Patents by Inventor Yukio Kawaguchi

Yukio Kawaguchi 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: 20190040177
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer material for self-assembly, a self-assembled film, a method for producing a self-assembled film, a pattern, and a method for forming a pattern all of which are capable of reducing defects based on faulty microscopic phase separation sites and capable of forming a fine, minute pattern. The polymer material for self-assembly of the present invention contains a multi-block copolymer of a triblock copolymer or more containing a first polymer block containing a structural unit having a specific structure and a second polymer block containing a structural unit having a specific structure. The first polymer block and the second polymer block are coupled with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki HIMI, Yukio KAWAGUCHI, Terumasa KOSAKA, Kazuhiro HIRAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180282466
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer material for self-assembly capable of reducing defects based on poor microphase separation segments and capable of forming a fine repeating pattern, a self-assembled film, a method of producing a self-assembled film, and a projection and depression pattern. The polymer material for self-assembly according to the present invention contains a polymer compound including a constituent unit of General Formula (1) below and a constituent unit of General Formula (2) below. (In Formula (2), X is a carbon atom or a silicon atom, and p is an integer of 1 or more and 5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanobu TAKEDA, Yukio KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170129984
    Abstract: A polymer material for self-assembly of the present invention includes a multi-block copolymer containing a first polymer block with a structural unit having a specific structure as a main component and a second polymer block with a structural unit having a specific structure as a main component that are coupled with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi TAKANO, Mai TAKAKUWA, Kyotarou YAMADA, Yushu MATSUSHITA, Kazuhiro HIRAHARA, Toshiyuki HIMI, Yukio KAWAGUCHI, Terumasa KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20160376696
    Abstract: A sputtering target containing a perovskite-type oxide as a principal component, wherein a crystal grain diameter of the perovskite-type oxide is from 11 to 15 ?m, and wherein a flexural strength of 60 Mpa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KIUCHI, Minoru IINO, Yukio KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8105673
    Abstract: A sputtering target for optical media is mainly composed of Al and contains 1 to 10 at % of one or two species of elements selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb and 0.1 to 10 at % of Ag. An optical medium 100 comprises a substrate 10 and reflective layers 20A, 20B provided on the substrate 10. Each of the reflective layers 20A, 20B has a composition, mainly composed of Al, containing 1 to 10 at % of one or two species of elements selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb and 0.1 to 10 at % of Ag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Kawaguchi, Isamu Kuribayashi
  • Patent number: 8105674
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a sputtering target for making an optical medium whose reflective layer is mainly composed of Ag and capable of attaining an optical medium which is excellent in surface smoothness and can sufficiently suppress noise and jitter, a method of making the same, an optical medium, and a method of making the same. The present invention provides a sputtering target for making an optical medium comprising 0.1 to 2 at % of one or two elements selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb, 0.1 to 1 at % of Al, and the balance constituted by Ag and unavoidable impurities; and an optical medium comprising a reflective layer having this composition on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Takasaki, Isamu Kuribayashi
  • Publication number: 20100255244
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a sputtering target for making an optical medium whose reflective layer is mainly composed of Ag and capable of attaining an optical medium which is excellent in surface smoothness and can sufficiently suppress noise and jitter, a method of making the same, an optical medium, and a method of making the same. The present invention provides a sputtering target for making an optical medium comprising 0.1 to 2 at % of one or two elements selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb, 0.1 to 1 at % of Al, and the balance constituted by Ag and unavoidable impurities; and an optical medium comprising a reflective layer having this composition on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio KAWAGUCHI, Hiroshi TAKASAKI, Isamu KURIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20100075099
    Abstract: A sputtering target for optical media is mainly composed of Al and contains 1 to 10 at % of one or two species of elements selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb and 0.1 to 10 at % of Ag. An optical medium 100 comprises a substrate 10 and reflective layers 20A, 20B provided on the substrate 10. Each of the reflective layers 20A, 20B has a composition, mainly composed of Al, containing 1 to 10 at % of one or two species of elements selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb and 0.1 to 10 at % of Ag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Kawaguchi, Isamu Kuribayashi
  • Patent number: 7595274
    Abstract: A sintered body for a magnetic head slider, which can reduce differences in level of an air bearing surface while yielding a high strength, a magnetic head slider using the same, and a method of manufacturing a sintered body for a magnetic head slider are provided. The sintered body of the present invention is a sintered body comprising alumina crystal grains and a thin film containing carbon provided at a grain boundary between the alumina crystal grains, whereas the alumina crystal grains have an average particle size of 0.05 to 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Hitomi, Keiko Kubo, Yukio Kawaguchi, Kei Sugiura, Tsuneo Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 7540976
    Abstract: A sputtering target for fluorescent thin-film formation comprising a matrix material and a luminescent center material, wherein said matrix material has a chemical composition represented by the following formula (1), and simultaneously satisfies conditions represented by the following inequalities (2) to (5). MIIvAxByOzSw ??(1) 0.05?v/x?5 ??(2) 1?y/x?6 ??(3) 0.01?z/(z+w)?0.85 ??(4) 0.6?(v+x+3y/2)/(z+w)?1.5 ??(5) wherein MII represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zn, Cd and Hg, A represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and rare earth elements, B represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In, and v, x, y, z and w each represent numerical values satisfying the conditions specified in the inequalities (2) to (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Ifire IP Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Yano, Tomoyuki Oike, Naruki Kataoka, Masaki Takahashi, Yukio Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 7502201
    Abstract: The magnetic head slider material of the present invention is a magnetic head slider material made of a sintered body containing alumina, titanium carbide, and carbon; wherein a titanium carbide crystal grain has an average crystal grain size greater than that of an alumina crystal grain in the sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Sugiura, Yukio Kawaguchi, Atsushi Hitomi
  • Patent number: 7446978
    Abstract: The magnetic head slider material of the present invention is constituted by a sintered body containing 100 parts by weight of alumina, 20 to 120 parts by weight of titanium carbide, and 0.2 to 9 parts by weight of carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Kawaguchi, Kei Sugiura, Masahiro Itoh, Minoru Sakurabayashi, Atsushi Hitomi
  • Patent number: 7425376
    Abstract: A ferrite substrate for thin-film inductors is provided by means of blending raw materials to meet a composition of di-iron trioxide (Fe2O3): 40 to 55 mol %, nickel oxide (NiO): 5 to 35 mol %, zinc oxide (ZnO): 10 to 40 mol %, and bismuth trioxide (Bi2O3): 150 to 750 ppm, or of Fe2O3: 40 to 55 mol %, NiO: 5 to 35 mol %, ZnO: 10 to 40 mol %, cupric oxide (CuO): 5 to 10 mol %, and manganese dioxide (MnO2): 0.5 to 2 mol %, and then molding and sintering the blended material, and applying hot isostatic pressing to the sintered article. A thin-film common mode filter and a thin-film common mode filter array using the ferrite substrate and the manufacturing method of the substrate are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Shoji, Akira Sato, Yukio Kawaguchi, Kazumitsu Tanaka, Toshikazu Tanishima
  • Patent number: 7387847
    Abstract: A ferrite substrate for thin-film inductors is provided by means of blending raw materials to meet a composition of di-iron trioxide (Fe2O3): 40 to 55 mol %, nickel oxide (NiO): 5 to 35 mol %, zinc oxide (ZnO): 10 to 40 mol %, and bismuth trioxide (Bi2O3): 150 to 750 ppm, or of Fe2O3: 40 to 55 mol %, NiO: 5 to 35 mol %, ZnO: 10 to 40 mol %, cupric oxide (CuO): 5 to 10 mol %, and manganese dioxide (MnO2): 0.5 to 2 mol %, and then molding and sintering the blended material, and applying hot isostatic pressing to the sintered article. A thin-film common mode filter and a thin-film common mode filter array using the ferrite substrate and the manufacturing method of the substrate are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Shoji, Akira Sato, Yukio Kawaguchi, Kazumitsu Tanaka, Toshikazu Tanishima
  • Patent number: 7381670
    Abstract: A material for a magnetic head slider according to the present invention is a magnetic head slider material comprised of a sintered body containing alumina and titanium carbide, in which an area percentage of an area of alumina crystal grains and titanium carbide crystal grains having a crystal grain size of not less than 200 nm nor more than 350 nm to an area of alumina crystal grains and titanium carbide crystal grains in a cut surface of the sintered body is not less than 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Sugiura, Yukio Kawaguchi, Atsushi Hitomi
  • Publication number: 20080118043
    Abstract: A call control method of a call control apparatus that establishes a call connection between an originating terminal and a receiving terminal in a network in which a plurality of call control apparatuses are provided is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukio Kawaguchi, Chikazu Ueno, Masaaki Hosoda, Jun Kato
  • Patent number: 7345849
    Abstract: The magnetic head slider material of the present invention is constituted by a sintered body containing 100 parts by weight of alumina, 20 to 150 parts by weight of titanium carbide and silicon carbide in total, and 0.2 to 9 parts by weight of carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignees: TDK Corporation, SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Kawaguchi, Kei Sugiura, Masahiro Itoh, Minoru Sakurabayashi, Atsushi Hitomi, Cheng Yih Liu
  • Patent number: 7245066
    Abstract: A flat panel display spacer has a sintered body containing A12O3, TiC, MgO, and TiO2, whereas the sintered body includes 35 to 55 wt % of MgO with respect to the total weight of A12O3, TiC, MgO, and TiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Kawaguchi, Atsushi Hitomi, Kazumitsu Tanaka, Takao Matsumoto, Masahiro Itoh, Kenichi Jinguji, Tsutomu Koyanagi, Katsuyuki Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20070153421
    Abstract: The magnetic head slider material of the present invention is a magnetic head slider material made of a sintered body containing alumina, titanium carbide, and carbon; wherein a titanium carbide crystal grain has an average crystal grain size greater than that of an alumina crystal grain in the sintered body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Sugiura, Yukio Kawaguchi, Atsushi Hitomi
  • Publication number: 20070127159
    Abstract: A sintered body for a magnetic head slider has at least one of TiC and XC, a carbide containing Ti and X, Al2O3, and free carbon, contains 25 to 160 parts by volume of all the carbides including at least one of TiC and XC, and the carbide containing Ti and X, based on 100 parts by volume of Al203, and contains 1 to 15 parts by volume of free carbon, based on 100 parts by volume of a total of Al2O3 and all the carbides (where X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ta, W, Mo, Nb, Zr, V, and Cr).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Sugiura, Yukio Kawaguchi