Nagatomo, JP

Aki Nagatomo, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140062685	PEDESTRIAN NOTIFICATION APPARATUS - A pedestrian notification apparatus, which is configured to be used in a vehicle, includes an ambient object detector, a notification target detector and a notifier. The ambient object detector is configured to detect ambient objects present around the vehicle. The notification target detector is configured to detect a notification target pedestrian based on the detection results of the ambient object detector. The notifier is configured to notify the notification target pedestrian that the notification target pedestrian has been detected by the notification target detector.	03-06-2014

Akifumi Nagatomo, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140349953	MAILLARD REACTION INHIBITOR - A Maillard reaction inhibitor which effectively inhibits the progress of a Maillard reaction in a living body, can be safely applied without adverse side effects, can be manufactured without any complicated process, a skin anti-aging agent, an anti-diabetic complication agent and foods and beverages using the same. The Maillard reaction inhibitor contains 50 to 90% by mass of polyphenol as an active ingredient. The Maillard reaction inhibitor has a potent Maillard reaction inhibitory activity in a living body and allows for the prevention and improvement of the various dysfunction of protein in a living body. Due to this activity, the Maillard reaction inhibitor suppresses aging and can prevent and/or treat diabetic complications. Furthermore, when the above-described tannin is mixed in foods and beverages containing collagen, it is possible to suppress the Maillard reaction in the foods and beverages to suppress the deterioration of the foods and beverages.	11-27-2014
20160058782	MAILLARD REACTION INHIBITOR - A Maillard reaction inhibitor which effectively inhibits the progress of a Maillard reaction in a living body, can be safely applied without adverse side effects, can be manufactured without any complicated process, a skin anti-aging agent, an anti-diabetic complication agent and foods and beverages using the same. The Maillard reaction inhibitor contains 50 to 90% by mass of polyphenol as an active ingredient. The Maillard reaction inhibitor has a potent Maillard reaction inhibitory activity in a living body and allows for the prevention and improvement of the various dysfunction of protein in a living body. Due to this activity, the Maillard reaction inhibitor suppresses aging and can prevent and/or treat diabetic complications. Furthermore, when the above-described tannin is mixed in foods and beverages containing collagen, it is possible to suppress the Maillard reaction in the foods and beverages to suppress the deterioration of the foods and beverages.	03-03-2016

Akinori Nagatomo, Omuta-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110146886	RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING THE SAME - This invention provides a rubber composition comprising 1-10 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a composition containing the compound as a main component based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component as well as a pneumatic tire in which at least one of a carcass (	06-23-2011

Akinori Nagatomo, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100024683	PHOSPHATE COMPOUND, METAL SALT THEREOF, DENTAL MATERIAL AND DENTAL COMPOSITION - The invention provides a phosphate compound having an unsaturated double bond and a metal salt thereof; a dental material containing a phosphate compound having an unsaturated double bond and/or a metal salt thereof; and a dental composition containing a phosphate compound having an unsaturated double bond and/or a metal salt thereof. The phosphate compound of the invention provides a dental material and a dental composition such as a bonding material, adhesive material and a dental luting agent that are highly stable during storage, convenient for handling, and that exhibit higher adhesiveness and bond durability.	02-04-2010
20100099911	METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBOXYLIC ACID CHLORIDE - This invention relates to a method for producing a carboxylic acid chloride, which efficiently decomposes a Vilsmeier reagent type compound in a carboxylic acid chloride lacking a thermal stability or a carboxylic acid chloride hardly distilled in practice due to a high boiling point with a simple operation and has no adverse effect on a subsequent step, and more particularly to a method for producing a carboxylic acid chloride, characterized by comprising reacting a carboxylic acid with a chlorinating agent in the presence of a catalyst, removing the excessive chlorinating agent from a reaction system after the reaction, and then further adding 1.0 to 3.0 equivalents of the starting carboxylic acid based on the catalyst to the reaction system to decompose a Vilsmeier reagent type compound remaining in the reaction system.	04-22-2010
20110004013	METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIHYDROXYBENZENE DERIVATIVE - A method of producing a compound represented by the following general formula (3):	01-06-2011

Aya Nagatomo, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130108867	METHYLENEBIS (FATTY ACID AMIDE) COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF	05-02-2013
20130125322	PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE CLEANER FOR PLATE SURFACES - Provided is a cleaner that can easily and efficiently remove organic dirt accumulated on a flat plate surface such as a display-input member (touch panel member) in a portable device. The cleaner (	05-23-2013
20150320293	STICKY CLEANER FOR REMOVING ORGANIC DIRT - Provided is a sticky cleaner that can easily remove organic dirt adsorbed on a surface of an article with greater dirt-removing workability. The sticky cleaner provided by the present invention is used for removing organic dirt adsorbed on a flat surface of an article. The sticky cleaner comprises a dirt-collecting member that collects the organic dirt as it makes contact with the flat surface. In the dirt-collecting member, the part to make contact with the surface is formed with a PSA. The surface-contacting part of the dirt-collecting member exhibits an adhesive strength of less than 1 N/25 mm as a measured value based on the 180° peel test specified in JIS Z0237.	11-12-2015
20150361233	SEBUM ABSORPTION/DIFFUSION FILM - This invention provides a film having a novel function such that the film itself eliminates sebum dirt adsorbed on the film surface. The sebum absorption/diffusion film provided by the present invention is used for covering a surface of an article to prevent adsorption of sebum to the surface. It is characterized by absorbing sebum adsorbed on the film surface into the film and allowing it to diffuse inside the film.	12-17-2015

Hidefumi Nagatomo, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140332353	CONVEYOR CHAIN - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a conveyor chain conveying a conveyance object such as a bucket while the conveyance object is mounted thereon, wherein the conveyance object can be conveyed to a predetermined position while both the conveyance object and the receiving member are not damaged by “biting” or “hooking” at upstream or downstream end in a conveying direction. An upstream tapered surface and a downstream tapered surface, which reduce the thickness of the receiving member gradually along the extended direction, are formed respectively at sides in the extended direction of a mounting surface of the receiving member. A locus of the mounting surface in a case in which the conveyor chain is meshed with and wound onto a sprocket is within a circle which is coaxial to the sprocket and whose tangent is a straight locus of the mounting surface in a case of conveying a bucket (conveyance object).	11-13-2014

Hideharu Nagatomo, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100125388	INFORMATION WRITING TOOL AND SYSTEM - An ECU having a vehicle connector is coupled with an information writing tool that stores vehicle information specifically associated with corresponding vehicle specification, when the ECU is repaired or replaced. By connecting, to the vehicle connector of the ECU in a one-to-one correspondence manner, a tool connector of the information writing tool having specific vehicle information, which varies depending on vehicle types and shipping destinations, the specific vehicle information can be securely transferred and written to a vehicle memory in the ECU from a tool memory in the information writing tool without elaborate inventory control, even when the combination variations yielded from various vehicle types and shipping destinations are enormous.	05-20-2010
20100236825	Assemble structure of connection device and electric device, connection device and electric device used for the same - An assemble structure includes: a connection device including a support element on one side of an attachment surface, a first connector on the attachment surface, and a key groove on a support surface of the support element; and the electric device including a casing to be attached to the attachment surface, a second connector on one surface of the casing electrically coupled with the first connector, and a key protruding from the one side of the casing. The electric device is rotatable via a hinge provided by the support element and the casing when one side of the casing faces a support surface of the support element. The key groove on the support surface corresponds to the key on the one side of the casing.	09-23-2010

Hideki Nagatomo, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140003444	RELAY APPARATUS, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING RELAY APPARATUS	01-02-2014

Hideyuki Nagatomo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100138144	NAVIGATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - Provided is a navigation device which can automatically display on a map screen, an icon of a facility, information of which is not held in the navigation device. According to the navigation device (	06-03-2010

Hideyuki Nagatomo, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100281048	ROADSIDE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A roadside device (	11-04-2010
20130132513	ROADSIDE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A roadside device (	05-23-2013

Hiroaki Nagatomo, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110198419	FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve includes a needle valve having an engagement part, and a movable core having an engagement part to be engaged with the engagement part of the needle valve. One of the engagement part of the needle valve and the engagement part of the movable core is defined by two inner faces of a recess opposing to each other in an axis direction, and the other engagement part is defined by two outer faces of a projection opposing to the inner faces, respectively. The projection is movable between the inner faces in the axis direction in a state that the projection is located in the recess.	08-18-2011
20140175194	FUEL INJECTION VALVE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A stationary core includes a holding hole that receives and holds a portion of the magnetic spring, which is located on a valve opening side. A solenoid device includes a magnetic yoke that extends in an axial direction and has an axial extent, which overlaps with an entire axial extent of the holding hole. The magnetic yoke has a predetermined portion, which reduces an amount of the magnetic flux that passes through the magnetic yoke in a radial direction in comparison to the rest of the magnetic yoke.	06-26-2014
20150060576	FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector includes a body, a main valve body, a sub valve body, an electric actuator, and a valve-opening force transmission mechanism. The body houses a main passage through which fuel flows to an injection, and a sub passage branched from the main passage and through which the fuel flows to the injection port. The main valve body opens or closes the main passage, and the sub valve body opens or closes the sub passage. The electric actuator applies a valve-opening force to the sub valve body. The valve-opening force transmission mechanism transmits the valve-opening force of the sub valve body to the main valve body to open the main valve body in a condition that a valve-opening stroke of the sub valve body is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount.	03-05-2015
20160061139	FUEL INJECTION CONTROL DEVICE AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM - A fuel injection control device is adapted for a fuel injection system including an injector and a high-pressure pump that raises pressure of fuel and supplies the fuel to the injector. The fuel injection control device includes a selecting unit for selecting by which one of full lift injection and partial injection to inject fuel, and a pump control unit for controlling operation of the high-pressure pump such that a pressure of fuel supplied to the injector coincides with a target pressure. The selecting unit selects the partial injection when a required injection quantity of fuel is equal to or smaller than a partial maximum injection quantity. A fuel injection system includes the fuel injection control device, the injector, and the high-pressure pump.	03-03-2016

Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160121761	SEAT FOR VEHICLES - A seat for vehicles includes: a seat back frame; and a shoulder and back supporting member that is mounted on the seat back frame to support a back of an occupant. The seat back frame includes a lower seat back frame and an upper seat back frame mounted on an upper portion of the lower seat back frame in a forwardly and rearwardly swingable manner, and the shoulder and back supporting member is disposed from an area corresponding to the shoulder of an occupant to an area corresponding to the waist of the occupant and is supported by the	05-05-2016

Hiroyuki Nagatomo, Mishima-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150033541	PRODUCTION METHOD OF SCINTILLATOR DUAL ARRAY - A method for producing a scintillator dual array comprising the steps of bonding first and second scintillator bar arrays having different sensitivity distributions of X-ray energy detection and pluralities of parallel grooves with equal gaps, via an intermediate resin layer, such that both scintillator bars are aligned in a lamination direction, cutting the integrally bonded bar array in a direction crossing the scintillator bars, and coating one cut surface of each bonded bar array piece with a resin.	02-05-2015

Junichi Nagatomo, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120211579	SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - A clutch includes a clutch housing that rotates with a spindle and has inner teeth; a pair of pawls that can engage with the inner teeth; a gear wheel that is joined to a motor and has a pair of sliding grooves that hold the pawls such that the pawls can move in the sliding grooves between a first position when the motor is not operating, a second position at which the pawls engage with the inner teeth of the clutch housing through operation of the motor, and a third position at which the pawls become positioned on the opposite side to that of the second position across the first position upon operation of the pretensioner; and a return prevention mechanism that prevents the pawls from returning to the first position and the second position after having moved to the third position.	08-23-2012

Junichi Nagatomo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120111986	SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SPINDLE OF SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - A seatbelt retractor and method of incorporating a spindle into a retractor frame, even when an additional component having a larger diameter than a spindle, such as a load limiter mechanism, is attached to the spindle. The seatbelt retractor includes a spindle having a recessed portion in a cylindrical surface for retracting a webbing, and a retractor frame including two flat plate-shaped side walls that are provided in parallel via an interval A in order to support the spindle, each of the two side walls being provided with a circular through hole having a diameter C. An element on a first end of the spindle is contained within a range of a distance D from a deepest portion of the recessed portion, and an element on a second end of the spindle is contained within a range of a distance B from the deepest portion of the recessed portion. The distance D is smaller than the height C, and the distance B is smaller than the interval A.	05-10-2012

Katsuo Nagatomo, Hino JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150215890	WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING LOCATION INFORMATION - A wireless terminal device includes a storage unit and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire identification information of a base station and acquire first and second location information indicating first and second locations of the wireless terminal device, respectively. The processor is configured to store the first and second location information acquired in a communication area of the captured base station during a preset period of time in the storage unit in association with the identification information of the captured base station. The processor is configured to acquire first identification information of a currently captured base station when a location request is detected. The processor is configured to output the first location information or the second location information stored in the storage unit in association with the first identification information.	07-30-2015

Kazuya Nagatomo, Izumi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150098171	HERMETIC SEALING CAP, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT HOUSING PACKAGE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HERMETIC SEALING CAP - A hermetic sealing cap includes a base material, a first plated layer formed on the base material, and a second plated layer formed on the first plated layer. A surface of the base material is sectioned into a first region, a second region not adjacent to the first region inside the first region, a third region adjacent to the first region inside the first region, and a fourth region adjacent to the first region outside the first region. In the third region and the fourth region, the first plated layer is exposed to be oxidized.	04-09-2015

Kei Nagatomo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080258830	IC FOR CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR - A temperature-compensated crystal oscillator includes a mode selector circuit	10-23-2008

Kei Nagatomo, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110227655	CRYSTAL-OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT - In a crystal-oscillator circuit having a quartz crystal unit, further stabilization of output frequency change at a time of startup of the power supply is achieved. A crystal-oscillator circuit having a quartz crystal unit includes a first variable-capacitance element, which forms an oscillation loop with the quartz crystal unit, and a temperature compensation circuit which provides a first control signal for the first variable-capacitance element to compensate for a temperature characteristic of the quartz crystal unit. In addition, the crystal-oscillator circuit includes a second variable-capacitance element group, and a time constant circuit which provides a time constant signal, which changes with a predetermined time constant, for the second variable-capacitance element group as a second control signal.	09-22-2011

Kenji Nagatomo, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140069204	FLOW METER DEVICE - A gas meter of the present invention includes a flow measuring section for measuring a flow value of a gas flowing through a fluid passage connected to a gas instrument at each specified time interval; a measurement flow memory for storing the measured flow value; and a fuel cell determiner section for determining that the instrument using a gas is a fuel cell, when a condition A and a condition B are satisfied, in which the condition A is such that a maximum value of determination target flow values is equal to or less than a second predetermined value, the determination target flow values being a predetermined number of flow values measured before and after a reference flow value which is equal to or greater than a first predetermined value and is closest to the first predetermined value, the determination target flow values being included in stored flow values, and the condition B is such that a difference value derived by subtracting from each of all of the determination target flow values, an average value found from the each determination target flow value and a predetermined number of measurement flow values measured before the each determination target flow value, is equal to or less than a third predetermined value.	03-13-2014

Koji Nagatomo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090101982	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a first field-effect transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate, and including a fin constituted by a semiconductor layer having source and drain regions via a channel region in an extending direction, and a gate electrode formed on the channel region via an insulating film; a stress application layer formed on a top surface of the gate electrode, and formed by a conductive material of which a difference between linear expansion coefficients at a temperature of forming a stress application layer and a room temperature is different from a difference between linear expansion coefficients of the fin at the temperature of forming the stress application layer and the room temperature, and a plug layer formed on the stress application layer and above the fin, and made of a conductive material having larger Young's modulus than that of the fin.	04-23-2009

Masahiko Nagatomo, Miyazaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110205778	CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING READ CURRENT FROM A MEMORY CELL - A current detection circuit that can normally perform a current detection operation to detect a current in a memory cell of a memory device even if an applied power supply voltage is a low voltage, includes a current detection means which comprises first and second MOS transistors of a same channel type and third to sixth MOS transistors of a channel type different from the channel type of the first and second MOS transistors, and a MOS gate control means which supplies, to a control electrode of each of the first and second MOS transistors, a voltage which is obtained by subtracting an absolute value of a threshold voltage of each of the first and second MOS transistors from the power supply voltage when the power supply voltage is equal to or lower than the absolute value of the threshold voltage.	08-25-2011

Noriaki Nagatomo, Naka-Shi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150308874	AIRFLOW SENSOR - Provided is a gas flow sensor that includes a heat-sensitive element for measurement disposed inside a duct through which a gas to be measured flows and a support mechanism for supporting the heat-sensitive element for measurement inside the duct. The heat-sensitive element for measurement includes an insulating film; a thin film thermistor portion formed on the surface of the insulating film with a thermistor material; a pair of comb electrodes which have a plurality of comb portions and are pattern-formed on the thin film thermistor portion using a metal so as to face each other; and a pair of pattern electrodes which are pattern-formed on the surface of the insulating film and are connected to the pair of comb electrodes. The support mechanism is disposed such that the planar direction of the insulating film is parallel to the direction of gas flow in the duct.	10-29-2015
20150315695	METAL-NITRIDE THERMISTOR MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND FILM-TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has a high reliability and a high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor. The metal nitride material for a thermistor consists of a metal nitride represented by the general formula: (Ti	11-05-2015
20150325345	METAL-NITRIDE THERMISTOR MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND FILM-TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has a high reliability and a high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor. The metal nitride material for a thermistor consists of a metal nitride represented by the general formula: Cr	11-12-2015
20150332817	METAL-NITRIDE THERMISTOR MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND FILM-TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has a high reliability and a high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor. The metal nitride material for a thermistor consists of a metal nitride represented by the general formula: Cr	11-19-2015
20150337433	METAL-NITRIDE THERMISTOR MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND FILM-TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has a high reliability and a high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor. The metal nitride material for a thermistor consists of a metal nitride represented by the general formula: (Ti	11-26-2015
20150362381	TEMPERATURE SENSOR - Provided is a temperature sensor that includes a pair of lead frames, a sensor portion connected to the pair of lead frames, and an insulating holding portion which is fixed to the pair of lead frames and holds the lead frames. The sensor portion includes an insulating film having a strip shape, a thin film thermistor portion pattern-formed at the center portion of the surface of the insulating film, a pair of comb electrodes which have a plurality of comb portions and are pattern-formed on at least one of the top or the bottom of the thin film thermistor portion with facing each other and a pair of pattern electrodes, of which one end is connected to the pair of comb electrodes and the other end is connected to the pair of lead frames at both ends of the insulating film, pattern-formed on the surface of the insulating film, wherein the thin film thermistor portion is disposed on the distal end of the insulating film in a state of being bent into a substantially U-shape, and both ends of the insulating film are fixed to the pair of lead frames.	12-17-2015

Noriaki Nagatomo, Naka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150023394	METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which exhibits high reliability and high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the metal nitride material for a thermistor, and a film type thermistor sensor. The metal nitride material for a thermistor consists of a metal nitride represented by the general formula: Ti	01-22-2015
20150036723	METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which exhibits high reliability and high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the metal nitride material for a thermistor, and a film type thermistor sensor. The metal nitride material for a thermistor consists of a metal nitride represented by the general formula: Ti	02-05-2015
20150042445	METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has a high reliability and high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor.	02-12-2015
20150049788	METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has a high reliability and high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor.	02-19-2015
20150055682	FILM-TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided is a film-type thermistor sensor which can be surface-mounted and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without baking. The film-type thermistor sensor includes an insulating film; a thin-film thermistor part formed on the front side of the insulating film; the pair of front side pattern electrodes in which a pair of counter electrode parts facing each other is disposed above or below the thin-film thermistor part and is formed on the front side of the insulating film; and a pair of back side pattern electrodes formed on the back side of the insulating film in such a manner as to face a part of the pair of front side pattern electrodes, wherein the front side pattern electrodes and the back side pattern electrodes are electrically connected via via-holes formed so as to penetrate the insulating film.	02-26-2015
20150061820	METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has high reliability and high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor.	03-05-2015
20150061821	METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has high reliability and high heat resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor.	03-05-2015
20150071326	TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided are a temperature sensor that is hard to increase resistance in the electrode structure with respect to a Ti—Al—N thermistor material layer even under a high-temperature environment, and has a high reliability with a high heat resistance as well as a method for producing the same. The temperature sensor includes an insulation substrate; a thin film thermistor portion formed on the insulation substrate; and a pair of pattern electrodes formed on the insulation substrate with a pair of opposed electrode portions being arranged so as to be opposed to each other on the thin film thermistor portion, wherein the thin film thermistor portion is made of a Ti—Al—N thermistor material, and the pair of pattern electrodes has a Ti—N bonding layer formed on the thin film thermistor portion and an electrode layer made of a noble metal formed on the bonding layer.	03-12-2015
20150085898	TEMPERATURE SENSOR - Provided is a temperature sensor which does not easily cause a crack in a Ti—Al—N-based thermistor material layer when the film is bent, can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, and has a high reliability with a high heat resistance. The temperature sensor includes an insulating film	03-26-2015
20150092820	METAL NITRIDE FILM FOR THERMISTOR, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND THERMISTOR SENSOR OF FILM TYPE - Provided are a metal nitride film for a thermistor, which has an excellent bending resistance and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor. The metal nitride film for a thermistor, which consists of a metal nitride represented by the general formula: Ti	04-02-2015
20150226616	TEMPERATURE SENSOR - The temperature sensor is provided with a pair of lead frames, a sensor portion connected to the pair of lead frames, and an insulating holding portion which is fixed to the pair of lead frames and holds the lead frames. The sensor portion is provided with an insulating film; a thin film thermistor portion formed as a pattern on the surface of the insulating film with a thermistor material; a pair of interdigitated electrodes formed as patterns having multiple comb portions and facing each other on the thin film thermistor portion; and a pair of pattern electrodes connected to the pair of interdigitated electrodes and formed as patterns on the surface of the insulating film. The pair of lead frames is extended and adhered to the surface of the insulating film disposing the thin film thermistor portion therebetween and is connected to the pair of pattern electrodes.	08-13-2015
20150260586	TEMPERATURE SENSOR - The temperature sensor includes an insulating film; a thin film thermistor portion which is formed on the surface of the insulating film with a thermistor material of TiAlN; the pair of interdigitated electrodes which have a plurality of comb portions and are pattern-formed on the thin film thermistor portion using a metal so as to face each other; and the pair of pattern electrodes which are pattern-formed on the surface of the insulating film and are connected to the pair of interdigitated electrodes, wherein at least a part of each of the pattern electrodes is formed of a conductive resin.	09-17-2015
20160118165	METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has a high heat resistance and a high reliability and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor. The metal nitride material for a thermistor consists of a metal nitride represented by the general formula: V	04-28-2016
20160125982	METAL NITRIDE MATERIAL FOR THERMISTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FILM TYPE THERMISTOR SENSOR - Provided are a metal nitride material for a thermistor, which has a high heat resistance and a high reliability and can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, a method for producing the same, and a film type thermistor sensor. The metal nitride material for a thermistor consists of a metal nitride represented by the general formula: (M	05-05-2016

Rintaro Nagatomo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110070044	Machine Tool - A machine tool for machining a workpiece with a tool moved relative to the workpiece is provided with a bed (	03-24-2011

Shigekatsu Nagatomo, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130023165	SCREW TERMINAL BLOCK, ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROLLER, AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE - An electric motor controller with a screw terminal block including: a terminal fitting connected with a solderless terminal having a crimping portion crimped to wire cores of an electrical wire; a plate-shaped square washer having a cut-out portion in at least one edge thereof, the cut-out portion for avoiding interference with the crimping portion of the solderless terminal or the wire cores projecting from the crimping portion to an end of the electrical wire; and a terminal screw fixing the solderless terminal between the square washer and the terminal fitting.	01-24-2013

Shigekatsu Nagatomo, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120262891	POWER CONVERTER - A power converter for converting a direct-current power to an alternating-current power or converting an alternating-current power to a direct-current power, includes a box-shaped housing having a front surface, a rear surface, a left surface, a right surface, an upper surface, a lower surface and an opening formed in the front surface. The power converter further includes a reinforcing member including a first reinforcing member and a second reinforcing member which are provided in an internal space of the housing near the opening to intersect each other, the first reinforcing member joined to the left surface and the right surface of the housing, the second reinforcing member joined to the upper surface and the lower surface of the housing.	10-18-2012
20150372609	CAPACITOR MODULE AND MATRIX CONVERTOR - A capacitor module applicable in a matrix convertor includes a module cover and a plurality of terminals. The module cover houses a plurality of AC capacitors. The plurality of terminals are disposed at least on a first side and a second side of the module cover in a widthwise direction of the module cover, and protrude from a bottom surface of the module cover.	12-24-2015

Shigeru Nagatomo, Miyazaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100321093	REFERENCE VOLTAGE OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A first output section of a reference voltage output circuit outputs a negative gradient voltage of a first magnitude. An amplifier includes a non-inverting input terminal connected to the first output section, an inverting input terminal, and an output terminal. One end of a first resistor connected to the output terminal and the other end connected to the inverting input terminal. One end of a second resistor is connected to the other end of the first resistor. A second output section connected to the other end of the second resistor outputs a negative gradient voltage of a second magnitude having an absolute value greater than the first magnitude. A resistance value ratio of the first and second resistors is set such that a temperature gradient of the voltage applied to the first resistor is a positive gradient having an absolute value of the same magnitude as the first magnitude.	12-23-2010
20120306549	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a constant current circuit and a start-up circuit. The constant current circuit includes a first current mirror circuit including a first and second transistors; and a second current mirror circuit including a third transistor connected to a first node and a fourth transistor connected to a second node. The start-up circuit includes a fifth transistor that supplies start-up current to the constant current circuit via the second node; a sixth transistor that uses a potential of the first node as a control voltage; a seventh transistor that is connected to a third node into which current from the sixth transistor flows and that has a diode-connected configuration; a capacitor connected to a fourth node into which current from the seventh transistor flows; and a latch circuit that controls the fifth based on a potential of the fourth node.	12-06-2012
20130033251	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes constant current circuit, starter circuit and power supply start-up circuit. In the constant current circuit, first current mirror circuit includes first and second transistors, and second current mirror circuit includes third and fourth transistors that are connected to first and second nodes. In the starter circuit, a potential of first node controls sixth transistor, seventh transistor is connected to third node, gate electrode of the seventh transistor is at ground potential, a capacitance element is connected to fourth node, and a potential of fourth node controls fifth transistor, which supplies start-up current to the constant current circuit via second node. In the power supply start-up circuit, source electrode of eighth transistor is fixed at power supply voltage, gate electrode is at ground potential, and drain electrode supplies power to the other circuits.	02-07-2013

Shingo Nagatomo, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090317671	HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A hydrogen generator (	12-24-2009
20150189840	AGRICULTURAL HOUSE - A water supply apparatus is arranged inside a house body and includes a watering apparatus that performs watering to a cluster of plants from above. The watering apparatus supplies water to the plants and controls an ambient temperature of the plants due to heat transfer utilizing vaporization heat by watering. A control apparatus acquires an environment information including the ambient temperature of the plants from an environment sensor, and performs the watering by driving the water supply apparatus in a watering period determined according to the environment information, and prohibits the watering by the water supply apparatus in an idle period that is set after the watering period so as to obtain a temperature and a humidity appropriate for growth of the plants.	07-09-2015
20160066517	INSTALLATION EVALUATION APPARATUS FOR GREENHOUSE, INSOLATION REGULATION APPARATUS FOR GREENHOUSE, AND PROGRAM - An installation evaluation apparatus	03-10-2016

Shohei Nagatomo, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110100966	LASER PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD FOR DIVIDING WORKPIECE, AND LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A laser processing method for performing laser processing for reducing light absorption on a processing trail is provided. When an irradiated range on a surface of a workpiece is modulated by modulating an irradiating state of a pulse laser beam from a light source, a processed region which has a continuous portion in a first direction and in which a state of a cross section vertical to the first direction changes in the first direction is formed. Concretely, scanning by means of the pulse laser beam is performed under an irradiating condition that beam spots of the laser beam per unit pulse are discrete along the first direction, or scanning by means of the pulse laser beam in the first direction is performed while the irradiation energy of the pulse laser beam is being modulate, or scanning by means of the pulse laser beam in a second direction and a third direction that have predetermined angles with respect to the first direction are alternatively repeated. As a result, a scanning trajectory of the pulse laser beam on the workpiece is allowed to cross the division planned line along the first direction repeatedly and alternatively so that the processed region can be realized.	05-05-2011
20110155706	PROCESSING METHOD FOR A WORKPIECE, DIVIDING METHOD FOR A WORKPIECE, AND LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided are a processing method for forming division originating points in a workpiece and a laser processing apparatus performing the method, which are capable of reducing light absorption in a processing trail, increasing light extraction efficiency from sapphire, and performing high speed processing. A pulsed laser beam is irradiated to a workpiece so that irradiation regions for each of unit pulsed beams of the pulsed laser beam of ultra-short pulse are formed discretely in the workpiece, and cleavage or parting of the workpiece is sequentially generated between the irradiation regions by a shock or a stress when each of unit pulsed beam is irradiated at an irradiation point, to thereby form originating points for division in the workpiece.	06-30-2011

Shoichi Nagatomo, Fussa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080298812	NETWORK REPEATER, REPEATER CONTROLLING METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - A bridge controller, which controls relay between terminals including emission units and addresses assigned to the terminals, acquires coordinates of a light-received element in an light receiving unit at which light emitted from an emission unit is received, and stores the acquired coordinates in a location information table memory in association with a logical location on the network. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the stored coordinates differ from newly acquired coordinates. When it is determined that the stored coordinates differ from the newly acquired coordinates, the logical location associated with the coordinates stored in the storage unit is controlled to be changed and stored.	12-04-2008

Shoichiro Nagatomo, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120013241	SPARK PLUG - The object of the invention is to provide a spark plug including a central electrode and/or a ground electrode, which can suppress generation of corrosion-like generated foreign substances while maintaining high thermal conductivity and high strength.	01-19-2012

Syohei Nagatomo, Kyoto JP

Takashi Nagatomo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100014396	DRIVE APPARATUS, DRIVE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A drive apparatus includes n optical pickups, n control units, each controlling a corresponding one of the n optical pickups, and a communication unit that allows the n control units to communicate with one another.	01-21-2010
20130258828	RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - There is provided a recording apparatus including a light radiating unit that radiates light to an optical recording medium, a recording unit that performs light emission control of the light radiating unit, and performs recording on the optical recording medium, and a control unit that performs control in a manner that, in a state in which a logical address space, a virtual address space obtained by adding at least a spare area to the logical address space, and a physical address space obtained by adding a buffer area to the virtual address space are defined, a process for replacing a recording area of the optical recording medium with the spare area is executed using a virtual address.	10-03-2013
20130258829	RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING METHOD - Provided is a recording apparatus including a light radiating unit that radiates light to an optical recording medium, a recording unit that performs light emission control of the light radiating unit, and performs recording on the optical recording medium, and a control unit that controls the recording unit in a manner that recording of remaining data starts from a position over a defect occurrence area, according to occurrence of a defect, in a state in which a logical address space and a physical address space are defined with respect to a recording area of the optical recording medium, and controls the recording unit in a manner that, when the buffer area is consumed and data is not completely recorded, a recording area of the remaining data that is not completely recorded is replaced with the spare area and the remaining data is recorded on the spare area.	10-03-2013

Takashi Nagatomo, Saku-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100149725	CERAMIC MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE - It is provided a ceramic multilayer substrate obtained by co-sintering a low dielectric constant layer made of an insulating material of a low dielectric constant and a high dielectric constant layer of a dielectric material of a high dielectric constant. The low dielectric constant layer includes a ceramic component of xBaO-yTiO	06-17-2010

Tamio Nagatomo, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120194560	REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPLIANCE FOR USE IN THE REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - An appliance according to the present invention is operative under instructions from a plurality of control units, which includes a first control unit and a second control unit. The first control unit outputs a first control signal to the appliance to instruct the appliance to perform a predetermined operation. The second control unit outputs a second control signal to the appliance to instruct the appliance to perform the predetermined operation. The appliance includes a receiving section that receives the first and second control signals and an image control section that changes sizes of a particular image to be presented during the predetermined operation depending on whether the receiving section has received the first control signal or the second control signal.	08-02-2012

Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110033794	TONER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A toner containing a binder, a colorant, and a wax having a molecular chain consisting of C—H bond and C—C bond, wherein the mass reduction of the wax at 165° C. is 10% by mass or less, and the total amount of the wax in the toner measured by a DSC method is 1% by mass to 8% by mass, wherein a ratio, Sbet/SF, of a BET specific surface area (Sbet) of the toner to an average circularity (SF) of the toner is 1.0 m	02-10-2011
20110151372	TONER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE TONER - A toner obtained by a toner production method which includes dissolving or dispersing in an organic solvent a toner material containing at least a calixarene derivative and a binder resin or a binder resin precursor, to thereby prepare a solution or dispersion liquid of the toner material, adding the solution or dispersion liquid to an aqueous medium for emulsification or dispersion, to thereby prepare an emulsion or dispersion liquid, and removing the organic solvent from the emulsion or dispersion liquid.	06-23-2011
20110200928	METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER, TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - A method for producing a toner, including: dispersing toner particles containing at least a binder resin in a first aqueous medium so as to produce an aqueous dispersion; and subjecting the aqueous dispersion to heat treatment, wherein the electric conductivity of the aqueous dispersion after the heat treatment is higher than the electric conductivity of the aqueous dispersion before the heat treatment by 50 μS/cm or less.	08-18-2011
20110294058	TONER - A toner containing a wax, wherein the wax has a mass decrease at 165° C. of 10% by mass or less, a molecular chain consisting of C—H bonds and C—C bonds, and a penetration of 5 mm to 25 mm, wherein a product of a ½ method softening point (° C.) of the toner and an amount of the wax on a surface of the toner is 8 to 20, and wherein the toner is obtained by a method including emulsifying or dispersing in an aqueous medium a toner material liquid, which is a liquid containing a toner material, which contains the wax.	12-01-2011
20120021347	TONER, METHOD FOR FORMING TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - To provide a toner A containing: base particles, each containing polyester, microcrystalline wax, and a colorant; and spherical silica particles having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm to 150 nm, wherein the microcrystalline wax has an onset temperature of 45° C. to 60° C. as determined by DSC, and a carbon number distribution of 25 to 55.	01-26-2012
20130130171	TONER - A toner including a core particle, an inner shell layer covering the core, and an outer shell layer covering the inner shell layer is provided. The core particle includes a resin P. The inner shell layer includes fine particles of a resin A. The outer shell layer includes fine particles of a resin B. The toner satisfies the following formulae (1) to (3):	05-23-2013
20130216944	TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner contains toner particles, and wherein a proportion of the toner particles containing one or more voids having diameters D	08-22-2013
20130224648	ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER PARTICLES AND DEVELOPER - Electrostatic image developing toner particles including: a crystalline polyester resin; a non-crystalline polyester resin; a releasing agent; and a colorant, wherein the electrostatic image developing toner particles have a glass transition temperature of 40° C. to 60° C. where the glass transition temperature is measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and wherein the electrostatic image developing toner particles have an adhesive force between the toner particles of 1.4 mN to 2.2 mN where the adhesive force between the toner particles is measured after the electrostatic image developing toner particles have been stored at 50° C.	08-29-2013
20130243488	TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including: toner base particles; and external additive, the toner base particles each comprising binder resin and colorant, wherein the external additive comprises coalesced particles, the coalesced particles are each a non-spherical secondary particle in which primary particles are coalesced together, and an index of a particle size distribution of the coalesced particles is expressed by Formula (1):	09-19-2013
20130244155	TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including: toner base particles; and an external additive, the toner base particles each comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the external additive comprises non-spherical particles and spherical particles, wherein the non-spherical particles are each a secondary particle in which spherical primary particles are coalesced together, and wherein the non-spherical particles and the spherical particles in the external additive satisfy a relationship expressed by the following formula (1):	09-19-2013
20130244156	TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic image, including: toner base particles each including a binder resin and a releasing agent; and inorganic fine particles, wherein the toner includes the inorganic fine particles as an external additive on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the toner base particles have a BET specific surface area of 2.5 m	09-19-2013
20130244158	TONER SET, DEVELOPER SET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner set, including: a transparent toner including a binder resin a, a releasing agent a and no colorant; and one or more color toners, each including a binder resin b, a colorant b and a releasing agent b, wherein the binder resin a includes a non-crystalline resin α and a crystalline resin α, the binder resin b includes a non-crystalline resin β and a crystalline resin β, the releasing agent a has an average particle diameter as a long diameter of 0.2 μm to 2.0 μm, and there is a relationship of 1	09-19-2013
20140072349	DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device, including: a developer bearing member, which is disposed opposite to an electrostatic latent image bearing member and which bears thereon a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrostatic latent image bearing member and conveys the developer to a developing region, wherein the developer includes a toner and a carrier, the toner containing: a toner base containing a binder resin and a colorant; and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains coalescent particles each made up of a plurality of coalescing primary particles, and wherein a work function Wc of the carrier and a work function Ws of the developer bearing member satisfy a relationship of the following formula (1):	03-13-2014
20140140731	TONER, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner including: a binder resin; a releasing agent; and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and a non-crystalline polyester resin, wherein the releasing agent has an endothermic peak temperature of 60° C. to 80° C. at the second temperature rising in differential scanning calorimetry, and wherein the releasing agent is an ester wax which satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2): 1.1 Pa·s≦η*a≦2.0 Pa·s . . . Expression (1) 0.001≦η*b/η*a≦1.00 . . . Expression (2) where in Expressions (1) and (2), η*a denotes a complex viscosity (Pa·s) determined by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the releasing agent at a measurement frequency of 6.28 rad/s, and η*b denotes a complex viscosity (Pa·s) determined by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the releasing agent at a measurement frequency of 62.8 rad/s.	05-22-2014
20140220485	TONER, DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a toner, which contains silica particles containing first silica particles, and second silica particles, wherein the toner is a toner produced by depositing the silica particles on surfaces of base particles, the first silica particles have an average primary particle diameter of 75 nm to 250 nm, the second silica particles have an average primary particle diameter of 10 nm to 50 nm, a mass ratio of the first silica particles to the base particles is 0.010 to 0.040, a mass ratio of the second silica particles to the base particles is 0.005 to 0.030, a liberation ratio of the silica particles from the toner by a ultrasonic vibration method is 5% by mass to 20% by mass, and an amount of particles having primary particle diameters of 30 nm or smaller in the silica particles librated from the toner by the ultrasonic vibration method is 20% by number or less.	08-07-2014
20140234767	ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner, including: toner base particles including a polyester resin as a binder resin; and an external additive on the surface of the toner base particles. The external additive includes silica. The silica is produced by sol-gel method, and is aspherical. The percentage of change in the specific surface area of the toner when it is stored under high-temperature, high-humidity conditions is from 25% to 45%.	08-21-2014
20140270874	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member; a charger; an irradiator; a development device having an accommodation unit to accommodate toner to obtain a visible image; a transfer device; and a fixing device to fix the visible image transferred onto a recording medium. The fixing device having a fixing rotation member; and a pressure rotation member to form a nipping portion by contacting the fixing rotation member, wherein the surface pressure of the nipping portion is 1.5 kgf/cm	09-18-2014
20140348546	TONER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Toner housing container includes: container body mountable on toner conveying device and housing toner supplied into toner conveying device; conveying portion provided in container body and conveying toner from longer direction one end of container body to other end at which container opening portion is provided; pipe receiving port provided at container opening portion and receiving conveying pipe fixed to toner conveying device; and uplifting portion to move toner conveyed by conveying portion toward toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Toner has loose apparent density of 0.28 g/cm	11-27-2014
20150104739	TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner, containing: toner base particles; and an external additive, the toner base particles each including a binder resin and a releasing agent, wherein the external additive includes non-spherical coalesced particles in each of which primary particles are coalesced together, and wherein the coalesced particles satisfy the following formula (1): Nx/1,000×100≦30% where Nx is a number of the primary particles present alone relative to 1,000 of the coalesced particles, as observed under a scanning electron microscope after stirring 0.5 g of the coalesced particles and 49.5 g of a carrier placed in a 50 mL bottle for 10 minutes by means of a mixing and stirring device at 67 Hz.	04-16-2015
20150378272	IMAGE FORMING METHOD, TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method is provided. The method includes the steps of forming an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductor; developing the electrostatic latent image into a toner image with a toner; transferring the toner image onto a recording medium having a smoothness of 20 s or less; and fixing the toner image on the recording medium. The toner exhibits an adhesion force of 100 gf or more, where the adhesion force is the maximum value of a pull force between a layer of the toner and standard paper determined by a tacking test with a probe temperature of 140° C.	12-31-2015

Wataru Nagatomo, Mito JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130114898	TEMPLATE MATCHING PROCESSING DEVICE AND TEMPLATE MATCHING PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention is a template matching processing device capable of evaluating a similarity degree which supports even a case of intensive morphological change between a design image and a photographic image. In the template matching processing device, matching processing between the design image and the photographic image is performed, a partial design image is obtained by clipping a portion having the highest correlation (step	05-09-2013

Wataru Nagatomo, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120207397	Pattern Matching Method and Pattern Matching Apparatus - Provided is a template matching method and a template matching apparatus, where the degree of matching between a template and the actual image upon template matching is maintained at a high level, without depending on a partial appearance of a lower layer. Proposed as one embodiment, is a method and an apparatus for template matching, where either an area is set in which comparison of the template and the image is not conducted, or a second area is set inside the template where comparison different from comparison conducted in a first comparison area is to be conducted, and the template matching is conducted on the basis either of comparison excluding the non-comparison area, or of comparison using the first and second areas.	08-16-2012
20140023265	PATTERN MATCHING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor inspection apparatus capable of well carrying out position alignment and correctly determining whether the position alignment has been carried out successfully or has ended in a failure without operator interventions even if an inspected image is an image having few characteristics as is the case with a repetitive pattern or the inspected image is an image having a complicated shape.	01-23-2014

Wataru Nagatomo, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080197280	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PATTERN DIMENSIONS - It is difficult for a material having low resistance to electron beam irradiation to obtain an electron microscopic image having a high S/N ratio. A conventional image smoothing process can improve stability of measurement, but this process has a problem of measurement errors for absolute values, reduction of sensitivity, deterioration of quality of cubic shape information and the like. In the present invention, by performing an image averaging process without deteriorating cubic shape information of a signal waveform in consideration of dimension deviation of a measurement target pattern, measurement stability is compatible with improvement of precision and sensitivity. Accordingly, it is possible to realize measurement of pattern dimensions and shapes with high precision and control of a highly sensitive semiconductor manufacturing process using the measurement.	08-21-2008
20080319696	Method and Its System for Calibrating Measured Data Between Different Measuring Tools - The present invention relates to a method and its system for calibrating measured data between different measuring tools. A method of calibrating measured data between different measuring tools includes the steps of: measuring the CD average dimension and roughness of an object to be measured using a CD-SEM tool; calculating the number of the cross section measurement points required for calibration by statistically processing the roughness; measuring the cross section of the object to be measured using the cross section measuring tool to satisfy the number of the cross section measurement points, thereby calculating the CD average dimension of the cross section measurement height specified in the obtained cross section measurement result; and calculating a calibration correction value being a difference between the CD average dimension of the object and the CD average dimension of the cross section measurement height of the object.	12-25-2008
20090212215	SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND METHOD OF MEASURING PATTERN DIMENSION USING THE SAME - In dimension measurement of semiconductor pattern by CD-SEM, the error value between dimensional measurement value and actual dimension on the pattern is much variational as it is dependent on the cross-sectional shape of the pattern, and a low level of accuracy was one time a big problem. In the present invention, a plurality of patterns, each different in shape, were prepared beforehand with AFM measurement result and patterns of the same shape measured by CD-SEM. These measurement results and dimensional errors were homologized with each other and kept in a database. For actual measurement of dimensions, most like side wall shape, and corresponding CD-SEM measurement error result are called up, and the called-up error results are used to correct CD-SME results of measurement object patterns. In this manner, it becomes possible to correct or reduce dimensional error which is dependent on cross-sectional shape of the pattern.	08-27-2009
20120126116	PATTERN SHAPE SELECTION METHOD AND PATTERN MEASURING DEVICE - The present invention has an object to propose a method and an apparatus for selecting a pattern shape, wherein, when estimating a shape based on comparison between an actual waveform and a library, the method and the apparatus can appropriately estimate the shape. As an embodiment to achieve the object, a method and an apparatus for selecting a pattern shape by comparing an obtained shape with pattern shapes memorized in the library are proposed, wherein plural pieces of waveform information are obtained under a plurality of waveform acquiring conditions based on radiation of a charged particle beam onto a specimen; and a pattern shape memorized in the library is selected by referring, with respect to the plural pieces of waveform information, to a library memorizing plural pieces of waveform information acquired under different waveform acquiring conditions for each of a plurality of pattern shapes.	05-24-2012
20120181426	Scanning Electron Microscope and a Method for Imaging a Specimen Using the Same - (1) part or all of the number, coordinates and size/shape and imaging sequence of imaging points each for observation, the imaging position change method and imaging conditions can be calculated automatically from CAD data, (2) a combination of input information and output information for imaging recipe creation can be set arbitrarily, and (3) decision is made of imaging or processing at an arbitrary imaging point as to whether to be successful/unsuccessful and in case a failure is determined, a relief process can be conducted in which the imaging point or imaging sequence is changed.	07-19-2012
20130195346	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE OF A PATTERN FORMED ON A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To enable SEM-based management of a cross-sectional shape or manufacturing process parameters of a semiconductor device pattern to be measured, the association between the shape or parameters and SEM image characteristic quantities effective for estimating the shape or parameters is saved as learning data. The image characteristic quantities are collated with learning data to estimate the shape or to monitor the process parameters. Accuracy and reliability is achievable by calculating three kinds of reliability (reliability of the image characteristic quantities, reliability of estimation engines, and reliability of estimating results) based on the distribution of the image characteristic quantities and then judging whether additional learning is necessary, or selecting and adjusting image characteristic quantities and estimation engine based on the reliability.	08-01-2013
20140145078	SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND A METHOD FOR IMAGING A SPECIMEN USING THE SAME - (1) part or all of the number, coordinates and size/shape and imaging sequence of imaging points each for observation, the imaging position change method and imaging conditions can be calculated automatically from CAD data, (2) a combination of input information and output information for imaging recipe creation can be set arbitrarily, and (3) decision is made of imaging or processing at an arbitrary imaging point as to whether to be successful/unsuccessful and in case a failure is determined, a relief process can be conducted in which the imaging point or imaging sequence is changed.	05-29-2014

Yasuhito Nagatomo, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150277813	INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION COLLECTING METHOD - An information communication system includes an information processing device, and an information collecting device that communicates with the information processing device and collects information from the information processing device, wherein the information processing device has an information acquisition section that acquires a plurality of kinds of operating information which change in response to the operation of the information processing device, a data generation section that generates data for transmission on the basis of the plurality of kinds of operating information and a predetermined data generation rule, and a communication section that transmits the data for transmission to the information collecting device, and wherein the information collecting device has a storage section that stores the data for transmission transmitted from the information processing device, and a change section that changes the data generation rule of the data generation section via the communication section of the information processing section.	10-01-2015

Yasuki Nagatomo, Miyazaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110102270	ANTENNA AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - An antenna comprises the followings: a base substance provide on a substrate	05-05-2011

Yasuyuki Nagatomo, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100291999	GAME SERVER DEVICE, GAME TERMINAL DEVICE, SECONDARY GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND SECONDARY GAME MANAGEMENT METHOD - A game server device communicably connected to a plurality of client terminal devices includes: a multiple-choice question communication control unit that obtains player capability information in information on a player who plays at a terminal device; a multiple-choice question related information storage unit that stores secondary games classified according to a player capability respectively; a multiple-choice question communication control unit that distributes to the terminal device in play a secondary game in a classification according to a capability of a player, who is in play, obtained from the terminal device; a multiple-choice question communication control unit that receives play results in regard to play of the distributed secondary game from the plurality of terminal devices; a multiple-choice question management unit that tabulates the play results received from the terminal devices respectively; and a multiple-choice question communication control unit that returns tabulated results to terminal devices that have transmitted play results. By allowing a player to play a secondary game that matches a capability of the player in the middle of playing a primary game, a more interesting game environment can be provided.	11-18-2010
20110319172	GAME SYSTEM, GAME MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND GAME MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - This game system has an allocation unit (	12-29-2011

Yasuyuki Nagatomo, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120208627	GAME SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - There is provided a game system which is capable of differentiating depending on the payment method of a play fee. The game system where it is possible to pay a game play fee by selecting one payment method from a plurality of payment methods, determines the payment method which the play fee has been paid by (S	08-16-2012
20130165236	GAME SYSTEM AND PLAYER MATCHING METHOD - In a gaming system, preferential matching is achieved while suppressing increase of load on a server device. In order to determine whether a matching between specific players should be prioritized over other matchings a discrimination is made between whether or not a player satisfies a predetermined priority condition associated with information at a respective gaming console, and if the priority condition is satisfied, priority information indicating that the priority condition has been satisfied is added to a request for matching and transmitted to a server, whereupon at the server, if the request for matching to which the priority information has been added is received, the player of the gaming console that has transmitted the request for matching is prioritized in being matched between the specific players over players who do not satisfy the priority condition.	06-27-2013
20130203500	AMUSEMENT SYSTEM HAVING COMMUNICATION FUNCTION - A game machine (	08-08-2013

Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100258233	CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a ceramic substrate including silicon in which the concentration of a silicon oxide and a silicon composite oxide in the surface thereof is less than or equal to 2.7 Atom %.	10-14-2010
20110074010	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - A power module substrate includes: a ceramics substrate having a surface; and a metal plate connected to the surface of the ceramics substrate, composed of aluminum, and including Cu at a joint interface between the ceramics substrate and the metal plate, wherein a Cu concentration at the joint interface is in the range of 0.05 to 5 wt %.	03-31-2011
20120298408	SUBSTRATE FOR POWER MODULE AND POWER MODULE - A substrate for a power module comprises a substrate main body having a plate-shape, a first surface, which is one surface of the substrate main body and a mounting surface that a semiconductor device is mounted on, and a second surface, which is the other surface of the substrate main body and an insulation layer is formed on, wherein the substrate main body is made of a metal matrix composite plate composed of a metal matrix composite in which metal is filled into a carbonaceous material.	11-29-2012
20130010429	METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE FOR POWER MODULE WITH HEAT SINK, SUBSTRATE FOR POWER MODULE WITH HEAT SINK, AND POWER MODULE - A method for producing a substrate for a power module with a heat sink includes a heat sink bonding step for bonding a heat sink to the surface of a second metal plate. The heat sink bonding step includes: a Cu layer forming step for forming a Cu layer on at least one of the surface of the second metal plate and a bonding surface of the heat sink; a heat sink laminating step for laminating the second metal plate and the heat sink via the Cu layer; a heat sink heating step for pressing in the lamination direction and heating the second metal plate and the heat sink, to diffuse Cu in the Cu layer into the second metal plate and the heat sink; and a molten metal solidifying step for solidifying the molten metal formed with Cu diffusion, to bond the second metal plate and the heat sink.	01-10-2013
20130232783	CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a ceramic substrate including silicon in which the concentration of a silicon oxide and a silicon composite oxide in the surface thereof is less than or equal to 2.7 Atom %.	09-12-2013
20130335921	SUBSTRATE FOR POWER MODULE, SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK FOR POWER MODULE, POWER MODULE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE FOR POWER MODULE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK FOR POWER MODULE - Provided is a power module substrate including a ceramic substrate, and a metal plate which contains aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and which is stacked and bonded on a surface of the ceramic substrate, wherein one or more additional elements selected from Ag, Zn, Ge, Mg, Ca, Ga, and Li are solid-solubilized in the metal plate, and the Ag concentration in the metal plate in the vicinity of the interface with the ceramic substrate is greater than or equal to 0.05% by mass and less than or equal to 10% by mass, or the total concentration of Zn, Ge, Mg, Ca, Ga, and Li in the metal plate in the vicinity of the interface with the ceramic substrate is greater than or equal to 0.01% by mass and less than or equal to 5% by mass.	12-19-2013
20140015140	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - A power module substrate includes: a ceramics substrate having a surface; and a metal plate connected to the surface of the ceramics substrate, composed of aluminum, and including Cu at a joint interface between the ceramics substrate and the metal plate, wherein a Cu concentration at the joint interface is in the range of 0.05 to 5 wt %.	01-16-2014
20140192486	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK, POWER MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - A power module substrate includes an insulating substrate, and a circuit layer that is formed on one surface of the insulating substrate. The circuit layer is formed by bonding a first copper plate onto one surface of the insulating substrate. Prior to bonding, the first copper plate has a composition containing at least either a total of 1 to 100 mol ppm of one or more kinds among an alkaline-earth element, a transition metal element, and a rare-earth element, or 100 to 1000 mol ppm of boron, the remainder being copper and unavoidable impurities.	07-10-2014
20150022977	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - A power module substrate includes: a ceramics substrate having a surface; and a metal plate connected to the surface of the ceramics substrate, composed of aluminum, and including Cu at a joint interface between the ceramics substrate and the metal plate, wherein a Cu concentration at the joint interface is in the range of 0.05 to 5 wt %.	01-22-2015
20150034367	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK, AND POWER MODULE - A power module substrate including an insulating substrate, a circuit layer formed on one surface of the insulating substrate, and a metal layer formed on the other surface of the insulating substrate, wherein the circuit layer is composed of copper or a copper alloy, one surface of this circuit layer functions as an installation surface on which an electronic component is installed, the metal layer is formed by bonding an aluminum sheet composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a thickness t	02-05-2015
20150035137	SOLDER JOINT STRUCTURE, POWER MODULE, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PASTE FOR FORMING SOLDER BASE LAYER - There are provided a solder joint structure, a power module using the joint structure, a power module substrate with a heat sink and a method of manufacturing the same, as well as a solder base layer forming paste which is disposed and fired on a metal member to thereby react with an oxide film generated on the surface of the metal member and form the solder base layer on the metal member, capable of suppressing the occurrence of waviness and wrinkles on the surface of the metal member even at the time of loading the power cycle and heat cycle and improving the joint reliability with a joint member.	02-05-2015
20150041188	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEATSINK, POWER MODULE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - A power module substrate includes a circuit layer, an aluminum layer arranged on a surface of an insulation layer, and a copper layer laminated on one side of the aluminum layer. The aluminum layer and the copper layer are bonded together by solid phase diffusion bonding.	02-12-2015
20150055302	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEATSINK, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH COOLER AND POWER MODULE - A power module substrate with a heatsink includes: a power module substrate provided with a ceramic substrate, a circuit layer and a metal layer; and a heatsink bonded to the metal layer via a solder layer and composed of copper or a copper alloy. The metal layer is formed by bonding an aluminum plate in which the content of Al is 99.0 to 99.85% by mass to the ceramic substrate, and the solder layer is formed of a solid-solubilized-hardening type solder material including Sn as a major component and a solid-solubilized element being solid-solubilized into a matrix of Sn.	02-26-2015
20150055303	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK - This power module substrate with a heat sink includes a power module substrate having a circuit layer disposed on one surface of an insulating layer, and a heat sink bonded to the other surface of this power module substrate, wherein the bonding surface of the heat sink and the bonding surface of the power module substrate are each composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a bonding layer (	02-26-2015
20150208496	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK, POWER MODULE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, AND COPPER MEMBER-BONDING PASTE - This power module substrate includes a copper plate that is formed of copper or a copper alloy and is laminated on a surface of a ceramic substrate	07-23-2015
20150251382	BONDING STRUCTURE OF ALUMINUM MEMBER AND COPPER MEMBER - A bonding structure of an aluminum member and a copper member includes: the aluminum member composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the copper member composed of copper or a copper alloy in which the aluminum member and the copper member are bonded together by solid phase diffusion bonding; an intermetallic compound layer that is made of copper and aluminum and is formed in a bonding interface between the aluminum member and the copper member; and an oxide dispersed in an interface between the copper member and the intermetallic compound layer in a layered form along the interface.	09-10-2015
20150255419	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CERAMIC CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, AND PRODUCING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device comprises a circuit layer composed of a conductive material, and a semiconductor element mounted on the circuit layer, wherein an underlayer having a porosity in the range of 5 to 55% is formed on one surface of the circuit layer, a bonding layer composed of a sintered body of a bonding material including an organic substance and at least one of metal particles and metal oxide particles is formed on the underlayer, and the circuit layer and the semiconductor element are bonded together via the underlayer and the bonding layer.	09-10-2015
20150282379	HEAT-SINK-ATTACHED POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, HEAT-SINK-ATTACHED POWER MODULE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HEAT-SINK-ATTACHED POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - A heat-sink-attached-power module substrate (	10-01-2015
20150313011	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK, POWER MODULE, METHOD OF PRODUCING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, PASTE FOR COPPER SHEET BONDING, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING BONDED BODY - A power module substrate according to the present invention is a power module substrate in which a copper sheet made of copper or a copper alloy is laminated and bonded onto a surface of a ceramic substrate (	10-29-2015
20150319876	POWER MODULE - In a power module according to the present invention, a copper layer composed of copper or a copper alloy is provided at a surface of a circuit layer onto which a semiconductor element is bonded, and a solder layer formed by using a solder material is formed between the circuit layer and the semiconductor element. An alloy layer containing Sn as a main component, 0.5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less of Ni, and 30% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less of Cu is formed at the interface between the solder layer and the circuit layer, the thickness of the alloy layer is set to be within a range of 2 μm or more and 20 μm or less, and a thermal resistance increase rate is less than 10% after loading a power cycles 100,000 times under a condition where an energization time is 5 seconds and a temperature difference is 80° C. in a power cycle test.	11-05-2015
20150319877	POWER MODULE - A power module is provided with a copper layer composed of copper or a copper alloy on a surface of a circuit layer to which a semiconductor device is bonded, and a solder layer that is formed by using a solder material is formed between the circuit layer and the semiconductor device. An average crystal grain size which is measured by EBSD measurement in a region having a thickness of up to 30 μm from the surface of the circuit layer in the solder layer is 10 μm or less, the solder layer has a composition that contains Sn as a main component, 0.01 to 1.0% by mass of Ni, and 0.1 to 5.0% by mass of Cu, and a thermal resistance increase rate when a power cycle is loaded 100,000 times is less than 10% in a power cycle test.	11-05-2015
20150366048	POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, HEAT-SINK-ATTACHED POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, AND HEAT-SINK-ATTACHED POWER MODULE - The power module substrate includes a circuit layer that is formed on a first surface of a ceramic substrate, and a metal layer that is formed on a second surface of the ceramic substrate, in which the metal layer has a first aluminum layer that is bonded to the second surface of the ceramic substrate and a first copper layer that is bonded to the first aluminum layer by solid-phase diffusion bonding.	12-17-2015
20160035660	BONDING BODY, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, AND HEAT-SINK-ATTACHED POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - A bonding body includes: an aluminum member composed of aluminum; and a metal member composed of any one of copper, nickel, and silver, wherein the aluminum member and the metal member are bonded together. In a bonding interface between the aluminum member and the metal member, a Ti layer and an Al—Ti—Si layer are formed, the Ti layer being disposed at the metal member side in the bonding interface, and the Al—Ti—Si layer being disposed between the Ti layer the aluminum member and containing Si which is solid-solubilized into Al	02-04-2016

Yoshiyuki Nagatomo, Gotenba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080248326	AI/AIN JOINT MATERIAL, BASE PLATE FOR POWER MODULE, POWER MODULE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF AI/AIN JOINT MATERIAL - A base plate for a power module includes: a metal plate, a ceramic base plate joined to the metal plate, and a release agent provided in a joint surface between the metal plate and the ceramic base plate. A remaining amount of the release agent is less than 5 as an amount of boron measured by fluorescence X-ray analysis, and a crystal grain straining region in the joint surface is equal to or less than 40%, or an amount of crystal grain straining in the joint surface is equal to or less than 0.03%.	10-09-2008
20090229864	INSULATING CIRCUIT BOARD AND INSULATING CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING COOLING SINK - An insulating circuit board includes an insulating plate, a circuit board joined to a first surface of the insulating plate, and a metal plate joined to a second surface of the insulating plate. The circuit board is formed from an Al alloy having a purity of 99.98% or more or pure Al, and the metal plate is formed from an Al alloy having a purity of 98.00% or more and 99.90% or less. The thickness (a) of the circuit board is 0.2 mm or more and 0.8 mm or less, the thickness (b) of the metal plate is 0.6 mm or more and 1.5 mm or less, and the thicknesses satisfy the expression of a/b≦1. An insulating circuit board having a cooling sink includes cooling sink joined via a second solder layer. The second solder layer contains Sn as its main component, and has a Young's modulus, 35 GPa or more, a 0.2% proof stress of, 30 MPa or more, and a tensile strength of, 40 MPa or more. The cooling sink is formed from, pure Al or an Al alloy.	09-17-2009
20100230473	Al/AlN JOINT MATERIAL, BASE PLATE FOR POWER MODULE, POWER MODULE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF Al/AlN JOINT MATERIAL - A base plate for a power module includes: a metal plate, a ceramic base plate joined to the metal plate, and a release agent provided in a joint surface between the metal plate and the ceramic base plate. A remaining amount of the release agent is less than 5 as an amount of boron measured by fluorescence X-ray analysis, and a crystal grain straining region in the joint surface is equal to or less than 40%, or an amount of crystal grain straining in the joint surface is equal to or less than 0.03%.	09-16-2010
20100285331	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, AND POWER MODULE - A method for manufacturing a power module substrate, includes: preparing a ceramics substrate and a metal plate made of pure aluminum; a fusion step in which the ceramics substrate and the metal plate are stacked in layers with a brazing filler metal interposed therebetween, and a fused aluminum layer is formed at an interface between the ceramics substrate and the metal plate by fusing the brazing filler metal which is caused by heating; and a solidifying step in which the fused aluminum layer is solidified by cooling, and a crystal is grown so as to be arranged in a crystal orientation of the metal plate when the fused aluminum layer is solidified.	11-11-2010

Yu Nagatomo, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160064245	ETCHING METHOD - Disclosed is a method for etching a first region including a multi-layer film formed by providing silicon oxide films and silicon nitride films alternately, and a second region having a single silicon oxide film. The etching method includes: providing a processing target object including a mask provided on the first region and the second region within a processing container of a plasma processing apparatus; generating plasma of a first processing gas including a hydrofluorocarbon gas within the processing container that accommodates the processing target object; and generating plasma of a second processing gas including a fluorocarbon gas within the processing container that accommodates the processing target object. The step of generating the plasma of the first processing gas and the step of generating the plasma of the second processing gas are alternately repeated.	03-03-2016

Yuji Nagatomo, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080227001	IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming method, including recharging untransferred toner remaining on a latent electrostatic image bearing member by using a recharging member to remove the untransferred toner from the latent electrostatic image bearing member, wherein the recharging member is a conductive member a surface of which has a contact angle of 108° or more with pure water and a Shore D hardness of 50 to 65; the coverage of the surface of the toner by an external additive is 150% or less; and a releasing agent peak ratio obtained by ATR method is 0.02 to 0.1.	09-18-2008
20080273898	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that is more capable of preventing the occurrence of image quality deterioration caused by defective charging of a photoreceptor than the conventional one. As a charging device, there is used a member which has: a conductive sheet that causes the surface thereof applied with a predetermined bias to abut against the surface of the photoreceptor after passing through a primary transfer nip obtained by abutment between the photoreceptor and an intermediate transfer belt and before entering a development step performed by a developing device; a conductive brush member that applies a predetermined bias to the surface of the photoreceptor obtained after passing through the position of abutment with the sheet and before entering the development step; and a charging roller that uniformly charges the surface of the photoreceptor after passing through the position of abutment with the brush and before entering the development step. Furthermore, at least during a predetermined first period, a bias having a polarity same as the uniformly charging polarity of the photoreceptor is applied to the conductive sheet and brush member.	11-06-2008
20090028606	PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A process cartridge includes a latent image carrier, a charging unit, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a rotary brush contacting a curved surface of the latent image carrier to form a nip, and a brush housing including a first tip and a second tip, covering the rotary brush such that a place where the rotary brush contacts the latent image carrier is opened. A downstream end of the nip where the rotary brush contacts the latent image carrier in the rotation direction of the rotary brush is not higher than a center of curvature of the latent image carrier where the rotary brush contacts, and the first tip of the brush housing is downstream of the rotary brush, further toward the latent image carrier than a tangent to the surface of the latent image carrier at the downstream end of the nip.	01-29-2009
20090067887	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND DEVELOPING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers, a latent image forming unit, and a plurality of developing units. Each of the developing unit forms an image to have a color difference of equal to or less than about five with respect to an initial unicolor image formed by using a toner not containing a reversely-transferred toner of another color when a toner contained in a toner container is consumed by about 70%.	03-12-2009
20120045254	DEVELOPER REGULATOR, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A developer regulator to restrict an amount of a developer, including a base portion; an intermediate portion continuous with the base portion, the intermediate portion having a flat area on one face, the flat area having a roughened surface; and a distal end continuous with the intermediate portion, the distal end being bent relative to the base portion in a direction opposite the one face in which the flat area is formed.	02-23-2012
20130058670	IMAGE DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCLUDING IMAGE DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCLUDING IMAGE DEVELOPING DEVICE - An image developing device includes a developer supporting body; a first conveyance path in which a first conveyance member is arranged; a second conveyance path in which a second conveyance member is arranged; and a partition member that partitions the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path and that has a first communication port and a second communication port. The first communication path and the second communication path communicates with each other through the first communication port and the second communication port. The image developing device includes a developer amount detection unit that includes an optical detection unit arranged in the second conveyance path and that optically detects an amount of the developer in the image forming device. The developer is caused to accumulate in the vicinity of the developer amount detection unit.	03-07-2013
20130142530	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photoconductor, a charging unit, an exposure unit to expose the photoconductor to reduce an electrical potential at the photoconductor, a developing unit to charge the toner held on a toner bearing member with friction and attract the toner to the exposed portion on the photoconductor by supplying a development voltage from a first power source and using an electrical potential difference between the toner bearing member and the photoconductor in the development area, a reverse development voltage controller to supply a reverse development voltage while a non-charged portion on the photoconductor passes the development area, and a developer reducing potential applier to supply a development restraining potential and an absolute value smaller than a target charging potential to the photoconductor while the reverse development voltage is supplied.	06-06-2013
20130195487	COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a color image forming apparatus that includes: image carriers that form toner image of black and other colors; an intermediate transfer body that makes contact with the image carriers; and transfer units that transfer the toner images on the image carriers to the intermediate transfer body. A line velocity difference is set between the image carriers and the intermediate transfer body. An accelerated cohesion degree of toner is equal to or larger than 54%. A linear velocity difference X	08-01-2013
20130236217	DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS UNIT INCORPORATING SAME - A development device to develop a latent image using developer having a degree of agglomeration of 54% or greater includes a developer bearer to carry developer thereon, and a developer supply member to contact the developer bearer to supply developer to a surface of the developer bearer. The developer supply member is disposed to satisfy at least one of two conditions: a biting amount of the developer supply member relative to the developer bearer is 0.7 mm or greater; and a contact pressure of the developer supply member against the developer bearer is 30 N/m or greater.	09-12-2013
20130266332	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including a latent image bearing member, a charger, a latent image forming device, a developing device, and a transfer device is provided. The transfer device is adapted to transfer a toner image formed on the latent image bearing member onto an intermediate transfer member or a recording medium by action of a transfer elected field in a transfer position where the latent image bearing member faces the transfer device. When a non-charged portion of the latent image bearing member that has not been charged to a predetermined potential by the charger passes through the transfer position, a strength of the transfer electric field is lowered than that in transferring the toner image.	10-10-2013
20140161471	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent image forming device that forms a latent image, a latent image carrier that carries the latent image, a development device that develops the latent image, and a controller. The development device includes a developer carrier that faces the latent image carrier and carries toner on a rotary surface thereof that rotates in a rotation direction perpendicular to a width direction of the developer carrier, and a regulation member that regulates the thickness of a layer of the toner on the surface of the developer carrier. The controller moves the toner on lateral end regions in the width direction of the surface of the developer carrier toward the latent image carrier. The end regions are located outside a maximum image forming region within a regulation member facing region of the surface of the developer carrier facing the regulation member.	06-12-2014
20150192882	SEAL, CLEANING UNIT WITH SEAL, TRANSFER UNIT WITH SEAL, DEVELOPING UNIT WITH SEAL, PROCESS CARTRIDGE WITH SEAL, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SEAL, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A seal is provided to contact a rotating body installed in an image forming apparatus. Pencil hardness of the sealing element is about	07-09-2015

Yuji Nagatomo, Minoo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080232875	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A brush member includes plural raisings and contacts a surface of an image bearer downstream of a transfer station and temporary captures toner remaining on the surface of the image bearer into the brush member in a toner capturing process. The brush member returns the toner to the surface of the image bearer at a prescribed time in a toner returning process. A bending direction of the plural raisings is opposite in the returning process to that in the toner capturing process.	09-25-2008
20100150609	SEMICONDUCTIVE MEMBER, AND DEVELOPING ROLL, CHARGING ROLL, TRANSFER BELT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A semiconductive member including an alkali metal salt having the formula (M)	06-17-2010