Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Inoue

Mitsuru Inoue 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: 20240136239
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation, the curable composition capable of forming a cured product layer having a high aspect ratio and capable of enhancing adhesiveness and sealability. A curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation according to the present invention contains a photocurable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group or a vinyl group and having no cyclic ether group, and a thermosetting compound having no (meth)acryloyl group and having a cyclic ether group, in which a content of the thermosetting compound in 100 wt % of the curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation is 5 wt % or more, and when a B-staged product is obtained by irradiating the curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation with light having a wavelength of 365 nm at an illuminance of 2000 mW/cm2, a viscosity at 40° C. of the B-staged product is 2.5×102 Pa·s or more and 3.0×10? Pa·s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke FUJITA, Takashi WATANABE, Mitsuru TANIKAWA, Yoshifumi SUGISAWA, Tomoya TANAKA, Takanori INOUE, Taichi HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240111366
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to execute a program so as to: acquire viewpoint information, motion information and object information; process an object image wherein: the object image is an image representing a virtual substance and is updated based on the viewpoint information and the motion information; calculate a position when superimposing a background image and the object image, wherein: the background image is an image according to the field of view of the user; generate visual information superimposing the background image and the object image based on the position calculated, and output the generated visual information to a display device; and generate tactile information for an ultrasound generator irradiating the user with ultrasound corresponding to the object based on the position calculated, the motion information and the object information, and output the generated tactile information to the ultrasound generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mamoru MIYAWAKI, Hiroyuki SHINODA, Takaaki KAMIGAKI, Mitsuru ITO, Tao MORISAKI, Shun SUZUKI, Atsushi MATSUBAYASHI, Ryoya ONISHI, Yasutoshi MAKINO, Seki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11948811
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning tank that defines a cleaning space for cleaning a wafer; a wafer rotation mechanism that is arranged inside the cleaning tank and holds and rotates the wafer; a cleaning member that contacts and cleans a surface of the wafer, is rotatable around a central axis extending in a lateral direction, and has a length in an axial direction longer than a radius of the wafer; a swing mechanism that swings the cleaning member around a swing axis located inside the cleaning tank to move the cleaning member from a retracted position outside of the wafer to a cleaning position directly above the wafer; a second cleaning means that cleans the surface of the wafer; and a second swing mechanism that swings the second cleaning means around a second swing axis located inside the cleaning tank to pass directly above a center of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Miyazaki, Tomoaki Fujimoto, Koichi Fukaya, Fumitoshi Oikawa, Takuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 11948827
    Abstract: The disclosure provides one technique for suppressing wear of a cleaning member and unexpected dust generation. A substrate support mechanism 100 includes a first support part 110 which is swingable and has a contact region that can come into contact with a peripheral edge of one surface of a substrate W in a closed state, a second support part 120 which supports the other surface of the substrate W, and a first support part moving part 140 which swings the first support part 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Miyazaki, Hisajiro Nakano, Takuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 9417363
    Abstract: An optical sheet including a fly-eye lens is provided, which exhibits excellent optical functions, including desired light condensing ability, light diffusing ability and an ability for rendering a light source image substantially invisible, and can be produced with high reproducibility. The optical sheet includes a sheet-like main body, first unit shaped elements arranged on one surface of the main body and together constituting the fly-eye lens; and second unit shaped elements arranged on the one surface of the main body and extending in parallel with one direction on the sheet surface of the main body. The first unit shaped elements are arranged, with a space provided therebetween, on the one surface of the main body, while the second unit shaped elements are arranged between the first unit shaped elements on the one surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Inoue, Amane Koike, Akiko Tomita, Hiroshi Kojima, Akinobu Ushiyama, Satoshi Goishihara
  • Patent number: 8619212
    Abstract: There is provided a protective film to be bonded to a polarizer to form a lower polarizing plate for a liquid crystal display panel. The protective film for a lower polarizing plate includes a matrix of a resin material and a diffusing component dispersed in the matrix. At least one-side surface, which is to face the polarizer, of the protective film is flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Asano, Mitsuru Inoue, Katsunori Shintani, Daijiro Kodama, Keiko Kitano
  • Patent number: 8414003
    Abstract: A vehicular L-type suspension arm is provided in which a wheel support part is provided on one end part of an arm main body, and a first vehicle body side linking portion and a second vehicle body side linking portion are provided in an intermediate part and on the other end part thereof respectively, wherein an arm main body (A) includes an upper half body (AU) that is formed so as to have an inverted U-shaped cross-section and a lower half body (AL) that is formed by press forming a plate material in a shape that blocks the lower open end of the upper half body (AU) and is welded by welds (w1) to inner faces of a pair of side wall parts 2 of the upper half body (AU), at the other end part of the arm main body (A) the lower half body (AL) extends lengthwise further outward than the upper half body (AU), an upwardly facing cylindrical bush support part (P2) is formed by burring integrally with the extended part (Ale) so that it is the second vehicle body side connecting portion (AF2), and an outer peripheral
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: F. Tech Incorporation
    Inventors: Xiao Yu, Bing Liu, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Katsumi Nagahori, Mitsuru Inoue
  • Patent number: 8414002
    Abstract: A vehicular L-type suspension arm is provided in which a wheel support part is provided on one end part of an arm main body, and a first vehicle body side linking portion and a second vehicle body side linking portion are provided in an intermediate part and on the other end part thereof respectively, wherein an arm main body (A) includes an upper half body (AU) having an inverted U-shaped cross-section and a lower half body (AL) that blocks the lower open end of the upper half body (AU), a first vehicle body side linking portion (AF1) is formed from front and rear support plates (SF, SR) each formed by press forming a plate material, these front and rear support plates (SF, SR) have base parts (SFa, Sra) that are integrally joined to each other, the base ends thereof being welded to an outside part of the arm main body (A), extremity parts (SFb, SRb) of the front and rear support plates (SF, SR) are arranged so as to be spaced from each other in the vehicle body fore-and-aft direction, and cylindrical bush s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: F. Tech Incorporation
    Inventors: Xiao Yu, Bing Liu, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Katsumi Nagahori, Mitsuru Inoue
  • Patent number: 8370578
    Abstract: Provided is a storage controller and method of controlling same which, if part of a storage area of a local memory is used as cache memory, enable an access conflict for access to a parallel bus connected to the local memory to be avoided. A storage controller which exercises control of data between a host system and a storage apparatus, comprising a data transfer control unit which exercises control to transfer the data on the basis of a read/write request from the host system; a cache memory which is connected to the data transfer control unit via a parallel bus; a control unit which is connected to the data transfer control unit via a serial bus; and a local memory which is connected to the control unit via a parallel bus, wherein the control unit decides to assign, from a cache segment of either the cache memory or the local memory, a storage area which stores the data on the basis of a CPU operating rate and a path utilization of the parallel bus connected to the cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yoshii, Mitsuru Inoue, Kentaro Shimada, Sadahiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20120226861
    Abstract: Provided is a storage controller and method of controlling same which, if part of a storage area of a local memory is used as cache memory, enable an access conflict for access to a parallel bus connected to the local memory to be avoided. A storage controller which exercises control of data between a host system and a storage apparatus, comprising a data transfer control unit which exercises control to transfer the data on the basis of a read/write request from the host system; a cache memory which is connected to the data transfer control unit via a parallel bus; a control unit which is connected to the data transfer control unit via a serial bus; and a local memory which is connected to the control unit via a parallel bus, wherein the control unit decides to assign, from a cache segment of either the cache memory or the local memory, a storage area which stores the data on the basis of a CPU operating rate and a path utilization of the parallel bus connected to the cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yoshii, Mitsuru Inoue, Kentaro Shimada, Sadahiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20120033155
    Abstract: There is provided a protective film to be bonded to a polarizer to form a lower polarizing plate for a liquid crystal display panel. The protective film for a lower polarizing plate includes a matrix of a resin material and a diffusing component dispersed in the matrix. At least one-side surface, which is to face the polarizer, of the protective film is flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji ASANO, Mitsuru Inoue, Katsunori Shintani, Daijiro Kodama, Keiko Kitano
  • Publication number: 20110298192
    Abstract: A vehicular L-type suspension arm is provided in which a wheel support part is provided on one end part of an arm main body, and a first vehicle body side linking portion and a second vehicle body side linking portion are provided in an intermediate part and on the other end part thereof respectively, wherein an arm main body (A) includes an upper half body (AU) that is formed so as to have an inverted U-shaped cross-section and a lower half body (AL) that is formed by press forming a plate material in a shape that blocks the lower open end of the upper half body (AU) and is welded by welds (w1) to inner faces of a pair of side wall parts 2 of the upper half body (AU), at the other end part of the arm main body (A) the lower half body (AL) extends lengthwise further outward than the upper half body (AU), an upwardly facing cylindrical bush support part (P2) is formed by burring integrally with the extended part (Ale) so that it is the second vehicle body side connecting portion (AF2), and an outer peripheral
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Xiao Yu, Bing Liu, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Katsumi Nagahori, Mitsuru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20110285102
    Abstract: A vehicular L-type suspension arm is provided in which a wheel support part is provided on one end part of an arm main body, and a first vehicle body side linking portion and a second vehicle body side linking portion are provided in an intermediate part and on the other end part thereof respectively, wherein an arm main body (A) includes an upper half body (AU) having an inverted U-shaped cross-section and a lower half body (AL) that blocks the lower open end of the upper half body (AU), a first vehicle body side linking portion (AF1) is formed from front and rear support plates (SF, SR) each formed by press forming a plate material, these front and rear support plates (SF, SR) have base parts (SFa, Sra) that are integrally joined to each other, the base ends thereof being welded to an outside part of the arm main body (A), extremity parts (SFb, SRb) of the front and rear support plates (SF, SR) are arranged so as to be spaced from each other in the vehicle body fore-and-aft direction, and cylindrical bush s
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Xiao Yu, Bing Liu, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Katsumi Nagahori, Mitsuru Inoue
  • Patent number: 7980576
    Abstract: A vehicular suspension arm is provided in which an arm main body (1) includes a main plate (2) press-formed as a main part of the arm main body and having a short cylindrical part (EB) provided integrally with one end by flanging, and a reinforcing plate (H) superimposed on one of upper and lower faces of the main plate (2) and reinforcing the main plate (2). The reinforcing plate (H) has an eye-shaped head part (Ha) formed in an annular shape and arranged coaxially with the short cylindrical part (EB), and a tail part (Hb) extending integrally from the eye-shaped head part (Ha) along the longitudinal direction of the main plate (2), is formed from a single plate material that is thicker than the main plate (2), and has at least the tail part (Hb) welded to the main plate (2). A bush press-fit portion (P1) is formed from an inner peripheral face of the eye-shaped head part (Ha) and an inner peripheral face of the short cylindrical part (EB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Inoue, Fumio Kikuchi, Yutaka Hozumi, Jun Matsuike
  • Patent number: 7911588
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus configured to expose a pattern of an original onto a substrate includes a wire electrode row that includes plural parallel wire electrodes, and that is opposed to the original, and a power source that applies an AC voltage to the plural wire electrodes, wherein the wire electrode row includes a first electrode group, and a second wire electrode group to which an AC voltage having a phase different from that of an AC voltage applied to the first electrode group is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Yonekawa, Mitsuru Inoue
  • Patent number: 7876419
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus including a projection optical system and configured to expose a substrate to light via the projection optical system includes a support configured to support the projection optical system, an object supported by the support and movable relative the support, an actuator configured to drive the object, a detector configured to detect a relative position between the object and the support, and a controller configured to perform a control of the actuator based on an output of the detector to cause the object to follow the support. The controller is configured to perform an estimation of a vibration of the support based on an output of the detector in parallel with the control to cause the object to follow the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Fujii, Hiroshi Ito, Mitsuru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20100315803
    Abstract: An optical sheet including a fly-eye lens is provided. This optical sheet can exhibit excellent optical functions, including desired light condensing ability, light diffusing ability and ability for rendering a light source image substantially invisible, as well as can be produced with high reproducibility. In one example, the optical sheet (40) includes: a sheet-like main body (45); first unit shaped elements (50) arranged on one surface (46) of the main body and constituting together the fly-eye lens; and second unit shaped elements (55) arranged on the one surface of the main body and extending in parallel with one direction on the sheet surface of the main body. In this case, the first unit shaped elements are arranged, with a space provided therebetween, on the one surface of the main body, while the second unit shaped elements are arranged, between the first unit shaped elements, on the one surface of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Inoue, Amane Koike, Akiko Tomita, Hiroshi Kojima, Akinobu Ushiyama, Satoshi Goishihara
  • Patent number: 7839653
    Abstract: A backplane has signal connectors for connecting signals of logical boards connected to an upper level of the backplane; signal connectors for connecting signals of logical boards connected to a lower level of the backplane; power source connectors for supplying power to the logical boards connected to the upper level of the backplane; and power source connectors for supplying power to the logical boards connected to the lower level of the backplane. Some power source connectors are formed at one end of the backplane and the other power source connectors are formed at the other end of the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Koga, Mitsuru Inoue
  • Patent number: 7752358
    Abstract: The invention proposes a storage apparatus and conversion board that can increase the number of hard disk drive heads in a given, limited space for installation of disk units in the storage apparatus, and can consequently improve data read/write performance. A storage apparatus has a plurality of first disk units of a specific size, each removable, and a controller that controls data read/write from/to the first disk units, and the storage apparatus includes: external connectors, each provided in corresponding positions where the first disk units are installed, and physically and electrically connected with the first disk units installed in a specific state; and a removable conversion unit provided in one or more of the external connectors, and used for installing, in the position where one or more of the first disk units are to be installed, a larger number of second disk units, each smaller in physical size, than the one or more first disk units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd
    Inventors: Tsutomu Koga, Mitsuru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20090295113
    Abstract: A vehicular suspension arm is provided in which an arm main body (1) includes a main plate (2) press-formed as a main part of the arm main body and having a short cylindrical part (EB) provided integrally with one end by flanging, and a reinforcing plate (H) superimposed on one of upper and lower faces of the main plate (2) and reinforcing the main plate (2). The reinforcing plate (H) has an eye-shaped head part (Ha) formed in an annular shape and arranged coaxially with the short cylindrical part (EB), and a tail part (Hb) extending integrally from the eye-shaped head part (Ha) along the longitudinal direction of the main plate (2), is formed from a single plate material that is thicker than the main plate (2), and has at least the tail part (Hb) welded to the main plate (2). A bush press-fit portion (P1) is formed from an inner peripheral face of the eye-shaped head part (Ha) and an inner peripheral face of the short cylindrical part (EB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Mitsuru Inoue, Fumio Kikuchi, Yutaka Hozumi, Jun Matsuike