Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ishimori

Masahiro Ishimori 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: 10786988
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer element includes a first electrode on a substrate, an electromechanical transducer film on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the electromechanical transducer film. The electromechanical transducer film includes a thin line pattern. The thin line pattern includes a plurality of thin lines that are spaced away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takeuchi, Osamu Machida, Akira Shimofuku, Shuya Abe, Masahiro Ishimori, Takuma Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 10513118
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing an electromechanical transducer that includes a plurality of electromechanical transducer elements on a substrate. The method includes forming a plurality of individual electrodes corresponding to the plurality of electromechanical transducer elements on the substrate, forming an insulation film to cover the plurality of individual electrodes on the substrate, forming a conductive film on the insulation film, forming a plurality of openings to expose the plurality of individual electrodes in each of the insulation film and the conductive film, and forming a plurality of electromechanical transducer films on the plurality of individual electrodes exposed in the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuya Abe, Osamu Machida, Masahiro Ishimori, Takuma Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 10150293
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer element includes a first electrode; an electromechanical transducer film stacked on one surface of the first electrode; a second electrode stacked on the electromechanical transducer film; and wiring formed on the second electrode. In an at least one cross section, each of a boundary, on a second electrode side, of the electromechanical transducer film and a boundary, on a side opposite to the electromechanical transducer film, of the second electrode is a curved shape protruding away from the first electrode. In the at least one cross section, each of a film thickness of the electromechanical transducer film and a film thickness of the second electrode becomes thinner toward end portions from a maximum height portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Machida, Masahiro Ishimori, Atsushi Takeuchi, Shuya Abe
  • Publication number: 20180117915
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer element includes a first electrode on a substrate, an electromechanical transducer film on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the electromechanical transducer film. The electromechanical transducer film includes a thin line pattern. The thin line pattern includes a plurality of thin lines that are spaced away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Atsushi TAKEUCHI, Osamu MACHIDA, Akira SHIMOFUKU, Shuya ABE, Masahiro ISHIMORI, Takuma HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170306471
    Abstract: There is provided a method of producing an electromechanical transducer that includes a plurality of electromechanical transducer elements on a substrate. The method includes forming a plurality of individual electrodes corresponding to the plurality of electromechanical transducer elements on the substrate, forming an insulation film to cover the plurality of individual electrodes on the substrate, forming a conductive film on the insulation film, forming a plurality of openings to expose the plurality of individual electrodes in each of the insulation film and the conductive film, and forming a plurality of electromechanical transducer films on the plurality of individual electrodes exposed in the plurality of openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuya ABE, Osamu MACHIDA, Masahiro ISHIMORI, Takuma HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170210132
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer element includes a first electrode; an electromechanical transducer film stacked on one surface of the first electrode; a second electrode stacked on the electromechanical transducer film; and wiring formed on the second electrode. In an at least one cross section, each of a boundary, on a second electrode side, of the electromechanical transducer film and a boundary, on a side opposite to the electromechanical transducer film, of the second electrode is a curved shape protruding away from the first electrode. In the at least one cross section, each of a film thickness of the electromechanical transducer film and a film thickness of the second electrode becomes thinner toward end portions from a maximum height portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu MACHIDA, Masahiro ISHIMORI, Atsushi TAKEUCHI, Shuya ABE
  • Patent number: 9586401
    Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film element includes a substrate, a vibration plate provided on the substrate, a lower electrode provided on the vibration plate, the lower electrode including at least a platinum metal film or an iridium metal film, a piezoelectric film provided on the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film including a polycrystalline body, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric film, the lower electrode being provided on an upper portion of a titanium oxide film formed on the vibration plate, the lower electrode including a platinum metal film or an iridium metal film formed on the titanium oxide film and conductive oxide formed on the platinum metal film or the iridium metal film, and the platinum metal film or the iridium metal film being a precise film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Shinkai, Masahiro Ishimori, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 9385298
    Abstract: An electromechanical conversion element includes a lower electrode formed directly or indirectly on a substrate or a base film; an electromechanical conversion film formed on the lower electrode and including a piezoelectric body having a perovskite crystal structure preferentially oriented with a {n00} plane where n is a positive integer; and an upper electrode formed on the electromechanical conversion film. A diffraction peak at a position 2? at which a diffraction intensity has a maximum value and which corresponds to a (X00) plane or a (00X) plane, X being 1 or 2, obtained by ?-2? measurement in X-ray diffraction measurement, shows a trapezoidal peak shape and has two or more bending points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, Takahiko Kuroda, Masahiro Ishimori
  • Publication number: 20160099402
    Abstract: An electromechanical conversion element includes a lower electrode formed directly or indirectly on a substrate or a base film; an electromechanical conversion film formed on the lower electrode and including a piezoelectric body having a perovskite crystal structure preferentially oriented with a {n00} plane where n is a positive integer; and an upper electrode formed on the electromechanical conversion film. A diffraction peak at a position 2? at which a diffraction intensity has a maximum value and which corresponds to a (X00) plane or a (00X) plane, X being 1 or 2, obtained by ?-2? measurement in X-ray diffraction measurement, shows a trapezoidal peak shape and has two or more bending points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, Takahiko KURODA, Masahiro ISHIMORI
  • Patent number: 9196821
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer includes a first electrode mounted on one of a substrate and a base film, an electromechanical transducer film mounted on the first electrode and made of a piezoelectric substance having a perovskite crystal structure, and a second electrode mounted on the electromechanical transducer film. The electromechanical transducer film includes a {100} plane preferentially oriented to be orthogonal to a thickness direction of the electromechanical transducer film and has a full width at half maximum corresponding to a {200} plane in an X-ray diffraction measurement curve in 2?-? scan that is measured by emitting an X-ray beam onto a surface of the electromechanical transducer film at an incident angle ?. The full width at half maximum is not greater than 10 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutoh Aoyama, Masaru Shinkai, Masahiro Ishimori, Keiji Ueda, Kanshi Abe, Manabu Nishimura, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20150070444
    Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator includes a vibrating plate, a lower electrode provided on the vibrating plate, including a platinum film and a titanium oxide film formed on the platinum film, a piezoelectric thin film provided on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric thin film, in which the titanium oxide film is provided between the platinum film and the piezoelectric thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishimori, Manabu Nishimura, Masaru Shinkai, Keiji UEDA, Tsutoh Aoyama, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 8960867
    Abstract: An electromechanical conversion element for converting an electric signal into mechanical displacement or converting mechanical displacement into an electric signal, includes a bottom electrode in which an alumina film, a metal film, and a conductive oxide film are sequentially laminated; an electromechanical conversion film disposed on the conductive oxide film of the bottom electrode; and a top electrode disposed on the electromechanical conversion film, wherein the metal film is solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishimori, Masaru Shinkai, Satoshi Mizukami, Takahiko Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20150022592
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer includes a first electrode mounted on one of a substrate and a base film, an electromechanical transducer film mounted on the first electrode and made of a piezoelectric substance having a perovskite crystal structure, and a second electrode mounted on the electromechanical transducer film. The electromechanical transducer film includes a {100} plane preferentially oriented to be orthogonal to a thickness direction of the electromechanical transducer film and has a full width at half maximum corresponding to a {200} plane in an X-ray diffraction measurement curve in 2?-? scan that is measured by emitting an X-ray beam onto a surface of the electromechanical transducer film at an incident angle ?. The full width at half maximum is not greater than 10 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutoh Aoyama, Masaru Shinkai, Masahiro Ishimori, Keiji Ueda, Kanshi Abe, Manabu Nishimura, Toshiaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 8926069
    Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film element includes a vibration plate, a lower electrode provided on the vibration plate and made of a conductive oxide, a piezoelectric thin film provided on the lower electrode and made of a polycrystalline substance, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric thin film, wherein the lower electrode includes a titanium oxide film formed on the vibration plate, a platinum film formed on the titanium oxide film, and a conductive oxide film formed on the platinum film and, the platinum film and the conductive oxide film being a solid film with no holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishimori, Masaru Shinkai, Satoshi Mizukami
  • Patent number: 8896132
    Abstract: An electronic device 1 has a first semiconductor substrate 2 on which a bonding projection section 42 is projected via an insulation film 41, a second semiconductor substrate 3 that is bonded by welding the bonding projection section 42 of the first semiconductor substrate 2 via conductive bonding material, a through hole 54 that is formed to penetrate the bonding projection section 42 and the insulation film 41 in a bonding direction, and a conduction wiring section 44 that is formed by the conductive bonding material filled in the through hole 54 at a time of bonding by welding and conducts the first semiconductor substrate 2 with the second semiconductor substrate 3 to have same electric potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Micro Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Noda, Mitsuru Koarai, Toshio Yokouchi, Masahiro Ishimori
  • Publication number: 20140267509
    Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film element includes a substrate, a vibration plate provided on the substrate, a lower electrode provided on the vibration plate, the lower electrode including at least a platinum metal film or an iridium metal film, a piezoelectric film provided on the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film including a polycrystalline body, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric film, the lower electrode being provided on an upper portion of a titanium oxide film formed on the vibration plate, the lower electrode including a platinum metal film or an iridium metal film formed on the titanium oxide film and conductive oxide formed on the platinum metal film or the iridium metal film, and the platinum metal film or the iridium metal film being a precise film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: MASARU SHINKAI, MASAHIRO ISHIMORI, TOSHIAKI MASUDA
  • Patent number: 8733906
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromechanical conversion element, including an electromechanical conversion film including a PZT, an upper electrode formed on a top of the electromechanical conversion film and including a first strontium ruthenium oxide, and a lower electrode formed on a bottom of the electromechanical conversion film and including a second strontium ruthenium oxide, wherein Sr-pzt/Sr-sr?0.01, wherein Sr-pzt is a SIMS intensity for a secondary ion of strontium of the PZT at a position of ½ of a thickness of the electromechanical conversion film and Sr-sr is a SIMS intensity for a secondary ion of strontium of the second strontium ruthenium oxide at a position of ½ of a thickness of the lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizukami, Masaru Shinkai, Masahiro Ishimori, Yoshikazu Akiyama
  • Patent number: 8592285
    Abstract: A method of bonding a semiconductor substrate has a step of pressurizing and heating to bond a substrate 11 with a substrate 12 by eutectic bonding in a state that an aluminum containing layer 31 and a germanium layer 32 between a bonding section 30a of the substrate 11 and a bonding section 30b of the substrate 21 are overlaid and an outer end 32a of the germanium layer 32 is receded inward with respect to an outer end 31a of the aluminum containing layer 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Micro Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Noda, Toshio Yokouchi, Masahiro Ishimori
  • Publication number: 20130250009
    Abstract: An electromechanical conversion element for converting an electric signal into mechanical displacement or converting mechanical displacement into an electric signal, includes a bottom electrode in which an alumina film, a metal film, and a conductive oxide film are sequentially laminated; an electromechanical conversion film disposed on the conductive oxide film of the bottom electrode; and a top electrode disposed on the electromechanical conversion film, wherein the metal film is solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishimori, Masaru SHINKAI, Satoshi MIZUKAMI, Takahiko KURODA
  • Publication number: 20130250007
    Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film element includes a vibration plate, a lower electrode provided on the vibration plate and made of a conductive oxide, a piezoelectric thin film provided on the lower electrode and made of a polycrystalline substance, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric thin film, wherein the lower electrode includes a titanium oxide film formed on the vibration plate, a platinum film formed on the titanium oxide film, and a conductive oxide film formed on the platinum film and, the platinum film and the conductive oxide film being a solid film with no holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishimori, Masaru Shinkai, Satoshi Mizukami