Patents by Inventor Kenji Kojima

Kenji Kojima 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).

  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100140719
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate which includes an element region and an isolation region, a transistor portion which includes a gate insulating film formed on the element region, and a gate electrode having a metal film formed on the gate insulating film and a first semiconductor film formed on the metal film, and a resistance element portion which includes a second semiconductor film formed above the substrate and formed of the same material as that of the first semiconductor film, and a cavity formed between the substrate and the second semiconductor film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMASAKI, Kenji Kojima, Hiroshi Naruse, Hideaki Harakawa
  • LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20100134556
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus for drawing on a workpiece by ejecting functional liquid droplets includes a functional liquid droplet ejection head that is movable relative to the workpiece; and a suction unit that sucks the functional liquid droplets from an ejection nozzle of the functional liquid droplet ejection head. The functional liquid droplet ejection head is able to be replaced when the functional liquid droplet ejection head faces the suction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji KOJIMA
  • LITHIUM ION CAPACITOR
    Publication number: 20100128415
    Abstract: A lithium ion capacitor includes a positive electrode made of a material capable of reversibly carrying either one or both of a lithium ion and an anion, a negative electrode made of a material capable of reversibly carrying a lithium ion, and an electrolytic solution made of a non-protonic organic solvent electrolytic solution of a lithium salt. A negative electrode active material is non-graphitizable carbon having a ratio of number of hydrogen atoms to number of carbon atoms of zero or more and less than 0.05. The lithium ion is doped in advance to either one or both of the negative electrode and the positive electrode so that a negative electrode potential when a cell is discharged to a voltage one half a charging voltage of the cell is 0.15 V or less relative to a lithium ion potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuo Ando, Kenji Kojima, Shinichi Tasaki, Hiromoto Taguchi, Kohei Matsui, Atsuro Shirakami, Yukinori Hato
  • Digital camera
    Patent number: 7679644
    Abstract: The present invention provides a digital camera comprising a planar image display device, a camera body coupled to an end of the image display device, and a printer device coupled to another end of the image display device. In the digital camera, the camera body and/or the printer device can store the image display device, and the camera body and the printer device can be coupled to each other through a coupling device when the image display device is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Funato, Kenji Kojima
  • LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20100039474
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table facing a drawing area by an X-axis table. The liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes a periodic flushing unit which is disposed on a main scan moving axis at a position offset from the drawing area towards the main scanning direction and which receives forcible ejection from the functional liquid droplet ejection head during non-drawing time and a pre-drawing flushing unit which is disposed adjacent to the set table and faces the drawing area and which receives forcible ejection from the functional liquid droplet ejection head performed immediately before starting the drawing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji KOJIMA
  • LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090315941
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus of the present invention includes a cleaning unit, a regular flushing unit, capping unit, and an ejection-amount measuring unit as droplet ejecting head maintenance units used for function maintenance, function recovery, adjustment, or inspection of a liquid ejecting head. The droplet ejecting head maintenance units are arranged in a group in a movable platen as a maintenance-unit installing section. The movable platen is supported by an accessory stand physically separated from a main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji KOJIMA
  • LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20090303270
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table. The liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes an ejection defect test unit for inspecting an ejection defect of the functional liquid droplet ejection head. The ejection defect test unit includes a drawn unit on which a predetermined test pattern is drawn by test ejection from the functional liquid droplet ejection head and ejection-defect determination means for determining the ejection defect by capturing an image of the test pattern drawn on the ejection-defect test unit and recognizing the image. The drawn unit is disposed on a scan moving axis offset from the set table towards the main scanning direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji KOJIMA
  • Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipment
    Patent number: 7625064
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table facing a drawing area by an X-axis table. The liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes a periodic flushing unit which is disposed on a main scan moving axis at a position offset from the drawing area towards the main scanning direction and which receives forcible ejection from the functional liquid droplet ejection head during non-drawing time and a pre-drawing flushing unit which is disposed adjacent to the set table and faces the drawing area and which receives forcible ejection from the functional liquid droplet ejection head performed immediately before starting the drawing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Kojima
  • POWDER BEING RICH IN MILK-ORIGIN COMPLEX LIPIDS
    Publication number: 20090269458
    Abstract: Manufacture a powder with high milk-derived complex lipid content that contains milk-derived phospholipids and milk-derived ganglioside at high concentrations, which contains protein by 15 to 35 percent by dry weight and fat by 45 to 60 percent by dry weight, wherein the content of milk-derived complex lipids is 20 percent by dry weight or more, and which can be utilized as a material for functional food, mother's milk substitute or drug, by means of adjusting the pH value of a butter serum or butter serum powder reconstituted liquid to a range of 4.0 to 5.0, adding calcium chloride to promote coagulation of protein, removing the produced sediments, filtering the supernatant by means of ultrafiltration or microfiltration, and then drying the obtained concentrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Susumu Miura, Kenji Kojima, Taku Nakano, Ken Kato, Akira Tomizawa, Toshimitsu Yoshioka
  • Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus, electro-optical device, method of manufacturing the electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 7601220
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus of the present invention includes a cleaning unit, a regular flushing unit, capping unit, and an ejection-amount measuring unit as droplet ejecting head maintenance units used for function maintenance, function recovery, adjustment, or inspection of a liquid ejecting head. The droplet ejecting head maintenance units are arranged in a group in a movable platen as a maintenance-unit installing section. The movable platen is supported by an accessory stand physically separated from a main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Kojima
  • CARBON MATERIAL FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE, AND PRODUCT HAVING MOUNTED THEREON ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090246624
    Abstract: Mesoporous graphite is used as an active material of a negative electrode constituting a lithium ion secondary battery or a lithium ion capacitor. Specifically, the mesoporous graphite has a specific area within the range of 0.01 m2/g or more and 5 m2/g or less, and the total volume of mesopores within the range of 0.005 mL/g or more and 1.0 mL/g or less, wherein a volume of mesopores each having a pore diameter of 10 nm or more and 40 nm or less is 25% or more and 85% or less of the total volume of mesopores. By this structure, an output characteristic is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Kojima, Nobuo Ando
  • Digital camera
    Patent number: 7570295
    Abstract: A digital camera comprising: a main unit with a display device attached to a palm or back of a hand; an image-pickup section attached to any one of fingers; a detection device which detects bending of a plurality of fingers; and a control section which changes an operating mode of the image-pickup section or display device according to the state of bending of the plurality of fingers detected by the detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Funato, Kenji Kojima
  • LIQUID BODY DISCHARGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID BODY
    Publication number: 20090191341
    Abstract: A liquid body discharge device includes: a plurality of nozzles for discharging a liquid body to a liquid body discharged region of a substrate; and a plurality of heads including the plurality of nozzles. In the device, the liquid body is discharged to the liquid body discharged region of the substrate by moving one of the substrate and the plurality of heads. Further, an alignment direction of the plurality of nozzles provided to at least one of the plurality of heads is different from an alignment direction of the plurality of nozzles provided to a rest of the plurality of heads. Furthermore, the at least one of the heads moves in a moving path A and the rest of the plurality of heads moves in a moving path B that is a different moving path from the moving path A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji KOJIMA
  • LIQUID BODY DISCHARGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID BODY
    Publication number: 20090189950
    Abstract: A liquid body discharge device includes: a head; and a plurality of nozzles provided to the head. In the device, a liquid body is discharged from the plurality of nozzles to a liquid body discharged region of a substrate by moving one of the substrate and the head, and the nozzles are aligned in a first alignment direction and a second alignment direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Kojima
  • DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE, DISCHARGE METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLOR FILTER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTRO LUMINESCENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090189938
    Abstract: A droplet discharge device includes a droplet discharge head; a plurality of carriages that have the droplet discharge head and are arranged in an array; and an arrangement changing unit changing an order of the plurality of carriages in the array. In the device, the droplet discharge device discharges a liquid body to a workpiece while the droplet discharge device scans relatively to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kojima
  • LIQUID BODY DISCHARGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID BODY
    Publication number: 20090184999
    Abstract: A liquid body discharge device includes a plurality of nozzles for discharging a liquid body to a liquid body discharged region of a substrate, and a plurality of heads moving along a moving path and each including the plurality of nozzles. Among the plurality of heads, at least one of the plurality of heads includes the plurality of nozzles aligned in a first alignment direction, while a rest of the plurality of heads includes the plurality of nozzles aligned in a second alignment direction that is different from the first alignment direction. The liquid body is discharged to the liquid body discharged region of the substrate by moving one of the substrate and at least one of the plurality of heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji KOJIMA
  • Organic electrolyte capacitor using a mesopore carbon material as a negative electrode
    Patent number: 7548409
    Abstract: An organic electrolyte capacitor is provided with a high energy density, a high power and a high capacitance even at ?20°. The organic electrolyte capacitor has a high discharge capacity even at a temperature as low as ?20° C., while having a high voltage and a high energy density. The structure of the organic electrolyte capacitor includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte capable of transporting lithium ions. The positive electrode can reversibly support lithium ions and anions, and the negative electrode can reversibly support the lithium ions by using a mesopored carbon material having a pore volume of 0.10 ml/g or more for a pore diameter of 3 nm or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Kojima, Satoshi Nagura, Nobuo Ando, Yukinori Hato, Chisato Marumo
  • LITHIUM ION CAPACITOR
    Publication number: 20090135549
    Abstract: A lithium ion capacitor includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material capable of reversibly doping either one or both of a lithium ion and an anion, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of reversibly doping a lithium ion, and a non-protonic organic solvent electrolytic solution of a lithium salt as an electrolytic solution. The lithium ion is doped to either one or both of the negative electrode and positive electrode so that the positive electrode potential after the positive electrode and negative electrode are short-circuited is 2.0 V or less. A surface of the negative electrode is covered with a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuo Ando, Shinichi Tasaki, Kohei Matsui, Atsuro Shirakami, Hiromoto Taguchi, Kenji Kojima
  • ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090123823
    Abstract: An electric storage device 10 has a first electric storage component 29 and a second electric storage component 30. The first component 29 and the second component 30 are connected in parallel. A positive-electrode mixture layer 22 contains a lithium cobaltate to increase a capacity. A positive-electrode mixture layer 27 contains an activated carbon to increase an output. A current collector 16 having through holes 16a is provided between the layers 22 and 27. A positive electrode terminal 25 is connected to a positive-electrode current collector 21 of the first component 29 through an electricity supply path 24 provided with a resistor 23. By this configuration, the electric current flowing through the first electric storage component 29 can be restricted when the device is charged or discharged with high current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Ando, Kenji Kojima
  • LITHIUM ION CAPACITOR
    Publication number: 20090097189
    Abstract: A lithium ion capacitor having high energy density, high output density, high capacity and high safety is provided. A lithium ion capacitor comprising a positive electrode 1 made of a material capable of being reversibly doped with lithium ions and/or anions, a negative electrode 2 made of a material capable of being reversively doped with lithium ions, and an aprotic organic solution of a lithium salt as an electrolytic solution, wherein the positive electrode 1 and the negative electrode 2 are laminated or wound with a separator interposed between them, the area of the positive electrode 1 is smaller than the area of the negative electrode 2, and the face of the positive electrode 1 is substantially covered by the face of the negative electrode 2 when they are laminated or wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Tasaki, Mitsuru Nagai, Hiromoto Taguchi, Kohei Matsui, Risa Takahata, Kenji Kojima, Nobuo Ando, Yukinori Hato, Osamu Hatozaki