Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kaneko

Takeshi Kaneko 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).

  • EXPANSION VALVE
    Publication number: 20160356533
    Abstract: An expansion valve includes: a body having an insertion hole in a partition separating a first passage from a second passage; a power element configured to generate a drive force for opening or closing a valve section; a shaft extending through the insertion hole and configured to transmit the drive force to a valve element; a vibration-proof spring coaxially supporting the shaft and biasing the shaft radially inward to apply a sliding resistance thereto; and a flexible O-ring supported by one of an inner surface of the support part defining the insertion hole and an outer surface of the shaft and being in close contact with the other thereof. The O-ring, sliding portions of the shaft and the support part, and the vibration-proof spring are arranged in this order from a first passage side toward a second passage side in an axial direction of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Ryosuke SATAKE, Takeshi KANEKO
  • Substrate table, a lithographic apparatus and a method involving an encoder plate
    Patent number: 9488919
    Abstract: A table for a lithographic apparatus, the table having an encoder plate located on the table, a gap between the encoder plate and a top surface of the table, the gap located radially inward of the encoder plate relative to the periphery of the table, and a fluid extraction system with an opening in the surface of the gap to extract liquid from the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre
  • EXPANSION VALVE AND PIPE MOUNTING STRUCTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160231037
    Abstract: A pipe mounting structure of an embodiment allows a pipe, which is connected to an outlet side of an evaporator, to be mounted on a second passage of an expansion valve in such a manner that the pipe is inserted into an inlet port, and allows a pipe, which is connected to an inlet side of a compressor, to be mounted on the second passage in such a manner that the pipe is inserted into an outlet port. These pipes are mounted so that the pipes face each other with a shaft therebetween. The pipe mounting structure includes a natural vibration suppressing structure configured to prevent or suppress natural vibration of a gas column having antinodes of a standing wave at an open end of one of the pipes and an open end of the other pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Takanao Kumakura, Takeshi Kaneko, Ryosuke Satake, Shinji Saeki, Takeshi Watanabe, Takafumi Jyonouchi
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND SURFACE CLEANING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160209760
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a contaminated surface of a lithographic apparatus are provided. A liquid confinement structure comprises at least two openings used to supply and extract liquid to a gap below the structure. The direction of flow between the openings can be switched. Liquid may be supplied to the gap radially outward of an opening adapted for dual flow. Supply and extraction lines to respectively supply liquid to and extract liquid from the liquid confinement structure have an inner surface that is resistant to corrosion by an organic liquid. A corrosive cleaning fluid can be used to clean photo resist contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Takeshi KANEKO, Kornelis Tijmen HOEKERD
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160202618
    Abstract: A substrate table to support a substrate on a substrate supporting area, the substrate table having a heat transfer fluid channel at least under the substrate supporting area, and a plurality of heaters and/or coolers to thermally control the heat transfer fluid in the channel at a location under the substrate supporting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Thibault Simon Mathieu LAURENT, Gerardus Adrianus Antonius Maria KUSTERS, Bastiaan Andreas Wilhelmus Hubertus KNARREN, Raymond Wilhelmus Louis LAFARRE, Koen STEFFENS, Takeshi KANEKO, Robbert Jan VOOGD, Gregory Martin Mason CORCORAN, Ruud Hendrikus Martinus Johannes BLOKS, Johan Gertrudis Cornelis KUNNEN, Ramin BADIE
  • CONTROL VALVE
    Publication number: 20160097574
    Abstract: An expansion valve includes a shaft one end side of which connects to a power element and the other end side of which connects to a valve element, the shaft transmitting the drive force, generated by the power element in a direction of axis line, to the valve element, and a sliding mechanism that applies a sliding resistance to the actuation of the valve element. The sliding mechanism is configured such that the magnitude of the sliding resistance affected to the valve element is varied by the position of the valve element in the direction of axis line in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Takeshi Kaneko
  • Lithographic apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9298107
    Abstract: A substrate table to support a substrate on a substrate supporting area, the substrate table having a heat transfer fluid channel at least under the substrate supporting area, and a plurality of heaters and/or coolers to thermally control the heat transfer fluid in the channel at a location under the substrate supporting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Thibault Simon Mathieu Laurent, Gerardus Adrianus Antonius Maria Kusters, Bastiaan Andreas Wilhelmus Hubertus Knarren, Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre, Koen Steffens, Takeshi Kaneko, Robbert Jan Voogd, Gregory Martin Mason Corcoran, Ruud Hendrikus Martinus Johannes Bloks, Johan Gertrudis Cornelis Kunnen, Ramin Badie
  • CONTROL VALVE
    Publication number: 20160084549
    Abstract: A vibration-proof spring, which coaxially inserts a shaft, is provided in a body of a control valve. The vibration-proof spring includes a cylindrical spring body, spring parts, which are integrally formed with a side wall of the spring body and are supported by the spring body in a cantilevered manner, and bulging portions, which are formed, on surfaces of the spring parts facing the shaft, in a protruding manner. The spring body is formed as a cylindrical body such that a plate-like body, which is obtained by punching a metallic plate through a press-forming process, is bent along a longitudinal direction of the plate-like body. Also, the spring body is formed in such a manner as to have edge parts that protrude radially outward from at least one of ends of the cylindrical body in the direction of axis line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Ryosuke Satake, Takeshi Kaneko, Takeshi Watanabe, Yasushi Omata
  • Lithographic apparatus and surface cleaning method
    Patent number: 9261796
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a contaminated surface of a lithographic apparatus are provided. A liquid confinement structure comprises at least two openings used to supply and extract liquid to a gap below the structure. The direction of flow between the openings can be switched. Liquid may be supplied to the gap radially outward of an opening adapted for dual flow. Supply and extraction lines to respectively supply liquid to and extract liquid from the liquid confinement structure have an inner surface that is resistant to corrosion by an organic liquid. A corrosive cleaning fluid can be used to clean photo resist contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko, Kornelis Tijmen Hoekerd
  • Pneumatic Tire
    Publication number: 20150352907
    Abstract: A region on a sidewall surface of at least one of a pair of side portions of a pneumatic tire includes a maximum tire width position. The region is provided with a plurality of recesses shaped as dimples varying periodically in size along a tire circumferential direction, and with a plurality of trough portions shaped as lines, disposed around each of the recesses, and extending unidirectionally so as to cover the recesses. The recesses are, for example, at least three types of circular recesses, each type having a different size. Here, the circular recesses vary stepwise in size along the tire circumferential direction. The bottom face of the circular recesses is spherical. The maximum depth of the circular recesses is constant irrespective of size, being from 0.3 mm to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Takeshi Kaneko
  • COAL DEACTIVATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED COAL USING SAME
    Publication number: 20150329793
    Abstract: Provided is a coal deactivation processing device that can suppress an increase in carbon monoxide concentration in processing gas regardless of the fact that used processing gas is circulated and refused. The present invention is provided with: a device main body (141) that causes coal therewithin to flow from one side to another; a processing gas feed means (142-144, 144a, 145,145a, 146, 146a, 147, 148) that feeds processing gas to the interior of the device main body (141); a processing gas circulation means (148) that circulates used processing gas (33) used in the device main body (141) to the processing gas feed means; and a carbon monoxide processing device (170) that adjusts the carbon monoxide concentration in the processing gas in a manner so as to reduce the carbon monoxide concentration in the processing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko, Kenji Atarashiya, Keiichi Nakagawa, Setsuo Omoto, Tsutomu Hamada
  • MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER FOR A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER
    Publication number: 20150158475
    Abstract: A master brake cylinder for a braking system of a vehicle has: a first filling volume, which is fillable with liquid, and whose first dimension is variable by adjusting at least one first piston wall; a second filling volume, which is fillable with liquid, and whose dimension is variable by adjusting at least one second piston wall; and a valve unit, the first filling volume being connected via the valve unit to the second filling volume in such a way that when the valve unit is switched into a first valve state, a joint first pressure chamber pressure prevails in the first filling volume and in the second filling volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Laurent Lhuillier, Antony Auguste, Bastien Cagnac, Takeshi Kaneko, Tim Albert, Matthias Kistner
  • EXPANSION VALVE
    Publication number: 20150160664
    Abstract: An expansion valve according to an embodiment includes a power element, a metal seal part, and an elastic seal part. The power element has a housing, formed of a metal different from a kind of metal constituting a body, and a drive section, provided within the housing, which generates a drive force used to open and close a valve section. And the power element is fixed to the body in a manner such that the housing closes an opening end of the body. The metal seal part is provided between the body and the housing, and seals between an inside and an outside of the body by a deformation in a metal. The elastic seal part is provided between the body and the housing, and seals between an inside and an outside of the housing in such a manner as to surround the periphery of the metal seal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Takeshi KANEKO
  • Detector and charged particle beam instrument
    Patent number: 9029768
    Abstract: A detector (100) is used to detect a charged particle beam (EB), and includes a first light emission portion (10) for converting the charged particle beam into light, a second light emission portion (20) for converting the charged particle beam transmitted through the first light emission portion (10) into light, and a light detector (30) for detecting the light produced by the first light emission portion (10) and the light produced by the second light emission portion (20). The first light emission portion (10) is a powdered scintillator. The second light emission portion (20) is a single crystal scintillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kaneko
  • Detector and Charged Particle Beam Instrument
    Publication number: 20140374594
    Abstract: A detector (100) is used to detect a charged particle beam (EB), and includes a first light emission portion (10) for converting the charged particle beam into light, a second light emission portion (20) for converting the charged particle beam transmitted through the first light emission portion (10) into light, and a light detector (30) for detecting the light produced by the first light emission portion (10) and the light produced by the second light emission portion (20). The first light emission portion (10) is a powdered scintillator. The second light emission portion (20) is a single crystal scintillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Takeshi Kaneko
  • Automobile tire
    Patent number: D735115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Morito, Takeshi Kaneko, Yoshifumi Koishikawa, Takanori Uemura
  • Expansion valve
    Patent number: D746410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: TGK Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneko, Takanao Kumakura, Yuta Chinen
  • Expansion valve
    Patent number: D754818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TGK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Takeshi Kaneko
  • Automobile tire
    Patent number: D772143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kaneko
  • Automobile tire
    Patent number: D772785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kaneko