Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Tsuji
Kazuaki Tsuji 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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Publication number: 20190031694Abstract: To provide an electrochromic compound, represented by the following general formula where X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and X8 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; R1 and R2 are each independently a monovalent substituent; A? and B? are each independently a monovalent anion; and Y is represented by the following general formula (II) or (III): where X9, X10, X11, X12, X13, X14, X15, X16, X17, and X18 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Toshiya SAGISAKA, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Takashi OKADA, Shigenobu HIRANO, Tohru YASHIRO, Koh FUJIMURA, Yoshihisa NAIJO, Yoshinori OKADA, Kazuaki TSUJI, Sukchan KIM, Keiichiroh YUTANI, Tamotsu HORIUCHI, Mamiko INOUE
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Patent number: 10093693Abstract: To provide an electrochromic compound, represented by the following general formula (I): General Formula (I) where X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and X8 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; R1 and R2 are each independently a monovalent substituent; A? and B? are each independently a monovalent anion; and Y is represented by the following general formula (II) or (III): General Formula (II) General Formula (III) where X9, X10, X11, X12, X13, X14, X15, X16, X17, and X18 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiya Sagisaka, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Takashi Okada, Shigenobu Hirano, Tohru Yashiro, Koh Fujimura, Yoshihisa Naijo, Yoshinori Okada, Kazuaki Tsuji, Sukchan Kim, Keiichiroh Yutani, Tamotsu Horiuchi, Mamiko Inoue
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Patent number: 10012885Abstract: Provided is an electrochromic display device, including: a pair of electrodes facing each other; an electrochromic layer provided to one of the pair of electrodes: and an electrolytic solution layer provided between the electrodes facing each other, wherein the electrochromic display device includes an yttrium-containing metal oxide layer between the electrochromic layer and the electrode to which the electrochromic layer is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Okada, Yoshihisa Naijo, Tohru Yashiro, Shigenobu Hirano, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Toshiya Sagisaka, Keiichiroh Yutani, Sukchan Kim, Kazuaki Tsuji, Mamiko Inoue, Tamotsu Horiuchi
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Patent number: 9932522Abstract: To provide an electrochromic compound, represented by the following general formula (I), where Ar1 is a pyridinium ring having a structure represented by the following general formula (IIa), (IIb), or (IIc), where Ar2 is a monovalent heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent, but Ar2 is not a pyridinium ring; R1 to R8 are each independently a monovalent group which may have a functional group, where the monovalent group may have a substituent; A is a monovalent group which may have a functional group, where the monovalent group may have a substituent; and B? is a monovalent anion.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Goto, Toshiya Sagisaka, Shigenobu Hirano, Satoshi Yamamoto, Mamiko Inoue, Tohru Yashiro, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Koh Fujimura, Tamotsu Horiuchi, Keiichiroh Yutani, Yoshihisa Naijo, Yoshinori Okada, Kazuaki Tsuji, Sukchan Kim, Keigo Takauji
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Patent number: 9891496Abstract: Provided is an electrochromic display device, including: a pair of electrodes facing each other; an electrochromic layer provided to one of the pair of electrodes: and an electrolytic solution layer provided between the electrodes facing each other, wherein the electrochromic display device includes an yttrium-containing metal oxide layer between the electrochromic layer and the electrode to which the electrochromic layer is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Okada, Yoshihisa Naijo, Tohru Yashiro, Shigenobu Hirano, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Toshiya Sagisaka, Keiichiroh Yutani, Sukchan Kim, Kazuaki Tsuji, Mamiko Inoue, Tamotsu Horiuchi
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Patent number: 9829762Abstract: To provide an electrochromic display element, which contains: a display substrate; a display electrode; an electrochromic layer provided in contact with the display electrode; a counter substrate provided to face the display substrate; a counter electrode; a charge retention layer provided in contact with the counter electrode; and an electrolyte layer filling between the display substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the electrochromic layer contains titanium oxide particles, and metal hydroxide is dispersed on surfaces and in inner parts of the titanium oxide particles.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tamotsu Horiuchi, Tohru Yashiro, Keiichiroh Yutani, Yoshinori Okada, Sukchan Kim, Koh Fujimura, Yoshihisa Naijo, Kazuaki Tsuji, Shigenobu Hirano, Toshiya Sagisaka, Mamiko Inoue, Satoshi Yamamoto, Daisuke Goto
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Publication number: 20170235203Abstract: To provide an electrochromic element, which contains: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an electrolyte provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode contains a polymer product obtained through polymerization of an electrochromic composition where the electrochromic composition contains a radical polymerizable compound containing triarylamine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Kazukiyo NAGAI, Tamotsu HORIUCHI, Keiichiroh YUTANI, Sukchan KIM, Yoshinori OKADA, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Koh FUJIMURA, Yoshihisa NAIJO, Kazuaki TSUJI, Shigenobu HIRANO, Toshiya SAGISAKA, Daisuke GOTO, Keigo TAKAUJI, Mamiko INOUE, Tohru YASHIRO
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Publication number: 20170226413Abstract: To provide an electrochromic compound, represented by the following general formula (I), where Ar1 is a pyridinium ring having a structure represented by the following general formula (IIa), (IIb), or (IIc), where Ar2 is a monovalent heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent, but Ar2 is not a pyridinium ring; R1 to R8 are each independently a monovalent group which may have a functional group, where the monovalent group may have a substituent; A is a monovalent group which may have a functional group, where the monovalent group may have a substituent; and B? is a monovalent anion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Daisuke GOTO, Toshiya SAGISAKA, Shigenobu HIRANO, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Mamiko INOUE, Tohru YASHIRO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Koh FUJIMURA, Tamotsu HORIUCHI, Keiichiroh YUTANI, Yoshihisa NAIJO, Yoshinori OKADA, Kazuaki TSUJI, Sukchan KIM, Keigo TAKAUJI
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Patent number: 9688706Abstract: An electrochromic compound, represented by the following general formula (I); where X1 to X4 are each a substituent represented by the following general formula (II), an alkyl group that may contain a functional group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group that may contain a functional group, or a hydrogen atom, and at least two selected from X1 to X4 are the substituents represented by the general formula (II); where R1 to R8 are each independently a hydrogen atom, or a monovalent group that may contain a substituent; B is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent group that may contain a functional group; A?is a monovalent anion; and m is any of 0 to 3, and R1 to R8, B, and m may each independently be different when a plurality of the substituents represented by the general formula (II) are present.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Mamiko Inoue, Masaomi Sasaki, Tohru Yashiro, Keiichiroh Yutani, Yoshinori Okada, Sukchan Kim, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Koh Fujimura, Yoshihisa Naijo, Kazuaki Tsuji, Shigenobu Hirano, Toshiya Sagisaka, Satoshi Yamamoto, Daisuke Goto, Keigo Takauji
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Publication number: 20170131609Abstract: Provided is an electrochromic display device, including: a pair of electrodes facing each other; an electrochromic layer provided to one of the pair of electrodes: and an electrolytic solution layer provided between the electrodes facing each other, wherein the electrochromic display device includes an yttrium-containing metal oxide layer between the electrochromic layer and the electrode to which the electrochromic layer is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: RICOH COMANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori OKADA, Yoshihisa NAIJO, Tohru YASHIRO, Shigenobu HIRANO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Toshiya SAGISAKA, Keiichiroh YUTANI, Sukchan KIM, Kazuaki TSUJI, Mamiko INOUE, Tamotsu HORIUCHI
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Patent number: 9632385Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochromic display device including a display substrate, a display electrode provided on the display substrate, a first electrochromic layer provided on the display electrode, an intermediate display electrode provided above the first electrochromic layer separately from the first electrochromic layer, a second electrochromic layer provided on and contacting the intermediate display electrode, an opposed substrate, an opposed electrode provided on the opposed substrate, and an electrolyte solution provided between a surface of the display substrate on which the display electrode is formed and a surface of the opposed substrate on which the opposed electrode is formed, wherein the intermediate display electrode contains a rod-shaped, whisker-shaped, or long-fiber-shaped electrically conductive fine particle, and at least a portion of a space in the electrically conductive fine particle is filled with a material forming the second electrochromic layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Okada, Tohru Yashiro, Yoshihisa Naijo, Sukchan Kim, Shigenobu Hirano, Koh Fujimura, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kazuaki Tsuji, Toshiya Sagisaka, Keiichiroh Yutani, Mamiko Inoue
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Publication number: 20160349590Abstract: An electrochromic dimming device is provided. The electrochromic dimming device includes an electrochromic element, a color development power source, a color discharge powder source, and a variable resistance. The color development power source supplies electric power to the electrochromic element when the electrochromic element develops color. The color discharge powder source supplies electric power to the electrochromic element when the electrochromic element discharges color. The variable resistance is disposed on a first current path without being disposed on a second current path. The first current path is formed from the color development power source through a ground via the electrochromic element, and the second current path is formed from the color discharge power source to the ground via the electrochromic element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi OHSHIMA, Shigenobu Hirano, Keiichiroh Yutani, Takahiko Matsumoto, Hidekazu Yaginuma, Kazuaki Tsuji, Sukchan Kim, Yasuo Katano, Kohji Takeuchi, Shun Goto, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9500926Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochromic display element, including a display substrate, a display electrode, an electrochromic layer, an opposed electrode, and an opposed substrate, wherein the electrochromic layer is formed on the display electrode, a liquid crystal composition that includes a low-molecular liquid crystal and an ionic liquid is present between the display electrode and the opposed electrode, and the ionic liquid includes a tetracyanoboric acid ion and/or tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphoric acid ion as an anionic component.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Koh Fujimura, Tohru Yashiro, Shigenobu Hirano, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Yoshinori Okada, Yoshihisa Naijo, Kazuaki Tsuji, Sukchan Kim, Keiichiroh Yutani
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Patent number: 9447881Abstract: Provided is a seal that can ensure a satisfactory sealing property and can be easily separated from a sealing surface even in the case in which the seal is used for a long period of time under the conditions of a high temperature and a high pressure. The seal includes a seal body mounted in a seal groove that is formed in a first member and a second member is made to be in pressure contact with the first member to form a sealing part. The sealing part that comes into contact with the second member at the entire surface of the sealing part is formed along the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface of the seal. A step portion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the seal in such a manner that an area of a contact surface is smaller for the sealing part as the contact area is closer to the bottom side of the seal groove.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Tsuji
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Patent number: 9389480Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device can include a step of applying and attaching a fine particle with a predetermined particle diameter to a display substrate, a step of film-forming a transparent electrically conductive film after the fine particle is applied thereto, a step of removing the fine particle to remove a transparent electrically conductive film attached to a surface of the fine particle and to form a display electrode having a fine through-hole at a position at which the fine particle has been attached thereto, and a step of forming an electrochromic layer on the display electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihisa Naijo, Tohru Yashiro, Shigenobu Hirano, Yoshinori Okada, Sukchan Kim, Koh Fujimura, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kazuaki Tsuji
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Publication number: 20160108072Abstract: An electrochromic compound, represented by the following general formula (I); where X1 to X4 are each a substituent represented by the following general formula (II), an alkyl group that may contain a functional group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group that may contain a functional group, or a hydrogen atom, and at least two selected from X1 to X4 are the substituents represented by the general formula (II); where R1 to R8 are each independently a hydrogen atom, or a monovalent group that may contain a substituent; B is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent group that may contain a functional group; A? is a monovalent anion; and m is any of 0 to 3, and R1 to R8, B, and m may each independently be different when a plurality of the substituents represented by the general formula (II) are present.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Mamiko INOUE, Masaomi SASAKI, Tohru YASHIRO, Keiichiroh YUTANI, Yoshinori OKADA, Sukchan KIM, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Koh FUJIMURA, Yoshihisa NAIJO, Kazuaki TSUJI, Shigenobu HIRANO, Toshiya SAGISAKA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Daisuke GOTO, Keigo TAKAUJI
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Patent number: 9304368Abstract: An electrochromic device, which contains: one support; a first electrode layer formed on the support; a second electrode layer provided to face the first electrode layer; an electrochromic layer provided to be in contact with the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer; a solid electrolyte layer containing inorganic particles, which is filled between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and is provided to be in contact with the electrochromic layer; and a protective layer provided on the second electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Tohru Yashiro, Shigenobu Hirano, Toshiya Sagisaka, Mamiko Inoue, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Koh Fujimura, Yoshihisa Naijo, Kazuaki Tsuji, Yoshinori Okada, Sukchan Kim, Keiichiroh Yutani, Tamotsu Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20160005375Abstract: An electrochromic display device is provided. The electrochromic display device includes a first substrate; a first electrode formed of a transparent conductive film, overlying the first substrate; a second electrode formed of a transparent conductive film, overlying the first electrode; a white reflective layer, overlying the second electrode; a reflective layer, overlying the white reflective layer; a support substrate, overlying the reflective layer; an electrochromic layer, adjacent to the first electrode or the second electrode; and an electrolyte, present between the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihisa Naijo, Tohru Yashiro, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Koh Fujimura, Shigenobu Hirano, Toshiya Sagisaka, Satoshi Yamamoto, Daisuke Goto, Keiichiroh Yutani, Yoshinori Okada, Kazuaki Tsuji, Sukchan Kim, Mamiko Inoue, Keigo Takauji, Tamotsu Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20150378233Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochromic display element, including a display substrate, a display electrode, an electrochromic layer, an opposed electrode, and an opposed substrate, wherein the electrochromic layer is formed on the display electrode, a liquid crystal composition that includes a low-molecular liquid crystal and an ionic liquid is present between the display electrode and the opposed electrode, and the ionic liquid includes a tetracyanoboric acid ion and/or tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphoric acid ion as an anionic component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Koh FUJIMURA, Tohru YASHIRO, Shigenobu HIRANO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Yoshinori OKADA, Yoshihisa NAIJO, Kazuaki TSUJI, Sukchan KIM, Keiichiroh YUTANI
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Publication number: 20150331295Abstract: To provide an electrochromic display element, which contains: a display substrate; a display electrode; an electrochromic layer provided in contact with the display electrode; a counter substrate provided to face the display substrate; a counter electrode; a charge retention layer provided in contact with the counter electrode; and an electrolyte layer filling between the display substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the electrochromic layer contains titanium oxide particles, and metal hydroxide is dispersed on surfaces and in inner parts of the titanium oxide particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tamotsu Horiuchi, Tohru Yashiro, Keiichiroh Yutani, Yoshinori Okada, Sukchan Kim, Koh Fujimura, Yoshihisa Naijo, Kazuaki Tsuji, Shigenobu Hirano, Toshiya Sagisaka, Mamiko Inoue, Satoshi Yamamoto, Daisuke Goto