Patents by Inventor Ken Matsubara

Ken Matsubara 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: 20240126472
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a logic circuit, a memory, and a storage device. The storage device has a first special information storage region into which special information is written before a solder reflow process, a second special information storage region into which special information for updating is written after the solder reflow process, and a data storage region. The first special information storage region is constituted by a memory cell having a high reflow resistance and in which data is retained even after the solder reflow process. The second special information storage region and the data storage region are constituted by memory cells having a low reflow resistance and in which data may not be retained during the solder reflow process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ken MATSUBARA, Takashi ITO, Takashi KURAFUJI, Yasuhiko TAITO, Tomoya SAITO, Akihiko KANDA
  • Publication number: 20240077120
    Abstract: There is provided a disc brake device in which a plurality of annular seals that are disposed coaxially with rotation members, in which the annular seals are sandwiched in an axial direction between a caliper and a housing, and in which a position restriction portion includes: at least one caliper-side restriction portion provided on the caliper, which is disposed non-coaxially with the rotation member and is configured to serve as a reference of a position of the rotation member; and at least one housing-side restriction portion provided on the housing, which is disposed non-coaxially with an output member and is configured to serve as a reference of a position of the output member, and is configured to restrict a position of the housing with respect to the caliper by bringing the caliper-side restriction portion and the housing-side restriction portion into contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken MATSUBARA, Yuta YAMAGUCHI, Makoto MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11679437
    Abstract: A dust core that can significantly reduce the iron loss is provided. The dust core of the present invention includes soft magnetic particles comprising pure iron or an iron alloy and a grain boundary layer existing between adjacent soft magnetic particles. The grain boundary layer has a compound layer comprising MxFe2-xSiO4 (0?x?1, M: one or more types of metal elements that serve as divalent cations). Such a dust core is obtained by annealing a compact. The compact is obtained by compression-molding a powder for magnetic cores. In the powder for magnetic cores, coating layers that coat the surfaces of soft magnetic particles are each composed of a composite phase in which spinel-type ferrite represented by MyFe3-yO4 (0?y?1, M: one or more types of metal elements that serve as divalent cations) is dispersed on a surface of a silicone resin or inside the silicone resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seishi Utsuno, Jung Hwan Hwang, Ken Matsubara, Masataka Mitomi
  • Patent number: 11652374
    Abstract: A rotary electrical machine is equipped with a rotor that is rotatably supported, and a stator having a stator core that is disposed coaxially with the rotor. The stator core is configured as a plurality of stacked steel plates, and has a yoke portion that is of annular shape, a plurality of teeth extending radially from the yoke portion, and slots between adjacent teeth. A stator winding is wound in the slots. The yoke portion has holes that extend in the stacking direction of the steel plates, at positions of radial-direction extension of the slots, and molded powder bodies formed from a magnetic powder are provided within the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Taniguchi, Akira Fukushima, Ken Matsubara, Satoshi Doi
  • Publication number: 20230025357
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of changing a data programming process in a simple manner according to a situation is provided. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory cells, a programming circuit for supplying a programming current to the memory cell, and a power supply circuit for supplying power to the programming circuit. The power supply circuit includes a charge pump circuit for boosting the external power supply, a voltage of the external power supply according to the selection indication, and a selectable circuit capable of switching the boosted voltage boosted by the charge pump circuit. The control circuit further includes a control circuit for executing data programming processing by the programming circuit by switching the selection indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Genta WATANABE, Ken MATSUBARA, Tomoya SAITO, Akihiko KANDA, Koichi TAKEDA, Takahiro SHIMOI
  • Publication number: 20220382483
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a logic circuit, a memory, and a storage device. The storage device has a first special information storage region into which special information is written before a solder reflow process, a second special information storage region into which special information for updating is written after the solder reflow process, and a data storage region. The first special information storage region is constituted by a memory cell having a high reflow resistance and in which data is retained even after the solder reflow process. The second special information storage region and the data storage region are constituted by memory cells having a low reflow resistance and in which data may not be retained during the solder reflow process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ken MATSUBARA, Takashi ITO, Takashi KURAFUJI, Yasuhiko TAITO, Tomoya SAITO, Akihiko KANDA
  • Patent number: 11328848
    Abstract: A dust core including soft magnetic particles having pure iron or an iron alloy and a grain boundary layer present between adjacent soft magnetic particles. The grain boundary layer has a main phase and a barrier phase. The main phase having a spinel-type ferrite of a metal element. The metal element serves as a divalent cation. The barrier phase having one or more of Cu, Sn, or Co. The dust core can be obtained by using a powder for magnetic cores including soft magnetic particles coated with a film in which a first ferrite and a second ferrite coexist. The barrier phase blocks the Fe diffusion from the soft magnetic particles and suppresses the deterioration of the main phase having the second ferrite responsible for the insulating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seishi Utsuno, Jung hwan Hwang, Ken Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20210210258
    Abstract: A dust core that can significantly reduce the iron loss is provided. The dust core of the present invention includes soft magnetic particles comprising pure iron or an iron alloy and a grain boundary layer existing between adjacent soft magnetic particles. The grain boundary layer has a compound layer comprising MxFe2-xSiO4 (0?x?1, M: one or more types of metal elements that serve as divalent cations). Such a dust core is obtained by annealing a compact. The compact is obtained by compression-molding a powder for magnetic cores. In the powder for magnetic cores, coating layers that coat the surfaces of soft magnetic particles are each composed of a composite phase in which spinel-type ferrite represented by MyFe3-yO4 (0?y?1, M: one or more types of metal elements that serve as divalent cations) is dispersed on a surface of a silicone resin or inside the silicone resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Seishi UTSUNO, Jung Hwan HWANG, Ken MATSUBARA, Masataka MITOMI
  • Publication number: 20200381152
    Abstract: A dust core including soft magnetic particles having pure iron or an iron alloy and a grain boundary layer present between adjacent soft magnetic particles. The grain boundary layer has a main phase and a barrier phase. The main phase having a spinel-type ferrite of a metal element. The metal element serves as a divalent cation. The barrier phase having one or more of Cu, Sn, or Co. The dust core can be obtained by using a powder for magnetic cores including soft magnetic particles coated with a film in which a first ferrite and a second ferrite coexist. The barrier phase blocks the Fe diffusion from the soft magnetic particles and suppresses the deterioration of the main phase having the second ferrite responsible for the insulating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Seishi UTSUNO, Jung hwan HWANG, Ken MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10832840
    Abstract: A powder for dust cores includes an aggregate of soft magnetic particles, each of which includes a soft magnetic metal particle, and a ferrite film that covers a surface of the soft magnetic metal particle and includes ferrite crystal grains having a spinel structure. A diffraction peak derived from the ferrite crystal grains exists in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern. By a method for producing a powder for dust cores, a raw material powder that includes an aggregate of soft magnetic metal particles is prepared. Furthermore, many ferrite fine particles are formed on a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles of the raw material powder. Additionally, the ferrite fine particles are coarsely crystallized through heat treatment to form a ferrite film, which includes ferrite crystal grains having a spinel structure, on the surface of the each of the soft magnetic metal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Matsubara, Jung Hwan Hwang, Seishi Utsuno
  • Publication number: 20200106312
    Abstract: A rotary electrical machine is equipped with a rotor that is rotatably supported, and a stator having a stator core that is disposed coaxially with the rotor. The stator core is configured as a plurality of stacked steel plates, and has a yoke portion that is of annular shape, a plurality of teeth extending radially from the yoke portion, and slots between adjacent teeth. A stator winding is wound in the slots. The yoke portion has holes that extend in the stacking direction of the steel plates, at positions of radial-direction extension of the slots, and molded powder bodies formed from a magnetic powder are provided within the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto TANIGUCHI, Akira FUKUSHIMA, Ken MATSUBARA, Satoshi DOI
  • Publication number: 20190316260
    Abstract: A method produces a coating treatment solution to be used for forming a ferrite film having a spinel type crystal structure MFe2O4 on a surface of a soft magnetic material. The coating treatment solution contains a solution having a metal element and Fe. The metal element becomes divalent cations in the solution. The method prepares a first solution containing the metal element M and Fe, prepares a second solution by adding an alkaline solution to the first solution in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. The method produces the coating treatment solution by using the second solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Ken MATSUBARA, Jung Hwan HWANG
  • Patent number: 10258041
    Abstract: Provided is a compound capable of effectively control worst weeds of higher leaf stages that present practical problems. A specific pyrazolylpyrazole derivative of formula (I) is disclosed that is able to solve the above-mentioned problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KYOYU AGRI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Matsubara, Makoto Niino
  • Patent number: 10258042
    Abstract: Provided is a compound capable of effectively control worst weeds of higher leaf stages that present practical problems. A specific pyrazolylpyrazole derivative of formula (I) is disclosed that is able to solve the above-mentioned problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KYOYU AGRI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Matsubara, Makoto Niino
  • Patent number: 10258039
    Abstract: Provided is a compound capable of effectively control worst weeds of higher leaf stages that present practical problems. A specific pyrazolylpyrazole derivative of formula (I) is disclosed that is able to solve the above-mentioned problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KYOYU AGRI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Matsubara, Makoto Niino
  • Patent number: 10255956
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a pre-charge transistor configured to supply a pre-charge voltage to a bit line, a sense amplifier configured to change a logic level of an output signal according to a result of a comparison between a drawing current of a storage element and a reference current, a clamp transistor disposed between the bit line BL and the sense amplifier, and a clamp voltage output transistor, in which a gate of the clamp voltage output transistor is connected to a gate of the clamp transistor, a source of the clamp voltage output transistor is connected to a back gate thereof, the pre-charge voltage is supplied to the source of the clamp voltage output transistor, a drain of the clamp voltage output transistor is connected to the gate thereof, and a ground voltage is supplied to a back gate of the clamp transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iwase, Ken Matsubara
  • Patent number: 10192621
    Abstract: In order to reduce the manufacturing cost, a flash memory includes a memory cell array formed by a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix shape; a plurality of word lines provided in each column of the memory cell array; a first word line driver that outputs a first voltage group to each of the word lines; and a second word line driver that outputs a second voltage group to each of the word lines together with the first word line driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Matsubara, Takashi Iwase, Satoru Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20190006069
    Abstract: A powder for dust cores includes an aggregate of soft magnetic particles, each of which includes a soft magnetic metal particle, and a ferrite film that covers a surface of the soft magnetic metal particle and includes ferrite crystal grains having a spinel structure. A diffraction peak derived from the ferrite crystal grains exists in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern. By a method for producing a powder for dust cores, a raw material powder that includes an aggregate of soft magnetic metal particles is prepared. Furthermore, many ferrite fine particles are formed on a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles of the raw material powder. Additionally, the ferrite fine particles are coarsely crystallized through heat treatment to form a ferrite film, which includes ferrite crystal grains having a spinel structure, on the surface of the each of the soft magnetic metal particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken MATSUBARA, Jung Hwan HWANG, Seishi UTSUNO
  • Patent number: 10165777
    Abstract: Provided is a compound capable of effectively control worst weeds of higher leaf stages that present practical problems. A specific pyrazolylpyrazole derivative of formula (I) is disclosed that is able to solve the above-mentioned problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: KYOYU AGRI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Matsubara, Makoto Niino
  • Patent number: 10167288
    Abstract: Provided is a compound capable of effectively control worst weeds of higher leaf stages that present practical problems. A specific pyrazolylpyrazole derivative of formula (I) is disclosed that is able to solve the above-mentioned problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: KYOYU AGRI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Matsubara, Makoto Niino