Patents by Inventor Kenji SEKIYA

Kenji SEKIYA 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).

  • Patent number: 11490464
    Abstract: A heather unit including a small diameter sheath heater with improved reliability is provided. The heater unit includes a first substrate having a first joint surface and a second substrate having a second joint surface being joined together, a groove arranged on at least one of the first joint surface or the second joint surface, and a sheath heater arranged inside the groove. The sheath heater includes a metal sheath, a heating wire having a band shape, the heating wire arranged with a space within the metal sheath so as to rotate with respect to an axis direction of the metal sheath, an insulating material arranged in the space, and connection terminals arranged at one end of the metal sheath, the connection terminals electrically connected with both ends of the heating wire respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hanamachi, Kenji Sekiya, Go Takahara, Naoya Aikawa, Yuta Kisara, Arata Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 11477858
    Abstract: A small diameter sheath heater with improved reliability is provided. The sheath heater according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a metal sheath, a heating wire having a band shape, the heating wire arranged with a gap within the metal sheath so as to rotate with respect to an axis direction of the metal sheath, an insulating material arranged in the gap, and connection terminals arranged at one end of the metal sheath, the connection terminals electrically connected with both ends of the heating wire respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hanamachi, Kenji Sekiya, Daisuke Hashimoto, Satoshi Hirano, Masaru Takimoto, Go Takahara, Yoshihito Araki, Arata Tatsumi, Takashi Kawasaki, Yuki Toyama, Satoshi Anzai
  • Publication number: 20220155156
    Abstract: A temperature sensor includes a block body, a first thermocouple, and a second thermocouple. The first thermocouple includes a first strand, a second strand, a first insulator surrounding the first strand and the second strand, and a first metal sheath surrounding the first insulator. The second thermocouple includes a third strand, a fourth strand, a second insulator surrounding the third strand and the fourth strand, and a second metal sheath surrounding the second insulator. An end portion of each of the first thermocouple and the second thermocouple is buried in the block body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Naoya KIDA, Arata TATSUMI, Kenji SEKIYA, Naoya AIKAWA, Masaya TAKANASHI
  • Publication number: 20220157579
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stage including a shaft, a first supporting plate over the shaft, a heater arranged in a trench formed in the first supporting plate, and a gas-supplying tube arranged in the shaft and configured to blow a gas to the first supporting plate. The first supporting plate may have a disk shape, and a cross section of the gas-supplying tube parallel to a surface of the first supporting plate may overlap a center of the disk shape. The first supporting plate may be configured to block the gas so that the gas is not released to a chamber in which the stage is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Naoya Kida, Arata Tatsumi, Kenji Sekiya, Naoya Aikawa, Masaya Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20220151031
    Abstract: A heater includes a folded heater wire, a first insulator provided on the heater wire, a metal sheath provided so as to be in contact with the first insulator, a first insulating member arranged parallel to a first end part of the heater wire taken out from a first end part of the metal sheath, a second insulating member arranged parallel to the first insulating member and parallel to a second end part of the heater wire taken out from the first end part of the metal sheath, a second insulator in contact with the first and the second insulating members and the metal sheath, and a lid member covering the first insulating member, the lid member being in contact with the metal sheath, the first and the second insulating members via the second insulator, and arranged parallel to the first and the second insulating members and the metal sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Naoya KIDA, Arata TATSUMI, Kenji SEKIYA, Naoya AIKAWA, Masaya TAKANASHI
  • Publication number: 20210235550
    Abstract: A heater comprises a folded heater wire, a first insulator provided on the folded heater wire, a metal sheath in contact with a part of the first insulator, a first insulating member arranged in parallel to a part of a first end of the folded heater wire taken out from a first end of the metal sheath, a second insulating member arranged in parallel to a part of the first insulating member and parallel to a part of a second end of the folded heater wire taken out from the first end of the metal sheath, a third insulating member arranged in parallel to a part of the first insulating member and the second insulating member, and bundle the first insulating member and the second insulating member, and a cylindrical member arranged in parallel to a part of the metal sheath and the third insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiko HANAMACHI, Arata TATSUMI, Kenji SEKIYA, Naoya AIKAWA, Masaya TAKANASHI
  • Publication number: 20210217638
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stage including a first supporting plate, a second supporting plate under the first supporting plate, a shaft under the second supporting plate and overlapping with the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate, and at least one sheath heater passing through the second supporting plate. The at least one sheath heater is arranged so as to extend on a first surface and a second surface which are parallel to an upper surface of the second supporting plate and which are different in distance from the first supporting plate from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiko HANAMACHI, Arata TATSUMI, Kenji SEKIYA, Naoya AIKAWA, Masaya TAKANASHI
  • Publication number: 20200045779
    Abstract: A small diameter sheath heater with improved reliability is provided. The sheath heater according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a metal sheath, a heating wire having a band shape, the heating wire arranged with a gap within the metal sheath so as to rotate with respect to an axis direction of the metal sheath, an insulating material arranged in the gap, and connection terminals arranged at one end of the metal sheath, the connection terminals electrically connected with both ends of the heating wire respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihiko HANAMACHI, Kenji SEKIYA, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Satoshi HIRANO, Masaru TAKIMOTO, Go TAKAHARA, Yoshihito ARAKI, Arata TATSUMI, Takashi KAWASAKI, Yuki TOYAMA, Satoshi ANZAI
  • Publication number: 20200043638
    Abstract: A heather unit including a small diameter sheath heater with improved reliability is provided. The heater unit includes a first substrate having a first joint surface and a second substrate having a second joint surface being joined together, a groove arranged on at least one of the first joint surface or the second joint surface, and a sheath heater arranged inside the groove. The sheath heater includes a metal sheath, a heating wire having a band shape, the heating wire arranged with a space within the metal sheath so as to rotate with respect to an axis direction of the metal sheath, an insulating material arranged in the space, and connection terminals arranged at one end of the metal sheath, the connection terminals electrically connected with both ends of the heating wire respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihiko HANAMACHI, Kenji SEKIYA, Go TAKAHARA, Naoya AIKAWA, Yuta KISARA, Arata TATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20130300226
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotor, a stator, formed by stacking perforated-disk-shape stator cores, surrounding the rotor, arranged with a gap from the rotor, a first stator cooling duct to allow the cooling gas to flow from an inner side toward outer side of the stator, a second stator cooling duct to allow the cooling gas to flow from an outer side to an inner side of the stator, a plurality of support plates for supporting the stator and providing sectioning between the first and second flow paths, and a flow control part configured to suppress a flow of the cooling gas passing through the gap part where the outer end part of the stator core and the inner end part of the support plate face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki TOUNOSU, Kenichi HATTORI, Kenji SEKIYA, De MENG