Patents by Inventor Naoki Watase

Naoki Watase 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: 8967075
    Abstract: When the coating object area is positioned on the suction table, the film is stopped and is mounted on the suction table, and is further provided with tension in the longitudinal direction to eliminate slacks or the like, but, curl is caused in the both side end regions in the coating object area. Therefore, the coating object area is mounted on the suction table, and at the same time, the curl correction bars disposed on the both sides of the suction table are moved to the curled portions of the coating object area, and then the curled portions are pressed against the suction surface of the suction table to thereby perform the curl correction. Further, in the coating process with the UV-curing coating material, the UV light from the UV light source formed integrally with the coating head is applied to cure the material. In the vacuum suction section, as the destination, the bubbles or the like in the coating head are sucked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Miyamoto, Toshiharu Kishimura, Hitoshi Manabe, Katsuyoshi Watanabe, Naoki Watase, Hideo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110104391
    Abstract: When the coating object area is positioned on the suction table, the film is stopped and is mounted on the suction table, and is further provided with tension in the longitudinal direction to eliminate slacks or the like, but, curl is caused in the both side end regions in the coating object area. Therefore, the coating object area is mounted on the suction table, and at the same time, the curl correction bars disposed on the both sides of the suction table are moved to the curled portions of the coating object area, and then the curled portions are pressed against the suction surface of the suction table to thereby perform the curl correction. Further, in the coating process with the UV-curing coating material, the UV light from the UV light source formed integrally with the coating head is applied to cure the material. In the vacuum suction section, as the destination, the bubbles or the like in the coating head are sucked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu MIYAMOTO, Toshiharu Kishimura, Hitoshi Manabe, Katsuyoshi Watanabe, Naoki Watase, Hideo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6991324
    Abstract: In a solution emitting head for emitting a solution through an outlet, having a main body including a cavity, a cover attached to the main body in such a manner that the cover covers the cavity to form a chamber so that the solution is stored in the chamber temporarily before being emitted from the outlet, and a solution pressurizing device for pressurizing the solution in the chamber, the cover is fixedly attached to the main body by one of metal-to-metal bonding and an adhesive dissolution-resistant against the solution between the cover and the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Hitachi Industries Co., Ltd., JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Watase, Hironori Toyoshima, Tsuneyoshi Shimizu, Makoto Nakahara, Daisuke Ikesugi, Takatoshi Kira, Yoshihisa Ohta
  • Publication number: 20050073323
    Abstract: In an apparatus for measuring thickness of a thin film, which is formed through a conductor, preventing the measurement from an error due to the curve or bend on a substrate surface or a moving surface of a stage, but without necessity of a large-scaled facility, an electric filed is applied between a probe 10 and a stage 8, so as to obtain an electrostatic capacitance of the substrate 3, an electrostatic capacitance of an insulating film, which is formed between the substrate 3, and an electrostatic capacitance defined starting from the substrate 3 to the thin film 4. The electrostatic capacitance between the substrate 3 and the thin film 4 is measured at plural numbers of places covering over the entire surface of the thin film 4. The probe 10 is so supported that the contact load ā€œPā€ comes to be constant, by the probe 10 onto the thin film 4. A contact area of the probe 10 between the thin film 4 is calculated out through a predetermined equation, assuming the load ā€œPā€ is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Ryuji Kohno, Tatsuya Nagata, Naoki Watase, Michihiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20030210303
    Abstract: In a solution emitting head for emitting a solution through an outlet, having a main body including a cavity, a cover attached to the main body in such a manner that the cover covers the cavity to form a chamber so that the solution is stored in the chamber temporarily before being emitted from the outlet, and a solution pressurizing device for pressurizing the solution in the chamber, the cover is fixedly attached to the main body by one of metal-to-metal bonding and an adhesive dissolution-resistant against the solution between the cover and the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Naoki Watase, Hironori Toyoshima, Tsuneyoshi Shimizu, Makoto Nakahara, Daisuke Ikesugi, Takatoshi Kira, Yoshihisa Ohta
  • Patent number: D654935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kishimura, Naoki Watase, Katsuyoshi Watanabe, Hideaki Yamamoto, Hideo Nakamura