Patents by Inventor Toru Kimura

Toru 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: 20140132373
    Abstract: An electromagnetically operated device includes: a moving member of the electromagnetically operated device; a drive coil that is energized to generate magnetic flux for driving the moving member; a permanent magnet provided between a stationary member and the moving member for holding the moving member; and a holding force adjusting member for adjusting the holding force applied to the moving member by the permanent magnet, wherein the holding force adjusting member is placed at a position that will not be included in the main magnetic path of the magnetic flux caused by the drive coil so as to be removable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Mitsuru Tsukima, Tomoko Tanabe, Taehyun Kim, Toru Kimura
  • Patent number: 8715901
    Abstract: A resin composition which, in forming a fine pattern by a heat treatment of a resist pattern formed by using a photoresist, can be applied onto the resist pattern, can cause the resist pattern to smoothly shrink by heat treatment, and can be easily washed away by a treatment with an alkaline aqueous solution, and a method for efficiently forming a fine resist pattern using the resin composition are provided. The resin composition comprises a resin containing a hydroxyl group, a crosslinking component, and an alcohol solvent containing water in an amount of 10 wt % or less for the total solvent, wherein the alcohol in the alcohol solvent is a monovalent alcohol having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sakakibara, Takayoshi Abe, Takashi Chiba, Toru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140115878
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of manufacturing a touch screen panel including forming sensing electrodes for touch sensing on a substrate; forming metal patterns for electrical connection of the sensing electrodes on the sensing electrodes; forming a first protective layer including any one of silicon nitride (SiN) and silicon oxide (SiO) on the metal patterns; and forming a second protective layer including the other of the silicon nitride (SiN) and the silicon oxide (SiO) on the first protective layer is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Kimura
  • Patent number: 8702072
    Abstract: An overhead wire tension balancer can prevent an oil component in the tension balancer from scattering to the outside due to entry of rainwater. In an overhead wire tension balancer for supporting a spanned overhead wire while applying tension thereto, a gap that easily allows entry of rainwater is covered by a waterproof cover. As a result, the rainwater can be prevented from entering the inside of the overhead wire tension balancer, and the oil component separated from grease by entering rainwater can be prevented from scattering to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Kimura
  • Patent number: 8672301
    Abstract: An overhead wire tension balancer has a water draining structure and can prevent lubricating oil in the tension balancer from scattering to the outside. The overhead wire tension balancer is for supporting a spanned overhead wire while applying tension thereto, and rainwater collecting inside the overhead wire tension balancer is collected from a collecting pipe connecting part into a collecting tank through a collecting pipe. The oil content of grease applied to the inside of the overhead wire tension balancer is prevented from scattering to the outside even if the oil content is carried together with the rainwater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Kimura
  • Patent number: 8659147
    Abstract: A power semiconductor circuit device and a method for manufacturing the same, both of which are provided with: a base board on which at least a power semiconductor element is mounted; a resin which molds the base board and the power semiconductor element in a state where partial surfaces of the base board, including a base board surface opposite to a surface on which the power semiconductor element is mounted, are exposed; and a heat dissipating fin joined to the base board by a pressing force. A groove is formed in the base board at a portion to be joined to the heat dissipating fin, and the heat dissipating fin is joined by caulking to the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Mitsui, Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Toru Kimura, Masao Kikuchi, Yoichi Goto
  • Publication number: 20140042125
    Abstract: A tank-type vacuum circuit breaker includes: a pressure tank; an insulating frame that is detachably supported by a support member provided in the pressure tank using a coupling; a vacuum interrupter that is supported by the insulating frame and includes a stationary electrode and a moving electrode; a stationary-electrode side terminal that is connectably/disconnectably connected to a bushing-terminal side internal conductor; a moving-electrode side terminal that is connectably/disconnectably connected to a bushing-terminal side internal conductor; and an insulating rod, the inside end of which is detachably coupled to the moving electrode and the outside end of which is coupled to an opening/closing actuation mechanism that opens/closes the contacts of the stationary contact and moving contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Matsunaga, Masahiro Arioka, Hideki Miyatake, Tadahiro Yoshida, Toru Kimura, Naoki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140035122
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes: a mold unit that includes a power semiconductor element, a base plate, and a mold unit, the power semiconductor element being mounted on one surface of the base plate, a convex portion being formed on an other surface of the base plate, the convex portion including a plurality of grooves, the mold unit having a mold resin with which the power semiconductor element is sealed in such a manner as to expose the convex portion; a plurality of radiation fins inserted into the grooves, respectively, and fixedly attached to the base plate by swaging; and a metal plate that includes a opening into which the convex portion is inserted, the metal plate being arranged between the mold unit and the radiation fins with the convex portion inserted into the opening, wherein the metal plate includes a protrusion that protrudes from an edge of the opening and that digs into a side surface of the convex portion when the convex portion is inserted into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Nakazato, Yoichi Goto, Kiyofumi Kitai, Toru Kimura
  • Patent number: 8643171
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes: a mold unit that includes a power semiconductor element, a base plate, and a mold unit, the power semiconductor element being mounted on one surface of the base plate, a convex portion being formed on an other surface of the base plate, the convex portion including a plurality of grooves, the mold unit having a mold resin with which the power semiconductor element is sealed in such a manner as to expose the convex portion; a plurality of radiation fins inserted into the grooves, respectively, and fixedly attached to the base plate by swaging; and a metal plate that includes a opening into which the convex portion is inserted, the metal plate being arranged between the mold unit and the radiation fins with the convex portion inserted into the opening, wherein the metal plate includes a protrusion that protrudes from an edge of the opening and that digs into a side surface of the convex portion when the convex portion is inserted into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Nakazato, Yoichi Goto, Kiyofumi Kitai, Toru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140023968
    Abstract: A resist pattern-forming method includes providing a resist film having a surface free energy of 30 to 40 mN/m on a substrate using a radiation-sensitive resin composition. The resist film is exposed by applying radiation via a mask. The exposed resist film is developed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu NAKASHIMA, Toru KIMURA, Yusuke ASANO, Masafumi HORI, Reiko KIMURA, Kazuki KASAHARA, Hiromu MIYATA, Masafumi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 8609319
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition that includes (A) a polymer that includes a repeating unit (a1) and a fluorine atom, the repeating unit (a1) including a group shown by the following formula (1) or (2), the radiation-sensitive resin composition including the polymer (A) in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and less than 20 mass % based on the total amount of polymers included in the radiation-sensitive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kimura, Hiromitsu Nakashima, Reiko Kimura, Kazuki Kasahara, Masafumi Hori, Masafumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8580482
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a top coat which can be formed on a photoresist film without causing intermixing with the photoresist film, can maintain a stable film coating which is not eluted into a medium during immersion lithography, does not impair pattern profiles during dry exposure (which is not immersion lithography), and can be easily dissolved in an alkaline developer. The resin is a copolymer which includes at least one recurring unit (I) selected from the group consisting of a recurring unit having a group shown by the following formula (1), a recurring unit having a group shown by the following formula (2), and a recurring unit having a carboxyl group, and a recurring unit (II) having a sulfo group, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography of 2,000 to 100,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Chiba, Toru Kimura, Tomohiro Utaka, Hiroki Nakagawa, Hirokazu Sakakibara, Hiroshi Dougauchi
  • Patent number: 8389202
    Abstract: A polymer includes a repeating unit shown by a general formula (1). R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a fluorine atom, or a trifluoromethyl group. R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms. Y represents a carbon atom. X represents —X1Z1X2— which is an atomic group which forms a cyclic structure including a heteroatom together with Y. Z1 represents —O—, —S—, —CO—, —COO—, —SO—, or —SO2—. Each of X1 and X2 individually represents a single bond, a methylene group, or an alkylene group having 2 to 25 carbon atoms. Each of X1 and X2 is unsubstituted or substituted with a substituent, and optionally a carbon atom included in X1 and a carbon atom included in X2 are bonded via a divalent group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Maruyama, Toru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20120282553
    Abstract: An immersion upper layer film composition includes a resin and a solvent. The resin forms a water-stable film during irradiation and is dissolved in a subsequent developer. The solvent contains a monovalent alcohol having 6 or less carbon atoms. The composition is to be applied to form a coat on a photoresist film in an immersion exposure process in which the photoresist film is irradiated through water provided between a lens and the photoresist film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Toru KIMURA, Yukio NISHIMURA, Tomohiro UTAKA, Hiroaki NEMOTO, Atsushi NAKAMURA, Takashi CHIBA, Hiroki NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20120227952
    Abstract: A radiator including: a plurality of radiation fins; and a radiation fin support base having a heater element mounted to one surface thereof and a plurality of parallel fin grooves to which the radiation fins are installed and a projection configured to fix the radiation fin formed to the other surface thereof, wherein a top of the projection pushes one side surface of the radiation fin to push the other side surface of the radiation fin toward a side surface of the fin groove, and wherein the fin groove and the projection are each divided in a plurality of pieces in a longitudinal direction of the fin groove, and each of the divided fin grooves and each of the divided projections have a same length in the longitudinal direction of the fin groove and are paired with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Masaki Goto, Toru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20120212307
    Abstract: An electromagnetically operated switching device according to the present invention includes a pair of electromagnetically operated mechanisms for driving a main circuit contact of a switch via a link mechanism symmetrically arranged with respect to an operational center axis, and a length of a spring retaining plate can be regulated in accordance with a change of a link ratio, which is caused by a design change of the main circuit contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kimura, Tomotaka Yano
  • Patent number: 8247165
    Abstract: An immersion upper layer film composition is provided which exhibits sufficient transparency for the exposure wavelength 248 nm(KrF) and 193 nm(ArF), can form a protective film on the photoresist film without being intermixed with the photoresist film, is not eluted into water used during immersion exposure to maintain a stable film, and can be easily dissolved in an alkaline developer. The composition applied to coat on the photoresist film when using an immersion exposure device which is irradiated through water provided between a lens and the photoresist film, the composition comprises a resin forming a water-stable film during irradiation and being dissolved in a subsequent developer, and a solvent containing a monovalent alcohol having 6 or less carbon atoms, and the resin contains a resin component having an alcoholic hydroxyl group on the side chain containing a fluoroalkyl group on at least the carbon atom of ?-position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kimura, Yukio Nishimura, Tomohiro Utaka, Hiroaki Nemoto, Atsushi Nakamura, Takashi Chiba, Hiroki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8226802
    Abstract: A technology which is capable of an accurate measurement of the film thickness even if an exfoliation occurs is provided. A difference frequency ?f0 is calculated from a resonance frequency f0 of a film thickness sensor at a current time a0 and a resonance frequency f1 at an immediate past time a1, and whether the exfoliation has occurred or not is detected from its sign and a comparison result relative to a reference value. When the exfoliation has occurred, a corrected film thickness value T? is obtained by adding the thickness ?t0 of the exfoliation film to an increased film thickness value T which is determined from a resonance frequency fx measured at a future time ax to be converted to the thickness of a film on a film forming object, and whether the formation of the film should be terminated is judged in comparison to an aimed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: ULVAC, Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Fukao, Toru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20120178024
    Abstract: A polymer includes a repeating unit shown by a general formula (1). R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a fluorine atom, or a trifluoromethyl group. R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms. Y represents a carbon atom. X represents —X1Z1X2— which is an atomic group which forms a cyclic structure including a heteroatom together with Y. Z1 represents —O—, —S—, —CO—, —COO—, —SO—, or —SO2—. Each of X1 and X2 individually represents a single bond, a methylene group, or an alkylene group having 2 to 25 carbon atoms. Each of X1 and X2 is unsubstituted or substituted with a substituent, and optionally a carbon atom included in X1 and a carbon atom included in X2 are bonded via a divalent group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Ken MARUYAMA, Toru KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20120129353
    Abstract: Provided by the present invention is a method including: (1) forming a resist underlayer film on the upper face side of a substrate to be processed using a composition for forming a resist underlayer film, the composition containing (A) a compound having a group represented by the following formula (1); (2) forming a resist coating film by applying a resist composition on the resist underlayer film; (3) exposing the resist coating film by selectively irradiating the resist coating film with a radiation; (4) forming a resist pattern by developing the exposed resist coating film; and (5) forming a predetermined pattern on the substrate to be processed by sequentially dry etching the resist underlayer film and the substrate using the resist pattern as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Shin-ya MINEGISHI, Shin-ya Nakafuji, Satoru Murakami, Toru Kimura