Patents by Inventor Takashi Asano

Takashi Asano 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: 11976362
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus includes: an inner tube extending in a first direction and configured to accommodate a plurality of substrates; an outer tube configured to surround the inner tube and provide an airtight sealed space; a nozzle disposed in the inner tube; a gas supply configured to supply a processing gas to the inner tube via the nozzle; at least one slit provided on a side surface of the inner tube facing the nozzle; and an exhaust port coupled to the outer tube. Along the first direction, an opening area of a central portion of the slit is larger than an opening area of end portions of the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Asano
  • Patent number: 11947332
    Abstract: In a CAD data-based automatic operation device of a machining center equipped with a CNC device, the CNC device is provided in a storage unit with a learned model generated by learning beforehand machining conditions including a tool used and cutting conditions, a manufacturing process including a tool trajectory, and a machining program that caused the manufacturing process to be performed in correspondence with one another with respect to each feature subjected to various cutting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KITAMURA MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kitamura, Kosaku Kitamura, Takashi Asano, Seiji Amaike
  • Publication number: 20240008230
    Abstract: A power control unit in which a converter is disposed on an inverter, and a gap is formed between an inverter case and a converter case, wherein the inverter has an inverter protruding portion that protrudes toward the converter side on a surface of the inverter case which faces the converter, the converter has a converter protruding portion that protrudes toward the inverter side on a surface of the lower cover which faces the inverter that closes an opening formed on the lower surface side of a case main body of a converter case, the inverter protruding portion and the converter protruding portion are disposed in contact with each other, and the converter protruding portion is disposed on the lower cover to correspond to a position of a rib that can come into contact with the lower cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi ASANO
  • Patent number: 11563025
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes first and second stacked bodies, a first semiconductor layer, a first charge storage layer, a conductive layer, and a first silicon oxide layer. The first stacked body includes first insulation layers and first gate electrode layers that are alternately stacked in a first direction. The first semiconductor layer extends in the first stacked body in the first direction. The first charge storage layer is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode layers. The conductive layer is provided between the first stacked body and the second stacked body and extends in the first direction and a second direction. The first silicon oxide layer is provided between the conductive layer and the first gate electrode layers. The first silicon oxide layer containing an impurity being at least one of phosphorus, boron, carbon, and fluorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Minemura, Kensei Takahashi, Takashi Asano
  • Publication number: 20220317656
    Abstract: In a CAD data-based automatic operation device of a machining center equipped with a CNC device, the CNC device is provided in a storage unit with a learned model generated by learning beforehand machining conditions including a tool used and cutting conditions, a manufacturing process including a tool trajectory, and a machining program that caused the manufacturing process to be performed in correspondence with one another with respect to each feature subjected to various cutting operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiro KITAMURA, Kosaku KITAMURA, Takashi ASANO, Seiji AMAIKE
  • Publication number: 20220081772
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus includes: an inner tube extending in a first direction and configured to accommodate a plurality of substrates; an outer tube configured to surround the inner tube and provide an airtight sealed space; a nozzle disposed in the inner tube; a gas supply configured to supply a processing gas to the inner tube via the nozzle; at least one slit provided on a side surface of the inner tube facing the nozzle; and an exhaust port coupled to the outer tube. Along the first direction, an opening area of a central portion of the slit is larger than an opening area of end portions of the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi ASANO
  • Publication number: 20220056287
    Abstract: An object is to constitute an active energy ray-curable flexographic printing ink composition that uses more biomass-derived components, while still maintaining such basic properties as curability, adhesion, rub resistance, scratch resistance, etc. As a solution, an active energy ray-curable flexographic printing ink composition is provided that contains a plant oil-modified polyfunctional (polyester) oligomer by 20.0 to 70.0% by mass in the ink composition and an acrylamide derivative by 20.0 to 45.0% by mass in the ink composition, and has a viscosity of 300 to 2,000 mPa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi HIROSE, Takashi ASANO
  • Patent number: 11231695
    Abstract: A machining center NC operation panel is provided which can serve as a personal authentication system capable of simply and reliably identifying operators and implementing appropriate operational restrictions. The operation panel is provided with an imaging device mounted on its front or on a manual pulse generator for at-hand operation connected to the operation panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: KITAMURA MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kitamura, Kosaku Kitamura, Takashi Asano
  • Publication number: 20210296352
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes first and second stacked bodies, a first semiconductor layer, a first charge storage layer, a conductive layer, and a first silicon oxide layer. The first stacked body includes first insulation layers and first gate electrode layers that are alternately stacked in a first direction. The first semiconductor layer extends in the first stacked body in the first direction. The first charge storage layer is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode layers. The conductive layer is provided between the first stacked body and the second stacked body and extends in the first direction and a second direction. The first silicon oxide layer is provided between the conductive layer and the first gate electrode layers. The first silicon oxide layer containing an impurity being at least one of phosphorus, boron, carbon, and fluorine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yoichi MINEMURA, Kensei TAKAHASHI, Takashi ASANO
  • Patent number: 11112536
    Abstract: A thermal emission source is provided that has a structure capable of suppressing deterioration of an optical assembly over time. The thermal emission source includes an optical assembly (1) having an optical structure in which a member made of a semiconductor has a refractive index distribution so as to resonate with light of a wavelength shorter than a wavelength that corresponds to an absorption edge corresponding to a band gap of the semiconductor. The optical assembly (1) includes a coating structure (30) with a coating material that differs from the semiconductor of refractive portions (10) and through which light of a wavelength included in a wavelength range from visible light to far infrared rays can be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Kyoto University
    Inventors: Masahiro Suemitsu, Tadashi Saito, Susumu Noda, Takashi Asano, Menaka De Zoysa
  • Patent number: 11050183
    Abstract: An electrical device may be provided with: a housing having a side surface; and a connector opening provided on the side surface of the housing and to which a connector is connected. The side surface includes a groove surrounding the connector opening, the connector includes a ring-shaped rib fitted into the groove, the connector has an upper surface and a lower surface that are inclined as viewed along a normal direction of the side surface, and a lower end of the lower surface includes a step protruding downward, the side surface includes a drain hole at a position below the step, and the drain hole communicates inside of the groove and underside of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Asano, Yuichi Shimo, Kenjiro Shiba, Shinichi Miura
  • Patent number: 10978469
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a semiconductor substrate; an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate; a barrier metal layer provided on the insulating layer; an aluminum compound layer provided on the barrier metal layer; an amorphous layer provided on the aluminum compound layer and including a material that vaporizes upon its chemical reaction with fluorine; and a metal layer provided on the amorphous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensei Takahashi, Takashi Asano, Satoshi Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 10916780
    Abstract: A membrane electrode gas diffusion layer assembly for a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer, and a cathode catalyst layer, an anode diffusion layer joined to the anode catalyst layer of the membrane electrode assembly, and a cathode diffusion layer joined to the cathode catalyst layer of the membrane electrode assembly, in which at least one of the anode diffusion layer and the cathode diffusion layer includes a microporous layer that makes contact with the membrane electrode assembly, the microporous layer contains a cerium compound, and at least one of the electrolyte membrane, the anode catalyst layer, and the cathode catalyst layer comprises cerium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junji Nakanishi, Tadashi Kawamoto, Yuta Ikehata, Kyoko Tsusaka, Takashi Asano, Naoki Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20200382048
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal radiation light source that allows a wider range of material choices than those of conventional techniques, so that light having a desired peak wavelength can easily be obtained. A thermal radiation light source 10 includes a thermo-optical converter made of an optical structure in which a refractive index distribution is formed in a member 11 made of an intrinsic semiconductor so as to resonate with light of a shorter wavelength than a wavelength corresponding to a bandgap of the intrinsic semiconductor. When heat is externally supplied to the thermo-optical converter, light having a spectrum in a band of shorter wavelengths than a cutoff wavelength is produced by interband absorption in the intrinsic semiconductor, and light of a resonant wavelength ?r in the wavelength band, the light causing resonance in the optical structure, is selectively intensified and emitted as thermal radiation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Susumu NODA, Tatsuya SHIBAHARA, Menaka DE ZOYSA, Takashi ASANO, Keisuke KITANO, Katsuyoshi SUZUKI, Takuya INOUE, Kenji ISHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200328554
    Abstract: An electrical device may be provided with: a housing having a side surface; and a connector opening provided on the side surface of the housing and to which a connector is connected. The side surface includes a groove surrounding the connector opening, the connector includes a ring-shaped rib fitted into the groove, the connector has an upper surface and a lower surface that are inclined as viewed along a normal direction of the side surface, and a lower end of the lower surface includes a step protruding downward, the side surface includes a drain hole at a position below the step, and the drain hole communicates inside of the groove and underside of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi ASANO, Yuichi SHIMO, Kenjiro SHIBA, Shinichi MIURA
  • Patent number: 10780538
    Abstract: An automatic tool exchange system which allows a tool management mode to be arbitrarily selectable between a fixed address scheme and a memory random scheme in operation of the same machining center. The control unit for controlling the respective drive units of the tool exchanger and the magazine includes a storage unit for storing tool information containing a registered correspondence relationship between the tools and corresponding addresses of the stowage parts of the magazine, a modifying unit for modifying the tool information, and a tool exchange instruction unit for sequentially designating the tool to be used in each of the machining steps in accordance with the machining program, and driving the magazine to move the stowage part at the address corresponding to the designated tool to a predetermined position based on the tool information so that the tool is located at the exchange position at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: KITAMURA MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kitamura, Kosaku Kitamura, Shigeru Yamada, Takashi Asano
  • Patent number: 10777972
    Abstract: A thermal radiation light source includes a laminated body including m quantum layers laminated where m is an integer of 2 or more, including an n-layer and a p-layer sandwiching the quantum layers from both sides in the laminating direction, the n-layer made of an n-type semiconductor and the p-layer made of a p-type semiconductor; a voltage applying unit for the m quantum layers is directly or indirectly connected to the n-layer and p-layer sandwiching each layer applying a voltage for moving to the n-layers or p-layers a charge; a voltage switching unit switches ON/OFF of application of the voltage to the m quantum layers; and a photonic crystal portion disposed in the laminated body or adjacent to the laminated body, so that lights of m wavelengths resonate, the lights of the m wavelengths generated in the m quantum layers corresponding to transition energy between subbands in the quantum layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Susumu Noda, Takuya Inoue, Anqi Ji, Takashi Asano
  • Publication number: 20200066750
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a semiconductor substrate; an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate; a barrier metal layer provided on the insulating layer; an aluminum compound layer provided on the barrier metal layer; an amorphous layer provided on the aluminum compound layer and including a material that vaporizes upon its chemical reaction with fluorine; and a metal layer provided on the amorphous layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensei TAKAHASHI, Takashi ASANO, Satoshi WAKATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20200033829
    Abstract: A machining center NC operation panel is provided which can serve as a personal authentication system capable of simply and reliably identifying operators and implementing appropriate operational restrictions. The operation panel is provided with an imaging device mounted on its front or on a manual pulse generator for at-hand operation connected to the operation panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiro KITAMURA, Kosaku KITAMURA, Takashi ASANO
  • Publication number: 20190118319
    Abstract: An automatic tool exchange system which allows a tool management mode to be arbitrarily selectable between a fixed address scheme and a memory random scheme in operation of the same machining center. The control unit for controlling the respective drive units of the tool exchanger and the magazine includes a storage unit for storing tool information containing a registered correspondence relationship between the tools and corresponding addresses of the stowage parts of the magazine, a modifying unit for modifying the tool information, and a tool exchange instruction unit for sequentially designating the tool to be used in each of the machining steps in accordance with the machining program, and driving the magazine to move the stowage part at the address corresponding to the designated tool to a predetermined position based on the tool information so that the tool is located at the exchange position at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: KITAMURA MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro KITAMURA, Kosaku KITAMURA, Shigeru YAMADA, Takashi ASANO