Patents by Inventor Taro Kitaoka

Taro Kitaoka 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: 20140291290
    Abstract: In an inductive coupling type plasma torch unit, a solenoid coil is arranged in the vicinity of a first quartz block and a second quartz block, and a space inside a long chamber is annular. Plasma generated in the space inside the long chamber is jetted toward a base material from a plasma jetting port) as a slit-shaped opening in the long chamber. The base material is processed by relatively moving the long chamber and a base material holding mechanism holding the base material inside the annular chamber in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plasma jetting port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taro KITAOKA, Tomohiro OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 8450819
    Abstract: In a plasma torch unit, a conductor rod having a spiral shape is disposed inside a quartz pipe having a surface coated with boron glass, and a brass block is disposed on the periphery thereof. While a gas is being supplied into a cylindrical chamber, a high-frequency power is supplied to the conductor rod and a plasma is generated in the cylindrical chamber, so that a base material is irradiated with the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Mitsuo Saitoh, Ichiro Nakayama, Taro Kitaoka
  • Publication number: 20120115317
    Abstract: In a plasma torch unit, a conductor rod having a spiral shape is disposed inside a quartz pipe having a surface coated with boron glass, and a brass block is disposed on the periphery thereof. While a gas is being supplied into a cylindrical chamber, a high-frequency power is supplied to the conductor rod and a plasma is generated in the cylindrical chamber, so that a base material is irradiated with the plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiro OKUMURA, Mitsuo Saitoh, Ichiro Nakayama, Taro Kitaoka