Patents by Inventor Kouji Tanaka

Kouji Tanaka 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: 20240133944
    Abstract: A semiconductor device making it easy to detect disconnection in source wires and achieving a reduction in resistance and an inspection method for the semiconductor device are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes: a lead frame; a semiconductor chip on the lead frame; a source pad provided in the semiconductor chip; a plurality of source wires connected to the source pad; a disconnection detection wire connected to the source pad; source terminals connected to the plurality of source wires; and a disconnection detection terminal connected to the disconnection detection wire. One end of the disconnection detection wire is positioned in vicinity of a corner of the source pad closer to the disconnection detection terminal side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TANAKA, Kouji NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11953047
    Abstract: A formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may include a screw portion, wherein the screw portion is a form-rolled portion. A method for producing a formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may involve forming a screw portion having superelasticity by plastically working at least a portion of a material for the formed body with form-rolling in a state that a crystal structure is an A2-type structure and then, subjecting heat-treatment so as to convert the A2-type crystal structure into an L21-type crystal structure. The screw portion can be formed with good working property, and has excellent fatigue resistance and breaking resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumio Kise, Toyonobu Tanaka, Kenji Uruma, Kouji Ishikawa, Nanami Kataoka, Shigekazu Yokoyama, Toyohiko Higashida, Yoshitaka Azuma
  • Publication number: 20240034832
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a curable composition capable of achieving reduction in viscosity while having a high refractive index when formed into a cured product. [Solution] Disclosed is a curable composition containing an alicyclic epoxy compound (A) and a cationically polymerizable compound (B) having a binaphthyl group. The curable composition preferably contains a monofunctional cationically polymerizable aromatic compound (C), preferably has a viscosity of 30 Pa·s or less at 25° C., and preferably has a refractive index of 1.58 or greater at a wavelength 589 nm when cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKENAKA, Kouji TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11725656
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and a movable scroll. The fixed-side wrap extends, from a main surface of the fixed-side end plate, along a first direction with a fixed-side dimension set in advance. The movable-side wrap extends, from a main surface of the movable-side end plate, along the first direction with a movable-side dimension set in advance. The fixed and movable side dimensions are set such that a fixed-side first region receives a force that presses the movable scroll against the fixed scroll when the movable scroll is inclined with respect to the fixed scroll. The fixed-side first region includes a distal end surface of a part between 0.0 and 0.5 turns from a fixed-side reference point set in advance and located on an outermost periphery of the fixed-side wrap, and a distal end surface of a part between 1.0 and 1.5 turns from the fixed-side reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Tanaka, Yoshinobu Yosuke
  • Publication number: 20220299028
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and a movable scroll. The fixed-side wrap extends, from a main surface of the fixed-side end plate, along a first direction with a fixed-side dimension set in advance. The movable-side wrap extends, from a main surface of the movable-side end plate, along the first direction with a movable-side dimension set in advance. The fixed and movable side dimensions are set such that a fixed-side first region receives a force that presses the movable scroll against the fixed scroll when the movable scroll is inclined with respect to the fixed scroll. The fixed-side first region includes a distal end surface of a part between 0.0 and 0.5 turns from a fixed-side reference point set in advance and located on an outermost periphery of the fixed-side wrap, and a distal end surface of a part between 1.0 and 1.5 turns from the fixed-side reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kouji TANAKA, Yoshinobu YOSUKE
  • Patent number: 11091821
    Abstract: A copper-based alloy which includes Cu, Ni, Si, Fe, and Mg, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, and V, and in which a content of Mg is 0.02 mass % or more. The copper-based alloy exhibits wear resistance and improved weldability with respect to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Kawasaki, Natsuki Sugiyama, Hisao Fukuhara, Tadashi Oshima, Hajime Kato, Kouji Tanaka, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 10961607
    Abstract: A hardfacing alloy satisfies the following condition when the hardfacing alloy as a whole is 100 mass % (also simply referred to as “%,” hereinafter), Ni: 10-25%, Si: 1-3%, Fe: 3-18%, the total of one or more elements of Mo, W, and Nb: 6.5-20%, and the balance: Cu and impurities. In particular, it preferably satisfies Fe+2Mo?22.6(%), Mo equivalent/Fe?1.17, and Mo equivalent=Mo+0.522W+1.033Nb. In a hardfacing part composed of the hardfacing alloy, coarse hard particles are formed to ensure the wear resistance, and a soft phase present in the hard particles ensures the machinability. This may be understood as a raw material powder for hardfacing treatment and may also be understood as a hardfacing member in which a hardfacing part is formed on a base material using the raw material powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Oshima, Hajime Kato, Kouji Tanaka, Takashi Saito, Natsuki Sugiyama, Minoru Kawasaki, Jun Nomasaki, Hisao Fukuhara, Naoyuki Miyara, Hironori Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10879442
    Abstract: A light-emitting device according to embodiments of the invention includes a film having light transmissive property to visible light; a conductor layer formed on one surface of the film; and a light-emitting element having electrodes connected to the conductor layer via bumps protruding toward the film. The curvature of the film curved on the outer edge of a contact area of the conductor layer contacting the bumps is defined by a radius of a circle contacting the conductor layer at at least three points on the outer edge of the contact area, and the radius of this circle is 13 ?m or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Takojima, Yojiro Yarimizu, Tsuyoshi Abe, Kouji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200075824
    Abstract: A light-emitting device according to embodiments of the invention includes a film having light transmissive property to visible light; a conductor layer formed on one surface of the film; and a light-emitting element having electrodes connected to the conductor layer via bumps protruding toward the film. The curvature of the film curved on the outer edge of a contact area of the conductor layer contacting the bumps is defined by a radius of a circle contacting the conductor layer at at least three points on the outer edge of the contact area, and the radius of this circle is 13 ?m or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA HOKUTO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Takojima, Yojiro Yarimizu, Tsuyoshi Abe, Kouji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10539139
    Abstract: A compressor includes a crankshaft, an electric motor, a counterweight, and an oil outflow reduction member. The electric motor has a rotor coupled to the crankshaft and a stator in which the rotor is housed with an air gap formed between the stator and the rotor. The counterweight is disposed adjacent to the rotor and is integrated with the crankshaft. The oil outflow reduction member encloses an upper side, a lower side, and a lateral side of a counterweight passing space. The counterweight passing space is a space through which at least part of the counterweight passes when the crankshaft rotates 360°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Noro, Yasuhiro Murakami, Kouji Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190276916
    Abstract: A copper-based alloy which includes Cu, Ni, Si, Fe, and Mg, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Mo, W and V, and in which a content of Mg is 0.02 mass % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru KAWASAKI, Natsuki SUGIYAMA, Hisao FUKUHARA, Tadashi OSHIMA, Hajime KATO, Kouji TANAKA, Takashi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190136346
    Abstract: A hardfacing alloy satisfies the following condition when the hardfacing alloy as a whole is 100 mass % (also simply referred to as “%,” hereinafter), Ni: 10-25%, Si: 1-3%, Fe: 3-18%, the total of one or more elements of Mo, W, and Nb: 6.5-20%, and the balance: Cu and impurities. In particular, it preferably satisfies Fe+2Mo?22.6(%), Mo equivalent/Fe?1.17, and Mo equivalent=Mo+0.522W+1.033Nb. In a hardfacing part composed of the hardfacing alloy, coarse hard particles are formed to ensure the wear resistance, and a soft phase present in the hard particles ensures the machinability. This may be understood as a raw material powder for hardfacing treatment and may also be understood as a hardfacing member in which a hardfacing part is formed on a base material using the raw material powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi OSHIMA, Hajime KATO, Kouji TANAKA, Takashi SAITO, Natsuki SUGIYAMA, Minoru KAWASAKI, Jun NOMASAKI, Hisao FUKUHARA, Naoyuki MIYARA, Hironori AOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10167533
    Abstract: A wear-resistant copper-based alloy includes: at least one selected from the group made of molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium and niobium carbide; chromium in an amount of less than 1.0% in terms of wt %; and a matrix and hard particles dispersed in the matrix, in which the hard particles include niobium carbide and at least one selected from the group made of Nb—C—Mo, Nb—C—W, and Nb—C—V around the niobium carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Minoru Kawasaki, Nobuyuki Shinohara, Takehisa Fujita, Hironori Aoyama, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Tadashi Oshima, Hajime Kato, Kouji Tanaka, Takashi Saito
  • Publication number: 20170358835
    Abstract: Disclosed is a microwave plasma processing apparatus including: a chamber that accommodates a workpiece; a microwave generating source that generates microwaves; a waveguide unit that guides the microwaves toward the chamber; a planar antenna made of a conductor having a plurality of slots that radiate the microwaves toward the chamber; a microwave-transmitting plate made of a dielectric material that constitutes a top wall of the chamber and transmits the microwaves radiated from the plurality of slots; a gas supply mechanism that supplies a gas into the chamber; and an exhaust mechanism that exhausts an atmosphere in the chamber. The planar antenna includes a plurality of slot groups each forming one unit including one or more of the slots, and the slots are formed so as to form an odd number of the slot groups equal to or more than three in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Toshio Nakanishi, Kouji Tanaka, Michitaka Aita, Takafumi Nogami
  • Patent number: 9841024
    Abstract: A compressor includes compression and drive mechanisms disposed in a casing having a cylindrical member. The compression mechanism includes a cylinder main body, an end surface member attached to the cylinder main body, a muffler main body attached to the end surface member, an intake hole communicating with the compression chamber and extending in a direction crossing the drive shaft, and a circular hole located radially outside the compression chamber and extending in a direction parallel to the drive shaft. The circular hole opens to a space inside the casing. At least a part of the circular hole is located within an area defined by extending the intake hole in a plan view. A method of producing a compressor includes inserting a positioning pin into the circular hole of the compression mechanism and pressing an inlet tube into the intake hole from outside of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Hayashi, Yasuto Hiraoka, Seio Miyata, Naoto Sekida, Yoshinobu Ishiodori, Kouji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9801963
    Abstract: Provided is a steam sterilizer capable of performing water vapor sterilization without using a vacuum pump as a mechanism for bringing the inside of a pressure vessel into vacuum. The steam sterilizer includes a pressure vessel (32) which stores an object to be sterilized and in which sterilization is performed with water vapor supplied from a steam piping, and vacuum-generating means (34) which is connected to the pressure vessel (32) and brings the inside of the pressure vessel (32) into a vacuum state. The vacuum-generating means (34) includes a water ejector (48), a tank (50) for storing supply water supplied from an outside, and a pump (52) for supplying the supply water inside the tank (50) to the water ejector (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAKURA SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Kinebuchi, Eiichi Minemura, Satoshi Tanaka, Haruo Machida, Akihiro Miyamoto, Kouji Tanaka, Hiroshi Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20170254331
    Abstract: A compressor includes a crankshaft, an electric motor, a counterweight, and an oil outflow reduction member. The electric motor has a rotor coupled to the crankshaft and a stator in which the rotor is housed with an air gap formed between the stator and the rotor. The counterweight is disposed adjacent to the rotor and is integrated with the crankshaft. The oil outflow reduction member encloses an upper side, a lower side, and a lateral side of a counterweight passing space. The counterweight passing space is a space through which at least part of the counterweight passes when the crankshaft rotates 360°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro NORO, Yasuhiro MURAKAMI, Kouji TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9608108
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate has a main surface with an n type offset region having a trench portion formed of a plurality of trenches extending in a direction from an n+ drain region toward an n+ source region. The plurality of trenches each have a conducting layer therein extending in the main surface in the direction from the n+ drain region toward the n+ source region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Tsujiuchi, Kouji Tanaka, Yasuki Yoshihisa, Shunji Kubo
  • Publication number: 20170037495
    Abstract: A wear-resistant copper-based alloy includes: at least one selected from the group made of molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium and niobium carbide; chromium in an amount of less than 1.0% in terms of wt %; and a matrix and hard particles dispersed in the matrix, in which the hard particles include niobium carbide and at least one selected from the group made of Nb—C—Mo, Nb—C—W, and Nb—C—V around the niobium carbide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Minoru KAWASAKI, Nobuyuki SHINOHARA, Takehisa FUJITA, Hironori AOYAMA, Yasuhiro YAMAMOTO, Tadashi OSHIMA, Hajime KATO, Kouji TANAKA, Takashi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20160273537
    Abstract: A compressor includes compression and drive mechanisms disposed in a casing having a cylindrical member. The compression mechanism includes a cylinder main body, an end surface member attached to the cylinder main body, a muffler main body attached to the end surface member, an intake hole communicating with the compression chamber and extending in a direction crossing the drive shaft, and a circular hole located radially outside the compression chamber and extending in a direction parallel to the drive shaft. The circular hole opens to a space inside the casing. At least a part of the circular hole is located within an area defined by extending the intake hole in a plan view. A method of producing a compressor includes inserting a positioning pin into the circular hole of the compression mechanism and pressing an inlet tube into the intake hole from outside of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Takeo HAYASHI, Yasuto HIRAOKA, Seio MIYATA, Naoto SEKIDA, Yoshinobu ISHIODORI, Kouji TANAKA