Patents by Inventor Masashi Okamoto

Masashi Okamoto 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: 20240149504
    Abstract: A resin-sealing method compression molds a resin on a workpiece having a plurality of components mounted on a carrier and manufactures a plurality of packages in each of which at least one of the components is sealed with the resin, the resin-sealing method including: setting a sheet resin in a resin molding die; and compression molding the sheet resin set in the resin molding die, wherein a penetrating hole is formed in a central portion of the sheet resin so that the amount of the resin is less in the central portion than in a peripheral portion of the sheet resin in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: MASAHIKO FUJISAWA, MASASHI OKAMOTO, KAZUO ARAI
  • Publication number: 20240069528
    Abstract: Provided is a display device and a computer program with which it is possible to easily confirm the surface roughness of a workpiece during a turning process. The display device comprises: a surface roughness calculation unit for calculating data pertaining to the surface roughness of a workpiece during a turning process in which the feeding speed for relative cutting between the workpiece and equipment changes, on the basis of the feeding speed in the feeding direction for the relative cutting between the workpiece and the equipment and the shape of the equipment; and a display control unit for performing control, on the basis of the calculated data pertaining to the surface roughness and a display configuration that was configured in advance, such that the data pertaining to the surface roughness of the workpiece is displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi OKAMOTO, Masashi YASUDA
  • Patent number: 11905662
    Abstract: An object is to provide a paper barrier material resistant to fractures due to water vapor expansion when heated. As a solution, a paper barrier material is provided, which is characterized in that it comprises a gas barrier layer, a seal layer, a paper base material, and a pigment coating layer, being stacked in this order, wherein the laminate consisting only of the paper base material and pigment coating layer has an air permeation resistance of 2,500 seconds or lower as measured based on JAPAN TAPPI No. 5-2: 2000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., JUJO THERMAL OY
    Inventors: Masaaki Fukunaga, Hiroshi Koyamoto, Yuri Oishi, Masatsugu Kato, Akio Miyajima, Masashi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11834791
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a paper barrier base material includes a step of applying a water vapor barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least a water vapor barrier resin and a pigment onto a paper base material by a curtain coating method to form a water vapor barrier layer, and a step of applying a gas barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least one polymer selected from water-soluble polymers and water-dispersible polymers onto the water vapor barrier layer by a curtain coating method without a drying step interposed between the two steps to form a gas barrier layer. The gas barrier layer coating liquid has a B-type viscosity equal to or higher than a B-type viscosity of the water vapor barrier layer coating liquid. The method is intended to suppress the occurrence of coating unevenness in wet-on-wet coating by a curtain coating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., JUJO THERMAL OY
    Inventors: Kenta Watanabe, Yuri Oishi, Satoshi Tsuda, Masashi Okamoto, Hiroshi Koyamoto
  • Patent number: 11787174
    Abstract: When a print data creation program is executed by a computer, the computer performs the following processing. The computer acquires image data representing a print image from a storage. The computer divides the print image represented by the acquired image data into a plurality of divided images of a desired resolution. The computer creates print data to be printed by a print device, from at least one of the plurality of divided images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kayanaka, Shota Morikawa, Takeshi Watanabe, Masashi Ueda, Masashi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20230313149
    Abstract: A cell culture method and a cell culture device used with the cell culture method allow mass-producing a three-layer blood-brain barrier (BBB) in vitro model including a vascular endothelial cell, a pericyte, and an astrocyte. A cell culture method enhances mass production of the three-layer BBB models. A cell culture method includes injecting a suspended cell culture medium into an outer surface of a porous membrane in a cell culture insert, seeding the cell culture medium with an astrocyte to culture the astrocyte, seeding the cell culture insert being inverted with a pericyte to culture the pericyte, seeding the cell culture insert with a temperature-sensitive vascular endothelial cell embedded in a temperature-sensitive gel to culture the vascular endothelial cell, and melting the temperature-sensitive gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yukio TAKESHITA, Susumu FUJIKAWA, Kinya MATSUO, Miwako FUJISAWA, Masaya TAMADA, Masashi OKAMOTO, Takaya SHIOTA, Tomohiro HATA, Haruto FUKUSAKO
  • Publication number: 20220343798
    Abstract: Provided is an organ model fixing tool that easily enables stable fixing, attachment/detachment, and positional adjustment of an organ model in a state where a thoracic cavity simulator is tilted. This fixing tool is for fixing the posture of an organ model with respect to a thoracic cavity simulator that is provided with a human body skeleton model. The fixing tool is provided with: a base that can be housed inside the rib part of the thoracic cavity simulator; a backbone engaging mechanism that is provided to the backside of the base, and that is to be engaged with a projected part of the backbone part of the thoracic cavity simulator so as to be attached in a slidable manner in the longitudinal direction of the backbone part; a longitudinal partition that is provided to the surface of the base so as to partition the base left and right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Junichi TAKEUCHI, Takafumi MIYAMOTO, Takeshi ANRAKU, Masashi OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220213652
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a paper barrier base material includes a step of applying a water vapor barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least a water vapor barrier resin and a pigment onto a paper base material by a curtain coating method to form a water vapor barrier layer. The water vapor barrier layer coating liquid has a spinnability of 0.07 seconds or more and 0.4 seconds or less at a solid content concentration of 32% by weight and a temperature of 25° C. The method is intended to achieve good stability of a coating liquid and good continuous operability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yuri OISHI, Kenta WATANABE, Satoshi TSUDA, Masashi OKAMOTO, Hiroshi KOYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220154403
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a paper barrier base material includes a step of applying a water vapor barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least a water vapor barrier resin and a pigment onto a paper base material by a curtain coating method to form a water vapor barrier layer, and a step of applying a gas barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least one polymer selected from water-soluble polymers and water-dispersible polymers onto the water vapor barrier layer by a curtain coating method without a drying step interposed between the two steps to form a gas barrier layer. The gas barrier layer coating liquid has a B-type viscosity equal to or higher than a B-type viscosity of the water vapor barrier layer coating liquid. The method is intended to suppress the occurrence of coating unevenness in wet-on-wet coating by a curtain coating method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta WATANABE, Yuri OISHI, Satoshi TSUDA, Masashi OKAMOTO, Hiroshi KOYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220120038
    Abstract: An object is to provide a paper barrier material resistant to fractures due to water vapor expansion when heated. As a solution, a paper barrier material is provided, which is characterized in that it comprises a gas barrier layer, a seal layer, a paper base material, and a pigment coating layer, being stacked in this order, wherein the laminate consisting only of the paper base material and pigment coating layer has an air permeation resistance of 2,500 seconds or lower as measured based on JAPAN TAPPI No. 5-2: 2000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Masaaki FUKUNAGA, Hiroshi KOYAMOTO, Yuri OISHI, Masatsugu KATO, Akio MIYAJIMA, Masashi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11270879
    Abstract: Provided is an excimer lamp light source device that achieves low cost and avoids the occurrence of narrowly-defined contracted discharge by adopting a lamp bulb having a simple structure and of the type in which a discharge current is passed in a tube axis direction. The excimer lamp light source device includes: an excimer lamp that has a pair of external electrodes configured to induce an electric discharge in a discharge space of a lamp bulb and to cause a discharge current to flow in a tube axis direction of the lamp bulb, and that generates UV light in the discharge space by the discharge; and an inverter having a transformer equipped with a secondary winding to which the external electrodes are connected in order to apply a high-voltage alternating current to the excimer lamp, the inverter supplying power lower than power that causes a linear discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Oda, Junya Asayama, Masashi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20210402762
    Abstract: When a print data creation program is executed by a computer, the computer performs the following processing. The computer acquires image data representing a print image from a storage. The computer divides the print image represented by the acquired image data into a plurality of divided images of a desired resolution. The computer creates print data to be printed by a print device, from at least one of the plurality of divided images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KAYANAKA, Shota MORIKAWA, Takeshi WATANABE, Masashi UEDA, Masashi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11147156
    Abstract: A composite member includes a substrate composed of a composite material containing a metal and a non-metal. One surface of the substrate has spherical warpage of which radius of curvature R is not smaller than 5000 mm and not greater than 35000 mm. A sphericity error is not greater than 10.0 ?m, the sphericity error being defined as an average distance between a plurality of measurement points on a contour of a warped portion of the substrate and approximate arcs defined by the plurality of measurement points. The substrate has a thermal conductivity not lower than 150 W/m·K and a coefficient of linear expansion not greater than 10 ppm/K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AL.M.T. CORP.
    Inventors: Isao Iwayama, Shigeki Koyama, Masashi Okamoto, Yuta Inoue, Hiroyuki Kontani, Takehisa Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210313165
    Abstract: Provided is an excimer lamp light source device that achieves low cost and avoids the occurrence of narrowly-defined contracted discharge by adopting a lamp bulb having a simple structure and of the type in which a discharge current is passed in a tube axis direction. The excimer lamp light source device includes: an excimer lamp that has a pair of external electrodes configured to induce an electric discharge in a discharge space of a lamp bulb and to cause a discharge current to flow in a tube axis direction of the lamp bulb, and that generates UV light in the discharge space by the discharge; and an inverter having a transformer equipped with a secondary winding to which the external electrodes are connected in order to apply a high-voltage alternating current to the excimer lamp, the inverter supplying power lower than power that causes a linear discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji ODA, Junya ASAYAMA, Masashi OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210241655
    Abstract: Provided is a fixture tool for securing a bio-textured organ model created by reproducing or deforming the texture and appearance of an actual organ for manipulation training. The fixture tool includes a fixture body and a plurality of holding parts attachable to and detachable from the fixture body. The fixture body includes: integrally connected plates composed of a rectangular center plate and mutually opposing first and second plates rotatably connected to both long sides of the center plate via hinges; and a leg attached to the lower surface of the center plate. The first and second plates have a locking section for securing the holding part. The holding part has a holding surface capable of holding the bio-textured organ model. The holding part is configured such that the holding surface inclines relative to a plate surface when the holding part is secured to the first and second plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Junichi TAKEUCHI, Takkafumi MIYAMOTO, Takeshi ANRAKU, Masashi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10927232
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition including (A) a polyamide resin, (B) an alkali metal compound and/or an alkaline earth metal compound, and (C) one or more compounds selected from following (C1) to (C4): (C1) a salt of one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of groups 3, 4, 11, 13, and 14 of periodic table, (C2) at least one organic heat stabilizer selected from the group consisting of a hindered phenol compound, a hindered amine compound, and an organic phosphorus compound, and (C3) a crystalline thermoplastic resin having a lower melting point than that of the component (A) and/or an amorphous thermoplastic resin having a lower Vicat softening point than that of the component (A), and (C4) an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyo Kawamura, Masashi Okamoto, Yasukazu Shikano, Katsushi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10882676
    Abstract: An object is to provide a paper barrier material having excellent gas barrier property as well as excellent water vapor barrier property, wherein such paper barrier material is suitable for packaging applications such as food packaging materials, containers, and cups. The means for achieving the object is to provide a paper barrier material characterized in that it meets the conditions in (1) to (3) below: (1) the water vapor permeability at 40±0.5° C. in temperature and 90±2% in relative humidity is 3 g/m2·day or below; (2) the oxygen permeability at 23° C. in temperature and 0% in relative humidity is 3 ml/m2·day·atm or below; and (3) the oxygen permeability at 23° C. in temperature and 85% in relative humidity is 3 ml/m2·day·atm or below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Okamoto, Yuri Oishi, Masatsugu Kato, Masaaki Fukunaga, Akio Miyajima, Hiroshi Koyamoto
  • Publication number: 20200362200
    Abstract: A semiconductor processing composition that can reduce an etching rate of cobalt and minimize corrosion of a cobalt site due to a surface treatment when used for a treatment such as semiconductor cleaning and chemical mechanical polishing. A semiconductor processing composition according to one aspect of the disclosure is a semiconductor processing composition which includes glutamic acid, and at least one selected from the group consisting of histidine, cysteine and glycine, and used for processing an exposed cobalt surface. A semiconductor processing composition according to one aspect of the disclosure is a semiconductor processing composition which includes a compound having a structure in which glutamic acid, and at least one selected from the group consisting of histidine, cysteine and glycine are peptide-bonded and is used for processing an exposed cobalt surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saki Ando, Masashi Okamoto, Tatsuya Yamanaka, Masayuki Usuda
  • Publication number: 20200024483
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing includes: (A) silica particles; (B) at least one kind selected from the group consisting of organic acids and salts thereof; and (C) at least one kind selected from the group consisting of amino group-containing silane compounds and condensates thereof, and has a pH of 7 or more and 14 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Okamoto, Yuuji Hirai, Eiichirou Kunitani, Kouji Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20190308786
    Abstract: An object is to provide a paper barrier material having excellent gas barrier property as well as excellent water vapor barrier property, wherein such paper barrier material is suitable for packaging applications such as food packaging materials, containers, and cups. The means for achieving the object is to provide a paper barrier material characterized in that it meets the conditions in (1) to (3) below: (1) the water vapor permeability at 40±0.5° C. in temperature and 90±2% in relative humidity is 3 g/m2·day or below; (2) the oxygen permeability at 23° C. in temperature and 0% in relative humidity is 3 ml/m2·day·atm or below; and (3) the oxygen permeability at 23° C. in temperature and 85% in relative humidity is 3 ml/m2·day·atm or below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi OKAMOTO, Yuri OISHI, Masatsugu KATO, Masaaki FUKUNAGA, Akio MIYAJIMA, Hiroshi KOYAMOTO