Patents by Inventor Kouji Yamada

Kouji Yamada 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: 20220032670
    Abstract: Easy reading of a read code is enabled without matching a read range with a specific print section, and without impairing designability of a cylindrical container and clarity of a display print. A cylindrical container has, on the outer surface thereof, a print layer. The print layer has an electronic watermark layer including an electronic watermark image printed thereon, and a blindfold layer that renders the electronic watermark image difficult to be visually recognized. The print area of the blindfold layer matches a part or entirety of the print area of the electronic watermark layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., TOYO SEIHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Zen KANAYAMA, Kenichirou YAMAMOTO, Kazuhiro OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210388193
    Abstract: The invention provides a biaxially oriented polypropylene film with a storage elastic modulus (E?-23) of at least 2.0 GPa in a longitudinal direction and at least 6.0 GPa in a width direction, a storage elastic modulus E? (E?-80) of at least 1.0 GPa in the longitudinal direction and at least 3.0 GPa in the width direction, a ratio (E?-80/E?-23) of E?-80 to E?-23 of at least 0.4 in both the longitudinal direction and the width direction, a heat shrinkage rate at 150° C. of not higher than 10% in the longitudinal direction and not higher than 30% in the width direction, a heat shrinkage rate at 120° C. of not higher than 2.0% in the longitudinal direction and not higher than 5.0% in the width direction, and a heat shrinkage rate at 120° C. in the longitudinal direction that is lower than the heat shrinkage rate at 120° C. in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Kazuhito HORINOUCHI, Mahiro NAKANO, Toru IMAI
  • Publication number: 20200010242
    Abstract: A metallic bottle can including a metallic base material of the bottle shape that has a mouth portion having a threaded portion, a shoulder portion, a body portion and a bottom portion, wherein, on the outer surface of said mouth portion, a finishing varnish layer is provided directly on said metallic base material, and said finishing varnish layer has an MEK extractability of 2 to 8% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusaku SHIMIZU, Yasuhiro YUKAWA, Kouji YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20190367693
    Abstract: The invention provides a gas barrier laminate film containing a gas barrier layer laminated on at least one surface of the biaxially stretched polybutylene terephthalate film. The biaxially stretched polybutylene terephthalate film has not less than 90% by mass of polybutylene terephthalate, and the plane center average roughness of a 500 nm×500 nm square region of the biaxially stretched polybutylene terephthalate film does not contain a protrusion resulting from inert particles in at least one surface of the biaxially stretched polybutylene terephthalate film is not more than 1.0 nm. The invention also provides a method of preparing the gas barrier laminate film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamichi GOTO, Tadashi NAKAYA, Yoshitomo IKEHATA, Kouji YAMADA, Kenichi FUNAKI
  • Patent number: 10450426
    Abstract: The invention provides a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer pellet which can be inhibited from cracking, chipping and generation of fine powder at the time of transport and is excellent in melt moldability. The saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer pellet of the invention is a pellet which is obtained from a resin composition containing a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer resin and in which an amount of fine powder after an impact crushing test with ball mill is 400 ppm or less with respect to the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer pellet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuuichi Fukuyama, Atsushi Ono, Kouji Yamada, Shinichi Tanaka, Yoshiharu Nagao, Shinta Miyazumi, Seiichi Honda
  • Publication number: 20190188289
    Abstract: A data management device is provided, which includes an interpreting unit that interprets an input record, and convert the input record to abstract expression by which a correspondence relation between a data item and data itself is recognizable; and a converting unit that stores, in a storage unit, a data set, in which the data itself and index information capable of identifying the record are associated, as column data for each of the data items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi SUZUKI, Kouji YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10311484
    Abstract: A data processing device according to the present application includes a reception unit, a first memory unit, a second memory unit, and a storage unit. The reception unit receives user information relating to a user using a user terminal by being triggered upon an access of the user terminal to an information providing device. The first memory unit stores the user information that is received by the reception unit. The storage unit stores the user information in a management area of a second memory unit that is different for each information providing device that is a trigger for reception of the user information stored in the first memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Yamada, Hiroaki Miyanaga, Tetsuya Hibino
  • Patent number: 10196468
    Abstract: The present invention provides a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer product from which a film having reduced fish eyes can be obtained and a method for producing an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer that is a precursor thereof. At the time of producing the ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer, as a vinyl ester monomer, the oxygen concentration at storage and/or transportation is adjusted to from 2 to 8 ppm and the oxygen concentration at polymerization is adjusted to less than 2 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Nagao, Shuuichi Fukuyama, Kouji Yamada, Tomonori Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20170088682
    Abstract: It is provided that a biaxially stretched polybutylene terephthalate film which has all of excellent thickness precision, excellent pin-hole resistance and excellent bag rupture resistance and can achieve excellent barrier properties when a gas barrier layer is provided thereon, and manufacturing method therefor. A biaxially stretched polybutylene terephthalate film, wherein the biaxially stretched polybutylene terephthalate film containing not less than 90% by mass of polybutylene terephthalate, and the plane center average roughness of a 500-nm square region that does not contain a protrusion resulting from inert particles in at least one surface of the film is not more than 1.0 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamichi GOTO, Tadashi NAKAYA, Yoshitomo IKEHATA, Kouji YAMADA, Kenichi FUNAKI
  • Publication number: 20170037168
    Abstract: The present invention provides a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer product from which a film having reduced fish eyes can be obtained and a method for producing an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer that is a precursor thereof. At the time of producing the ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer, as a vinyl ester monomer, the oxygen concentration at storage and/or transportation is adjusted to from 2 to 8 ppm and the oxygen concentration at polymerization is adjusted to less than 2 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu NAGAO, Shuuichi FUKUYAMA, Kouji YAMADA, Tomonori YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160311984
    Abstract: The invention provides a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer pellet which can be inhibited from cracking, chipping and generation of fine powder at the time of transport and is excellent in melt moldability. The saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer pellet of the invention is a pellet which is obtained from a resin composition containing a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer resin and in which an amount of fine powder after an impact crushing test with ball mill is 400 ppm or less with respect to the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer pellet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuuichi FUKUYAMA, Atsushi ONO, Kouji YAMADA, Shinichi TANAKA, Yoshiharu NAGAO, Shinta MIYAZUMI, Seiichi HONDA
  • Publication number: 20160303879
    Abstract: A printed film for containers of this invention includes a transparent film ink-jet images formed thereon by an ink-jet printing and other-printing images formed by a printing system other than the ink-jet printing, the ink-jet images being formed between a top coating and an underlying layer, and the other-printing images being formed between the underlying layer and an adhesive layer enabling variable images to be ink-jet printed thereon in combination making it, therefore, possible to cope with the designs for many kinds of products in small lots that could not be done by only the printing system such as gravure printing other than the ink-jet printing, the printed images excellently reproducing image densities that could not be attained by the ink-jet printing only. The invention, further, provides a method of producing a printed film maintaining good productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Yukiko SAITOU, Yasuhiro YUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9376545
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition which is excellent in gas-barrier properties after a hot-water treatment and excellent in handling properties without increasing viscosity of the resin composition in a melt-kneading step at forming. The invention provides a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin (A) and a partially dehydrated product or completely dehydrated product (B) of hydrated carboxylic acid salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Okamoto, Hiroki Masumoto, Kouji Yamada, Tomonori Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20160163960
    Abstract: A crystal-oriented piezoelectric ceramic including a major constituent represented by general formula (1-s)A1B1O3-sBaMO3 (where A1 is at least one element selected from alkali metals, B1 is at least one of transition metal elements and includes Nb, M is at least one of Group IVA elements and includes Zr, and 0.05<s?0.15), the major constituent having a relative density of not less than 95.0% and not more than 98.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomotsugu KATO, Kouji YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160068039
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning device includes an inside/outside air case that selectively sends outside air, which is air outside of a vehicle, and inside air, which is air that circulates inside the vehicle, into a blower casing. An opening end surface of the inside/outside air case that is connected to an additional duct includes a sealing surface. The sealing surface includes a recessed portion, into which a protruding portion is fitted, formed in an end portion of the additional duct. Accordingly, it is possible to directly connect the inside/outside air case to the vehicle outside-air inlet without using the additional duct. Conversely, the vehicle outside-air inlet and the inside/outside air case can be connected to each other via the additional duct when the additional duct is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Kouji YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20150248491
    Abstract: A data processing device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires first user information that includes a behavior history of a user. The generation unit generates second user information acquired by decomposing the first user information acquired by the acquisition unit for each predetermined behavior type. For example, the data processing device generates the second user information that can efficiently utilize the first user information by decomposing the first user information for each behavior type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi TASHIRO, Kouji YAMADA, Daisaku MATSUMOTO, Shoichi IIZUKA, Makoto KATAIGI, Tsuyoshi MURATA
  • Publication number: 20150248708
    Abstract: A data processing device according to the present application includes a reception unit, a first memory unit, a second memory unit, and a storage unit. The reception unit receives user information relating to a user using a user terminal by being triggered upon an access of the user terminal to an information providing device. The first memory unit stores the user information that is received by the reception unit. The storage unit stores the user information in a management area of a second memory unit that is different for each information providing device that is a trigger for reception of the user information stored in the first memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Hiroaki MIYANAGA, Tetsuya HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20140293620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light reflector having a superior blue light-cutting property and superior light reflecting ability. Since the light reflector of the present invention is characterized by containing a thermoplastic resin and light reflective particulates, and by the total amount of the metal elements calcium, potassium, and magnesium being 150 to 1,000 ?g/g, such has a superior blue light-cutting property; while controlling the reflection of light by absorbing light of the wavelength region of blue light, which is likely to have an adverse effect on human eyes, can effectively reflect visible light of other wavelength regions; and can reflect light so that light easy on the eyes is the reflected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEKISUI PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mizuno, Kengo Suzuki, Kouji Yamada
  • Patent number: 8722181
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition of a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer can provide a molded product including layer of the resin composition with less thickness variation and excellent gas-barrier properties, even if the layer is subjected to stretch forming such as deep drawing forming and vacuum-pressure forming where the layer is applied with different tension from side to side thereof in short time. The resin composition comprises an EVOH resin having ethylene content of 20 to 60 mol % and a PVA having 1,2-diol structural unit in a side chain. The present invention also provides a multilayer structure using the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Okamoto, Kouji Yamada
  • Patent number: 8680424
    Abstract: A microwave plasma processing device includes a fixing device for fixing a substrate as a processing target on a central axis in a plasma processing chamber, a exhausting device for depressurizing an inside and outside of the substrate, a metal processing gas supply member which is present in the substrate and forms a reentrant cylindrical resonating system along with the plasma processing chamber, and a microwave introducing device for introducing a microwave into the plasma processing chamber to perform processing. A microwave sealing member is provided at a substrate-holding portion of the fixing device, and a connection position of the microwave introducing device is located at a node of an electric field intensity distribution formed on the processing gas supply member by introducing the microwave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kobayashi, Kouji Yamada, Hideo Kurashima, Tsunehisa Namiki, Takeshi Aihara, Yasunori Onozawa