Patents by Inventor Tomohito Nakano

Tomohito Nakano 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: 20240062986
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a charged particle beam device that can specify irradiation conditions for primary charged particles that can obtain a desired charged state without adjusting the acceleration voltage. The charged particle beam device according to the present invention specifies the irradiation conditions for a charged particle beam in which the charged state of a sample is switched between a positive charge and a negative charge, and adjusts the irradiation conditions according to the relationship between the specified irradiation conditions and the irradiation conditions when an observation image of the sample has been acquired (see FIG. 8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Naho TERAO, Toshiyuki YOKOSUKA, Hideyuki KOTSUJI, Tomohito NAKANO, Hajime KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20230250306
    Abstract: A water-based ink jet ink composition contains Pigment Yellow 150, a dispersing resin, and N-hydroxyethylpyrrolidone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohito NAKANO, Tomoki MARUYAMA, Tetsuro KOZAKI, Manabu TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11721536
    Abstract: A single type quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with an ion source by the ESI method, which is a small device including a vacuum pump having a relatively small evacuation speed. The internal diameter of a desolvation tube for introducing ions from an ionization chamber into a first intermediate vacuum chamber is set to 0.4 mm ?, which is large for a small mass spectrometer. The evacuation speed of a rotary pump is determined so that the product of the cross-sectional opening area of the desolvation tube and the pressure in the first intermediate vacuum chamber falls within a range of 15 to 40 mm2·Pa. This can ensure high detection sensitivity and reduce clogging of the desolvation tube due to droplets. Since the pressure in the first intermediate vacuum chamber does not need to be increased more than necessary, a small rotary pump having a small evacuation speed can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Ueda, Tomohito Nakano, Yuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230230796
    Abstract: This charged particle beam device comprises: a charged particle beam source that generates charged particle beams; an objective lens in which coil current is inputted to focus the charged particle beams on a sample; a control unit that controls the coil current; a hysteresis characteristics storage unit that stores hysteresis characteristics information of the objective lens; a history information storage unit that stores history information relating to the coil current; and an estimating unit that estimates the magnetic field generated by the objective lens based on the coil current, the history information, and the hysteresis characteristic information, and has a magnetic field correction unit that, when the absolute value of the change amount of the coil current is greater than a prescribed value, further adds to the magnetic field estimated by the estimating unit a correction value according to the coil current and its change amount, correcting the magnetic field generated by the objective lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohito NAKANO, Makoto SUZUKI, Yuzuru MIZUHARA, Ryota WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220380616
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition includes: an acetoacetanilide-based monoazo pigment coated with a water-insoluble polymer; 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone; and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya AOYAMA, Satoshi TSUBAMOTO, Masahiro YATAKE, Tomohito NAKANO, Tomoki MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220275234
    Abstract: An aqueous ink-jet ink composition according to the present disclosure contains pigment, water, resin particles, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone, and trimethylglycine. The mass-based content of the resin particles is lower than the mass-based content of the pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Manabu TANIGUCHI, Tomohito NAKANO, Tomoki MARUYAMA, Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Jun ITO, Tetsuya AOYAMA, Satoshi TSUBAMOTO, Masahiro YATAKE, Yukiko Il
  • Publication number: 20220275232
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a color material, water, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone, and a 1,2-alkanediol. The mass ratio of the content of the 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone and that of the 1,2-alkanediol is 1:10 to 10:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohito NAKANO, Tomoki MARUYAMA, Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Manabu TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220275233
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition of the present disclosure includes a coloring material, water, an acetylene glycol-based surfactant having a HLB value of 4 or less, and 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone. The content of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone in the ink jet ink composition is 0.5% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Tomohito NAKANO, Tomoki MARUYAMA, Manabu TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220098427
    Abstract: An ink accommodating body accommodating an ink composition is provided, in which the ink composition contains water and a first dye that is a compound represented by Formula (B-1) or a salt thereof, a content of the first dye in the ink composition is 0.5% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the ink composition, and a value of a ratio (A/V) is 1.7 or less where a total surface area of a metal, of the ink accommodating body, in contact with the ink composition is A (cm2) and an accommodation capacity for the ink composition accommodated in the ink accommodating body is V (cm3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Yusuke MIZUTAKI, Tomohito NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20210391164
    Abstract: A single type quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with an ion source by the ESI method, which is a small device including a vacuum pump having a relatively small evacuation speed. The internal diameter of a desolvation tube for introducing ions from an ionization chamber into a first intermediate vacuum chamber is set to 0.4 mm ?, which is large for a small mass spectrometer. The evacuation speed of a rotary pump is determined so that the product of the cross-sectional opening area of the desolvation tube and the pressure in the first intermediate vacuum chamber falls within a range of 15 to 40 mm2·Pa. This can ensure high detection sensitivity and reduce clogging of the desolvation tube due to droplets. Since the pressure in the first intermediate vacuum chamber does not need to be increased more than necessary, a small rotary pump having a small evacuation speed can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu UEDA, Tomohito NAKANO, Yuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210246324
    Abstract: An ink jet ink set includes: an aqueous dye ink and an aqueous pigment ink, the ink jet ink set is an ink set to be used for an ink jet recording apparatus which has a first ejection port to eject the aqueous dye ink, a second ejection port to eject the aqueous pigment ink, and a cap to collectively cap the first ejection port and the second ejection port, the cap being composed of the same member as that forming the first ejection port and the second ejection port, the aqueous dye ink contains a dye and a poly(oxyalkylene) alkyl ether, the dye includes a copper phthalocyanine compound having two or less benzene ring structures other than a phthalocyanine skeleton, and the aqueous pigment ink contains a self-dispersible pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Yusuke MIZUTAKI, Jun ITO, Tomohito NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11014368
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a first tank storing a first ink and a second tank storing a second ink different from the first ink. The first tank and the second tank are arranged so as to have overlap when viewed in a vertical direction in an apparatus-using state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Miki Iinuma, Tomohito Nakano, Keisuke Morita
  • Patent number: 10770266
    Abstract: A charged particle beam device includes an electron source which generates an electron beam, an objective lens which is applied with a coil current to converge the electron beam on a sample, a control unit which controls the current to be applied to the objective lens, a hysteresis characteristic storage unit which stores hysteresis characteristic information of the objective lens, a history information storage unit which stores history information related to the coil current, and an estimation unit which estimates a magnetic field generated by the objective lens on the basis of the coil current, the history information, and the hysteresis characteristic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohito Nakano, Toshiyuki Yokosuka, Yuko Sasaki, Minoru Yamazaki, Yuzuru Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20200171833
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a first tank storing a first ink and a second tank storing a second ink different from the first ink. The first tank and the second tank are arranged so as to have overlap when viewed in a vertical direction in an apparatus-using state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Miki IINUMA, Tomohito NAKANO, Keisuke MORITA
  • Patent number: 10647865
    Abstract: An ink composition includes 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol; trimethylolpropane; water; and a pigment, in which no more than 0.5% by mass of 1,2-hexanediol is contained, and a mass ratio of the trimethylolpropane to the 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol is 0.12 or more and 2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Morita, Yusuke Mizutaki, Tomohito Nakano
  • Patent number: 10566172
    Abstract: A charged particle beam apparatus with reduced frequency of lens resetting operations and thus with improved throughput. The apparatus includes an electron source configured to generate an electron beam, an objective lens to which coil current is adapted to be applied to converge the electron beam on a sample, a focal position adjustment device configured to adjust the focal position of the electron beam, a detector configured to detect electrons from the sample, a display unit configured to display an image of the sample in accordance with a signal from the detector, a storage unit configured to store information on the hysteresis characteristics of the objective lens, and an estimation unit configured to estimate a magnetic field generated by the objective lens on the basis of the coil current, the amount of adjustment of the focal position by the focal position adjustment device, and the information on the hysteresis characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohito Nakano, Toshiyuki Yokosuka, Yuko Sasaki, Minoru Yamazaki, Yuzuru Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20200035449
    Abstract: A charged particle beam device includes an electron source which generates an electron beam, an objective lens which is applied with a coil current to converge the electron beam on a sample, a control unit which controls the current to be applied to the objective lens, a hysteresis characteristic storage unit which stores hysteresis characteristic information of the objective lens, a history information storage unit which stores history information related to the coil current, and an estimation unit which estimates a magnetic field generated by the objective lens on the basis of the coil current, the history information, and the hysteresis characteristic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohito NAKANO, Toshiyuki YOKOSUKA, Yuko SASAKI, Minoru YAMAZAKI, Yuzuru MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 10479103
    Abstract: An aqueous ink composition contains: an alkanediol having a normal boiling point of 240° C. or higher; polyoxyethylene mono(2-ethylhexyl) ether having a carbon number of 14 or more and 22 or less; and water, in which a content of the polyoxyethylene mono(2-ethylhexyl) ether having a carbon number of 14 or more and 22 or less is 0.4% by mass or lower based on the total amount of the aqueous ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Iida, Tomohito Nakano, Keisuke Morita
  • Patent number: 10407584
    Abstract: A water-based ink includes a pigment, and water, in which a viscosity at 20° C. is in a range of 2 mPa·s to 7 mPa·s, and a yield value at 20° C. is less than 0.2 mPa, and the yield value at 20° C. when evaporating 25% of the water is less than 0.8 mPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Mizutaki, Tomohito Nakano, Wataru Ito, Atsushi Muto, Hiroshige Owaki
  • Patent number: 10354854
    Abstract: A shutter moves along a surface of a partition wall provided between two spaces different in pressure, which faces the space higher in pressure, to open and close an aperture formed on the partition wall with an amount of force smaller than conventional shutters require. The shutter includes: a plate-shaped first member arranged in a manner of moving along a surface of the partition wall, which faces one of the two spaces higher in pressure, to open and close the aperture, the first member being provided, in a region which corresponds to the aperture, with a small aperture having an area smaller than the area of the aperture, and a plate-shaped second member arranged in a manner of moving along a surface of the first member, which faces the space higher in pressure, to open and close the small aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohito Nakano