Patents by Inventor Masaaki Kato
Masaaki Kato 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: 20110120754Abstract: A multilayer wiring board includes: a rigid portion including a first base member having flexibility and surfaces, the first base member having a first insulating layer and a first conductor layer, and a second base member bonded on at least one of the surfaces of the first base member and having rigidity higher than that of the first base member, the second base member having a second insulating layer and a second conductor layer; and a flexible portion provided so as to be continuously extended from the rigid portion, the flexible portion constituted from the first base member, wherein in the case where a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second insulating layer is measured by a thermal mechanical analysis based on JIS C 6481 at a predetermined temperature, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the second insulating layer in a plane direction thereof is 13 ppm/° C. or lower and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the second insulating layer in a thickness direction thereof is 20 ppm/° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2007Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Masayoshi Kondo, Masaaki Kato, Toshiaki Chuma, Toshio Komiyatani, Takahisa Iida, Kenichi Kanemasa
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Publication number: 20110073489Abstract: According to embodiments, a cleaning liquid includes an oxidizing substance and hydrofluoric acid and exhibiting acidity. A cleaning method is disclosed. The method includes producing an oxidizing solution including an oxidizing substance by one selected from electrolyzing a sulfuric acid solution, electrolyzing hydrofluoric acid added to a sulfuric acid solution, and mixing a sulfuric acid solution with aqueous hydrogen peroxide. The method includes supplying the oxidizing solution and hydrofluoric acid to a surface of an object to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION, CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP. LTD.Inventors: Naoya Hayamizu, Makiko Tange, Yoshiaki Kurokawa, Nobuo Kobayashi, Masaaki Kato, Yusuke Ogawa, Hiroki Domon
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Publication number: 20110073490Abstract: According to one embodiment, a cleaning method is disclosed. The method can produce an oxidizing solution including an oxidizing substance by electrolyzing a dilute sulfuric acid solution. In addition, the method can supply a highly concentrated inorganic acid solution individually, sequentially, or substantially simultaneously with the oxidizing solution to a surface of an object to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP. LTD., SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Hayamizu, Makiko Tange, Masaaki Kato, Hiroki Domon, Yusuke Ogawa, Yoshiaki Kurokawa, Nobuo Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7891579Abstract: A fuel injector injects high-pressure gaseous fuel directly into a cylinder of an engine. A small amount of liquid fuel is used in the injector to lubricate sliding portions of the fuel injector in addition to utilizing it as a medium for transmitting driving force. The fuel injector includes a nozzle member having injection holes at its elongated end and a needle slidably disposed in an elongated center hole of the nozzle member. The needle is driven by pressure of the liquid fuel introduced into a control chamber to open or close the injection holes. The pressure in the control chamber is controlled by a switching valve which is in turn driven by an actuator such as an electromagnetic or piezoelectric actuator. The liquid fuel is injected together with the high-pressure gaseous fuel after lubricating the sliding portions between the nozzle member and the needle.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2008Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Makoto Mashida, Masatoshi Kuroyanagi, Masaaki Kato, Kenji Funai
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Publication number: 20100320082Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive diamond electrode, comprising a substrate having a plurality of convex and concave part disposed over the entire surface of the conductive diamond electrode, and a diamond film coated on the surface of said substrate, wherein the width of each convex part of said convex and concave part is in a range from 0.2 mm to 1 mm. The present invention can provide a conductive diamond electrode, applying a thin film of conductive diamond and a thick substrate, being less expensive than a self-supported type conductive diamond electrode and also having mechanical strength enough to be used in the zero-gap electrolysis, functioning stably for a long time with smooth water supply or gas liberation, and an ozone generator using the conductive diamond electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Kato, Rie Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 7700055Abstract: A hydrogen combustion system comprising: an external cylinder 1 constituting the exterior of a double tube construction; an internal cylinder 2 formed by a porous metal plate constituting the interior of said double tube construction; hydrogen combustion catalyst 4 supported with precious metals on spherical ceramic support surface, formed in pellet state, being packed in said internal cylinder 2; an insert pipe 3 formed by porous metal plate inserted in the center of said internal cylinder 2; pre-heating heaters 5 installed between said insert pipe 3 and said internal cylinder 2 to preheat said hydrogen combustion catalyst 4 to ambient atmosphere of over catalytic reaction temperatures; a hydrogen introducing port 8 connecting to said insert pipe 3; an air introducing port 9 provided at the bottom of said external cylinder 1 in the area between said external cylinder 1 and said internal cylinder 2, wherein air for hydrogen combustion is introduced by the drift effect resulting from the differential pressureType: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd.Inventors: Akiyoshi Manabe, Masaaki Kato, Kazumasa Mochizuki, Masakazu Mimura
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Publication number: 20100084259Abstract: The present invention offers an operation method of an ozonizer and an ozonizer apparatus to improve ozone gas purity and to achieve long and safety electrolysis operation in such manner that, during normal operation of the ozonizer, ozone gas is generated at the anode in the anode compartment and hydrogen gas is generated at the cathode in the cathode compartment; and only when the ozonizer is stopped and operation is switched to protective current operation during which minute electric current is supplied to protect said anode, oxygen-containing gas is supplied to said cathode compartment after electrolyte and hydrogen gas in said cathode compartment are all drained out, so that said cathode is made function as a gas electrode for oxygen reduction reaction, using said cathode as a reversible electrode with two functions as a gas generation electrode and a gas electrode, thereby during normal operation, ozone is generated efficiently, and during the protective current operation, when safety is a key issue, hType: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Masaaki Kato, Rie Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 7678200Abstract: An ultra-pure ozone water comprising an increased amount of an organic carbon capable of suppressing the reduction of the half-life period of ozone; and a method for producing the ultra-pure ozone water which comprises adding an organic solvent containing the above organic carbon to an ultra-pure ozone water containing a trace amount of the organic carbon. The above ultra-pure ozone water exhibits an increased half-life period of ozone, and thus, when used in cleaning a semiconductor substrate, allows the cleaning with an ozone water having an enhanced content of ozone, which results in exhibiting an enhanced cleaning capability and cleaning efficiency for an organic impurities, metallic impurities and the like adhered to the substrate, due to enhanced oxidizing action of ozone.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignees: Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation, Chlorine Engineers Corp. Ltd., Echo Giken Co. Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Takemura, Yasuo Fukuda, Kazuaki Souda, Masaaki Kato, Eiji Suhara
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Publication number: 20090325390Abstract: The cleaning method by electrolytic sulfuric acid and the manufacturing method of semiconductor device comprising: the process in which the first sulfuric acid solution is supplied from outside to the sulfuric acid electrolytic cell to form the first electrolytic sulfuric acid containing oxidizing agent in the sulfuric acid electrolytic cell; the process in which the second sulfuric acid solution, which is higher in concentration than said the first sulfuric acid solution previously supplied, is supplied from outside to said sulfuric acid electrolytic cell; said the second sulfuric acid solution and the first electrolytic sulfuric acid are mixed in said sulfuric acid electrolytic cell; and electrolysis is performed to form the cleaning solution comprising the second electrolytic sulfuric acid containing sulfuric acid and oxidation agent in said sulfuric acid electrolytic cell and the process in which cleaning treatment is performed for the cleaning object with said cleaning solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicants: Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Ltd., Shibaura Mechatronics Corp., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Domon, Yusuke Ogawa, Masaaki Kato, Takamichi Kishi, Naoya Hayamizu, Makiko Tange, Yoshiaki Kurokawa, Nobuo Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090321252Abstract: In a sulfuric acid electrolytic cell to electrolyze sulfuric acid supplied to an anode compartment and a cathode compartment comprising a diaphragm, said anode compartment and said cathode compartment separated by said diaphragm, a cathode provided in said cathode compartment and a conductive diamond anode provided in said anode compartment, as said conductive diamond anode, a conductive diamond film is formed on the surface of said conductive substrate, the rear face of said conductive substrate is pasted, with conductive paste, on an current collector comprising a rigid body with size equal to, or larger than, said conductive substrate, an anode compartment frame constituting said anode compartment is contacted via gasket with the periphery on the side of the conductive diamond film of said diamond anode, said diaphragm is contacted with the front face of said anode compartment, further, with the front face of said diaphragm, the cathode compartment frame constituting said cathode compartment, a gasket, andType: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicants: Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Ltd., Shibaura Mechatronics Corp., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Kato, Yoshiyuki Seya, Naoya Hayamizu, Makiko Tange, Yoshiaki Kurokawa, Nobuo Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090321272Abstract: Sulfuric acid electrolysis process wherein; a temperature of electrolyte containing sulfuric acid to be supplied to an anode compartment and a cathode compartment is controlled to 30 degree Celsius or more; a flow rate F1 (L/min.) of the electrolyte containing sulfuric acid to be supplied to said anode compartment is controlled to 1.5 times or more (F1/Fa?1.5) a flow rate Fa (L/min.) of gas formed on an anode side as calculated from Equation (1) shown below and a flow rate F2(L/min.) of said electrolyte containing sulfuric acid to be supplied to said cathode compartment is controlled to 1.5 times or more (F2/Fc?1.5) a flow rate Fe (L/min.) of gas formed on a cathode side as calculated from Equation (2) shown below. Fa=(I×S×R×T)/(4×Faraday constant) ??Equation (I) Fe=(I×S×R×T)/(2×Faraday constant) ??Equation (2) I: Electrolytic current (A) S: Time: 60 second (Fixed) R: Gas constant (0.082 1·atm/K/mol) K: Absolute temperature (273.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicants: Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Ltd., Shibaura Mechatronics Corp., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Kato, Yusuke Ogawa, Hiroki Domon, Naoya Hayamizu, Makiko Tange, Yoshiaki Kurokawa, Nobuo Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7576288Abstract: A multilayer flexible wiring board including (1) plural single-sided wiring boards each having a wiring pattern on one side of the corresponding substrate and two-layer conductor posts projecting from the wiring pattern to the side of the substrate opposite from the wiring pattern, wherein the substrates other than that of the outermost layer have the pads to be connected to the two-layer conductor posts on the side opposite from the conductor posts, and the wiring pattern has no surface coating; (2) a flexible wiring board having on at least one side thereof the pads for connection to the conductor posts and including a wiring pattern with surface coating applied on the flexible portion but no surface coating applied on the multilayer portion, and (3) an adhesive layer having a flux function, wherein the conductor posts and pads are connected by a metal or an alloy, and the wiring patterns are electrically connected.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Company LimitedInventors: Masayoshi Kondo, Masaaki Kato, Toshiaki Chuma, Satoru Nakao, Kentaro Fujiura
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Publication number: 20090153086Abstract: The present invention provides a motor drive apparatus which improves a trade-off relation between a stable position detection and noise at its driving. A sensorless drive operation circuit calculates by operation a zero cross point (point p) of a voltage of a position detection phase at the next interval, using time information measured based on an output signal from a comparison circuit at the previous interval and the present interval. After the point p has been calculated, points a and b are detected by interrupting a predetermined time drive current.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Satoshi NARUMI, Masaaki Kato, Masaharu Hoashi, Toshiya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090150050Abstract: A fuel injector is configured to inject gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber of an engine by using liquid fuel as a pressure transmission medium to open and close a nozzle hole. A nozzle portion has a fuel chamber and a tip end, which defines the nozzle hole. A first passage is configured to communicate the fuel chamber with a gaseous fuel passage to introduce gaseous fuel. A second passage is configured to communicate the fuel chamber with a liquid fuel passage to introduce liquid fuel. A passage switching valve is configured to switch the first passage and the second passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Mashida, Masaaki Kato, Kenji Funal
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Publication number: 20090078582Abstract: An apparatus for electrolyzing sulfuric acid, the apparatus comprising an electrolytic cell comprising a cathode chamber having a cathode and an anode chamber having an anode, the cathode chamber and the anode chamber being separated by a diaphragm, a sulfuric acid tank configured to store the sulfuric acid, a supply pipe connecting the sulfuric acid tank to an inlet port of the anode chamber, a connection pipe connecting an outlet port of the cathode chamber to the inlet port of the anode chamber, a first supply pump provided on the supply pipe and configured to supply the sulfuric acid from the sulfuric acid tank to the cathode chamber through the supply pipe, and a drain pipe connected to an outlet port of the anode chamber and configured to supply to a solution tank a solution containing an oxidizing agent generated by electrolysis in the anode chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicants: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Chlorine Engineers Corp., LtdInventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Yukihiro Shibata, Naoya Hayamizu, Masaaki Kato
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Patent number: 7487683Abstract: An endurance testing apparatus, which is for performing an endurance test of a contacting/separating portion in which a first member and a second member repeats contacting with and separating from each other, has a contact load generator and a testing medium fluid supply means. The contact load generator reciprocates the second member relative to the first member to generate a contact load acting between the first member and the second member repeatedly. The testing medium fluid supply means supplies a testing medium fluid to the contacting/separating portion to expose the first member and the second member to the testing medium fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Tsusho CorporationInventors: Masaaki Kato, Maiko Futamura, Hiroshi Miyagawa
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Publication number: 20090020631Abstract: A fuel injector injects high-pressure gaseous fuel directly into a cylinder of an engine. A small amount of liquid fuel is used in the injector to lubricate sliding portions of the fuel injector in addition to utilizing it as a medium for transmitting driving force. The fuel injector includes a nozzle member having injection holes at its elongated end and a needle slidably disposed in an elongated center hole of the nozzle member. The needle is driven by pressure of the liquid fuel introduced into a control chamber to open or close the injection holes. The pressure in the control chamber is controlled by a switching valve which is in turn driven by an actuator such as an electromagnetic or piezoelectric actuator. The liquid fuel is injected together with the high-pressure gaseous fuel after lubricating the sliding portions between the nozzle member and the needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Mashida, Masatoshi Kuroyanagi, Masaaki Kato, Kenji Funai
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Publication number: 20080264780Abstract: In a water electrolysis system having an anode catalyst layer containing anode catalyst and a cathode catalyst layer containing cathode catalyst tightly attached, respectively, to each surface of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane comprising a cation exchange membrane, wherein at least one catalyst layer of said anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer comprises a porous structure of anode catalyst or cathode catalyst dispersed in fluorine resin containing resin, featuring the surface of the anode catalyst layer or the cathode catalyst layer being hydrophobized and the water contact angle with the surface of the anode catalyst layer or the cathode catalyst layer of said porous structure being 90 degrees or more, whereby the transfer of gas to the counter electrode can be significantly suppressed, gas purity and current efficiency be improved, and safety operation of the electrolysis system be secured, without a major change in configuration of the water electrolysis system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Kato, Yusuke Ogawa
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Patent number: 7438238Abstract: The injector includes a nozzle, a needle, a control chamber, a working fluid supply passage, an electric switching valve, a high-pressure gaseous fuel supply passage and a lubrication liquid fuel supply passage. The nozzle has an injection hole, through which high-pressure gaseous fuel is injected. The needle is axially reciprocably received in the nozzle to open and close the injection hole. The needle includes a sliding portion and a valve portion. The control chamber applies a pressure to the needle. The working fluid supply passage supplies liquid fuel to the control chamber. The electric switching valve controls an inflow/outflow of the liquid fuel to/from the control chamber. The high-pressure gaseous fuel supply passage supplies the high-pressure gaseous fuel to the injection hole. The lubrication liquid fuel supply passage supplies the liquid fuel from the working fluid supply passage to the sliding portion and the valve portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2005Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Kenji Date, Masaaki Kato
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Publication number: 20080196743Abstract: A cleaning method includes: producing an oxidizing solution by electrolysis of sulfuric acid; and cleaning a workpiece with the oxidizing solution. The oxidizing solution is heated by heat of mixing to clean the workpiece. A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes: producing a workpiece; producing an oxidizing solution by electrolysis of sulfuric acid; and cleaning the workpiece with the oxidizing solution. The oxidizing solution is heated by heat of mixing to clean the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicants: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION, CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP. LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yukihiro SHIBATA, Naoya HAYAMIZU, Masaaki KATO, Nobuo KOBAYASHI