Patents by Inventor Masahiro Fukuda
Masahiro Fukuda 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: 20240116129Abstract: In a state where a shoulder member is in contact with a contact surface, a pin member is brought into contact with the contact surface to specify a pin movement amount, which is a distance from an initial position of the pin member to the contact surface, and specify a shoulder displacement amount, which is a displacement amount when the shoulder member is retreated as a result of the contact of the pin member. When both a first condition that the pin movement amount is included in a first range and a second condition that the shoulder displacement amount is included in a second range are satisfied, the pin member is retreated from the contact surface by a predetermined return amount, and furthermore, origin point alignment of the pin member and the shoulder member is performed on the basis of positions of the pin member and the shoulder member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro MIYAKE, Takuya FUKUDA, Tadahiro EDAGAWA, Norichika KITA, Makoto TSUJINAKA
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Patent number: 11923218Abstract: A development processing apparatus includes: a substrate holder that holds a substrate horizontally wherein the substrate includes a resist film; a rotator that rotates the substrate holder; first and second developer supplies that supply a developer to the substrate; and a liquid receiver that receives the developer from the substrate. The first developer supply is formed to have a length smaller than a diameter of the substrate. The second developer supply is formed to have a length equal to or larger than the diameter of the substrate. The liquid receiver includes first and second annular walls that are formed in an annular shape having a circular opening having a diameter larger than the diameter of the substrate. The first and second annular walls are movable up and down independently of each other, and a vertical distance between the first annular wall and the second annular wall is variable.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kouichirou Tanaka, Masahiro Fukuda
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Patent number: 11774854Abstract: A method of processing a substrate includes: performing a first developing process of moving a nozzle having one end surface and a discharge port opened at the end surface while making the end surface come into contact with a developer on a front surface of a substrate in a state in which the nozzle is disposed so that the end surface faces the front surface and the developer is discharged from the discharge port at a first flow rate while rotating the substrate; and after the first developing process, performing a second developing process of discharging the developer from the discharge port at a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate in a state in which the end surface is in contact with the developer on the front surface at a position facing a center of the front surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yusaku Hashimoto, Kouichirou Tanaka, Masahiro Fukuda, Atsushi Ookouchi
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Publication number: 20230259795Abstract: A recording medium stores a monitoring program that cause a computer to execute processes including: determining a learning range, used in learning of messages, for each of monitoring target systems based on time-series information of each of past message groups and on keyword information that suggests a forwarding destination; generating a learning model, used to infer information on the forwarding destination, by using the determined learning range as a parameter and by using the time-series information, the information on the forwarding destination, and the keyword information included in each of the messages in the case where the message is the error message as training data; and selecting the learning model to be applied to the new system based on a degree of similarity between the keyword information used in the learning of each of the monitoring target systems and the keyword information of the error message of the new system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: YUTA SHIMODA, Shoichi Kogiso, Masahiro FUKUDA, Yuki Umezawa, Naoya Hirota, Toru Kitayama, Tomoaki Shiozawa, Ryota Kanaya
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Publication number: 20230146305Abstract: A high-strength steel foil for the positive and negative electrode current collectors of nickel-hydrogen secondary batteries which uses a light weight and economical steel foil and which is thin and strong and has excellent rust resistance and resistance to metal ion leaching. Also, a high-strength steel foil for the positive and negative electrode current collectors of nickel-hydrogen secondary batteries which has excellent elongation. The Ni-plated steel foil for hydrogen secondary battery current collectors comprises, by mass %, C: 0.0001 to 0.0200%, Si: 0.0001 to 0.0200%, Mn: 0.005 to 0.300%, P: 0.001 to 0.020%, S: 0.0001 to 0.0100%, Al: 0.0005 to 0.1000%, N: 0.0001 to 0.0040%, one or both of Ti and Nb: 0.800% or less respectively, and a balance of Fe and impurities. The Ni-plated steel foil has an Ni plating layer on both surfaces. The thickness of the Ni plating layer on both surfaces of the Ni-plated steel foil is greater than or equal to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroto UNNO, Masahiro FUKUDA, Naoki FUJIMOTO, Tatsuo NAGATA
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Publication number: 20230026275Abstract: A method of processing a substrate includes: performing a first developing process of moving a nozzle having one end surface and a discharge port opened at the end surface while making the end surface come into contact with a developer on a front surface of a substrate in a state in which the nozzle is disposed so that the end surface faces the front surface and the developer is discharged from the discharge port at a first flow rate while rotating the substrate; and after the first developing process, performing a second developing process of discharging the developer from the discharge port at a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate in a state in which the end surface is in contact with the developer on the front surface at a position facing a center of the front surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Yusaku HASHIMOTO, Kouichirou TANAKA, Masahiro FUKUDA, Atsushi OOKOUCHI
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Patent number: 11508589Abstract: When performing a liquid processing on a substrate W being rotated and removing a processing liquid by a cleaning liquid, a cleaning liquid nozzle 421 configured to discharge a cleaning liquid slantly with respect to a surface of the substrate W toward a downstream side of a rotational direction of the substrate W and a gas nozzle 411 configured to discharge a gas toward a position adjacent to a central portion side of the substrate W when viewed from a liquid arrival position R of the cleaning liquid are moved from the central portion side toward a peripheral portion side. A rotation number of the substrate is varied such that rotation number in a period during which the liquid arrival position R moves in the second region becomes smaller than a maximum rotation number in a period during which the liquid arrival position moves in the first region.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Akiko Kai, Kouichirou Tanaka, Hiroshi Ichinomiya, Masahiro Fukuda
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Patent number: 11480881Abstract: A method of processing a substrate includes: performing a first developing process of moving a nozzle having one end surface and a discharge port opened at the end surface while making the end surface come into contact with a developer on a front surface of a substrate in a state in which the nozzle is disposed so that the end surface faces the front surface and the developer is discharged from the discharge port at a first flow rate while rotating the substrate; and after the first developing process, performing a second developing process of discharging the developer from the discharge port at a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate in a state in which the end surface is in contact with the developer on the front surface at a position facing a center of the front surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yusaku Hashimoto, Kouichirou Tanaka, Masahiro Fukuda, Atsushi Ookouchi
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Publication number: 20220293621Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of conductor layers that are stacked in a first direction and a plurality of bit lines that are spaced from each other in a second direction. Pillars extend in the first direction through the conductor layers and are electrically connected to the bit lines. An insulator is provided that divides the region in which the plurality of pillars are disposed into adjacent regions. An interval between the pillars in an end row adjacent to the insulator is greater than an interval between the pillars in an inner row that is not directly adjacent to the insulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Yusuke OCHI, Ryota KATSUMATA, Masahiro FUKUDA
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Patent number: 11390125Abstract: A wheel registration apparatus applied to a vehicle comprises: a transmitter that is provided on each of the four traveling wheels provided with tires and has a first controller configured to create and transmit a frame including unique identification information; and a receiver that is provided on a vehicle body, receives the frames transmitted by the transmitters provided on the four traveling wheels via a reception antenna in a registration mode, and has a second controller configured to register four pieces of the identification information included in the respective frames as pieces of identification information of the transmitters provided on current four traveling wheels.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Murayama, Masashi Urabe, Masahiro Fukuda
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Publication number: 20220035248Abstract: A method of processing a substrate includes: performing a first developing process of moving a nozzle having one end surface and a discharge port opened at the end surface while making the end surface come into contact with a developer on a front surface of a substrate in a state in which the nozzle is disposed so that the end surface faces the front surface and the developer is discharged from the discharge port at a first flow rate while rotating the substrate; and after the first developing process, performing a second developing process of discharging the developer from the discharge port at a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate in a state in which the end surface is in contact with the developer on the front surface at a position facing a center of the front surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Yusaku HASHIMOTO, Kouichirou TANAKA, Masahiro FUKUDA, Atsushi OOKOUCHI
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Publication number: 20210272826Abstract: A development processing apparatus includes: a substrate holder that holds a substrate horizontally wherein the substrate includes a resist film; a rotator that rotates the substrate holder; first and second developer supplies that supply a developer to the substrate; and a liquid receiver that receives the developer from the substrate. The first developer supply is formed to have a length smaller than a diameter of the substrate. The second developer supply is formed to have a length equal to or larger than the diameter of the substrate. The liquid receiver includes first and second annular walls that are formed in an annular shape having a circular opening having a diameter larger than the diameter of the substrate. The first and second annular walls are movable up and down independently of each other, and a vertical distance between the first annular wall and the second annular wall is variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Kouichirou TANAKA, Masahiro FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20210273232Abstract: The present invention has as its technical issue to secure not only mechanical strength but also conductivity by increasing the contact area with the positive electrode active substance or positive electrode mixture while also securing corrosion resistance to alkali or an electrolytic solution when applying stainless steel foil to a current collector for a positive electrode of a secondary battery so as to deal with the increasingly higher capacities and smaller sizes and lighter weights of lithium ion secondary batteries and has as its object the provision of a current collector for a positive electrode of a secondary battery using such stainless steel foil.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuo NAGATA, Hiroto UNNO, Masahiro FUKUDA, Naoki FUJIMOTO
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Patent number: 11079679Abstract: A method includes forming a liquid puddle of a mixed solution of the diluting liquid and the processing liquid; rotating the substrate at a first rotation speed which allows the mixed solution located at a region facing an inner side than an edge of the liquid contact surface to stay between the liquid contact surface and the surface of the substrate and allows the mixed solution located at a region facing an outer side than the edge of the liquid contact surface to be diffused toward an edge of the substrate; rotating the substrate at a second rotation speed smaller than the first rotation speed after the substrate is rotated at the first rotation speed; and moving the nozzle toward the edge of the substrate while discharging the processing liquid from the discharge hole in a state that the substrate is rotated at the second rotation speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Yusaku Hashimoto, Takeshi Shimoaoki, Masahiro Fukuda, Kouichirou Tanaka
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Patent number: 11046386Abstract: A control device is provided for controlling for a brake system of a human-powered vehicle that includes a rotary body and a brake device that brakes the rotary body. The control device of the brake system includes an acquisition portion acquiring information related to at least one of the rotary body and the brake device to appropriately brake the rotary body with the brake device.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Toshihiko Takahashi, Masahiro Nakakura, Masahiro Fukuda
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Patent number: 11031900Abstract: A motor drive apparatus includes: inverter modules equivalent in number to phases of a motor; and a control unit that generates a PWM signal for driving the inverter modules by using PWM. Each of the inverter modules includes: a plurality of pairs of switching elements, each pair of switching elements including two switching elements connected in series; a drive circuit; and a protection circuit. The plurality of pairs of switching elements is connected in parallel, and power GNDs that are reference terminals of the plurality of pairs of switching elements, a control GND that is a reference terminal of the drive circuit, and a terminal for overcurrent fault input in the protection circuit are independently exposed to the outside. The power GNDs and the control GND are connected to a single point on a printed circuit board by a wiring pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Norikazu Ito, Shigeo Umehara, Katsuhiko Saito, Katsuyuki Amano, Masahiro Fukuda
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Publication number: 20210023892Abstract: A wheel registration apparatus applied to a vehicle comprises: a transmitter that is provided on each of the four traveling wheels provided with tires and has a first controller configured to create and transmit a frame including unique identification information; and a receiver that is provided on a vehicle body, receives the frames transmitted by the transmitters provided on the four traveling wheels via a reception antenna in a registration mode, and has a second controller configured to register four pieces of the identification information included in the respective frames as pieces of identification information of the transmitters provided on current four traveling wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Koji MURAYAMA, Masashi URABE, Masahiro FUKUDA
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Patent number: 10844457Abstract: The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel foil high in stretch-expand formability and further small in anisotropy of deformation with respect to stretch-expand forming even with ultrathin steel foil with a thickness of 60 ?m or less. The ferritic stainless steel foil has a thickness of 5 ?m to 60 ?m, wherein a recrystallization rate of the stainless steel foil is 90% to 100%, and in an orientation distribution function obtained by analysis of a crystalline texture of the stainless steel foil, when a Euler angle ?2 is 45°±10°, at a plane expressed by a Euler angle ? of 53.4°±10°, a maximum peak strength ratio in peak strength ratios shown by orientations corresponding to a Euler angle ?1 is 25 or less, where the Euler angle ?1 is 0 to 90°. The ferritic stainless steel foil may be laminated with a resin film and is useful for producing a battery case.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroto Unno, Naoya Sawaki, Naoki Fujimoto, Masahiro Fukuda, Tomohiro Uno, Toru Inaguma
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Patent number: 10786974Abstract: The present invention provide a ferritic stainless steel foil having a high thickness precision even with a thickness 60 ?m or less ultrathin stainless steel foil and simultaneously having a plastic deformation ability and good elongation at break, that is, having a good press-formability (deep drawing ability). The present invention is a stainless steel foil having a thickness of 5 ?m to 60 ?m, wherein a recrystallization ratio of said stainless steel foil is 90% to 100%, a surface layer of said stainless steel foil has a nitrogen concentration of 1.0 mass % or less, three or more crystal grains are contained in the thickness direction of said stainless steel foil, an average crystal grain diameter “d” of said crystal grains is 1 ?m to 10 ?m, and, when said thickness is “t” (?m), an area ratio of crystal grains having a crystal grain diameter of t/3 (?m) or more is 20% or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroto Unno, Naoya Sawaki, Naoki Fujimoto, Masahiro Fukuda, Tomohiro Uno, Toru Inaguma
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Patent number: 10749414Abstract: A motor driving device that converts alternating-current power to direct-current power and drives a motor, the motor driving device including a printed circuit board having a first plate surface and a second plate surface, having an inverter module and an inverter module provided on the first plate surface, having a first power pattern provided on the second plate surface and connected to the inverter module, having a second power pattern provided on the second plate surface and connected to the inverter module, and having a jumper portion to connect the first power pattern and the second power pattern. A cross-sectional area of the jumper portion is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first power pattern or the second power pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Norikazu Ito, Takuya Shimomugi, Masahiro Fukuda