Patents by Inventor Shuichi Saito

Shuichi Saito 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: 11948779
    Abstract: A component for a plasma processing apparatus, and a plasma processing apparatus are highly resistant to plasma and are highly durable. The component includes a substrate containing a first element that is a metal element or a semimetal element, and a film located on the substrate and containing yttrium oxide as a main constituent. The film contains yttrium oxide crystal grains oriented with a deviation angle of ±10° from a {111} direction of a crystal lattice plane of yttrium oxide. The yttrium oxide crystal grains oriented with the deviation angle have an area ratio of 45% or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Takashi Hino, Shuichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11884882
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an electrochromic device including an electrochromic layer, which contains a tungsten oxide material. The tungsten oxide material includes potassium-containing tungsten oxide particles having an average particle size of 100 nm or less. The potassium-containing tungsten oxide particles contain potassium within a range of 1 mol % to 50 mol %, and include a central section and a peripheral section adjacent to the central section. A periodicity of a crystal varies between the central section and the peripheral section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd., Hayashi Telempu Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Fukushi, Shuichi Saito, Michiaki Fukui
  • Patent number: 11873553
    Abstract: A component comprises a film containing yttrium oxide. A cross section of the film has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, and the first to third portions are separated from each other by 0.5 mm or more. A Vickers hardness B1 measured in the first portion, a Vickers hardness B2 measured in the second portion, a Vickers hardness B3 measured in the third portion, and an average value A of the Vickers hardnesses B1 to B3 are numbers satisfying 0.8A?B1?1.2A, 0.8A?B2?1.2A, and 0.8A?B3?1.2A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yumoto, Tomohiro Sugano, Takashi Hino, Tetsuo Inoue, Shuichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11715629
    Abstract: A plasma processing device member according to the disclosure includes a base material and a film formed of an oxide, or fluoride, or oxyfluoride, or nitride of a rare-earth element, the film being disposed on at least part of the base material, the film including a surface to be exposed to plasma, the surface having an area occupancy of open pores of 8% by area or more, and an average diameter of open pores of 8 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Takashi Hino, Shuichi Saito
  • Publication number: 20230120411
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tungsten oxide material containing potassium is provided. The tungsten oxide material has a shape of particles including a central section and a peripheral section adjacent to the central section, and having an average particle size of 100 nm or less. A periodicity of a crystal varies between the central section and the peripheral section. In addition, a tungsten oxide powder mass for an electrochromic device including 80% by mass to 100% by mass of the tungsten oxide material is provided. Moreover, a slurry for producing an electrochromic device containing the above tungsten oxide material is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke FUKUSHI, Shuichi SAITO
  • Patent number: 11625867
    Abstract: A sewing apparatus, includes a display input unit including a display unit configured to display an image of an input screen, and an input detection unit configured to detect an input operation on the input screen; and a control apparatus that performs display control of the display unit in response to the input operation. The control apparatus performs display control in which a background of the input screen is set to a dark color as a whole, a sewing pattern image displayed on the input screen is set to brightness higher than that of the background, and an operation unit that receives the input operation on the input screen is set to a color lighter than that of the background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: JUKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuko Takemoto, Shigemi Yamamoto, Shuichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11600866
    Abstract: A semiconductor solid state battery has an insulating layer provided between an N-type semiconductor and a P-type semiconductor. The first insulating layer preferably has a thickness of 3 nm to 30 ?m and a dielectric constant of 10 or less. The first insulating layer preferably has a density of 60% or more of a bulk body. The semiconductor layer preferably has a capture level introduced. The semiconductor solid state battery can eliminate leakage of an electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuya Sasaki, Akito Sasaki, Yoshinori Kataoka, Hideaki Hirabayashi, Shuichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11572275
    Abstract: An aluminum nitride film includes a polycrystalline aluminum nitride. A withstand voltage of the aluminum nitride film is 100 kV/mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yumoto, Mari Shimizu, Tetsuo Inoue, Takashi Hino, Shuichi Saito
  • Patent number: 11521835
    Abstract: A plasma processing device member according to the disclosure includes a base material and a film formed of a rare-earth element oxide, or a rare-earth element fluoride, or a rare-earth element oxyfluoride, or a rare-earth element nitride, the film being disposed on at least part of the base material. The film includes a surface to be exposed to plasma, the surface having an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.01 ?m or more and 0.1 ?m or less, the surface being provided with a plurality of pores, and a value obtained by subtracting an average equivalent circle diameter of the pores from an average distance between centroids of adjacent pores is 28 ?m or more and 48 ?m or less. A plasma processing device according to the disclosure includes the plasma processing device member described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Takashi Hino, Shuichi Saito
  • Publication number: 20220325399
    Abstract: A component for a plasma processing apparatus includes a substrate and a film on at least a part of the substrate. The film includes an oxide, a fluoride, an oxyfluoride, or a nitride of a rare earth element. A ratio ?22/?11 of a compressive stress ?11 to occur across a surface of the film to be exposed to plasma and a compressive stress ?22 to occur across the surface in a direction perpendicular to the compressive stress ?11 is 5 or less. A plasma processing apparatus includes the above component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ISHIKAWA, Takashi HINO, Shuichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220181123
    Abstract: A component for a plasma processing apparatus, and a plasma processing apparatus are highly resistant to plasma and are highly durable. The component includes a substrate containing a first element that is a metal element or a semimetal element, and a film located on the substrate and containing yttrium oxide as a main constituent. The film contains yttrium oxide crystal grains oriented with a deviation angle of ±10° from a {111} direction of a crystal lattice plane of yttrium oxide. The yttrium oxide crystal grains oriented with the deviation angle have an area ratio of 45% or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ISHIKAWA, Takashi HINO, Shuichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220130644
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a chamber including a first member, and a second member detachable from the first member; a conductive member disposed between the first member and the second member; and a first high frequency power supply generating plasma in the chamber. The conductive member includes a resin member made of a resin material, and a metal film covering a surface of the resin member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicants: Noa Leading Co., Ltd., TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro YOKOTA, Akihiko HAPPOYA, Ken TAKAHASHI, Shusuke MORITA, Jiro OSHIMA, Shuichi SAITO, Noriaki YAGI, Atsuya SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220100045
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an electrochromic device including an electrochromic layer, which contains a tungsten oxide material. The tungsten oxide material includes potassium-containing tungsten oxide particles having an average particle size of 100 nm or less. The potassium-containing tungsten oxide particles contain potassium within a range of 1 mol % to 50 mol %, and include a central section and a peripheral section adjacent to the central section. A periodicity of a crystal varies between the central section and the peripheral section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicants: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD., HAYASHI TELEMPU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke FUKUSHI, Shuichi SAITO, Michiaki FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20220051452
    Abstract: A sewing apparatus, includes a display input unit including a display unit configured to display an image of an input screen, and an input detection unit configured to detect an input operation on the input screen; and a control apparatus that performs display control of the display unit in response to the input operation. The control apparatus performs display control in which a background of the input screen is set to a dark color as a whole, a sewing pattern image displayed on the input screen is set to brightness higher than that of the background, and an operation unit that receives the input operation on the input screen is set to a color lighter than that of the background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: JUKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuko TAKEMOTO, Shigemi YAMAMOTO, Shuichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220042161
    Abstract: Provided are a member for plasma processing device which has an excellent plasma resistance and improved adhesion strength of a film to a base material, and a plasma processing device provided with the same. A member for plasma processing device includes: a base material containing a first element which is a metal element or a metalloid element; a film containing a rare-earth element oxide, or a rare-earth element fluoride, or a rare-earth element oxyfluoride as a major constituent, the film being located on the base material; and an amorphous portion containing the first element, a rare earth element, and at least one of oxygen and fluorine, the amorphous portion being interposed between the base material and the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ISHIKAWA, Takashi HINO, Shuichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210381094
    Abstract: A component includes a film containing polycrystalline yttrium oxide. In an X-ray diffraction pattern of the film, a ratio Im/Ic of a maximum intensity Im of a peak attributed to monoclinic yttrium oxide to a maximum intensity Ic of a peak attributed to cubic yttrium oxide satisfies an expression: 0?Im/Ic?0.002.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi HINO, Tetsuo INOUE, Shuichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210284535
    Abstract: An aluminum nitride film includes a polycrystalline aluminum nitride. A withstand voltage of the aluminum nitride film is 100 kV/mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicants: SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi YUMOTO, Mari SHIMIZU, Tetsuo INOUE, Takashi HINO, Shuichi SAITO
  • Patent number: 11111573
    Abstract: A component includes a film containing polycrystalline yttrium oxide. In an X-ray diffraction pattern of the film, a ratio Im/Ic of a maximum intensity Im of a peak attributed to monoclinic yttrium oxide to a maximum intensity Ic of a peak attributed to cubic yttrium oxide satisfies an expression: 0?Im/Ic?0.002.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Hino, Tetsuo Inoue, Shuichi Saito
  • Publication number: 20210118686
    Abstract: A plasma processing device member according to the disclosure includes a base material and a film formed of a rare-earth element oxide, or a rare-earth element fluoride, or a rare-earth element oxyfluoride, or a rare-earth element nitride, the film being disposed on at least part of the base material. The film includes a surface to be exposed to plasma, the surface having an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.01 ?m or more and 0.1 ?m or less, the surface being provided with a plurality of pores, and a value obtained by subtracting an average equivalent circle diameter of the pores from an average distance between centroids of adjacent pores is 28 ?m or more and 48 ?m or less. A plasma processing device according to the disclosure includes the plasma processing device member described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ISHIKAWA, Takashi HINO, Shuichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210020415
    Abstract: A plasma processing device member according to the disclosure includes a base material and a film formed of an oxide, or fluoride, or oxyfluoride, or nitride of a rare-earth element, the film being disposed on at least part of the base material, the film including a surface to be exposed to plasma, the surface having an area occupancy of open pores of 8% by area or more, and an average diameter of open pores of 8 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ISHIKAWA, Takashi HINO, Shuichi SAITO