Patents by Inventor Koichi Sugihara
Koichi Sugihara 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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Publication number: 20230193861Abstract: This EGR valve system is provided with a valve assembly, and a plurality of housing adapters. The valve assembly is provided with a housing including a flow passage, a valve seat provided in the flow passage, a valve element provided in the flow passage in such a way as to be capable of seating against the valve seat, a valve shaft on which the valve element is provided, and a driving unit for driving the valve shaft. The housing adapters include assembly holes, inlet flow passages which communicate with the assembly holes, and outlet flow passages. One of the housing adapters is selectively combined with the valve assembly, the housing of the valve assembly is assembled in the assembly hole of the selected housing adapter. In this assembled state, the inlet flow passage communicates with an inlet port, and the outlet flow passage communicates with an outlet port.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koichi SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20220389890Abstract: An EGR valve device including a housing including a flow passage, a valve element that opens and closes the flow passage, a valve shaft to which the valve element is provided, and an outer housing including an assembly hole for the housing and other flow passages. When the housing is assembled in the assembly hole, an inlet and an outlet of the flow passage communicate with the other flow passages, and seal members are provided between the housing and the outer housing near the inlet and near the outlet. Assembly grooves are formed in the outer surface of the housing. A portion of each of the seal members that correspond to the assembly grooves has either an outer shape matching the shape of the assembly grooves or a shape formed by addition of a tightening margin to the outer shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koichi SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20220372938Abstract: An EGR valve device equipped with: a housing which contains a flow passage; a valve element for opening and closing the flow passage; a valve shaft to which the valve element is provided; and a mating member which includes an assembly hole in which the housing is assembled, and also includes another flow passage. The flow passage is connected to the other flow passage while the housing is assembled in the assembly hole of the mating member, and a sealing member is provided in at least one location between the outer surface of the housing and the inner surface of the assembly hole. The sealing member includes a vibration-reducing part which has a vibration-reducing function and is formed from an elastic material, and also includes a sealing part which has a sealing function.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koichi SUGIHARA
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Publication number: 20220333708Abstract: An EGR valve includes: an inner housing including a flow passage; a valve element which opens and closes the flow passage; a valve shaft on which the valve element is provided; an outer housing in which the inner housing is assembled; and a drive unit which drives the valve shaft. The flow passage of the inner housing includes an inlet and an outlet. The outer housing includes an assembly hole and separate flow passages. When the inner housing is assembled in the assembly hole, the inlet and the outlet of the inner housing communicate with the separate flow passages of the outer housing; an inlet sealing member is provided between the inner housing and the outer housing to correspond to the periphery of the inlet; and an outlet sealing member is provided between the inner housing and the outer housing to correspond to the periphery of the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi SUGIHARA, Mamoru YOSHIOKA, Shinji KAWAI, Takashi BESSHO, Koki YASUDA, Kaisho SO, Hirotaka FUKUTA, Mizuki KODAMA
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Publication number: 20220316431Abstract: A poppet-type EGR valve includes: a housing that includes a flow passage; a valve seat; a valve body allowed to be seated on the valve seat; a valve shaft on which the valve body is provided at one end section thereof; and a drive unit reciprocally driving the valve shaft. The flow passage has an inlet and an outlet and includes a bent passage portion that is bent downstream from the valve seat in a direction perpendicular to the direction toward the inlet. The bent passage portion includes at least one of a section in which the passage area is constant and a section in which the passage area increases toward the downstream direction, and does not include a section in which the passage area decreases toward the downstream direction. In the section in which the passage area increases toward the downstream direction, the passage area changes gradually.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya SUZUKI, Koichi SUGIHARA
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Patent number: 11105303Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation valve that includes a recirculation passage through which the exhaust gas flows; a valve seat press-fitted onto an inner surface of the recirculation passage; a valve body configured to sit on the valve seat; and a shaft extending through an inside and outside of the recirculation passage and fixed to the valve body and configured to move the valve body relative to the valve seat, in which corrosion-resistant coating is not provided on a portion of the inner surface of the recirculation passage that contacts a peripheral surface of the valve seat, and the corrosion-resistant coating is provided on another portion of the inner surface of the recirculation passage that contacts an end surface of the valve seat in a direction of press-fitting.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koichi Sugihara
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Publication number: 20200232424Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation valve that includes a recirculation passage through which the exhaust gas flows; a valve seat press-fitted onto an inner surface of the recirculation passage; a valve body configured to sit on the valve seat; and a shaft extending through an inside and outside of the recirculation passage and fixed to the valve body and configured to move the valve body relative to the valve seat, in which corrosion-resistant coating is not provided on a portion of the inner surface of the recirculation passage that contacts a peripheral surface of the valve seat, and the corrosion-resistant coating is provided on another portion of the inner surface of the recirculation passage that contacts an end surface of the valve seat in a direction of press-fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventor: Koichi Sugihara
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Patent number: 8629001Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor element having a first terminal surface on which a first terminal is disposed and a first rear surface on which no terminal is disposed; a second semiconductor element having a second terminal surface on which a second terminal is disposed and a second rear surface on which no terminal is disposed, the second rear surface being bonded to the first rear surface; a terminal member having a surface set substantially flush with the second terminal surface; and a conductive wire connecting the terminal member and the first terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Koichi Sugihara
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Patent number: 8618657Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip of a multilayer wiring structure having an insulating film formed on a surface thereof, multiple electrode pads formed at a central part and an outer peripheral part of the insulating film, and multiple protective metal layers formed respectively on the electrode pads. The semiconductor device also includes a substrate having the semiconductor chip mounted thereon and including multiple substrate terminals formed on a surface thereof respectively in positions corresponding to the electrode pads. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate by connecting a stud bump to a solder bump. The stud bump is formed on any one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals and the solder bump is formed on the other one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kiichiro Higaki, Koichi Sugihara, Katsuya Murakami, Shigenori Sawachi, Mitsuru Oida
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Patent number: 8362140Abstract: A pigment-dispersed composition includes (a) a high-molecular compound containing at least one kind of repeating unit selected from repeating units each represented by the following Formula (I) or (II), (b) a pigment, and (c) an organic solvent, wherein, in Formulae (I) and (II), R1 to R6 each represent a hydrogen atom or another group; X1 and X2 each represent —CO—, —C(?O)O—, —CONH—, —OC(?O)—, or a phenylene group; L1 and L2 each represent a single bond or a divalent organic linking group; A1 and A2 each represent a monovalent organic group; m and n each represent an integer of from 2 to 8; and p and q each represent an integer of from 1 to 100. Also disclosed is a pigment-dispersed composition containing (A) a graft high-molecular polymer in which acrylic acid is copolymerized at a proportion of from 5% by mass to 30% by mass in the main chain thereof, (B) a pigment, and (C) an organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Fujimaki, Hiromi Kanda, Koichi Sugihara, Shigekazu Suzuki
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Patent number: 8343709Abstract: Provided are a processed pigment excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability, a pigment-dispersed composition excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability of a pigment that uses the processed pigment, a colored photosensitive composition using the pigment-dispersed composition, and a color filter having improved color properties that uses the colored photosensitive composition, in which a pigment is covered with at least one of a specific polymer compound selected from the following (SP-1) to (SP-3); (SP-1) A polymer compound having a heterocycle on a side chain, (SP-2) A graft polymer compound having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 100000, (SP-3) A polymer compound represented by the following formula (3-1), wherein, RC, RD, A1 and P1 respectively represent an organic linkage group, a single bond or a divalent organic linkage group, a monovalent organic group containing such as an organic dye structure, and a polymer skeleton.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Fujimaki, Koichi Sugihara, Shigekazu Suzuki, Hidenori Takahashi
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Patent number: 8273167Abstract: The present invention provides: a pigment dispersion composition including (A) an organic pigment, (B) a pigment derivative represented by Formula (I) below and (C) a polymer compound having a pigment-adsorptive functional group; a curable color composition including the pigment dispersion composition, a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator; and a color filter having a color region formed using the curable color composition and a method for producing the same. Q represents an organic colorant residue; A represents an ethylene group or the like; and R represents a hydroxyl group or a group represented by —NH-A-Z; Z represents —SO3H, —COOH or a salt thereof; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 4. When R represents —NH-A-Z, the structures represented by the two —NH-A-Zs bonded to the triazine ring contained in each of the n partial structures bonded to Q may be the same as each other or different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Koichi Sugihara, Kazuhiro Fujimaki
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Publication number: 20110014401Abstract: A pigment-dispersed composition includes (a) a high-molecular compound containing at least one kind of repeating unit selected from repeating units each represented by the following Formula (I) or (II), (b) a pigment, and (c) an organic solvent, wherein, in Formulae (I) and (II), R1 to R6 each represent a hydrogen atom or another group; X1 and X2 each represent —CO—, —C(?O)O—, —CONH—, —OC(?O)—, or a phenylene group; L1 and L2 each represent a single bond or a divalent organic linking group; A1 and A2 each represent a monovalent organic group; m and n each represent an integer of from 2 to 8; and p and q each represent an integer of from 1 to 100. Also disclosed is a pigment-dispersed composition containing (A) a graft high-molecular polymer in which acrylic acid is copolymerized at a proportion of from 5% by mass to 30% by mass in the main chain thereof, (B) a pigment, and (C) an organic solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Fujimaki, Hiromi Kanda, Koichi Sugihara, Shigekazu Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110006417Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor element having a first terminal surface on which a first terminal is disposed and a first rear surface on which no terminal is disposed; a second semiconductor element having a second terminal surface on which a second terminal is disposed and a second rear surface on which no terminal is disposed, the second rear surface being bonded to the first rear surface; a terminal member having a surface set substantially flush with the second terminal surface; and a conductive wire connecting the terminal member and the first terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Koichi Sugihara
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Publication number: 20100256252Abstract: The present invention provides: a pigment dispersion composition including (A) an organic pigment, (B) a pigment derivative represented by Formula (I) below and (C) a polymer compound having a pigment-adsorptive functional group; a curable color composition including the pigment dispersion composition, a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator; and a color filter having a color region formed using the curable color composition and a method for producing the same. Q represents an organic colorant residue; A represents an ethylene group or the like; and R represents a hydroxyl group or a group represented by —NH-A-Z; Z represents —SO3H, —COOH or a salt thereof; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 4. When R represents —NH-A-Z, the structures represented by the two —NH-A-Zs bonded to the triazine ring contained in each of the n partial structures bonded to Q may be the same as each other or different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Sugihara, Kazuhiro Fujimaki
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Publication number: 20100222450Abstract: A pigment-dispersion composition, which has: a graft polymer having an acid group and organic pigment particles formed by mixing a solution in which an organic pigment is dissolved in a good solvent with a poor solvent for the organic pigment, the poor solvent having compatibility with the good solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Koichi Sugihara, Shigetomo Tsujihata
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Publication number: 20100032833Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip of a multilayer wiring structure having an insulating film formed on a surface thereof, multiple electrode pads formed at a central part and an outer peripheral part of the insulating film, and multiple protective metal layers formed respectively on the electrode pads. The semiconductor device also includes a substrate having the semiconductor chip mounted thereon and including multiple substrate terminals formed on a surface thereof respectively in positions corresponding to the electrode pads. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate by connecting a stud bump to a solder bump. The stud bump is formed on any one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals and the solder bump is formed on the other one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kiichiro Higaki, Koichi Sugihara, Katsuya Murakami, Shigenori Sawachi, Mitsuru Oida
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Publication number: 20090068575Abstract: Provided are a processed pigment excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability, a pigment-dispersed composition excellent in dispersibility and dispersion stability of a pigment that uses the processed pigment, a colored photosensitive composition using the pigment-dispersed composition, and a color filter having improved color properties that uses the colored photosensitive composition, in which a pigment is covered with at least one of a specific polymer compound selected from the following (SP-1) to (SP-3); (SP-1) A polymer compound having a heterocycle on a side chain, (SP-2) A graft polymer compound having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 100000, (SP-3) A polymer compound represented by the following formula (3-1), wherein, RC, RD, A1 and P1 respectively represent an organic linkage group, a single bond or a divalent organic linkage group, a monovalent organic group containing such as an organic dye structure, and a polymer skeleton.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro FUJIMAKI, Koichi SUGIHARA, Shigekazu SUZUKI, Hidenori TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20090040400Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (11R) is provided with, from a light source side, a MLA substrate (31) having a microlens array (37), an opposed substrate (32) having transparent common electrodes (41) formed thereon, a liquid crystal layer (33), and a TFT substrate (34) having transparent pixel electrodes associated with each pixel. The microlens array focuses the incident light onto the corresponding pixel electrodes. A light source side surface of the opposed substrate is provided with a retardation compensation layer (39). Since the light passes through the retardation compensation layer and the liquid crystal layer at the same angle even if the light diffracts and diffuses on the microlens array, leakage of light is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2006Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Nakagawa, Makoto Yamada, Toshitaka Ninomiya, Koichi Sugihara, Shintaro Washizu, Masao Sato
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Patent number: 7241625Abstract: A carbonyl compound scavenger comprising a mineral acid salt of a benzylhydroxyamine-based compound of the formula (1) and at least one adsorbent selected from the group consisting of silica gel, alumina, cellulose and activated carbon: [wherein, R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, haloalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, haloalkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro group or cyano group, and R1 and R2 represent each independently a hydrogen atom or alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and a hydrogen atom on a benzene ring to which a cyano group and R are connected may be substituted with an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, haloalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, haloalkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, nitro group or cyano group.].Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2005Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Sumika Chemical Analysis Service, LimitedInventors: Kazuya Kitasaka, Hatsumi Shimajiri, Koichi Sugihara