Patents by Inventor Toru Shimizu
Toru Shimizu 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).
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Patent number: 11493443Abstract: In order to make it possible to conduct a zero calibration even though an interference gas exists in a measurement area of a detector, a light absorbance analysis apparatus includes a detector that detects an intensity of light that transmits a gas, a total pressure sensor that measures a total pressure of the gas, an absorbance calculating part that calculates an absorbance based on an output value of the detector and a previously set zero reference value, a partial pressure—absorbance relation storing part that stores a partial pressure—absorbance relational data that indicates a relationship between a partial pressure of an interference gas that exists in a measurement area of the detector and an absorbance calculated by the absorbance calculating part, and a partial pressure calculating part that calculates an interference gas partial pressure as a partial pressure of the interference gas.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Shimizu, Yuhei Sakaguchi, Masakazu Minami
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Publication number: 20220307977Abstract: In order to provide an absorbance analysis apparatus for DCR gas that can measure a concentration of a DCR gas by separating absorbance of the DCR gas alone even in a mixed gas consisting of the DCR gas and CO gas whose absorption spectrum overlaps each other, the absorbance analysis apparatus for DCR gas comprises a DCR filter 31 that is configured to transmit a light in a first wavenumber domain including an absorbance peak of the DCR gas, a CO filter 32 that is configured to transmit a light in a second wavenumber domain that is different from the first wavenumber domain, and a DCR gas volume calculator 4 that is configured to calculate volume of the DCR gas based on a first absorbance measured by the light transmitted through the DCR filter 31 and a second absorbance measured by the light transmitted through the CO filter 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicants: Tokyo Electron Limited, HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi FURUYA, Masayuki TANAKA, Yuhei SAKAGUCHI, Masakazu MINAMI, Toru SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11387589Abstract: A plate terminal 10 disclosed by this specification is provided with a plate-like body portion 12 made of metal and long in a front-rear direction, and a plate-like mounting portion 16 connected to the body portion 12 and projecting forward from a front end surface 14 of the body portion 12, a separate insulating member 18 being mounted on the mounting portion 16. The insulating member 18 is located forward of the front end surface 14 of the body portion 12 and covers at least parts of a front end surface 28 of the mounting portion 16 and the front end surface 14 of the body portion 12.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toru Shimizu, Shingo Kobayashi, Sunghyun Byun
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Patent number: 11365480Abstract: A concentration control apparatus capable of appropriately making a zero adjustment of a concentration measurement mechanism without interrupting a semiconductor manufacturing process includes: a control valve that controls gas flowing through a lead-out flow path; a concentration measurement mechanism that measures the concentration of source gas contained in gas flowing through the lead-out flow path; a concentration controller that controls the control valve so that the deviation between measured concentration measured by the concentration measurement mechanism and preset set concentration decreases; a judgement time point determination part that determines a judgement time point that is the time point when the gas present in a measurement part where the concentration measurement mechanism performs the concentration measurement has been replaced with other gas; and a zero adjustment part that makes a zero adjustment of the concentration measurement mechanism at or after the judgement time point.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Shimizu, Masakazu Minami
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Publication number: 20220189660Abstract: A shielded communication cable. The shielded communication cable includes a pair of insulated wires twisted with each other containing a conductor and an insulation covering which covers the conductor and has the relative dielectric constant of 2.5 or lower, a braided shield which covers the pair of insulated wires, a film-shaped shield which contains a metal film and longitudinally laps the pair of the insulated wires over the braided shield and a jacket having an inner diameter of 3.5 mm or smaller which covers the film-shaped shield. The pair of insulated wires are twisted with each other with a twist pitch of 30 times of an outer diameter of each of the insulated wires or smaller, and the shielded communication cable has a characteristic impedance in range of 100±5?.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryoma UEGAKI, Kinji TAGUCHI, Takaki ENDO, Tatsuya SHIMADA, Toru SHIMIZU, Yuta YASUYOSHI, Kenichiro IWAMA
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Publication number: 20220099561Abstract: The present invention reduces thermal stress that is generated in a join portion of a window material in an optical measurement cell, and is an optical measurement cell having translucent windows through which light is transmitted and into an interior of which is introduced a test sample. This optical measurement cell has a planar window material that forms the translucent windows, a join supporting portion that is joined to an outer edge portion of a main surface of the window material and supports the window material, and a low thermal expansion component that is provided on an outer-side circumferential surface of the join supporting portion and whose coefficient of thermal expansion is lower than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the join supporting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Toru SHIMIZU, Takeshi AKAMATSU
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Publication number: 20220102894Abstract: A connector 10 disclosed by this specification is a connector 10 into which a plate-like mating terminal 100 is insertable and is provided with a plate-like connection terminal 20, a spring portion 80, and a housing 40 including an insertion opening into which the mating terminal 100 is inserted, the spring portion 80 being held in the housing 40. The mating terminal 100 inserted into the insertion opening and the connection terminal 20 are sandwiched by the spring portion 80.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventor: Toru SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11276963Abstract: A connector disclosed by this specification is provided with a terminal constituted of a conductive metal member, a housing made of resin, the terminal being accommodated into the housing, and a spring clip (biasing member) to be mounted on the terminal. The terminal includes a plate-like first terminal including a first connecting portion to be connected to a first mating connecting portion (mating connecting portion) in a first direction and a first contact portion continuously provided from the first connecting portion, and a plate-like second terminal to be fixed to the housing and including a second contact portion disposed to be able to contact the first contact portion in the first direction. The spring clip biases and electrically connects the first and second contact portions to each other and makes the first terminal relatively displaceable in a direction intersecting the first direction with respect to the second terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Toru Shimizu
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Publication number: 20220066481Abstract: Provided is a concentration control module that improve responsiveness of concentration control of a vaporization system, and is used in a vaporization system. The concentration control module includes a concentration measuring part configured to measure a concentration of a source gas; a valve provided in a lead-out pipe configured to lead out the source gas from the tank; a pressure target value calculating part configured to calculate a pressure target value inside the tank by using a concentration target value of the source gas, and a concentration measured value of the concentration measuring part; a delay filter configured to generate a pressure control value by applying a predetermined time delay to the pressure target value obtained by the pressure target value calculating part; and a valve control part configured to feedback-control the valve by using a deviation between the pressure control value obtained by the delay filter, and a pressure inside the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.Inventor: Toru SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11233350Abstract: A connector (10) is provided into which a plate-like mating terminal (100) is insertable. The connector (10) has a plate-like connection terminal (20), a spring (80), and a housing (40) including an insertion opening into which the mating terminal (100) is inserted. The spring (80) is held in the housing (40). The mating terminal (100) inserted into the insertion opening and the connection terminal (20) are sandwiched by the spring (80).Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Inventor: Toru Shimizu
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Patent number: 11225719Abstract: In a concentration controller that intermittently leads out material gas from a vaporization tank, in order to control the flow rates of carrier and diluent gases so that the concentration of the material gas can be suppressed from overshooting immediately after the start of material gas supply period, the concentration controller is adapted to include: a concentration calculation part that calculates the concentration of the material gas on the basis of an output signal from a concentration monitor; and a set flow rate calculation part that, on the basis of actual concentration calculated by the concentration calculation part, an actual flow rate outputted from a flow rate control device or the set flow rate of the flow rate control device, and a preset target concentration, calculates the initial set flow rate of the flow rate control device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.Inventor: Toru Shimizu
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Patent number: 11226235Abstract: An absorption spectroscopic system is provided with a detector that detects an intensity of light transmitted through a gas, a total pressure sensor that measures a total pressure of the gas, an interference gas partial pressure-absorbance relationship storage unit that stores interference gas partial pressure-absorbance relationship data, an interference gas partial pressure estimation unit that estimates the partial pressure of the interference gas based on the total pressure measured by the total pressure sensor, an interference gas absorbance conversion unit that converts an estimated partial pressure of the interference gas estimated by the interference gas partial pressure estimation unit into an absorbance of the interference gas based on the interference gas partial pressure-absorbance relationship data, and a target gas absorbance calculation unit that calculates an absorbance of the target gas based on output values from the detector and on the absorbance of the interference gas.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Shimizu, Yuhei Sakaguchi, Masakazu Minami
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Publication number: 20210398710Abstract: Disclosed is a shielded communication cable containing a parallel electric cable containing a pair of insulated wires arranged parallel to each other without being twisted. The shielded communication cable exhibits excellent noise shieldability and hardly generates signal propagation time difference. The shielded communication cable contains a parallel electric cable containing a pair of insulated wires arranged parallel to each other. Each of the insulated wires contains a conductor and an insulation coating that covers the conductor. A braided shield containing elemental wires braided together and a film-shaped shield containing a metal film are arranged at an outer circumference of the parallel electric cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toru SHIMIZU, Takaki ENDO, Ryoma UEGAKI, Kenichiro IWAMA, Kinji TAGUCHI, Satoshi OKANO
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Publication number: 20210336390Abstract: A connector disclosed by this specification is provided with a terminal constituted of a conductive metal member, a housing made of resin, the terminal being accommodated into the housing, and a spring clip (biasing member) to be mounted on the terminal. The terminal includes a plate-like first terminal including a first connecting portion to be connected to a first mating connecting portion (mating connecting portion) in a first direction and a first contact portion continuously provided from the first connecting portion, and a plate-like second terminal to be fixed to the housing and including a second contact portion disposed to be able to contact the first contact portion in the first direction. The spring clip biases and electrically connects the first and second contact portions to each other and makes the first terminal relatively displaceable in a direction intersecting the first direction with respect to the second terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventor: Toru SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20210257768Abstract: A plate terminal 10 disclosed by this specification is provided with a plate-like body portion 12 made of metal and long in a front-rear direction, and a plate-like mounting portion 16 connected to the body portion 12 and projecting forward from a front end surface 14 of the body portion 12, a separate insulating member 18 being mounted on the mounting portion 16. The insulating member 18 is located forward of the front end surface 14 of the body portion 12 and covers at least parts of a front end surface 28 of the mounting portion 16 and the front end surface 14 of the body portion 12.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Toru SHIMIZU, Shingo KOBAYASHI, Sunghyun BYUN
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Patent number: 11025005Abstract: A lever-type connector including a female terminal, a female housing, a contact pressure applying member attached to the female housing from a front side in a fitting direction and can be moved between a low contact pressure position at which the female terminal is brought into contact with a male terminal with low contact pressure and a high contact pressure position that is located on a rear side in the fitting direction with respect to the low contact pressure position and at which the female terminal is brought into contact with the male terminal with high contact pressure due to application of contact pressure to the female terminal. A lever is movably attached to the female housing to move the contact pressure applying member from the low to the high position after the completion of fitting.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Toru Shimizu
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Publication number: 20210159641Abstract: A lever-type connector including a female terminal, a female housing, a contact pressure applying member attached to the female housing from a front side in a fitting direction and can be moved between a low contact pressure position at which the female terminal is brought into contact with a male terminal with low contact pressure and a high contact pressure position that is located on a rear side in the fitting direction with respect to the low contact pressure position and at which the female terminal is brought into contact with the male terminal with high contact pressure due to application of contact pressure to the female terminal. A lever is movably attached to the female housing to move the contact pressure applying member from the low to the high position after the completion of fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Toru SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20210050131Abstract: A communication cable contains: at least one signal line including a pair of insulated wires placed side by side, each insulated wire having a conductor and an insulation covering which covers the conductor; a shielding body which covers the at least one signal line; a sheath which covers the shielding body; and a bend restricting member which restricts bending of the at least one signal line in a lateral direction a which is a direction along which the pair of insulated wires are placed side by side, as compared with bending of the at least one signal line in a vertical direction intersecting the lateral direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takaki ENDO, Kinji TAGUCHI, Toru SHIMIZU, Satoshi OKANO
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Patent number: 10903597Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing, a female terminal, and a contact. The connector housing includes a contact holder that holds the contact such that the contact can roll in a direction toward a terminal insertion surface and a direction away from the terminal insertion surface. The contact holder includes a restriction wall that restricts movement of the contact, and holds a compression coil spring. Provided that an initial length of the compression coil spring is a length in a state of biasing the contact so as to abut against the restriction wall, a difference between the initial length of the compression coil spring and a close-contact length thereof is larger than half a movement distance from an insertion start position at which a male terminal abuts against the contact abutting against the restriction wall to a position at which insertion of the male terminal is completed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Toru Shimizu
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Patent number: D906986Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toru Shimizu, Sunghyun Byun