Patents by Inventor Yuji Shiba

Yuji Shiba 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: 20200375477
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump for a diesel engine, including: a control rack an in a rack chamber formed between a pump head and a pump housing, and configured to adjust a fuel injection amount; a transmission shaft rotatably supported by a transmission shaft hole formed in the pump housing; and a lubricating oil passage formed in the pump housing, and configured to pressure-feed lubricating oil between the transmission shaft and the transmission shaft hole. The transmission shaft has an oil passage therein through which passage the lubricating oil pressure-fed to the lubricating oil passage partially passes, a first opening of the oil passage is communicated with the lubricating oil passage, and a second opening of the oil passage is formed on the outer circumferential surface of an upper portion of the transmission shaft, nearby the control rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Nanko, Yuji Shiba, Ryosuke Okamoto, Tetsu Hattori
  • Patent number: 10718305
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump for a diesel engine, including: a control rack arranged in a rack chamber formed between a pump head and a pump housing, and configured to adjust a fuel injection amount; a transmission shaft rotatably supported by a transmission shaft hole formed in the pump housing; and a lubricating oil passage formed in the pump housing, and configured to pressure-feed lubricating oil between the transmission shaft and the transmission shaft hole. The transmission shaft has an oil passage therein through which passage the lubricating oil pressure-fed to the lubricating oil passage partially passes, a first opening of the oil passage is communicated with the lubricating oil passage, and a second opening of the oil passage is formed on the outer circumferential surface of an upper portion of the transmission shaft, nearby the control rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nanko, Yuji Shiba, Ryosuke Okamoto, Tetsu Hattori
  • Patent number: 10461039
    Abstract: A mark forming method includes: forming recessed portion on a mark formation area of a substrate; coating the recessed portion with a polymer layer containing a block copolymer, allowing the polymer layer in the recessed portion to form a self-assembled area; selectively removing a portion of the self-assembled area; and forming a positioning mark by using the self-assembled area from which the portion thereof has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shiba, Tomoharu Fujiwara, Nobutaka Magome
  • Patent number: 10354959
    Abstract: A mark forming method includes: exposing a wafer with a mask image to form first and second resist marks that have different shapes than one another based on a portion of the mask image; applying a polymer layer that contains a block copolymer to the wafer by spin-coating; forming self-assembled regions in the applied polymer layer; selectively removing a portion of the self-assembled regions; and forming first and second wafer marks on the wafer using the first and second resist marks. This makes it possible to form the marks when forming circuit patterns using self-assembly of a block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20190164900
    Abstract: A mark forming method includes: forming recessed portion on a mark formation area of a substrate; coating the recessed portion with a polymer layer containing a block copolymer, allowing the polymer layer in the recessed portion to form a self-assembled area; selectively removing a portion of the self-assembled area; and forming a positioning mark by using the self-assembled area from which the portion thereof has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji SHIBA, Tomoharu FUJIWARA, Nobutaka MAGOME
  • Patent number: 10236259
    Abstract: A mark forming method includes: forming recessed portion on a mark formation area of a substrate; coating the recessed portion with a polymer layer containing a block copolymer, allowing the polymer layer in the recessed portion to form a self-assembled area; selectively removing a portion of the self-assembled area; and forming a positioning mark by using the self-assembled area from which the portion thereof has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shiba, Tomoharu Fujiwara, Nobutaka Magome
  • Publication number: 20180335005
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump (1) for a diesel engine (30), including: a control rack (20) an in a rack chamber (5) formed between a pump head (3) and a pump housing (2), and configured to adjust a fuel injection amount; a transmission shaft (49) rotatably supported by a transmission shaft hole (2C) formed in the pump housing; and a lubricating oil passage (2D) formed in the pump housing, and configured to pressure-feed lubricating oil between the transmission shaft and the transmission shaft hole. The transmission shaft has an oil passage (40) therein through which passage the lubricating oil pressure-fed to the lubricating oil passage partially passes, a first opening of the oil passage is communicated with the lubricating oil passage, and a second opening (42A) of the oil passage is formed on the outer circumferential surface of an upper portion of the transmission shaft, nearby the control rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki NANKO, Yuji SHIBA, Ryosuke OKAMOTO, Tetsu HATTORI
  • Patent number: 10056200
    Abstract: An electromagnetic contactor includes a contact mechanism including a pair of fixed contacts having fixed contact portions and interposed in a current conduction path, and a movable contact having a pair of movable contact portions capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contact portions. At least one of the pair of fixed contacts or the movable contact is formed in a shape to form magnetic fields generating Lorentz forces opposing electromagnetic repulsion forces generated in an opening direction between the fixed contact portions and the movable contact portions when current is conducted. External connection conductors are connected to external connection terminals of the fixed contacts, an attachment direction of fixed portions fixed to the external connection terminal of the fixed contacts is set to cross a current flow direction flowing through the movable contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kashimura, Masaru Isozaki, Hiroyuki Tachikawa, Kouetsu Takaya, Yasuhiro Naka, Yuji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20180197820
    Abstract: A mark forming method includes: forming recessed portion on a mark formation area of a substrate; coating the recessed portion with a polymer layer containing a block copolymer, allowing the polymer layer in the recessed portion to form a self-assembled area; selectively removing a portion of the self-assembled area; and forming a positioning mark by using the self-assembled area from which the portion thereof has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji SHIBA, Tomoharu FUJIWARA, Nobutaka MAGOME
  • Publication number: 20180182713
    Abstract: A mark forming method includes: exposing a wafer with a mask image to form first and second resist marks that have different shapes than one another based on a portion of the mask image; applying a polymer layer that contains a block copolymer to the wafer by spin-coating; forming self-assembled regions in the applied polymer layer; selectively removing a portion of the self-assembled regions; and forming first and second wafer marks on the wafer using the first and second resist marks. This makes it possible to form the marks when forming circuit patterns using self-assembly of a block copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji SHIBA
  • Patent number: 9972574
    Abstract: A mark forming method includes: exposing a wafer with a mask image to form first and second resist marks that have different shapes than one another based on a portion of the mask image; applying a polymer layer that contains a block copolymer to the wafer by spin-coating; forming self-assembled regions in the applied polymer layer; selectively removing a portion of the self-assembled regions; and forming first and second wafer marks on the wafer using the first and second resist marks. This makes it possible to form the marks when forming circuit patterns using self-assembly of a block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Shiba
  • Patent number: 9941217
    Abstract: A mark forming method includes: forming recessed portion on a mark formation area of a substrate; coating the recessed portion with a polymer layer containing a block copolymer; allowing the polymer layer in the recessed portion to form a self-assembled area; selectively removing a portion of the self-assembled area; and forming a positioning mark by using the self-assembled area from which the portion thereof has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shiba, Tomoharu Fujiwara, Nobutaka Magome
  • Patent number: 9935054
    Abstract: A mark forming method includes: exposing a wafer with a mask image to form first and second resist marks that have different shapes than one another based on a portion of the mask image; applying a polymer layer that contains a block copolymer to the wafer by spin-coating; forming self-assembled regions in the applied polymer layer; selectively removing a portion of the self-assembled regions; and forming first and second wafer marks on the wafer using the first and second resist marks. This makes it possible to form the marks when forming circuit patterns using self-assembly of a block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Shiba
  • Patent number: 9816471
    Abstract: Provided is a configuration which prevents an engine from being unable to start in the state in which dew condensation occurred in a fuel injection pump and froze. The present invention relates to a fuel injection pump which is provided with a pump body and a hydraulic head and driven by an engine, and is characterized in that while the engine is in operation, the temperature of the hydraulic head is increased to a dew-point temperature or higher. Consequently, it is possible to increase the temperature of the hydraulic head and remove water in the fuel injection pump while the engine is in operation. Accordingly, the engine can be prevented from being unable to start in the state that dew condensation occurred in the fuel injection pump and froze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Shiba, Masaki Nankou, Tomoyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9653222
    Abstract: A contact device includes a pair of fixed contacts fixedly disposed inside an arc extinguishing chamber and maintaining a predetermined interval from each other; a movable contact disposed inside the arc extinguishing chamber, and contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts; a first arc root movement promotion portion formed on the pair of fixed contacts, and promoting a movement of a root of an arc in a direction away from the movable contact, the arc being generated when contacts are opened in which the movable contact moves away from the pair of fixed contacts; and a second arc root movement promotion portion formed on the movable contact, and promoting a movement of the root of the arc in a direction away from the relevant fixed contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Isozaki, Osamu Kashimura, Hiroyuki Tachikawa, Kouetsu Takaya, Yuji Shiba
  • Patent number: 9589739
    Abstract: An electromagnetic contactor includes a fixed contact portion, a movable contact portion disposed facing the fixed contact portion to contact to and separate from the fixed contact portion, and an arc extinguishing receptacle forming an arc extinguishing chamber housing the fixed contact portion and movable contact portion. Among contact surfaces of the movable contact portion and fixed contact portion facing each other, at least an opposing distance between a contact end portion of the fixed contact portion and a contact end portion of the movable contact portion positioned in a moving direction of an arc generated when separating the movable contact portion from the fixed contact portion is set to increase with increasing proximity to end surfaces on contact end portion sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Naka, Kouetsu Takaya, Kenji Suzuki, Yuji Shiba
  • Patent number: 9583291
    Abstract: In an electromagnetic contactor, an arc generated when a movable contact separates from fixed contacts can be easily extinguished. The movable contact is disposed so as to be connectable to and detachable from the pair of fixed contacts disposed to maintain a predetermined interval inside a contact housing case having insulating properties, and an arc extinguishing chamber is formed in a position in which the movable contact and the pair of fixed contacts contact. At least the inner wall surface side of the arc extinguishing chamber contacting an arc is formed of a high thermal conductivity material having thermal conductivity higher than that of a synthetic resin molded material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kashimura, Masaru Isozaki, Kouetsu Takaya, Yuji Shiba
  • Patent number: 9520246
    Abstract: An electromagnetic contactor includes a contact mechanism having a pair of fixed contacts disposed to maintain a predetermined interval in a longitudinal direction, and a movable contact disposed above the pair of fixed contacts, the movable contact contacting to and detaching from the pair of fixed contacts. Each of the pair of fixed contacts has a fixed contact portion, the movable contact extends in a longitudinal direction thereof and has a pair of movable contact portions contacting the pair of fixed contacts, and the movable contact is disposed so as to move in a vertical direction thereof on a connecting shaft fixed to a movable plunger and is pressed down by a biasing force of a contact spring in a downward direction thereof on a central portion of the movable contact in the longitudinal direction, the movable contact being held on the connecting shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Naka, Kouetsu Takaya, Kenji Suzuki, Yuji Shiba, Takanori Takemoto
  • Patent number: 9508509
    Abstract: A contact device includes a pair of fixed contacts fixedly disposed inside an arc extinguishing chamber and maintaining a predetermined interval from each other; a movable contact disposed to contact to and separate from the pair of fixed contacts; and an arc root movement promotion portion formed on the movable contact to promote a movement of root of arc in a direction away from the fixed contacts. The root of arc is generated when the movable contacts are opened and separated from the pair of fixed contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD., FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kashimura, Masaru Isozaki, Kouetsu Takaya, Yuji Shiba
  • Patent number: D826869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Sakurai, Yasuhiro Naka, Hideo Adachi, Yuji Shiba, Yuki Tashima