Patents by Inventor Masaki Inoue

Masaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20250176089
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to the present embodiment includes: a target holding unit including a holding region configured to hold a target material that generates light by excitation light being provided; a rotary shaft configured to support the target holding unit; and an axial rotation drive unit that is connected to the rotary shaft and configured to rotate, the target holding unit around a central axis of the rotary shaft, wherein the target holding unit is rotated by a predetermined target rotational angular velocity, and the target holding unit has a mass such that a critical angular velocity during rotation is equal to or lower than 85% of the target rotational angular velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: Lasertec Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Inoue, Masayasu Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 12283865
    Abstract: Notch bottom parts 152a, 152b are arranged side-by-side with terminal accommodation boxes 100a, 100b in a circumferential direction of an insulator 134, and a routing direction of a pair of coil ends 44a inside the terminal accommodation boxes 100a, 100b is directed to a direction intersecting with an insertion direction of flat-type male terminals T1, T2. Accordingly, at the time of inserting the flat-type male terminals T1, T2 into the terminal accommodation boxes 100a, 100b, an unreasonable force is suppressed from being applied to the pair of coil ends 44a, and, as a result, a defect such as disconnection of the pair of coil ends 44a can be prevented from occurring. In addition, it is possible to orderly route the pair of coil ends 44a on the insulator 43 via the notch bottom parts 152a, 152b, and, as a result, a short circuit with another coil 44 can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Inoue, Tetsuya Watanabe, Tomonori Saito
  • Publication number: 20240361590
    Abstract: To provide an optical apparatus and a method of preventing contamination of the optical apparatus that can more effectively prevent contamination. An optical apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light source configured to generate irradiation light including EUV light, an optical system chamber in which a target object to be irradiated with the irradiation light is disposed, a drop-in mirror provided in the optical system chamber in order to guide the irradiation light, an introducing unit configured to introduce argon into the optical system chamber, a power supply configured to apply a negative voltage to the drop-in mirror in the optical system chamber, an ammeter configured to measure an ion current flowing to the drop-in mirror, and a control unit configured to control an introduction amount of the argon according to a measurement result of the ammeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Lasertec Corporation
    Inventors: Ko GONDAIRA, Masaki INOUE, Haruhiko KUSUNOSE
  • Publication number: 20240356095
    Abstract: A battery pack is configured to be replaceable in a mobile object. The battery pack includes a battery section and a display section. The battery section is repeatedly charged and discharged. The display section displays history information of the battery section to show the history from the past to the present regarding the state of the battery section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: KAZUOKI MATSUGATANI, MASAKI INOUE, YOHEI SUZUKI, NAOYA IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240055665
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a first electrode including a first active material layer formed on a first surface, a second electrode including a second active material layer formed on a first surface, a separator, and a spacer. The first active material layer has a longitudinal side of a first length. The second area has a second length between the spacer and the first active material layer. A ratio of the second length to the first length is 0.02 or less. At least one of corners of the first active material layer has a shape chamfered in an arc shape. A radius of curvature at a portion of the corner having a maximum curvature is 5 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki OKAMOTO, Yoshikatsu KAWABATA, Masaki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11814547
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing liquid composition that is able to improve the polishing rate of a silicon oxide film in one aspect. An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a polishing liquid composition for a silicon oxide film. The polishing liquid composition contains cerium oxide particles (component A), an additive (component B), and an aqueous medium. The component B is a compound having a reduction potential of 0.45 V or more when a 10 ppm aqueous solution of the component B is measured by cyclic voltammetry (with an Ag/AgCl electrode as a reference).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiko Doi, Norihito Yamaguchi, Masato Sugahara, Takanao Seike, Masaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230302431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adsorbent including: an inorganic porous body; and an amine compound, in the inorganic porous body has an oil absorption value of 230 ml/100 g or more, and a peak diameter of a pore size, which is obtained based on a nitrogen adsorption method, of 20 nm or more and 100 nm or less. The present invention relates to an adsorbent including: an inorganic porous body; and an amine compound, in which the inorganic porous body has a pore volume of 1.2 cm3/g or more and 3.5 cm3/g or less, and a peak diameter of a pore size, which is obtained based on a nitrogen adsorption method, of 20 nm or more and 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: AGC Inc., AGC SI-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke MUROTANI, Ryohei KOGUCHI, Taku YAMADA, Katsumasa NAKAHARA, Hajime KATAYAMA, Masaki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230279266
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a polishing liquid composition for a silicon oxide film that can achieve both of an improved polishing rate for a silicon oxide film and a reduced line width dependence of the polishing rate at raised areas in a pattern layer of raised and trench areas. One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a polishing liquid composition for a silicon oxide film that contains: cerium oxide particles (component A); a compound represented by Formula (I) or Formula (II) below (component B); a nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic compound in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted with a hydroxyl group (component C); and an aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki INOUE, Norihito YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220407383
    Abstract: Notch bottom parts 152a, 152b are arranged side-by-side with terminal accommodation boxes 100a, 100b in a circumferential direction of an insulator 134, and a routing direction of a pair of coil ends 44a inside the terminal accommodation boxes 100a, 100b is directed to a direction intersecting with an insertion direction of flat-type male terminals T1, T2. Accordingly, at the time of inserting the flat-type male terminals T1, T2 into the terminal accommodation boxes 100a, 100b, an unreasonable force is suppressed from being applied to the pair of coil ends 44a, and, as a result, a defect such as disconnection of the pair of coil ends 44a can be prevented from occurring. In addition, it is possible to orderly route the pair of coil ends 44a on the insulator 43 via the notch bottom parts 152a, 152b, and, as a result, a short circuit with another coil 44 can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: MASAKI INOUE, TETSUYA WATANABE, TOMONORI SAITO
  • Patent number: 11448543
    Abstract: A physical quantity measurement device measures a physical quantity of a fluid. A detection unit has a physical quantity detector that detects a physical quantity of the fluid in a measurement flow channel. A housing accommodates at least a part of the detection unit and forms the measurement flow channel. The housing includes a housing attachment that is attached to a predetermined attaching target, and a position holder holding a position of the detection unit by contacting the detection unit. The housing includes an inward part positioned inward of the attaching target and an outward part positioned outward of the attaching target. The position holder is provided inward of the housing attachment in an alignment direction along which the inward part and the outward part are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junzo Yamaguchi, Noboru Kitahara, Hiroshi Tagawa, Masaki Inoue, Hiroyuki Akuzawa
  • Patent number: 11315795
    Abstract: A substrate processing method performed in a substrate processing apparatus includes providing a substrate which has a first film composed of silicon only and a second film including silicon; and etching the first film by plasma formed from a mixed gas including a halogen-containing gas and a silicon-containing gas but not including an oxygen-containing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki Inoue, Cedric Thomas
  • Publication number: 20220002588
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing liquid composition that is able to improve the polishing rate of a silicon oxide film in one aspect. An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a polishing liquid composition for a silicon oxide film. The polishing liquid composition contains cerium oxide particles (component A), an additive (component B), and an aqueous medium. The component B is a compound having a reduction potential of (145 V or more when a 10 ppm aqueous solution of the component B is measured by cyclic voltammetry (with an Ag/AgCl electrode as a reference).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiko DOI, Norihito YAMAGUCHI, Masato SUGAHARA, Takanao SEIKE, Masaki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11217430
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber, a gas supply unit, a power supply unit and a frequency control unit. The processing chamber accommodates a target object. The gas supply unit supplies a processing gas into the processing chamber. The power supply unit supplies a power of a predetermined frequency band into the processing chamber to generate plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber. The frequency control unit sweeps a frequency of the power supplied into the processing chamber by the power supply unit from a first frequency to a second frequency at the time of generating the plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki Inoue, Koji Koyama, Yasutaka Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210313184
    Abstract: A substrate processing method performed in a substrate processing apparatus includes providing a substrate which has a first film composed of silicon only and a second film including silicon; and etching the first film by plasma formed from a mixed gas including a halogen-containing gas and a silicon-containing gas but not including an oxygen-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Masaki Inoue, Cedric Thomas
  • Publication number: 20200319003
    Abstract: A physical quantity measurement device includes a measurement channel through which the fluid flows to be measured, a physical quantity detector that detects a physical quantity of a fluid in the measurement channel, a housing forming the measurement channel, and a measurement outlet provided in the housing as a downstream end of the measurement channel. An outer peripheral surface of the housing includes an outer peripheral flat surface that extends in an arrangement direction along which an upstream end and a downstream end of the housing are arranged, and an outer peripheral inclined surface inclined with respect to the outer peripheral flat surface and provided between the upstream end and the outer peripheral flat surface in the arrangement direction. The measurement outlet is positioned upstream of the downstream end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Junzo YAMAGUCHI, Noboru KITAHARA, Hiroshi TAGAWA, Masaki INOUE, Kengo ITO, Teruaki KAIFU
  • Patent number: 10711975
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting element capable of maintaining high fluorescent intensity over a long period, and a fluorescent light source device. The light emitting element according to the present invention includes: a substrate; a reflection layer formed of a material containing Ag or Al, formed on the upper layer of the substrate; a diffusion prevention layer formed of a layer at least part of which being crystallized, the diffusion prevention layer being formed in contact with a surface of the reflection layer on a side opposite to the substrate; an enhanced reflection layer formed in contact with a surface of the diffusion prevention layer on a side opposite to the substrate; and a fluorescent body layer formed on the upper layer of the enhanced reflection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Kitamura, Masaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 10704777
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a fluorescent light source device capable of stably obtaining high luminous efficiency and a production process of the same. The fluorescent light source device of the present invention includes a fluorescent plate which has a fluorescent light-emitting layer formed of a polycrystalline material and in which a periodic structure body is formed on an excitation light incident side of the fluorescent light-emitting layer. The fluorescent plate has a thermal diffusion layer which is directly bonded to a front surface of the fluorescent light-emitting layer on the excitation light incident side and has a thermal conductivity larger than that of the fluorescent light-emitting layer, and a high thermal conductive layer provided on a back surface of the fluorescent light-emitting layer opposite to the excitation light incident side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Inoue, Kiyoyuki Kabuki
  • Publication number: 20200158547
    Abstract: A physical quantity measurement device measures a physical quantity of a fluid. A detection unit has a physical quantity detector that detects a physical quantity of the fluid in a measurement flow channel. A housing accommodates at least a part of the detection unit and forms the measurement flow channel. The housing includes a housing attachment that is attached to a predetermined attaching target, and a position holder holding a position of the detection unit by contacting the detection unit. The housing includes an inward part positioned inward of the attaching target and an outward part positioned outward of the attaching target. The position holder is provided inward of the housing attachment in an alignment direction along which the inward part and the outward part are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Junzo YAMAGUCHI, Noboru KITAHARA, Hiroshi TAGAWA, Masaki INOUE, Hiroyuki AKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200158550
    Abstract: An air flow meter includes an inward part that is positioned inward of an intake pipe and an outward part that is positioned not inward but outward of the intake pipe. The air flow meter further includes a first detector provided in the inward part, and a second detector provided at a position closer to the outward part than the first detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Junzo YAMAGUCHI, Noboru KITAHARA, Hiroshi TAGAWA, Masaki INOUE, Hajime MASHITA, Takashi ENOMOTO
  • Patent number: D1011154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KYOTO TOOL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Onishi, Masaki Inoue, Shiro Yoritomi