Patents by Inventor Makoto Hirakawa
Makoto Hirakawa 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: 12080680Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, and a bonding layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer, the bonding layer including a plurality of silver particles, and the bonding layer including a region containing gold existing between the plurality of silver particles.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisba Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Makoto Mizukami, Tatsuya Hirakawa, Tomohiro Iguchi
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Patent number: 12072617Abstract: A light source optical system includes: a first optical system configured to guide a first light beam having a first wavelength emitted from a light source to a wavelength conversion element; the wavelength conversion element configured to convert the first light beam into a second light beam having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and emit the second light beam; and a second optical system through which the second light beam emitted from the light conversion element passes. The second optical system includes a light guide element configured to guide a portion of the second light beam from one end surface of the light guide element to the other end surface of the light guide element to separate the portion of the second light beam from the second light beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Hirakawa, Yohei Takano, Kasumi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240248055Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a light emitting unit to emit light to a sealing portion of a package including a light energy absorbing material, the light having a wavelength absorbed by the light energy absorbing material; a light receiving unit to receive thermal radiation from the sealing portion as thermal information; and a two-dimensional image acquisition unit to acquire the thermal information on the sealing portion as a two-dimensional image through the light receiving unit. The light receiving unit is arranged not to directly receive the light emitted from the light emitting unit and passed through the sealing portion and the light emitted from the light emitting unit and reflected by the scaling portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Koji MASUDA, Makoto HINO, Makoto HIRAKAWA
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Publication number: 20240244770Abstract: Provided is an electronic control component bracket that does not allow an electronic control component such as an ECU to be easily detached even if an unexpected external force is applied to the electronic control component, in a case where the bracket is assembled with the electronic control component. When a case of the electronic control component is assembled with an electronic control component bracket , an upper end of an elastic extending portion is moved into a bottom wall portion side of a disengagement-preventing portion so as to be stored in a gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Makoto KATO, Katsuya HIRAKAWA, Yasuto KOJO
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Publication number: 20240209482Abstract: This electrical steel sheet contains: as a chemical composition, in a unit of mass %, 2.5% to 3.9% of Si; 0.001% to 3.0% of Al; and 0.05% to 5.0% of Mn, the remainder being Fe and impurities, and, on one surface or both surfaces thereof, an insulating coating containing a curing accelerator is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
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Publication number: 20240204634Abstract: This bonded and stacked core manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a bonded and stacked core by performing press working on a strip-shaped steel sheet with a press working oil applied to one surface or both surfaces thereof, applying an anaerobic adhesive and an instantaneous adhesive to one surface of the strip-shaped steel sheet to obtain a plurality of steel sheet components, and stacking and bonding the steel sheet components, in which a curing accelerating layer is formed by applying an anaerobic adhesive curing accelerator and an instantaneous adhesive curing accelerator to one surface or both surfaces of the strip-shaped steel sheet before the press working oil is applied, and drying the adhesive curing accelerator and the instantaneous adhesive curing accelerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
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Publication number: 20240190119Abstract: This bonded and stacked core manufacturing method is for manufacturing a bonded and stacked core by performing press working on a strip-shaped steel sheet with a press working oil applied to one surface or both surfaces thereof, applying an adhesive to one surface of the strip-shaped steel sheet to obtain a plurality of steel sheet components, and stacking and bonding the steel sheet components, in which a curing accelerator having an average viscosity of 0.01 Pa·s to 100 Pa·s is applied to one surface or both surfaces of the strip-shaped steel sheet before the press working oil is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Minako FUKUCHI, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Makoto HIRAKAWA
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Patent number: 11874592Abstract: A light source device includes: a first light source to emit first color light; a second light source to emit second color light; a wavelength conversion unit to convert at least a portion of the first color light into a third color light; a light incident element to which the first color light, the second color light, and the third color light enter; a first filter to reflect the first color light toward the wavelength conversion unit; and a second filter to reflect the second color light toward the light incident element. The first filter and the second filter are separately disposed on an optical path of the third color light between the wavelength conversion unit and the light incident element.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kasumi Nakamura, Yohei Takano, Kazuhiro Fujita, Takashi Sasaki, Shigeaki Imai, Makoto Hirakawa
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Patent number: 11829058Abstract: A light-source device includes an excitation light source; an optical element having a reflecting surface to reflect first colored light emitted from the excitation light source; and a wavelength conversion unit including a waveform conversion member configured to convert at least a portion of the first colored light reflected by the optical element and incident on the wavelength conversion unit, into second colored light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first colored light and emit the second colored light. A point P does not intersect with a light flux Q where the point P is a center of the first colored light on the reflecting surface of the optical element and the light flux Q is a light flux of the first colored light emitted from the wavelength conversion unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kasumi Nakamura, Yohei Takano, Tatsuya Takahashi, Makoto Hirakawa
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Patent number: 11822076Abstract: Disclosed is an image display device for displaying an image on a screen. The image display device includes an image forming element configured to optically scan a screen, and an optical member disposed between the screen and the image forming element, and being configured to reflect light, where the optical member is disposed such that the reflected light, along normals with respect to every reflecting point on the optical member, is directed away from the screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Hirakawa, Daisuke Ichii
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Patent number: 11812201Abstract: A light guide optical device includes an optical path combiner including: a first deflector to deflect first light incident from a first direction to an emission direction; a second deflector to deflect second light incident from a second direction different from the first direction, to the emission direction; and a transmission portion between the first deflector and the second deflector, the transmission portion to transmit third light incident from a third direction different from each of the first direction and the second direction, to the emission direction. The optical path combining unit combines the first light, the second light, and the third light, and emits the combined light to the mission direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Yohei Takano, Kasumi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Fujita, Makoto Hirakawa, Shigeaki Imai
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Patent number: 11762272Abstract: A light-source device includes an excitation light source; a wavelength conversion unit to convert at least some of first color light into second color light; a light mixing element including a rod integrator to mix at least one of the first color light and the second color light from the conversion unit; and an optical element on an optical path of the first color light and having a reflecting surface. A center of the first color light on the reflecting surface intersects with only one of a first light flux of the first color light incident on and a second light flux of the first color light emitted from the conversion unit. An angle formed by a projection straight line of the first color light incident on an incident aperture of the integrator and a predetermined axial line of the incident aperture of the integrator is smaller than 40°.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kasumi Nakamura, Yohei Takano, Makoto Hirakawa, Kazuhiro Fujita
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Publication number: 20230288791Abstract: A light source device includes: a light source to emit light including first color light of excitation light; an optical element including multiple lenses on at least one surface of the optical element; a condenser optical system to condense the first color light; a wavelength converter to convert the first color light into second color light; and a color light separator to separate the first color light and the second color light. The light source, the optical element, the condenser optical system, the wavelength converter, and the color light separator are disposed in this order from the light source. The multiple lenses of the optical element has: a first divergence angle in a first direction along a plane of the multiple lenses; and a second divergence angle in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the first divergence angle is smaller than a second divergence angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Yohei TAKANO, Makoto HIRAKAWA, Takashi SASAKI, Kasumi NAKAMURA, Kazuhiro FUJITA
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Publication number: 20230251559Abstract: A light source optical system includes: a first optical system configured to guide a first light beam having a first wavelength emitted from a light source to a wavelength conversion element; the wavelength conversion element configured to convert the first light beam into a second light beam having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and emit the second light beam; and a second optical system through which the second light beam emitted from the light conversion element passes. The second optical system includes a light guide element configured to guide a portion of the second light beam from one end surface of the light guide element to the other end surface of the light guide element to separate the portion of the second light beam from the second light beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Makoto HIRAKAWA, Yohei TAKANO, Kasumi NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11720010Abstract: A light source device includes a light source, a plurality of wavelength conversion units, and a plurality of optical systems. The plurality of wavelength conversion units each includes a wavelength conversion region configured to receive light emitted from the light source and emit light with a wavelength different from a wavelength of the received light. The plurality of optical systems are configured to form images of wavelength conversion regions of the plurality of wavelength conversion units. The light source is configured to irradiate the wavelength conversion units with light at a same timing. The plurality of optical systems are configured to cause the images of the wavelength conversion regions of the plurality of wavelength conversion units to be adjacent to or superimposed on each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Fujita, Yohei Takano, Makoto Hirakawa, Shigeaki Imai
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Patent number: 11669004Abstract: A light source optical system includes: a first optical system configured to guide a first light beam having a first wavelength emitted from a light source to a wavelength conversion element; the wavelength conversion element configured to convert the first light beam into a second light beam having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and emit the second light beam; and a second optical system through which the second light beam emitted from the light conversion element passes. The second optical system includes a light guide element configured to guide a portion of the second light beam from one end surface of the light guide element to the other end surface of the light guide element to separate the portion of the second light beam from the second light beam.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Hirakawa, Yohei Takano, Kasumi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11630288Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes: a light source; an image display element including multiple micromirrors arranged in two dimensions, the multiple micromirrors forming an image display plane, each micromirror having a reflecting surface; and a projection optical system. Conditional expressions (1) and (2) below are satisfied: ?1?14(deg)??(1) 1.2<BF/L<2.2??(2) where ?1 is a maximum tilt angle of the reflecting surface of each micromirror with respect to the image display plane, L is a diagonal length of the image display plane, and BF is a distance between a vertex of a lens within the projection optical system and closest to the image display plane and the image display plane along an optical axis of the projection optical system.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yohei Takano, Shigeaki Imai, Kazuhiro Fujita, Makoto Hirakawa
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Publication number: 20230110183Abstract: A light-source device, an image projection apparatus, and a display device. The light-source device includes a light source to emit light, an optical element having a lens array on one side or both sides of which a plurality of lenses are arrayed with distance from each other, the distance between a pair of vertices of an adjacent pair of the plurality of lenses of the optical element being equal to or less than one-quarter of width of light flux of the light incident on the optical element and a wavelength conversion element to convert a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source and passed through the optical element. An image projection apparatus includes the light-source device, a light mixing element to mix the light emitted from the light-source device to uniformize the light and an illumination optical system to emit the light uniformized by the light mixing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Yohei TAKANO, Makoto HIRAKAWA, Kazuhiro FUJITA, Takashi SASAKI
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Patent number: 11624009Abstract: An adhesive composition containing (A) a modified polyolefin resin and (B) an epoxy compound, wherein the modified polyolefin resin (A) is a polyolefin resin graft modified with a modifying agent that contains an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof. The content of the epoxy compound (B) is 1-20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the modified polyolefin resin (A); and the epoxy compound is composed of two or more types of epoxy compounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Hirakawa, Masashi Yamada
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Publication number: 20230043477Abstract: A light-source device includes an excitation light source; a wavelength conversion unit to convert at least some of first color light into second color light; a light mixing element including a rod integrator to mix at least one of the first color light and the second color light from the conversion unit; and an optical element on an optical path of the first color light and having a reflecting surface. A center of the first color light on the reflecting surface intersects with only one of a first light flux of the first color light incident on and a second light flux of the first color light emitted from the conversion unit. An angle formed by a projection straight line of the first color light incident on an incident aperture of the integrator and a predetermined axial line of the incident aperture of the integrator is smaller than 40°.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kasumi NAKAMURA, Yohei TAKANO, Makoto HIRAKAWA, Kazuhiro FUJITA