Kihara

Akiko Kihara, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120076533	ROTATION DRIVING FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER, PHOTORECEPTOR DRUM, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A rotation driving force transmitting member is disposed between a motor section and a main body of a photoreceptor drum. The rotation driving force transmitting member has a convex member which is provided on the photoreceptor drum side and includes a twisted convex portion with an elliptical cross-section and a concave member which is provided on the motor section side and includes a twisted concave portion with an elliptical cross-section, the concave portion being fitted in the convex portion. The rotation driving force transmitting member transmits rotation driving force by the motor section to the photoreceptor drum via the convex member and the concave member in a state where the convex member is subjected to a drawing force toward the concave member side, due to rotation of the motor section in a state where the convex portion and the concave portion are fitted in each other.	03-29-2012
20140348538	ROTATION DRIVING FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER, PHOTORECEPTOR DRUM, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A rotation driving force transmitting member is disposed between a motor section and a main body of a photoreceptor drum. The rotation driving force transmitting member has a convex member which is provided on the photoreceptor drum side and includes a twisted convex portion with an elliptical cross-section and a concave member which is provided on the motor section side and includes a twisted concave portion with an elliptical cross-section, the concave portion being fitted in the convex portion. The rotation driving force transmitting member transmits rotation driving force by the motor section to the photoreceptor drum via the convex member and the concave member in a state where the convex member is subjected to a drawing force toward the concave member side, due to rotation of the motor section in a state where the convex portion and the concave portion are fitted in each other.	11-27-2014

Akiko Kihara, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120156600	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An electrophotographic photoconductor comprising a charge generation layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transfer layer containing a charge transfer material laminating in this order on a conductive support with an undercoat layer interposed between the charge generation layer and the conductive support, or comprising a monolayer type photosensitive layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transport material being formed on a conductive support with an undercoat layer interposed between the monolayer type photosensitive layer and the conductive support, wherein	06-21-2012
20150346615	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a multilayered photosensitive layer or a monolayer photosensitive layer,	12-03-2015

Akio Kihara, Kawasaki-Shi Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140355777	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device that is capable of reducing sound leakage from a vibration plate vibrated by a piezoelectric element. An electronic device	12-04-2014
20140355792	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including a housing and an acoustic device configured to generate vibration sound that is transmitted through vibration of a part of a human body. The acoustic device includes a panel configured to be joined to the housing; a piezoelectric element configured to be joined to the panel for vibrating the panel; and a vibration adjusting unit configured to be joined to the panel and vibrated together with the panel by the piezoelectric element. With the above configuration, a frequency characteristic is improved.	12-04-2014
20150030188	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including: a piezoelectric element; a vibration plate to which the piezoelectric element is joined for vibration; and a housing to which the vibration plate is joined. Vibration sound, which is transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body, is generated by the vibration plate. The vibration plate includes, in a plan view thereof, a first area including a joining portion with the piezoelectric element and a second area located further away from the joining portion than the first area is, and rigidity in a first area is lower than rigidity in the second area. With the above configuration, sound leakage or the like is reduced, and usability of the electronic device is improved.	01-29-2015
20150036843	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device	02-05-2015
20160073202	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including a housing and an acoustic device configured to generate vibration sound that is transmitted through vibration of a part of a human body. The acoustic device includes a panel configured to be joined to the housing; a piezoelectric element configured to be joined to the panel for vibrating the panel; and a vibration adjusting unit configured to be joined to the panel and vibrated together with the panel by the piezoelectric element. With the above configuration, a frequency characteristic is improved.	03-10-2016

Akio Kihara, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150018046	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device that can be appropriately used as a type of electronic device that vibrates a panel attached to a housing. The electronic device includes a piezoelectric element, a panel, to which the piezoelectric element is attached, that vibrates due to the piezoelectric element to generate a vibration sound transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body, a housing supporting the panel with a first face, a microphone contained within the housing and disposed on a second face, and a buffer that damps vibration transmitted from the panel to the microphone through the first face and/or the second face, thereby reducing noise picked up by the microphone.	01-15-2015
20150043750	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An echo caused by sound leakage from a housing that vibrates due to a vibrating body is reduced. An electronic device (	02-12-2015
20150117678	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device that generates, by vibrating a vibration body, vibration sound by the vibration. The electronic device executes a side tone function by using sound collected by a microphone	04-30-2015
20150156295	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus that may reduce sound leakage from a housing and the like vibrated by a vibrator and echo caused by the sound leakage is provided. An electronic apparatus includes a panel, a panel retainer for supporting the panel, and an element for vibrating the panel and thereby generating a vibration sound to be delivered via a human body, wherein a region of the panel near a disposing position of the element is thinner in a normal direction of the panel than a remaining region of the panel.	06-04-2015

Akio Kihara, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130267278	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device including a piezoelectric element, a vibration plate having the piezoelectric element fixed thereto for generating air conduction sound by vibrating the piezoelectric element and sound to be transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body, a housing having the vibration plate fixed thereto, and an operation key provided to the housing, makes vibration of the vibration plate not likely to be transmitted to the operation key.	10-10-2013
20130272549	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In order to be appropriately usable as an electric device for vibrating a panel attached to a housing, an electronic device including a piezoelectric element; a housing having a first principle plane having the piezoelectric element fixed thereto and a second principle plane opposite to the first principle plane; and a lid member having a joint portion for removably joining to the second principle plane; causes the housing to generate sound transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body, such that the piezoelectric element is provided on a first side in a first direction parallel to the first principle plane, and a joint position of the joint portion is provided on a second side opposite to the first side in the first direction.	10-17-2013
20130287242	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device (	10-31-2013

Eiji Kihara, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140067122	ROBOT SYSTEM AND TEACHING METHOD THEREFOR - A robot system according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a robot and a work bench. The robot has a plurality of joints including a first joint that is provided so as to be rotatable relative to an installation surface. On the work bench, a fixing part, by which a work member used in operations of the robot is fixed, is provided on a plate surface of a top plate with a rotation axis of the first joint serving as a normal line thereof, along a circular arc having a center at an intersection between the plate surface and the rotation axis.	03-06-2014
20140345536	ANIMAL BREEDING SYSTEM AND ANIMAL BREEDING METHOD - An animal breeding system according to an embodiment includes a rack, a carrier robot, a thermo camera, and an instruction unit. The rack contains therein a cage for breeding an animal. The carrier robot includes a hand having a retention mechanism for the cage. The thermo camera is provided near the hand. The instruction unit instructs the carrier robot to perform an operation of taking the cage in and out from the rack while retaining the cage with the hand to carry the cage between the rack and a certain carrying position and an operation of bringing the thermo camera close to the cage in the rack to cause the thermo camera to capture the inside of the cage.	11-27-2014

Eiji Kihara, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150019006	ROBOT SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROLLER - The robot system includes a first robot, a first robot controller, a loading information storage device, a second robot, and a second robot controller. The first robot holds and loads one or more target objects to form a loaded body. The first robot controller controls a movement of the first robot. The loading information storage device stores loading information of each target object loaded by the first robot. The second robot holds and unloads the one or more target objects from the loaded body. The second robot controller controls a movement of the second robot. The second robot controller comprises a first movement mode determining part. The first movement mode determining part determines a movement mode of the second robot based on the loading information of each target object. The second robot controller controls the movement of the second robot based on the movement mode.	01-15-2015
20150019012	ROBOT SYSTEM AND WORK FACILITY - The robot system includes work facilities and a central computer device. The work facilities comprise a robot, a robot controller. The robot controller includes a storage part which stores teaching information. The central computer device comprises a teaching information database, an information accepting part, a correlation determining part. The teaching information database stores a plurality of the teaching information in association with detection information of the sensor or processed information. The information accepting part accepts the detection information of a sensor of each work facility. The correlation determining part determines whether or not the plurality of teaching information stored includes teaching information comprising a predetermined correlation with respect to the detection information or the processed information corresponding thereto. The robot system further comprises a first transferring part. The first transferring part transfers specific the teaching information determined to comprise the correlation to the storage part.	01-15-2015

Hideki Kihara, Toyama-Shi, Toyama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160075094	Plastic Optical Fiber and Its Manufacturing Method, Sensor, and Bobbin for Winding Plastic Optical Fiber - A method for manufacturing a plastic optical fiber includes a treatment step for moist heat treatment of a plastic optical fiber with a relative humidity of 35-100% or hot water treatment thereof under conditions of a treatment temperature in a range of 15-57° C. and treatment time in a range of 5-5000 hours.	03-17-2016

Hideo Kihara, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120195611	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a detection mode execution unit, and a notice signal generating unit. The developing device supplies a toner bearing member with toner in a container by rotating a toner supply member in a contact manner with the toner bearing member. The detection mode execution unit executes a detection mode in which a predetermined period for changing a toner amount in the foam layer by rotating the toner supply member is provided, a capacitance C	08-02-2012
20120288293	COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color image forming apparatus includes a supporting member, supporting developing devices, for moving the supporting member sequentially to a developing position; a detector for detecting at a position different from the developing position information relating to a developer remainder in the developing device; deducing means for deducing a developer consumption from image information. As to the developing device for which the detection is effected after the developing operation therefor, determining device determines the remainder from the information detected by the detector. As to the developing device for which the detection is effected before the developing operation therefor, the determining means determines the remainder from the information detected by the detector and the consumption amount deduced by the deducing means.	11-15-2012
20120308247	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; developing devices, each of which includes a developer carrying member, having an electrode member, for carrying a developer, and a developer feeding member, having a core metal and a surface foam layer, for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member; a supporting member, supporting the developing devices, for sequentially rotating the developing devices to a developing position; and a controller for executing an operation for reducing non-uniform distributions of the developers in the developing devices on the basis of electrostatic capacities between the electrode members and the core metals, respectively.	12-06-2012
20130163999	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a holding unit configured to change a developing device to first and second orientations. Whether a developer in the developing device is unevenly distributed in a longitudinal direction of the developing device is detected based on a capacitance C1 between first and second electrode members in the first orientation and a capacitance C2 between the first and second electrode members in the second orientation.	06-27-2013
20130164001	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing device, a holding unit, and a detection device. The image bearing member supports an electrostatic latent image. The developing device includes a developer bearing member having a first electrode member and supporting a developer to develop the electrostatic latent image. The developing device includes a supply member having a second electrode member and supplying the developer to the developer bearing member at a nip portion. The holding unit holds and change the developing device to a first posture and to a second posture where the deposited developer falls off the first posture. The detection device detects a remaining developer amount in the developing device based on a capacitance C	06-27-2013
20140044445	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member on which a developer image is formed, a developer bearing member configured to develop a surface of the image bearing member, and a cleaning member configured to clean a residual developer remaining on the surface of the image bearing member, wherein, when an image forming operation is interrupted, the image forming apparatus is capable of performing a recovery operation before resuming the image forming operation, and wherein the image forming apparatus is capable of, during the recovery operation, a potential difference between a potential applied to the developer bearing member and a surface potential of a non-image area within the surface of the image bearing member greater than that during the image forming operation according to a predetermined value such that the developer on the image bearing member is moved to the developer bearing member.	02-13-2014
20140168339	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: an image bearing member; a charging device; an exposure device configured to expose intermittently for each unit area of the image bearing member charged by the charging device to form a latent image; a developing device configured to develop the latent image with developer; a signal output portion configured to output a first electric signal when the exposure device exposes a print area of the image bearing member, and output a second electric signal, which instructs the exposure device to shorten an exposure time per unit area more than an exposure time of the first electric signal, when the exposure device exposes a non-print area of the image bearing member; and a count portion, to which the first and the second electric signals are input from the signal output portion, configured to measure only the first electric signal without measuring the second electric signal.	06-19-2014
20140334853	DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device usable with an image forming apparatus includes a developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a developer accommodating portion for accommodating a developer; a guiding member having an inclined surface contacting the developer carrying member, the inclined surface being effective to guide a developer to a contact portion where the inclined surface contacts the developer carrying member to cause the developer to be carried on the developer carrying member; and a regulating member for regulating an amount of the developer carried on the developer carrying member, wherein an inclination angle of the inclined surface is in a range not less than an angle of rest and less than 90 degrees.	11-13-2014
20140334854	DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus for developing operation on an image bearing member, includes a rotatable developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a rubbing member for rubbing the developer carrying member with the developer therebetween to cause the developer to be carried on the developer carrying member; wherein the rubbing member includes a free end portion extending toward a downstream with respect to a rotational moving direction of the developer carrying member, the free end portion rubs the developer carrying member, and wherein the rubbing member is provided with a reinforcing portion for reinforcing the free end portion.	11-13-2014
20150177639	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging apparatus, an exposure apparatus configured to expose the image bearing member charged by the charging apparatus to form an electrostatic latent image, a developing apparatus provided with a developer accommodation section and configured to develop the electrostatic latent image, a signal output unit configured to output a first signal for exposing a printing part of the image bearing member and a second signal for exposing a non-printing part of the image bearing member, a counting apparatus configured to receive the electric signal output from the signal output unit and count the first signals and the second signals, and a calculation apparatus configured to obtain a use amount of the developer by the developing apparatus from count values of the first signals and the second signals counted by the counting apparatus.	06-25-2015

Hideyuki Kihara, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120326524	NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A portable terminal is activated when receiving verification power transmitted in a contactless manner from a charger using electromagnetic coupling between the charger and the portable terminal. The portable terminal sends an electrical signal (wakeup frame) indicating activation immediately after being activated to the charger. Reception of the wakeup frame triggers the power transmitting device to start a verification process on the power receiving device and perform a detection process for a metal foreign object. After authentication is established, the charger transmits normal power to the portable terminal.	12-27-2012

Hirohiko Kihara, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160140740	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device communicates with display terminals. The information processing device includes an image information acquisition section adapted to obtain image information, a display control section adapted to perform control of displaying an image based on the image information obtained, a drawing information acquisition section adapted to obtain drawing information adapted to draw a second image so as to be superimposed on a first image displayed based on first image information, a determination section adapted to determine whether or not the first image information is the same as delivered image information having already been delivered to the terminal device, and a delivery control section adapted to deliver the drawing information to the terminal device without delivering the first image information in a case in which it is determined that the first image information and the delivered image information are the same as each other.	05-19-2016

Hiroki Kihara, Austin, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080301503	HIGH FREQUENCY DIVIDER STATE CORRECTION CIRCUIT - The present invention provides for a self-correcting state circuit. A first flip flop is configured to receive a clock input and a first data input, and to generate a first output in response to the clock input and the first data input. A second flip flop is coupled to the first flip flop and configured to receive the clock input and to receive the first output as a second data input, and to generate a second output in response to the clock input and the first output. A first correction circuit is coupled to the second flip flop and configured to generate a corrected output. A third flip flop is coupled to the first correction circuit and configured to receive the clock input and to receive the corrected output as a third data input, and to generate a third output in response to the clock input and the third data input.	12-04-2008

Hiroki Kihara, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150376353	FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN SHEET, INTEGRATED MOLDED PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A fiber-reinforced resin sheet and an integrally molded article are provided. The fiber-reinforced resin sheet comprises a nonwoven fabric made of reinforcing fibers having a thermoplastic resin (A) impregnated on one side of the nonwoven fabric. The fiber-reinforced resin sheet satisfies any one of the following conditions (I) and (II):	12-31-2015

Hisashi Kihara, Tsurugashima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130195282	ACTIVE VIBRATION NOISE CONTROL DEVICE - An active vibration noise control device is preferably used for canceling a vibration noise by making a speaker generate a control sound. Concretely, the active vibration noise control device includes an attenuating unit which attenuates a control signal generated by an adaptive notch filter, and provides the attenuated control signal to the speaker, when amplitude of a filter coefficient is larger than a threshold. Therefore, it is possible to suppress continuous ups and downs of the filter coefficient during an occurrence of an abnormality. Hence, it becomes possible to appropriately suppress an occurrence of a cyclic abnormal sound and an increase in the vibration noise during the occurrence of the abnormality.	08-01-2013

Katsumi Kihara, Ichikawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120041141	POLYURETHANE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, MASTER BATCH, INK BINDER, INK COMPOSITION, THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION FOR MOLDING, MOLDED BODY, AND COMPOUND MOLDED BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a polyurethane which is non-sticky, exhibits superior handling properties and superior moldability, and has superior adhesive properties with silicones even if a surface activation treatment is not carried out beforehand. The polyurethane of the present invention contains polyol units and organic polyisocyanate units. The polyol units contain an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane structure in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 20% by weight with respect to the weight of the aforementioned polyurethane.	02-16-2012

Ken Kihara, Kagoshima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130321663	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - There are provided: an original color image capturing unit capturing an original color image of a object represented by YCbCr; a Cr component elimination processing unit performing, on each pixel data of the original color image captured by the original color image capturing unit, processing to make a value of Cr component to be zero; a hue rotation processing unit performing, on each pixel data of the color image after being subjected to the processing performed by the Cr component elimination processing unit, hue rotation processing of 5 degrees to 50 degrees in a CbCr color space; and a display control unit performing a control to display the color image after being subjected to the hue rotation processing performed by the hue rotation processing unit, on a display section as a hue-converted color image.	12-05-2013
20150279057	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus (	10-01-2015

Makoto Kihara, Wako-Shi, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140117720	STRUCTURE FOR FRONT PORTION OF VEHICLE - A structure for a front portion of a vehicle is provided with a windshield lower member. The windshield lower member includes a windshield lower member main body, and an extended portion formed so as to extend frontward from a front end portion of the windshield lower member main body. The extended portion includes a base portion formed so as to continue from a front end portion of the windshield lower member main body, a weight portion extending in an obliquely front-upward direction from a front end portion of the base portion, and a weak portion that extends in a vehicle width direction at a boundary between the base portion and the weight portion, and that has lower rigidity than the base portion.	05-01-2014

Makoto Kihara, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130207417	STRUCTURE OF FRONT SECTION OF VEHICLE BODY - A structure of the front section of a vehicle body is disposed on the front end portion of a front side frame on the same position as the rear surface of a side stay in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and includes a first extending portion extending downward along the rear surface of the side stay. A lower stay is provided with a second extending portion extending outward in the vehicle width direction beyond the side stay to a position below the first extending portion. A joining section is formed so as to join the front surface of the first extending portion, the upper surface of the second extending portion, and outside surface of the side stay. The joining section defines an arrangement region for inner and outer shock absorbing members having a lower rigidity than the front side frame.	08-15-2013

Masami Kihara, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130232550	AUTHENTICATION SERVER AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD BY AUTHENTICATION SERVER - An authentication server capable of determining securely and accurately whether an access source is a cellular phone or a computer when a content is accessed with being limited to cellular phone users. The authentication server including a transmission delay time measuring unit that measures a transmission delay time between the authentication server and a communication terminal over a plurality of times, a transmission delay time distribution property determining unit that determines whether or not a distribution property of the transmission delay time measured over the plurality of times is discrete, and a content access authentication unit recognizing that the communication terminal is a wireless communication terminal and approving the access to the contents when the distribution property of the transmission delay time is determined as being discrete and recognizing that the communication terminal is a wired communication terminal and denying the access to the contents when the distribution property of the transmission delay time is determined as not being discrete.	09-05-2013

Masamichi Kihara, Kumagaya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120212171	Motor Control System and Motor Control Method - There is provided a motor control system and motor control method which can shorten settling time by restraining vibration and deviation relative to an advancing direction during operation. Moreover, according to the present invention, it is possible to cause a motor to be operated with an ideal track and, since it is possible to always monitor a present position, it is made easy to cause a plurality of axes to be synchronously operated. The motor control system is provided with a unit generating command waveforms from a jerk data which has significant effects on the vibration relative to the advancing direction, and a unit performing a real time real position control of regenerating future command waveforms according to a deviation amount, while always performing jerk-limit, whereby the vibration and the deviation relative to the advancing direction when the motor operates at high speed are restrained.	08-23-2012
20120214258	Die Bonder and Semiconductor Manufacturing Method - The present invention provides a reliable die bonder that can accurately bond a die and a semiconductor manufacturing method. The present invention is provided with a bonding head that adsorbs a die from a wafer and bonds it to a substrate, a positioning mechanism that is provided with a first adjustment mechanism that positions a position of the die at predetermined accuracy, and positions the bonding head, a positioning controller that controls the positioning mechanism and a second adjustment mechanism that is provided to the bonding head, and adjusts a position of the die at higher accuracy than the first adjustment mechanism.	08-23-2012

Mirei Kihara, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120298224	WATER INJECTION CONTROLLER, WATER INJECTION CONTROL METHOD, AND WATER INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROLLING LINES - A cooling water usage predictor predicts, for a respective prescribed prediction cycle T	11-29-2012

Naoko Kihara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150311442	METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method for forming pattern includes forming a guide layer on a substrate, forming a copolymer layer of a high-molecular block copolymer on the guide layer; and forming a phase-separation structure with a phase-separation cycle d by self-assembling the copolymer layer. The high-molecular block copolymer includes a first and a second polymer. The guide layer includes a first and a second region disposed on the substrate. Widths of the first and second region respectively are approximately (d/2)×n and (d/2)×m. Both of the first and second region are to be pinned with none of the first and second polymer. Surface energies of the first and second region are different from one another. Integers n and m are odd numbers. Value d is a phase-separation cycle of the high-molecular block copolymer.	10-29-2015

Naoto Kihara, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130149516	LAMINATE AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION - To provide a laminate excellent in weather resistance, moisture-proof property, adhesion between layers and its long-term stability, and a process for its production. A laminate comprising a substrate sheet containing a fluororesin, an adhesive layer, and a moisture-proof layer containing, as the main component, at least one inorganic compound selected from the group consisting of an inorganic oxide, an inorganic nitride and an inorganic oxynitride, laminated in this order, wherein the adhesive layer contains, as the main component, at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide, tantalum oxide and hafnium oxide.	06-13-2013
20130157062	LAMINATE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE - Provision of a laminate excellent in weather resistance and gas barrier property and also excellent in adhesion between layers and its durability; and a process for producing such a laminate.	06-20-2013
20140050864	METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE - To provide a method for producing a laminate excellent in weather resistance, gas barrier property and long-term stability of adhesion between layers.	02-20-2014

Nobuhiro Kihara, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130288159	POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE HAVING ALKYLETHER GRAFT CHAIN - An electrolyte membrane having alkylether graft chains for use in a fuel cell produced by a method of producing an electrolyte membrane for use in a fuel cell, including: performing radiation-induced graft polymerization of a vinyl monomer having nucleophilic functional groups, the vinyl monomer selected from an acylvinyl ether derivative, a styrene derivative, and a methacrylic acid derivative, with a polymer substrate comprising a polymer selected from a fluorine-containing polymer, an olefinic polymer, and an aromatic polymer; deprotecting the nucleophilic functional group, which is protected by an ester bond, of a graft chain on the polymer substrate introduced by the radiation-induced graft polymerization; and introducing an alkylethersulfonic acid structure into the deprotected nucleophilic functional group of the graft chain, by use of an electrophilic reagent selected from cyclic sulfonic acid ester and alkylhalide-sulfonate.	10-31-2013

Noriaki Kihara, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130283886	PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTION ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - The particulate matter detection element is constituted of a laminated body including first and second electrode layers each having a plate-like shape and a thickness between 50 μm and 500 μm laminated on each other through an intermediate insulating layer having a plate-like shape and a thickness between 3 μm and 20 μm. A cross-sectional surface of the laminated body in the lamination direction is used as a detection surface of the particulate matter detection element.	10-31-2013

Saori Kihara, Onga-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140116934	REGENERATED CELLULOSE POROUS MEMBRANE FOR POROUS DIFFUSION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A pore diffusion type flat membrane separation apparatus X including a plurality of flat membranes	05-01-2014

Saori Kihara, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140096594	METHOD OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION OF FLAT MEMBRANE - A pore diffusion type flat membrane separation apparatus X including a plurality of flat membranes	04-10-2014

Seiichiro Kihara, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130200926	DRIVER CIRCUIT - A gate driver circuit that can supply a negative gate voltage to a high-side circuit without being additionally provided with an insulated power supply is realized. A driver circuit is configured such that a half-bridge circuit in which a first transistor and a second transistor are connected in series includes a capacitor that supplies a negative gate voltage to a high-side first transistor via a first control circuit, and a control circuit power supply that supplies a negative gate voltage to a low-side second transistor via a second control circuit, one end of the capacitor being connected to a negative voltage VEE on a negative terminal side of the control circuit power supply via a switching element, and the other end being connected to a voltage on an output terminal, wherein the switching element is controlled to be on upon a timing when the second transistor is turned on.	08-08-2013
20130215653	DRIVER CIRCUIT AND INVERTER CIRCUIT - The present invention provides a safe circuit that can prevent an arm short, when a half-bridge circuit is configured by using a normally-on switching element, and the half-bridge circuit is used as a driver circuit or an inverter circuit. In a driver circuit configured by a half-bridge circuit in which one of input and output terminals of a first switching element	08-22-2013
20140347116	LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT - A level shift circuit of an embodiment includes first and second MOSFETs using signals with phases same as and opposite to the phase of an input signal as gate inputs; first and second resistance elements, each having one end connected to a shift level power terminal that supplies high-level output voltage of a level-shifted output signal, and each having the other end connected to a corresponding drain of the first and second MOSFETs; a comparator having a pair of differential input terminals, individually connected to respective drains of the first and second MOSFETs; and a current control circuit that controls an amount of first current flowing through the first MOSFET via the first resistance element and an amount of second current flowing through the second MOSFET via the second resistance element in synchronization with a rising and a falling of a signal level of the input signal.	11-27-2014
20140375292	DRIVER CIRCUIT - A driver circuit includes normally-on first and second transistors, a first control circuit for controlling the first transistor in response to a first control signal, a second control circuit for controlling the second transistor in response to a second control signal, a capacitor connected between first and second power supply nodes of the first control circuit, a power supply connected between third and fourth power supply nodes of the second control circuit, a switch element connected between first and fourth power supply nodes, and a third control circuit for turning the switch element on when an output voltage becomes about 0V.	12-25-2014
20150207428	INVERTER DRIVE CIRCUIT - An inverter drive circuit is equipped with a switching element for each of the upper and lower arms connected in series between the positive electrode and the negative electrode of a DC power source, and a driver circuit for controlling the switching on and off of the switching elements, according to a control signal imparted to each of the switching elements, has a load connected to the connection point between the switching elements of the upper and lower arms, converts the DC-power-source power into AC through the switching on and off, and supplies said power to the load. Therein, the driver circuit compares the voltage of each terminal at both ends of the switching elements, and controls on the basis of the comparison result and the control signal.	07-23-2015
20150358003	LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT - Provided is a high-reliability level shift circuit not prone to faulty operation due to noise. A level shift circuit	12-10-2015

Shigeki Kihara, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140293509	Electric Double Layer Capacitor Electrode and Electric Double Layer Capacitor - An electric double layer capacitor electrode includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode side porous body and a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode side porous body. An oxidation-reduction substance causing an oxidation-reduction reaction during charging and discharging is adsorbed onto at least one of the positive electrode side porous body of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode side porous body of the negative electrode active material layer.	10-02-2014

Shigeki Kihara, Tsuchiura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150115896	Power Storage Device and Power Storage Device Control Device - A power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode comprises a plurality of types of negative electrode active materials, wherein each of the plurality of types has different lithium-ion absorption potentials.	04-30-2015

Shinichi Kihara, Hiroshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140038424	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A polyimide film is effectively formed on a complicated surface. The polyimide film is formed by reacting, on the surface, diamine monomer and tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer both of which are dissolved within carbon dioxide in a supercritical states, together with a polyamic acid resulting from a reaction between the diamine monomer and the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride reached to the surface.	02-06-2014

Shinichi Kihara, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140367208	VEHICLE DISC BRAKE - Each pad return spring includes a lug piece attachment portion that is attached to a corresponding lug piece, and a pad return portion. The lug piece attachment portion of each pad return spring includes a first piece that is disposed on a first surface, on a disc rotor side, of the corresponding lug piece, a second piece that is disposed on a second surface, on the opposite side to the disc rotor side, of the corresponding lug piece, and a connection piece that connects the first piece and the second piece. The lug piece attachment portion of each pad return spring has a substantially U shape in section. The lug piece attachment portions are formed with engagement claw portions, and the lug pieces are formed with engagement grooves.	12-18-2014
20150136537	VEHICLE DISC BRAKE - An embodiment discloses a vehicle disc brake including a caliper body, a banjo and a banjo bolt. An acting portion of the caliper body has a cylinder bore accommodating a piston. The caliper body is formed through a gravity casting method. A gate mark is formed on the bottom wall of the cylinder bore as a result of cutting the gate after the caliper body has been cast, and the gate mark includes a worked surface and a projecting surface. A union hole communicating with a hydraulic pressure chamber and a locking hole receiving the locking projection of a banjo are opened in the worked surface. And, an uneven portion is provided between the worked surface and the projecting surface.	05-21-2015

Takao Kihara, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130285198	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a spiral-shaped inductor formed to include a metal wire; and a horseshoe-shaped inductor formed to include the metal wire. The horseshoe-shaped inductor is arranged such that an opening of the horseshoe-shaped inductor is disposed opposite to the spiral-shaped inductor. Accordingly, unnecessary wave (spurious) output from a transmitting unit can be reduced as small as possible.	10-31-2013
20140184356	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF FILTER CIRCUIT - A semiconductor device includes a filter circuit operable to pass a desired signal component of a high-frequency signal inputted and operable to attenuate a harmonic component of an integral multiple of the desired signal, wherein the filter circuit includes a first inductor and a second inductor coupled in series to a signal line transmitting the high-frequency signal, a first variable capacitor coupled between a power supply line and a node of the first inductor and the second inductor, and a second variable capacitor coupled between the signal line and the power supply line.	07-03-2014
20150103949	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING HORSESHOE AND SPIRAL SHAPE INDUCTORS. - A semiconductor device includes a low noise amplifier configured to amplify a radio signal from an antenna and output an reception signal, a down converter configured to down-convert the reception signal, a first divider coupled with the down converter, a first local oscillator coupled with the first divider, a modulator configured to modulate a transmission signal, a second divider coupled with the modulator, and a second local oscillator coupled with the second divider. The modulator includes a first inductor of a spiral shape, the local oscillator includes a second inductor of a horse-shape having an opening, and the opening of the second inductor is disposed opposite to the first inductor.	04-16-2015
20150263779	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is configured to perform a transmission process and a reception process using a radio wave, includes a transmission unit configured to perform the transmission process, and includes a modulator having a first inductor of a spiral shape, and a reception unit configured to perform the reception process, which includes a local oscillator having a second inductor. The second inductor includes a first portion extending in a first direction, a second portion extending in a second direction and a third portion extending in a third direction. The second direction and the third direction intersect with the first direction. The first portion, second portion and third portion include a same conductor layer. The second portion has an end which is not connected with the first portion. The third portion has another end which is not connected with the first portion, and the end of the second portion and said another end of the third portion are located apart in a plan view.	09-17-2015

Takashi Kihara, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120274417	MULTIPLEXER - A multiplexer that includes three or more band-pass filters having different pass bands and has a reduced size, includes a duplexer and a third band-pass filter connected to an antenna terminal, the duplexer and the third band-pass filter are connected in parallel, the duplexer includes a first band-pass filter having a first pass band and a second band-pass filter having a second pass band different from the first pass band, and the third band-pass filter has a third pass band different from the first and second pass bands.	11-01-2012
20160118956	SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR AND SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE FILTER DEVICE - In a surface acoustic wave resonator, a first IDT electrode defining a first IDT and a second IDT electrode defining a second IDT are located on a first principal surface of a piezoelectric substrate. A direction of an electric field applied to the first IDT electrode and a direction of an electric field applied to the second IDT electrode are opposite to each other with respect to a direction of a projected axis resulting from projecting a c-axis of the piezoelectric substrate to the first principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate.	04-28-2016

Takayoshi Kihara, Mishima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120328309	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes image forming portions provided along a movement direction of a recording material conveying member or an intermediary transfer member and including a first portion and a second portion provided downstream of the first portion with respect to the movement direction; a detecting portion for detecting information on a developer deterioration state at the first portion; a storing portion for storing a relationship between a detection result of the detecting portion and an amount of the developer to be back-transferred at the second portion; and an outputting device for outputting a signal relating to an amount of the developer accommodated in the accommodating portion at the second portion on the basis of the detection result of the detecting portion, the relationship stored in the storing portion, and information on the developer used for image formation at each of the first and second portions.	12-27-2012
20130279927	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus is capable of executing a color mode for forming images of a plurality of colors using the plurality of developer bearing members, and a mono-mode for forming images of mono color using one developer bearing member of the plurality of developer bearing members. The control unit, when the color mode is executed, determines the charging bias and, the first laser power and the second laser power for respective image bearing members, based on information about the plurality of image bearing members. The control unit, when the mono-mode is executed, determines the charging bias and, the first laser power and the second laser power to image bearing member for mono-mode, based on information about image bearing member for mono-mode.	10-24-2013
20130279934	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: image forming stations each including: a photosensitive drum; a charger configured to charge the drum; a transfer device configured to transfer a developer image on the drum onto an intermediate transfer member; and a cleaner configured to remove developer from the drum; an exposure device configured to expose the drum to form a latent image; the intermediate transfer member; a memory storing information on the drum; and a controller configured to control at least one of the charger, transfer device, and exposure device in the station based on the information in the memory to provide a predetermined potential difference between the drum and the transfer device to form an electric field therebetween in a reverse direction to that in an image formation in order to move the developer from the intermediate transfer member to the drum to collect the developer by the cleaner.	10-24-2013
20130308964	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable photosensitive member; an exposure unit for exposing a surface of the photosensitive member to light; and a detecting portion for detecting a lifetime of the photosensitive member on the basis of first information on a thickness of a charge transporting layer of the photosensitive member and second information on an amount of the light received by the charge transporting layer of the photosensitive member.	11-21-2013
20130308969	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes photosensitive drums, charging devices, an exposure unit configured to expose surfaces of photosensitive drums to generate a non-image portion potential and expose the surfaces to generate an image portion potential, developing members configured to make a developer adhere to an area where the image portion potential is generated to form a developer image on the photosensitive drums, a control unit configured to control an intensity of the charging voltage, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire thicknesses of photosensitive layers of the respective plurality of photosensitive drums, wherein the control unit is configured to set the intensity of a charging voltage applied to the common charging devices according to a maximum thickness among the thicknesses acquired by the acquisition unit, and individually control the output of the first laser power for the photosensitive drum according to surface potentials of the charged photosensitive drums.	11-21-2013
20140003829	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	01-02-2014
20150086226	DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container includes a stirring member that stirs a developer and a conductive resin sheet that comes into contact with the stirring member when the stirring member rotates. The developer container detects developer quantity using capacitance.	03-26-2015
20150086227	DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates a developer container for accommodating a developer. The developer container includes a conductive path.	03-26-2015

Takayuki Kihara, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120056307	EPITAXIAL SILICON WAFER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an epitaxial silicon wafer in which the warping is reduced by rendering a cross-sectional form of a silicon wafer for epitaxial growth into an adequate form as compared with the conventional one. An epitaxial silicon wafer comprising a silicon wafer for epitaxial growth and an epitaxial layer is characterized in that the epitaxial layer is formed on a silicon wafer for epitaxial growth having a cross-sectional form satisfying a relation of a given expression.	03-08-2012

Takayuki Kihara, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130191756	Analyzing Device Control System - Provided is an analyzing device control system including an analyzing system and a control computer for controlling the analyzing device, the system having an improved visibility and operability of a user interface for remotely operating or monitoring the control computer from an external terminal through a data communication network. The control computer PC	07-25-2013
20140303904	DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHROMATOGRAPH - Based on three-dimensional data of time, wavelength and intensity acquired with a three-dimensional chromatograph, whether or not the peak-top intensity of the peak of a target component exceeds a predetermined upper limit is determined. If the intensity exceeds the limit, two wavelengths λ1 and λ2 are set in a spectrum passing through the peak top, where λ1 is the peak-top wavelength while λ2 is a wavelength which belongs to the peak and at which the intensity is within a predetermined range. For each point in time belonging to the target peak, the ratio between the intensity at λ1 and the intensity at λ2 in the spectrum at that point in time is calculated, and one of the calculated intensity ratios is selected as a correction value. Based on this correction value and a quantitative value calculated from a chromatogram at λ2, the quantitative value of the target component is determined.	10-09-2014
20150046857	DISPLAYING AND EXECUTING OPERATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Provided is a program for giving an additional GUI to various software products. The program makes a computer function as: a reference image detector for detecting, within a base GUI displayed on a monitor, a detection image which is an image that matches the reference image, and for determining the display position of this image; a target software identifier for identifying, based on the detection image and/or information on the display position of the detection image, a target software program showing the detection image; an additional GUI displayer for superposing the image of the additional GUI component at the display position designated for the additional GUI component; and a command executer for performing, on the target software program, the operation performed by the additional GUI component, with reference to the additional GUI information storage section, in response to an input operation performed on the additional GUI component by the user.	02-12-2015

Tomoyuki Kihara, Aki-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150089942	EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION CONTROL DEVICE OF ENGINE - An exhaust gas recirculation control device of an engine includes an exhaust turbocharger having a turbine disposed in an exhaust passage and a compressor disposed in an intake passage, low-pressure and high-pressure EGR passages connecting the exhaust passage downstream of the turbine to the intake passage upstream of the compressor and connecting the exhaust passage upstream of the turbine with the intake passage downstream of the compressor, respectively, low-pressure and high-pressure EGR valves disposed in the low-pressure and high-pressure EGR passages and for changing cross-sectional areas thereof, respectively, a valve control device for controlling openings of the low-pressure and high-pressure EGR valves, a total intake gas amount detector for detecting a total intake gas amount, a fresh air amount detector for detecting a fresh air amount, and a pressure difference detector for detecting a pressure difference between the exhaust and intake passage sides of the high-pressure EGR valve.	04-02-2015

Yasuki Kihara, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120115951	PROTECTIVE ACTION OF SEROFENDIC ACID ON CARDIAC MUSCLE - A cardiac myocyte protective agent, comprising a compound represented by the formula (Ia) below, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof:	05-10-2012

Yasuyuki Kihara, Sakai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140048309	THREE-DIMENSIONALLY SHAPED ELECTRICALLY INSULATING PRODUCT AND ELECTRICALLY INSULATING SHEET MATERIAL - The present invention aims to provide a three-dimensionally shaped electrically insulating product having excellent formability in the process of three-dimensional formation and electrical insulation properties that are suppressed from deteriorating. Provided is a three-dimensionally shaped electrically insulating product formed by subjecting a sheet material having electrical insulation properties at least to a bending process, in which the sheet material includes a resin layer in the form of a sheet containing a thermoplastic resin having nitrogen or sulfur in a molecule and a protective layer in the form of a sheet disposed on each of both sides of the resin layer.	02-20-2014

Yoshihide Kihara, Sendai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120186747	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus is provided with a processing chamber which is arranged inside a vacuum container and plasma is formed inside, a circular shape plate member made of a dielectric material arranged above the processing chamber through which an electric field is transmitted, and a cavity part having a cylindrical shape arranged above the plate member and the electric field is introduced inside, in which the cavity part is provided with a first cylindrical cavity part having a cylindrical shape cavity with a large diameter and having the plate member as the bottom face, a second cylindrical cavity part arranged above to be connected to the first cylindrical cavity part and having a cylindrical shape cavity with a small diameter, and a step portion for connecting these between the first and the second cylindrical cavity parts.	07-26-2012

Yoshihide Kihara, Kurokawa-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150243524	METHOD OF PROCESSING TARGET OBJECT AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of processing a target object includes (a) exposing a resist mask to active species of hydrogen generated by exciting plasma of a hydrogen-containing gas within a processing vessel while the target object is mounted on a mounting table provided in the processing vessel; and (b) etching a hard mask layer by exciting plasma of an etchant gas within the processing vessel after the exposing of the resist mask to the active species of hydrogen. The plasma is excited by applying of a high frequency power for plasma excitation to an upper electrode. In the method, a distance between the upper electrode and the mounting table in the etching of the hard mask layer ((b) process) is set to be larger than a distance between the upper electrode and the mounting table in the exposing of the resist mask to the active species of hydrogen ((a) process).	08-27-2015
20160099148	METHOD OF PROCESSING TARGET OBJECT - A controllability of a size of a mask can be improved in a multi-patterning method. A process of forming a silicon oxide film on a first mask and an antireflection film is performed. In this process, plasma of a first gas including a silicon halide gas and plasma of a second gas including an oxygen gas are alternately generated. Then, a region of the silicon oxide film is removed such that only a region along a side wall of the first mask is left, and then, the first mask is removed and the antireflection film and an organic film is etched.	04-07-2016

Yoshihide Kihara, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140134848	PLASMA ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA ETCHING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a plasma etching method which suppresses the narrowing of the line-width of the line formed by etching and maintain the height of a remaining photoresist. The plasma etching method includes a modification process and an etching process. The modification process modifies a photoresist having a predetermined pattern by plasma of HBr/Ar gas while applying a negative DC voltage to an upper electrode containing silicon disposed to face a target object in which an organic film and the photoresist are sequentially laminated. The etching process etches the organic film by plasma of a processing gas which contains a CF-based gas and a CHF-based gas.	05-15-2014
20150262794	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - The present disclosure provides a method of performing a plasma processing on a substrate by using a plasma processing apparatus including a processing container; an outer upper electrode provided to face a lower electrode; an inner upper electrode disposed inside the outer upper electrode; a first high-frequency power supply; a first power feeding unit; a second power feeding unit; and a variable condenser. The first and second power feeding units, a fixed condenser formed between the outer upper electrode and the inner upper electrode, and a closed circuit including the variable condenser become a resonance state when the variable condenser has a capacitance value in a predetermined resonance region. The method includes selectively using a capacitance value in a first region lower than the resonance region of the variable condenser and a capacitance value in a second region higher than the resonance region to perform the plasma processing.	09-17-2015
20160032445	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode, a chamber, a first high-frequency power supply, a direct-current power supply, and a gas supply source. The plasma processing apparatus generates first plasma to form a film of a reaction product on the second electrode by causing the first high-frequency power supply to supply first high-frequency power to the second electrode and causing the gas supply source to supply a first gas into the chamber; and generates second plasma to sputter the film of the reaction product by causing the first high-frequency power supply to supply the first high-frequency power to the second electrode, causing the direct-current power supply to supply direct-current power to the second electrode, and causing the gas supply source to supply a second gas into the chamber.	02-04-2016
20160099131	WORKPIECE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed is a method of processing a workpiece including a mask. The processing method includes: a first process of generating plasma of a first gas containing a silicon halide gas in a processing container of a plasma processing apparatus that accommodates a workpiece having a mask, to form a reactive precursor; a second process of purging a space in the processing container; a third process of generating plasma of a second gas containing oxygen gas in the processing container to form a silicon oxide film; and a fourth process of purging the space in the processing container. In the processing method, a sequence including the first to fourth processes is repeated.	04-07-2016

Yoshitaka Kihara, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120252372	MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TEST SYSTEM, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM - To enable addition or changes of functions with changes of communication standards in a mobile communication terminal test system. A mobile communication terminal test system includes a transceiver which has a control unit configured to append input information to acquired waveform data, a signal analysis unit which executes an analysis program, and a signal analyzer which is provided separately from the transceiver. The analysis program has a processing program which is provided for each type of arithmetic processing on the waveform data, a control program which is provided for each communication system, selects one or more processing programs for each test item, and executes the processing programs, and a switching program which specifies a communication system and a test item on the basis of the input information, and selects and executes a control program.	10-04-2012
20130084853	SYSTEM FOR TESTING MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD THEREFOR - In a system for testing a mobile communication device under test, a calculation part calculates, before a control part starts processing according to a designated measurement sequence, a total value of a data amount to be acquired as an analysis target by a transmission/reception unit in the designated measurement sequence. A determination part determines whether the calculated total value of the data amount exceeds a permissible value which has been set in advance according to a predetermined capacity of a reception data memory. If the determination part determines that the calculated total value exceeds the permissible value, the control part displays the determination result on the display unit.	04-04-2013

Yoshiyuki Kihara, Tokai-Mura JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130055909	POWDER GRANULATION METHOD AND GRANULATION DEVICE - A powder granulation method affords greater operation efficiency and working efficiency and enhanced product recovery rate by preventing powder from being adhered to a container inner wall while suppressing variability in particle size of product to the utmost. A plurality of scrapers are disposed so as to abut or come close to the inner face of a bottomed cylindrical container that accommodates powder so that the powder in the container is granulated by causing an inner bottom surface of the container to rotate on a horizontal plane.	03-07-2013

Yukihiro Kihara, Okazaki-Shi, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160060798	A PRIMARY CLOTH FOR A TUFTED CARPET - The primary cloth is stabilized after a tufting step. The primary cloth is a nonwoven fabric of continuous filaments which are more than 10 dtex in fineness. The continuous filament is consisting of polyester which has a nearly ‘V’ part made of a low melting point polyester and a nearly ‘+’ part made of a high melting point polyester. The continuous filaments are one other bonded by melting or softening of the low melting point polyester to form the nonwoven fabric.	03-03-2016

Yuta Kihara, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140290978	INSULATION STRUCTURE OF LEAD WIRE, TRANSFORMER HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR INSULATING LEAD WIRE - A lead wire for a stationary induction apparatus includes a conductor, a covering insulating layer provided on an outer periphery of the conductor, and an insulating sheet provided on the covering insulating layer. The insulating sheet includes base paper having a prescribed width, and insulating spacers disposed to protrude from the base paper at prescribed spacings in a longitudinal direction of the base paper. The insulating sheet is spirally wound continuously from a straight portion to a curved portion such that the insulating spacers come into contact with the covering insulating layer.	10-02-2014