Patents by Inventor Akihiro Hara

Akihiro Hara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10953668
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording ink including: a colorant represented by the following Formula 1, in which an absorption maximum of a dry material of the ink jet recording ink is 700 nm to 1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Hirai, Akihiro Hara, Daisuke Sasaki, Yoshihiro Jimbo
  • Publication number: 20210034268
    Abstract: In a storage system, attributes of nodes are specified as first attribute nodes and second attribute nodes, the I/O processing in the nodes is executed as a plurality of processes including front-end I/O processing executed by any of the first attribute nodes and back-end I/O processing executed by the first and second attribute nodes having a storage device that stores data relating to the I/O processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro HARA, Norio SHIMOZONO, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI, Akira DEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200385558
    Abstract: Provided are a resin composition including a compound represented by Formula (1) and a resin, an optical filter including the resin composition, a liquid crystal display device and a solid-state imaging element including the optical filter, and a compound suitable as a light absorbing component of the resin composition. In Formula (1), Dye represents a colorant structural part obtained by removing n1 hydrogen atoms from a squarylium compound having a specific structure, Q1 is a structural part including a metallocene structure, and n1 represents an integer of 1 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke SASAKI, Hidetomo FURUYAMA, Akihiro HARA, Hiroki KUWAHARA, Yu NAITO, Nobutaka FUKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200369890
    Abstract: Provided are a resin composition including a compound represented by Formula (1) and a resin, a film and a filter including the resin composition, a liquid crystal display device and a solid-state imaging element including the filter, and a compound suitable as a light absorbing component of the resin composition and the filter. In Formula (1), Dye represents a colorant structural part obtained by removing n1 hydrogen atoms from a squarylium compound having a specific structure. Q1 is a structural part in which energy levels of a highest occupied molecular orbital and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital satisfy a specific condition. L1 represents a divalent linking group and n1 represents an integer of 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke SASAKI, Akihiro HARA, Kunihiko KODAMA, Nobutaka FUKAGAWA, Yu NAITO, Hiroki KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200369901
    Abstract: Provided are a dispersion, applications thereof, and a compound, the dispersion including: a colorant represented by the following Formula 1; and a medium. In Formula 1, L1 represents a methine chain consisting of 5 or 7 methine groups, a methine group at a center of the methine chain has a substituent represented by the following Formula A, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a monovalent heterocyclic group, and X's each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a selenium atom. In Formula A, SA represents a single bond, an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, or an alkynylene group, TA represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and * represents a binding site to the methine group at the center of the methine chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiro HARA, Daisuke SASAKI, Yoshihiro JIMBO
  • Publication number: 20200347252
    Abstract: Provided are an ink composition for ink jet printing, and an image forming method and a recorded material using the ink composition for ink jet printing. The ink composition for ink jet printing includes: a colorant represented by the following Formula 1; resin particles; a water-soluble organic solvent; and water. In Formula 1, Y1 and Y2 each independently represent a non-metal atomic group which forms an aliphatic ring or a heterocycle, M+ represents a proton or a monovalent alkali metal cation or organic cation, L1 represents a methine chain consisting of 5 or 7 methine groups, and a methine group at a center of the methine chain has a specific substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Misato SASADA, Toshiyuki MAKUTA, Daisuke SASAKI, Akihiro HARA
  • Publication number: 20200340940
    Abstract: A sensor element (10) including: a measurement chamber (150); a pump cell (110) including a solid electrolyte (111), an inner electrode (113) exposed to the measurement chamber, and an outer electrode (112), the pump cell being configured to adjust an oxygen concentration in the measurement chamber; a diffusion resistance portion (151); and a detection cell (120) configured to measure a concentration of a specific gas in the measurement target gas after the adjustment of the oxygen concentration. The outer electrode is covered by a porous layer (114) and is disposed in a hollow space (10G) surrounded by a gas non-permeable dense layer 115, 118. The hollow space is in communication with an air introduction hole (10h) that is open on a rear side relative to the diffusion resistance portion. The outer electrode is exposed via the porous layer to air introduced through the air introduction hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi FURUTA, Kentaro Kamada, Akinori Kojima, Satoshi Yamahara, Akihiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20200285412
    Abstract: There is provided a storage device that is connected to a computer and receives an UNMAP command to cancel a relationship between a logical address and a physical address provided to the computer, in response to data deletion on the computer. The storage device includes a control unit configured to make data stored in a physical address specified by the UNMAP command irreversible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nakagawa, Akihiro Hara
  • Patent number: 10757845
    Abstract: A high-frequency component includes a wiring substrate, a component mounted on an upper surface of the wiring substrate, a columnar member formed of a conductive resin and standing on the upper surface of the wiring substrate in a state of a lower end portion of the columnar member being fixed to the upper surface of the wiring substrate, and a shield case covering the component and the columnar member. The shield case has a lid plate disposed so as to face the upper surface of the wiring substrate and a side plate extending from an edge of the lid plate toward the upper surface of the wiring substrate, and an upper end portion of the columnar member is fixed to each of four corner portions of the lid plate, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the wiring substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yagi, Kazushige Sato, Akihiro Hara, Noboru Morioka, Nobumitsu Amachi
  • Patent number: 10698627
    Abstract: A storage system as a storage cluster recognized as one storage device with respect to a host system specifies a primary volume, to which one or more snapshot volumes are associated, as a migration source primary volume and performs migration processing of migrating at least the migration source primary volume from among the migration source primary volume and a part of the snapshot volumes from a migration source storage device (storage device including specified migration source primary volume and one or more snapshot volume) to a migration target storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hara, Akira Yamamoto, Masakuni Agetsuma, Hideo Saito
  • Patent number: 10634639
    Abstract: A method for producing a gas sensor element (10), the gas sensor element including a diffusive porous layer (113) disposed in a measurement chamber (111) and exposed to the outside and a ceramic insulating layer (115) forming sidewalls of the measurement chamber. The method includes transferring green diffusive porous layer pieces (113x) cut in advance so as to have prescribed dimensions onto a first ceramic green sheet (110x); applying an insulating paste which later becomes the ceramic insulating layer to the first ceramic green sheet; laminating the first ceramic green sheet onto a second ceramic green sheet (120x) to form a ceramic laminate (200x); cutting the ceramic laminate along prescribed cutting lines C to obtain a plurality of gas sensor element pieces 10x; and firing the gas sensor element pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ai Igarashi, Kouji Toida, Akinori Kojima, Akihiro Hara, Hitoshi Furuta
  • Publication number: 20200099062
    Abstract: An intermediate layer containing CeO2 with which a rare earth element (excluding Ce) forms a solid solution and a first electrode layer may be disposed in this order on a surface on one side of a solid electrolyte layer containing Zr, and a second electrode layer may be disposed on a surface on another side opposite the surface of the one side of the solid electrolyte layer. The intermediate layer includes a first layer located closer to the solid electrolyte layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer and located closer to the first electrode layer, and a concentration of the rare earth element of the first layer may be greater than a concentration of the rare earth element of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiro HARA, Yuuichi HORI
  • Publication number: 20200073566
    Abstract: A storage system having a processor that provides a volume to be an object of an input/output (I/O) request and executes I/O in response to the I/O request includes a valid volume provided to be the object of the I/O request, and an invalid volume not being provided to be the object. A plurality of invalid volumes includes invalid volumes of a plurality of types of capacities. The processor selects, when a volume creation request is received, the invalid volume on the basis of capacity according to the volume creation request to convert the selected invalid volume into a valid volume, and provides the validated valid volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Takanobu SUZUKI, Akihiro HARA, Masakuni AGETSUMA
  • Patent number: 10409158
    Abstract: Provided are a coloring composition having improved heat resistance; and a cured film, a color filter, a method for producing a color filter, and a solid-state imaging element and an image display device, each of which uses the coloring composition. The coloring composition includes a dye (A) represented by the following General Formula (I) and a polymerizable compound (B). General Formula (I) is (R)m-Q-(D)n, wherein Q represents an (m+n)-valent linking group, R represents a substituent, D represents a dye residue, m represents an integer of 0 to 6, n represents an integer of 2 to 8, and (m+n) represents an integer of 2 to 8. In the case where m is 2 or more, a plurality of R's may be different from each other, and in the case where n is 2 or more, a plurality of D's may be different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Hara, Tetsuya Watanabe, Yuushi Kaneko, Suguru Samejima, Junichi Ito, Naotsugu Muro, Kazuya Oota, Yoshinori Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10367220
    Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell having an electric power generating element unit that is configured by sandwiching a solid electrolyte layer between a fuel electrode layer and an oxygen electrode layer with a pore that is present in the solid electrolyte layer and is covered with a sealing material. In addition, a pore that is present in an interconnector, which is electrically connected to the fuel electrode layer or the oxygen electrode layer, is covered with the sealing material. Consequently, the solid oxide fuel cell is capable of easily preventing gas leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuichi Hori, Akihiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20190215993
    Abstract: A high-frequency component includes a wiring substrate, a component mounted on an upper surface of the wiring substrate, a columnar member formed of a conductive resin and standing on the upper surface of the wiring substrate in a state of a lower end portion of the columnar member being fixed to the upper surface of the wiring substrate, and a shield case covering the component and the columnar member. The shield case has a lid plate disposed so as to face the upper surface of the wiring substrate and a side plate extending from an edge of the lid plate toward the upper surface of the wiring substrate, and an upper end portion of the columnar member is fixed to each of four corner portions of the lid plate, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the wiring substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshikazu YAGI, Kazushige SATO, Akihiro HARA, Noboru MORIOKA, Nobumitsu AMACHI
  • Publication number: 20190212937
    Abstract: A storage system as a storage cluster recognized as one storage device with respect to a host system specifies a primary volume, to which one or more snapshot volumes are associated, as a migration source primary volume and performs migration processing of migrating at least the migration source primary volume from among the migration source primary volume and a part of the snapshot volumes from a migration source storage device (storage device including specified migration source primary volume and one or more snapshot volume) to a migration target storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro HARA, Akira YAMAMOTO, Masakuni AGETSUMA, Hideo SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190176487
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording ink including: a colorant represented by the following Formula 1, in which an absorption maximum of a dry material of the ink jet recording ink is 700 nm to 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki HIRAI, Akihiro HARA, Daisuke SASAKI, Yoshihiro JIMBO
  • Patent number: 10317794
    Abstract: A coloring composition having excellent light fastness, color migration properties, and flatness, a colorant, and a method for producing a colorant are provided. Further, a cured film, a color filter, a method for manufacturing a color filter, a solid-state imaging device, an image display device, and an organic electroluminescent element, each using such the coloring composition, are also provided. The coloring composition contains a colorant represented by General Formula (1) and a curable compound, and has a specific absorbance of 5 or more at a maximum absorption wavelength of 400 nm to 800 nm. R1 represents an (m+n)-valent linking group, P represents a monovalent substituent having a repeating units derived from a vinyl compound, D represents a colorant structure, and R2 and L1 each independently represent a single bond or a divalent linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Idei, Kazuya Oota, Suguru Samejima, Masayuki Harada, Akihiro Hara, Junichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20190094688
    Abstract: A colored composition of the present invention includes a dye compound having an anionic moiety including at least one of a structure represented by the following General Formula (A1), a structure represented by the following General Formula (A2), and a structure containing a boron atom, and a dye structure having a cationic moiety, in which the anionic moiety and the cationic moiety are bonded to each other via a covalent bond and present in the same molecule; a curable compound; and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi ITOU, Akihiro HARA, Kazuya OOTA, Yushi KANEKO, Daisuke SASAKI