Patents by Inventor Kei Masunishi
Kei Masunishi 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).
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Publication number: 20100051906Abstract: A semiconductor device for correcting an input signal and outputting a corrected signal are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a plurality of first conductors formed on one of faces of the semiconductor layer and serving as input terminals to which a signal is input, second conductors of the number larger than that of the first conductors at density higher than that of the first conductors, formed on the other face of the semiconductor layer, a high impurity concentration region provided on the semiconductor layer side of an interface between the second conductor and the semiconductor layer, an insulating layer formed on the other face, and a plurality of third conductors formed on the insulating layer and serving as output terminals for outputting the processed signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Takashi Yamauchi, Yoshifumi Nishi, Hiroto Honda, Kei Masunishi, Shinji Murai, Masumi Saitoh
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Patent number: 7604353Abstract: It is made possible to improve the variations in the “generated force (load)—deflection characteristics”. A deformable mirror device includes: a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; a spacer disposed on the substrate; a support member disposed above the spacer and having an opening passing through from a first face of the support member facing to the substrate to a second face of the support member facing opposite from the first face; a first insulation film provided on the first face of the support member; a second insulation film provided on the second face of the support member; and a deformable electrode film disposed so as to be opposed to the electrodes at a spacing, formed so as to cover the opening, and supported by the support member with sandwiching the first insulation film.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kabushiki Kaisha TopconInventors: Akihiro Koga, Masayuki Sekimura, Kei Masunishi, Akio Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Hirotake Maruyama
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Publication number: 20090056679Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a fuel container, fuel channels provided between the fuel container and a fuel cell or a fuel reformer, flow regulating mechanism for regulating flow rate of a fuel flowing through the fuel channel, and cooling mechanism having a cooling portion which cools the fuel such that a relationship Pfuel (Ta)>Pbubble (Tb) is satisfied before the fuel flows into the flow regulating mechanism, the cooling mechanism allowing the fuel having passed through the cooling portion to flow into the flow regulating mechanism as a single-phase flow of liquid. In the above-described formula, Pfuel (Ta) denotes an internal pressure of the fuel container at a room temperature Ta, and Pbubble (Tb) denotes a saturated vapor pressure of an evaporated component in the fuel at a cooling temperature Tb.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Kei Masunishi, Yoshiyuki Isozaki
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Publication number: 20090051874Abstract: A deformable mirror device includes a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; a spacer disposed on the substrate; a support member disposed above the spacer and having an opening passing through from a first face of the support member facing to the substrate to a second face of the support member opposite from the first face; a deformable electrode film formed below the first face of the support member so as to be opposed to the electrodes with a distance and so as to cover the opening; an insulation film provided between the deformable electrode film and the support member; a reflection film provided on a face of the deformable electrode film opposite from the electrodes so as to overlap the opening; and a plurality of through holes passing through the reflection film and the deformable electrode film and disposed so as to overlap the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Kei Masunishi, Akihiro Koga, Ryo Furukawa, Osamu Nishimura, Akio Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kawashima
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Publication number: 20090040462Abstract: A deformable mirror device includes a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; a spacer disposed on the substrate; a support member disposed above the spacer and having an opening passing through from a first face of the support member facing to the substrate to a second face of the support member opposite from the first face; a deformable electrode film formed below the first face of the support member so as to be opposed to the electrodes with a distance and so as to cover the opening; an insulation film provided between the deformable electrode film and the support member; and a reflection film provided on a face of the deformable electrode film opposite from the electrodes so as to overlap the opening. The electrodes are electrically insulated each other by a plurality of grooves radially extending from a region which includes a position corresponding to a center of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Kei MASUNISHI, Akihiro KOGA, Ryo FURUKAWA, Osamu NISHIMURA, Akio KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki KAWASHIMA
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Publication number: 20080239931Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus supports a recording medium swingably in at least two axis directions by a support section formed in a shape having elasticity. When an access can be made to a memory, the recording medium is constantly and reciprocatingly moved in a direction along data row. Thus, a positional relationship with a probe head is always grasped. When an access is made, a moving time associated with position identification is reduced, and precise and fast movement is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akihiro Koga, Masahiro Kuwata, Kei Masunishi
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Publication number: 20080239528Abstract: It is made possible to provide a deformable mirror apparatus which is deformable to a complicated shape (high-order shape). A deformable mirror apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; a spacer fixed above the substrate, having a first opening passing through from a first face of the spacer facing to the substrate to a second face of the spacer facing opposite from the first face, surrounding the electrodes, and having a step on the second face; a drive part including a membrane part disposed so as to cover the step of the spacer and so as to be opposed to the electrodes, a casing part having an opening at a bottom face of which the membrane part is exposed and supporting the membrane part, and a reflection film provided on the membrane part; and a voltage generator configured to generate predetermined voltage patterns on the electrodes, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kei Masunishi, Akihiro Koga, Ryo Furukawa, Tetsuya Kugimiya, Akio Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kawashima
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Patent number: 7426853Abstract: A concentration measuring apparatus includes a vibration member; a shielding unit that limits a flowable area of a solution to be measured close to the vibration member; a vibration control unit that vibrates the vibration member at a frequency; a variation measuring unit that measures a physical variation of the vibration member vibrated; an eigenfrequency computing unit that computes an eigenfrequency of the vibration member in the solution from the frequency and the variation; and a concentration obtaining unit that obtains a concentration of the solution from the eigenfrequency and a correspondence between the eigenfrequency and the concentration of the solution.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yuji Kubota, Kei Masunishi
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Publication number: 20080204661Abstract: It is made possible to improve the variations in the “generated force (load)—deflection characteristics”. A deformable mirror device includes: a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; a spacer disposed on the substrate; a support member disposed above the spacer and having an opening passing through from a first face of the support member facing to the substrate to a second face of the support member facing opposite from the first face; a first insulation film provided around the opening on the first face of the support member; and a deformable electrode film disposed so as to be opposed to the electrodes at a spacing, formed so as to cover the opening, and supported by the support member with sandwiching the first insulation film. The electrode film includes a reflection portion on a face opposite to the electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Akihiro Koga, Masayuki Sekimura, Kei Masunishi, Akio Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Hirotake Maruyama
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Publication number: 20080180634Abstract: It is made possible to improve the variations in the “generated force (load)—deflection characteristics”. A deformable mirror device includes: a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; a spacer disposed on the substrate; a support member disposed above the spacer and having an opening passing through from a first face of the support member facing to the substrate to a second face of the support member facing opposite from the first face; a first insulation film provided on the first face of the support member; a second insulation film provided on the second face of the support member; and a deformable electrode film disposed so as to be opposed to the electrodes at a spacing, formed so as to cover the opening, and supported by the support member with sandwiching the first insulation film.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akihiro Koga, Masayuki Sekimura, Kei Masunishi, Akio Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Hirotake Maruyama
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Patent number: 7345278Abstract: An infrared ray detection device has a detection cell which has a thermoelectric converting part and an infrared ray absorption layer formed via a space on a semiconductor substrate, a first wiring part formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a supporting part, the detection cell being formed via the space on the semiconductor substrate and supports the detection cell. The supporting part includes a plurality of supporting legs which have a second wiring part electrically connecting the first wiring part to the detection cell and an insulating part covering a surrounding are of the second wiring part, and at least one connection part made of an insulating material connecting the plurality of supporting legs to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroto Honda, Ikuo Fujiwara, Masahiro Kuwata, Kei Masunishi
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Publication number: 20070170361Abstract: An infrared ray detection device has a detection cell which has a thermoelectric converting part and an infrared ray absorption layer formed via a space on a semiconductor substrate, a first wiring part formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a supporting part, the detection cell being formed via the space on the semiconductor substrate and supports the detection cell. The supporting part includes a plurality of supporting legs which have a second wiring part electrically connecting the first wiring part to the detection cell and an insulating part covering a surrounding are of the second wiring part, and at least one connection part made of an insulating material connecting the plurality of supporting legs to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroto Honda, Ikuo Fujiwara, Masahiro Kuwata, Kei Masunishi
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Publication number: 20070072029Abstract: A fuel supplied to a fuel cell is allowed to flow into an orifice channel in an orifice chip having a temperature control module such as a ceramic heater or a Peltier element. The temperature control module controls the temperature of the orifice channel to regulate the flow rate of a fuel passing through the orifice channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventors: Kei MASUNISHI, Hideo Iwasaki, Yoshiyuki Isozaki
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Publication number: 20060218995Abstract: A concentration measuring apparatus includes a vibration member; a shielding unit that limits a flowable area of a solution to be measured close to the vibration member; a vibration control unit that vibrates the vibration member at a frequency; a variation measuring unit that measures a physical variation of the vibration member vibrated; an eigenfrequency computing unit that computes an eigenfrequency of the vibration member in the solution from the frequency and the variation; and a concentration obtaining unit that obtains a concentration of the solution from the eigenfrequency and a correspondence between the eigenfrequency and the concentration of the solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventors: Yuji Kubota, Kei Masunishi
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Patent number: 7033318Abstract: A photothermal actuator comprises an optical fiber bundle, a light inputting apparatus, and a thermal receiving element. The optical fiber bundle is inserted in a tube of a catheter etc. The light inputting apparatus inputs light into the optical fiber bundle. The thermal receiving element is provided on a part of an outer surface of the optical fiber bundle. The thermal receiving element is heated by the light so that the thermal receiving element and a part of the optical fiber bundle are stretched, whereby the optical fiber bundle and the tube are bent.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: PENTAX CorporationInventor: Kei Masunishi
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Publication number: 20060068244Abstract: A fuel tank, hydrogen gas generator, and fuel cell system having a pressure tank including a space. The pressure tank includes a portion dividing the space into spaces so that when one of the spaces is increased in volume, the other space is decreased in volume and so that the one space accommodates dimethyl ether and the other space accommodates water, an outlet for opening one of the spaces to discharge dimethyl ether, and an outlet for opening the other space to discharge water. The generator and system have a portion for using dimethyl ether and water to obtain a reformed gas containing hydrogen with carbon monoxide (CO), and a portion that removes at least a part of the CO in the reformed gas. The system has a fuel cell that uses hydrogen in the reformed gas and oxygen in the atmosphere to generate electric power.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hideo Kitamura, Takahiro Suzuki, Kei Masunishi
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Publication number: 20040106898Abstract: A photothermal actuator comprises an optical fiber bundle, a light inputting apparatus, and a thermal receiving element. The optical fiber bundle is inserted in a tube of a catheter etc. The light inputting apparatus inputs light into the optical fiber bundle. The thermal receiving element is provided on a part of an outer surface of the optical fiber bundle. The thermal receiving element is heated by the light so that the thermal receiving element and a part of the optical fiber bundle are stretched, whereby the optical fiber bundle and the tube are bent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Applicant: PENTAX CorporationInventor: Kei Masunishi