Patents by Inventor Yuji Matsuura

Yuji Matsuura 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).

  • Publication number: 20240331904
    Abstract: Since each of an inner core, an outer core portion, and exterior portions in an element body is constituted by a magnetic body having the same material composition, internal stress is less likely to occur at the interface therebetween, and cracks due to internal stress are less likely to occur at the interface. Since a filling rate of a maximum magnetic particle having relatively high magnetic permeability is high in the inner core, the magnetic permeability of the inner core is significantly increased, and the coil characteristics of the coil component are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi OHKUBO, Hokuto EDA, Masazumi ARATA, Miyuki ASAI, Takahiro HOSOKAWA, Yuji MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20240331905
    Abstract: In the coil component, the terminal electrode enters an aperture of the element body and is jointed with the bump electrode inside the element body. That is, the terminal electrode is in contact with both the bump electrode and the element body. Therefore, as compared with the case where the bump electrode is exposed to the lower surface of the element body, a joint surface of the terminal electrode is enlarged, and high adhesion of the terminal electrode is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu OHTA, Ryo Fukuoka, Yuji Matsuura, Hokuto Eda, Takahiro Nemoto, Kenei Onuma, Masazumi Arata, Hitoshi Ohkubo
  • Publication number: 20240331926
    Abstract: In the coil component, the lower end portion of the bump electrode protruding from the lower surface of the element body includes a flange portion, and the lower surface of the lower end portion is concave-convex. Therefore, compared to the case where the bump electrode is exposed in the form of a flat surface so as to be flat with the lower surface of the element body, the contact areas between the bump electrodes and the terminal electrodes are increased, and high connection reliability between the bump electrodes and the terminal electrodes is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu OHTA, Ryo FUKUOKA, Yuji MATSUURA, Hokuto EDA, Takahiro NEMOTO, Kenei ONUMA, Masazumi ARATA, Hitoshi OHKUBO
  • Publication number: 20220071521
    Abstract: A blood-sugar-level measuring apparatus is a blood-sugar-level measuring apparatus using infrared spectroscopy. The blood-sugar-level measuring apparatus includes a light source that emits a laser light in an infrared region, a lens that converges the laser light, an optical fiber in which the laser light converged by the lens enters, and a prism in which the laser light emitted from the optical fiber enters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji MATSUURA, Jun-ichi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10935428
    Abstract: A spectrum measurement apparatus includes a signal generation unit, a detector, an AD converter, and an operation unit. An external cavity laser light source includes a quantum cascade laser and a diffraction grating. The signal generation unit outputs a wavelength sweep signal repeatedly giving an instruction for sweep of a resonant wavelength selected by the diffraction grating and a pumping instruction signal repeatedly giving an instruction for on/off of pumping of the quantum cascade laser in each period of wavelength sweep based on the instruction of the wavelength sweep signal. The operation unit inputs a digital value output from the AD converter, obtains an oscillation spectrum in each period of the wavelength sweep, and integrates the oscillation spectra obtained with changing the phase of the pumping instruction signal for each period of the wavelength sweep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: TOHOKU TECHNO ARCH CO., LTD., HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuura, Naoto Shibata
  • Publication number: 20200271520
    Abstract: A spectrum measurement apparatus includes a signal generation unit, a detector, an AD converter, and an operation unit. An external cavity laser light source includes a quantum cascade laser and a diffraction grating. The signal generation unit outputs a wavelength sweep signal repeatedly giving an instruction for sweep of a resonant wavelength selected by the diffraction grating and a pumping instruction signal repeatedly giving an instruction for on/off of pumping of the quantum cascade laser in each period of wavelength sweep based on the instruction of the wavelength sweep signal. The operation unit inputs a digital value output from the AD converter, obtains an oscillation spectrum in each period of the wavelength sweep, and integrates the oscillation spectra obtained with changing the phase of the pumping instruction signal for each period of the wavelength sweep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: TOHOKU TECHNO ARCH CO., LTD., HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Yuji MATSUURA, Naoto SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20200170553
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes a light source configured to output light in a mid-infrared region, a detector configured to irradiate a measuring object with the light output from the light source and detect reflected light reflected by the measuring object, and a blood glucose level measuring device configured to measure a blood glucose level of the measuring object. A wavenumber between a plurality of absorption peak wavenumbers of glucose is used as a blood glucose level measuring wavenumber for measuring the blood glucose level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Ryosuke KASAHARA, Yuji MATSUURA
  • Patent number: 9715079
    Abstract: A lens device (3A) is connected to a lens device (3B) to be used in association therewith. The lens device includes a setting unit (25) setting the lens device (3A) as a master, and a control unit (22) driving a control object of the lens device (3A) in response to a control signal input to the lens device (3A) and transmitting the control signal for driving the control object of the lens device (3B) to the lens device (3B) with respect to the control object for which the master has been set by the setting unit. The control unit transmits a mode switching signal which instructs to switch to a slave operating mode that is operated in response to the control signal input from the lens device (3A), to the lens device (3B), with respect to the control object for which the master has been set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Sasaki, Yuji Matsuura
  • Patent number: 9153253
    Abstract: The perpendicular magnetic recording head includes: a magnetic pole including an end surface exposed on an air bearing surface, and extending in a height direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface; a leading shield including an end surface exposed on the air bearing surface; a leading gap provided between the magnetic pole and the leading shield; and a recess shield including a mid-part and other parts, and provided at a position on a side opposite to the magnetic pole with the leading shield in between, the mid-part being distanced from the leading shield in a track width direction, the other parts being in contact with the leading shield, and the position being recessed from the air bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamaguchi, Atsushi Matsuo, Yuji Matsuura, Michitaka Nishiyama, Yumiko Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9082432
    Abstract: A thin film magnetic head has a main magnetic pole layer; a first trailing shield that is positioned at the trailing side of the main magnetic pole layer, and that is close to the main magnetic pole layer; and a second trailing shield that is positioned at the trailing side of the first trailing shield, and that continues to the first trailing shield. An end surface of the second trailing shield positioned at the back side in the height direction has a first end side positioned at a medium opposing surface side, and a second end side positioned at the further back side in the height direction than the first end side, and at the trailing side closer than the first end side. An angle formed by a plane including the first end side and the second end side and a plane parallel to both the height direction and the track width direction is 30 degrees to 60 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuura, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Michitaka Nishiyama, Yumiko Yokoyama, Yuki Nishimura, Ittetsu Kitajima
  • Publication number: 20150194169
    Abstract: The perpendicular magnetic recording head includes: a magnetic pole including an end surface exposed on an air bearing surface, and extending in a height direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface; a leading shield including an end surface exposed on the air bearing surface; a leading gap provided between the magnetic pole and the leading shield; and a recess shield including a mid-part and other parts, and provided at a position on a side opposite to the magnetic pole with the leading shield in between, the mid-part being distanced from the leading shield in a track width direction, the other parts being in contact with the leading shield, and the position being recessed from the air bearing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi YAMAGUCHI, Atsushi MATSUO, Yuji MATSUURA, Michitaka NISHIYAMA, Yumiko YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140362451
    Abstract: A lens device (3A) is connected to a lens device (3B) to be used in association therewith. The lens device includes a setting unit (25) setting the lens device (3A) as a master, and a control unit (22) driving a control object of the lens device (3A) in response to a control signal input to the lens device (3A) and transmitting the control signal for driving the control object of the lens device (3B) to the lens device (3B) with respect to the control object for which the master has been set by the setting unit. The control unit transmits a mode switching signal which instructs to switch to a slave operating mode that is operated in response to the control signal input from the lens device (3A), to the lens device (3B), with respect to the control object for which the master has been set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Tadashi SASAKI, Yuji MATSUURA
  • Patent number: 8668252
    Abstract: In this vehicle body floor structure, stiffeners that extend to a rear of a front cross member and that have a U-shaped concave portion that is open at to top thereof when viewed in a cross-section of a vehicle are joined to a bottom surface on both side portions of floor panel. Beads that have a U-shaped concave portion when viewed in a cross-section of the vehicle are provided at a rear portion of the floor panel, and the beads are aligned with the concave portion of the stiffeners and are provided continuously with the stiffeners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto Yasuhara, Kimitaka Ando, Yuji Matsuura, Katsunari Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8556336
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle body panel joining structure including a structural frame (30b) having a ridgeline in the lengthwise direction, which has one section joined to a first vehicle body panel (44) and another section joined to a second vehicle body panel (43); an overlap part (61) in which the first and second vehicle body panels are overlapped and which is arranged in such a way that the structural frame straddles the overlap part; a depressed part (64) which is disposed at a position avoiding the ridgeline on the structural frame and is abutted by the overlap part; and a spot welding part (65) which is joined to the depressed part (64), the first vehicle body panel, and the second vehicle body panel at the overlap part by means of spot welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto Yasuhara, Yuji Matsuura, Katsunari Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8496287
    Abstract: A front vehicle body structure includes, on each of left and right sides, a front side frame, an upper member, a frame connecting member, an impact absorbing mechanism. The impact absorbing mechanism has a closed cross-sectional shape in frontal view of a vehicle. The impact absorbing mechanism includes an external wall and an internal wall. The external wall is substantially straight with respect to an upper internal wall of the upper member such that the frame connecting member is disposed therebetween. The internal wall has a shape in which at least a front portion of the internal wall between a central portion of the internal wall in its longitudinal direction and the bumper beam is obliquely bent outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuura, Shigeto Yasuhara, Kojiro Okabe, Ryota Abe, Ken Sato
  • Publication number: 20130070364
    Abstract: A thin film magnetic head of the present invention is configured to include a main pole layer; a main pole direct junction magnetic layer that has an auxiliary pole layer and an auxiliary yoke layer, the main pole direct junction magnetic layer being directly joined to the main pole layer in a state where a recording gap layer is partially intervened near an air bearing surface (ABS) with respect to the main pole layer; and a first magnetic recording exciting coil that is buried between the auxiliary pole layer and the auxiliary yoke layer configuring the main magnetic direct junction magnetic layer with an insulating layer therebetween. Thereby, an effective magnetic path length can be shortened in order to improve the high-frequency characteristics, and furthermore, simplification of the manufacturing processes becomes possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuura, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Tetsuji Hori, Naoto Matono
  • Patent number: 8379346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a metal in a concave portion of a substrate. The method includes a step of preparing a substrate having a concave portion; a step of applying a liquid coating member on the substrate and filling in and solidifying the concave portion with the coating member; a step of covering the coating member with a resist; a step of forming a penetrating hole that penetrates the resist in a position of the concave portion of the substrate; a step of removing the coating member within the concave portion; and a step of filling a metal into a portion where the coating member has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Watanabe, Yuji Matsuura, Takayuki Nishizawa, Masashi Sano, Tetsuji Hori
  • Publication number: 20130027810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a metal in a concave portion of a substrate. The method includes a step of preparing a substrate having a concave portion; a step of applying a liquid coating member on the substrate and filling in and solidifying the concave portion with the coating member; a step of covering the coating member with a resist; a step of forming a penetrating hole that penetrates the resist in a position of the concave portion of the substrate; a step of removing the coating member within the concave portion; and a step of filling a metal into a portion where the coating member has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hisayoshi WATANABE, Yuji MATSUURA, Takayuki NISHIZAWA, Masashi SANO, Tetsuji HORI
  • Publication number: 20120256446
    Abstract: In this vehicle body floor structure, stiffeners that extend to a rear of a front cross member and that have a U-shaped concave portion that is open at to top thereof when viewed in a cross-section of a vehicle are joined to a bottom surface on both side portions of floor panel. Beads that have a U-shaped concave portion when viewed in a cross-section of the vehicle are provided at a rear portion of the floor panel, and the beads are aligned with the concave portion of the stiffeners and are provided continuously with the stiffeners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Yasuhara, Kimitaka Ando, Yuji Matsuura, Katsunari Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8276976
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure provided with left and right side frames (16, 17). The left front side frame (16) has a rectangular closed cross-sectional shape. The front side frame (16) is provided with a rectilinear section (front half frame section) (44) extending rectilinearly from the front end (58) to the center section (43), and also with a moment receiving section (rear half frame section) (45) continuing from the rectilinear section (44) and extending in a curved form toward the inner side in the widthwise direction of the vehicle. A first ridge line section (78) is a portion which forms a corner (78) among the corners (78) of the rectilinear section (45), said corner (78) being located on the inner side in the widthwise direction of the vehicle. A second ridge line section (84) is connected to the first ridge line section (78) at a position inside the moment receiving section (45). A stiffener (65) is connected to the rear end (66) of the front side frame (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto Yasuhara, Makoto Kihara, Yuji Matsuura, Masami Kominamidate, Masahito Shirasaya