Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kobayashi

Takeshi Kobayashi 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).

  • VEHICLES HAVING REAR SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20140217715
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roll cage, at least one rear seat, and at least one rear seat belt assembly. Each rear seat is positioned within a rear protected area at least partially defined by the roll cage. Each rear seat belt assembly is associated with a respective one of the rear seats, and includes a retractor assembly attached to the roll cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: TK Holdings Inc., Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidemi Minami, Takeshi Kobayashi, Jeremy T. McGuire, Drey Dircks, Darin D. King, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Noriyuki Muto, Casey Heit, Jacob O. Borth, Christopher Michael Krajewski, Christopher Joe Kranz
  • SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DEPOSITING A FILM
    Publication number: 20140220260
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus for performing a plasma process inside a vacuum chamber includes a turntable including substrate mounting portions for the substrates formed along a peripheral direction of the vacuum chamber to orbitally revolve these; a plasma generating gas supplying portion supplying a plasma generating gas into a plasma generating area; an energy supplying portion supplying energy to the plasma generating gas to change the plasma generating gas to plasma; a bias electrode provided on a lower side of the turntable to face the plasma generating area and leads ions in the plasma onto surfaces of the wafers; and an evacuation port evacuating the vacuum chamber, wherein the bias electrode extends from a rotational center of the turntable to an outer edge side, and a width of the bias electrode in a rotational direction is smaller than a distance between adjacent substrate mounting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jun Yamawaku, Chishio Koshimizu, Mitsuhiro Tachibana, Hitoshi Kato, Takeshi Kobayashi, Shigehiro Miura, Takafumi Kimura
  • FILM FORMATION DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND FILM FORMATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20140170859
    Abstract: A film formation device to conduct a film formation process for a substrate includes a rotating table, a film formation area configured to include a process gas supply part, a plasma processing part, a lower bias electrode provided at a lower side of a position of a height of the substrate on the rotating table, an upper bias electrode arranged at the same position of the height or an upper side of a position of the height, a high-frequency power source part connected to at least one of the lower bias electrode and the upper bias electrode and configured to form a bias electric potential on the substrate in such a manner that the lower bias electrode and the upper bias electrode are capacitively coupled, and an exhaust mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jun YAMAWAKU, Chishio Koshimizu, Yohei Yamazawa, Mitsuhiro Tachibana, Hitoshi Kato, Takeshi Kobayashi, Shigehiro Miura, Takafumi Kimura
  • OPTICAL CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20140126864
    Abstract: An optical connector has: a holding member having an accommodating portion formed at an end thereof for accommodating a collimator lens and an insertion hole formed at an opposite end thereof for inserting an optical fiber; and a resin joint having a first insertion hole formed at an end thereof for inserting the holding member and a second insertion hole formed at an opposite end thereof for inserting the optical fiber. The collimator lens and the optical fiber are positioned by making at least one of the collimator lens and an end surface of the optical fiber abut against a recess formed in the holding member near the accommodating portion. The resin joint has a fixing portion formed therein for fixing a part of the optical fiber positioned in the holding member inserted via the first insertion hole into the resin joint, the part being exposed from the holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Takeshi Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Iwamoto
  • TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MIMO SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140126618
    Abstract: Four (=M) transmission information signals are output from transmission information generating unit to linear transform unit, where they are transformed into synthesis signals by linear transform expressed by multiplication by a 2×4 matrix having complex numbers as elements. Signal processors perform signal processing corresponding to the modulation technique of test target on synthesis signals. On the resultant signals, 2×2 channel processing unit performs 2×2 pseudo channel processing, thereby forming equivalent M×N channels. Parameter setting unit sets information necessary to acquire desired M×N channel characteristics as the synthesis characteristics of linear transform unit and N×N channel processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Anritsu Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Kazunori Kitagawa, Masaki Hizume
  • Vehicles, net assemblies, and clampers therefor
    Patent number: 8714591
    Abstract: A clamper includes a living hinge, a first end portion, and a second end portion. The first end portion includes a first buckle portion. The second end portion includes a second buckle portion. The first end portion and the second end portion are configured for engagement with one another in confronting relationship. Net assemblies and vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Hiromitsu Shiina, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka
  • MECHANICAL PENCIL
    Publication number: 20140016982
    Abstract: A mechanical pencil having a rotational drive mechanism which gradually rotates a writing lead on application of writing pressure and allowing rotational operation of the writing lead to be known reliably. First and second cam faces 6a and 6b are respectively formed at one end face and the other end face of a rotor 6 in an axial direction, and first and second fixed cam faces 13a and 14a arranged on the body cylinder side so as to respectively face the first and the second cam faces are provided to form the rotational drive mechanism for the writing lead. A plurality of grooves 8a in the axial direction are formed at a slider 8 of a pipe end 7 which projects forwardly from a body cylinder 1. Therefore, the user can see the grooves 8a (provided for the slider 8) rotated by rotation. of the rotor 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotake Izawa, Takeshi Kobayashi, Kyo Nakayama
  • FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FILM DEPOSITION METHOD
    Publication number: 20130337635
    Abstract: A film deposition apparatus configured to perform a film deposition process on a substrate in a vacuum chamber includes a turntable configured to rotate a substrate loading area to receive the substrate, a film deposition area including at least one process gas supplying part configured to supply a process gas onto the substrate loading area and configured to form a thin film by depositing at least one of an atomic layer and a molecular layer along with a rotation of the turntable, a plasma treatment part provided away from the film deposition area in a rotational direction of the turntable and configured to treat the at least one of the atomic layer and the molecular layer for modification by plasma, and a bias electrode part provided under the turntable without contacting the turntable and configured to generate bias potential to attract ions in the plasma toward the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Jun YAMAWAKU, Chishio KOSHIMIZU, Mitsuhiro TACHIBANA, Hitoshi KATO, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Shigehiro MIURA, Takafumi KIMURA
  • Load-carrying platform structure
    Patent number: 8517648
    Abstract: To provide a load-carrying platform structure which allows loading irrespective of the kind or shape of a load, reliably secures the load onto the load-carrying platform, and does not cause a decrease in the full load capacity. In a structure in which a frame includes a load-carrying platform, and wall portions are provided in the outer periphery of the loading portion of the load-carrying platform with recesses being provided in the inner wall surfaces of the wall portions. Hooks for securing the load in place are provided in the respective recesses so as to fit within the inner wall surfaces of the wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Nobutaka Ban, Yukinori Kawaguchi
  • Wafer support jig, vertical heat treatment boat including wafer support jig, and method for manufacturing wafer support jig
    Patent number: 8506712
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wafer support jig having at least a support surface on which a treatment target wafer is mounted and supported when performing a heat treatment, wherein skewness Rsk on the support surface that supports the treatment target wafer is 0<Rsk<10, and 100 to 105 protruding objects each having a height of 2 ?m or above and less than 30 ?m are present within arbitrary 1 mm2 without protruding objects each having a height of 30 ?m or above on the entire support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Vertical boat for heat treatment and heat treatment method of semiconductor wafer using thereof
    Patent number: 8469703
    Abstract: A vertical boat for heat treatment includes a plurality of supporting columns, a pair of plate members coupled to both ends of each supporting column. In each of the supporting columns a plurality of supporting parts for horizontally supporting substrates to be treated are formed and an auxiliary supporting member to place each of the substrates to be treated is removably attached to each of the plurality of supporting parts. The auxiliary supporting member is adjusted for each supporting part with respect to the inclination of a surface for placing the substrates to be treated depending on the shape of each supporting part by processing a surface for attaching to the supporting part, or by interposing a spacer between the supporting part and the auxiliary supporting member is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Lead-free copper alloy for casting with excellent mechanical properties
    Patent number: 8470101
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lead-free copper alloy for casting which contains 0.1-0.7% of S, 8% or less (excluding 0%) of Sn, and 6% or less (excluding 0%) of Zn, and in which a sulfide is dispersed and the average spheroidization ratio of the sulfide is 0.7 or greater. Due to this constitution, said lead-free copper alloy for casting has excellent mechanical properties such as strength, high pressure resistance and good machinability and, therefore, is useful as a starting material for faucet metal fittings, water faucet and so on, even though the alloy contains no lead which causes deterioration of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignees: Shiga Valve Cooperative, Biwalite Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Toru Maruyama, Ryozo Matsubayashi, Hiroyuki Abe, Masakazu Teramura
  • HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR WORKING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130125539
    Abstract: A boom control valve and a pulsation absorption control valve are provided in the halfway point of a center bypass line. The pulsation absorption control valve is arranged in a position downstream of the boom control valve. The pulsation absorption control valve is switched to a blockade position and a communication position by a pilot pressure from a remote control valve. The pulsation absorption control valve is constituted such that one main line out of a pair of main lines is communicated with or blocked off from an accumulator via one communication line and the other main line is communicated with or blocked off from the side of a tank via the other communication line. The accumulator is operated as a dynamic damper at the traveling of a vehicle. This arrangement enables the construction of the communication line to be simplified, thus improving operability at assembling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Ryouhei Yamashita, Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Yoshinobu Kobayashi, Katsumi Ueno, Masaaki Andou
  • FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130087097
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured to include a gas supplying part configured to supply a plasma generating gas on a surface on a substrate mounting area side in a turntable and an antenna configured to convert the plasma generating gas to plasma by induction coupling and provided facing the surface of the substrate mounting area side in the turntable so as to extend from a center part to an outer edge part of the turntable. The antenna is arranged so as to have a distance from the turntable in the substrate mounting area not less than 3 mm longer on the center part side than on the outer edge part side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi KATO, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Shigehiro Miura
  • NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION CONTAINING SILYL ESTER GROUP-CONTAINING PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20130071732
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte solution which contains a silyl ester group-containing phosphonic acid derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Shigeru Mio, Hidenobu Nogi, Takashi Hayashi
  • FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PLASMA GENERATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130047923
    Abstract: A disclosed film deposition apparatus which forms a film on a substrate inside a vacuum chamber including a turntable having a substrate mounting area, includes an antenna facing the substrate mounting area for converting the plasma generating gas to plasma, a Faraday shield intervening between the antenna and the substrate to prevent an electric field of an electromagnetic field from passing therethrough, the Faraday shield including slits arranged on the conductive plate parallel to the antenna, the slits being opened on the conductive plate in perpendicular to a direction of arranging the slits to enable a magnetic field to reach the substrate, a window opened in an area of the conductive plate surrounded by the slits, an inner conductive path between the slits and the window and grounded, and an outer conductive path on a side opposite to the window relative to the slits and surrounds the slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi KATO, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Shigehiro USHIKUBO, Katsuyoshi AIKAWA
  • COPPER ALLOY FOR SLIDING MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20130036865
    Abstract: A copper alloy having excellent sliding performance is produced without relying on lead or molybdenum. The copper alloy contains a sintered Cu5FeS4 material produced by sintering a raw material powder that comprises Cu, Fe and S and is produced by a gas atomizing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Yoshimasa Hirai, Toru Maruyama, Takeshi Kobayashi
  • NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION CONTAINING CYCLIC SULFONE COMPOUND, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20130040209
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing a cyclic sulfone compound having a 1,3-dithietane-1,1,3,3-tetraoxide structure is provided. The cyclic sultone compound is preferably a compound represented by formula (I) [wherein in formula (I), R1 to R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or the like].
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Mio, Mitsuo Nakamura, Hidenobu Nogi, Takashi Hayashi, Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Mechanical pencil
    Patent number: 8337107
    Abstract: A writing lead (10) is grasped and released by reciprocation of a chuck (3) provided in a body cylinder (1) so as to inch the writing lead forward and a rotational drive mechanism is provided for rotationally driving a rotor (5) in one direction in conjunction with retreat operation by the writing pressure applied to the writing lead and forward movement by releasing the writing pressure. A pipe support member (8) for supporting a pipe end (7) is accommodated in a base (1A) which constitutes a front end portion of the body cylinder, and a retreat drive mechanism is provided for gradually retreating the pipe support member into the body cylinder in conjunction with rotational drive operation of the rotor. With the above-mentioned structure, a pipe-slide type mechanical pencil can maintain an amount of projection of the writing lead from the pipe end within a certain range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Ohsawa, Takeo Fukumoto, Yoshitoshi Osano, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hirotake Izawa, Kyo Nakayama
  • Portable information terminal
    Patent number: D702227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Washiyama, Takeshi Kobayashi