Patents by Inventor Masanobu Kihara

Masanobu Kihara 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: 11955337
    Abstract: A substrate processing method includes: providing a substrate including a mask; forming a film on the mask; forming a reaction layer on a surface layer of the film; and removing the reaction layer by applying energy to the reaction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Hisamatsu, Takayuki Katsunuma, Shinya Ishikawa, Yoshihide Kihara, Masanobu Honda
  • Patent number: 5541683
    Abstract: An instant film pack for use with an instant camera has a case, with a back wall and a front wall in which an exposure aperture is formed. 10 rectangular film units are stacked and contained in the case. The film units after exposure are exited through an outlet slot. Two access openings are formed in the back wall of the case, and receive entry of pads of the camera. A light-shielding sheet is contained between the back wall and the film units, closes the access openings openably, and prevents ambient light from entry through the access openings. The light-shielding sheet, pressed by the pads, presses the film units toward the exposure aperture. Two pressing curved ridges are projected from the back wall in an arcuate shape, and contact at least two lateral edges which are formed beside the light-shielding sheet, and directed toward the outlet slot. The pressing curved ridges prevent the film units from being depressed to a rear of the exposure aperture inside the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Kihara, Takeshi Tamura, Katsuyoshi Asakura, Hiroshi Ohmura, Hidefumi Obo, Ryuzi Uemura
  • Patent number: 4772905
    Abstract: In an instant film pack of the type comprising a parallelepipedal housing having a top wall in which an exposure aperture is formed and a front end wall with a film unit exit slot through which an instant film unit is withdrawn, a supporting member is provided to prevent the film unit from being improperly withdrawn. The supporting member comprises a flexible resilient member attached to the bottom of the film pack at the front end and extending in the direction of withdrawal of the film unit. The flexible resilient supporting member is so disposed as to leave a distance of 0 to 6 mm between its front end and the slot defined between an edge controller and a front edge of a guide member of a pack holder in which the film pack is loaded for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yoshimura, Tadayoshi Shibata, Hideaki Kataoka, Masanobu Kihara