Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Hirashita

Toshiyuki Hirashita 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: 10674590
    Abstract: A tank may include: a tank main body having a space and an opening; a lid body covering the opening and a peripheral portion of the opening; a bolt for fixing the tank main body and the lid body in the peripheral portion; a first support portion arranged to surround the opening in a region on a side of the opening with respect to the bolt to support the lid body; a second support portion arranged to surround the opening in a region on the opening side with respect to the first support portion and having a height lower than a height of the first support portion; and a sealing member arranged to surround the opening in the region on the opening side with respect to the first support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirashita, Toshihiro Nishisaka
  • Patent number: 10506697
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation device may include a chamber in which a target is irradiated with laser light and extreme ultraviolet light is generated, and a target supply unit configured to eject a target into the chamber. The target supply unit may be provided with a nozzle member including an ejection face having an ejection port configured to eject the target into the chamber. An angle ?1 defined by the ejection face and the gravity axis may satisfy a condition of “0 degrees<?1<90 degrees”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Fumio Iwamoto, Tsukasa Hori, Toshiyuki Hirashita
  • Patent number: 10369596
    Abstract: A vibrator unit may be configured to vibrate a target material in a target channel and include a vibration element configured to vibrate in response to an external electrical signal having a predetermined frequency. A resonance frequency of the vibration element may be different from the predetermined frequency of the electrical signal. A vibrator unit may include a vibration transmission member in contact with the first member including the target channel in interior; and a vibration element that is in contact with the vibration transmission member. A mode-1 natural frequency of the vibration transmission member may be different from a resonance frequency of the vibration element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Hirashita
  • Patent number: 10349508
    Abstract: A target storage device may include a tank configured to store a target that generates extreme ultraviolet light when being irradiated with laser light, a heater connected with the tank and configured to heat the tank, and a radiation member disposed to cover at least a part of the tank connected with the heater and configured to reflect heat radiation from the tank and the heater toward the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Shiraishi, Toshihiro Nishisaka, Toshiyuki Hirashita, Takuya Ishii
  • Publication number: 20190174614
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation device may include a chamber in which a target is irradiated with laser light and extreme ultraviolet light is generated, and a target supply unit configured to eject a target into the chamber. The target supply unit may be provided with a nozzle member including an ejection face having an ejection port configured to eject the target into the chamber. An angle ?1 defined by the ejection face and the gravity axis may satisfy a condition of “0 degrees<?1<90 degrees”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Fumio IWAMOTO, Tsukasa HORI, Toshiyuki HIRASHITA
  • Patent number: 10251253
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation device may include a chamber in which a target is irradiated with laser light and extreme ultraviolet light is generated, and a target supply unit configured to eject a target into the chamber. The target supply unit may be provided with a nozzle member including an ejection face having an ejection port configured to eject the target into the chamber. An angle ?1 defined by the ejection face and the gravity axis may satisfy a condition of “0 degrees<?1<90 degrees”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Fumio Iwamoto, Tsukasa Hori, Toshiyuki Hirashita
  • Publication number: 20190008026
    Abstract: A tank may include: a tank main body having a space and an opening; a lid body covering the opening and a peripheral portion of the opening; a bolt for fixing the tank main body and the lid body in the peripheral portion; a first support portion arranged to surround the opening in a region on a side of the opening with respect to the bolt to support the lid body; a second support portion arranged to surround the opening in a region on the opening side with respect to the first support portion and having a height lower than a height of the first support portion; and a sealing member arranged to surround the opening in the region on the opening side with respect to the first support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki HIRASHITA, Toshihiro NISHISAKA
  • Publication number: 20180160519
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet light generation device may include a chamber in which a target is irradiated with laser light and extreme ultraviolet light is generated, and a target supply unit configured to eject a target into the chamber. The target supply unit may be provided with a nozzle member including an ejection face having an ejection port configured to eject the target into the chamber. An angle ?1 defined by the ejection face and the gravity axis may satisfy a condition of “0 degrees<?1<90 degrees”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Fumio IWAMOTO, Tsukasa HORI, Toshiyuki HIRASHITA
  • Publication number: 20180160518
    Abstract: A target storage device may include a tank configured to store a target that generates extreme ultraviolet light when being irradiated with laser light, a heater connected with the tank and configured to heat the tank, and a radiation member disposed to cover at least a part of the tank connected with the heater and configured to reflect heat radiation from the tank and the heater toward the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka SHIRAISHI, Toshihiro NISHISAKA, Toshiyuki HIRASHITA, Takuya ISHII
  • Publication number: 20170209899
    Abstract: A vibrator unit may be configured to vibrate a target material in a target channel and include a vibration element configured to vibrate in response to an external electrical signal having a predetermined frequency. A resonance frequency of the vibration element may be different from the predetermined frequency of the electrical signal. A vibrator unit may include a vibration transmission member in contact with the first member including the target channel in interior; and a vibration element that is in contact with the vibration transmission member. A mode-1 natural frequency of the vibration transmission member may be different from a resonance frequency of the vibration element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki HIRASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170215266
    Abstract: A vibrator unit may be configured to apply vibration to a target material supplied to an inside of a target flow path. The vibrator unit may include a vibration transmission member to be brought into contact with a first member including the target flow path therein, and a piezoelectric member to be brought into contact with the vibration transmission member. The piezoelectric member may be configured to vibrate in response to an electric signal from the outside. The vibration dumping rate of the vibration transmission member may be smaller than the vibration dumping rate of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki HIRASHITA, Fumio IWAMOTO, Tsukasa HORI, Masaki NAKANO
  • Patent number: 9648715
    Abstract: A target supply device may include: a target generator configured to accommodate a liquid target material and having a nozzle with a nozzle hole from which the liquid target material is outputted; and a filter disposed in the target generator and made of glass, the glass reacting with the liquid target material, so that a solid reaction product is generated. The filter may include a first through-hole configured to allow the liquid target material to pass therethrough, and an inner surface of the first through-hole may be coated with a material which is not easy to react with the liquid target material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka Shiraishi, Toshiyuki Hirashita, Shinya Ikesaka
  • Publication number: 20160249443
    Abstract: A target supply device may include: a target generator configured to accommodate a liquid target material and having a nozzle with a nozzle hole from which the liquid target material is outputted; and a filter disposed in the target generator and made of glass, the glass reacting with the liquid target material, so that a solid reaction product is generated. The filter may include a first through-hole configured to allow the liquid target material to pass therethrough, and an inner surface of the first through-hole may be coated with a material which is not easy to react with the liquid target material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka SHIRAISHI, Toshiyuki HIRASHITA, Shinya IKESAKA
  • Patent number: 8936130
    Abstract: An electric forklift includes: a drive unit including a unit case including a gear housing supporting a motor with an output shaft in a right and left direction and housing a gear train; and shaft housings protruding in the right and left direction from the gear housing, each of which houses a drive shaft, and each of which supports a wheel, wherein the drive shafts rotate via the gear train; support members, base end portions of which are rotatably engaged with outer peripheral portions of the shaft housings, and tip end portions of which are connected to a body frame so that the shaft housings are supported by the body frame via the support members; and a link portion between the gear housing and the body frame for preventing relative rotation of the unit case and the body frame about shaft centers of the drive shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirashita, Takayuki Mashiko
  • Patent number: 8872126
    Abstract: A target supply device 4 may include a tank 51, formed of a metal, that holds a target material, an insulating member 62 that makes contact with at least part of the periphery of the tank 51, and a heater 58 that is separated from the tank 51 and heats the tank 51 via the insulating member 62.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Umeda, Toshiyuki Hirashita
  • Patent number: 8872145
    Abstract: A target supply device according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include a target generator having a holding space and a first through-hole that communicates with the holding space, a porous filter having a thermal expansion coefficient that is substantially the same as a thermal expansion coefficient of the target generator, and a holder portion having a thermal expansion coefficient that is substantially the same as the thermal expansion coefficient of the target generator, that is configured to hold the porous filter and that is provided so as to form a seal against an inner surface of the target generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirashita, Toshihiro Nishisaka
  • Publication number: 20140239203
    Abstract: A target supply device 4 may include a tank 51, formed of a metal, that holds a target material, an insulating member 62 that makes contact with at least part of the periphery of the tank 51, and a heater 58 that is separated from the tank 51 and heats the tank 51 via the insulating member 62.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi UMEDA, Toshiyuki HIRASHITA
  • Publication number: 20140217310
    Abstract: A target supply device according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include a target generator having a holding space and a first through-hole that communicates with the holding space, a porous filter having a thermal expansion coefficient that is substantially the same as a thermal expansion coefficient of the target generator, and a holder portion having a thermal expansion coefficient that is substantially the same as the thermal expansion coefficient of the target generator, that is configured to hold the porous filter and that is provided so as to form a seal against an inner surface of the target generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki HIRASHITA, Toshihiro NISHISAKA
  • Publication number: 20140014422
    Abstract: An electric forklift includes: a drive unit including a unit case including a gear housing supporting a motor with an output shaft in a right and left direction and housing a gear train; and shaft housings protruding in the right and left direction from the gear housing, each of which houses a drive shaft, and each of which supports a wheel, wherein the drive shafts rotate via the gear train; support members, base end portions of which are rotatably engaged with outer peripheral portions of the shaft housings, and tip end portions of which are connected to a body frame so that the shaft housings are supported by the body frame via the support members; and a link portion between the gear housing and the body frame for preventing relative rotation of the unit case and the body frame about shaft centers of the drive shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirashita, Takayuki Mashiko
  • Patent number: 8573349
    Abstract: In order to decrease the number of handling components of a parking brake unit without increasing a length of a wheel base, there is provided a forklift including a main input shaft which is rotationally driven by a hydraulic motor, a differential input shaft which rotates by the rotation of the main input shaft, and a differential mechanism which is provided between the differential input shaft and a front axle, the forklift being configured to run by transmitting power of the hydraulic motor to the front axle through the main input shaft, the differential input shaft, and the differential mechanism, wherein an idle shaft is disposed so as to be parallel to the differential input shaft, a power transmission mechanism obtained by meshing gears and is interposed between the differential input shaft and the idle shaft, and then a parking brake unit is provided in the idle shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirashita, Shinichi Naito, Tsutomu Komatsu, Yuuichi Fukata, Hitoshi Miyamoto, Kaoru Hasegawa