Patents by Inventor Hikaru Kobayashi

Hikaru Kobayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20180001669
    Abstract: A print method includes applying a first ink to a recording medium to form a first ink print layer, drying the first ink print layer to a drying ratio of 30 percent or less, and applying a second ink having a color different from that of the first ink to the first ink print layer to form a second ink print layer thereon, wherein the first ink includes a urethane resin particle and a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of from 100 to 180 degrees C. or ?-alkoxy propionamide of Chemical formula I, where R1 represents a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a butyl group and R2 and R3 each, independently represent alkyl groups having one to six carbon atoms, and the first ink and the second ink includes no organic solvent having a boiling point of 280 degrees C. or higher under 1 atm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Juichi FURUKAWA, Masaaki Tsuda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga, Masahiro Kido, Hikaru Kobayashi, Yuta Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9855763
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet includes water; two or more hydrosoluble organic solvents; a pigment; and a resin particle more than the pigment by weight. A hydrosoluble organic solvent A having the smallest SP value and a hydrosoluble organic solvent B having the largest SP among the two or more hydrosoluble organic solvents satisfy the following relations (1) and (2): SP value of hydrosoluble organic solvent B?SP value of hydrosoluble organic solvent A?3??(1) boiling point of hydrosoluble organic solvent B>boiling point of hydrosoluble organic solvent A??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa, Masahiro Kido, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9856386
    Abstract: An inkjet ink set is provided. The inkjet ink set includes a first ink including a resin A and an organic solvent A; and a second ink including a resin B and an organic solvent which is the same as or different from the organic solvent A. The minimum film forming temperature (MFT) of the resin A is lower than that of the resin B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kido, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170335123
    Abstract: A white ink includes one or more organic solvents including an amide compound represented by the following Chemical formula 1, wherein the amide compound accounts for 40 percent by mass or more of the one or more organic solvents, In the chemical formula 1, R1 represents a straight-chained or branch-chained alkyl group having one to six carbon atoms, R2 and R3 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms or straight-chained or branch-chained alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yuta NAKAMURA, Michihiko NAMBA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Hikaru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170174919
    Abstract: An ink including: water; at least one organic solvent; a polysiloxane surfactant; and acryl-silicone resin particles, where the polysiloxane surfactant has an HLB value of 8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Juichi FURUKAWA, Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, Yuta NAKAMURA, Masaaki TSUDA, Hikaru KOBAYASHI, Yukihiro IMANAGA, Michihiko NAMBA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Takahiro YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9605173
    Abstract: An ink contains a colorant, a water soluble organic solvent, a silicone-based surfactant, a compound represented by the following chemical formula 1, and water, wherein the water soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of 250° C. or higher accounts for 38% by weight or less in a total amount of the water soluble organic solvent, where R11 and R12 each, independently represent aliphatic hydrocarbon groups having 3 to 6 carbon atoms with forks and R13 and R14 each, independently represent alkyl groups having one to two carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiroh Fujii, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170051170
    Abstract: Ink includes water, an organic solvent, a surfactant including a silicon-based surfactant, and a resin including a polyester-based urethane resin having a polyolefin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Noriaki OKADA, Hikaru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170022380
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a color material, an acrylic resin, urethane resin particles, and at least one organic solvent, wherein the at least one organic solvent includes 3-methyl-3-methoxy-1-butanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hikaru Kobayashi, Noriaki Okada
  • Patent number: 9493665
    Abstract: An ink set for inkjet contains a white ink and one or more color inks other than the white ink, wherein the ink set satisfies the following I to III: I. each ink comprises water, a pigment, resin particulates, a water soluble organic solvent, and a silicone-based surfactant accounting for 1% by weight to 3% by weight of the ink, II. the pigment contained in each of the one or more color inks is a reformed pigment reformed by at least one of a geminal bisphosphonic acid group or a geminal bisphosphonic acid salt group, and III. the water soluble organic solvent of the white ink comprises glycol ether having a boiling point of from 200 degrees C. to 250 degrees C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Toda, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160272832
    Abstract: An ink set that includes a first ink and a second ink each containing coloring agent, surfactant, organic solvent, resin, and water. The mix SP value of the organic solvent and the water of the first ink is larger than the mix SP value of the organic solvent and the water of the second ink. An ink-jet recording method using the ink set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hikaru KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Noriaki Okada
  • Publication number: 20160272834
    Abstract: An ink set that includes a first ink and a second ink each containing coloring agent, surfactant, organic solvent, resin, and water. The mix SP value of the organic solvent and the water of the first ink is larger than the mix SP value of the organic solvent and the water of the second ink. An ink-jet recording method using the ink set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hikaru KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Noriaki Okada
  • Publication number: 20160264808
    Abstract: Ink having high adhesiveness for various substrates. The ink contains water, an organic solvent, at least one compound selected from formulae (1) and (2), and at least two kinds of resin particles. Ink-jet method. Record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Naohiro Toda, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Noriaki Okada, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160200571
    Abstract: An exemplary hydrogen production apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes a grinding unit 10 configured to grind a silicon chip or a silicon grinding scrap 1 to form silicon fine particles 2, and a hydrogen generator 70 configured to generate hydrogen by causing the silicon fine particles 2 to contact with as well as disperse in, or to contact with or dispersed in water or an aqueous solution. The hydrogen production apparatus 100 can achieve reliable production of a practically adequate amount of hydrogen from a start material of silicon chips or silicon grinding scraps that are ordinarily regarded as waste. The hydrogen production apparatus thus effectively utilizes the silicon chips or the silicon grinding scraps so as to contribute to environmental protection as well as to significant reduction in cost for production of hydrogen that is utilized as an energy source in the next generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hikaru KOBAYASHI, Toru HIGO, Yayoi KANATANI
  • Patent number: 9340692
    Abstract: An ink contains water, a hydrosoluble organic solvent, a colorant, a resin A; and a resin B, wherein the content of the resin B is from 0.5% by weight to less than 10% by weight to the content of the resin A and the resin B has a minimum film-forming temperature at least 30° C. lower than that of the resin A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakagawa, Naohiro Toda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160102220
    Abstract: An inkjet ink set is provided. The inkjet ink set includes a first ink including a resin A and an organic solvent A; and a second ink including a resin B and an organic solvent which is the same as or different from the organic solvent A. The minimum film forming temperature (MFT) of the resin A is lower than that of the resin B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Naohiro TODA, Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Juichi FURUKAWA, Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, Hikaru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160068697
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet includes water; two or more hydrosoluble organic solvents; a pigment; and a resin particle more than the pigment by weight. A hydrosoluble organic solvent A having the smallest SP value and a hydrosoluble organic solvent B having the largest SP among the two or more hydrosoluble organic solvents satisfy the following relations (1) and (2): SP value of hydrosoluble organic solvent B?SP value of hydrosoluble organic solvent A?3??(1) boiling point of hydrosoluble organic solvent B>boiling point of hydrosoluble organic solvent A??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Naohiro TODA, Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, Juichi FURUKAWA, Masahiro KIDO, Hikaru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160032122
    Abstract: An ink set for inkjet contains a white ink and one or more color inks other than the white ink, wherein the ink set satisfies the following I to III: I. each ink comprises water, a pigment, resin particulates, a water soluble organic solvent, and a silicone-based surfactant accounting for 1% by weight to 3% by weight of the ink, II. the pigment contained in each of the one or more color inks is a reformed pigment reformed by at least one of a geminal bisphosphonic acid group or a geminal bisphosphonic acid salt group, and III. the water soluble organic solvent of the white ink comprises glycol ether having a boiling point of from 200 degrees C. to 250 degrees C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Naohiro Toda, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150259553
    Abstract: An ink contains water, a hydrosoluble organic solvent, a colorant, a resin A; and a resin B, wherein the content of the resin B is from 0.5% by weight to less than 10% by weight to the content of the resin A and the resin B has a minimum film-forming temperature at least 30° C. lower than that of the resin A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Naohiro Toda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9076916
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing semiconductor devices. Said method includes: a supply step in which a process liquid (19) that oxidizes and dissolves a target substrate (20) to be treated is supplied to the surface of said substrate (20) to be treated; a positioning step in which a mesh-like transferring member (10b) provided with a catalyst material is positioned near or in contact with the surface of the substrate (20) to be treated; and a concave or convex forming step in which a concave or convex is formed on the surface of the substrate (20) to be treated via the aforementioned supply and positioning steps. As opposed to existing manufacturing methods, which manufacture semiconductor devices provided with semiconductor substrates with highly arbitrary (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventor: Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8728941
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thin-film transistor (10) manufacturing method that includes a process for forming a nitrate film (12x) that includes residual nickel (22) on a surface thereof, by bringing a nitric acid solution into contact with a polysilicon layer (11x); and a process for removing the nitrate film (12x) that includes residual nickel (22) from the polysilicon layer (11x) surface. With this surface treatment process, a polysilicon layer (11) with reduced concentration of a surface residual nickel (22) is provided, and a thin-film transistor (10) having excellent surface smoothness is attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Imai, Takafumi Shimatani, Hikaru Kobayashi