Patents by Inventor Munenori Shikida

Munenori Shikida 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: 9535170
    Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility and also relieving a problem of thermal expansion coefficient. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover a one face side and a side face side of the glass substrate and an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover an other face side and the side face side of the glass substrate on which the organic resin layer is formed. This effectively prevents the edge part from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be effectively prevented from entering the side face of the glass substrate and, the entire surface thereof is covered by the organic resin layers, so that warping of the glass substrate can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 9513381
    Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility and also relieving a problem of thermal expansion coefficient. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover a one face side and a side face side of the glass substrate. This reinforces the glass substrate, whereby the edge part thereof can be prevented from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be prevented from entering the side face of the glass substrate, while transparency is ensured for light incident to the other face side of the glass substrate because the organic resin layer is not formed on the other face side of the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 9316584
    Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover the entire surface of the glass substrate. This reinforces the glass substrate, whereby the edge part thereof can be prevented from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be prevented from entering a side face of the glass substrate and, since the organic resin layer is formed on the entire surface, it becomes feasible to suppress warping of the glass substrate due to internal stress after formation of a scintillator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 9158010
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability while using a plurality of light receiving elements to provide a large screen size. A radiation detector 1 includes: a flexible supporting substrate 5 that includes a radiation incident surface 5a and a radiation emission surface 5b; a scintillator layer 6 made from a plurality of columnar crystals H formed on the emission surface 5b through crystal growth and generating light due to the incident radiation; a moisture-proof protective layer 7 covering the scintillator layer 6 and filled between the plurality of columnar crystals H; and light receiving elements 8A to 8D arranged to oppose the scintillator layer 6 and detecting the light generated in the scintillator layer 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
  • Patent number: 9146325
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident surface 3a on which radiation is incident and an emission surface 3b emitting light generated by the incident radiation and on a side opposite to the incident surface 3a; and a light detection portion 5 disposed on an emission surface side of the scintillator layer 3 for detecting light emitted from the emission surface 3b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
  • Patent number: 9136029
    Abstract: A scintillator panel 1 and a radiation image sensor 10 in which characteristics can be changed easily at the time of manufacture are provided. The scintillator panel 1 comprises a scintillator 3 having an entrance surface 3a for a radiation; a FOP 2, arranged on an opposite side of the scintillator 3 from the entrance surface 3a, for transmitting the light generated by the scintillator 3; and a resin layer 5, formed from a resin containing a color material on the entrance surface 3a side of the scintillator 3, for performing at least one of absorption and reflection of the light generated by the scintillator 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Hirotake Osawa, Munenori Shikida
  • Publication number: 20150204985
    Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility and also relieving a problem of thermal expansion coefficient. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover a one face side and a side face side of the glass substrate and an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover an other face side and the side face side of the glass substrate on which the organic resin layer is formed. This effectively prevents the edge part from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be effectively prevented from entering the side face of the glass substrate and, the entire surface thereof is covered by the organic resin layers, so that warping of the glass substrate can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20150198529
    Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover the entire surface of the glass substrate. This reinforces the glass substrate, whereby the edge part thereof can be prevented from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be prevented from entering a side face of the glass substrate and, since the organic resin layer is formed on the entire surface, it becomes feasible to suppress warping of the glass substrate due to internal stress after formation of a scintillator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20150168568
    Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility and also relieving a problem of thermal expansion coefficient. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover a one face side and a side face side of the glass substrate. This reinforces the glass substrate, whereby the edge part thereof can be prevented from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be prevented from entering the side face of the glass substrate, while transparency is ensured for light incident to the other face side of the glass substrate because the organic resin layer is not formed on the other face side of the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
  • Publication number: 20150059151
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident surface 3a on which radiation is incident and an emission surface 3b emitting light generated by the incident radiation and on a side opposite to the incident surface 3a; and a light detection portion 5 disposed on an emission surface side of the scintillator layer 3 for detecting light emitted from the emission surface 3b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hirotake OSAWA, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
  • Patent number: 8890078
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident surface 3a on which radiation is incident and an emission surface 3b emitting light generated by the incident radiation and on a side opposite to the incident surface 3a; and a light detection portion 5 disposed on an emission surface side of the scintillator layer 3 for detecting light emitted from the emission surface 3b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
  • Patent number: 8866088
    Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel which can improve its optical output and resolution is provided. A radiation image conversion panel 1 comprises a FOP 2, a heat-resistant resin layer 3 formed on a main face 2a of the FOP 2, and a scintillator 4 formed by vapor deposition on a main face 3a of the heat-resistant layer 3 on a side opposite from the FOP 2 and made of a columnar crystal. In this radiation image conversion panel 1, the main face 3a of the heat-resistant resin layer 3 has a surface energy of at least 20 [mN/m] but less than 35 [mN/m]. This can make the crystallinity of the root part of the scintillator 4 favorable, so as to inhibit the root part of the scintillator 4 from becoming harder to transmit and easier to scatter the output light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
  • Patent number: 8637830
    Abstract: In a radiation image conversion panel (10), a radiation conversion layer (2) for converting an incident radiation into light is formed on a substrate (1). The radiation conversion layer (2) has a reflective layer (3), on a side opposite from a light exit surface (2a) for emitting the light, for reflecting the light to the exit surface (2a) side, while the reflective layer (3) has a helical structure comprising helically stacked phosphor crystals. Thus constructed radiation image conversion panel (10) can enhance the reflectance without forming a reflective layer made of a thin metal film or the like and exhibit a reflectance higher than that in the case where the reflective layer is formed by spherical crystal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori Yamashita, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Kazuhiro Shirakawa, Munenori Shikida
  • Publication number: 20130112884
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability while using a plurality of light receiving elements to provide a large screen size. A radiation detector 1 includes: a flexible supporting substrate 5 that includes a radiation incident surface 5a and a radiation emission surface 5b; a scintillator layer 6 made from a plurality of columnar crystals H formed on the emission surface 5b through crystal growth and generating light due to the incident radiation; a moisture-proof protective layer 7 covering the scintillator layer 6 and filled between the plurality of columnar crystals H; and light receiving elements 8A to 8D arranged to oppose the scintillator layer 6 and detecting the light generated in the scintillator layer 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
  • Publication number: 20130112882
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident surface 3a on which radiation is incident and an emission surface 3b emitting light generated by the incident radiation and on a side opposite to the incident surface 3a; and a light detection portion 5 disposed on an emission surface side of the scintillator layer 3 for detecting light emitted from the emission surface 3b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
  • Publication number: 20130087713
    Abstract: A scintillator panel 1 and a radiation image sensor 10 which can achieve higher resolution and higher luminance are provided. The scintillator panel 1 comprises a radiation transmitting substrate 3, adapted to transmit a radiation therethrough, having entrance and exit surfaces 3a, 3b for the radiation; a scintillator 4, adapted to generate light in response to the radiation incident thereon, comprising a plurality of columnar bodies grown as crystals on the exit surface 3b; an FOP 6, arranged on an opposite side of the scintillator 4 from the exit surface 3b, for propagating the light generated by the scintillator 4; and a double-sided tape 5, disposed between the scintillator 4 and the FOP 6, for adhesively bonding the scintillator 4 and the FOP 6 together and transmitting therethrough the light generated by the scintillator 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Hirotake Osawa, Munenori Shikida
  • Publication number: 20130043397
    Abstract: A scintillator panel 1 and a radiation image sensor 10 in which characteristics can be changed easily at the time of manufacture are provided. The scintillator panel 1 comprises a scintillator 3 having an entrance surface 3a for a radiation; a FOP 2, arranged on an opposite side of the scintillator 3 from the entrance surface 3a, for transmitting the light generated by the scintillator 3; and a resin layer 5, formed from a resin containing a color material on the entrance surface 3a side of the scintillator 3, for performing at least one of absorption and reflection of the light generated by the scintillator 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Hirotake Osawa, Munenori Shikida
  • Publication number: 20120312998
    Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel which can improve its optical output and resolution is provided. A radiation image conversion panel 1 comprises a FOP 2, a heat-resistant resin layer 3 formed on a main face 2a of the FOP 2, and a scintillator 4 formed by vapor deposition on a main face 3a of the heat-resistant layer 3 on a side opposite from the FOP 2 and made of a columnar crystal. In this radiation image conversion panel 1, the main face 3a of the heat-resistant resin layer 3 has a surface energy of at least 20 [mN/m] but less than 35 [mN/m]. This can make the crystallinity of the root part of the scintillator 4 favorable, so as to inhibit the root part of the scintillator 4 from becoming harder to transmit and easier to scatter the output light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
  • Publication number: 20120025102
    Abstract: In a radiation image conversion panel (10), a radiation conversion layer (2) for converting an incident radiation into light is formed on a substrate (1). The radiation conversion layer (2) has a reflective layer (3), on a side opposite from a light exit surface (2a) for emitting the light, for reflecting the light to the exit surface (2a) side, while the reflective layer (3) has a helical structure comprising helically stacked phosphor crystals. Thus constructed radiation image conversion panel (10) can enhance the reflectance without forming a reflective layer made of a thin metal film or the like and exhibit a reflectance higher than that in the case where the reflective layer is formed by spherical crystal particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori Yamashita, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Kazuhiro Shirakawa, Munenori Shikida