Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Higashi

Kazuhiro Higashi 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: 11969793
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing device comprises a lower nozzle that blows out inert gas into a chamber in a horizontal direction through a lower opening portion formed in a lower part of a first side wall constituting the chamber, and an upper nozzle that blows out the inert gas into the chamber through an upper opening portion formed in an upper part of the first side wall, wherein the upper nozzle includes a window nozzle that blows out the inert gas along an inner surface of a window portion of a top board constituting the chamber, and an oblique nozzle that blows out the inert gas obliquely downward from the upper portion of the first side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Higashi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Chikara Kurimura, Takanao Komaki
  • Patent number: 8822596
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion adhesive, which is composed of an oil phase and a water phase, wherein the water phase comprises a water-soluble polymer that functions as an adhesive component, the oil phase comprises a non-aqueous polar solvent having an SP value of 8 to 12 (cal/cm3)1/2, and the oil phase comprises a resin that is solid at 30° C. and has an acid value of 10 or less, in an amount of 5 to 15% by mass relative to a total mass of the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Kokoro Kinoe, Kazuhiro Higashi
  • Publication number: 20130314482
    Abstract: A pseudo-pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided, wherein the pseudo-pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an adhesive base, a filler and a polymer, wherein the polymer is a polyallylamine and/or a polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride with a weight-average molecular weight of less than 100,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun OZAKI, Kokoro KINOE, Hiroshi HAYASHI, Tsutomu NIO, Kazuhiro HIGASHI
  • Patent number: 8328340
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet printing including a pigment, a water-dispersible resin, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the water-dispersible resin is an anionic resin having a film elongation of 400-1,000%, a tensile strength of 20 to 50 N/mm2 and an absolute value for the zeta potential (mV) of 40 or greater, the amount of the anionic resin, reported as a weight ratio relative to the pigment, is within a range from (0.5 to 2.5)/1, and the surface tension of the ink is within a range from 30 to 50 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ogawa, Hajime Tsunoda, Kazuhiro Higashi
  • Publication number: 20100302330
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image formation method comprising: using an inkjet recording method and an active energy beam-curable ink to form, on a permeable substrate having an ink image formed thereon, an image that corresponds with the ink image and is superimposed on top of the ink image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke UOZUMI, Kazuhiro HIGASHI, Masami SHINOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20100234523
    Abstract: An active energy beam-curable ink, comprising a polytetramethylene glycol diacrylate, a bifunctional to tetrafunctional urethane acrylate and a colorant, wherein an amount of the polytetramethylene glycol diacrylate relative to a total mass of the ink is not less than 35% by mass, and an amount of the bifunctional to tetrafunctional urethane acrylate relative to a total mass of the ink is within a range from 5 to 35% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Uozumi, Hajime Tsunoda, Kazuhiro Higashi, Masami Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20100214352
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet textile printing comprising a pigment, a water-dispersible resin, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent comprises a polyol having an SP value within a range from 10 to 15.5 (cal/cm3)1/2, and the water-dispersible resin comprises a urethane resin having a glass transition point within a range from ?35 to 10° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Tsunoda, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Kazuhiro Higashi
  • Publication number: 20100091052
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet printing comprising a pigment, a water-dispersible resin, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the water-dispersible resin is an anionic resin having a film elongation of 400-1,000%, a tensile strength of 20 to 50 N/mm2 and an absolute value for the zeta potential (mV) of 40 or greater, the amount of the anionic resin, reported as a weight ratio relative to the pigment, is within a range from (0.5 to 2.5)/1, and the surface tension of the ink is within a range from 30 to 50 mN/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ogawa, Hajime Tsunoda, Kazuhiro Higashi
  • Patent number: 6639053
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gene encoding an RNA polymerase which plays an important role in the reproduction of hepatitis C virus, and a method of screening using this gene or this RNA polymerase protein, thereby allowing easy performance of screening for substances which inhibit the RNA polymerase playing an important role in HCV reproduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignees: International Reagents Corporation, Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Toyoda, Michinori Kohara, Kyoko Kohara, Kazuhiro Higashi, Masayuki Tsuchiya