Patents by Inventor Masafumi Inoue

Masafumi Inoue 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: 10424496
    Abstract: An upper end of a tubular member surrounding a common pipe line is closed by a lid member. The lid member has an opening formed therein for supplying liquids to adjacent the rotation center on the back surface of a wafer. Deionized water supplied at normal temperature to the interior of the tubular member, after serving to cool the common pipe line, flows out of a lower end of the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Akiyoshi Nakano, Kurumi Yagi
  • Patent number: 10317890
    Abstract: The present invention improves the accuracy of detecting abnormality in a substrate processing apparatus. A failure detection apparatus 520 is provided with a data acquisition part 522 used to collect data detected by sensors 270-1 to 270-a, 370-1 to 370-b and 470-1 to 470-c disposed in a CMP apparatus. In addition, the failure detection apparatus 520 is provided with a determination part 524 used to read recipe data from a recipe storage part 512, to compare the recipe data thus read with the data collected by a data acquisition part 522, thereby determining that abnormality is present in the CMP apparatus if the two data items differ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori Sugiyama, Masafumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190169386
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film, which has a main shrinkage direction in a longer direction, exhibits a higher shrinkage ratio in the main shrinkage direction, has small difference in shrinkage ratio at a high temperature and a low temperature so as not likely to generate wrinkles or the like when being used as a label, and exhibits small over-time decrease in shrinkage ratio at a low temperature. The heat-shrinkable polyester film has, as a main component, ethyleneterephthalate, and an amount of a diethyleneglycol (DEG) component is 10-25 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of a polyhydric alcohol component in all of polyester resin that composes the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Patent number: 10312005
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gapped core that facilitates adjustment of DC bias characteristics, has little variation in those characteristics, and also allows for excellent manufacturing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuomi Takahashi, Masafumi Inoue, Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Hitoshi Yoshimori
  • Patent number: 10287433
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester-based film is provided, which is heat-shrinkable in the longitudinal direction and which is freed from various problems, particularly curling-up or peeling in a bonded area. The heat-shrinkable polyester-based film is characterized by an A1/A2 (absorbance) ratio in the longitudinal direction, which is the main shrinking direction of the film, of 0.55 to 1, with an A1/A2 ratio in the width direction perpendicular to the main shrinking direction of 0.5 to 0.9, wherein A1 is the absorbance of the film at 1340 cm?1 and A2 is the absorbance of the film at 1410 cm?1 as determined by polarized ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, and a hot-water shrinkage of 35 to 60% in the longitudinal direction of the film and ?3 to 12% in the width direction of the film, wherein the hot-water shrinkage is determined by dipping the film in hot water at 90° C. for 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masafumi Inoue
  • Patent number: 10266352
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet cassette including a first housing, a pressing plate, a raising plate, a first resilient member, and a second resilient member; a second housing; a sheet-cassette accommodating portion; a first electrode; a second electrode; a sheet conveyor; a driver; a first output device that outputs a first signal and a second signal; a second output device that outputs a rotation pulse signal; and a controller that receives the first signal, the second signal, and the rotation pulse signal. The controller counts pulses of the rotation pulse signal received from the second output device, determines the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal, and determines an amount of upward movement of the pressing plate based on the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 10189962
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester film comprising ethylene terephthalate as a main component, containing not less than 0 mol % and not more than 5 mol % of a monomer component capable of serving as an amorphous component relative to the total of a polyester resin component, and having a main shrinkage direction in a lengthwise direction, wherein the heat-shrinkable polyester film satisfies heat shrinkage characteristics of the width direction and the lengthwise direction and the molecular orientation angle difference which is a difference between a molecular orientation angle of an edge of one end in the width direction and a molecular orientation angle of an edge of the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Masayuki Haruta
  • Patent number: 10162323
    Abstract: In a component mounting system having an inspection device performing a mounting inspection after component mounting, a correction value for correcting a mounting program is calculated based on board inspection information including fed-back component position deviation information, a component is mounted on a board in accordance with the mounting program corrected based on the calculated correction value, and a “present value” based on most recent board inspection information and a “pre-correction evaluation value” are displayed together on an evaluation value display screen as evaluation values representing accuracy at a time of the mounting based on the board inspection information during this component mounting work, the “pre-correction evaluation value” being calculated based on a temporary position deviation amount pertaining to a case where it is assumed that no correction based on the calculated correction value has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Taniguchi, Masafumi Inoue, Satoshi Furuichi, Masahiro Kihara
  • Publication number: 20180282084
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet cassette including a first housing, a pressing plate, a raising plate, a first resilient member, and a second resilient member; a second housing; a sheet-cassette accommodating portion; a first electrode; a second electrode; a sheet conveyor; a driver; a first output device that outputs a first signal and a second signal; a second output device that outputs a rotation pulse signal; and a controller that receives the first signal, the second signal, and the rotation pulse signal. The controller counts pulses of the rotation pulse signal received from the second output device, determines the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal, and determines an amount of upward movement of the pressing plate based on the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20180229422
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has sufficient heat shrinkage properties in the main shrinkage direction that is the longitudinal direction without containing a monomer component that can form an amorphous component in a large amount, and which has a low heat shrinkage and a low shrinkage stress in the width direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction. The film has a heat shrinkage of 15-50% in a main shrinkage direction of the film and 0-12% in a direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction of the film, when treated for 10 seconds in hot water of 90° C., and a maximum shrinkage stress of 2-10 MPa in the main shrinkage direction of the film when measured under hot air of 90° C. The film contains 7-30 mol % of a constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of the whole polyester resin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Patent number: 10011324
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes an electric motor which generates a driving power for driving a wheel, a battery storing DC power to be supplied to the electric motor, a battery case accommodating the battery in a battery space in an interior of the battery case, an inverter which converts the DC power supplied from the battery and supplies electric power to the electric motor, and an electric wire connecting the inverter to the electric motor. The electric wire runs through an internal space of the battery case, and may penetrate an upper surface of the battery case, protrude upward, and connect to an inverter placed on an upper portion of the battery case. The electric wire may run through a cooling passage in the internal space. The electric wire may be interposed between the electric motor and the inverter. The electric wire may run vertically through the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Inoue
  • Patent number: 10011323
    Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises an electric motor which generates a driving power for driving a wheel; and a battery case accommodating a plurality of batteries storing DC power to be supplied to the electric motor, in a battery space in an interior of the battery case, wherein the battery case has a shape which covers the electric motor above and forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180182649
    Abstract: A substrate processing device includes a substrate holding table, an ultraviolet irradiator, a tubular member, a first gas supplying unit, and a second gas supplying unit. The ultraviolet irradiator is disposed facing to the substrate through an active space and configured to irradiate the substrate with ultraviolet light. The tubular member includes an inner surface surrounding a side surface of the substrate holding table, and at least one opening at a position facing to the side surface on the inner surface. The first gas supplying unit supplies gas to a space between the side surface of the substrate holding table and the inner surface of the tubular member through the at least one opening. The second gas supplying unit supplies gas to an active space between the substrate and the ultraviolet irradiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Akihiko TAKI, Hiroki TANIGUCHI, Takayoshi TANAKA, Yuta NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180162616
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has sufficient heat shrinkage properties in a main shrinkage direction that is in the longitudinal direction, has low heat shrinkage in the width direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction, does not have excessively high shrinkage stress in the main shrinkage direction, and has small attenuation of the shrinkage stress, whereby the followability to a container which is an object to be packaged is high, and slack is less likely to be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20180158602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for cutting a molded core by which a molded core including a magnetic body are collectively cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: SHT Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Yasuomi TAKAHASHI, Tsunetsugu IMANISHI, Hitoshi YOSHIMORI
  • Publication number: 20180144856
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coil apparatus formed by mounting a coil component to a casing. A core coil apparatus according to the present invention has a main body (30) and a segment (40) that are obtained by a molded core (20) including an annular magnetic body made of a magnetic material and an insulating resin covering part that covers the magnetic body being cut at a first cutting part and a second cutting part that transect an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface and approach each other toward an inner periphery of the molded core, the segment being disposed in a cutout part (31) formed on the main body, the resin covering part (22) having a main body-side flange part (25) and a segment-side flange part (27) that project toward the outer peripheral side and/or the lateral side, a coil (51) wound around the core and a casing (70) mounted with the core, the casing having a recess (72) into which the main body-side flange part and the segment-side flange part are inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: SHT Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Yasuomi TAKAHASHI, Tsunetsugu IMANISHI, Hitoshi YOSHIMORI
  • Patent number: 9963184
    Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises a vehicle body including a head pipe supporting a steering shaft, and a main frame extending rearward from the head pipe; an electric motor which generates driving power for driving a wheel; and a battery case accommodating a plurality of batteries storing DC power to be supplied to the electric motor, in a battery space in an interior of the battery case, wherein the battery case includes a casing body, and a reinforcement frame provided on the casing body to reinforce the main frame, and the reinforcement frame is fastened to the main frame by a fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180075955
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gapped core that facilitates adjustment of DC bias characteristics, has little variation in those characteristics, and also allows for excellent manufacturing efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: SHT Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Yasuomi TAKAHASHI, Masafumi INOUE, Tsunetsugu IMANISHI, Hitoshi YOSHIMORI
  • Patent number: 9868490
    Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises an electric motor which generates driving power for driving a wheel; a battery case accommodating a battery storing DC power to be supplied to the electric motor, in a battery space in an interior of the battery case; and an inverter which converts the DC power supplied from the battery into AC power and supplies the AC power to the electric motor, wherein the inverter is placed above the battery to overlap with the battery case when viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Inoue
  • Patent number: D826857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SHT Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Tsunetsugu Imanishi, Yasuomi Takahashi, Masafumi Inoue