Patents by Inventor Masato Akita

Masato Akita 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: 11975298
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fluid controller includes a fluid channel deforming portion and a mixing portion provided downstream from the fluid channel deforming portion. The fluid channel deforming portion includes an upstream end portion, a first channel, a second channel and a channel terminating portion. At least one of the first and second channels is deformed between the upstream end portion and the channel terminating portion. A region of the second channel in a second cross-section, is increased more than a region of the second channel in the first cross-section, between the upstream end portion ad the channel terminating portion. The mixing portion mixes a plurality of fluids flowing through the fluid channel deforming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kato, Masato Akita, Hideaki Okano
  • Patent number: 11958583
    Abstract: This automatic setting device for automatically setting control devices for a plurality of ship propulsion apparatuses for generating ship propulsion forces is provided with: an input operation setting unit that sets an input operation for a ship; a target behavior acquisition unit that acquires a target behavior of the ship corresponding to the input operation set by the input operation setting unit; a ship information acquisition unit that acquires ship information about the position and/or the bearing of the ship; an actual behavior calculation unit that calculates the actual behavior of the ship on the basis of the ship information acquired by the ship information acquisition unit; and a propulsion force setting unit that sets the magnitudes and the directions of the propulsion forces generated by the respective ship propulsion apparatuses on the basis of the actual behavior of the ship acquired by the actual behavior calculation unit and the target behavior of the ship acquired by the target behavior acq
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Shirao, Marino Akita, Takafumi Oshima
  • Publication number: 20230330618
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a flow channel structure may include a first flow channel, and a second flow channel that joins the first flow channel. An end of the second flow channel close to the first flow channel has a first region having a depth shallower than a depth of the first flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kumi MASUNAGA, Masato AKITA, Mitsuaki KATO, Mitsuko ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230219090
    Abstract: A flow channel structure for removing a foreign substance, including a first flow channel, where the first flow channel has a first region having a depth shallower than a depth of another region. A method for removing a foreign substance in a fluid, including flowing the fluid to the first flow channel of the flow channel structure for removing a foreign substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masato AKITA, Arisa FUKUI, Mitsuko ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11497110
    Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge electrode of an embodiment has: a dielectric; a first electrode provided to be exposed on the dielectric; a second electrode provided to be covered by the dielectric; and a third electrode provided to be covered by the dielectric in a neighborhood of the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Sato, Akio Ui, Masato Akita, Shotaro Oka, Tomonao Takamatsu, Hiroyuki Yasui, Shinya Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20220080369
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fluid controller includes a fluid channel deforming portion and a mixing portion provided downstream from the fluid channel deforming portion. The fluid channel deforming portion includes an upstream end portion, a first channel, a second channel and a channel terminating portion. At least one of the first and second channels is deformed between the upstream end portion and the channel terminating portion. A region of the second channel in a second cross-section, is increased more than a region of the second channel in the first cross-section, between the upstream end portion ad the channel terminating portion. The mixing portion mixes a plurality of fluids flowing through the fluid channel deforming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki KATO, Masato AKITA, Hideaki OKANO
  • Publication number: 20220087002
    Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge device in an embodiment includes: a dielectric having a hollow-shaped flow path; a first electrode and a second electrode provided apart along the dielectric so as to cause a first region in which plasma is formed inside the flow path; and a power supply to apply a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric includes a flow path area adjusting portion provided to project from an inner wall of the dielectric toward a center of the flow path in a manner that a first flow path cross-sectional area in the first region is smaller than a second flow path cross-sectional area in a second region other than the first region in the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke SATO Sato, Akio Ui, Masato Akita, Shotaro Oka
  • Publication number: 20220087001
    Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge electrode of an embodiment has: a dielectric; a first electrode provided to be exposed on the dielectric; a second electrode provided to be covered by the dielectric; and a third electrode provided to be covered by the dielectric in a neighborhood of the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke SATO, Akio UI, Masato AKITA, Shotaro OKA, Tomonao TAKAMATSU, Hiroyuki YASUI, Shinya MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 10724942
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes a socket, a first arm, and a recognition device. The socket has at least one container holding part for holding a container containing an object. The first arm includes at least two links of which ends are connected. The first arm is able to install the container into the container holding part when the links are in a first posture and to reinstall the container into the container holding part when the links are in a second posture different from the first posture. The recognition device obtains at least recognition results indicating respective positions of the object when the container is installed into the container holding part in the first posture and the second posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masato Akita, Takamitsu Sunaoshi, Misato Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190282722
    Abstract: A gas processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a gas processing unit, a flow forming unit, an AC power supply, and first and second filters. The gas processing unit includes a plurality of stacks each having a dielectric substrate, a first to a third electrode. The flow forming unit forms a flow of a target gas flowing toward the gas processing unit. The AC power supply applies an AC voltage across the first, second electrodes and the third electrode so as to generate plasma induced flows of the target gas between the dielectric substrates. The first filter is disposed at an upstream of the gas processing unit, and removes ozone. The second filter is disposed at a downstream of the gas processing unit, and removes ozone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akio UI, Masato AKITA, Yosuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20190259579
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plasma actuator includes an electrode member, an application electrode, a ground electrode, and a supporting member. The electrode member has a first surface facing a processing object and a second surface of an opposite side of the first surface. The application electrode is provided in the first surface. The ground electrode is provided in the second surface or an inner portion of the electrode member. The supporting member is provided in at least one of the electrode member and the application electrode to form a processing space between the processing object and the electrode member. The supporting member is capable of abutting on the processing object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomonao TAKAMATSU, Akio Ui, Masato Akita
  • Patent number: 10151637
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes: a support, a rotator, a gas supplier, and a radiation thermometer configured to measure a temperature of a surface of a substrate, wherein the radiation thermometer includes: a light source of an irradiation light to be irradiated to the surface of the substrate; a first light receiver configured to receive a reflected light from a first measurement region at a predetermined distance from the rotation center on the surface of the substrate; and a second light receiver configured to receive a heat radiation light from a second measurement region extending in a rotation direction of the substrate at the predetermined distance from the rotation center on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Iyechika, Masato Akita
  • Patent number: 10145859
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic container processing apparatus includes a tube socket, an operation part, and a control device. The tube socket has a container holding part for holding a container. The operation part is capable of operating the container holding part of the tube socket. The control device controls the operation part. The container held by the container holding part is dropped by operating the operation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Misato Ishikawa, Masato Akita, Takamitsu Sunaoshi, Takahiro Kokubo
  • Publication number: 20180231456
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes a socket, a first arm, and a recognition device. The socket has at least one container holding part for holding a container containing an object. The first arm includes at least two links of which ends are connected. The first arm is able to install the container into the container holding part when the links are in a first posture and to reinstall the container into the container holding part when the links are in a second posture different from the first posture. The recognition device obtains at least recognition results indicating respective positions of the object when the container is installed into the container holding part in the first posture and the second posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masato AKITA, Takamitsu SUNAOSHI, Misato ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180196076
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic container processing apparatus includes a tube socket, an operation part, and a control device. The tube socket has a container holding part for holding a container. The operation part is capable of operating the container holding part of the tube socket. The control device controls the operation part. The container held by the container holding part is dropped by operating the operation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Misato ISHIKAWA, Masato AKITA, Takamitsu SUNAOSHI, Takahiro KOKUBO
  • Patent number: 9995632
    Abstract: A radiation thermometer has a broadband light source which generates broadband light; an optical filter which, when the broadband light is incident on the measuring target object, passes only light in a predetermined wavelength range of reflected light and heat radiation light from a measuring target object; a light receiver which receives the light in the predetermined wavelength range through the optical filter; and a calculator which calculates a temperature of the measuring target object by using reflected light intensity and heat radiation intensity of the light in the predetermined wavelength range received by the light receiver, wherein an emission spectrum of the broadband light is a spectrum with a full width at half maximum which is equal to or wider than the predetermined wavelength range, and with light intensity increasing while a wavelength thereof becomes longer in the predetermined wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Iyechika, Masato Akita
  • Patent number: 9934944
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a plasma induced flow electrode structure has an electrode block, an insulating layer and an electrode layer. The electrode block has first and second surfaces and through holes penetrating between these first and second surfaces. The insulating layer is disposed on the first surface and inside the through holes. The electrode layer is disposed on the insulating layer of the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masato Akita, Akio Ui, Yasushi Sanada
  • Patent number: 9651367
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus has a process chamber, a long-shaped window on a wall surface of the process chamber, an irradiator configured to irradiate a first laser beam and a second laser beam to a substrate in the process chamber via the long-shaped window so that incident points of the first and second laser beams are aligned substantially along a long side direction of the window, a detector configured to have a light reception surface receiving the first and second laser beams reflected by the substrate and passing through the window, the detector being configured to detect incident positions of the first and second laser beams on the light reception surface, and a calculator configured to calculate a curvature of the substrate by using a relative position of the first laser beam and the second laser beam which are detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Masato Akita
  • Publication number: 20170018409
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a plasma induced flow electrode structure has an electrode block, an insulating layer and an electrode layer. The electrode block has first and second surfaces and through holes penetrating between these first and second surfaces. The insulating layer is disposed on the first surface and inside the through holes. The electrode layer is disposed on the insulating layer of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Masato AKITA, Akio UI, Yasushi SANADA
  • Publication number: 20170007958
    Abstract: A gas processing apparatus of an embodiment has stacks, gas flow paths, an AC power supply, and a flow limiter. The stacks are away from each other and in parallel. Each stack includes a dielectric substrate and a first to a third electrode. The first and second electrodes are respectively disposed on the first and second main surfaces of the dielectric substrate. The third electrode is disposed inside the dielectric substrates. The gas flow paths supply a target gas between the stacks, The AC power supply applies an AC voltage across the first and second electrodes and the third electrodes, so as to generate plasma induced flows of the target gas between the dielectric substrates. The flow limiter is disposed on a downstream side of the stacks and limits a flow rate of the target gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Akio UI, Yosuke SATO, Masato AKITA