Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Kudo
Toshiyuki Kudo 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: 11067602Abstract: To maintain the horizontalness of a probe card even, if the number of measured DUTs is increased. An electrical connecting apparatus according to the present, disclosure comprises a support member having a lower surface region in which a level part is formed and a wiring board provided adjacent to the lower surface of the support member, and to be connected to a testing device side. The electrical connecting apparatus comprises: a connection unit having multiple connection terminals; a probe substrate electrically connecting multiple probes to the connection terminals; multiple anchors arranged on the upper surface of the probe substrate; and multiple supports functioning as supports between corresponding ones of the anchors and the support member via the wiring board and the connection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Toshiyuki Kudo, Takayuki Narumi, Yoshinori Kikuchi, Takao Yasuta
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Publication number: 20200191829Abstract: To maintain the horizontalness of a probe card even, if the number of measured DUTs is increased. An electrical connecting apparatus according to the present, disclosure comprises a support member having a lower surface region in which a level part is formed and a wiring board provided adjacent to the lower surface of the support member, and to be connected to a testing device side. The electrical connecting apparatus comprises: a connection unit having multiple connection terminals; a probe substrate electrically connecting multiple probes to the connection terminals; multiple anchors arranged on the upper surface of the probe substrate; and multiple supports functioning as supports between corresponding ones of the anchors and the support member via the wiring board and the connection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: KABUSHI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: TOSHIYUKI KUDO, TAKAYUKI NARUMI, YOSHINORI KIKUCHI, TAKAO YASUTA
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Patent number: 9622344Abstract: A multi-layer wiring board includes wiring layers stacked on a substrate with an insulating layer between each layer. A wire formed in the wiring layer consists of a first layer and a second layer to form a double layered structure. The first layer is made of a first conductive material and the second layer is made of a second conductive material having relative magnetic permeability of 10 or more and larger than that of the first conductive material. The characteristic impedance of the wire is adjusted to a value closer to 50 ohms than that of a wire which has the same thickness as of the wire with the double layered structure, and is made only of the first conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Tatsuo Inoue, Takayasu Sugai, Toshiyuki Kudo, Toshinori Omori
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Patent number: 9110098Abstract: Provided is a probe card capable of effectively placing electronic parts. A probe card according to the present invention includes a plurality of probes that come into contact with a plurality of electrodes of a device, a probe board including the plurality of probes provided thereon, a wiring board that is placed facing a surface of the probe board opposite to a surface including the probes provided thereon, a connector that includes a connection pin and a holder, in which the connection pin electrically connects a line of the probe board and a line of the wiring board, and the holder holds the connection pin between the probe board and the wiring board, and a first electronic part that is mounted on a probe board side surface of the wiring board and placed in a mounting space formed by a through hole or a recess provided in the holder.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon MicronicsInventors: Katsushi Mikuni, Yoshinori Kikuchi, Yoshihito Onuma, Toshiyuki Kudo
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Publication number: 20150107884Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a multi-layer wiring board which is easy to adjust the characteristic impedance and is able to adapt to the narrow-pitch tendency of terminals, and a process for manufacturing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Tatsuo Inoue, Takayasu Sugai, Toshiyuki Kudo, Toshinori Omori
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Patent number: 8680880Abstract: An embodiment of a method for testing an integrated circuit comprises a first step for determining at least one of a group selected from whether or not the chuck top receiving the integrated circuit exists near a probe card which transmits and receives electrical signals to and from the integrated circuit, whether or not the integrated circuit is under testing, and whether or not the probe card has a given temperature, and a second step for adjusting power for heating to be supplied to a heating element provided in the probe card according to the determination result in the first step.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon MicronicsInventors: Hidehiro Kiyofuji, Tetsuya Iwabuchi, Toshiyuki Kudo, Seiji Kanazawa
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Publication number: 20140028341Abstract: Provided is a probe card capable of effectively placing electronic parts. A probe card according to the present invention includes a plurality of probes that come into contact with a plurality of electrodes of a device, a probe board including the plurality of probes provided thereon, a wiring board that is placed facing a surface of the probe board opposite to a surface including the probes provided thereon, a connector that includes a connection pin and a holder, in which the connection pin electrically connects a line of the probe board and a line of the wiring board, and the holder holds the connection pin between the probe board and the wiring board, and a first electronic part that is mounted on a probe board side surface of the wiring board and placed in a mounting space formed by a through hole or a recess provided in the holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Katsushi MIKUNI, Yoshinori KIKUCHI, Yoshihito ONUMA, Toshiyuki KUDO
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Patent number: 8365130Abstract: A computer program generates a wire routing pattern that connects one driver with a plurality of receivers. The overlapping length of each vector pair, which consists of any two vectors headed from the driver to the receivers, is calculated. One vector pair that has the greatest overlapping length is selected. For the selected vector pair, three kinds of common nodes are created, each of which is used to make a common path part of the way to the receivers, to generate three kinds of renewed vector patterns. The operations are repeated and plural candidate routing patters are acquired. One candidate routing pattern having the smallest total wiring length is selected as the optimum routing pattern. If there exist plural patterns that have the same smallest total wiring length, one pattern can be selected that has the smallest one of the greatest. D-R path lengths.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Micronics Japan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsushi Mikuni, Toshiyuki Kudo, Masatoshi Yokouchi, Issei Sakurada, Tatsuo Inoue
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Publication number: 20120167032Abstract: A computer program generates a wire routing pattern that connects one driver with a plurality of receivers. The overlapping length of each vector pair, which consists of any two vectors headed from the driver to the receivers, is calculated. One vector pair that has the greatest overlapping length is selected. For the selected vector pair, three kinds of common nodes are created, each of which is used to make a common path part of the way to the receivers, to generate three kinds of renewed vector patterns. The operations are repeated and plural candidate routing patters are acquired. One candidate routing pattern having the smallest total wiring length is selected as the optimum routing pattern. If there exist plural patterns that have the same smallest total wiring length, one pattern can be selected that has the smallest one of the greatest D-R path lengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: MICRONICS JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsushi Mikuni, Toshiyuki Kudo, Masatoshi Yokouchi, Issei Sakurada, Tatsuo Inoue
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Publication number: 20100164520Abstract: An embodiment of a method for testing an integrated circuit comprises a first step for determining at least one of a group selected from whether or not the chuck top receiving the integrated circuit exists near a probe card which transmits and receives electrical signals to and from the integrated circuit, whether or not the integrated circuit is under testing, and whether or not the probe card has a given temperature, and a second step for adjusting power for heating to be supplied to a heating element provided in the probe card according to the determination result in the first step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon MicronicsInventors: Hidehiro KIYOFUJI, Tetsuya IWABUCHI, Toshiyuki KUDO, Seiji KANAZAWA
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Publication number: 20100152419Abstract: A DNA which encodes a fused protein containing an insulin precursor of the overexpression secretion type for producing transgenic insulin, and a method of producing insulin with the use of this DNA.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Seiji Sato, Masa-aki Kondo, Toshiyuki Kudo, Ko-suke Endo
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Publication number: 20080280542Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning apparatus capable of removing foreign matters attached to a tip of a probe effectively without impairing the durability of the probe. The cleaning apparatus for the probe comprises a base plate having a rough surface and a surface layer formed to conform to and cover the rough surface for the purpose of providing a polishing surface for the probe and having lower hardness than hardness of the probe tip of the probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Yuji Miyagi, Tetsuya Iwabuchi, Toshiyuki Kudo
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Patent number: 7037684Abstract: The invention relates to a DNA that enables co-expression of a protein disulfide isomerase and a polypeptide having disulfide bonds. The invention further relates to a process of producing polypeptides using the DNA and a process of enhancing the efficiency of formation of correct disulfide bond in an expression system of a gene recombinant polypeptide having disulfide bonds.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2001Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignees: Itoham Foods Inc.Inventors: Shigezo Udaka, Seiji Sato, Toshiyuki Kudo, Shusaku Oka, Naohiko Higashikuni, Masaaki Kondo
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Patent number: 6952686Abstract: An electronic safekeeping method, including displaying a contractual coverage of a contract at a covenantee terminal connected to a contractor server storing information of the contractual coverage; inputting contract agreement information representing whether agreeing to the contractual coverage or not, at the covenantee terminal; inputting safekeeping agreement information representing whether agreeing to a safekeeping of the contractual coverage or not, at the covenantee terminal, when the contract agreement information agreeing to the contractual coverage is inputted; requesting a contract safekeeping server to store the contractual coverage, when the safekeeping agreement information agreeing to the safekeeping is inputted; issuing a contract ID for identifying the contract at the contract safekeeping server in accordance with the request; and transferring the issued contract ID from the contract safekeeping server to the covenantee terminal and the contractor server.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2000Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Toshiyuki Kudo
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Patent number: 6841361Abstract: This invention relates to a DNA encoding a fusion protein of formula (I) [Y]-[X1]-[B-chain]-[X2]-[Linker]-[X3]-[A-chain]??(I) wherein Y is a leader peptide sequence for the expression and secretion of the protein, comprising at least one amino acid residue; X1 is an amino acid sequence which is cleavable enzymatically or chemically; B-chain is the amino acid sequence of insulin B chain; X2 is an amino acid sequence which is cleavable enzymatically; Linker is a linker sequence comprising at least one amino acid residue; X3 is an amino acid sequence which is cleavable enzymatically; and A- chain is the amino acid sequence of insulin A chain, and to a method for producing insulin using an expression system containing the DNA in high efficiency and high yield.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2000Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: Itoham Foods Inc.Inventors: Shusaku Oka, Seiji Sato, Naohiko Higashikuni, Masaaki Kondo, Toshiyuki Kudo, Shigeaki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Waki, Hirotaka Yuki
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Publication number: 20040018596Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA which enables co-expression of a protein disulfide isomerase and a polypeptide having disulfide bonds,Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2002Publication date: January 29, 2004Inventors: Shigezo Udaka, Seiji Sato, Toshiyuki Kudo, Shusaku Oka, Naohiko Higashikuni, Masaaki Kondo
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Patent number: 6506595Abstract: This invention relates to a DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a fusion protein, wherein the fusion protein comprises: a sequence of signal peptide for Bacillus cell wall protein (CWP); a tag sequence for separation and purification of the fusion protein; a linker sequence; a sequence for chemical or enzymatic cleavage; and an exogenous polypeptide sequence, the sequences being linked in order, the signal peptide, tag and linker being optional sequences; and wherein the nucleotide sequence encoding a fusion protein is ligated to 3′-end of a nucleic acid sequence comprising a Bacillus promoter region; to a vector comprising the DNA; to a bacterium belonging to the genus Bacillus comprising the vector; and to a process for preparation of a useful polypeptide by culture of the bacterium.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1999Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignees: Itoham Foods Inc.Inventors: Seiji Sato, Naohiko Higashikuni, Toshiyuki Kudo, Masaaki Kondo
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Publication number: 20010021515Abstract: This invention relates to a DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a fusion protein, wherein the fusion protein comprises: a sequence of signal peptide for Bacillus cell wall protein (CWP); a tag sequence for separation and purification of the fusion protein; a linker sequence; a sequence for chemical or enzymatic cleavage; and an exogenous polypeptide sequence, said sequences being linked in order, said signal peptide, tag and linker being optional sequences; and wherein said nucleotide sequence encoding a fusion protein is ligated to 3′-end of a nucleic acid sequence comprising a Bacillus promoter region; to a vector comprising the DNA; to a bacterium belonging to the genus Bacillus comprising the vector; and to a process for preparation of a useful polypeptide by culture of the bacterium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 1999Publication date: September 13, 2001Inventors: SEIJI SATO, NAOHIKO HIGASHIKUNI, TOSHIYUKI KUDO, MASAAKI KONDO
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Patent number: 5661011Abstract: The present invention provides PCR primers with which sexing of bovine embryos can be easily attained and provides a practical, rapid and reliable method for determining the sex of bovine embryos using these primers. The methods for determining the sex of the bovine embryos are characterized by discriminating PCR products which are obtained by amplifying specific DNA sequences by PCR with pairs of male-specific and gender-neutral primers. These primers are derived from DNAs which specifically hybridize to the bovine male genome and from DNAs which gender-neutrally hybridize to both bovine male and female genomes.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Assignee: Itoham Foods, Inc.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kudo, Yoshiaki Itagaki, Seiji Sato, Shizuyo Sutou, Toyoo Nakamura
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Patent number: 5461145Abstract: The present invention provides PCR primers with which sexing of bovine embryos can be easily attained and provides a practical, rapid and reliable method for determining the sex of bovine embryos using these primers. The methods for determining the sex of the bovine embryos are characterized by discriminating PCR products which are obtained by amplifying specific DNA sequences by PCR with pairs of male-specific and gender-neutral primers. These primers are derived from DNAs which specifically hybridize to the bovine male genome and from DNAs which gender-neutrally hybridize to both bovine male and female genomes.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1992Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Assignee: Itoham Foods Inc.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kudo, Yoshiaki Itagaki, Seiji Sato, Shizuyo Sutou, Toyoo Nakamura