Patents by Inventor Manabu Sato

Manabu Sato 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).

  • Patent number: 7206380
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes a rotation-anode type X-ray tube which is configured such that a rotatable anode target and a cathode that is disposed to be opposed to the anode target are accommodated within a vacuum envelope, a stator which generates an induction electromagnetic field for rotating the anode target, a housing which accommodates and holds at least the rotation-anode type X-ray tube, a circulation path which is provided near at least a part of the rotation-anode type X-ray tube, and through which a water-based coolant is circulated, and a cooling unit including a circulation pump, which is provided at a position along the circulation path and forcibly feeds the water-based coolant, and a radiator which radiates heat of the water-based coolant, wherein an amount of dissolved oxygen at 25° C. in the water-based coolant is 5 mg/liter or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidero Anno, Koichi Kitade, Takayuki Kitami, Hironori Nakamuta, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 7203280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray apparatus comprising an electron radiation source which generates an electron to an anode, a shaft which rotatably supports the anode, a stator which generates a force to rotate a rotor shaft, an enclosure which maintains at least the anode, electron radiation source and rotor shaft in vacuum, and a housing which contains a cooling medium around the enclosure. The X-ray apparatus is characterized in that an electric wire material to supply power to the electron radiation source and stator, or a connector used for connection with the electric wire material is molded by a material having an electrical insulating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidero Anno, Koichi Kitade, Takayuki Kitami, Hironori Nakamuta, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070076392
    Abstract: A wiring board comprising: a board core (11) having a core main surface (12) and a core reverse surface (13); a capacitor (101, 101A, 101B, 101C, 101D, 101E, 101F, 101G, 101H, 101J, 1101, 1101?, 1101?, 1101??, 1101??, 1101???) having a capacitor main surface (102) and a capacitor reverse surface (103) and having a structure in which first inner electrode layers (141) and second inner electrode layers (142) are alternately laminated and arranged via a dielectric layer (105), the capacitor (101, 101A, 101B, 101C, 101D, 101E, 101F, 101G, 101H, 101J, 1101, 1101?, 1101?, 1101??, 1101??, 1101???) being accommodated in the board core (11) in a state in which the core main surface (12) and the capacitor main surface (102) are oriented on a same side; and a wiring laminated portion (31) having a structure in which interlayer insulating layers (33, 35) and conductor layers (42) are alternately laminated on the core main surface (12) and the capacitor main surface (102), wherein an inductor (251, 252, 253) or a resistor
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Urashima, Shinji Yuri, Manabu Sato, Kohki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7197118
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized by supporting a stator to generate a magnetic field and an anode target by a dynamic pressure plain bearing using a liquid metal, and cooling at least the inside of the dynamic pressure plain bearing and an enclosure containing an anode target by circulating one kind of cooling medium, in a rotary X-ray tube apparatus which obtains X-rays by impinging an electron on an anode by rotating an anode target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices
    Inventors: Hidero Anno, Koichi Kitade, Takayuki Kitami, Hironori Nakamuta, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070064375
    Abstract: A circuit board (10, 10?, 10??) comprising: a board core (11) having a main core surface (12) and a rear core surface (13); a ceramic capacitor (101, 101?, 101?, 101??, 101??, 101???, 101???) having a main capacitor surface (102) and a rear capacitor surface (103), having a structure in which a first inner electrode layer (141) and a second inner electrode layer (142) are alternately stacked with a ceramic dielectric layer (105) interposed therebetween, and having a plurality of capacitor function units (107, 108) being electrically independent from each other, the ceramic capacitor (101, 101?, 101?, 101??, 101??, 101???, 101???) being buried in the board core (11) in a state where the main core surface (12) and the main capacitor surface (102) are directed in a same direction; and a buildup layer (31) having a structure in which an interlayer insulating layer (33, 35) and a conductor layer (42) are alternately stacked on the main core surface (12) and the main capacitor surface (102) and having a semiconduct
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Urashima, Shinji Yuri, Manabu Sato, Yasuhiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20070045815
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a substrate core, ceramic capacitors and a built-up layer. The substrate core has a housing opening portion therein which opens at a core main surface. The ceramic capacitors are accommodated in the housing opening portion and oriented such that the core main surface and a capacitor main surface of each capacitor face the same way. The built-up layer includes semiconductor integrated circuit element mounting areas at various locations on a surface thereof. In the substrate core, each ceramic capacitor is respectively disposed in an area corresponding to each semiconductor integrated circuit element mounting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Urashima, Shinji Yuri, Manabu Sato, Jun Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20070030628
    Abstract: A capacitor comprising: a capacitor body including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers, a plurality of inner electrode layers which are respectively disposed between mutually adjacent ones of the dielectric layers, a first main surface located in a laminated direction of the dielectric layers, and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface; a first outer electrode formed on the first main surface of the capacitor body and electrically connected to the inner electrode layers; a second outer electrode formed on the second main surface of the capacitor body and electrically connected to the inner electrode layers; a first dummy electrode formed on the first main surface of the capacitor body; and a second dummy electrode formed on the second main surface of the capacitor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Toshitake Seki, Shinji Yuri, Masaki Muramatsu, Motohiko Sato, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 7165448
    Abstract: After a driven sprocket into which a ball bearing is press-fitted is pushed into a cylindrical portion of a pump cover, a sensor jig is set so as to have its legs extending from a base plate in contact with an end face of the cylindrical portion, and a front end of a sensor plate movable in parallel with the leg 13 in contact with an end face of the ball bearing. When the driven sprocket is not in a normal position in relation to the oil pump, the sensor plate intersects a light path between a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device placed as opposed to each other on the base plate, and on the other hand, when the driven sprocket is in a normal position, a light-passing hole formed in the sensor plate comes on the light path between the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device. Thereby it can be automatically determined based upon absence or presence of an optical signal from the light-receiving device whether or not an attachment state is appropriate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Yuji Takahashi, Kenichi Makita, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 7141399
    Abstract: Provided is a preparation process of diglycerides which comprises reacting a fatty acid or lower alkyl ester thereof with glycerin in the presence of an immobilized partial glyceride lipase while removing water, which is generated upon reaction, out of the system. The reaction is preferably terminated when the acid value (AV) of the reaction mixture satisfies the following range: 50R-60>AV>70R-150 (with the proviso that AV>0). The present process makes it possible to efficiently prepare a high purity of diglycerides without impairing lipase activity even under reduced pressure. The present process is effective without being influenced by variations in reaction conditions such as fatty acid/glycerin ratio, reaction temperature or enzyme concentration. Particularly, even when the fatty acid/glycerin ratio is high, a high purity of diglycerides can be produced at a high reaction yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Sato, Masami Shimizu, Jun Kohori, Minoru Kase, Takaaki Watanabe, Kazuhiro Onozuka
  • Publication number: 20060245142
    Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor (10) divided into a first laminate (11), a second laminate (12), a third laminate (13), and a fourth laminate (14). The first laminate (11) includes a ceramic layer (15) serving as a dielectric layer. The ceramic layer (15) is thicker than a ceramic layer (17) sandwiched between internal electrodes (16a) in the second laminate (12) or the fourth laminate (14), and thinner than 20 times the thickness of the ceramic layer (17). The third laminate (13) includes dielectric layers, which serve as the ceramic layers (17), and has a thickness of 5% of the total thickness of the second laminate (12) and the fourth laminate (14). Accordingly, the third laminate (13) achieves the function of absorbing an electrode-induced thickness differential. Also, by means of regulating the thickness of the first laminate (11), portions of via electrodes (18) that extend without being electrically connected to the internal electrodes (16b) can be shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayashi, Akifumi Tosa, Motohiko Sato, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060205216
    Abstract: An etching method, for selectively etching a silicon nitride film to a silicon oxide film by using a processing gas in a processing chamber including an electrode therein, includes the steps of mounting a target object having the silicon oxide film and the silicon nitride film onto the electrode and etching the silicon nitride film by introducing a gaseous mixture containing CF4 gas, H2 gas and N2 gas as a processing gas into the processing chamber and applying a high frequency power of 0.20 W/cm2 or less to the electrode while maintaining a pressure in the processing chamber to be equal to or smaller than 4 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 7105070
    Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic substrate which employs a cofiring process using restraint sheets in which a second ceramic green sheet 7 is laminated on a green ceramic substrate 30 so as to cover surface conductors 32 of the green ceramic substrate 30, the second ceramic green sheet 7 subsequently being integrated with the green ceramic substrate 30. Restraint sheets 9, which are not sintered at a sintering temperature at which the green ceramic substrate 30 is sintered, are laminated on corresponding opposite sides of the green ceramic substrate 30 so as to restrain the green ceramic substrate 30 together with the second ceramic green sheet 7. The second ceramic green sheet 7 and the green ceramic substrate 30 are fired at a temperature at which the second ceramic green sheet 7 and the green ceramic substrate 30 are integrally sintered, whereas the restraint sheets 9 are not sintered, to thereby yield a ceramic substrate 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akifumi Tosa, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato, Hisahito Kashima
  • Publication number: 20060193439
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized by supporting a stator to generate a magnetic field and an anode target by a dynamic pressure plain bearing using a liquid metal, and cooling at least the inside of the dynamic pressure plain bearing and an enclosure containing an anode target by circulating one kind of cooling medium, in a rotary X-ray tube apparatus which obtains X-rays by impinging an electron on an anode by rotating an anode target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidero Anno, Koichi Kitade, Takayuki Kitami, Hironori Nakamuta, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060188069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray apparatus comprising an electron radiation source which generates an electron to an anode, a shaft which rotatably supports the anode, a stator which generates a force to rotate a rotor shaft, an enclosure which maintains at least the anode, electron radiation source and rotor shaft in vacuum, and a housing which contains a cooling medium around the enclosure. The X-ray apparatus is characterized in that an electric wire material to supply power to the electron radiation source and stator, or a connector used for connection with the electric wire material is molded by a material having an electrical insulating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidero Anno, Koichi Kitade, Takayuki Kitami, Hironori Nakamuta, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060188068
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes a rotation-anode type X-ray tube which is configured such that a rotatable anode target and a cathode that is disposed to be opposed to the anode target are accommodated within a vacuum envelope, a stator which generates an induction electromagnetic field for rotating the anode target, a housing which accommodates and holds at least the rotation-anode type X-ray tube, a circulation path which is provided near at least a part of the rotation-anode type X-ray tube, and through which a water-based coolant is circulated, and a cooling unit including a circulation pump, which is provided at a position along the circulation path and forcibly feeds the water-based coolant, and a radiator which radiates heat of the water-based coolant, wherein an amount of dissolved oxygen at 25° C. in the water-based coolant is 5 mg/liter or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidero Anno, Koichi Kitade, Takayuki Kitami, Hironori Nakamuta, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060182222
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes a rotation-anode type X-ray tube which is configured such that a rotatable anode target and a cathode that is disposed to be opposed to the anode target are accommodated within a vacuum envelope, a stator which generates an induction electromagnetic field for rotating the anode target, a housing which accommodates and holds at least the rotation-anode type X-ray tube, a circulation path which is provided near at least a part of the rotation-anode type X-ray tube, and through which a water-based coolant is circulated, and a cooling unit including a circulation pump, which is provided at a position along the circulation path and forcibly feeds the water-based coolant, and a radiator which radiates heat of the water-based coolant, wherein at least a part of a surface of a metallic component is coated with a coating member to prevent contacting with the water-based coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidero Anno, Koichi Kitade, Takayuki Kitami, Hironori Nakamuta, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 7072169
    Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor 10 divided into a first laminate 11, a second laminate 12, a third laminate 13, and a fourth laminate 14. The first laminate 11 includes a ceramic layer 15 serving as a dielectric layer. The ceramic layer 15 is thicker than a ceramic layer 17 sandwiched between internal electrodes 16a in the second laminate 12 or the fourth laminate 14, and thinner than 20 times the thickness of the ceramic layer 17. The third laminate 13 includes dielectric layers, which serve as the ceramic layers 17, and has a thickness of 5% of the total thickness of the second laminate 12 and the fourth laminate 14. Accordingly, the third laminate 13 achieves the function of absorbing an electrode-induced thickness differential. Also, by means of regulating the thickness of the first laminate 11, portions of via electrodes 18 that extend without being electrically connected to the internal electrodes 16b can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayashi, Akifumi Tosa, Motohiko Sato, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060121584
    Abstract: A method for producing an immobilized enzyme which includes the steps of immobilizing an enzyme used for hydrolyzing fats and oils on a immobilization carrier by adsorption, bringing the immobilized enzyme into contact with an organic solvent in which fat-soluble fatty acids or the derivatives thereof have been dissolved, and adjusting the moisture content of the immobilized enzyme from 1 to 20% by weight based on the weight of the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Sato, Kazuhiro Onozuka, Takaaki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Konishi
  • Publication number: 20060083930
    Abstract: A dielectric material comprising: a glass powder constituted of a glass comprising Si, B and an alkali metal element, the glass being amorphous in sintering at a temperature of 1,050° C. or lower; and a ceramic filler comprising at least one member of SiO2, Al2O3 and 3Al2O3.2SiO2, and an alkali metal element, wherein when a total sum of Si converted into SiO2, B converted into B2O3 and the alkali metal element converted into A2O, wherein A represents an alkali metal element, all of which are contained in the glass, is 100 mole %, the content of the alkali metal element converted into A2O, which is contained in the glass, is 0.5 mole % or less; and when a total sum of at least one member of SiO2, Al2O3 and 3Al2O3.2SiO2, and the alkali metal element converted into A2O, all of which are contained in the ceramic filler, is 100 mole %, a content of the alkali metal element converted into A2O, which is contained in the ceramic filler, is 0.5 mole % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sumi, Masashi Suzumura, Tsutomu Sakai, Hidetoshi Mizutani, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060066247
    Abstract: A plasma etching apparatus includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode, between which plasma of a process gas is generated to perform plasma etching on a wafer W. The apparatus further comprises a variable DC power supply to apply a DC voltage to the upper electrode, so as to cause the absolute value of a self-bias voltage on the surface thereof to be large enough to obtain a suitable sputtering effect on the surface, and to increase the plasma sheath length on the upper electrode side to generate predetermined pressed plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Koshiishi, Masaru Sugimoto, Kunihiko Hinata, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Chishio Koshimizu, Ryuji Ohtani, Kazuo Kibi, Masashi Saito, Naoki Matsumoto, Yoshinobu Ooya, Manabu Iwata, Daisuke Yano, Yohei Yamazawa, Hidetoshi Hanaoka, Toshihiro Hayami, Hiroki Yamazaki, Manabu Sato