Patents by Inventor Naoki Matsumoto
Naoki Matsumoto 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: 10896811Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a second waveguide is connected to an upper wall of a first waveguide and communicates with the first waveguide, a dielectric window is in contact with a lower wall of the first waveguide, a first inner conductor penetrates an upper wall, is electrically connected with the upper wall, and extends along the direction of a tube axis from an inside of the first waveguide to an inside of a third waveguide, the third waveguide is connected to the lower wall on the dielectric window side and communicates with the first waveguide, a first opening end of the third waveguide is connected to the dielectric window, and a drive device is connected to the first inner conductor, and is configured to drive the first inner conductor in the direction of the tube axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Ayako Ito, Koji Koyama, Yuki Kawada, Takahiro Senda, Naoki Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20200383957Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient, a high viscosity liquid carrier material, a hydrophobic solvent, and a hydrophilic solvent are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing and using the compositions. The compositions are suitable for use, e.g., as depot formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicants: DURECT CORPORATION, SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Wilma TAMRAZ, Huey-Ching SU, WeiQi LIN, Kazuhito YAMADA, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Sreenivasu MUDUMBA, Komei OKABE
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Patent number: 10854431Abstract: A plasma processing method includes executing an etching process that includes supplying an etching gas into a process container in which a target substrate is supported on a second electrode serving as a lower electrode, and applying an RF power for plasma generation and an RF power for ion attraction to turn the etching gas into plasma and to subject the target substrate to etching. The etching process includes applying a negative DC voltage to a first electrode serving as an upper electrode during the etching to increase an absolute value of self-bias on the first electrode. The etching process includes releasing DC electron current generated by the negative DC voltage to ground through plasma and a conductive member disposed as a ring around the first electrode, by using a first state where the conductive member is connected to a ground potential portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Akira Koshiishi, Masaru Sugimoto, Kunihiko Hinata, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Chishio Koshimizu, Ryuji Ohtani, Kazuo Kibi, Masashi Saito, Naoki Matsumoto, Yoshinobu Ohya, Manabu Iwata, Daisuke Yano, Yohei Yamazawa, Hidetoshi Hanaoka, Toshihiro Hayami, Hiroki Yamazaki, Manabu Sato
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Patent number: 10847341Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed to face each other, a high frequency power supply unit for applying a high frequency power to either the first electrode or the second electrode, a processing gas supply unit for supplying a processing gas to a processing space, and a main dielectric member provided at a substrate mounting portion on a main surface of the first electrode. A focus ring is attached to the first electrode to cover a peripheral portion of the main surface of the first electrode and a peripheral dielectric member is provided in a peripheral portion on the main surface of the first electrode so that an electrostatic capacitance per unit area applied between the first electrode and the focus ring is smaller than that applied between the first electrode and the substrate by the main dielectric member.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Chishio Koshimizu, Naoki Matsumoto, Satoshi Tanaka, Toru Ito
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Patent number: 10837409Abstract: A purge system malfunction diagnosis device is configured to diagnose a malfunction in a purge system mounted on a vehicle. The purge system includes a canister, a purge passage, a purge valve capable of opening and closing the purge passage, an outside air passage configured to cause the canister to communicate with an outside air opening, an outside air valve capable of opening and closing the outside air passage, and a system pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the purge system. In a state where the outside air passage is closed, a diagnosis mode is executed on a basis of a relationship between the pressure in the purge system and an integrated value of flow rate estimates of a purge gas. In the diagnosis mode, a parameter to be used for diagnosing a malfunction in the purge system is adjusted in a case where the flow rate estimate is lower than a flow rate threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Kugo, Masahiro Ono, Naoki Matsumoto, Kazunori Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200352852Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient, a high viscosity liquid carrier material, a hydrophobic solvent, and a hydrophilic solvent are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing and using the compositions. The compositions are suitable for use, e.g., as depot formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicants: DURECT CORPORATION, SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Wilma TAMRAZ, Huey-Ching SU, WeiQi LIN, Kazuhito YAMADA, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Sreenivasu MUDUMBA, Komei OKABE
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Patent number: 10832892Abstract: An antenna according to an aspect includes: a dielectric window having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface having an annular recessed surface and a flat surface surrounded by the recessed surface; a slot plate; a dielectric plate; a heat transfer member made of metal and having an upper surface and a lower surface opposing each other; a cooling jacket; and a heater, in which the upper surface includes a plurality of first regions and a second region, the cooling jacket is mounted on the plurality of first regions, the second region is recessed further toward the lower surface side than the plurality of first regions, the heater is mounted on the second region, and each of the plurality of first regions is provided at a position at least partially overlapping with the flat surface when viewed in a direction parallel to a central axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Yuki Kawada, Naoki Matsumoto, Takahiro Senda, Koji Koyama, Shohei Fukano, Jun Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Kondo, Takashi Minakawa
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Patent number: 10804072Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed to face each other, a high frequency power supply unit for applying a high frequency power to either the first electrode or the second electrode, a processing gas supply unit for supplying a processing gas to a processing space, and a main dielectric member provided at a substrate mounting portion on a main surface of the first electrode. A focus ring is attached to the first electrode to cover a peripheral portion of the main surface of the first electrode and a peripheral dielectric member is provided in a peripheral portion on the main surface of the first electrode so that an electrostatic capacitance per unit area applied between the first electrode and the focus ring is smaller than that applied between the first electrode and the substrate by the main dielectric member.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Chishio Koshimizu, Naoki Matsumoto, Satoshi Tanaka, Toru Ito
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Patent number: 10786526Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ophthalmic solution comprising diquafosol or a salt thereof at a concentration of 0.1% to 10% (w/v) and a chlorhexidine at a concentration of 0.0001% to 0.1% (w/v).Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Inagaki, Naoki Matsumoto, Toshihiro Ogawa, Yukihisa Wakabayashi, Asuka Kamimura, Yoshihiro Oshita, Hitoshi Nakazawa, Isao Matsuoka
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Patent number: 10774790Abstract: A purge system malfunction diagnosis device is configured to diagnose a malfunction in a purge system mounted on a vehicle configured to execute an idling stop control. The system includes a canister, a purge passage, a purge valve capable of opening and closing the purge passage, an outside air passage that causes the canister to communicate with an outside air opening, an outside air valve capable of opening and closing the outside air passage by being driven using an electric power supplied from a battery, and a system pressure sensor that detects a pressure in the purge system. In a state where the outside air passage is closed, a diagnosis mode is executed on a basis of a relationship between the pressure in the purge system and an integrated value of flow rate estimates of a purge gas, and the diagnosis mode is prohibited on a basis of a voltage of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Kugo, Naoki Matsumoto, Atsushi Kaneko, Yoshitaka Ono
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Publication number: 20200284181Abstract: A freezing diagnosing device to be installed in an engine includes an ambient temperature sensor, a liquid temperature sensor, and a freezing determination unit. The ambient temperature sensor detects an ambient temperature. The liquid temperature sensor detects the temperature of a liquid held in the engine. The freezing determination unit determines that a freezing state of a pipe coupled to a pressure sensor in the engine is established when one or both of a first condition and a second condition are satisfied. The first condition is that the ambient temperature detected by the ambient temperature sensor is equal to or less than a first threshold. The second condition is that the temperature of the liquid detected by the liquid temperature sensor is equal to or less than a second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki MATSUMOTO, Kosuke FURUTA, Daiki KITA, Manabu ISHIKAWA, Yoshimichi SASAKI, Naoki MIURA
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Patent number: 10768845Abstract: A storage device includes a storage retaining content data, an input receiving instructions to reproduce the content data stored in the storage and a reproducer outputting the content data to an external reproducing device. The storage retains a table including identification information of the external reproducing device and a data format of the content data reproducible in the external reproducing device. The reproducer includes a notifier notifying reproduction information necessary for the external reproducing device to reproduce the content data before the content data are outputted to the external reproducing device in response to a reproduction instruction, and a data controller acquiring unique identification information for the external reproducing device when the external reproducing device is connected to the storage device and converting the content data into the data format reproducible in the external reproducing device and outputting the content data thereto.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: BUFFALO, INC.Inventor: Naoki Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10751832Abstract: An optical non-destructive inspection method includes: a heating laser emission step; an information acquisition step of acquiring measurement point information and heating laser information; a joint state determination step of determining the joint state on the basis of the measurement point information and the heating laser information; and a preliminary heating step, which is performed before the heating laser emission step, of causing thermal distortion in a first member by irradiating a measurement point, or a preliminary heating range that includes the measurement point, or a preliminary heating point set in the preliminary heating range, with preliminary heating laser adjusted to a thermal distortion generation intensity, which is a constant output intensity, and an irradiation time such that the thermal distortion is caused without destroying the first member.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Matsumoto, Ryota Umezawa, Daisuke Kuroda, Hiroshi Ohara
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Publication number: 20200221962Abstract: A measurement device (1) performs filtering processing via an analog filter (403) with a predetermined transfer function on a first signal indicating a pulse wave of a subject and a second signal indicating a pulse wave or an electrocardiogram of the subject; performs filtering processing via a digital filter with the predetermined transfer function on third time series data, which is first time series data of the first signal arranged in reverse chronological order, and fourth time series data, which is second time series data of the second signal arranged in reverse chronological order; and calculates a pulse transit time on the basis of a signal indicated by fifth time series data, which is the third time series data post filtering processing arranged in chronological order, and a signal indicated by sixth time series data, which is the fourth time series data post filtering processing arranged in chronological order.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Naoki MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20200224577Abstract: An exhaust device includes a supporting component and an exhaust component. The supporting component is configured to support the exhaust component. The supporting component includes a rod and a bracket. The bracket is supported from above by the rod. The exhaust component includes a joining target portion. The joining target portion includes a first joining surface and a second joining surface, to which the bracket is joined. An intermediate surface, which is between the first joining surface and the second joining surface, is provided with a reinforcing portion that reinforces the intermediate surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Yuki Sawanishi, Naoki Matsumoto, Makoto Hisaike
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Publication number: 20200205678Abstract: A blood pressure estimation device includes a display unit (10), a belt portion (20), a first contact electrode (61) and a second contact electrode (62) for detecting an electrocardiographic waveform, and a pulse wave sensor. The display unit (10) displays a blood pressure estimation result. The belt portion (20) is connected to the display unit (10) and surrounds a target measurement site. The pulse wave sensor includes a pulse wave detection unit (40E) that detects a pulse wave of an artery (91) passing through the target measurement site. The first contact electrode (61) and the pulse wave detection unit (40E) are provided on an inner circumferential portion (20a) of the belt portion (20). The second contact electrode (62) is provided on an outer circumferential portion (20b) of the belt portion (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Yasuhiro KAWABATA, Naomi MATSUMURA, Naoki MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20200196883Abstract: A pulse wave measurement device (100) comprises an electrode unit (200) and a pulse wave measurement unit (1) including a pair of current applying electrodes and a pair of voltage measuring electrodes. The electrode unit (200) includes a substrate (210) with insulating properties, measurement electrodes (220), connection electrodes (230) electrically connected to the measurement electrodes (220) in a 1-to-1 manner, and an adhesive layer. The pulse wave measurement unit (1) includes a belt member (20) configured to wrap around a living body and cover the electrode unit (200) attached to a body surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Naoki MATSUMOTO, Naomi MATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20200189379Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a seat on which an occupant is seated; a pair of right and left batteries that are arranged in a distributed manner to a right and a left below the seat; and a pair of right and left battery support parts which are provided on a vehicle body and each of which detachably holds each of the right and left batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Masayuki Hirukawa, Naoki Matsumoto, Makoto Hotozuka, Hisao Nishiura
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Patent number: 10682340Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient, a high viscosity liquid carrier material, a hydrophobic solvent, and a hydrophilic solvent are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing and using the compositions. The compositions are suitable for use, e.g., as depot formulations.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignees: DURECT CORPORATION, SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Wilma Tamraz, Huey-Ching Su, WeiQi Lin, Kazuhito Yamada, Naoki Matsumoto, Sreenivasu Mudumba, Komei Okabe
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Patent number: 10679826Abstract: A microwave control method is used in a microwave plasma processing apparatus including a microwave generation unit, a waveguide for guiding a microwave generated by the microwave generation unit, a tuner for controlling a position of a movable short-circuiting plate, and a stub provided between the tuner and an antenna in the waveguide and insertable into an inner space of the waveguide. The method includes detecting the position of the movable short-circuiting plate controlled by the tuner for the microwave outputted by the microwave generation unit, determining whether or not a difference between a reference position and the detected position of the movable short-circuiting plate is within a tolerable range, and controlling an insertion length of the stub into the inner space of the waveguide when it is determined that the difference between the position of the movable short-circuiting plate and the reference position is not within the tolerable range.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Jun Yoshikawa, Naoki Matsumoto, Kazushi Kaneko