Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Yamashita

Yoshiaki Yamashita 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: 12266675
    Abstract: An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate that are stacked in this order. The first substrate including a sensor pixel that performs photoelectric conversion and the second substrate including a readout circuit are electrically coupled to each other by a first through wiring line provided in an interlayer insulating film. The second substrate and the third substrate including a logic circuit are electrically coupled to each other by a junction between pad electrodes or a second through wiring line penetrating through a semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakazawa, Yoshiaki Kitano, Hirofumi Yamashita, Minoru Ishida
  • Patent number: 12266993
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a cover. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor whose axis of rotation extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate opposes the radial outer end surface of the tubular portion in the radial direction. The second substrate extends perpendicularly to the axial direction and is above the motor. The cover includes a first cover portion that covers the radial outer end surface of the first substrate, and a second cover portion that covers the upper surface of the second substrate. The outer edge of the first cover portion as viewed from the radial direction and the outer edge of the second cover portion as viewed from the axial direction come into contact with the housing via a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Takashi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20250015739
    Abstract: A motor control device that controls a motor includes a calculator to calculate angle information related to a rotation angle of a rotor of the motor based on an output from a magnetic sensor, and a corrector to correct the angle information calculated by the calculator. The magnetic sensor is a sensor that includes a magnetoresistance effect element and outputs signals of two systems out of phase with each other by 180°. The corrector corrects the angle information using a correction amount expressed by a function including a current value of a motor current supplied to a stator of the motor and a phase angle of the motor current, a current value of a power source current supplied to the motor control device, and a mechanical angle of the rotor calculated based on an output from the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Shuji ENDO, Takashi HATTORI, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA, Sohei MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 12119715
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a plate-shaped second substrate, and a connector portion. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor with an axis of rotation that extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The second substrate extends in a direction intersecting the first substrate. The connector portion electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate. The connector portion overlaps with the housing as viewed from the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Takashi Hattori
  • Patent number: 12113404
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing and a plate-shaped first substrate. The housing houses a motor whose axis of rotation extends in the axial direction. Electronic components are mounted on the first substrate. The housing includes a tubular portion and a side wall portion. The tubular portion extends in the axial direction and accommodates the motor. The side wall portion protrudes from a radial outer surface of the tubular portion in a direction including at least the radially outward direction and the circumferential direction, and extends in the axial direction. An accommodation space to accommodate the electronic components is provided between the tubular portion and the side wall portion as viewed from the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Takashi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20240228428
    Abstract: A treatment liquid composition for semiconductor production including: a quaternary ammonium hydroxide; and a first organic solvent dissolving the quaternary ammonium hydroxide, the first organic solvent being a water-soluble organic solvent having a plurality of hydroxy groups, wherein a water content in the composition is no more than 1.0 mass % on the basis of the total mass of the composition; contents of Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, and Zn in the composition are each no more than 100 mass ppb on the basis of the total mass of the composition; and a content of Cl in the composition is no more than 100 mass ppb on the basis of the total mass of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji TACHIBANA, Seiji TONO, Sumito ISHIZU, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11916454
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core that includes a core back portion having an annular shape and with a central axis as a center and tooth portions extending from the core back portion to an inside in a radial direction and arranged in a circumferential direction, insulators that are attached to the tooth portions from the inside in the radial direction, a coil that is wound around the insulator, and a cover that supports an inner surface of the insulator opposing the inside in the radial direction from the inside in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Kawamoto, Yuhei Yamaguchi, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11611260
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator including coils defined by windings of coil wires, a coil support into which the coil wires are inserted, a bearing supporting the shaft, a holder with a through-hole that holds both the bearing and the coil support. The coil support includes a base on the top surface of the stator, and a coil support portion extending axially upward from the base, at least a portion of which is located in the through-hole. The base is fitted to the stator through a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Okamoto, Takashi Hattori, Yusaku Yoshida, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Takahiro Kizu, Yuichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230080620
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum nitride powder useful as a raw material when an aluminum nitride sintered body excellent as an insulating high thermal conductive member is manufactured, particularly, by press molding. An aluminum nitride powder includes particles having a sphericity of 0.8 or more, in which a median size D50 obtained by a laser diffraction method is 0.5 to 1.5 ?m, a ratio D90/D50 of a particle size D90 corresponding to a cumulative undersize distribution of 90% to the D50 is 2.2 or less, a BET specific surface area is 2 to 4 m2/g, and a total oxygen concentration is 0.6 to 1.2% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tagashira, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Masato Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220393556
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing and a plate-shaped first substrate. The housing houses a motor whose axis of rotation extends in the axial direction. Electronic components are mounted on the first substrate. The housing includes a tubular portion and a side wall portion. The tubular portion extends in the axial direction and accommodates the motor. The side wall portion protrudes from a radial outer surface of the tubular portion in a direction including at least the radially outward direction and the circumferential direction, and extends in the axial direction. An accommodation space to accommodate the electronic components is provided between the tubular portion and the side wall portion as viewed from the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiya OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA, Takashi HATTORI
  • Patent number: 11522408
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator that surrounds the radial outer side of the rotor, a housing that contains the rotor and the stator, a holder axially above the stator, a substrate fixed to the axial upper side of the holder, and a connector radially outward of the housing and electrically connected to the substrate. The holder includes a holder body, and a holder protrusion that connects to the holder body and extends radially outward from the housing. The connector contacts the underside of the holder protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Takahiro Kizu, Toshiya Okamoto, Yuichi Nishikawa, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220385145
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a plate-shaped second substrate, and a connector portion. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor with an axis of rotation that extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The second substrate extends in a direction intersecting the first substrate. The connector portion electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate. The connector portion overlaps with the housing as viewed from the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiya OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA, Takashi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20220376582
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a housing, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a cover. The housing includes a tubular portion that accommodates a motor whose axis of rotation extends in the vertical direction. The first substrate opposes the radial outer end surface of the tubular portion in the radial direction. The second substrate extends perpendicularly to the axial direction and is above the motor. The cover includes a first cover portion that covers the radial outer end surface of the first substrate, and a second cover portion that covers the upper surface of the second substrate. The outer edge of the first cover portion as viewed from the radial direction and the outer edge of the second cover portion as viewed from the axial direction come into contact with the housing via a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiya OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA, Takashi HATTORI
  • Patent number: 11469700
    Abstract: A motor includes a first inverter electrically connected to a first end of a winding of each phase, and a second inverter electrically connected to a second end of the winding of each phase. Each of the first and second inverters includes low-side switching elements and high-side switching elements. FETs of the first inverter are electrically connected to a first end of a U-phase winding. FETs of the second inverter are electrically connected to a second end of the U-phase winding. At least a portion of a current flowing from one of the FETs of the first inverter to the U-phase winding flows to one of the FETs of the second inverter. One of the FETs of the first inverter and one of the FETs of the second inverter are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamashita, Hiromitsu Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20220271595
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core that includes a core back portion having an annular shape and with a central axis as a center and tooth portions extending from the core back portion to an inside in a radial direction and arranged in a circumferential direction, insulators that are attached to the tooth portions from the inside in the radial direction, a coil that is wound around the insulator, and a cover that supports an inner surface of the insulator opposing the inside in the radial direction from the inside in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuro KAWAMOTO, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220173671
    Abstract: In an aspect of a power conversion device that converts power from a power source to supply the converted power to a motor, the power conversion device includes an inverter connected to a winding of the motor and including a first switching element that generates heat in association with an operation of power control and a second switching element that generates more heat than the first switching element in association with an operation of power control, and a substrate on which the first switching element and the second switching element are mounted, wherein a first element group including one or a plurality of the first switching elements and a second element group including one or a plurality of the second switching elements are alternately mounted on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiaki YAMASHITA, Hiromitsu OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220166361
    Abstract: A power converter that converts power from a power source and supplies the converted power to a motor includes an inverter connected to a winding of the motor and including switches that generate heat along with power control operation, and a substrate on which the switches are mounted. A first switch of the switches is mounted in a first region on the substrate, and a second switch that generates more heat than the first switch is mounted in a second region having a higher heat dissipation than a heat dissipation of the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiaki YAMASHITA, Hiromitsu OHASHI
  • Patent number: 11342805
    Abstract: A stator comprises: a stator core placed in a circular ring shape around a central axis that extends vertically, onto which coil wires are wound; a first support member placed over the stator core; and a second support member placed over the first support member, the first support member having receiving grooves for guiding the coil wires coming out of the stator core, wherein the receiving grooves are grooves that open to the top and extend in a direction along the top surface of the first support member, the second support member having through-holes that axially support the coil wires, wherein the second support member at least partially overlaps the receiving grooves of the first support member in an axial view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Yoshinobu Arao, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11336145
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and first bus bars electrically connected to the stator on one axial direction side of the stator. The stator includes a stator core including a core back extending in a circumferential direction, teeth extending radially from the core back, and coils defined by winding a conducting wire, each of which is mounted on the teeth. A first conducting wire and a second conducting wire which are two respective ends of the conducting wire extend to one axial direction side from each of the coils. The first bus bars are neutral point bus bars connecting two or more first conducting wires as neutral points. The second conducting wire is connected to a power supply that supplies power to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yamashita, Shunsuke Murakami, Kosuke Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220033343
    Abstract: A treatment liquid composition for semiconductor production including: a quaternary ammonium hydroxide; and a first organic solvent dissolving the quaternary ammonium hydroxide, the first organic solvent being a water-soluble organic solvent having a plurality of hydroxy groups, wherein a water content in the composition is no more than 1.0 mass % on the basis of the total mass of the composition; contents of Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, and Zn in the composition are each no more than 100 mass ppb on the basis of the total mass of the composition; and a content of Cl in the composition is no more than 100 mass ppb on the basis of the total mass of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji TACHIBANA, Seiji TONO, Sumito ISHIZU, Yoshiaki YAMASHITA