Patents by Inventor Takuji Kimura

Takuji Kimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20250178231
    Abstract: A battery mounting part (21) of a portable cutting machine (1), such as a router, holds a battery (3) oriented so that the longitudinal direction (L3) of the battery is at an angle of 70 to 90 degrees with respect to an imaginary plane (K) that contains left and right support members (11, 12) of the portable cutting machine. Consequently, even if batteries having different capacities are mounted on a battery mounting part (21) of the portable cutting machine, the position of the center of gravity of a main body (20) thereof will not differ greatly (or at all) in the left-right direction, and thus the weight balance is preserved and good handling is maintained, regardless of the size and/or weight of the battery that is mounted on the battery mounting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Yasushi OGURA, Takuji KIMURA, Takuma MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 12267919
    Abstract: A ceramic heater includes: a ceramic plate which is provided with a wafer placement surface on an upper surface and in which a heating resistor is internally embedded; a ceramic tubular shaft with an upper end bonded to a lower surface of the plate; and power feeding members which penetrate a peripheral wall part of the tubular shaft in a vertical direction, and are electrically connected to the heating resistor. The power feeding members are embedded in the peripheral wall part of the tubular shaft, and are in tight contact with a ceramic material of the tubular shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nobori, Takuji Kimura, Shuichiro Motoyama
  • Patent number: 12198965
    Abstract: A member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a ceramic disc incorporating an electrode and a ceramic cylindrical shaft supporting the disc. The disc and the shaft are integrally formed and mutually have no bonding interface. The disc has a surface with which the shaft is integrated. The surface has a region inside the shaft and a region outside the shaft. The region inside the shaft is recessed by one step with respect to the region outside the shaft and has an electrode exposure hole through which the electrode is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nobori, Takuji Kimura
  • Patent number: 12150219
    Abstract: A ceramic heater includes a ceramic plate. An outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element is disposed in an outer peripheral zone of the ceramic plate. A wire line extends from each of a pair of terminals disposed in a central portion of the ceramic plate toward the outer peripheral zone, and a portion of the wire line close to the outer peripheral zone is a linear portion. A connection terminal is a conductive member connecting between the wire line and the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element, and includes a first hole into which the linear portion of the wire line is inserted and a second hole into which an end portion of the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nobori, Takuji Kimura, Tomohisa Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11969871
    Abstract: A portable power tool includes a tool accessory, drive mechanism, housing and grip having a rotating axis. The grip includes grip portion having a first face and a second face. The grip portion is formed in a rotation asymmetric shape to the rotating axis. The grip is attachable to the housing with respect to a rotating angle around the rotating axis at a first angle and a second angle. When the grip is viewed in the rotating axis extending direction, the position of the first surface and the position of the second surface in the circumferential direction around the rotating axis in a case that the rotating angle is at the first angle are different from the position of the first surface and the position of the second surface in the circumferential direction around the rotating axis in a case that the rotating angle is at the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Takata, Takuji Kimura, Atsushi Kanou
  • Patent number: 11872682
    Abstract: A portable power tool includes a first handle extending in an elongated manner and configured to be held by a user, an electric motor, a tool accessory that undergoes orbital and/or rotational motion in response to generation of a rotational driving force by the electric motor, and a battery mounting part configured to detachably attach a battery that serves as a power source for the electric motor. The battery mounting part includes an upward mounting surface on which the battery is mountable, and at least one terminal configured to be electrically connected to the battery when a surface of the battery that includes a connection interface is placed on the mounting surface. The mounting surface is located at a position different from the first handle in the front-rear direction, and is located below an upper side of the first handle in the up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Takata, Katsumi Okouchi, Takuji Kimura
  • Patent number: 11684985
    Abstract: A suspending member, such as a tether strap or the like, may by connected to improve convenience for an operator. The function of the suspending member shall be reliably performed by clearly notifying the user when the connecting part for connecting the suspending member is damaged. A ring-shaped notification member is incorporated in a connecting part for connecting the suspending member. The suspending member is inserted into both of a connecting hole in a connecting part and a notification member so as to be connected. When an end of a handle portion breaks due to long-term use, the notification member is pulled out such that the damage of the connecting part is notified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nakashima, Kenji Nose, Takuji Kimura
  • Patent number: 11685077
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wafer mounting table according to an embodiment includes: (a) a step of loading a ceramic slurry containing a ceramic powder and a gelling agent into opening portions of a metal mesh, inducing a chemical reaction of the gelling agent to gelate the ceramic slurry, and then performing degreasing and calcining to prepare a ceramic-loaded mesh; (b) a step of sandwiching the ceramic-loaded mesh between a first ceramic calcined body and a second ceramic calcined body obtained by calcining after mold cast forming so as to prepare a multilayer body; and (c) a step of hot press firing the multilayer body to prepare the wafer-receiving table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nobori, Takuji Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230109320
    Abstract: A portable machining apparatus facilitates addition of new electric components with an intended arrangement of various electric components. The portable machining apparatus includes a housing, an electric motor installed in the housing and including a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a tip tool partially or fully exposed outside the housing and rotatable by the electric motor, a controller installed in the housing and aligned with the electric motor in the axial direction to control an operation of the electric motor, and a first electric component and a second electric component installed in an electric component compartment between the controller and the electric motor. The first electric component and the second electric component are aligned in a same plane perpendicular to an axis of the motor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira HACHISUKA, Takuji KIMURA, Hiroka SUZUKI, Daiki IMAIDA
  • Publication number: 20220305634
    Abstract: A portable power tool comprises a tool accessory, a drive mechanism, a housing and a grip having a rotating axis. The grip comprises grip portion having a first face and a second face. The grip portion is formed in a rotation asymmetric shape to the rotating axis. The grip is attachable to the housing with respect to a rotating angle around the rotating axis at a first angle and a second angle. When the grip is viewed in the rotating axis extending direction, the position of the first surface and the position of the second surface in the circumferential direction around the rotating axis in a case that the rotating angle is at the first angle are different from the position of the first surface and the position of the second surface in the circumferential direction around the rotating axis in a case that the rotating angle is at the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki TAKATA, Takuji KIMURA, Atsushi KANOU
  • Publication number: 20220009073
    Abstract: A portable power tool includes a first handle extending in an elongated manner and configured to be held by a user, an electric motor, a tool accessory that undergoes orbital and/or rotational motion in response to generation of a rotational driving force by the electric motor, and a battery mounting part configured to detachably attach a battery that serves as a power source for the electric motor. The battery mounting part includes an upward mounting surface on which the battery is mountable, and at least one terminal configured to be electrically connected to the battery when a surface of the battery that includes a connection interface is placed on the mounting surface. The mounting surface is located at a position different from the first handle in the front-rear direction, and is located below an upper side of the first handle in the up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoki TAKATA, Katsumi OKOUCHI, Takuji KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210378061
    Abstract: A ceramic heater includes: a ceramic plate which is provided with a wafer placement surface on an upper surface and in which a heating resistor is internally embedded; a ceramic tubular shaft with an upper end bonded to a lower surface of the plate; and power feeding members which penetrate a peripheral wall part of the tubular shaft in a vertical direction, and are electrically connected to the heating resistor. The power feeding members are embedded in the peripheral wall part of the tubular shaft, and are in tight contact with a ceramic material of the tubular shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NOBORI, Takuji KIMURA, Shuichiro MOTOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210362252
    Abstract: A portable circular saw for cutting metal, a dust collection efficiency of cutting dust blown up from a cutting position into a cutting dust collection box is improved. A distance between in inner wall surface of a fixing cover and a tooth tip of a circular saw blade is set to longer than a distance between the tooth tip and a tooth bottom and also longer than twice as long as the distance. Furthermore, a distance between a front end of a window in a base and the tooth tip of the circular saw blade is set longer than the distance between the tooth tip and a tooth bottom and shorter than twice the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Takuji KIMURA, Kenji NOSE, Tomoki TAKATA
  • Publication number: 20210120633
    Abstract: A ceramic heater includes a ceramic plate. An outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element is disposed in an outer peripheral zone of the ceramic plate. A wire line extends from each of a pair of terminals disposed in a central portion of the ceramic plate toward the outer peripheral zone, and a portion of the wire line close to the outer peripheral zone is a linear portion. A connection terminal is a conductive member connecting between the wire line and the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element, and includes a first hole into which the linear portion of the wire line is inserted and a second hole into which an end portion of the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NOBORI, Takuji KIMURA, Tomohisa MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210001418
    Abstract: A suspending member, such as a tether strap or the like, may by connected to improve convenience for an operator. The function of the suspending member shall be reliably performed by clearly notifying the user when the connecting part for connecting the suspending member is damaged. A ring-shaped notification member is incorporated in a connecting part for connecting the suspending member. The suspending member is inserted into both of a connecting hole in a connecting part and a notification member so as to be connected. When an end of a handle portion breaks due to long-term use, the notification member is pulled out such that the damage of the connecting part is notified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo NAKASHIMA, Kenji NOSE, Takuji KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200406499
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wafer mounting table according to an embodiment includes: (a) a step of loading a ceramic slurry containing a ceramic powder and a gelling agent into opening portions of a metal mesh, inducing a chemical reaction of the gelling agent to gelate the ceramic slurry, and then performing degreasing and calcining to prepare a ceramic-loaded mesh; (b) a step of sandwiching the ceramic-loaded mesh between a first ceramic calcined body and a second ceramic calcined body obtained by calcining after mold cast forming so as to prepare a multilayer body; and (c) a step of hot press firing the multilayer body to prepare the wafer-receiving table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NOBORI, Takuji KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200312693
    Abstract: A member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a ceramic disc incorporating an electrode and a ceramic cylindrical shaft supporting the disc. The disc and the shaft are integrally formed and mutually have no bonding interface. The disc has a surface with which the shaft is integrated. The surface has a region inside the shaft and a region outside the shaft. The region inside the shaft is recessed by one step with respect to the region outside the shaft and has an electrode exposure hole through which the electrode is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nobori, Takuji Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200258769
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing device member according to the present invention includes a ceramic disc with an internal electrode and a ceramic shaft that supports the disc. The disc and the shaft are integrated without having a bonding interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NOBORI, Takuji KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10199245
    Abstract: The electrostatic chuck includes a discoidal alumina ceramic substrate and a heater electrode and an electrostatic electrode embedded in the alumina ceramic substrate. The top surface of the alumina ceramic substrate is a wafer-mounting face. The heater electrode has a pattern, for example, of a single continuous line so as to realize electric wiring over the entire surface of the alumina ceramic substrate. Upon the application of a voltage, the heater electrode generates heat and heats the wafer W. The heater electrode is made of a complex oxide of titanium, aluminum, and magnesium (Ti—Al—Mg—O) dispersed in molybdenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nobori, Takuji Kimura, Reo Watanabe
  • Patent number: D863909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru Suzuki, Takuji Kimura