Patents by Inventor Tomomi Usui

Tomomi Usui 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: 20240111262
    Abstract: A system including control devices configured to perform nth-order transmission, each control device including: a storage device storing, in relation to the control devices, a source list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from a most upstream control device to the control device and a destination list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from the control device to a most downstream control device; and a processor performing processing including: when an update request including a first source list of a first control device is received, updating the source list using the update request, generating a new update request using the updated source list, and transmitting the new update request to a second control device; and when a completion response including a second destination list of the second control device is received, updating the destination list using the completion response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Koki INOUE, Kenji TAKA, Takayoshi NAKAYAMA, Shinya FUKUZAKI, Satoshi ITAYA, Naofumi OTSUKI, Wataru FUKUMOTO, Tomomi USUI
  • Patent number: 9403620
    Abstract: A silica container contains a substrate having a rotational symmetry, containing mainly a silica, and gaseous bubbles in a peripheral part of the substrate; a transparent silica glass in an inner peripheral part of the substrate; and an inner layer, formed on an inner surface of the substrate and containing a transparent silica glass; wherein the substrate contains Li, Na, and K in a total concentration of 50 or less ppm by weight; the substrate has a linear light transmittance of 91.8% to 93.2% at a light wavelength of 600 nm; the inner layer contains Li, Na, and K in a total concentration of 100 or less ppb by weight and at least one of Ca, Sr, and Ba in a total concentration of 50 to 2000 ppm by weight; and the inner layer has a linear light transmittance of 91.8% to 93.2% at a light wavelength of 600 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Patent number: 9145325
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container having a rotational symmetry includes forming a preliminarily molded article by feeding a powdered substrate's raw material to an inner wall of an outer frame having aspiration holes with rotating the frame, and forming a silica substrate. The preliminarily molded article is aspirated from an outer peripheral side with controlling a humidity inside the outer frame by ventilating gases present in the outer frame with charging from inside the preliminarily molded article a gas mixture comprised of an O2 gas and an inert gas and made below a prescribed dew-point temperature by dehumidification, and at the same time heated from inside the preliminarily molded article by a discharge-heat melting method with carbon electrodes, thereby making an outer peripheral part of the preliminarily molded article to a sintered body while an inner peripheral part to a fused glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Patent number: 8915096
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container includes forming a preliminarily molded substrate, wherein a first powdered raw material is fed to an inner wall of an outer frame having aspiration holes while rotating the outer frame; forming a preliminarily molded intermediate layer, wherein a second powdered raw material added with an aluminum compound or a crystal nucleating agent as an additive is fed to an inner wall of the preliminarily molded substrate; and forming an inner layer, wherein the preliminarily molded substrate and the preliminarily molded intermediate layer are degassed by aspiration from a peripheral side with heating from an inside forming a substrate and an intermediate layer, and a third powdered raw material having a high silica purity is spread from inside the substrate having the formed intermediate layer with heating from the inside forming an inner layer on an inner surface of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Patent number: 8915097
    Abstract: Producing a silica container includes forming a powder mixture by adding an Al compound or a crystal nucleating agent into a first powdered raw material; preliminarily molding to an intended shape by feeding the powder mixture to an inner wall of an outer frame while rotating the outer frame having aspiration holes; forming a silica substrate; and forming a transparent silica glass layer on an inner surface of the silica substrate, wherein the preliminarily molded article is degassed by aspiration from a peripheral side and heated from inside the preliminarily molded article at high temperature making a peripheral part of the preliminarily molded article to a sintered body while an inner part to a fused glass body, and a second powdered raw material having a higher silica purity than the first powdered raw material is spread from inside the silica substrate and heated from the inside at high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Publication number: 20140290308
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container having a rotational symmetry includes forming a preliminarily molded article by feeding a powdered substrate's raw material to an inner wall of an outer frame having aspiration holes with rotating the frame, and forming a silica substrate. The preliminarily molded article is aspirated from an outer peripheral side with controlling a humidity inside the outer frame by ventilating gases present in the outer frame with charging from inside the preliminarily molded article a gas mixture comprised of an O2 gas and an inert gas and made below a prescribed dew-point temperature by dehumidification, and at the same time heated from inside the preliminarily molded article by a discharge-heat melting method with carbon electrodes, thereby making an outer peripheral part of the preliminarily molded article to a sintered body while an inner peripheral part to a fused glass body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru YAMAGATA, Tomomi USUI
  • Patent number: 8815403
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container having a rotational symmetry is provided. The method includes forming a preliminarily molded article by feeding a powdered substrate's raw material to an inner wall of an outer frame having aspiration holes with rotating the frame, and forming a silica substrate. The preliminarily molded article is aspirated from an outer peripheral side with controlling a humidity inside the outer frame by ventilating gases present in the outer frame with charging from inside the preliminarily molded article a gas mixture comprised of an O2 gas and an inert gas and made below a prescribed dew-point temperature by dehumidification, and at the same time heated from inside the preliminarily molded article by a discharge-heat melting method with carbon electrodes, thereby making an outer peripheral part of the preliminarily molded article to a sintered body while an inner peripheral part to a fused glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Patent number: 8733127
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container, the method including forming a preliminarily molded silica substrate to an intended shape by feeding a powdered substrate's raw material (silica particles) to an inner wall of a carbon-made outer frame having aspiration holes with rotating the outer frame, and forming the silica substrate wherein the preliminarily molded substrate is degassed by aspiration from its outer peripheral side with charging from an inner peripheral side of the preliminarily molded silica substrate a reducing gas containing more than 10% by volume of an H2 gas, and at the same time heated from inside the preliminarily molded silica substrate by a discharge-heat melting method with carbon electrodes, thereby making an outer peripheral part of the preliminarily molded silica substrate to a sintered body while an inner peripheral part of the preliminarily molded silica substrate to a fused glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Publication number: 20130248408
    Abstract: A silica container contains a substrate having a rotational symmetry, containing mainly a silica, and gaseous bubbles in a peripheral part of the substrate; a transparent silica glass in an inner peripheral part of the substrate; and an inner layer, formed on an inner surface of the substrate and containing a transparent silica glass; wherein the substrate contains Li, Na, and K in a total concentration of 50 or less ppm by weight; the substrate has a linear light transmittance of 91.8% to 93.2% at a light wavelength of 600 nm; the inner layer contains Li, Na, and K in a total concentration of 100 or less ppb by weight and at least one of Ca, Sr, and Ba in a total concentration of 50 to 2000 ppm by weight; and the inner layer has a linear light transmittance of 91.8% to 93.2% at a light wavelength of 600 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Publication number: 20130227991
    Abstract: Producing a silica container includes forming a powder mixture by adding an Al compound or a crystal nucleating agent into a first powdered raw material; preliminarily molding to an intended shape by feeding the powder mixture to an inner wall of an outer frame while rotating the outer frame having aspiration holes; forming a silica substrate; and forming a transparent silica glass layer on an inner surface of the silica substrate, wherein the preliminarily molded article is degassed by aspiration from a peripheral side and heated from inside the preliminarily molded article at high temperature making a peripheral part of the preliminarily molded article to a sintered body while an inner part to a fused glass body, and a second powdered raw material having a higher silica purity than the first powdered raw material is spread from inside the silica substrate and heated from the inside at high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru YAMAGATA, Tomomi USUI
  • Publication number: 20130227990
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container includes forming a preliminarily molded substrate, wherein a first powdered raw material is fed to an inner wall of an outer frame having aspiration holes while rotating the outer frame; forming a preliminarily molded intermediate layer, wherein a second powdered raw material added with an aluminum compound or a crystal nucleating agent as an additive is fed to an inner wall of the preliminarily molded substrate; and forming an inner layer, wherein the preliminarily molded substrate and the preliminarily molded intermediate layer are degassed by aspiration from a peripheral side with heating from an inside forming a substrate and an intermediate layer, and a third powdered raw material having a high silica purity is spread from inside the substrate having the formed intermediate layer with heating from the inside forming an inner layer on an inner surface of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru YAMAGATA, Tomomi USUI
  • Patent number: 8460769
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a silica container arranged with a substrate, having a rotational symmetry, comprised of mainly a silica, and containing gaseous bubbles at least in its peripheral part, and an inner layer, formed on an inner surface of the substrate and comprised of a transparent silica glass; wherein a powdered silica, having particle diameter of 10 to 1000 ?m, containing Ca, Sr, and Ba with the total concentration of 50 to 5000 ppm by weight, and releasing hydrogen molecules with the amount of 3×1016 to 3×1019 molecules/g upon heating at 1000° C. under vacuum, is prepared at least as a powdered raw material for forming the inner layer, and then the inner layer is formed from the powdered silica as the powdered raw material for forming the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Estu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Patent number: 8420191
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container that includes forming a powder mixture by adding an Al compound or a crystal nucleating agent into a first powdered raw material (silica particles), preliminarily molding to an intended shape by feeding the powder mixture to an inner wall of an outer frame while rotating the outer frame having aspiration holes, forming a silica substrate, wherein the preliminarily molded article is degassed by aspiration from a peripheral side and at the same time heated from inside the preliminarily molded article at high temperature thereby making a peripheral part of the preliminarily molded article to a sintered body while an inner part to a fused glass body, and forming a transparent silica glass layer on an inner surface of the silica substrate, wherein a second powdered raw material having a higher silica purity than the first powdered raw material is spread from inside the silica substrate and at the same time heated from the inside at high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Patent number: 8420192
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container comprising: forming a preliminarily molded substrate, wherein a first powdered raw material is fed to an inner wall of an outer frame having aspiration holes while rotating the outer frame; forming a preliminarily molded intermediate layer, wherein a second powdered raw material added with an aluminum compound or a crystal nucleating agent as an additive is fed to an inner wall of the preliminarily molded substrate; and forming an inner layer, wherein the preliminarily molded substrate and the preliminarily molded intermediate layer are degassed by aspiration from a peripheral side with heating from an inside thereby forming a substrate and an intermediate layer, and while a third powdered raw material having a high silica purity is spread from inside the substrate having the formed intermediate layer with heating from the inside thereby forming an inner layer on an inner surface of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Publication number: 20110272322
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a silica container having a substrate containing gaseous bubbles in its outer peripheral part and an inner layer comprised of a transparent silica glass formed on an inner surface of the substrate, wherein a powdered raw material for forming a substrate containing Li, Na, and K with the total concentration of 50 or less ppm by weight and a powdered raw material for forming an inner layer containing Ca, Sr, and Ba with the total concentration of 50 to 2000 ppm by weight are prepared; a preliminarily molded substrate is formed in a frame; a preliminarily molded inner layer is formed on an inner surface of the preliminarily molded substrate; and the preliminarily molded substrate and molded inner layer are heated from inside thereof by a discharge-heat melting method under a gas atmosphere containing a hydrogen gas or a helium gas or a gas mixture thereof with the ratio of more than 10% by volume thereby making an outer peripheral part of the preliminarily molded s
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Publication number: 20110256330
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a silica container arranged with a substrate, having a rotational symmetry, comprised of mainly a silica, and containing gaseous bubbles at least in its peripheral part, and an inner layer, formed on an inner surface of the substrate and comprised of a transparent silica glass; wherein a powdered silica, having particle diameter of 10 to 1000 ?m, containing Ca, Sr, and Ba with the total concentration of 50 to 5000 ppm by weight, and releasing hydrogen molecules with the amount of 3×1016 to 3×1019 molecules/g upon heating at 1000° C. under vacuum, is prepared at least as a powdered raw material for forming the inner layer, and then the inner layer is formed from the powdered silica as the powdered raw material for forming the inner layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Publication number: 20110240663
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container having a rotational symmetry is provided. The method includes, forming a preliminarily molded article by feeding a powdered substrate's raw material to an inner wall of an outer frame having aspiration holes with rotating the frame, and forming a silica substrate. The preliminarily molded article is aspirated from an outer peripheral side with controlling a humidity inside the outer frame by ventilating gases present in the outer frame with charging from inside the preliminarily molded article a gas mixture comprised of an O2 gas and an inert gas and made below a prescribed dew-point temperature by dehumidification, and at the same time heated from inside the preliminarily molded article by a discharge-heat melting method with carbon electrodes, thereby making an outer peripheral part of the preliminarily molded article to a sintered body while an inner peripheral part to a fused glass body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Publication number: 20110192758
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container, the method including forming a preliminarily molded silica substrate to an intended shape by feeding a powdered substrate's raw material (silica particles) to an inner wall of a carbon-made outer frame having aspiration holes with rotating the outer frame, and forming the silica substrate wherein the preliminarily molded substrate is degassed by aspiration from its outer peripheral side with charging from an inner peripheral side of the preliminarily molded silica substrate a reducing gas containing more than 10% by volume of an H2 gas, and at the same time heated from inside the preliminarily molded silica substrate by a discharge-heat melting method with carbon electrodes, thereby making an outer peripheral part of the preliminarily molded silica substrate to a sintered body while an inner peripheral part of the preliminarily molded silica substrate to a fused glass body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Publication number: 20110143063
    Abstract: A method for producing a silica container that includes forming a powder mixture by adding an Al compound or a crystal nucleating agent into a first powdered raw material (silica particles), preliminarily molding to an intended shape by feeding the powder mixture to an inner wall of an outer frame while rotating the outer frame having aspiration holes, forming a silica substrate, wherein the preliminarily molded article is degassed by aspiration from a peripheral side and at the same time heated from inside the preliminarily molded article at high temperature thereby making a peripheral part of the preliminarily molded article to a sintered body while an inner part to a fused glass body, and forming a transparent silica glass layer on an inner surface of the silica substrate, wherein a second powdered raw material having a higher silica purity than the first powdered raw material is spread from inside the silica substrate and at the same time heated from the inside at high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui
  • Publication number: 20110114530
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a silica container, wherein the method comprises: a step of forming a preliminarily molded substrate, wherein a first powdered raw material (silica particles) is fed to an inner wall of an outer frame having aspiration holes while rotating the outer frame, a step of forming a preliminarily molded intermediate layer, wherein a second powdered raw material (silica particles) added with an aluminum compound or a crystal nucleating agent as an additive is fed to an inner wall of the preliminarily molded substrate, and a step of forming an inner layer, wherein the preliminarily molded substrate and the preliminarily molded intermediate layer are degassed by aspiration from a peripheral side with heating from an inside thereby forming a substrate and an intermediate layer, and while a third powdered raw material having a high silica purity is spread from inside the substrate having the formed intermediate layer with heating from the inside thereby forming an inn
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamagata, Tomomi Usui