Patents by Inventor Hideki Usuki
Hideki Usuki 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).
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Patent number: 9725672Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for a continuously variable transmission contains at a specific content: (A) a mineral oil or PAO having a sulfur content of 0.03 mass % or less and a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 1.5 mm2/s to 3 mm2/s; (B) a mineral oil or PAO having a sulfur content of 0.03 mass % or less and a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 5.5 mm2/s to 8 mm2/s; (C) PAO having a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 30 mm2/s to 400 mm2/s; and (D) a polymethacrylate having a mass average molecular weight of 10000 to 40000, in which the total content of the components (C) and (D) is 19 mass % or more and the lubricating oil composition has a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 5.5 mm2/s to 6.5 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at ?20 degrees C. of 680 mm2/s or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD, JATCO Ltd., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Hiroshi Fujita, Toshihiko Ichihashi, Kenji Kojima, Yoshie Arakawa, Makoto Maeda, Hideki Usuki
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Patent number: 9720154Abstract: A pattern phase difference film is manufactured by a process including a laminate body formation step of applying a pattern alignment layer composition on a substrate to form a laminate body, a heat-drying layer formation step of heat-drying the composition to form a heat-dried layer, a pattern alignment layer formation step of irradiating a polarization pattern onto the heat-dried layer to form a pattern alignment layer, and a phase difference layer formation step of forming a phase difference layer including a rod-shaped compound on the pattern alignment layer. During the steps between the heat-drying layer formation step and the phase difference layer formation step, the heat-dried layer and the pattern alignment layer are exposed to the air for four hours or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya Inomata, Kumiko Kambara, Masanori Fukuda, Hideki Usuki, Keiji Kashima, Kazuki Yamada
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Patent number: 9638848Abstract: A pattern phase difference film is manufactured by a process including a laminate body formation step of applying a pattern alignment layer composition on a substrate to form a laminate body, a heat-drying layer formation step of heat-drying the composition to form a heat-dried layer, a pattern alignment layer formation step of irradiating a polarization pattern onto the heat-dried layer to form a pattern alignment layer, and a phase difference layer formation step of forming a phase difference layer including a rod-shaped compound on the pattern alignment layer. During the steps between the heat-drying layer formation step and the phase difference layer formation step, the heat-dried layer and the pattern alignment layer are exposed to the air for four hours or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya Inomata, Kumiko Kambara, Masanori Fukuda, Hideki Usuki, Keiji Kashima, Kazuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20160377775Abstract: A pattern phase difference film is manufactured by a process including a laminate body formation step of applying a pattern alignment layer composition on a substrate to form a laminate body, a heat-drying layer formation step of heat-drying the composition to form a heat-dried layer, a pattern alignment layer formation step of irradiating a polarization pattern onto the heat-dried layer to form a pattern alignment layer, and a phase difference layer formation step of forming a phase difference layer including a rod-shaped compound on the pattern alignment layer. During the steps between the heat-drying layer formation step and the phase difference layer formation step, the heat-dried layer and the pattern alignment layer are exposed to the air for four hours or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya INOMATA, Kumiko KAMBARA, Masanori FUKUDA, Hideki USUKI, Keiji KASHIMA, Kazuki YAMADA
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Publication number: 20140268002Abstract: A pattern phase difference film is manufactured by a process including a laminate body formation step of applying a pattern alignment layer composition on a substrate to form a laminate body, a heat-drying layer formation step of heat-drying the composition to form a heat-dried layer, a pattern alignment layer formation step of irradiating a polarization pattern onto the heat-dried layer to form a pattern alignment layer, and a phase difference layer formation step of forming a phase difference layer including a rod-shaped compound on the pattern alignment layer. During the steps between the heat-drying layer formation step and the phase difference layer formation step, the heat-dried layer and the pattern alignment layer are exposed to the air for four hours or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Yuya Inomata, Kumiko Kambara, Masanori Fukuda, Hideki Usuki, Keiji Kashima, Kazuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20120316092Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for a continuously variable transmission contains at a specific content: (A) a mineral oil or PAO having a sulfur content of 0.03 mass % or less and a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 1.5 mm2/s to 3 mm2/s; (B) a mineral oil or PAO having a sulfur content of 0.03 mass % or less and a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 5.5 mm2/s to 8 mm2/s; (C) PAO having a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 30 mm2/s to 400 mm2/s; and (D) a polymethacrylate having a mass average molecular weight of 10000 to 40000, in which the total content of the components (C) and (D) is 19 mass % or more and the lubricating oil composition has a kinematic viscosity at 100 degrees C. from 5.5 mm2/s to 6.5 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at ?20 degrees C. of 680 mm2/s or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicants: JATCO Ltd., IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Fujita, Toshihiko Ichihashi, Kenji Kojima, Yoshie Arakawa, Makoto Maeda, Hideki Usuki
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Patent number: 7442437Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition comprising a copolymer (a) of a methylmethacrylate (MMA) and/or a butylmethacrylate (BMA) and a styrene (St), also provides an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of an acrylic polymer (b) and a ketone resin, wherein the acrylic polymer (b) is at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a poly MMA, a poly BMA, a MMA/BMA copolymer or a MMA/BMA/St copolymer, and also provides a thermal transfer sheet having a layer comprising the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition has excellent heat sealing characteristics and resistance to blocking when it is used for the formation of an adhesive layer, is also superior in miscibility with various organic or inorganic additives and allows these additives to exhibit their functions sufficiently when these additives are added and has high transparency.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: DAI Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Usuki, Naohiro Obonai
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Publication number: 20070098589Abstract: A non-heat treated steel for hot forging and for a connecting rod, containing, in mass percent: 0.3 to 0.8% of C; 0.1 to 2.0% of Si; 0.5 to 1.5% of Mn; 0.01 to 0.15% of P; 1.0% or less of Cr; 0.4% or less of V; 0.05% or less of Al; 0.005 to 0.03% of N; and the balance Fe and inevitable impurities. The non-heat treated steel has a value E of not larger than 150, the value E being calculated from the following equation: E=2804?1549×Ceq?8862×P?23.4×H where H is a value of a Rockwell hardness of the connecting rod made of the non-heat treated steel; P is a phosphorus content (%) in the connecting rod; and Ceq is a value of a carbon equivalent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Inventors: Isseki Aihara, Yuuichi Yamada, Tomonori Miyazawa, Hideki Usuki, Yoshio Okada, Shinichiro Kato, Masakazu Hayaishi
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Patent number: 7125928Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition comprising a copolymer (a) of a methylmethacrylate (MMA) and/or a butylmethacrylate (BMA) and a styrene (St), also provides an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of an acrylic polymer (b) and a ketone resin, wherein the acrylic polymer (b) is at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a poly MMA, a poly BMA, a MMA/BMA copolymer or a MMA/BMA/St copolymer, and also provides a thermal transfer sheet having a layer comprising the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition has excellent heat sealing characteristics and resistance to blocking when it is used for the formation of an adhesive layer, is also superior in miscibility with various organic or inorganic additives and allows these additives to exhibit their functions sufficiently when these additives are added and has high transparency.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Usuki, Naohiro Obonai
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Publication number: 20060165923Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition comprising a copolymer (a) of a methylmethacrylate (MMA) and/or a butylmethacrylate (BMA) and a styrene (St), also provides an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of an acrylic polymer (b) and a ketone resin, wherein the acrylic polymer (b) is at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a poly MMA, a poly BMA, a MMA/BMA copolymer or a MMA/BMA/St copolymer, and also provides a thermal transfer sheet having a layer comprising the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition has excellent heat sealing characteristics and resistance to blocking when it is used for the formation of an adhesive layer, is also superior in miscibility with various organic or inorganic additives and allows these additives to exhibit their functions sufficiently when these additives are added and has high transparency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Hideki Usuki, Naohiro Obonai
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Patent number: 7008692Abstract: A protective layer transfer sheet comprising a thermally transferable protective layer releasably provided on a substrate sheet is provided which, when a protective layer is formed by thermal transfer onto an image-receiving sheet with an image formed thereon, can prevent carrying troubles, such as meandering or cockling, within a printer. In a protective layer transfer sheet 10 comprising a substrate sheet 1, a heat-resistant slip layer 3 provided on one side of the substrate sheet 1, and a thermally transferable protective layer 2 releasably provided on at least a part of the surface of the substrate sheet 1 remote from the heat-resistant slip layer 3, bringing the coefficient of friction between the surface of the protective layer and the surface of the image-receiving sheet before thermal transfer to 0.05 to 0.5 in terms of ?0 (coefficient of static friction) and ? (coefficient of dynamic friction) with the value of ?0/? being 1.0 to 1.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2005Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Usuki, Satoshi Moriguchi, Hitoshi Saito
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Publication number: 20050142340Abstract: A protective layer transfer sheet comprising a thermally transferable protective layer releasably provided on a substrate sheet is provided which, when a protective layer is formed by thermal transfer onto an image-receiving sheet with an image formed thereon, can prevent carrying troubles, such as meandering or cockling, within a printer. In a protective layer transfer sheet 10 comprising a substrate sheet 1, a heat-resistant slip layer 3 provided on one side of the substrate sheet 1, and a thermally transferable protective layer 2 releasably provided on at least a part of the surface of the substrate sheet 1 remote from the heat-resistant slip layer 3, bringing the coefficient of friction between the surface of the protective layer and the surface of the image-receiving sheet before thermal transfer to 0.05 to 0.5 in terms of ?0 (coefficient of static friction) and ? (coefficient of dynamic friction) with the value of ?0/? being 1.0 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2005Publication date: June 30, 2005Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Usuki, Satoshi Moriguchi, Hitoshi Saito
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Publication number: 20050130039Abstract: An electrode plate for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprises a collector and an active material layer which is provided on one side or both sides of the collector, wherein the active material layer has low adhesion strength, low shear strength, and high bending strength, and the electrode plate is produced by a process comprising the steps of: providing a semimanufactured electrode plate which comprises a collector and an active material layer provided on the collector, providing a cutting means which comprises at least a pair of upper and lower blades each having a disc-like shape or a cylindrical shape and each having a cutting edge at a rim of its end face portion at one or both ends of its axial direction, and two shafts, one of which is for the upper blade supporting the one or more upper blades, and the other of which is for the lower blade supporting the one or more lower blades, wherein the upper and lower blades are opposed to each other with a positional relation that the two shafts aType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2004Publication date: June 16, 2005Inventors: Toshihito Shimizu, Takeshi Ohmae, Hideki Usuki, Yoshiaki Ooyari, Tomoya Sasaki
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Patent number: 6616993Abstract: The present invention provides a protective layer transfer sheet which, when used to thermally transfer a protective layer onto an image-receiving sheet with an image formed thereon, provides a print that does not cause cracking of the protective layer and, even when housed and stored in a vinyl chloride case containing a plasticizer or the like, does not cause the migration of a dye constituting the image to the case, that is, has excellent fastness properties. In a protective layer transfer sheet 7 comprising a substrate sheet 1, a heat-resistant slip layer 3 provided on one side of the substrate sheet 1, and a thermally transferable protective layer 2 releasably provided on at least a part of the surface of the substrate sheet 1 remote from the heat-resistant slip layer 3, the thermally transferable protective layer 2 contains an epoxy resin and, in addition, contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of a butyral resin, an acrylic resin, and an ultraviolet absorber.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Usuki, Satoshi Moriguchi, Naohiro Obonai, Hitoshi Saito
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Publication number: 20030056859Abstract: A case hardening steel high in impact strength, consists essentially of carbon in an amount of from 0.1 to 0.3% by weight, silicon in an amount of from more than 0.3 to 1.0% by weight, manganese in an amount of from 0.3 to 1.7% by weight, phosphorus in an amount of not more than 0.03% by weight, sulfur in an amount of not more than 0.03% by weight, molybdenum in an amount of not more than 1.0% by weight, aluminum in an amount of not more than 0.04% by weight, nitrogen in an amount of not more than 0.03% by weight, and balance being iron and inevitable impurities. The case hardening steel meets an equation of [C %]+5([P %]+[S %])≦([Mn %]+[Mo %]+1.8)/8.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Hanyuda, Tuyoshi Nakamura, Takao Hayashi, Hideki Usuki, Masatoshi Honda, Yutaka Kurebayashi, Naomi Miura, Youichi Murakami
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Publication number: 20030055151Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition comprising a copolymer (a) of a methylmethacrylate (MMA) and/or a butylmethacrylate (BMA) and a styrene (St), also provides an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of an acrylic polymer (b) and a ketone resin, wherein the acrylic polymer (b) is at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a poly MMA, a poly BMA, a MMA/BMA copolymer or a MMA/BMA/St copolymer, and also provides a thermal transfer sheet having a layer comprising the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition has excellent heat sealing characteristics and resistance to blocking when it is used for the formation of an adhesive layer, is also superior in miscibility with various organic or inorganic additives and allows these additives to exhibit their functions sufficiently when these additives are added and has high transparency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Hideki Usuki, Naohiro Obonai
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Publication number: 20020197453Abstract: The present invention provides a protective layer transfer sheet which, when used to thermally transfer a protective layer onto an image-receiving sheet with an image formed thereon, provides a print that does not cause cracking of the protective layer and, even when housed and stored in a vinyl chloride case containing a plasticizer or the like, does not cause the migration of a dye constituting the image to the case, that is, has excellent fastness properties. In a protective layer transfer sheet 7 comprising a substrate sheet 1, a heat-resistant slip layer 3 provided on one side of the substrate sheet 1, and a thermally transferable protective layer 2 releasably provided on at least a part of the surface of the substrate sheet 1 remote from the heat-resistant slip layer 3, the thermally transferable protective layer 2 contains an epoxy resin and, in addition, contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of a butyral resin, an acrylic resin, and an ultraviolet absorber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2001Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: Hideki Usuki, Satoshi Moriguchi, Naohiro Obonai, Hitoshi Saito
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Patent number: 6316385Abstract: A thermal transfer dye image-receiving sheet is provided which can form high-quality color images by a thermal transfer method. The thermal transfer dye image-receiving sheet comprises: a substrate sheet; and a dye-receptive layer provided on at least one side of the substrate sheet, the dye-receptive layer containing at least a caprolactone-modified cellulose, the cellulose comprising at least a cellulose acetate component.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2000Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Usuki, Hitoshi Saito, Takeshi Takada, Shino Takao
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Publication number: 20010018404Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet is comprises a substrate sheet, a dye layer of at least one color, a white layer to cover an image-receiving portion of a receiving material after an image is formed therein, and if necessary, a transferable receptor layer to be transferred to the image-receiving portion of the receiving material before the formation of the image, those layers being alternately disposed side by side on a surface of the substrate sheet, wherein said white layer being capable of adhering to the image-receiving portion already provided with the image and being disposed on the substrate sheet via a peeling layer interposed therebetween. The white layer has a white screenability to provide excellent light diffusivity and light transmissivity for a background of the printed image. The white layer may be formed by applying a coating liquid containing an adhesive binder resin and a white pigment or a coating liquid containing a binder resin, an adhesive, and a white pigment on the peeling layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2001Publication date: August 30, 2001Inventors: Katsuyuki Oshima, Satoru Kawai, Hideki Usuki
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Patent number: 6232267Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet is comprises a substrate sheet, a dye layer of at least one color, a white layer to cover an image-receiving portion of a receiving material after an image is formed therein, and if necessary, a transferable receptor layer to be transferred to the image-receiving portion of the receiving material before the formation of the image, those layers being alternately disposed side by side on a surface of the substrate sheet, wherein said white layer being capable of adhering to the image-receiving portion already provided with the image and being disposed on the substrate sheet via a peeling layer interposed therebetween. The white layer has a white screenability to provide excellent light diffusivity and light transmissivity for a background of the printed image. The white layer may be formed by applying a coating liquid containing an adhesive binder resin and a white pigment or a coating liquid containing a binder resin, an adhesive, and a white pigment on the peeling layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1998Date of Patent: May 15, 2001Assignee: DAI Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Oshima, Satoru Kawai, Hideki Usuki