Patents by Inventor Noriaki TOKUSHO

Noriaki TOKUSHO 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: 11004715
    Abstract: A substrate supporting device having a feeder structure that enables a large number of electrodes to be successfully supplied with power. A ceramic heater 100 includes a base 10 having an upper surface as a support surface on which a substrate is supported, electrodes 20 embedded in the base 10, a base-supporting member 30 that is mounted on a lower surface of the base 10 and that is formed of a heat insulating material, and feeder rods 40 that extend through respective through-holes 35 formed in a circumferential wall 34 of the base-supporting member 30 and extending in the vertical direction and that are electrically connected to the electrodes 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Tokusho, Shunichi Sasaki, Tomohiro Ishino, Hisanori Aoyama, Makoto Hino, Kenichi Fukazawa, Atsushi Tsuchida, Toshiya Umeki
  • Patent number: 10957562
    Abstract: A heating device includes a base body that has a placement surface for placing a wafer thereon and a back surface that is on an opposite side of the placement surface; a heating resistor that is embedded in the base body; a cylindrical supporting body that has one end surface and the other end surface, the one end surface being connected to the back surface of the base body, the other end surface being on an opposite side of the one end surface; and a supporting-body channel that includes a portion extending in a direction from the other end surface to the one end surface of the cylindrical supporting body, and that is formed within a peripheral wall of the cylindrical supporting body. The supporting-body channel includes an opening portion that opens inwardly from an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical supporting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki Tokusho
  • Patent number: 10849221
    Abstract: An electrode embedded member includes a plate-shaped substrate made of a ceramic; an inner electrode embedded in the substrate; a terminal disposed at a position that overlaps the inner electrode in a thickness direction of the substrate and is farther than the inner electrode from the front surface of the substrate; an intermediate insulator embedded in the substrate between the inner electrode and the terminal and that is made of a ceramic; and a connection electrode disposed along an outer surface of the intermediate insulator and that connects the terminal and the inner electrode. When seen in the thickness direction of the substrate, a cutout portion is formed in the connection electrode located at least outside an overlapping region where the terminal and the connection electrode overlap. The substrate and/or the intermediate insulator penetrates the cutout portion, and thereby the substrate and the intermediate insulator are integrated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tsuchida, Noriaki Tokusho
  • Publication number: 20190132949
    Abstract: An electrode embedded member includes a plate-shaped substrate made of a ceramic; an inner electrode embedded in the substrate; a terminal disposed at a position that overlaps the inner electrode in a thickness direction of the substrate and is farther than the inner electrode from the front surface of the substrate; an intermediate insulator embedded in the substrate between the inner electrode and the terminal and that is made of a ceramic; and a connection electrode disposed along an outer surface of the intermediate insulator and that connects the terminal and the inner electrode. When seen in the thickness direction of the substrate, a cutout portion is formed in the connection electrode located at least outside an overlapping region where the terminal and the connection electrode overlap. The substrate and/or the intermediate insulator penetrates the cutout portion, and thereby the substrate and the intermediate insulator are integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi TSUCHIDA, Noriaki TOKUSHO
  • Publication number: 20180204754
    Abstract: A substrate supporting device having a feeder structure that enables a large number of electrodes to be successfully supplied with power. A ceramic heater 100 includes a base 10 having an upper surface as a support surface on which a substrate is supported, electrodes 20 embedded in the base 10, a base-supporting member 30 that is mounted on a lower surface of the base 10 and that is formed of a heat insulating material, and feeder rods 40 that extend through respective through-holes 35 formed in a circumferential wall 34 of the base-supporting member 30 and extending in the vertical direction and that are electrically connected to the electrodes 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki TOKUSHO, Shunichi SASAKI, Tomohiro ISHINO, Hisanori AOYAMA, Makoto HINO, Kenichi FUKAZAWA, Atsushi TSUCHIDA, Toshiya UMEKI
  • Patent number: 10014194
    Abstract: A heating device includes a base body 2 that has a placement surface 2a for placing a wafer W thereon; a heating resistor 4 that is embedded in the base body 2; a cylindrical supporting body 3 that has one end surface 3a that is connected to a back surface 2b of the base body 2 that is on an opposite side of the placement surface 2a, the one end surface 3a having an open end; at least two supporting-body channels 5, 6 that are formed within a peripheral wall of the cylindrical supporting body 3; and a base-body channel 7 that is provided at only a portion of the base body 2 at an immediately overhead region of the cylindrical supporting body 3, and that extends through the base body 2 and connects the at least two supporting-body channels 5, 6 to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki Tokusho
  • Publication number: 20180122662
    Abstract: A heating device includes a base body 2 that has a placement surface 2a for placing a wafer W thereon; a heating resistor 4 that is embedded in the base body 2; a cylindrical supporting body 3 that has one end surface 3a that is connected to a back surface 2b of the base body 2 that is on an opposite side of the placement surface 2a, the one end surface 3a having an open end; at least two supporting-body channels 5, 6 that are formed within a peripheral wall of the cylindrical supporting body 3; and a base-body channel 7 that is provided at only a portion of the base body 2 at an immediately overhead region of the cylindrical supporting body 3, and that extends through the base body 2 and connects the at least two supporting-body channels 5, 6 to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Noriaki TOKUSHO
  • Publication number: 20180122658
    Abstract: A heating device includes a base body that has a placement surface for placing a wafer thereon and a back surface that is on an opposite side of the placement surface; a heating resistor that is embedded in the base body; a cylindrical supporting body that has one end surface and the other end surface, the one end surface being connected to the back surface of the base body, the other end surface being on an opposite side of the one end surface; and a supporting-body channel that includes a portion extending in a direction from the other end surface to the one end surface of the cylindrical supporting body, and that is formed within a peripheral wall of the cylindrical supporting body. The supporting-body channel includes an opening portion that opens inwardly from an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical supporting body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Noriaki TOKUSHO