Patents by Inventor Shinji Koga
Shinji Koga 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: 11973272Abstract: A spacecraft includes: a main-reflection unit configured to reflect and emit a radio wave outside, a sub-reflection unit configured to face the main-reflection unit, a radiator arranged to face the sub-reflection unit and configured to radiate the radio wave in a direction of the sub-reflection unit, a main body configured to be able to accommodate at least one part of the sub-reflection unit therein, and a delivery device connected to the sub-reflection unit and configured to deliver the sub-reflection unit, at least one part of which is accommodated in the main body, to a position where the sub-reflection unit is able to reflect the radio wave radiated from the radiator to the main-reflection unit and cause the main-reflection unit to radiate the radio wave outside.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc.Inventors: Shunsuke Onishi, Tetsuo Yasaka, Kazuo Kuno, Masahiko Uetsuhara, Yohei Koga, Shinji Ito, Yonosuke Ichiki, Kazuo Kiso, Mutsuhito Tobo
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Patent number: 11967763Abstract: Spacecraft and antenna apparatus that can be more easily deployed from a stored state can include: a main-reflection unit including a plurality of ribs formed to be deployable in a stored state in which the ribs are folded and a sheet body provided between a plurality of the ribs and configured to be capable of reflecting a radio wave radiated from a radiator and emitting the radio wave outside, and a restriction member configured to restrict deployment of the plurality of ribs in the stored state, and release the restriction by operation of a restriction release member different from the main-reflection unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc.Inventors: Shunsuke Onishi, Tetsuo Yasaka, Kazuo Kuno, Masahiko Uetsuhara, Yohei Koga, Shinji Ito, Yonosuke Ichiki, Kazuo Kiso, Mutsuhito Tobo
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Patent number: 9097681Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus of inspecting an overlapped substrate obtained by bonding substrates together is provided. The apparatus includes a first holding unit configured to hold and rotate the overlapped substrate, and a displacement gauge configured to measure displacements of peripheral sides of a first substrate and a second substrate constituting the overlapped substrate while rotating the overlapped substrate held by the first holding unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Shinji Koga, Akinori Miyahara, Hiroshi Tomita, Shuji Iwanaga, Takeshi Tamura
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Publication number: 20140133986Abstract: A method of producing a turbine engine rotor includes: joining a first rotor disc (25H) and an intermediate member (26) together by electronic beam welding, the first rotor disc (25H) being formed of a precipitation hardened Ni-based superalloy, the intermediate member (26) being formed of a solid solution strengthened Ni-based superalloy; performing age-hardening treatment on the joined body at a first temperature which is a suitable temperature for age-hardening the precipitation hardened Ni-based superalloy; joining the intermediate member (26) and a second rotor disc (25L) together by electronic beam welding, the second rotor disc (25L) being formed of a steel; and performing annealing treatment on the joined body at a second temperature which is a suitable temperature for annealing the steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akinori Matsuoka, Hironori Okauchi, Shinji Koga, Takehiro Hyoue, Yusuke Takeda
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Publication number: 20140055599Abstract: An inspection device for inspecting the interior of an overlapped substrate produced by bonding one substrate and another substrate, comprising: a first holding unit configured to hold the rear surface of the overlapped substrate and include a cutout formed to expose a portion of the rear surface of the overlapped substrate when viewed from the top; a second holding unit configured to hold and rotate the overlapped substrate; an infrared irradiator configured to irradiate the rear surface or front surface exposed from the cutout of the overlapped substrate held on the first holding unit with an infrared ray; and an image pickup unit configured to receive the infrared ray emitted from the infrared irradiator and image the overlapped substrate held on the first holding unit in division for each of regions exposed from the cutout.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Shinji KOGA, Akinori MIYAHARA, Hiroshi TOMITA, Shuji IWANAGA, Takeshi TAMURA
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Publication number: 20140054463Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus of inspecting an overlapped substrate obtained by bonding substrates together is provided. The apparatus includes a first holding unit configured to hold and rotate the overlapped substrate, and a displacement gauge configured to measure displacements of peripheral sides of a first substrate and a second substrate constituting the overlapped substrate while rotating the overlapped substrate held by the first holding unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Shinji KOGA, Akinori MIYAHARA, Hiroshi TOMITA, Shuji IWANAGA, Takeshi TAMURA
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Patent number: 8088455Abstract: A drain port and an exhaust port arranged at the bottom of a cup surrounding a substrate holding unit. A drainage tray is arranged below the cup so as to cover the moving area of the drain port when the substrate holding unit and the cup move in X-directions and Y-directions. An exhaust unit is arranged at a position corresponding to the position of the exhaust port of the cup when the substrate holding unit is in its spin-drying position. The exhaust unit is connected to the exhaust port to suck the interior of the cup when the spin-drying of the substrate is executed. The use of a flexible tube which is always connected to the exhaust port is no longer necessary.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Norihisa Koga, Shinji Koga, Naoto Yoshitaka, Akira Nishiya
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Patent number: 8025200Abstract: A friction stir welding machine is provided that is adapted to perform solid phase welding on a welding portion of materials to be welded, by pressing a welding tool against the welding portion of the materials to be welded while rotating the welding tool, and forcing the welding tool to be advanced into a softened portion which is softened by a frictional heat while stirring the softened portion, wherein a coating made of aluminum nitride is formed on at least a region of the welding tool to be in contact with the materials to be welded.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji Ohashi, Mitsuo Fujimoto, Shinji Koga, Atsushi Kato
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Patent number: 7943337Abstract: There is provided a method for specifically determining a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin using enzymes without a separation operation, and a determination reagent kit therefor. A protease that cleaves a glycated amino acid and/or a glycated peptide from a glycated ?-chain N-terminal without substantially cleaving a glycated amino acid or a glycated peptide from a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin or a fragment thereof is screened. The method of specifically determining a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin and the determination reagent kit are provided by using the protease obtained by the screening method. According to the present invention, a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin can specifically be determined without a separation operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignees: Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Ichibiki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Matsuoka, Shinji Koga, Takuji Kouzuma
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Publication number: 20110084116Abstract: A friction stir welding machine is provided that is adapted to perform solid phase welding on a welding portion of materials to be welded, by pressing a welding tool against the welding portion of the materials to be welded while rotating the welding tool, and forcing the welding tool to be advanced into a softened portion which is softened by a frictional heat while stirring the softened portion, wherein a coating made of aluminum nitride is formed on at least a region of the welding tool to be in contact with the materials to be welded.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Ohashi, Mitsuo Fujimoto, Shinji Koga, Atsushi Kato
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Patent number: 7828191Abstract: The present invention is a friction stir welding machine adapted to perform solid phase welding on a welding portion of materials to be welded, by pressing a welding tool against the welding portion of the materials to be welded while rotating the welding tool, and forcing the welding tool to be advanced into a softened portion which is softened by a frictional heat while stirring the softened portion, wherein a coating made of aluminum nitride is formed on at least a region of the welding tool to be in contact with the materials to be welded.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji Ohashi, Mitsuo Fujimoto, Shinji Koga, Atsushi Kato
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Patent number: 7748592Abstract: A friction stir welding device for welding an article by means of a welding tool, includes: a tool holding section configured to hold the welding tool and rotate round a predetermined reference axial line; rotation driving unit configured to drive the tool holding section to rotate round the reference axial line; movement driving unit configured to drive the tool holding section to move along the reference axial line; and a car body loaded with the tool holding section, the rotation driving unit and the movement driving unit, the car body being configured to travel above or below the article.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Kawasaki ZosenInventors: Shinji Koga, Masayuki Inuzuka, Hidehito Nishida, Yasuo Otsuki, Katsumi Nakashima, Goro Nishiyama, Kentaro Yamazaki, Kouichi Ohta
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Patent number: 7710582Abstract: Before applying a processing laser beam to a surface of a substrate through a film of liquid, distance M2 between a reference point on an axis of a first laser displacement meter and the surface of the substrate is measured to correct distance M1 between a lower end of an optical unit and the surface of the substrate, on the basis of distance M2, the processing laser beam is applied to the surface of the substrate, thereby cutting and removing a part of the surface of the substrate, and a depth to which the surface of the substrate has been cut and removed with the processing laser beam is measured by a second laser displacement meter.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2005Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Norihisa Koga, Shinji Koga, Naoto Yoshitaka, Akira Nishiya
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Publication number: 20100061969Abstract: Provided is an anti-fatigue agent or a physical endurance enhancer or a functional food having an anti-fatigue effect or a physical endurance-enhancing effect. Specifically provided are: a composition comprising phosphatidylinositol and coenzyme Q10; an anti-fatigue agent or a physical endurance enhancer comprising phosphatidylinositol and coenzyme Q10 as active ingredients; a functional food having an anti-fatigue effect or a physical endurance-enhancing effect, which comprises the compounds as active ingredients; use of phosphatidylinositol and coenzyme Q10 for the preparation of a composition having an anti-fatigue effect or a physical endurance-enhancing effect; and a method of enhancing an anti-fatigue effect or physical endurance, which includes ingesting a composition comprising those compounds as active ingredients.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: ASAHI KASEI PHARMA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa Otsubo, Shinji Koga, Yuji Ueno, Satoru Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20090317851Abstract: There is provided a method for specifically determining a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin using enzymes without a separation operation, and a determination reagent kit therefor. A protease that cleaves a glycated amino acid and/or a glycated peptide from a glycated ?-chain N-terminal without substantially cleaving a glycated amino acid or a glycated peptide from a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin or a fragment thereof is screened. The method of specifically determining a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin and the determination reagent kit are provided by using the protease obtained by the screening method. According to the present invention, a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin can specifically be determined without a separation operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicants: ASAHI KASEI PHARMA CORPORATION, ICHIBIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: TAKESHI MATSUOKA, SHINJI KOGA, TAKUJI KOUZUMA
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Patent number: 7622000Abstract: A notch or the like of a wafer is detected via a guide member by means of a CCD camera provided so that an optical axis is coaxial to an optical axis of a laser beam, and alignment of the wafer is carried out. Next, in a state in which liquid ejected from a main nozzle or sub-nozzles is guided by means of the guide member, a laser beam whose optical axis is provided to be coaxial to the optical axis of the CCD camera is irradiated via the guide member. In addition, a predetermined processing operation is carried out with respect to the surface while an irradiation position of the laser beam is moved in a horizontal direction. The wafer is then transported from a chuck to the outside, and then, a purge gas is supplied to a bottom face of the guide member, and the bottom face is dried.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2005Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Norihisa Koga, Shinji Koga, Naoto Yoshitaka, Akira Nishiya
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Patent number: 7588910Abstract: There is provided a method for specifically determining a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin using enzymes without a separation operation, and a determination reagent kit therefor. A protease that cleaves a glycated amino acid and/or a glycated peptide from a glycated ?-chain N-terminal without substantially cleaving a glycated amino acid or a glycated peptide from a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin or a fragment thereof is screened. The method of specifically determining a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin and the determination reagent kit are provided by using the protease obtained by the screening method. According to the present invention, a glycated ?-chain N-terminal of glycated hemoglobin can specifically be determined without a separation operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2004Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignees: Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Ichibiki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Matsuoka, Shinji Koga, Takuji Kouzuma, Issei Yoshioka, Atsuhisa Nishimura, Homare Itou, Toshihiko Kumazawa, Takashi Kuroyanagi
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Patent number: 7518087Abstract: A laser processing apparatus comprises a laser source, a substrate-holding unit, a liquid-supplying unit, a support which has a plurality of mask patterns including a specific mask pattern for imparting a cross-sectional shape to the laser beam, and a support-driving mechanism which moves the support. The liquid-supplying unit supplies the liquid to the substrate, forming a liquid film thereon. The support-driving mechanism moves the support, aligning the specific mask pattern with an axis of the laser beam. The laser beam emitted from the laser unit passes through the specific mask pattern, acquiring a specific cross-sectional shape, and is applied to the substrate through the liquid film, illuminating.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Norihisa Koga, Shinji Koga, Naoto Yoshitaka, Akira Nishiya
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Publication number: 20090041954Abstract: A drain port and an exhaust port arranged at the bottom of a cup surrounding a substrate holding unit. A drainage tray is arranged below the cup so as to cover the moving area of the drain port when the substrate holding unit and the cup move in X-directions and Y-directions. An exhaust unit is arranged at a position corresponding to the position of the exhaust port of the cup when the substrate holding unit is in its spin-drying position. The exhaust unit is connected to the exhaust port to suck the interior of the cup when the spin-drying of the substrate is executed. The use of a flexible tube which is always connected to the exhaust port is no longer necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Norihisa KOGA, Shinji Koga, Naoto Yoshitaka, Akira Nishiya
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Patent number: 7473321Abstract: A drain port and an exhaust port arranged at the bottom of a cup surrounding a substrate holding unit. A drainage tray is arranged below the cup so as to cover the moving area of the drain port when the substrate holding unit and the cup move in X-directions and Y-directions. An exhaust unit is arranged at a position corresponding to the position of the exhaust port of the cup when the substrate holding unit is in its spin-drying position. The exhaust unit is connected to the exhaust port to suck the interior of the cup when the spin-drying of the substrate is executed. The use of a flexible tube which is always connected to the exhaust port is no longer necessary.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2005Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Norihisa Koga, Shinji Koga, Naoto Yoshitaka, Akira Nishiya