Patents by Inventor Masato Kikuchi
Masato Kikuchi 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).
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Publication number: 20240120182Abstract: There is a placing table comprising: an electrostatic chuck having a chuck electrode, wherein the electrostatic chuck is configured to attract and hold a substrate on a placing surface and to be rotatable; a freezing device having a contact surface in contact with or separated from a surface of the electrostatic chuck opposite to the placing surface and configured to cool the electrostatic chuck; and a power controller configured to superimpose a radio frequency (RF) bias voltage applied to the electrostatic chuck on a chuck voltage applied to the chuck electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Yusuke KIKUCHI, Masato Shinada
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Publication number: 20240083364Abstract: A vehicle article storage structure includes an article storage box (13) provided with an opening (33a) on the upper side forgetting articles in and out, a housing unit (15) provided on the lower side of an instrument panel (3) to house the article storage box (13), and links (35, 37, and 39) configured to movably support the article storage box (13) along a range from a housed position at which the article storage box (13) is housed in the housing unit (15) to a drawn position at which the article storage box (13) is drawn in a vehicle compartment rearward direction from the housed position via an intermediate position at which the article storage box (13) is located between the housed position and the drawn position, the intermediate position being located below the housed position and the drawn position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Marelli CorporationInventors: Takeshi Nishimura, Shota Watase, Tomohiro Watanabe, Masato Abe, Masami Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20210271099Abstract: The transmission device of the present embodiment includes a waveguide unit which transmits a terahertz-wave signal, and a plurality of ports provided around the waveguide unit and each composed of a waveguide and a planar lens, the waveguide unit and the ports being integrated on a planar substrate with dielectric properties. The planar lens diffuses, in an arcuate shape, a terahertz-wave signal by a reflective index set by a staggering arrangement of first through-holes, transmits the diffused terahertz-wave signal to the waveguide unit in parallel, or focuses a terahertz-wave signal which is transmitted in parallel through the waveguide unit. A beam splitter transmits a terahertz-wave signal, which is transmitted in parallel from a first planar lens, to a second planar lens, by reflection or transmission by a refractive index set by a grid arrangement of second through-holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Osaka UniversityInventors: Naoya Kukutsu, Masato Kikuchi, Tadao Nagatsuma, Masayuki Fujita, Daniel Jonathan Headland, Tomoki Sagisaka, Li Yi
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Publication number: 20150375637Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided in which a seat main body can be flipped up with a simple structure having high support rigidity. A vehicle seat S includes rail brackets fixed to the vehicle body floor side, support bases pivotably attached to right-left outer side surfaces of the rail brackets, and front support links pivotably attached to right-left inner side surfaces of the rail brackets. About base pivot shaft portions in front parts of the support bases, a seat back and a seat cushion are flipped up and rotated in the forward inclination direction. The front support links are arranged on the rear side of the base pivot shaft portions, and maintain a forward inclination angle of the seat back and the seat cushion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Kikuchi, Kazuaki Shitanoki, Yuji Tanaka
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Patent number: 9102252Abstract: Vehicle seat devices are provided with: a backrest; side supports that are disposed on both sides of the backrest, and that have protruding sections that protrude further forward than the backrest; a mechanism for adjusting the degree of restraint that changes the width of the protruding sections; a frame disposed inside the side supports; and a movable member that is disposed on the frame, and that displaceably holds the ends of a side surface leather material of the side supports in relation to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Sugiyama, Masato Kikuchi, Haruki Mochizuki, Shuto Yoshiuchi, Nobukazu Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20130264599Abstract: The purpose is the overall miniaturization of a product in which a semiconductor module is mounted. Provided is a semiconductor module including a first semiconductor chip that has an optical element, second semiconductor chip that is mounted over the first semiconductor chip, a casing having an opening, the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip being accommodated inside the casing and the opening being at a position corresponding to the optical element, and a light-transmitting cover that closes the opening of the casing. In the above-mentioned structure, the second semiconductor chip is provided with a reflection suppressing function.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Masato KIKUCHI, Satoru WAGA
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Publication number: 20130169010Abstract: Vehicle seat devices are provided with: a backrest; side supports that are disposed on both sides of the backrest, and that have protruding sections that protrude further forward than the backrest; a mechanism for adjusting the degree of restraint that changes the width of the protruding sections; a frame disposed inside the side supports; and a movable member that is disposed on the frame, and that displaceably holds the ends of a side surface leather material of the side supports in relation to the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Sugiyama, Masato Kikuchi, Haruki Mochizuki, Shuto Yoshiuchi, Nobukazu Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8378894Abstract: A planar antenna device includes a dielectric layer and two conductor layers vertically sandwiching the dielectric layer. The lower conductor layer is used as a ground, and the upper conductor layer forms a radiating element having a structure in which four or more radiating element pieces of different sizes are connected to a feeder line.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masato Kikuchi, Shunsuke Mochizuki, Masahiro Yoshioka, Ryosuke Araki, Masaki Handa, Takashi Nakanishi, Hiroto Kimura, Seiji Wada, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Patent number: 8334730Abstract: A connection method includes the step of connecting, using a line on a dielectric element, two points through which a signal flows, the two points having different heights and the widths of the line at the positions of the two points having been adjusted on the basis of the thickness of the dielectric element.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masato Kikuchi, Shunsuke Mochizuki, Masahiro Yoshioka, Ryosuke Araki, Masaki Handa, Takashi Nakanishi, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Patent number: 8320444Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a modulating section configured to modulate a baseband signal by using a carrier wave; a determining section configured to determine a pattern of the carrier wave, in accordance with a characteristic of a transmission channel on which a waveform represented by a signal value of a specific symbol is stationarily distorted according to a value of a symbol transmitted before or after the specific symbol; and a transmitting section configured to transmit a modulation signal through the transmission channel, the modulation signal being obtained by modulation using the determined carrier-wave pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Nakanishi, Masato Kikuchi, Shunsuke Mochizuki, Masahiro Yoshioka, Ryosuke Araki, Masaki Handa, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Patent number: 8290071Abstract: A modulating device configured to perform modulation with the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing method, includes: a modulating unit configured to modulate main information with the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing method; and a determining unit configured to determine a subcarrier pattern employed when modulating the main information by the modulating unit based on additional information relating to the main information.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Nakanishi, Masato Kikuchi, Shunsuke Mochizuki, Masahiro Yoshioka, Ryosuke Araki, Masaki Handa, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20120182083Abstract: A connection method includes the step of connecting, using a line on a dielectric element, two points through which a signal flows, the two points having different heights and the widths of the line at the positions of the two points having been adjusted on the basis of the thickness of the dielectric element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masato KIKUCHI, Shunsuke MOCHIZUKI, Masahiro YOSHIOKA, Ryosuke ARAKI, Masaki HANDA, Takashi NAKANISHI, Hiroshi ICHIKI, Tetsujiro KONDO
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Patent number: 8063830Abstract: A planar antenna device is mounted on a board including a dielectric layer and two conductor layers vertically sandwiching the dielectric layer. The upper conductor layer includes a first radiating element having an end portion connected through a via hole to a ground formed by the lower conductor layer, a second radiating element having an open end portion, first and second ground conductors connected to respective base portions of the first and second radiating elements via resistors, and a feeder line configured to feed power to the first and second radiating elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masahiro Yoshioka, Masato Kikuchi, Shunsuke Mochizuki, Ryosuke Araki, Masaki Handa, Takashi Nakanishi, Hiroto Kimura, Seiji Wada, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Patent number: 7904763Abstract: A reception device configured to receive a signal of a transmitted bit string transmitted from a transmission device which transmits a bit string includes: a receiving unit arranged to receive a signal from the transmission device and output a received bit string corresponding to the transmitted bit string; a storing unit arranged to store an error rate table wherein said received bit string is correlated with an error rate of post-data which is data of one bit or greater received following the received bit string being in error; and an error correcting unit arranged to perform error correcting of the post-data of the received bit string.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryosuke Araki, Masato Kikuchi, Shunsuke Mochizuki, Masahiro Yoshioka, Masaki Handa, Takashi Nakanishi, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Patent number: 7876243Abstract: A transmission device configured to transmit a transmission bit string which is an arrangement of a unit bit string of multiple N bits includes: a conversion unit configured to convert the unit bit string into a converted bit string in accordance with a conversion table obtained by obtaining an error rate wherein a k'th bit out of the N bits is in error; obtaining an error expectancy which is an expectancy that a significant bit of the N bits in the unit bit string will err; and creating a conversion table that correlates the unit bit string and a converted bit string obtained by converting the insignificant bit of the unit bit string to a smallest error expectancy bit pattern which is a bit pattern that minimizes the error expectancy of the multiple bit patterns; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the converted bit string.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Mochizuki, Masato Kikuchi, Masahiro Yoshioka, Ryosuke Araki, Masaki Handa, Takashi Nakanishi, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20090309679Abstract: A connection method includes the step of connecting, using a line on a dielectric element, two points through which a signal flows, the two points having different heights and the widths of the line at the positions of the two points having been adjusted on the basis of the thickness of the dielectric element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masato KIKUCHI, Shunsuke MOCHIZUKI, Masahiro YOSHIOKA, Ryosuke ARAKI, Masaki HANDA, Takashi NAKANISHI, Hiroshi ICHIKI, Tetsujiro KONDO
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Publication number: 20090279640Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a modulating section configured to modulate a baseband signal by using a carrier wave; a determining section configured to determine a pattern of the carrier wave, in accordance with a characteristic of a transmission channel on which a waveform represented by a signal value of a specific symbol is stationarily distorted according to a value of a symbol transmitted before or after the specific symbol; and a transmitting section configured to transmit a modulation signal through the transmission channel, the modulation signal being obtained by modulation using the determined carrier-wave pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Nakanishi, Masato Kikuchi, Shunsuke Mochizuki, Masahiro Yoshioka, Ryosuke Araki, Masaki Handa, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20090232237Abstract: A modulating device configured to perform modulation with the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing method, includes: a modulating unit configured to modulate main information with the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing method; and a determining unit configured to determine a subcarrier pattern employed when modulating the main information by the modulating unit based on additional information relating to the main information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi NAKANISHI, Masato KIKUCHI, Shunsuke MOCHIZUKI, Masahiro YOSHIOKA, Ryosuke ARAKI, Masaki HANDA, Hiroshi ICHIKI, Tetsujito KONDO
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Publication number: 20090174584Abstract: A transmission device configured to transmit a transmission bit string which is an arrangement of a unit bit string of multiple N bits includes: a conversion unit configured to convert the unit bit string into a converted bit string in accordance with a conversion table obtained by obtaining an error rate wherein a k'th bit out of the N bits is in error; obtaining an error expectancy which is an expectancy that a significant bit of the N bits in the unit bit string will err; and creating a conversion table that correlates the unit bit string and a converted bit string obtained by converting the insignificant bit of the unit bit string to a smallest error expectancy bit pattern which is a bit pattern that minimizes the error expectancy of the multiple bit patterns; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the converted bit string.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shunsuke MOCHIZUKI, Masato Kikuchi, Masahiro Yoshioka, Ryosuke Araki, Masaki Handa, Takashi Nakanishi, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20090153405Abstract: A planar antenna device includes a dielectric layer and two conductor layers vertically sandwiching the dielectric layer. The lower conductor layer is used as a ground, and the upper conductor layer forms a radiating element having a structure in which four or more radiating element pieces of different sizes are connected to a feeder line.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masato KIKUCHI, Shunsuke MOCHIZUKI, Masahiro YOSHIOKA, Ryosuke ARAKI, Masaki HANDA, Takashi NAKANISHI, Hiroto KIMURA, Seiji WADA, Hiroshi ICHIKI, Tetsujiro KONDO