Patents by Inventor Yohsuke Kawasaki

Yohsuke Kawasaki 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: 11092506
    Abstract: An ionization gauge includes an anode having a rod shape, and a cathode including a cathode plate having a through hole through which the anode extends. The cathode includes a first cathode plate including a through hole through which the anode extends, and a storage portion configured to store the electromagnetic wave source, a second cathode plate arranged separately from the first cathode plate, a third cathode plate arranged between the first cathode plate and the second cathode plate to be in contact with the first cathode plate, and a member configured to surround the first cathode plate, the second cathode plate, and the third cathode plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20210123827
    Abstract: An ionization gauge includes an anode having a rod shape, and a cathode including a cathode plate having a through hole through which the anode extends. The cathode includes a first cathode plate including a through hole through which the anode extends, and a storage portion configured to store the electromagnetic wave source, a second cathode plate arranged separately from the first cathode plate, a third cathode plate arranged between the first cathode plate and the second cathode plate to be in contact with the first cathode plate, and a member configured to surround the first cathode plate, the second cathode plate, and the third cathode plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohsuke KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 10969291
    Abstract: An ionization gauge includes an anode, a cathode, and an electromagnetic wave source. The cathode includes a first cathode plate having a through hole through which the anode passes, a storage portion configured to store the electromagnetic wave source, and a passage arranged between the storage portion and the through hole and configured to pass an electromagnetic wave generated by the electromagnetic wave source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20210080336
    Abstract: An ionization gauge includes an anode, a cathode, and an electromagnetic wave source. The cathode includes a first cathode plate having a through hole through which the anode passes, a storage portion configured to store the electromagnetic wave source, and a passage arranged between the storage portion and the through hole and configured to pass an electromagnetic wave generated by the electromagnetic wave source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohsuke KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 10914649
    Abstract: An ionization gauge includes an anode having a rod shape, and a cathode including a cathode plate having a through hole through which the anode extends. A shape of the through hole on a section along an axial direction of the anode includes a concave portion sandwiched between two convex portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10222287
    Abstract: Provided are an excellent cold cathode ionization gauge and an excellent cold cathode ionization gauge cartridge. The cold cathode ionization gauge includes: an anode; a cathode, which has a tubular shape, and is arranged to surround the anode; a seal for sealing one opening of the cathode; a first member, which faces the seal inside the cathode, and has a through hole formed therein; a partition for partitioning a space surrounded by the cathode, the seal, and the first member into a first space that the first member faces and a second space that the seal faces; and a light source, which is arranged in the partition or the second space, and is configured to emit an electromagnetic wave, in which a gap is formed between at least part of an outer peripheral portion of the partition and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohsuke Kawasaki, Itaru Enomoto, Isao Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20180259417
    Abstract: Provided are an excellent cold cathode ionization gauge and an excellent cold cathode ionization gauge cartridge. The cold cathode ionization gauge includes: an anode; a cathode, which has a tubular shape, and is arranged to surround the anode; a seal for sealing one opening of the cathode; a first member, which faces the seal inside the cathode, and has a through hole formed therein; a partition for partitioning a space surrounded by the cathode, the seal, and the first member into a first space that the first member faces and a second space that the seal faces; and a light source, which is arranged in the partition or the second space, and is configured to emit an electromagnetic wave, in which a gap is formed between at least part of an outer peripheral portion of the partition and the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: YOHSUKE KAWASAKI, ITARU ENOMOTO, ISAO MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 8384391
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge that can trigger discharge in a short time even after a long period of operation. The cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge of an embodiment of the present invention includes an anode, a cathode disposed so as to form a discharge space together with the anode, and a discharge starting auxiliary electrode disposed in the discharge space and electrically connected to the cathode. The discharge starting auxiliary electrode has an electrode part disposed in parallel with an axially longitudinal direction of the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Anelva Corporation
    Inventors: Yohsuke Kawasaki, Hideo Mano
  • Patent number: 8324904
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge, an auxiliary discharge starting electrode plate, and a vacuum processing apparatus which have simple configurations and, even after long-term-use, which allow discharge to be initiated in a short-period of time and also to be performed stably after the start of the discharge. A cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an anode; a gauge head chamber (cathode) placed in such a manner as to form a discharge space together with the anode; and a protruding configured so that, in voltage-application to the anode and the cathode, an electric field should be concentrated at the protruding portion to a larger extent than an electric field at the gauge head chamber is. The protruding portion is provided inside the discharge space in such a manner that the protruding portion has a floating potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Anelva Corporation
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 8120366
    Abstract: To provide a cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge that does not have a complicated structure and can induce discharge in a short time even after the cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge is used for a long time. A cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge has a rod-like anode 2, a measuring element enclosure (cathode) 1 arranged to surround the anode, and a magnet 3 disposed on the outer periphery of the cathode 1. A discharge trigger supporting electrode 5 having a projection 21 directed toward the center axis of the anode 2 is disposed in a discharge space 9 of the cathode 1. The discharge trigger supporting electrode 5 is removably disposed on the cathode 1, and the distance between the tip of the projection 21 of the discharge trigger supporting electrode 5 and the anode 2 is equal to or more than 0.3 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Anelva Corporation
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20110279127
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge that can trigger discharge in a short time even after a long period of operation. The cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge of an embodiment of the present invention includes an anode, a cathode disposed so as to form a discharge space together with the anode, and a discharge starting auxiliary electrode disposed in the discharge space and electrically connected to the cathode. The discharge starting auxiliary electrode has an electrode part disposed in parallel with an axially longitudinal direction of the anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventors: YOHSUKE KAWASAKI, HIDEO MANO
  • Patent number: 7918139
    Abstract: A Pirani vacuum gauge in which a response to a rapid pressure rise is improved and restrictions on a mounting direction of a container on a chamber to be measured for pressure are eliminated is provided. The Pirani vacuum gauge includes a heat filament of metal wire and a support unit for supporting the heat filament in a container, wherein a gas pressure is measured based on an amount of heat conducted away from the heat filament by gas molecules colliding with the heat filament, characterized in that a body of the container is filled with metal material, but a first cylindrical bore and a second cylindrical bore extend through the body, the heat filament being inserted into the first cylindrical bore and the support unit being inserted into the second cylindrical bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Anelva Corporation
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20100301869
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge, an auxiliary discharge starting electrode plate, and a vacuum processing apparatus which have simple configurations and, even after long-term-use, which allow discharge to be initiated in a short-period of time and also to be performed stably after the start of the discharge. A cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an anode; a gauge head chamber (cathode) placed in such a manner as to form a discharge space together with the anode; and a protruding configured so that, in voltage-application to the anode and the cathode, an electric field should be concentrated at the protruding portion to a larger extent than an electric field at the gauge head chamber is. The protruding portion is provided inside the discharge space in such a manner that the protruding portion has a floating potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20100259273
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge that can trigger discharge in a short time even in the case of use over a long period of time without needing a complicated apparatus. It has the structure in which a rod-like anode is located in an internal part of a measuring element container (cathode) having a discharge space with one end thereof which is sealed, and a discharge starting auxiliary electrode is mounted on this anode. The discharge starting auxiliary electrode triggers the discharge in a short time by the formation of a carbon nanotube layer on a discharge starting auxiliary electrode plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohsuke Kawasaki, Toshio Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20100164502
    Abstract: To provide a cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge that does not have a complicated structure and can induce discharge in a short time even after the cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge is used for a long time. A cold cathode ionization vacuum gauge has a rod-like anode 2, a measuring element enclosure (cathode) 1 arranged to surround the anode, and a magnet 3 disposed on the outer periphery of the cathode 1. A discharge trigger supporting electrode 5 having a projection 21 directed toward the center axis of the anode 2 is disposed in a discharge space 9 of the cathode 1. The discharge trigger supporting electrode 5 is removably disposed on the cathode 1, and the distance between the tip of the projection 21 of the discharge trigger supporting electrode 5 and the anode 2 is equal to or more than 0.3 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: CANON ANELVA TECHNIX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20100132475
    Abstract: A pirani vacuum gauge in which a response to a rapid pressure rise is improved and restrictions on a mounting direction of a container on a chamber to be measured for pressure are eliminated is provided. The Pirani vacuum gauge includes a heat filament of metal wire and a support unit for supporting the heat filament in a container, wherein a gas pressure is measured based on an amount of heat conducted away from the heat filament by gas molecules colliding with the heat filament, characterized in that a body of the container is filled with metal material, but a first cylindrical bore and a second cylindrical bore extend through the body, the heat filament being inserted into the first cylindrical bore and the support unit being inserted into the second cylindrical bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: C/O CANON ANELVA TECHNIX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7694574
    Abstract: A Pirani vacuum gauge in which a response to a rapid pressure rise is improved and restrictions on a mounting direction of a container on a chamber to be measured for pressure are eliminated is provided. The Pirani vacuum gauge includes a heat filament of metal wire and a support unit for supporting the heat filament in a container, wherein a gas pressure is measured based on an amount of heat conducted away from the heat filament by gas molecules colliding with the heat filament, characterized in that a body of the container is filled with metal material, but a first cylindrical bore and a second cylindrical bore extend through the body, the heat filament being inserted into the first cylindrical bore and the support unit being inserted into the second cylindrical bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Canon ANELVA Technix Corporation
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20090199649
    Abstract: A Pirani vacuum gauge in which a response to a rapid pressure rise is improved and restrictions on a mounting direction of a container on a chamber to be measured for pressure are eliminated is provided. The Pirani vacuum gauge includes a heat filament of metal wire and a support unit for supporting the heat filament in a container, wherein a gas pressure is measured based on an amount of heat conducted away from the heat filament by gas molecules colliding with the heat filament, characterized in that a body of the container is filled with metal material, but a first cylindrical bore and a second cylindrical bore extend through the body, the heat filament being inserted into the first cylindrical bore and the support unit being inserted into the second cylindrical bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: CANON ANELVA TECHNIX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohsuke Kawasaki