Patents by Inventor Kazumori Minami

Kazumori Minami 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: 20140144503
    Abstract: A polymer sheet for a solar cell, including: a first polymer layer; a second polymer layer; and a polymer support, arranged in this order, wherein the first polymer layer includes a polymer selected from the group consisting of a fluorine polymer and a silicone polymer, the first polymer layer contacts the second polymer layer, and a roughness (Rz) of an interface between the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer is in a range of from 0.2 ?m to 3.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi YAMADA, Kiyokazu HASHIMOTO, Ryuta TAKEGAMI, Kazumori MINAMI
  • Patent number: 8557948
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition, at least containing: a carboxyl group-containing photosensitive polyurethane resin; a phosphorus-containing flame retardant; a polymerizable compound; and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein both a resin polymer of the photosensitive polyurethane resin and the polymerizable compound do not contain a phosphorus atom, wherein the photosensitive polyurethane resin has the weight average molecular weight from 2,000 to 60,000, the acid value from 20 mg KOH/g to 120 mg KOH/g, and the ethylenically unsaturated group equivalent from 0.05 mmol/g to 3.0 mmol/g, and wherein the photosensitive polyurethane resin has, in the side chain thereof, at least one particular functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Tomizawa, Kazumori Minami, Daisuke Arioka
  • Publication number: 20120282549
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition including: a photosensitive polyurethane resin; a phosphorus-containing flame retardant; a polymerizable compound; and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the photosensitive polyurethane resin contains an ethylenically unsaturated bond group and a carboxyl group, and contains a polyurethane skeleton which contains a polyol group as a repeating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Tomizawa, Kazumori Minami, Daisuke Arioka
  • Publication number: 20120048594
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition, at least containing: a carboxyl group-containing photosensitive polyurethane resin; a phosphorus-containing flame retardant; a polymerizable compound; and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein both a resin polymer of the photosensitive polyurethane resin and the polymerizable compound do not contain a phosphorus atom, wherein the photosensitive polyurethane resin has the weight average molecular weight from 2,000 to 60,000, the acid value from 20 mg KOH/g to 120 mg KOH/g, and the ethylenically unsaturated group equivalent from 0.05 mmol/g to 3.0 mmol/g, and wherein the photosensitive polyurethane resin has, in the side chain thereof, at least one particular functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki TOMIZAWA, Kazumori MINAMI, Daisuke ARIOKA
  • Publication number: 20090061223
    Abstract: Disclosed is A gas barrier film comprising a substrate film and a barrier layer containing an organic region and an inorganic region on the substrate film, in which, when the organic region is provided on one surface of the gas barrier film, the outermost layer on the side with the organic region is an adhesive layer, or when the organic regions are provided on both surfaces of the gas barrier film, at least one outermost layer of the gas barrier film is an adhesive layer. The gas barrier film is capable of simplifying the working process with it and keeping its good gas-barrier property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro TSUKAHARA, Kazumori Minami, Yoichi Hosoya
  • Patent number: 7011922
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal recording material comprising a support and at least a thermal recording layer disposed on the support, wherein at least one of the thermal recording layer includes, together with an electron donating colorless dye, at least an electron accepting compound represented by the following general formula (1). R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; and Ar is represented by the following general formula (2). In the general formula (2), R11 to R14 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumori Minami, Hisao Yamada, Hiroshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20050272604
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material in which heat-sensitive recording layers are provided on a support, the heat-sensitive recording layers each containing, as an emulsified dispersion, an electron-accepting compound which reacts with an electron-donating dye precursor to form color, or a coupler compound which reacts with a diazonium salt to form color. At least one layer of the heat-sensitive recording layers contains the emulsified dispersion having a volume average particle size of less than 0.18 ?m. The volume average particle size of the emulsified dispersion is preferably less than 0.5 relative to the volume average particle size of the microcapsules encapsulating the electron-donating dye precursor or the diazonium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kitaoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Kazumori Minami
  • Patent number: 6919297
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material including at least a heat-sensitive recording layer, a light transmittance adjusting layer and a heat resistant protective layer on a support, wherein oxygen permeability of the light transmittance adjusting layer is 0.8 or less, and the light transmittance adjusting layer includes a polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification rate of 90 mol % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazumori Minami
  • Patent number: 6897886
    Abstract: A thermal recording material comprising, on a substrate, a thermal recording layer which includes an electron-donating dye precursor and an electron-accepting compound, wherein at least one kind of the electron-donating dye precursor is an indolylphthalide compound represented by general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like, provided that R1 and R2 do not represent a hydrogen atom at the same time, and R1 and R2 may form a bond therebetween to collectively represent a single cycloamino structure; R3 represents an alkyl group or the like; R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; X1, X2, X3 and X4 each independently represent N or CH; and Y represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Yamada, Kazumori Minami
  • Patent number: 6890880
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material includes a support having disposed thereon a heat-sensitive layer including microcapsules, which contain an achromic or hypochromic electron-donating dye precursor, and a developer, wherein the microcapsules contain at least one metal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Yamada, Naoto Yanagihara, Kazumori Minami
  • Patent number: 6869908
    Abstract: The invention provides a thermal recording material, which includes at least one recording layer containing an electron donating dye precursor and an electron accepting compound, and additionally, the recording layer includes a polymerizable compound having an ethylenic unsaturated bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiki Ueki, Kazumori Minami
  • Patent number: 6835522
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material containing an ultraviolet light absorber precursor which forms an ultraviolet light absorber by being irradiated with light, and a hydrogen donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumori Minami, Masanobu Takashima
  • Publication number: 20040161693
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal recording material comprising a support and at least a thermal recording layer disposed on the support, wherein at least one of the thermal recording layer includes, together with an electron donating colorless dye, at least an electron accepting compound represented by the following general formula (1). R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; and Ar is represented by the following general formula (2). In the general formula(2), R11 to R14 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kazumori Minami, Hisao Yamada, Hiroshi Sato
  • Patent number: 6767862
    Abstract: A thermal recording material having good image storability and good lightfastness. The recording material does not have background fogging, even when exposed to light in a broad wavelength range or exposed to high-temperature surroundings. The recording material has a thermal recording layer provided on a support, and the thermal recording layer contains a compound of general formula (1), a compound of general formula (2), and a compound of general formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumori Minami, Yoshihiro Jinbo
  • Publication number: 20040135871
    Abstract: A thermal recording material comprising, on a substrate, a thermal recording layer which includes an electron-donating dye precursor and an electron-accepting compound, wherein at least one kind of the electron-donating dye precursor is an indolylphthalide compound represented by general formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Yamada, Kazumori Minami
  • Patent number: 6703344
    Abstract: The invention provides a thermal recording material comprising a support and at least one thermal recording layer disposed on the support, wherein the layer comprises at least one electron-accepting compound, and microcapsules, which encapsulate an electron-donating dye precurser and are formed using a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and a compound represented by the following general formula Formula (II): wherein each of R1 and R2 represents an alkyl group; n is an integer selected from 0 to 3; and M represents Na, Mg, K or Ca.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiki Ueki, Kazumori Minami
  • Publication number: 20030186808
    Abstract: The invention provides a thermal recording material, which includes at least one recording layer containing an electron donating dye precursor and an electron accepting compound, and additionally, the recording layer includes a polymerizable compound having an ethylenic unsaturated bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiki Ueki, Kazumori Minami
  • Publication number: 20030118851
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material including at least a heat-sensitive recording layer, a light transmittance adjusting layer and a heat resistant protective layer on a support, wherein oxygen permeability of the light transmittance adjusting layer is 0.8 or less, and the light transmittance adjusting layer includes a polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification rate of 90 mol % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazumori Minami
  • Publication number: 20030087758
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material includes a support having disposed thereon a heat-sensitive layer including microcapsules, which contain an achromic or hypochromic electron-donating dye precursor, and a developer, wherein the microcapsules contain at least one metal compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FIL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Yamada, Naoto Yanagihara, Kazumori Minami
  • Publication number: 20030013608
    Abstract: The invention provides a thermal recording material comprising a support and at least one thermal recording layer disposed on the support, wherein the layer comprises at least one electron-accepting compound, and microcapsules, which encapsulate an electron-donating dye precurser and are formed using a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and a compound represented by the following general formula Formula (II): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiki Ueki, Kazumori Minami