Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Nakamura
Mitsuhiro Nakamura 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: 20190237471Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a transistor formed on a surface of the substrate; a first insulating film formed above the transistor; a second semiconductor film formed on the first semiconductor film; a third semiconductor film formed on the second semiconductor film; a fourth semiconductor film formed on the third semiconductor film; and a ferroelectric capacitor formed on the fourth insulating film, wherein a hydrogen permeability of the third insulating film is higher than a hydrogen permeability of the first insulating film, and a hydrogen permeability and an oxygen permeability of the second insulating film and of the fourth insulating film are higher than the hydrogen permeability and an oxygen permeability of the first insulating film and of the third insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITEDInventors: Kouichi Nagai, Ko Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Akio Ito
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Publication number: 20190221869Abstract: A fuel cell apparatus includes a fuel cell module including a housing and a fuel cell housed in the housing, the fuel cell generating electric power with use of a fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas; and a heat exchanger which carries out heat exchange between a medium and exhaust gas from the fuel cell module, the heat exchanger being arranged laterally to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA, Mitsutaka SHIMADA, Kyosuke YAMAUCHI, Takayuki MARUYAMA, Tatsuya KANBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20190074531Abstract: A fuel cell device is improved for operating conditions during a partial load operation. The fuel cell device comprises a cell stack formed by electrically connecting fuel cells for generating power by fuel gas and oxygen-containing gas; a fuel gas supply unit for supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cells; and a power adjustment unit for adjusting the amount of current that is supplied to an external load and a controller for controlling the fuel gas supply unit and the power adjustment unit. The controller adjusts, during the partial load operation of the fuel cell device and when the fuel gas supplied to the cell stack is at a low flow rate. The relationship between a fuel utilization rate of the cell stack and the amount of power generated by the cell stack can be nonlinear.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Takashi ONO, Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA, Naruto TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 10164276Abstract: A fuel cell device is improved for operating conditions during a partial load operation. The fuel cell device comprises a cell stack formed by electrically connecting fuel cells for generating power by fuel gas and oxygen-containing gas; a fuel gas supply unit for supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cells; and a power adjustment unit for adjusting the amount of current that is supplied to an external load and a controller for controlling the fuel gas supply unit and the power adjustment unit. The controller adjusts, during the partial load operation of the fuel cell device and when the fuel gas supplied to the cell stack is at low flow rate. The a relationship between a fuel utilization rate of the cell stack and the amount of power generated by the cell stack can be nonlinear.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Ono Takashi, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Naruto Takahashi
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Patent number: 10087279Abstract: The present invention provides a polyol composition including a polyol having a polyester chain, wherein the polyol composition substantially contains no metal-base polymerization catalyst and an amount of phosphorus element derived from a polymerization catalyst is 1 to 1000 ppm. Furthermore, a method for producing a polyol composition is provided, including reacting a compound having an active hydrogen with a compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group, ester group and acid halide group in the presence of 0.0001-0.05 parts by mol of a phosphorus compound with respect to 1 part by mol of the active hydrogen without using a metal-based polymerization catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Shinichi Kimizuka
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Patent number: 10076278Abstract: To provide a headband capable of correctly placing an electrode on a head of a user, a headband apparatus includes a plurality of headband portions integrally connected and configured to be positioned about a head of a user, wherein at least two headband portions are each configured to be positioned behind an ear.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji Wada, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Natsuki Kimura, Haruhiko Soma, Yusaku Nakashima, Takuro Yamamoto, Takashi Tomita
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Patent number: 9951863Abstract: A controller is configured to determine a current gear ratio step determined on the basis of gear ratio calculation Rg to be actual gear ratio of revolution Nm of main shaft 3a and revolution Nc of counter shaft 3b as well as gear ratio map for defining gear ratio variable allowance range for each of gear ratio steps. When making a decision of status of the determined current gear ratio step, the controller is configured to make delay timer get started when the gear ratio calculation Rg goes within the gear ratio variable allowance range of next step and halt to make a decision of the current gear ratio step while the delay timer is activated. The controller is also configured to make a decision of the status of the current gear ratio step after a predetermined delayed time Tn*(n=1, 2, . . . ) is elapsed.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Iwasaki, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Akira Nakamura
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Publication number: 20180062195Abstract: A cell stack device in the present disclosure includes a cell stack including a plurality of arranged cells, and a first manifold configured to fix a first end of each of the cells with a sealing material and supply reactive gas to the cells. The first manifold includes a frame body configured to fix the first end of each of the cells with the sealing material inside the frame body, and a plate body bonded to a first end portion of the frame body and having a rigidity lower than that of the frame body. A module in the present disclosure includes a housing and the cell stack device housed in the housing. Furthermore, a module housing device in the present disclosure includes an external casing, the module in the external casing, and an auxiliary device configured to operate the module in the external casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Tatsuhiro Mure, Shinpei Shiraishi, Kazunari Sugihara, Mitsuhiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20180038878Abstract: A method of lipid assay characterized by assaying the lipids contained in a blood component in the presence of an organic silicon compound. The method can cause specific conditions for direct methods while satisfying requirements such as no influence on precision of assay, no burden on assay apparatus, and easy availability.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuaki YAMAMOTO, Shoko YAMAMOTO, Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA, Kazunori SAITO
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Patent number: 9881769Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a charged particle beam device, wherein the positional relationship between reflected electron detection elements and a sample and the vacuum state of the sample surroundings are evaluated to select automatically a reflected electron detection element appropriate for acquiring an intended image. In this charged particle beam device, all the reflected electron detection elements are selected when the degree of vacuum inside the sample chamber is high and the sample is distant from the reflected electron detectors, while a reflected electron detection element appropriate for acquiring a compositional image or a height map image is selected when the degree of vacuum inside the sample chamber is high and the sample is close to the reflected electron detectors. When the degree of vacuum inside the sample chamber is low, all the reflected electron detection elements are selected.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Kenji Aoki, Tsutomu Saitou, Kotaro Hosoya, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Kunji Shigeto
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Publication number: 20180014740Abstract: To provide a biological signal measuring equipment that can perform the measurement in the same manner as the case of measuring a wave motion of a short period, even in the case of measuring the wave motion of a long period generated in a head portion. A biological signal measuring equipment used in the measurement of the biological signal in a head portion, has a jaw contact portion that comes into contact with a forehead; an occiput contact portion that comes into contact with the occiput; and a supporter that is interposed in a front and rear direction of the head portion and is supported by the head portion by using the jaw contact portion and the occiput contact portion as ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: TOMOHIRO HAYAKAWA, HARUHIKO SOMA, SEIJI WADA, FAN WANG, NATSUKI KIMURA, MITSUHIRO NAKAMURA, SHIKO YAMASHITA, YUSAKU NAKASHIMA, TAKURO YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 9844685Abstract: A radiotherapy equipment control device acquires reference position information for a specific location at a reference time. Furthermore, representative point reference position information is generated from reference position information for a plurality of markers at the reference time, and relative position information up to the reference position information for the specific location is generated. Moreover, representative point position information at another time is generated from the position information for a plurality of markers in a subject at the other time, which differs from the reference time. In addition, position information for the specific location at the other time is generated from the representative point position information and the relative position information.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignees: HITACHI, LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Yasunobu Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Akira Sawada, Masahiro Yamada
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Patent number: 9822287Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising a main agent including at least one epoxy resin selected from a bisphenol A epoxy resin, a bisphenol F epoxy resin, and a phenol novolac epoxy resin, and an acrylic rubber; a curing agent including xylylene diamine; and a filler including silica. The adhesive composition further comprises an ion exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Yokoyama, Koji Kobayashi, Jun Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 9788745Abstract: A biological signal measuring equipment used in a measurement of a biological signal in a head portion, has a jaw contact portion that comes into contact with a forehead; an occiput contact portion that comes into contact with an occiput; and a supporter that is interposed in a front and rear direction of the head portion and is supported by the head portion by using the jaw contact portion and the occiput contact portion as ends. The biological signal measuring equipment performs the measurement in the same manner as the case of measuring a wave motion of a short period, even in the case of measuring the wave motion of a long period generated in a head portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Hayakawa, Haruhiko Soma, Seiji Wada, Fan Wang, Natsuki Kimura, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Shiko Yamashita, Yusaku Nakashima, Takuro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9701780Abstract: A polybutadiene having a hydroxyl group at a terminal end thereof is reacted with a lactone compound such as an ?-caprolactone to obtain a polymer polyol represented by formula (I): HO—X1—Y—X2—OH (wherein X1 and X2 each independently represents a polyester component and Y represents a polybutadiene component), the polymer polyol is reacted with an unsymmetric diisocyanate to obtain a urethane prepolymer, and then the urethane prepolymer is reacted with a chain extender to obtain a polyurethane.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Shirai, Yasunori Miyashita, Shinichi Kimizuka, Mitsuhiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 9701779Abstract: A polybutadiene having a hydroxyl group at a terminal end thereof is reacted with a lactone compound such as an ?-caprolactone to obtain a polymer polyol represented by formula (I): HO—X1—Y—X2—OH (wherein X1 and X2 each independently represents a polyester component and Y represents a polybutadiene component), the polymer polyol is reacted with an unsymmetric diisocyanate to obtain a urethane prepolymer, and then the urethane prepolymer is reacted with a chain extender to obtain a polyurethane.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Shirai, Yasunori Miyashita, Shinichi Kimizuka, Mitsuhiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 9693705Abstract: A biosignal measurement device is proposed which can improve measurement accuracy without forcing an excessive burden on subjects. A biosignal measurement device used for measurement of a biosignal in a head includes a support that can support the head, and an electrode provided to the support. The electrode has a plurality of teeth each including an annular portion in which a pair of linear members having conductivity are formed in an annular shape, and a rod-like portion in which the pair of linear members are wound in opposite directions and formed in a rod-like shape. The rod-like portion in each of the plurality of teeth is directly or indirectly fixed at one end to the support.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Hayakawa, Haruhiko Soma, Seiji Wada, Fan Wang, Natsuki Kimura, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Shiko Yamashita, Yusaku Nakashima, Takuro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9487605Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a hydrogenated unsaturated polyhydroxyhydrocarbon polymer capable of suppressing side reactions such as a hydrogenolyzis reaction of a terminal hydroxyl group and achieving a high hydrogenation rate in a short reaction time. A hydrogenated unsaturated polyhydroxyhydrocarbon polymer is obtained by a method including: hydrogenating an unsaturated polyhydroxyhydrocarbon polymer under the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and a reaction solvent in the following two stages (I) and (II): (I) carrying out a hydrogenation reaction in a temperature range of 80° C. to 130° C. until a hydrogenation rate of at least 30 mol % is achieved; and then (II) carrying out a hydrogenation reaction at a temperature higher than 130° C. until a hydrogenation rate of at least 98 mol % is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Hashimoto, Yoshio Hayakawa, Mitsuhiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20160264713Abstract: The present invention provides a polyol composition including a polyol having a polyester chain, wherein the polyol composition substantially contains no metal-base polymerization catalyst and an amount of phosphorus element derived from a polymerization catalyst is 1 to 1000 ppm. Furthermore, a method for producing a polyol composition is provided, including reacting a compound having an active hydrogen with a compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group, ester group and acid halide group in the presence of 0.0001-0.05 parts by mol of a phosphorus compound with respect to 1 part by mol of the active hydrogen without using a metal-based polymerization catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA, Shinichi KIMIZUKA
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Publication number: 20160209434Abstract: A method of lipid assay characterized by assaying the lipids contained in a blood component in the presence of an organic silicon compound. The method can cause specific conditions for direct methods while satisfying requirements such as no influence on precision of assay, no burden on assay apparatus, and easy availability.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuaki YAMAMOTO, Shoko YAMAMOTO, Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA, Kazunori SAITO