Patents by Inventor Makoto Watanabe

Makoto Watanabe 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).

  • DIRECTIONAL ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20140377573
    Abstract: A directional electromagnetic steel sheet with a coating includes a directional electromagnetic steel sheet; and a coating that is formed on the surface of the directional electromagnetic steel sheet and contains elements P, Si, Cr and O as well as at least one element that is selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Ni, Co, Mn, Zn, Fe, Ca and Ba, with 5% by mass or more thereof being composed of a crystalline phase of a phosphate salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Okubo, Gou Kijima, Makoto Watanabe
  • Cermet Coating and Coated Metal Body Having the Cermet Coating, Method of Producing Cermet Coating, and Method of Producing Coated Metal Body
    Publication number: 20140370324
    Abstract: A cermet coating includes a hard phase and a binder phase that binds the hard phase, wherein the hard phase includes a carbide phase composed of at least one type of WC and CrC; and the binder phase includes at least one type of metal phase selected from Co, Ni, NiCr, and CoCr, has a structure of a metal polycrystalline body, and is bonded directly to a metal substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Seiji Kuroda, Masayuki Komatsu
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD
    Publication number: 20140361458
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head, including: forming, on a substrate, a flow path mold pattern that becomes a mold of a liquid flow path; forming a negative photosensitive resin layer on the flow path mold pattern; subjecting the negative photosensitive resin layer to exposure processing with use of a reduction projection exposing apparatus and a mask pattern having an ejection orifice mask shape for forming ejection orifices; and subjecting the negative photosensitive resin layer obtained after the exposure processing to development processing to form the ejection orifices, in which the ejection orifices are formed by correcting, by the ejection orifice mask shape, an inclination of an ejection angle due to an off-axis telecentricity caused by the reduction projection exposing apparatus so as to be close to a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Yoshinori Tagawa, Hiroyuki Murayama, Toshiaki Kurosu, Masataka Nagai, Takanobu Manabe
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT IRON LOSS PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20140338794
    Abstract: In the production of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by hot rolling a steel slab comprising C: 0.001˜0.10 mass %, Si: 1.0˜5.0 mass %, Mn: 0.01˜0.5 mass %, sol. Al: 0.003˜0.050 mass %, N: 0.0010˜0.020 mass %, one or two selected from S and Se: 0.005˜0.040 mass % in total, cold rolling, primary recrystallization annealing, and final annealing, a heating rate S1 between a temperature T1 (° C.): 500+2×(NB?NA) and a temperature T2 (° C.): 600+2×(NB?NA) in a heating process of the primary recrystallization annealing is set to not less than 80° C./sec, and an average heating rate S2 from the temperature T2 to 750° C. is set to 0.1˜0.7 times of S1, whereby a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a low iron loss over a full length of a product coil is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shingaki, Makoto Watanabe, Kunihiro Senda
  • Tailgate rod
    Patent number: 8882168
    Abstract: A tailgate for an associated automotive vehicle. The tailgate is coupled via a rod to a motor. The tailgate includes a frame having a point of attachment to the rod. The rod passes through an opening in the vehicle body. The rod has a longitudinal axis that travels in a substantially linear axial direction in the region passing through the opening when the tailgate moves from a closed to an open position and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacob Ivan Wasser, Makoto Watanabe, Travis Lonas
  • CONTACTLESS RECEIVER, RESONANT CIRCUIT, AND VARIABLE CAPACITANCE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20140323044
    Abstract: A contactless receiver is provided with a receiving section and a rectification section. The receiving section has a resonant circuit including a resonant capacitor having a variable capacitance element formed with a ferroelectric material, a capacitance of the variable capacitance element changing according to a received voltage at a predetermined frequency, and a resonance coil connected to the resonant capacitor. The rectification section converts an alternating current voltage output from the receiving section into a direct current voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Masayoshi KANNO, Kazutaka HABU, Makoto WATANABE, Toshiaki YOKOTA
  • OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140322476
    Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a recording layer including a reflective layer, two dielectric layers, and a phase-change recording layer. The phase-change recording layer-side dielectric layer of the two dielectric layers contains tantalum oxide or a composite oxide composed of silicon oxide, indium oxide, and zirconium oxide. The reflective layer-side dielectric layer of the two dielectric layers contains a composite oxide composed of silicon oxide, indium oxide, and zirconium oxide, a composite oxide composed of indium oxide and gallium oxide, or a composite oxide composed of zinc oxide and aluminum oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Igari, Makoto Watanabe
  • Dual function power door
    Patent number: 8872447
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling an operation of a power door of a vehicle are presented. An activation of a user interface device associated with the power door is detected. A cue is provided using a notification device after detecting the activation of the user interface device. In one implementation, the notification device includes an audible alarm. When the user interface device is activated for greater than a predetermined time period, the power door is caused to be in a power mode of operation, and the notification device is used to indicate a current operational mode of the power door. In one implementation, when the user interface device is deactivated within the predetermined time period, the power door is caused to be in a manual mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael D Oakley, Craig T Kline, Dean A. Scott, Jr., Hideaki Arai, Joseph P Whinnery, Saeed Namakydoost, Yoshitomo Ihashi, Trevor Scott Whitten, Makoto Watanabe
  • LIQUID EJECTION HEAD
    Publication number: 20140313261
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: a substrate which has an energy-generating element that generates energy to be utilized for ejecting a liquid, and a supply orifice for supplying the liquid to the energy-generating element; and an ejection orifice forming member that has a plurality of ejection orifices through which the liquid is ejected, and at least one beam-like projection which projects toward the substrate and extends along an array direction of the ejection orifices at a position corresponding to the supply orifice; wherein a sectional area perpendicular to the array direction of the ejection orifices in the central part of the beam-like projection in the array direction of the ejection orifices is larger than a sectional area in the direction perpendicular to the array direction of the ejection orifices in both ends of the beam-like projection in the array direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka NAGAI, Yoshinori Tagawa, Jun Yamamuro, Kenji Fujii, Mitsuru Chida, Makoto Watanabe, Toshiaki Kurosu, Takanobu Manabe
  • Optical Element for Terahertz Waves
    Publication number: 20140300955
    Abstract: An optical element for terahertz waves that transmits terahertz-wave incident beams through itself after being compressed into half or less a wavelength of the beam, the optical element comprising: a substrate that allows terahertz waves to be transmitted through itself; and a conductive coat that covers a surface of the substrate and is capable of blocking the waves, wherein the coat has an aperture provided in a circular region and ring-shaped grooves, provided on a surface of the coat, having the same center as the circular region and having radii which increase every fixed length, and wherein in the circular region, four or more fan-shaped tips each having an arc with the same radius of curvature as the radius of the region, are arranged at equal distances toward the center of the circle without contacting each other as the arc contacts an outer periphery of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Dmitry Bulgarevich, Mitsuharu Shiwa
  • INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140292937
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head includes a substrate having a plurality of discharge energy generation elements and having an ink supply port, a protective film provided on the substrate and configured to protect wiring connected to the discharge energy generation elements, and an ink discharge port forming member, wherein the protective film has a protruding portion, wherein the ink discharge port forming member has a beam-like protrusion, wherein the beam-like protrusion has a reinforcing rib, and wherein a separation film containing gold is formed at a portion where the protruding portion and the reinforcing rib are held in close contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Mitsuru Chida, Kenji Fujii, Makoto Watanabe, Toshiaki Kurosu, Masataka Nagai, Takanobu Manabe
  • NON-CONTACT COMMUNICATION ANTENNA, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NON-CONTACT COMMUNICATION ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20140292610
    Abstract: There is provided a non-contact communication antenna including a first antenna pattern that is formed on one surface of a base material, and a second antenna pattern that is formed on a back surface of the one surface of the base material. The first antenna pattern includes a first coil section and a first electrode section. The second antenna pattern includes a second coil section and a second electrode section. Capacitance of the first electrode section and the second electrode section compensates a change in capacitance depending on a formation situation of the first coil section and the second coil section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsugi Iwahashi, Jinichi Morimura, Hiroyuki Takubo, Makoto Watanabe, Hiroshi Uchida
  • METHOD OF MAKING NOZZLE CHIP
    Publication number: 20140293259
    Abstract: A method of making a nozzle chip includes a step of reduction-projection-exposing a photosensitive resin material to exposure light through a mask by using a reduction-projection-exposure apparatus, the mask having a light-transmitting pattern formed thereon; and a step of forming an ejection orifice pattern corresponding to the light-transmitting pattern on the photosensitive resin material by performing a developing operation. The exposure light in the step of reduction-projection-exposing is passed through a correction mechanism before the exposure light reaches the photosensitive resin material, the correction mechanism being configured to suppress an inclination of a chief ray due to off-axis telecentricity that occurs in the reduction-projection-exposure apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Takanobu Manabe, Toshiaki Kurosu, Makoto Watanabe, Masataka Nagai, Hiroyuki Murayama
  • TAILGATE ROD
    Publication number: 20140265415
    Abstract: A tailgate for an associated automotive vehicle. The tailgate is coupled via a rod to a motor. The tailgate includes a frame having a point of attachment to the rod. The rod passes through an opening in the vehicle body. The rod has a longitudinal axis that travels in a substantially linear axial direction in the region passing through the opening when the tailgate moves from a closed to an open position and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jacob Ivan Wasser, Makoto Watanabe, Travis Lonas
  • Tuner module and receiving device
    Patent number: 8836452
    Abstract: A tuner module includes a tuner module substrate having a tuner function part formed thereon, a case body having a shielding function of holding and incorporating at least the tuner module substrate, a circuit board on which the tuner module substrate is mounted, and at least one antenna connector to be fixed to the case body and having a core wire connected to the tuner module substrate incorporated in the case body. A part of the circuit board is contained inside the case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Makoto Watanabe, Toshiyuki Sudo, Toshiyuki Nagano, Mitsuru Ikeda, Teruyuki Toyoda, Hideaki Ozawa, Tomonori Nakajima, Goujin Arakawa, Norio Uchida, Hiroyuki Takamatsu
  • GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME (AS AMENDED)
    Publication number: 20140251514
    Abstract: In a method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by hot rolling a steel slab comprising C: 0.001˜0.10 mass %, Si: 1.0˜5.0 mass %, Mn: 0.01˜1.0 mass %, one or two of S and Se: 0.01˜0.05 mass % in total, sol. Al: 0.003˜0.050 mass % and N: 0.001˜0.020 mass %, cold rolling, subjecting to primary recrystallization annealing, applying an annealing separator and finally subjecting to final annealing, the primary recrystallization annealing is conducted so as to control a heating rate S1 between 500 and 600° C. to not less than 100° C./s and a heating rate S2 between 600 and 700° C. to not less than 30° C./s but not more than 0.6×S1, and as a main ingredient of the annealing separator is used MgO having an expected value ?(A) of citric acid activity distribution of 3.5˜3.8, a cumulative frequency F of 25˜45% when an activity A is not less than 4.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Yukihiro Shingaki, Toshito Takamiya, Tomoyuki Okubo
  • ANNEALING SEPARATOR FOR GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET
    Publication number: 20140246124
    Abstract: An annealing separator for a grain oriented electrical steel sheet does not inhibit the flowability of an atmospheric gas during the final annealing of the coil-shaped product and can prevent the occurrence of surface roughness. The annealing separator contains 0.01-0.05 mass % of Cl, 0.05-0.15 mass % of B, 0.1-2 mass % of CaO and 0.03-1.0 mass % of P2O3, and is mainly composed of magnesia having: a degree of activity of citric acid of 30-120 seconds as measured at 40% CAA; a specific surface area of 8-50 m2/g as measured by a BET method; an amount of hydration of 0.5-5.2 mass % as measured in terms of ignition loss; and a content of particles each having a particle diameter of 45 ?m or more of 0.1 mass % or less, the annealing separator further containing a water-insoluble compound having a particle diameter of 45-150 ?m inclusive in an amount of 0.05-20 mass % inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Okubo, Makoto Watanabe, Takashi Terashima
  • CAPACITANCE DEVICE AND RESONANCE CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20140247097
    Abstract: To suppress changes in capacitance due to displacement between electrodes opposing each other across a dielectric layer, thereby allowing stable manufacturing of a capacitance device having a desired capacitance. The capacitance device according to the present invention is of a configuration including a dielectric layer (10), a first electrode (11) formed on a predetermined surface (10a) of the dielectric layer (10), and a second electrode (12) formed on a surface (10b) on the opposite side of the dielectric layer (10) from the predetermined surface (10a). The forms of the first and second electrodes (11, 12) are set so that even in the event that the first electrode (11) is relatively displaced regarding position in a predetermined direction as to the second electrode (12), the area of the opposing-electrode region between the first electrode (11) and to the second electrode (12) is unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi KANNO, Toshiaki YOKOTA, Kazutaka HABU, Makoto WATANABE, Noritaka SATO
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP
    Publication number: 20140212998
    Abstract: A process for producing a semiconductor chip having a substrate and a bump formed on the substrate including (1) forming, on a substrate, a conductor gold for plating to be a base of plating growth; (2) forming a mask for plating on the conductor gold for plating; (3) performing plating using the mask for plating to form the bump and a dummy pattern; (4) removing the mask for plating; (5) etching the conductor gold for plating; and (6) applying a shock to at least the dummy pattern. The amount of side etching of the conductor gold for plating is grasped from a state of separation of the dummy pattern due to the shock in the step (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Fujii, Mitsuru Chida, Makoto Watanabe, Toshiaki Kurosu, Masataka Nagai, Takanobu Manabe
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORIENTED MAGNETIC STEEL SHEET
    Publication number: 20140202599
    Abstract: In a method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by subjecting a coil for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet after cold rolling to a primary recrystallization annealing, applying an annealing separator thereon, and conducting final annealing, rapid heating is conducted at a rate of not less than 80° C./sec from 500° C. to 700° C. in the course of heating for the primary recrystallization annealing, and a temperature keeping treatment is conducted for 2 to 100 hours from 700° C. to 1000° C. in the course of heating for the final annealing, and further, the final annealing is preferably conducted by laying a thermal insulation material on an upper surface of a coil supporting stand in an annealing furnace used for the final annealing concentrically from the outer periphery of the coil supporting stand and over an area of not less than 20% of the radius of the coil supporting stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Yukihiro Shingaki, Toshito Takamiya, Tomoyuki Okubo