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Hajime Yamamoto

Hajime Yamamoto, Saitama-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110069288Reticle Transport Apparatus, Exposure Apparatus, Reticle Transport Method, and Reticle Processing Method - A reticle transport apparatus transports a reticle to and from a processing atmosphere. A reticle loader loads the reticle into the processing atmosphere, with at least a portion of the reticle being covered by a cover. A cover manipulator, in the processing atmosphere, removes the reticle from the cover and transfers the cover, without the removed reticle, to the reticle loader, and the reticle loader unloads the cover from the processing atmosphere. A cover cleaner, outside of the processing atmosphere, cleans the cover. When processing involving the reticle is completed, the reticle is returned to the cleaned cover or is placed in a different cover.03-24-2011

Hajime Yamamoto, Tsuru-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110064880VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS, VACUUM PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A vacuum processing apparatus includes an evacuatable vacuum chamber, a substrate holder which is provided in the vacuum chamber, has a substrate chuck surface vertically facing down, and includes an electrostatic chuck mechanism which electrostatically chucks a substrate, a substrate support member which is provided in the vacuum chamber to keep the substrate parallel to the substrate chuck surface and support the substrate in an orientation that allows the substrate chuck surface to chuck the substrate, and a moving mechanism which moves at least one of the substrate holder and the substrate supported by the substrate support member so as to bring the substrate and the substrate holder into contact with each other, thereby causing the substrate holder to chuck the substrate.03-17-2011

Hajime Yamamoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080271316Ink remainder detecting module for ink jet apparatus, ink container with same and ink jet apparatus - An ink remaining amount detection module, mountable to an ink container, for detection of an ink remaining amount in an ink container for ink jet recording, the ink remaining amount detection module, includes a support substrate; at least one detection electrode provided on one side of the support substrate; and readable and writable non-volatile information storing means provided on the one side of the support substrate; and information transmitting means, provided on the support substrate, for transmitting, to an outside, information relating to an ink remaining amount which is provided depending on whether the detection electrode is contacted to ink, and for receiving, from an outside, information to be written in the information storing element.11-06-2008
20080291227Ink remainder detecting module for ink jet apparatus, ink container with same and ink jet apparatus - An ink remaining amount detection module, mountable to an ink container, for detection of an ink remaining amount in an ink container for ink jet recording, the ink remaining amount detection module, includes a support substrate; at least one detection electrode provided on one side of the support substrate; and readable and writable non-volatile information storing means provided on the one side of the support substrate; and information transmitting means, provided on the support substrate, for transmitting, to an outside, information relating to an ink remaining amount which is provided depending on whether the detection electrode is contacted to ink, and for receiving, from an outside, information to be written in the information storing element.11-27-2008
20090207199Liquid tank and ink jet printing apparatus - There is provided a liquid tank having a liquid remaining amount sensing module that makes it possible to reliably determine that the amount of ink has reached a predetermined value, in spite of its simple and compact configuration. In the ink tank, an information storage element and a module are provided on a ceiling portion of an ink accommodating chamber directly accommodating ink; the module having an optical reflector that faces downward in a vertical direction. A housing of the ink tank is composed of a transparent resin. Infrared light from an external light emitting section is incident on the optical reflector. The reflected light is received by a light receiving section and then, the quantity of light is measured.08-20-2009
20100165062LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an apparatus, the mounting portion including a first locking portion and a second locking portion, the liquid container including a casing for containing liquid and a supply port for supplying the liquid to an ink jet head, the liquid container includes a first engaging portion provided at a first side of the casing and engageable with the first locking portion; a second engaging portion provided opposed to a second side of the casing which is opposite the first side, the second engaging portion being engageable with the second locking portion; a supporting member for displaceably supporting the second engaging portion; a contact contactable to a member provided in the mounting portion to permit information display means to display information relating to the liquid container, wherein the supply port is disposed in a third side of the casing which is between the first side and the second side, and the contact is disposed at a corner region between the second side and the third side.07-01-2010
20100320495WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE LAMP USING THE SAME - A white light emitting device includes a semiconductor light emitting element that has a peak of an emission spectrum in a range of 370 nm to 480 nm, and at least one kind of phosphor that is excited by light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element to emit visible light. The phosphor is represented by the formula: Sr12-23-2010
20110037815LIQUID CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus, the liquid container includes a casing defining a liquid containing chamber; a supply port, provided in the casing, for supplying liquid contained therein to an ink jet head; a first engaging portion engageable with a first locking portion provided in the mounting portion, the first engaging portion being disposed on one side of the casing; a second engaging portion engageable with a second locking portion provided in the mounting portion, the second engaging portion being disposed opposed to another side of the casing, the another side being opposite the one side; a supporting portion for displaceably supporting the second engaging portion; an information storing portion for storing information relating to the liquid container; a contact electrically connectable with a contact provided in the mounting portion; a light emitting portion; a display portion for directing the light emitted from the emitting portion to an outside of the liquid container, wherein the supply port is provided in a side of the casing which is between the one side and the another side, and the contact is disposed in a region of a corner portion between the another side and the side having the supply port, the display portion is disposed adjacent an upper, in use, portion in the another side of the liquid container.02-17-2011

Patent applications by Hajime Yamamoto, Tokyo JP

Hajime Yamamoto, Mishima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090066013SHEET POST-PROCESS APPARATUS - A waiting tray is provided in a sheet-conveying path and holds sheets if the sheets need to be post-processed. A processing tray receives sheets conveyed from the waiting tray. It may receive sheets conveyed through the sheet-conveying path and coming not via the waiting tray, before the sheets are post-processed. A conveying mechanism is provided, which causes the sheets to fall, due to gravity, from the waiting tray onto a processing tray. A sheet-aligning mechanism aligns the sheets on the processing tray, at their transverse edges and longitudinal edges. On the processing tray, the sheets are post-processed, forming a bundle. The conveying mechanism conveys the bundle of sheets to a storage tray. The waiting trays have sidewalls, each having at least one part that is inclined outwards.03-12-2009
20100084808SHEET POST-PROCESS APPARATUS - A sheet post-process apparatus includes a waiting tray and a processing tray. The waiting tray is provided in the middle of a conveying path and makes standby sheets in the case where a post-process is required. The processing tray has a function which causes the sheets made standby on the waiting sheet to be dropped by self-weight. With this function, the processing tray receives the sheets moved to be dropped and the sheets conveyed from the conveying path without intervening the waiting tray, before carrying out the post-process. Sheet bundles formed on the processing tray are stacked on a storage tray by a sheet conveying mechanism after they have been post-processed.04-08-2010
20100244369PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PAPER SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A post-processing method involves using a standby tray to receive a paper sheet to be supplied from a digital copier, a processing tray to receive a paper sheet dropped from a standby tray, a feed member which guides the rear end of a paper sheet received in a standby tray in the feeding direction to a processing tray, and scrapes and sends the rear end of a paper sheet dropped onto a processing tray to a stopper, a press member which clamps the rear end of a paper sheet received in a standby tray by cooperating with two feed members, and a stapler to staple the aligned rear ends of paper sheets. When a first paper sheet is supplied to the standby tray, the press member presses the rear end of the first paper sheet, to receive a second paper.09-30-2010

Patent applications by Hajime Yamamoto, Mishima-Shi JP

Hajime Yamamoto, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090303763PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTER - A photovoltaic inverter that can respond to changes in temperature and the amount of sunlight and that can automatically start up is provided, which has a simple configuration and is inexpensive. The photovoltaic inverter has a first voltage detection means for detecting an output voltage of a photovoltaic panel; a current detection means, a control means and a driving means. It further has a model voltage storage means for storing a model voltage table of inverter start-up kick voltages produced based on variation values of an amount of sunlight, a model voltage read-out means, a second voltage detection means for detecting an inverter start-up kick voltage, and an inverter start-up control means.12-10-2009

Hajime Yamamoto, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090167153Light emitting diode lamp and light emitting device - The present invention aims at providing a white light emitting diode lamp (a bullet type light emitting diode lamp or a chip-type light emitting diode lamp to be mounted on a substrate) and light emitting device with warmness at a higher luminance, and an intermediate color light emitting diode lamp and light emitting device satisfying light emission in diversified color tones at a higher luminance.07-02-2009

Hajime Yamamoto, Higashi-Yodogawa, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090133735SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION ARTIFICIAL-POWER GENERATING METHOD AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SIMULATOR POWER-SUPPLY APPARATUS - A method for artificially generating the output characteristic of a solar photovoltaic power generation module, and a solar photovoltaic power generation simulator power-supply apparatus having that output characteristic with the internal power loss reduced. The solar photovoltaic power generation simulator power-supply apparatus includes an IV storing means for storing, as IV curves, the voltage/current characteristics of solar photovoltaic power generations; an IV reading means; and means for generating an IV characteristic as an output target value of automatic control. The solar photovoltaic power generation simulator power-supply apparatus reads a designated particular IV curve from among the stored IV curves to generate a control signal for holding V associated with I on this curve, and supplies this control signal to a semiconductor switching element, which controls the power, thereby artificially generating a solar photovoltaic power generation output characteristic. The solar photovoltaic power generation simulator power-supply apparatus includes a control signal circuit that controls the power so as to maintain the output at the voltage associated with the current on the designated IV curve; and a power conversion main circuit from which series resistors have been eliminated.05-28-2009

Hajime Yamamoto, Kumagaya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080309909HOLDING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A holding apparatus is provided with a holding member that has a holding surface that holds a substrate on which a pattern is to be formed, a plurality of first electrode members that are provided on the holding member and that generate electrostatic force in accordance with supplied voltage in order to attract the substrate to the holding surface, and a power supply device that is able to supply voltage to the first electrode members. The first electrode members are positioned in accordance with pattern information.12-18-2008

Hajime Yamamoto, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080211161SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS - In a sheet finishing apparatus of the present invention, when temporarily loading a plurality of sheets of paper on a standby tray until a processing tray finishes processing, to prevent a sheet of paper loaded first from being pressed out by a sheet of paper ejected later, a chuck for retaining the rear ends of the sheets of paper is installed on the downstream side of the standby tray, and for curled sheets of paper, a standby tray guide and an arm member for suppressing curling of the central part of the sheets of paper are installed, thus matching on the standby tray is stabilized.09-04-2008

Patent applications by Hajime Yamamoto, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Hajime Yamamoto, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120057200PRINTER - A printer includes a loading unit configured to load a first printing medium including IC tags, which are data-readable/writable by wireless connection, and a printing surface formed on one side of the first printing medium. A conveying unit of the printer conveys the first printing medium, which is being drawn from the loader, along a conveyance path. A wireless reader/writer of the printer is configured to read/write data from/on the IC tags by wireless data communication between the IC tags provided in the first printing medium in the course of conveying the first printing medium. A control unit of the printer, at a point of time when printing on the first printing medium is completed, controls the wireless reader/writer to write information on the number of printing media printed on an IC tag included in a second printing medium subsequent to the first printing medium.03-08-2012