Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Ito

Nobuhiro Ito 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: 20150311026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission type target having a diamond base material as the transmissive base material. The transmission type target can inhibit the composition from varying with the drive history of the transmission type target and can inhibit the output of radiation from varying over a long time. The transmission type target includes a target layer containing a metal carbide constituted of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tantalum, and tungsten and carbon; and a diamond base material supporting the target layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Takeo Tsukamoto, Takao Ogura, Shuji Yamada, Yoichi Ikarashi, Nobuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 9048058
    Abstract: A radiation generating tube, which includes: a cathode connected to an electron gun structure; an anode including a target and configured to generate radiation; and a tubular side wall disposed between the cathode and the anode to surround the electron gun structure; and an electrical potential defining member disposed at an intermediate portion of the tubular side wall between the anode and the cathode. The electrical potential defining member is electrically connected to an electrical potential defining unit via an electrical resistance member or an inductor, and a potential of the electrical potential defining member is defined to be a higher potential than a potential of the cathode and to be a lower potential than a potential of the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Yamazaki, Nobuhiro Ito, Kazuyuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 8821677
    Abstract: Adherence between a sealing material and a glass substrate is assured, thereby improving airtightness of a hermetic container. A manufacturing method of the hermetic container has: an assembling step of sealing a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate through a circumferential sealing material having plural straight line portions and plural coupling portions which connect the plural straight line portions so as to define an internal space between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate; and a sealing step of maintaining the internal space to a negative pressure to an outside after the assembling step, applying such local force as to compress the coupling portions of the circumferential sealing material in a thickness direction of the sealing material, and heating and melting the sealing material by irradiating local heating light to the sealing material, to seal the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ito, Mamo Matsumoto, Kazuya Ishiwata
  • Publication number: 20140126701
    Abstract: An X-ray emitting target including a diamond substrate, a first layer disposed on the diamond substrate and including a first metal, and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including a second metal whose atomic number is 42 or more and which has a thermal conductivity higher than that of the first metal. The layer thickness of the first layer is greater than or equal to 0.1 nm and smaller than or equal to 100 nm. The target is prevented from overheating, so that output variation due to rising temperature is suppressed. Thus it is possible to emit stable and high output X-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Ogura, Yasue Sato, Nobuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20140112450
    Abstract: An X-ray emitting target including a diamond substrate, a first layer disposed on the diamond substrate and including a first metal, and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including a second metal whose atomic number is 42 or more and which has a thermal conductivity higher than that of the first metal. Carbide of the first metal is present at a boundary between the diamond substrate and the first layer. The target is prevented from overheating, so that output variation due to rising temperature is suppressed. Thus it is possible to emit stable and high output X-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Ogura, Yasue Sato, Nobuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 8601834
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hermetically sealed container offering a strength and airtightness which are reliable over time. A joining member having a viscosity with a negative temperature coefficient, having a softening temperature lower than those of a pair of glass substrates and a frame member, and extending into a frame shape is arranged between one of the pair of glass substrates and the frame member so that the joining member contacts both the one of the pair of glass substrates and the frame member. Then, the joining member is heated and thermally melted while being pressed so that the center G of an incoming heat flux distribution in the width direction of the joining member is positioned at an inner space E rather than the center of the joining member in the width direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mamo Matsumoto, Tomohiro Saito, Nobuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 8476550
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a hermetic container includes steps of bonding a frame member to a first substrate, by pressing the first substrate and the second substrate to each other by an electrostatic force generated between a first electrode and a second electrode by applying a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode, and softening and melting the bonding material. Additional steps include cooling and solidifying the bonding material by simultaneously heating the bonding material with a local heating unit and moving the local heating unit, and increasing the potential difference between the first electrode and a segment of the second electrode, which is in a position at which the segment is heated by the local heating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ito, Akihiro Kimura, Tomonori Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 8475618
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a hermetic container includes an assembling step of assembling the hermetic container and a sealing step of sealing by first and second sealing materials. Thus, in a case where local heating light is scanned toward an already-sealed portion of the second sealing material, since a separation portion of an unsealed state is located between the already-sealed portion and a downstream end of scanning, a load due to expansion/contraction of a frame body is applied to the first sealing material which is present in the separation portion of the unsealed state. After then, since the local heating light is irradiated to the first sealing material to which the load has been applied so as to heat and melt it, the load is relieved, whereby it is possible to suppress deterioration of joining strength and airtightness of the hermetic container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mamo Matsumoto, Tomohiro Saito, Nobuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 8425714
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a hermetic container, comprises: an assembling step of aligning a first glass substrate and a second substrate through a circumferential sealing material having plural straight line portions and plural coupling portions, so as to define an internal space between these substrates; and a sealing step of sealing the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate to each other, by performing a scanning step of performing scanning with local heating light, wherein the sealing step is performed in a state that local force is applied, thereby improving airtightness of the hermetic container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ito, Mamo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8341836
    Abstract: An airtight container manufacturing method includes the steps of (a) exhausting an inside of a container through the through-hole; (b) arranging a spacer along a periphery of the through-hole on an outer surface of the container the inside of which has been exhausted; (c) arranging a plate so that the spacer and the through-hole are covered by the plate and a gap is formed along a side surface of the spacer between the plate and the container outer surface; and (d) arranging the cover to cover the plate and bonding the cover and the container outer surface via sealant positioned between the cover and the container outer surface. The sealing includes hardening the sealant after deforming the sealant by pressing the plate with the cover so that the gap is infilled with the sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonori Nakazawa, Kinya Kamiguchi, Toshimitsu Kawase, Nobuhiro Ito, Mitsutoshi Hasegawa, Koichiro Nakanishi, Kazuo Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 8257130
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a high-reliability hermetic container includes an assembling step of arranging, between first and second glass substrates, a sealing material including first and second straight line portions stretching in different directions and a coupling portion connecting these straight line portions, with a viscosity of the sealing material having a negative temperature coefficient, and a scanning sealing step of performing scanning to the first straight line portion and the coupling portion while irradiating local heating light at least once. Scanning to the second straight line portion and the coupling portion is performed while irradiating the local heating light at least once, and the assembling step further forms at least a part of the sealing material at the coupling portion with a film thickness thinner than the sealing material in a region adjacent to the coupling portion of the first straight line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ito, Mamo Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120073727
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hermetically sealed container offering a strength and airtightness which are reliable over time. A joining member having a viscosity of negative temperature coefficient, having a softening temperature lower than those of a pair of glass substrates and a frame member, and extending into a frame shape is arranged between one of the pair of glass substrates and the frame member so that the joining member contacts both the one of the pair of glass substrates and the frame member. Then, the joining member is heated and thermally melted while being pressed so that the center G of an incoming heat flux distribution in the width direction of the joining member is positioned at an inner space E rather than the center of the joining member in the width direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamo Matsumoto, Tomohiro Saito, Nobuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20120055196
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a hermetic container includes an assembling step of assembling the hermetic container and a sealing step of sealing by first and second sealing materials. Thus, in a case where local heating light is scanned toward an already-sealed portion of the second sealing material, since a separation portion of an unsealed state is located between the already-sealed portion and a downstream end of scanning, a load due to expansion/contraction of a frame body is applied to the first sealing material which is present in the separation portion of the unsealed state. After then, since the local heating light is irradiated to the first sealing material to which the load has been applied so as to heat and melt it, the load is relieved, whereby it is possible to suppress deterioration of joining strength and airtightness of the hermetic container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamo Matsumoto, Tomohiro Saito, Nobuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20120048453
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a hermetic container comprises steps of: bonding the frame member 130 to the first substrate 110, by pressing the first substrate and the second substrate to each other by an electrostatic force generated between the first electrode and the second electrode by applying a potential difference between the first electrode 116 and the second electrode 132; softening and melting the bonding material, and then cooling and solidifying the bonding material, by simultaneously heating the bonding material with a locally heating unit 150 and moving the locally heating unit; and increasing the potential difference between the first electrode and the segment of the second electrode, which is in a position at which the segment is heated by the locally heating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ito, Akihiro Kimura, Tomonori Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 8123582
    Abstract: An airtight container manufacturing method includes the steps of exhausting an inside of a container through a through-hole provided in the container, arranging a plate member having, at its periphery, grooves penetrating the plate member in its plate thickness direction, on an outer surface of the exhausted container, so as to close up the through-hole, and providing a sealant on the plate member. In addition, a cover member covers the plate member via the sealant, and the container is sealed by closing the cover member on the plate member. In the sealing step the sealant is deformed and flows from the adjacent grooves to form a continuous shape and fill a space between the cover member and the outer surface of the container and along the periphery of the plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kinya Kamiguchi, Tomonori Nakazawa, Toshimitsu Kawase, Nobuhiro Ito, Mitsutoshi Hasegawa, Koichiro Nakanishi, Kazuo Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20120021664
    Abstract: A method for producing an airtight container includes preparing an assembly having a first substrate and a frame member, the first substrate having an electron-emitting element formed on a first surface thereof, the frame member mounted on the first surface outside an area where the electron-emitting element is formed; forming a temporary assembly having the assembly and a second substrate by bringing the second substrate into contact with the frame member via a joining member such that an inner space is formed; melting the joining member by irradiating the joining member with a laser beam transmitted through the second substrate; and solidifying the melted joining member. The laser beam is applied such that an incident direction at an irradiation position on the joining member does not include components toward the interior of the frame member while the laser beam moves relative to the temporary assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ito, Yasuo Ohashi, Kosuke Kurachi, Masahiro Tagawa
  • Patent number: 8093422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for deuteration of a compound having an aromatic ring, using an activated catalyst, and the method comprises reacting a compound having an aromatic ring with heavy hydrogen source in the presence of an activated catalyst selected from a platinum catalyst, a rhodium catalyst, a ruthenium catalyst, a nickel catalyst and a cobalt catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ito, Tsuneaki Maesawa, Kazushige Muto, Kosaku Hirota, Hironao Sajiki
  • Patent number: 8089204
    Abstract: An electric resistor element is provided outside of the image region. The electric resistor element and a potential regulating element are connected outside of the image region. A part of a surface of a front substrate other than a surface thereof opposite to the rear substrate and a part of a surface of a rear substrate other than a surface thereof opposite to the front substrate are connected by a high thermal conducting member. The electric resistor element is disposed between the part of the surface of the front substrate, which is connected to the part of the surface of the rear substrate by the high thermal conducting member, and the part of the surface of the rear substrate, which is connected to the part of the surface of the front substrate by the high thermal conducting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20110315313
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a highly-reliable hermetic container having both joining strength and airtightness is provided. Sealants of which a viscosity has a negative temperature coefficient and of which softening point is lower than that of each of first and second glass substrates are formed in a frame shape having a discontinuous portion on the first glass substrate, and the second glass substrate is disposed to face the first glass substrate so as to press the sealants formed thereon by contacting them. Local heating light is irradiated to form the discontinuous portion at a boundary between a region irradiated by the local heating light and a region not irradiated by the local heating light, and a portion adjacent to the discontinuous portion is heated and melted to close the discontinuous portion, whereby a continuous sealed portion between the first and second glass substrates is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Ishiwata, Mamo Matsumoto, Tomohiro Saito, Nobuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 8057273
    Abstract: A method for producing an airtight container includes preparing an assembly having a first substrate and a frame member, the first substrate having an electron-emitting element formed on a first surface thereof, the frame member mounted on the first surface outside an area where the electron-emitting element is formed; forming a temporary assembly having the assembly and a second substrate by bringing the second substrate into contact with the frame member via a joining member such that an inner space is formed; melting the joining member by irradiating the joining member with a laser beam transmitted through the second substrate; and solidifying the melted joining member. The laser beam is applied such that an incident direction at an irradiation position on the joining member does not include components toward the interior of the frame member while the laser beam moves relative to the temporary assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ito, Yasuo Ohashi, Kosuke Kurachi, Masahiro Tagawa