Patents by Inventor Nobuhide Nunomura

Nobuhide Nunomura 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: 10121686
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vacuum processing apparatus that includes gas supply means having a hard interlock of a pair of gas valves. The present invention provides a vacuum processing apparatus including: a gas supply unit that supplies gas, for performing vacuum processing using normally closed type air-driven valves, to a processing chamber where the vacuum processing is performed, the gas supply unit having an interlock function in which, when a first valve of a pair of the air-driven valves is opened, a second valve of the pair is closed, the gas supply unit including an air circuit that controls air for driving the air-driven valves, the air circuit being configured using an electromagnetic valve having a solenoid coil corresponding to each of the pair of the air-driven valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Ogawa, Masanori Kadotani, Masakazu Isozaki, Nobuhide Nunomura
  • Publication number: 20160379857
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vacuum processing apparatus that includes gas supply means having a hard interlock of a pair of gas valves. The present invention provides a vacuum processing apparatus including: a gas supply unit that supplies gas, for performing vacuum processing using normally closed type air-driven valves, to a processing chamber where the vacuum processing is performed, the gas supply unit having an interlock function in which, when a first valve of a pair of the air-driven valves is opened, a second valve of the pair is closed, the gas supply unit including an air circuit that controls air for driving the air-driven valves, the air circuit being configured using an electromagnetic valve having a solenoid coil corresponding to each of the pair of the air-driven valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi OGAWA, Masanori KADOTANI, Masakazu ISOZAKI, Nobuhide NUNOMURA
  • Patent number: 8707899
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus for processing a subject placed on a subject stage disposed in a processing chamber in a vacuum vessel, by using plasma formed in said processing chamber, includes: an exhaust space communicating with the processing chamber, extending in a horizontal direction, and exhausting gas in the processing chamber; an exhaust port communicating with the exhaust space, the gas being exhausted via the exhaust port; a pump disposed communicating with the exhaust port and exhausting the gas; and a plate member disposed in the exhaust space between a connection portion to the processing chamber and the exhaust port, extending along a direction connecting the connection portion and the exhaust port, and disposed outside a view angle from an upper surface of the subject stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryouta Kitani, Nobuhide Nunomura, Yasukiyo Morioka, Motohiko Yoshigai
  • Publication number: 20100212834
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus for processing a subject placed on a subject stage disposed in a processing chamber in a vacuum vessel, by using plasma formed in said processing chamber, includes: an exhaust space communicating with the processing chamber, extending in a horizontal direction, and exhausting gas in the processing chamber; an exhaust port communicating with the exhaust space, the gas being exhausted via the exhaust port; a pump disposed communicating with the exhaust port and exhausting the gas; and a plate member disposed in the exhaust space between a connection portion to the processing chamber and the exhaust port, extending along a direction connecting the connection portion and the exhaust port, and disposed outside a view angle from an upper surface of the subject stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Ryouta Kitani, Nobuhide Nunomura, Yasukiyo Morioka, Motohiko Yoshigai
  • Patent number: D864885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michiaki Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Hirozane, Akio Harada, Nobuhide Nunomura, Yutaka Kouzuma
  • Patent number: D907593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhide Nunomura, Keitarou Ogawa