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).
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Patent number: 11490464Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiko Hanamachi, Kenji Sekiya, Go Takahara, Naoya Aikawa, Yuta Kisara, Arata Tatsumi
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Patent number: 11477858Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20220155156Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Naoya KIDA, Arata TATSUMI, Kenji SEKIYA, Naoya AIKAWA, Masaya TAKANASHI
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Publication number: 20220157579Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Naoya Kida, Arata Tatsumi, Kenji Sekiya, Naoya Aikawa, Masaya Takanashi
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Publication number: 20220151031Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Naoya KIDA, Arata TATSUMI, Kenji SEKIYA, Naoya AIKAWA, Masaya TAKANASHI
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Publication number: 20210235550Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Toshihiko HANAMACHI, Arata TATSUMI, Kenji SEKIYA, Naoya AIKAWA, Masaya TAKANASHI
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Publication number: 20210217638Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Toshihiko HANAMACHI, Arata TATSUMI, Kenji SEKIYA, Naoya AIKAWA, Masaya TAKANASHI
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Publication number: 20200045779Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Toshihiko HANAMACHI, Kenji SEKIYA, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Satoshi HIRANO, Masaru TAKIMOTO, Go TAKAHARA, Yoshihito ARAKI, Arata TATSUMI, Takashi KAWASAKI, Yuki TOYAMA, Satoshi ANZAI
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Publication number: 20200043638Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Toshihiko HANAMACHI, Kenji SEKIYA, Go TAKAHARA, Naoya AIKAWA, Yuta KISARA, Arata TATSUMI
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Publication number: 20130300226Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki TOUNOSU, Kenichi HATTORI, Kenji SEKIYA, De MENG