Kazuya Sekiguchi, Masao Taguchi, Masayuki Nakatani, Hitoshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 4022921
    Abstract: The oxidation of fat or oil in stored food and the resulting rancid taste of the stored food are inhibited by the presence of small amounts of young leaves and shoots of Coriandrum sativum L., or of the juice or extract obtained from such plant parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Company Limited
    Inventors: Sakuichi Sakakibara, Ko Sugisawa, Masanori Yamamoto, Takashi Kimura, Kazuya Sekiguchi