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Kuramoto, JP

Ayako Kuramoto, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110233048PHOTOBASE GENERATOR - There is intended to provide the novel compounds which generate a base easily when irradiated with long wavelength light (active energy rays), a photobase generator containing the compounds and a photobase generation method, and the present invention relates to the compounds represented by the general formula [1], a photobase generator containing the compounds and a photobase generation method:09-29-2011

Ayako Kuramoto, Kawagoe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120130089METHOD FOR PRODUCING CYCLIC SULFONIC ACID ESTER AND INTERMEDIATE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to provide an efficient production method which is capable of not only obtaining a cyclic sulfonic acid ester (sultone) at low cost and in high yield, but also the sulfonic acid ester (sultone) stably even in a commercial scale. The present invention relates to a method for producing hydroxysultone comprising a first step where a diol having a specified structure and a thionyl halide are reacted to obtain a cyclic sulfite having a specified structure, and a second step where the cyclic sulfite is reacted with water or/and alcohol; a method for producing an unsaturated sultone having a specified structure comprising a third step where a hydroxylsultone having a specified structure is reacted with an acid halide or an acid anhydride to obtain an intermediate, subsequently the intermediate is treated with a base; as well as a cyclic sulfite having a specified structure.05-24-2012

Go Kuramoto, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120094798WELDED STRUCTURE AND WELDING METHOD - Disclosed are a welded structure and a welding method which make it possible to improve welding strength and welding quality. A welded structure in which a first member and a second member are joined by means of welding, wherein the first member comprises a second-member joining part which is joined to the second member, and the second member comprises a first-member joining part which is joined to the first member. If the direction in which the first member and the second member are arranged is the first direction, and the direction intersecting the first direction is the second direction, the welded structure comprises a cavity part which is provided between the first-member joining part and the second-member joining part, and a welded part which is provided between the cavity part and both end parts in the second direction of the joining surface where the first-member joining part and the second-member joining part are joined.04-19-2012

Go Kuramoto, Hoi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120295125WELDED STRUCTURE AND WELDING METHOD - Disclosed are a welded structure and a welding method which make it possible to improve welding strength and welding quality. A welded structure in which a first member and a second member are joined by means of welding, wherein the first member comprises a second-member joining part which is joined to the second member, and the second member comprises a first-member joining part which is joined to the first member. If the direction in which the first member and the second member are arranged is the first direction, and the direction intersecting the first direction is the second direction, welded parts are provided at least at both ends in the second direction of the joining surface where the first member and the second member are joined. The first member is such that the second-member joining part and a linking part which connects to the second-member joining part are arranged in succession from the joining surface in the first direction, and the dimensions of the second-member joining part are greater than the dimensions of the linking part in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction.11-22-2012
20130022488AUSTENITIC HEAT-RESISTANT CAST STEEL - An iron (Fe)-based austenitic heat-resistant cast steel includes, based on a total of 100 mass % (indicated below simply as “%”): 0.4 to 0.8% of carbon (C), 3.0% or less of silicon (Si), 0.5 to 2.0% of manganese (Mn), 0.05% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.03 to 0.2% of sulfur (S), 18 to 23% of chromium (Cr), 3.0 to 8.0% of nickel (Ni) and 0.05 to 0.4% of nitrogen (N). A ratio of chromium (Cr) to carbon (C) is in a range of 22.5≦Cr/C≦57.5. The cast steel includes one or two or more of vanadium (V), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W) and niobium (Nb) in a total amount of less than 0.2%.01-24-2013

Go Kuramoto, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110297280FERRITIC SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE CAST IRON - Ferritic spheroidal graphite cast iron includes: 3.1 to 3.5 percent by mass of carbon; 4.1 to 4.5 percent by mass of silicon; 0.8 percent by mass or below of manganese; 0.1 to 0.6 percent by mass of molybdenum; 0.1 to 1.0 percent by mass of chromium; 0.03 to 0.1 percent by mass of phosphorus; 0.03 percent by mass or below of sulfur; 0.02 to 0.15 percent by mass of magnesium; and iron.12-08-2011

Hirohisa Kuramoto, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120249041SERVO CONTROL APPARATUS - A control unit performs servo control of a table, which is a load, by performing feedback control of a servomotor. An inverse characteristic model performs feedforward compensation control by obtaining a speed compensation signal that compensates for the dynamic errors of a mechanical system. When the rigidity of a screw section of a ball screw along the axial direction changes, a rigidity-change compensation unit changes the rigidity value of the screw section along the axial direction that is included in the compensation control transfer functions of the inverse characteristic model, in accordance with the change in rigidity. Thus, the servo control apparatus compensates for such changes in rigidity and performs accurate servo control of the position of the table, even when the ball screw of a feeding mechanism expands or contracts due to secular change or change in temperature, and rigidity along the axial direction changes.10-04-2012

Hiroki Kuramoto, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090244710HARD-COATED ANTIGLARE FILM, AND POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A hard-coated antiglare film, comprising a transparent plastic film substrate and a hard-coating antiglare layer containing fine particles on at least one surface of the transparent plastic film substrate, wherein an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra (μm) that is defined in JIS B 0601 (1994 version) is in the range of 0.05 to 0.15 μm in an uneven shape of a surface of the hard-coating antiglare layer, and the hard-coated antiglare film includes at least 80 convexities that exceed a roughness mean line of a surface roughness profile in a 4-mm long portion at an arbitrary location of the surface of the hard-coating antiglare layer.10-01-2009
20110080644HARD-COATED ANTIGLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE SAME - A hard-coated antiglare film that has an extremely low haze value, superior anti-fluorescent lamp glare properties, and anti-face glare properties, and can improve the depth of black in black display by preventing white blur from occurring, a polarizing plate, and the like. The hard-coated antiglare film includes: a transparent plastic film substrate; and a hard-coating antiglare layer containing fine particles, which is on at least one surface of the transparent plastic film substrate, and has a total haze value in a range of 0% to 5%. The number N04-07-2011
20110080645HARD-COATED ANTIGLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE SAME - A hard-coated antiglare film that has superior antiglare properties, allow high definition to be provided even in the case of a low haze value, can prevent white blur in an oblique direction from occurring and, and can improve the depth of black in black display, as well as a polarizing plate, and the like. The hard-coated antiglare film includes a transparent plastic film substrate and a hard-coating antiglare layer containing fine particles, which is on at least one surface of the transparent plastic film substrate. The hard-coated antiglare film has a total haze value Ht in the range of 10% to 35%. The total haze value Ht and an internal haze value Hin satisfy a relationship of 0.5≦Hin/Ht≦0.9. The surface of the hard-coating antiglare layer has an uneven shape and an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 μm. The hard-coated antiglare film includes: convexities that exceed a roughness mean line of a surface roughness profile; no convexities in which line segments of portions of the mean line that cross the convexities each have a length of 80 μm or longer, and convexities that exceed a standard line that is in parallel with the mean line and is located at a height of 0.1 μm; and at least 50 convexities in which line segments of portions of the standard line that cross the convexities each have a length of 20 μm or shorter in 4-mm long portion at an arbitrary location of the surface of the hard-coating antiglare layer.04-07-2011
20120107605TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a transparent conductive film including a hard coat layer having sufficient hardness, a superior abrasion resistance, and a superior soil resistance; also, provided are an electronic device and a touch panel using the transparent conductive film. A transparent conductive film 05-03-2012

Patent applications by Hiroki Kuramoto, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Hiroshi Kuramoto, Tokushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100143482METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROCAPSULES - It is intended to provide a method whereby various kinds of microcapsules, which are usable in, for example, a gene vector, can be produced in a small amount. This production method comprises: feeding a fluid containing a substance to be encapsulated into at lease one (06-10-2010

Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120249639LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A temperature sensor provided to a recording head detects a temperature when the recording head relatively moves outside an opposite region opposite to a platen heater. A driving signal generating circuit compensates an ejection pulse in accordance with the detected temperature.10-04-2012

Katsutoshi Kuramoto, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100062363COMPOSITION FOR UPPER SURFACE ANTIREFLECTION FILM, AND METHOD FOR PATTERN FORMATION USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a composition for forming a top anti-reflection coating and also provides a pattern formation method employing that composition. The composition prevents pattern failures caused by light reflected in the resist layer in the exposure step, and it further avoids troubles caused by residues produced in the etching step. The composition contains a solvent and fine particles having a mean particle size of 1 to 100 nm. In the pattern formation method of the present invention, a top anti-reflection coating is formed from the composition. The composition and the method according to the present invention can be used to form a composite film composed of a resist layer and a top anti-reflection coating.03-11-2010
20100081087COMPOSITION FOR FORMATION OF ANTIREFLECTION FILM AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a composition for forming a top anti-reflection coating having such a low refractive index that it can be suitably used in pattern formation with an ArF excimer laser beam, and further the invention also provides a pattern formation method employing that composition. The top anti-reflection coating composition comprises a particular naphthalene compound, a polymer, and a solvent. The composition is used for forming a top anti-reflection coating provided on a photoresist layer. From the photoresist layer, a pattern can be formed by use of light in 160 to 260 nm.04-01-2010
20100286318COMPOSITION FOR FORMATION OF TOP ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM, AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD USING THE COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a composition for forming a top antireflective film, which comprises at least one fluorine-containing compound and a quaternary ammonium compound represented by the formula (1) [wherein at least one of R11-11-2010

Katsuyuki Kuramoto, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080238620RADIO-FREQUENCY TAG COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio-frequency tag communication device arranged to transmit a transmitted signal toward a radio-frequency tag and to receive a reply signal transmitted from the radio-frequency tag in response to the transmitted signal, for thereby effecting radio communication with the radio-frequency tag, the radio-frequency tag communication device including (a) a receiver portion including a receiver antenna device which has a plurality of receiver antenna elements for receiving the reply signal from the radio-frequency tag, (b) a reception-directivity control portion which controls the directivity of reception of the receiver portion device, by controlling the phase of a received signal which is received by each of the plurality of receiver antenna elements and which may include a leakage signal which is a part of the transmitted signal, (c) a modulated-component extracting portion which extracts a modulated component of the received signal which is modulated by the radio-frequency tag, and (d) a direction detecting portion which detects the direction in which the radio-frequency tag is located, on the basis of the modulated component extracted by the modulated-component extracting portion.10-02-2008
20080278291Radio-Frequency Tag Communication System - A radio-frequency tag communication system including (a) a radio-frequency tag, (b) a radio-frequency tag communication device configured to transmit a transmitted signal toward the radio-frequency tag, and to receive a reply signal transmitted from the radio-frequency tag in response to the transmitted signal, for thereby effecting radio communication with the radio-frequency tag, and (c) at least one reference tag disposed fixedly in an area of communication of the radio-frequency tag communication system and configured to transmit a reply signal in response to the transmitted signal, for thereby effecting radio communication with the radio-frequency tag communication device, and wherein the radio-frequency tag communication device includes a directivity control portion configured to control a directivity of communication with the radio-frequency tag, on the basis of a result of the radio communication of the radio-frequency tag communication device with the at least one reference tag.11-13-2008

Katsuyuki Kuramoto, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080224829RADIO-FREQUENCY TAG COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio-frequency tag communication device including a receiver array antenna device for receiving a reply signal, a cancel-signal generating portion configured to generate a cancel signal for eliminating a leakage signal that is a part of a transmitted signal, which part is received by the receiver array antenna device, a cancel-signal control portion configured to control a phase and/or an amplitude of the cancel signal generated by the cancel-signal generating portion, and a received-signal combining portion configured to combine together received signals received by a plurality of antenna elements of the receiver array antenna device, to obtain a composite signal, and wherein the transmission of the transmitted signal and the reception of the received signals are concurrently controlled, and the cancel signal generated by the cancel-signal generating portion is applied to the received-signal combining portion, whereby the received signals and the cancel signal are combined together, so that a signal/noise ratio of a wave detector output upon demodulation of the composite signal is improved to increase the maximum distance of communication.09-18-2008

Kei Kuramoto, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120270729CATALYST FOR PURIFICATION OF NOx - The present invention relates to a catalyst for purification of nitrogen oxides, the catalyst comprising a solid in which Au and Fe atoms exist in a state of being close. In accordance with the present invention, a catalyst that can demonstrate NO10-25-2012

Keigo Kuramoto, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120083315SIM-CARD SUSPEND CONTROL APPARATUS, SIM-CARD SUSPEND CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A suspend control apparatus, disposed in an electronic device having a SIM card, includes a control unit that switches the state of the SIM card between a suspended state and a resumed state. The control unit determines, based on the state of SIM card access for data communication and the state of the SIM card when the data communication occurs, whether to give priority to SIM card access or switching to the suspended state, and sets the state of the SIM card accordingly.04-05-2012

Keiichi Kuramoto, Kadoma-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080204898OPTICAL PART FOR CAMERA AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An optical part for a camera comprising a substrate made of a polyolefin plastic and an optical resin layer placed on the substrate, wherein the surface of the substrate is provided with a polar group and the optical resin layer is formed from a resin composition including a fluorene compound having a (meth)acryloyl group.08-28-2008
20080233417OPTICAL POLYMER MATERIAL AND OPTICAL COMPONENT - The invention provides an optical polymer material having a low viscosity before curing, a high refractive index of a cured product, little alteration of refractive index under high temperature and high humidity, and an excellent heat resistant shock property and an optical component using the optical polymer material.09-25-2008

Patent applications by Keiichi Kuramoto, Kadoma-City JP

Keiichi Kuramoto, Kadoma-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120033695SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a package constituted by a plurality of members, having sealed space inside and a semiconductor laser chip arranged in the sealed space, while surfaces of the members located in the sealed space are covered with a covering agent made of an ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol copolymer.02-09-2012
20120033696SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a package having sealed space inside and a semiconductor laser chip arranged in the sealed space. The package has a first member and a second member bonded to each other with an adhesive, a covering agent made of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer is formed on a bonded region of the first member and the second member in the sealed space, and the adhesive is covered with the covering agent.02-09-2012

Kenji Kuramoto, Tottori-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100060374NON-RECIPROCAL CIRCUIT DEVICE AND ITS CENTRAL CONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY - A central conductor assembly for a non-reciprocal circuit device, at least a first central conductor constituting a first inductance element and a second central conductor constituting a second inductance element being integrally formed in a laminate comprising pluralities of magnetic layers, the first central conductor being formed by series-connecting first and second lines formed on a first main surface of the laminate to third lines formed in the laminate through via-holes, and the second central conductor being formed on the first main surface of the laminate such that it extends between the first and second lines and crosses the third lines via a magnetic layer.03-11-2010

Koichi Kuramoto, Okayama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110306985Surgical Assistance System - A surgical assistance system for operating on biological tissue using a surgical tool attached to an arm of an automatically-controlled surgical instrument so that an optimal feed rate of the tool is calculated and outputted to the surgical instrument, the system including: a device for storing and voxelizing medical image data obtained from a biological tissue subject to surgery; a device for setting an operative location based on the shape of the biological tissue; a device for calculating a tool path along which the tool travels to perform surgery at an operative location; a device for determining the region of interference between the tool and the voxels; a device for determining the hardness of the biological tissue in the interference region; a device for calculating an optimal tool feed rate corresponding to the hardness; and a device for outputting the feed rate obtained by the calculations to the surgical instrument.12-15-2011

Koichi Kuramoto, Okayama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090130632BONE-COMPATIBLE IMPLANT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - By forming a bone-compatible implant wherein a groove or hole has been formed in the surface of a base material made of titanium metal or a titanium alloy at its joint with a bone tissue and the groove or hole has on the inner surface thereof an oxide film formed by heating in an oxygen-containing atmosphere, apatite is allowed to deposit on the inner surface of the groove or hole easily. Thus, an implant is provided which can be attached to a bone within a relatively short period of time even without resorting to bone cement.05-21-2009
20120064288SHOCK ABSORBING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A shock absorbing structure having a high shock absorption characteristic is provided. The shock absorbing structure includes a solidified portion and a sintered portion. The solidified portion is formed by dissolving and solidifying a plurality of inorganic powder particles. The sintered portion is formed by sintering a plurality of the inorganic powder particles. The sintered portion is connected to the solidified portion. The shock absorbing structure is a composite structure including the solidified portion and the sintered portion and therefore has a high shock absorption characteristic.03-15-2012

Makoto Kuramoto, Ehime-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090123657Process for Producing an Amorphous Carbon Film - The process for producing an amorphous carbon film of the present invention is a process for producing an amorphous carbon film comprising contacting a surface of a substrate S with bubbles B which have been formed in a liquid L containing an organic compound and inside which plasma has been generated, so as to form an amorphous carbon film on the surface of the substrate S, and the liquid L contains one or more selected from phenols and alcohols having a carbon number of from 1 to 12. According to the present invention, a hard amorphous carbon film can be formed easily.05-14-2009

Mamoru Kuramoto, Haibara-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100047537METHOD OF PRODUCING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - The present invention provides a method for producing a safe lithographic printing plate that exhibits an excellent developability and an excellent processing performance. The present invention also provides a method for producing a lithographic printing plate which enables single liquid processing and in which the obtained plate does not exhibit an impaired printing durability, does not exhibit a decline in printing durability even when the printing plate is stored after development before printing, and can inhibit the appearance of fingerprint scumming. A method of producing a lithographic printing plate is provided comprising: imagewise photoexposing a negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor that has an image-recording layer containing the (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) described below on a hydrophilic support; and treating thereafter the imagewise-photoexposed negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor with an aqueous solution that has a pH of 8.5 to 10.8 and that contains a low molecular weight hydroxycarboxylic acid ion, a pH buffer, and a surfactant: 02-25-2010
20100075251METHOD OF PREPARING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE AND LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate includes: imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor including a photosensitive layer containing a sensitizing dye, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound and a binder polymer and an aluminum support on which a divalent cation is adsorbed in an amount of from 0.5 to 3.0 mg/m03-25-2010

Mamoru Kuramoto, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100248140LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND PLATE MAKING METHOD THEREOF - A lithographic printing plate precursor includes an aluminum support subjected to a roughening treatment and an image-recording layer containing an infrared absorbing agent, a radical polymerization initiator, a radical polymerizable monomer, a compound having two or more mercapto group-containing groups per molecule and a polymer particle containing a polyalkylene oxide segment.09-30-2010
20110020757METHOD OF PREPARING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - To provide a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate which is safe, exhibits excellent developing property and processing ability, and enables processing with one solution by processing after image exposure, a negative lithographic printing plate precursor having an image-recording layer containing (i) a sensitizing dye, (ii) a photopolymerization initiator, (iii) an addition polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and (iv) a binder polymer on a hydrophilic support with an aqueous solution containing a carbonate ion, a hydrogen carbonate ion and a water-soluble polymer compound.01-27-2011
20110076618LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND PLATE MAKING METHOD THEREOF - A lithographic printing plate precursor includes an aluminum support subjected to a surface roughening treatment, and an image-recording layer, the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorbing agent, a radical polymerization initiator, a radical polymerizable compound and an inorganic particle which has, on a surface of the inorganic particle, an acrylic polymer as a graft chain and an unexposed area of the image-recording layer is capable of being removed with at least one of oily ink and dampening water.03-31-2011
20110146516METHOD OF PREPARING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - According to a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate substantially comprising a step of imagewise exposing a negative lithographic printing plate precursor having an image-recording layer containing (i) a sensitizing dye, (ii) a photopolymerization initiator, (iii) an addition polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and (iv) a binder polymer on a support and a step of processing the exposed lithographic printing plate precursor with an aqueous solution containing a carbonate ion, a hydrogen carbonate ion and a surfactant, the processing property is improved, a printing plate free from the tackiness on the surface thereof can be provided, even when the printing plate is stored after the development until printing, deterioration of the printing durability does not occur, and it becomes possible to conduct one solution development with a weak alkaline processing solution.06-23-2011

Masafumi Kuramoto, Tokushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090050925RESIN MOLDING, SURFACE MOUNTED LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a surface mounted light emitting apparatus which has long service life and favorable property for mass production, and a molding used in the surface mounted light emitting apparatus.02-26-2009
20090134411Light Emitting Device and Backlight Unit Using the Same - An object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device that shows high adhesion between a sealing member and a package member. A light emitting device 05-28-2009
20100155739LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, MOLDED BODY AND SEALING MEMBER - Disclosed is a light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting element (06-24-2010
20100186999METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OBTAINED BY THE METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTAINING THE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive material that allows a low electric resistance to be generated, and that is obtained by using an inexpensive and stable conductive material composition containing no adhesive. The conductive material can be provided by a producing method that includes the step of sintering a first conductive material composition that contains silver particles having an average particle diameter (median diameter) of 0.1 μm to 15 μm, and a metal oxide, so as to obtain a conductive material. The conductive material can be provided also by a method that includes the step of sintering a second conductive material composition that contains silver particles having an average particle diameter (median diameter) of 0.1 μm to 15 μm in an atmosphere of oxygen or ozone, or ambient atmosphere, at a temperature in a range of 150° C. to 320° C., so as to obtain a conductive material.07-29-2010
20110186340METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OBTAINED BY THE METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTAINING THE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive material that has a low electric resistivity and that is obtained using an inexpensive and stable conductive material composition. A conductive material having a low electric resistivity can be obtained by a method including the step of heating a conductive material composition that contains at least one of a full-cured or semi-cured thermosetting resin and a thermoplastic resin, as well as silver particles. Such a conductive material is a conductive material that includes fused silver particles, and thermosetting resin fine particles that have an average particle diameter of 0.1 μm to 10 μm both inclusive and are dispersed in the fused silver particles. Further, in such a conductive material is a conductive material that includes fused silver particles, and a thermoplastic resin welded among the fused silver particles.08-04-2011

Patent applications by Masafumi Kuramoto, Tokushima JP

Masafumi Kuramoto, Tokushima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100187563SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. A method for producing a semiconductor device in which silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a base and silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a semiconductor element are bonded, includes the steps of arranging a semiconductor element on a base such that silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the semiconductor element is in contact with silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the base, temporarily bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying a pressure or an ultrasonic vibration to the semiconductor element or the base, and permanently bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying heat having a temperature of 150 to 900° C. to the semiconductor device and the base.07-29-2010
20100190298SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. A method for producing a semiconductor device in which silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a base and silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of a semiconductor element are bonded, includes the steps of arranging a semiconductor element on a base such that silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the semiconductor element is in contact with silver or silver oxide provided on a surface of the base, and bonding the semiconductor element and the base by applying heat having a temperature of 200 to 900° C. to the semiconductor device and the base.07-29-2010
20120153486SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a conductive member having low electrical resistance, and the conductive member is obtained using a low-cost stable conductive material composition that does not contain an adhesive. In the semiconductor device, silver arranged on a semiconductor element and silver arranged on a base are bonded. No void is present or a small void, if any, is present at an interface between the semiconductor element and the silver arranged on the semiconductor element, no void is present or a small void, if any, is present at an interface between the base and the silver arranged on the base, and one or more silver abnormal growth grains and one or more voids are present in a bonded interface between the silver arranged on the semiconductor element and the silver arranged on the base.06-21-2012
20120228564REFLECTOR FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a reflector for a light-emitting device consisting of (A) an polyamide composition comprising a polyamide polymerized from (a) a dicarboxylic acid comprising at least 50 mol % of an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid and (b) a diamine comprising at least 50 mol % of a diamine with a branched main chain.09-13-2012

Masaharu Kuramoto, Kure-Shi Hiroshima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120325092EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to solve these problems and to provide a exhaust gas treatment system which prevents formation of deposits in a main duct and a flue, on and after the point where the exhaust gases converge, after the removal of CO12-27-2012

Masaharu Kuramoto, Kure-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120308469CARBON DIOXIDE-ABSORBING SOLUTION AND METHOD OF RECOVERING CARBON DIOXIDE - A method of recovering carbon dioxide, including bringing gas to be processed containing carbon dioxide (CO12-06-2012

Michio Kuramoto, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100046533ROUTER AND PACKET DISCARDING METHOD - A router controlling a route of packets. The router includes a counter counting an amount of received control packets on a user-identifier-by-user-identifier basis, the control packets being used for managing a network, a discard determining unit comparing a counter value of the counter with a threshold value, and a control packet discarding unit discarding a control packet including a user identifier for which the discard determining unit determines that the counter value exceeds the threshold value.02-25-2010
20100100672RELAY APPARATUS AND DATA CONTROL METHOD - When a data word is designated through a network search engine, a FIFO unit, and the like, a relay apparatus according to the invention searches for an associative memory address corresponding to the data word. Even when the associative memory address is internally converted to a contents memory address, the relay apparatus stores the contents memory address by causing it to correspond to a search result corresponding to the contents memory address as well as outputs the associative memory address together with the search result.04-22-2010
20100158030Routing Apparatus - A routing apparatus couples to another routing apparatus using a trunk formed by a plurality of channels, and has a plurality of input and output cards to input and output frames. Each input and output card includes a management table registering a transmitting source address, destination information, and a trunk attribute indicating whether a channel used for a transmission has a trunk structure, a learning request part searching the management table using a transmitting source address within a frame that is transmitted via the channel, and generating and supplying learning request information having information that is obtained by searching the management table to another input and output card, if the channel used for the transmission has the trunk structure, and a registering part registering learning request information supplied thereto in the management table.06-24-2010
20120008633BRIDGE APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A bridge apparatus including a first line card and a second line card is provided. The first line card includes a first memory storing an association between a line card and a destination address, a first receiver receiving a frame from the second line card including a flag indicating whether a memory of the second line card stores the destination address of the frame, a determination circuit determining whether the first memory stores the destination address of the received frame, when the first flag added to the received frame indicates that the second memory does not store the destination address of the frame, and a first transmitter transmitting, when the determination circuit determines the first memory stores the destination address of the frame, address information associated with at least the destination address of the frame to the second line card, the destination address being stored by the first memory.01-12-2012

Mikio Kuramoto, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120313825ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL - An antenna assembly (12-13-2012
20120319906ANTENNA AND PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL - An antenna includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a third antenna element. The second antenna element is placed between the first antenna element and the third antenna element. A first connecting end, a second connecting end, and a third connecting end are each placed in a position that is closer to a third apical end than to a first apical end. Thus, even in the case of an antenna including three antenna element that are used for an identical system, the antenna can be provided with a suppressed difference in radiation efficiency among frequency bands to which the antenna elements respectively correspond.12-20-2012

Mitsuyoshi Kuramoto, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120098206SEAL OIL FEEDING APPARATUS OF ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - According to one embodiment, a seal oil feeding apparatus includes a hydrogen detraining tank, a float trap tank, and an air detraining tank. The hydrogen detraining tank is configured to collect and reserve seal oil that has flowed out to the inside of a housing from a sealing unit. The float trap tank is provided integrated with the hydrogen detraining tank in horizontally, and is connected to the hydrogen detraining tank, so that the liquid level of the seal oil becomes substantially the same as the height of the hydrogen detraining tank. The float trap tank includes a float valve. The air detraining tank is placed at a position lower than the hydrogen detraining tank and float trap tank, and reserves seal oil that has flowed out from the float valve.04-26-2012

Noriyuki Kuramoto, Yonezawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090087611STEEL SHEET OVERLAP STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND STEEL SHEET FOR STEEL SHEET OVERLAP STRUCTURE - A steel sheet overlap structure including a pair of joined steel sheets and an antirust layer which comprises an electrically conductive polymer, and which is provided between joining surfaces of the steel sheets.04-02-2009
20090286928CARBON NANOTUBE GRAFTED WITH LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYANILINE AND DISPERSION THEREOF - Chemically modified carbon nanotubes composed of carbon nanotubes (such as multiwall carbon nanotubes) having carboxyl groups on the surface thereof and polymeric aniline (such as 3- to 300-meric aniline) bonding thereto through the amide linkage. The chemically modified carbon nanotubes exhibit good affinity with organic solvents and readily disperse into organic solvents.11-19-2009
20100203343ANTIRUST TREATED METAL - In an antirust treated metal base material in accordance with the present invention, a coating film containing insulating polyaniline in a highly oxidized state (PE state) is formed on the surface of a metal base material. A method for antirust treatment of the surface of a metal base material includes a process of forming a coating film containing insulating polyaniline in a highly oxidized state (PE state) on the metal base material surface. According to the present invention, an antirust treated metal base material, in which the coating film of an insulating polyaniline system containing no dopants exhibits strong corrosion inhibition effect, and a method of antirust treatment for the metal base material are provided.08-12-2010
20110012065POLYANILINE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND POLYANILINE-CONTAINING SOLUTION AND COATING MATERIAL - A method for manufacturing a polyaniline by preparing an aniline mixed solution in which an antirust additive and at least one of aniline and aniline derivatives are mixed and polymerizing at least one of the aniline and the aniline derivatives by adding a polymerization initiator to the aniline mixed solution, polyaniline obtained by the method, a polyaniline-containing solution, and a coating material containing the polyaniline.01-20-2011
20120059120Carbon Nanotube Grafted with Low-Molecular Weight Polyaniline and Dispersion Thereof - Chemically modified carbon nanotubes composed of carbon nanotubes (such as multiwall carbon nanotubes) having carboxyl groups on the surface thereof and polymeric aniline (such as 3- to 300-meric aniline) bonding thereto through the amide linkage. The chemically modified carbon nanotubes exhibit good affinity with organic solvents and readily disperse into organic solvents.03-08-2012

Patent applications by Noriyuki Kuramoto, Yonezawa-Shi JP

Noriyuki Kuramoto, Yamagata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090011226Conductive Polymer Multilayer Body - A conductive polymer multilayer body including a substrate and a thin film provided thereon with a thickness of 1 μm or less which is formed of a conductive polyaniline composition containing a protonated substituted or unsubstituted polyaniline composite (a) dissolved in an organic solvent which is substantially immiscible with water and a compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group (b).01-08-2009

Satoru Kuramoto, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080235717MOTOR WITH A CHUCKING DEVICE AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - In a motor including a chucking device for detachably holding a disk, the chucking device has a center case to which a central opening of the disk is inserted. The center case has a cylindrical portion coaxial with the center axis, a cover portion for covering an axial upper side of the cylindrical portion of the center case and a base portion fixed to the shaft-fixed portion of the rotor holder; resilient members received within the center case; and claw members remaining in contact with the respective resilient members, the claw members being movable radially to hold the disk in place. The center case is spaced apart from the rotor holder except for the base portion contacting with the shaft-fixed portion of the rotor holder.09-25-2008
20080235718MOTOR WITH A CHUCKING DEVICE AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - In a motor including a chucking device for detachably holding a disk, the chucking device has a center case to which a central opening of the disk is inserted; resilient members received within the center case; and claw members for holding the disk in place. Each of the claw members has a tip end portion, a disk holding surface positioned axially below the tip end portion for holding the disk in place, and a recessed sliding portion formed substantially at a circumferential center region of the disk holding surface, the sliding portion serving to guide movement of the claw member. Rest portions are formed in the center case in a facing relationship with the respective sliding portions, the rest portions serving to support the respective sliding portions by contacting therewith. Each of the rest portions has an upwardly convex curved surface with which the corresponding sliding portion makes contact.09-25-2008
20080235720MOTOR WITH A CHUCKING DEVICE AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - In a motor including a chucking device for detachably holding a disk, the chucking device has a center case to which a central opening of the disk is inserted; resilient members received within the center case; and claw members for holding the disk in place. Each of the claw members has a claw portion having a disk holding surface for holding the disk in place and a pair of wing portions extending radially inwardly from the claw portion. Further, each of the wing portions has a spherical contact surface contacting with a underlying part arranged axially below the wing portions.09-25-2008
20090241140MOTOR WITH A CHUCKING DEVICE AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - In a motor including a chucking device for detachably holding a disk, the chucking device has a center case to which a central opening of the disk is inserted; resilient members received within the center case; and claw members for holding the disk in place. Each of the claw members has a tip end portion, a disk holding surface positioned axially below the tip end portion for holding the disk in place, and a recessed sliding portion formed substantially at a circumferential center region of the disk holding surface, the sliding portion serving to guide movement of the claw member. Rest portions are formed in the center case to face the respective sliding portions, the rest portions serving to support the respective sliding portions by contacting therewith. The sliding portions are designed to make contact with the respective rest portions when the disk is mounted to the chucking device.09-24-2009
20110023057BRUSHLESS MOTOR, AND DISK DRIVE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - In a brushless motor for use in a disk drive, a rotor is mounted onto a tube portion of a housing. A retaining claw is formed at an upper end of the tube portion. A turntable has a central concave portion which accommodates an upper portion of the tube portion of the housing. A retaining member is provided radially outside the central concave portion, and includes a plurality of retaining pieces extending to the inside of the central concave portion. When the rotor is mounted onto the housing, the retaining pieces come into contact with the retaining claw and then move upward. When the rotor moves upward relative to the housing, the retaining pieces come into contact with the retaining claw, thereby restricting upward movement of the rotor. Upward movement of the retaining pieces is restricted by contact between the retaining member and the turntable.01-27-2011

Patent applications by Satoru Kuramoto, Kyoto JP

Satoru Kuramoto, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090016920SCREW PUMP AND SCREW GEAR - A screw pump is provided with a pair of screw rotors serving as fluid transfer bodies. With respect to a rotation angle (x) around an axis of each of the screw rotors, a change of a lead angle (θ) from a winding start angle (01-15-2009

Patent applications by Satoru Kuramoto, Kariya-Shi JP

Satoshi Kuramoto, Kagoshima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090066877Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention relate to a liquid crystal display device using a light emitting diode (LED) module as a light source for backlight. Storing portions (03-12-2009

Satoshi Kuramoto, Kirishima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100177263LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A light source device according to one of the invention comprises a light emitting element; a light guide substrate into which light emitted from the light emitting element enters; a mounting substrate on which the light emitting element is mounted; and a conductive pattern for removing a static electricity in or on the light guide substrate, formed on the mounting substrate.07-15-2010

Takafumi Kuramoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100258874SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A distance “a” from a first gate electrode of a first transistor of a high-frequency circuit to a first contact is greater than a distance “b” from a second electrode of a second transistor of a digital circuit to a second contact. The first contact is connected to a drain or source of the first transistor, and the second contact is connected to a drain or source of the second transistor.10-14-2010

Takahiro Kuramoto, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110183060METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWDERY EMULSIFIED FAT AND OIL - A method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil that releases fats and oils when dissolved in hot water and that has an excellent powder property during storage is provided. The method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil includes adding a fat and oil to an aqueous solution containing a meat extract and a salt and emulsifying the mixture, and then drying the emulsified solution. The method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil includes emulsifying the aqueous solution that further contains an excipient and then drying the emulsified solution. A powdered soup produced using the obtained powdery emulsified fat and oil has a good aroma and richness, and is provided as a food product with an excellent shelf life.07-28-2011

Takashi Kuramoto, Sakai-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130048445WORKING VEHICLE - An operating system is formed in which an engagement shaft supported on an end portion of a brake piston is inserted through an engagement hole portion of a balance member; an operation wire is connected to the balance member via a coupling pin; and brake operating arms of rear wheel brake mechanisms are operated by a pair of arm portions of the balance member. A broad area is formed in the engagement hole portion in a manner allowing the balance member to swing about the coupling pin when the operation wire is pulled.02-28-2013

Takashi Kuramoto, Sakai-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090308038Rear Discharge Mower - A rear discharge mower comprising: a first shaft; a first blade that is rotated in unison with the first shaft; a second shaft that is configured to be rotated in a direction opposite from a rotational direction of the first shaft; a second blade that is rotated in unison with the second shaft, wherein a grass-clippings discharge path is formed through which grass clippings are discharged in a rearward direction from the area between the first shaft and second shaft; an enclosing casing that supports the blade shafts; and a power train that is accommodated in the enclosing casing and that transmits power to the first and second blade shafts.12-17-2009

Toshiyuki Kuramoto, Itami-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090148704VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS APPARATUS, VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE - A vapor-phase process apparatus and a vapor-phase process method capable of satisfactorily maintaining quality of processes even when different types of processes are performed are obtained. A vapor-phase process apparatus includes a process chamber, gas supply ports serving as a plurality of gas introduction portions, and a gas supply portion (a gas supply member, a pipe, a flow rate control device, a pipe, and a buffer chamber). The process chamber allows flow of a reaction gas therein. The plurality of gas supply ports are formed in a wall surface (upper wall) of the process chamber along a direction of flow of the reaction gas. The gas supply portion can supply a gas into the process chamber at a different flow rate from each of one gas supply port and another gas supply port different from that one gas supply port among the plurality of gas supply ports.06-11-2009
20120003142VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS APPARATUS, VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE - A vapor-phase process apparatus and a vapor-phase process method capable of satisfactorily maintaining quality of processes even when different types of processes are performed are obtained. A vapor-phase process apparatus includes a process chamber, gas supply ports serving as a plurality of gas introduction portions, and a gas supply portion (a gas supply member, a pipe, a flow rate control device, a pipe, and a buffer chamber). The process chamber allows flow of a reaction gas therein. The plurality of gas supply ports are formed in a wall surface (upper wall) of the process chamber along a direction of flow of the reaction gas. The gas supply portion can supply a gas into the process chamber at a different flow rate from each of one gas supply port and another gas supply port different from that one gas supply port among the plurality of gas supply ports.01-05-2012
20120024227VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS APPARATUS, VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE - A vapor-phase process apparatus and a vapor-phase process method capable of satisfactorily maintaining quality of processes even when different types of processes are performed are obtained. A vapor-phase process apparatus includes a process chamber, gas supply ports serving as a plurality of gas introduction portions, and a gas supply portion (a gas supply member, a pipe, a flow rate control device, a pipe, and a buffer chamber). The process chamber allows flow of a reaction gas therein. The plurality of gas supply ports are formed in a wall surface (upper wall) of the process chamber along a direction of flow of the reaction gas. The gas supply portion can supply a gas into the process chamber at a different flow rate from each of one gas supply port and another gas supply port different from that one gas supply port among the plurality of gas supply ports.02-02-2012

Yasuhiro Kuramoto, Hiroshima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090149440NOVEL PYRIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES OR SALTS THEREOF - The present invention provides an agent which exhibits excellent antibacterial activity, low toxicity, improved bioavailability, and low binding rate to serum proteins. The present invention is directed to a pyridonecarboxylic acid derivative represented by formula (1):06-11-2009

Yuji Kuramoto, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110181105POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE USE - A power conversion apparatus for vehicle use having a small size and a light weight is obtained. The power conversion apparatus is provided with: a plurality of semiconductor modules in which semiconductor devices are molded with a resin, and each of which has a module body, an input terminal, and an output terminal; a heat sink of a rectangular parallelepiped shape which has cooling principal planes on opposite surfaces thereof, respectively, for cooling these semiconductor modules; and a plurality of control boards which control the driving of the semiconductor modules. Each of the semiconductor modules is arranged such that its module body has a principal plane in surface contact with one of the cooling principal planes of the heat sink, and each of the control boards is arranged in opposition to a surface of the module body at an opposed side of the principal plane thereof.07-28-2011

Yusuke Kuramoto, Kodaira-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120197548TIRE RUBBER INDEX CALCULATING METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - To precisely calculate the rubber index of a tire.08-02-2012