Patents by Inventor Minoru Kurata
Minoru Kurata 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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Patent number: 11309236Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a pair of spacers disposed on the surface of a substrate, the spacers are a first height and spaced from each other at a first distance along a first direction. A first semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate surface. The first semiconductor chip has a second height that is less than the first height. The first semiconductor chip can be connected to the substrate with bonding wires or the like. A second semiconductor chip is mounted on the spacers and spans the distance between the spacers. The second semiconductor chip is above at least a portion of the first semiconductor chip. A projecting section is provided on the surface of the substrate between the spacers in the first direction. The projecting section is between the first semiconductor chip and an outer edge of the substrate and protrudes upward from the surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventor: Minoru Kurata
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Publication number: 20210074619Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a pair of spacers disposed on the surface of a substrate, the spacers are a first height and spaced from each other at a first distance along a first direction. A first semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate surface. The first semiconductor chip has a second height that is less than the first height. The first semiconductor chip can be connected to the substrate with bonding wires or the like. A second semiconductor chip is mounted on the spacers and spans the distance between the spacers. The second semiconductor chip is above at least a portion of the first semiconductor chip. A projecting section is provided on the surface of the substrate between the spacers in the first direction. The projecting section is between the first semiconductor chip and an outer edge of the substrate and protrudes upward from the surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventor: Minoru KURATA
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Patent number: 10597631Abstract: While green algae are expected to serve as raw materials of biomass fuels, they are damaged by high-intensity light when subjected to mass-culture outdoors in summer, and biomass productivity is deteriorated as a consequence. In order to overcome such a drawback, the present invention provides a high-intensity light resistant green algae mutant that can be subjected to outdoor culture in summer. Specifically, the present invention relates to such green algae mutant, wherein functions or expression levels of a protein having a response regulatory domain at the N-terminus and a WD40 domain at the C-terminus are lower than those in a wild-type strain, and wherein said green algae mutant grows faster than a wild-type strain when cultured at a light intensity of 1,000, 1,500, or 2,000 ?mol photons m?2 s?1 measured as photosynthetically active radiation (PAR).Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeaki Harayama, Jumpei Hayakawa, Yoko Ide, Yuki Tanaka, Satoko Komatsu, Minoru Kurata
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Publication number: 20180371401Abstract: While green algae are expected to serve as raw materials of biomass fuels, they are damaged by high-intensity light when subjected to mass-culture outdoors in summer, and biomass productivity is deteriorated as a consequence. In order to overcome such a drawback, the present invention provides a high-intensity light resistant green algae mutant that can be subjected to outdoor culture in summer. Specifically, the present invention relates to such green algae mutant, wherein functions or expression levels of a protein having a response regulatory domain at the N-terminus and a WD40 domain at the C-terminus are lower than those in a wild-type strain, and wherein said green algae mutant grows faster than a wild-type strain when cultured at a light intensity of 1,000, 1,500, or 2,000 ?mol photons m?2 s?1 measured as photosynthetically active radiation (PAR).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Shigeaki HARAYAMA, Jumpei HAYAKAWA, Yoko IDE, Yuki TANAKA, Satoko KOMATSU, Minoru KURATA
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Patent number: 9790461Abstract: A culture method for microalgae that cultures unicellular green microalgae belonging to the genus Coccomyxa and groups of organisms closely related thereto, or the Watanabea clade, in an open outdoor culture system using broth having a pH of 4 or lower. A culture method for microalgae that cultures microalgae of the genus Coccomyxa and groups of organisms closely related thereto, or Pseudococcomyxa, in an open outdoor culture system using broth having a pH of 4 or lower containing ammonia nitrogen.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Kyoto University, Chuo UniversityInventors: Minoru Kurata, Hiroaki Fukuda, Norihide Kurano, Hideaki Miyashita, Shigeaki Harayama
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Publication number: 20150337255Abstract: A culture method for microalgae that cultures unicellular green microalgae belonging to the genus Coccomyxa and groups of organisms closely related thereto, or the Watanabea clade, in an open outdoor culture system using broth having a pH of 4 or lower. A culture method for microalgae that cultures microalgae of the genus Coccomyxa and groups of organisms closely related thereto, or Pseudococcomyxa, in an open outdoor culture system using broth having a pH of 4 or lower containing ammonia nitrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru KURATA, Hiroaki FUKUDA, Norihide KURANO, Hideaki MIYASHITA, Shigeaki HARAYAMA
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Patent number: 8936666Abstract: A noble metal adsorption agent includes algae or residue of algae having an amino group as a functional group. A noble metal is retrieved by a method including: adsorbing the noble metal on the noble metal adsorption agent; and retrieving the noble metal. The noble metal is solved in a liquid. Thus, by using the noble metal adsorption agent, the noble metal is selectively retrieved.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignees: Denso Corporation, Saga UniversityInventors: Hisaya Kato, Toshiyuki Morishita, Kinya Atsumi, Minoru Kurata, Katsutoshi Inoue, Hidetaka Kawakita, Keisuke Ohto
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Patent number: 8790425Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for aggregating and separating algae dispersed in a liquid efficiently. According to the present invention, a method for aggregating and separating algae dispersed in a liquid, which comprises adding an alkaline inorganic aggregating agent to the liquid at pH of 2.0 to 4.0 in which algae are dispersed, followed by adding a cationic polymer aggregating agent, is provided. Further, according to the present invention, a method for producing biofuel utilizing algae is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Urayama, Minoru Kurata, Hiroaki Fukuda
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Patent number: 8535625Abstract: An adsorbent contains a carbohydrate having an ether linkage. Alternatively, an adsorbent contains a carbohydrate having a cross-linkage formation produced by a dehydration reaction using a strong acid. In collection of a precious metal using the adsorbent, the adsorbent selectively adsorbs a precious metal dissolved in a solution.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Denso Corporation, Saga UniversityInventors: Minoru Kurata, Kinya Atsumi, Hiroaki Fukuda, Katsutoshi Inoue, Keisuke Ohto, Hidetaka Kawakita
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Publication number: 20120219479Abstract: An adsorbent contains a carbohydrate having an ether linkage. Alternatively, an adsorbent contains a carbohydrate having a cross-linkage formation produced by a dehydration reaction using a strong acid. In collection of a precious metal using the adsorbent, the adsorbent selectively adsorbs a precious metal dissolved in a solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicants: Saga University, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Kurata, Kinya Atsumi, Hiroaki Fukuda, Katsutoshi Inoue, Keisuke Ohto, Hidetaka Kawakita
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Patent number: 8207367Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a polymerizable phosphate containing at least one selected from polymerizable phosphates represented by formula (II), (III) or (IV) by a batch reaction, including a step of adding a compound represented by formula (I) into a mixture of a polymerizable phosphate reaction product containing at least one selected from polymerizable phosphates represented by formula (II), (III) or (IV), obtained by a pre-batch reaction, and phosphoric acid anhydride to react them: wherein R1 represents H or a C1-4 alkyl group, R2 represents a C2-6 alkylene group and n denotes an integer from 1 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2006Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Minoru Kurata, Keishi Shimokawa
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Publication number: 20110308355Abstract: A noble metal adsorption agent includes algae or residue of algae having an amino group as a functional group. A noble metal is retrieved by a method including: adsorbing the noble metal on the noble metal adsorption agent; and retrieving the noble metal. The noble metal is solved in a liquid. Thus, by using the noble metal adsorption agent, the noble metal is selectively retrieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicants: Saga University, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hisaya Kato, Toshiyuki Morishita, Kinya Atsumi, Minoru Kurata, Katsutoshi Inoue, Hidetaka Kawakita, Keisuke Ohto
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Publication number: 20110239531Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for aggregating and separating algae dispersed in a liquid efficiently. According to the present invention, a method for aggregating and separating algae dispersed in a liquid, which comprises adding an alkaline inorganic aggregating agent to the liquid at pH of 2.0 to 4.0 in which algae are dispersed, followed by adding a cationic polymer aggregating agent, is provided. Further, according to the present invention, a method for producing biofuel utilizing algae is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi URAYAMA, Minoru Kurata, Hiroaki Fukuda
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Publication number: 20100227994Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a polymerizable phosphate containing at least one selected from polymerizable phosphates represented by formula (II), (III) or (IV) by a batch reaction, including a step of adding a compound represented by formula (I) into a mixture of a polymerizable phosphate reaction product containing at least one selected from polymerizable phosphates represented by formula (II), (III) or (IV), obtained by a pre-batch reaction, and phosphoric acid anhydride to react them: wherein R1 represents H or a C1-4 alkyl group, R2 represents a C2-6 alkylene group and n denotes an integer from 1 to 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Kurata, Keishi Shimokawa
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Publication number: 20040042272Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, source lines, drain lines, and control gate lines. The memory cells are arranged in matrix. Adjacent memory cells in the column direction have one of a source and a drain in common. The sources of memory cells of adjacent two columns are connected to a common source line. The drains of memory cells of adjacent two columns are connected to a common drain line. The drains of memory cells of two columns connected to the source line are connected to different drain lines, respectively. The gates of adjacent memory cells in the row direction are connected to a common control gate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventor: Minoru Kurata
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Patent number: 6376295Abstract: There is disclosed a memory cell which has a diffusion layers constituting source/drain areas formed on a p-type silicon substrate surface, and a channel area formed between the diffusion layers. Above the channel area, an insulating film of a laminated structure is formed of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film. A gate electrode is formed on the upper surface of the insulating film of the laminated structure. The gate electrode is used as a word line. Moreover, an interlayer insulating film is formed between the diffusion layer and the gate electrode. By injecting hot electrons from the substrate to the silicon nitride film in the insulating film of the laminated structure, data is written. The silicon nitride film and the diffusion layer are partially overlapped in a vertical direction, and an offset portion is disposed between the silicon nitride film and the diffusion layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kiyomi Naruke, Minoru Kurata, Yuuichi Tatsumi, Yasumasa Sawada