Patents by Inventor Koichi Hashimoto

Koichi Hashimoto 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: 20240124346
    Abstract: A glass is an amorphous oxide glass. An SiO2 content ranges from 56 mol % to 80 mol %, an Li2O content is 2.00 mol % or less, a B2O3 content ranges from 0 mol % to 4 mol %, a total content of MgO and CaO (MgO+CaO) ranges from 9 mol % to 40 mol %, and the oxide glass has a specific gravity of 2.75 g/cm3 or less, and a glass transition temperature of 650° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi SATO, Kazuaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230175840
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measuring method includes: a first step to: project first and second projection images on a target object, wherein the first projection images include row-direction stripe patterns different from each other, and the second projection images include column-direction stripe patterns different from each other, and obtain first and second captured images of the target object, wherein the first captured images are captured while the first projection images are projected, and the second captured images are captured while the second projection images are projected; a second step to identify a corresponding projection pixel of the first and second projection images, wherein the corresponding projection pixel corresponds to each of captured pixels of the first and second captured images; and a third step to identify a 3D shape of the target object based on a result of the second step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: Tohoku University, Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidechika Ito, Shingo Kagami, Koichi Hashimoto, Daichi Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Toso, Yoshihiro Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20220388893
    Abstract: A UV transmitting glass of the present invention is characterized by including as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 60% to 78% of SiO2, 1% to 25% of Al2O3, 10.8% to 30% of B2O3, 0% to less than 1.9% of Li2O, 0% to 8% of Na2O, 1.6% to 8% of K2O, 1.6% to 10% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0% to less than 1.9% of BaO, 0% to less than 1.9% of Li2O+BaO, and 0% to 1% of Cl, and having an external transmittance at a thickness of 0.5 mm and a wavelength of 200 nm of 40% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ryota SUZUKI, Koichi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220371940
    Abstract: Devised is a UV transmitting glass having a high transmittance in a deep UV region, and also having high weather resistance. The UV transmitting glass of the present invention is characterized by including as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 55% to 80% of SiO2, 1% to 25% of Al2O3, 10.8% to 30% of B2O3, 0% to 10% of Na2O, 0% to less than 1.6% of K2O, 0.1% to 10% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0% to 5% of BaO, and 0% to 1% of Cl, and having an external transmittance at a thickness of 0.5 mm and a wavelength of 200 nm of 38% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryota SUZUKI, Koichi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11377385
    Abstract: A glass tube for sealing a metal includes a glass that contains, in terms of mass %, 50% or more of SiO2+B2O3, 0% to 10% of Al2O3, 3% to 20% of RO (R is an alkaline earth metal), and 11% to 22% of R?2O (R? is an alkali metal), and that has 10 ?l/g or less of an amount of CO2 emitted when heated from a room temperature to 1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Goto, Kakumi Shiraishi, Kiyoyuki Okunaga, Koichi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20220153591
    Abstract: To provide a carbon electrode material that is capable of decreasing cell resistance during initial charging and discharging to improve battery energy efficiency. A carbon electrode material for a negative electrode of a manganese/titanium-based redox flow battery including carbon fibers (A), carbon particles (B) other than graphite particles, and a carbon material (C) for binding the carbon fibers (A) and the carbon particles (B) other than graphite particles and satisfying (1) a particle diameter of the carbon particles (B), (2) Lc(B), (3) Lc(C)/Lc(A), (4) A mesopore specific surface area, and (5) a number of oxygen atoms bound to the surface of the carbon electrode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kana Morimoto, Masaru Kobayashi, Ryouhei Iwahara, Takahiro Matsumura, Masayuki Oya, Yongrong Dong, Yoshiyasu Kawagoe, Koichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10974988
    Abstract: A glass tube for sealing a metal includes a glass that contains, in terms of mass %, 50% or more of SiO2+B2O3, 0% to 10% of Al2O3, 3% to 20% of RO (R is an alkaline earth metal), and 11% to 22% of R?2O (R? is an alkali metal), and that has 10 ?l/g or less of an amount of CO2 emitted when heated from a room temperature to 1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Goto, Kakumi Shiraishi, Kiyoyuki Okunaga, Koichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10688622
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus is provided with a polishing part that polishes a substrate, a transporting part that transports a substrate before polishing to the polishing part, and a cleaning part that cleans the polished substrate. The cleaning part has a first cleaning unit and a second cleaning unit that are vertically arranged in two stages. The first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit each have a plurality of cleaning modules that are arranged in series. The transporting part has a slide stage that is disposed between the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit, and transports a substrate before polishing along an arrangement direction of the plurality of cleaning modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aono, Kuniaki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Shimomoto, Koji Maeda, Tetsuya Yashima, Kenji Shinkai, Koichi Hashimoto, Mitsuhiko Inaba, Hidetatsu Isokawa, Hidetaka Nakao, Soichi Isobe
  • Patent number: 10573509
    Abstract: The cleaning apparatus includes multiple kinds of cleaning modules each configured to perform a cleaning processing of a substrate, a first accommodating section configured to accommodate the multiple kinds of cleaning modules therein, and a fluid supply section configured to supply a fluid to the cleaning modules accommodated in the first accommodating section through a pipe. Each of the multiple kinds of cleaning modules includes a pipe connection portion having a common connection position to be connected with the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Maeda, Hiroshi Shimomoto, Kuniaki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Aono, Tetsuya Yashima, Hidetatsu Isokawa, Kenji Shinkai, Mitsuhiko Inaba, Koichi Hashimoto, Junji Kunisawa, Mitsuru Miyazaki, Fujihiko Toyomasu
  • Patent number: 10562182
    Abstract: A robot includes: a hand; and a control unit that operates the hand, in which the control unit generates three-dimensional point group information for a partial image forming a captured image obtained by an imaging unit, and causes the hand to hold an object included in the partial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Harada, Koichi Hashimoto, Shogo Arai
  • Publication number: 20190378740
    Abstract: There is provided a teaching apparatus for a substrate transfer system including a substrate transfer device and a substrate receiving device. The substrate transfer device is configured to hold a substrate. The substrate receiving device is configured to receive the substrate from the substrate transfer device. The teaching apparatus includes a teaching substrate configured to be held to the substrate transfer device, a camera mountable to the teaching substrate, and a controller that controls an operation of the substrate transfer device holding the teaching substrate and/or the substrate receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hidetatsu Isokawa, Koichi Hashimoto, Mitsuhiko Inaba, Makoto Iida
  • Patent number: 10355538
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes: a stator core having a cylindrical yoke portion and a teeth portion having a shape protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the yoke portion; and a rotor that is disposed inside the stator core, spaced apart from the teeth portion, and uses a center axis of the yoke portion as an axis of rotation. The yoke portion includes, on its outer circumferential surface, a notch portion at a position on the back side of the teeth portion. The notch portion has a circumferential width smaller than a circumferential width of the teeth portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kota Kitamura, Hidenori Shimizu, Atsushi Takeyama, Motoharu Muto, Hiroyuki Tsubakimoto, Koichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10329042
    Abstract: For accurate housing of an object to be packed even in an unfixed box body, a packing apparatus includes a movable unit and a force detection part provided in the movable unit and houses an object to be packed in a box body formed from a packing material based on an output value of the force detection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nammoto, Kazuhiro Kosuge, Tomoki Harada, Koichi Hashimoto, Kengo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190152837
    Abstract: A glass tube for sealing a metal includes a glass that contains, in terms of mass %, 50% or more of SiO2+B2O3, 0% to 10% of Al2O3, 3% to 20% of RO (R is an alkali-earth metal), and 11% to 22% of R?2O (R? is an alkali metal), and that has 10 ?l/g or less of an amount of CO2 emitted when heated from a room temperature to 1100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya GOTO, Kakumi SHIRAISHI, Kiyoyuki OKUNAGA, Koichi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10181202
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a projection unit configured to project a first pattern onto an object; and a selection unit configured to select a single first pattern from a plurality of first patterns. After the projection unit projects each of the plurality of first patterns having different resolutions onto the object, the projection unit projects a second pattern onto the object, the second pattern having the same resolution as that of the selected single first pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Harada, Koichi Hashimoto, Shogo Arai, Toshiki Boshu
  • Publication number: 20180001440
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus is provided with a polishing part that polishes a substrate, a transporting part that transports a substrate before polishing to the polishing part, and a cleaning part that cleans the polished substrate. The cleaning part has a first cleaning unit and a second cleaning unit that are vertically arranged in two stages. The first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit each have a plurality of cleaning modules that are arranged in series. The transporting part has a slide stage that is disposed between the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit, and transports a substrate before polishing along an arrangement direction of the plurality of cleaning modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi AONO, Kuniaki YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi SHIMOMOTO, Koji MAEDA, Tetsuya YASHIMA, Kenji SHINKAI, Koichi HASHIMOTO, Mitsuhiko INABA, Hidetatsu ISOKAWA, Hidetaka NAKAO, Soichi ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20170372893
    Abstract: The cleaning apparatus includes multiple kinds of cleaning modules each configured to perform a cleaning processing of a substrate, a first accommodating section configured to accommodate the multiple kinds of cleaning modules therein, and a fluid supply section configured to supply a fluid to the cleaning modules accommodated in the first accommodating section through a pipe. Each of the multiple kinds of cleaning modules includes a pipe connection portion having a common connection position to be connected with the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Koji Maeda, Hiroshi Shimomoto, Kuniaki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Aono, Tetsuya Yashima, Hidetatsu Isokawa, Kenji Shinkai, Mitsuhiko Inaba, Koichi Hashimoto, Junji Kunisawa, Mitsuru Miyazaki, Fujihiko Toyomasu
  • Publication number: 20170358961
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes: a stator core having a cylindrical yoke portion and a teeth portion having a shape protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the yoke portion; and a rotor that is disposed inside the stator core, spaced apart from the teeth portion, and uses a center axis of the yoke portion as an axis of rotation. The yoke portion includes, on its outer circumferential surface, a notch portion at a position on the back side of the teeth portion. The notch portion has a circumferential width smaller than a circumferential width of the teeth portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Kota KITAMURA, Hidenori SHIMIZU, Atsushi TAKEYAMA, Motoharu MUTO, Hiroyuki TSUBAKIMOTO, Koichi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170341230
    Abstract: A robot includes: a hand; and a control unit that operates the hand, in which the control unit generates three-dimensional point group information for a partial image forming a captured image obtained by an imaging unit, and causes the hand to hold an object included in the partial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoki HARADA, Koichi HASHIMOTO, Shogo ARAI
  • Patent number: RE47553
    Abstract: Provided is a robot including a hand and a control unit that operates the hand. The control unit rotates a first object around a predetermined position of the first object with the hand and moves the first object with respect to a second object, based on a captured image including the hand and the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Takashi Nammoto, Kazuhiro Kosuge, Koichi Hashimoto