Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Matsuo

Tomohiro Matsuo 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: 11821603
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes a socket; a substrate; and one first and four second light emitting elements. A square luminance distribution region is defined on light irradiation sides of first and second light emitting elements. A center of distribution region overlaps central axis of device. Distribution region is equally divided into four square first regions whose corners overlap center of distribution region. Each of first regions is equally divided into nine square second regions. A length of one side of second region is 0.8 mm. Luminance of distribution region is 90% or more of a total luminance of light emitted from device. In twenty second regions arranged along sides of distribution region, luminance of one second region is 2% or less of total luminance. In sixteen second regions provided inside twenty second regions, luminance of one second region is 3% or more and 10% or less of total luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11767962
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes a socket; a substrate; and one first and four second light emitting elements. A square luminance distribution region is defined on light irradiation sides of first and second light emitting elements. A center of distribution region overlaps central axis of device. Distribution region is equally divided into four square first regions whose corners overlap center of distribution region. Each of first regions is equally divided into nine square second regions. A length of one side of second region is 0.8 mm. Luminance of distribution region is 90% or more of a total luminance of light emitted from device. In twenty second regions arranged along sides of distribution region, luminance of one second region is 2% or less of total luminance. In sixteen second regions provided inside twenty second regions, luminance of one second region is 3% or more and 10% or less of total luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11375307
    Abstract: An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro Matsuo, Takashi Ohta, Koji Nageno, Tomohiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11173480
    Abstract: A catalyst includes a carrier, and a metal obtained by reducing a metal ion supported on the carrier 1) in a supercritical state or 2) in a polar organic solvent, wherein the carrier is an inorganic porous body having a hierarchical porous structure. By employing the catalyst, it is possible to exhibit better catalytic activity than a conventional catalyst. Heat generation and spontaneous ignition are prevented because no organic porous body is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SNG INC.
    Inventors: Riichi Miyamoto, Hongzhi Bai, Hironao Sajiki, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Masahiro Mizuno, Aya Ogawa, Hayato Masuda, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Tomohiro Matsuo, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11143964
    Abstract: A substrate treating method for performing a heat treatment of a substrate that has a treated film formed thereon in a heat treating space of a heat treating chamber. The method includes an exhaust step of exhausting gas within the heat treating space formed by a cover enclosing surroundings of a heat treating plate; an inert gas supply step of supplying inert gas from an upper portion of the heat treating space into the heat treating space and supplying inert gas into a gap between an outer peripheral surface of the heat treating plate and an inner wall of the cover; and a heat treating step of performing the heat treatment of the substrate in the heat treating space. The heat treating step is performed after the exhaust step and the inert gas supply step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Yuji Tanaka, Takeharu Ishii, Tomohiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11107698
    Abstract: An oxygen concentration is lowered in accordance with a set lowering process, and thereafter a heat treatment is performed. Accordingly, the heat treatment is performed to a substrate W while the oxygen concentration in a heat treating space HS is lowered. Consequently, a treatment atmosphere within the heat treating space is able to be made suitable for a heat treatment process, leading to appropriate film deposition. In addition, the oxygen concentration is lowered in accordance with a concentration level in recipes. This avoids an excessively lowered oxygen concentration, leading to prevention of reduced throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Chisayo Nakayama, Yuji Tanaka, Masahiko Harumoto, Masaya Asai, Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Tomohiro Matsuo, Takeharu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20210206632
    Abstract: A device includes: a storage section which stores a solution containing an organic compound; a catalyst holding section to hold a solid catalyst; and a microwave irradiation mechanism which irradiates the solution passing through the catalyst holding section with a microwave, wherein the solid catalyst is a molded catalyst containing a noble metal supported on a carrier that has an average particle diameter larger than 100 ?m. A hydrogen production method includes irradiating a solution containing an organic compound, the solution passing through a catalyst holding section holding a solid catalyst, with a microwave, the solid catalyst being a molded catalyst containing a noble metal supported on a carrier that has an average particle diameter larger than 100 ?m. Both device and method do not require a high-temperature heat source, enable easy collection, replacement, of the catalyst, and can be used for production of hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: SAIDA FDS INC., N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo YOSHIMURA, Noriyuki OHNEDA, Hironao SAJIKI, Yasunari MONGUCHI, Yoshinari SAWAMA, Tsuyoshi YAMADA, Tomohiro ICHIKAWA, Tomohiro MATSUO, Takumu TACHIKAWA, Akira KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20210155402
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible container that can be easily opened. Provided is a flexible container for holding contents that includes an outer bag, an inner bag, a first binding member, and a lid. The outer bag includes a bottom surface portion in which a lower opening is formed. The inner bag is a tubular inner bag that is housed in the outer bag, configured to be filled with contents, and includes a discharge port portion. The discharge port portion forms a discharge path for discharging the contents and extends to a lower side of the bottom surface portion via the lower opening. The first binding member is tied around the discharge port portion to close the discharge path. The lid is attached to an outer side of the bottom surface portion to close the lower opening and cover the discharge port portion. The discharge port portion is narrowed to close the discharge path. The first binding member is tied around the discharge port portion to maintain a state in which the discharge port portion is narrowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Nobumasa Shiraishi, Kazushi Takemoto, Tomohiro Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20210134605
    Abstract: An oxygen concentration is lowered in accordance with a set lowering process, and thereafter a heat treatment is performed. Accordingly, the heat treatment is performed to a substrate W while the oxygen concentration in a heat treating space HS is lowered. Consequently, a treatment atmosphere within the heat treating space is able to be made suitable for a heat treatment process, leading to appropriate film deposition. In addition, the oxygen concentration is lowered in accordance with a concentration level in recipes. This avoids an excessively lowered oxygen concentration, leading to prevention of reduced throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Chisayo NAKAYAMA, Yuji TANAKA, Masahiko HARUMOTO, Masaya ASAI, Yasuhiro FUKUMOTO, Tomohiro MATSUO, Takeharu ISHII
  • Patent number: 10941492
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating method for performing a heat treatment of a substrate having a treated film formed thereon in a heat treating space of a heat treating chamber. The method includes an exhaust step of performing exhaust of gas within the heat treating space, an inert gas supply step of supplying inert gas into the heat treating space, and a heat treating step of performing the heat treatment of the substrate in the heat treating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Chisayo Nakayama, Masahiko Harumoto, Masaya Asai, Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Tomohiro Matsuo, Takeharu Ishii
  • Patent number: 10915025
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating method for treating a substrate with a directed self-assembly material applied thereto. The substrate treating method includes a heating step and a cooling step. The heating step includes heating the substrate to perform phase separation of the directed self-assembly material by maintaining an interior of a treatment container in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere and placing the substrate at a heating position. The cooling step includes cooling the substrate by maintaining the interior of the treatment container in the non-oxidizing gas atmosphere, placing the substrate at a cooling position further away from the heating unit than the heating position, supplying non-oxidizing gas into the treatment container, and exhausting gas within the treatment container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Yuji Tanaka, Tomohiro Matsuo, Takeharu Ishii
  • Patent number: 10907791
    Abstract: A vehicle luminaire may include: an attachment portion which includes a concave portion opening to one end face; a light-emitting module, which includes a substrate and at least one light-emitting element provided on the substrate, provided inside the concave portion; and a plurality of bayonets provided on an outer side surface of the attachment portion. When the attachment portion is viewed from a direction along a center axis of the attachment portion, the bayonets are provided at a predetermined interval. The attachment portion includes an opening portion provided in a region between the plurality of bayonets. An opening dimension of the opening portion is larger than a width dimension of each bayonet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishiyama, Ryuji Tsuchiya, Kiyokazu Hino, Daisuke Kosugi, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Hiromitsu Shiraishi, Norihiko Ochi, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tomohiro Matsuo, Misaki Ueno
  • Patent number: 10900126
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating method for performing a heat treatment of a substrate in a heat treating space. The method includes a loading step of loading the substrate on support pins, an exhaust step of exhausting gas within the heat treating space, an inert gas supply step of supplying inert gas into the heat treating space, an under-substrate space gas discharging step of discharging gas within an under-substrate space between the substrate and the top face of the heat treating plate, and a heat treating step of retracting the support pins into the heat treating plate, and performing the heat treatment of the substrate placed on the top face of the heat treating plate in the heat treating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Chisayo Nakayama, Masahiko Harumoto, Masaya Asai, Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Tomohiro Matsuo, Takeharu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20200378578
    Abstract: A vehicle luminaire according to an embodiment includes: an attachment portion which includes a concave portion opening to one end face; a light-emitting module which includes a substrate and at least one light-emitting element provided on the substrate and is provided inside the concave portion; and a plurality of bayonets which are provided on an outer side surface of the attachment portion. When the attachment portion is viewed from a direction along a center axis of the attachment portion, the plurality of bayonets are provided at a predetermined interval. The attachment portion includes an opening portion provided in a region between the plurality of bayonets. An opening dimension of the opening portion is larger than a width dimension of the bayonet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishiyama, Ryuji Tsuchiya, Kiyokazu Hino, Daisuke Kosugi, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Hiromitsu Shiraishi, Norihiko Ochi, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Tomohiro Matsuo, Misaki Ueno
  • Publication number: 20200272055
    Abstract: A substrate treating method for performing a heat treatment of a substrate that has a treated film formed thereon in a heat treating space of a heat treating chamber. The method includes an exhaust step of exhausting gas within the heat treating space formed by a cover enclosing surroundings of a heat treating plate; an inert gas supply step of supplying inert gas from an upper portion of the heat treating space into the heat treating space and supplying inert gas into a gap between an outer peripheral surface of the heat treating plate and an inner wall of the cover; and a heat treating step of performing the heat treatment of the substrate in the heat treating space. The heat treating step is performed after the exhaust step and the inert gas supply step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro FUKUMOTO, Yuji TANAKA, Takeharu ISHII, Tomohiro MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20200246779
    Abstract: A catalyst includes a carrier, and a metal obtained by reducing a metal ion supported on the carrier 1) in a supercritical state or 2) in a polar organic solvent, wherein the carrier is an inorganic porous body having a hierarchical porous structure. By employing the catalyst, it is possible to exhibit better catalytic activity than a conventional catalyst. Heat generation and spontaneous ignition are prevented because no organic porous body is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: SnG Inc.
    Inventors: Riichi MIYAMOTO, Hongzhi BAI, Hironao SAJIKI, Tomohiro ICHIKAWA, Masahiro MIZUNO, Aya OGAWA, Hayato MASUDA, Tsuyoshi YAMADA, Tomohiro MATSUO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10651062
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus including a treatment container, a pin, a seal housing, a seal member, and an exhaust port. The treatment container includes an opening. The pin is disposed between an interior of the treatment container and an exterior of the treatment container through the opening, and is configured to reciprocate along an axis thereof. The seal housing is disposed in the exterior of the treatment container. The seal housing is in close contact with the treatment container around the opening, and accommodates a part of the pin. The seal member is in close contact with an inner peripheral surface of the seal housing, and in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the pin so as to be slidable relative to the pin. The exhaust port is in connection with the seal housing in a communicated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Yuji Tanaka, Tomohiro Matsuo, Takeharu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20200074761
    Abstract: An on-vehicle device according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a detector, a generator, and a transmitter. The detector detects abnormality of an own vehicle. The generator generates a collection condition of data related to the abnormality detected by the detector. The transmitter transmits, to an external apparatus, a collection condition generated by the generator and a collection request of data satisfying the collection condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Masashi TSUYUNASHI, Tomohiro MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20200076895
    Abstract: A data collection apparatus according to embodiments includes a reception unit, a collection condition data generation unit, a collection condition setting unit, and an acquired data collection unit. The reception unit receives a collection request for vehicle acquisition data obtained by each vehicle. The collection condition data generation unit generates collection condition data indicating a collection condition of the vehicle acquisition data based on the collection request received by the reception unit. The collection condition setting unit transmits the collection condition data generated by the collection condition data generation unit to each vehicle, and sets the collection condition data to each vehicle. The acquired data collection unit receives vehicle acquisition data satisfying the collection condition transmitted from each vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Masashi TSUYUNASHI, Tomohiro MATSUO, Yoshitaka HIRASHIMA, Yukisuke OZAKI, Akihide FUJIO, Toshio KITAHARA
  • Patent number: D939963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobumasa Shiraishi, Kazushi Takemoto, Tomohiro Matsuo