Patents by Inventor Makoto Iijima
Makoto Iijima 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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Patent number: 10164363Abstract: To prevent an increase of the number of kinds of components required for offset arrangement, an increase in risk of assembly error and extra time and effort for parts management, in a connector including mutually facing terminal members with contacting portions being offset in the insertion direction. Mutually facing terminal members 20 are formed on components identical in shape. The mutually facing terminal members 20 are secured to a connector housing 12 while being offset in an insertion direction of a double-sided card edge 102 inserted into a receptacle compartment 14 of the connector housing 12.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignees: NIPPON TANSHI CO., LTD., SUBARU CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Enomoto, Osamu Nishimura, Masaru Fujino, Nobuhiko Ochiai, Yuya Inoue, Makoto Iijima, Koichi Inoue, Yasuaki Ito, Hiroyoshi Nishizaki, Fumiaki Arimai
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Publication number: 20180034177Abstract: To prevent an increase of the number of kinds of components required for offset arrangement, an increase in risk of assembly error and extra time and effort for parts management, in a connector including mutually facing terminal members with contacting portions being offset in the insertion direction. Mutually facing terminal members 20 are formed on components identical in shape. The mutually facing terminal members 20 are secured to a connector housing 12 while being offset in an insertion direction of a double-sided card edge 102 inserted into a receptacle compartment 14 of the connector housing 12.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Shinya ENOMOTO, Osamu NISHIMURA, Masaru FUJINO, Nobuhiko OCHIAI, Yuya INOUE, Makoto IIJIMA, Koichi INOUE, Yasuaki ITO, Hiroyoshi NISHIZAKI, Fumiaki ARIMAI
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Patent number: 9562980Abstract: A scintillator panel includes: a flexible substrate; a phosphor arranged on the flexible substrate; and a thermal expansion compensation layer disposed between the flexible substrate and the phosphor, wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the thermal expansion compensation layer is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the phosphor, and surfaces, of the thermal expansion compensation layer and of the flexible substrate, in contact with each other each contain an organic substance.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Keiko Itaya, Makoto Iijima
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Publication number: 20160116606Abstract: A scintillator panel includes: a flexible substrate; a phosphor arranged on the flexible substrate; and a thermal expansion compensation layer disposed between the flexible substrate and the phosphor, wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the thermal expansion compensation layer is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the phosphor, and surfaces, of the thermal expansion compensation layer and of the flexible substrate, in contact with each other each contain an organic substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Keiko ITAYA, Makoto Iijima
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Patent number: 8973245Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a flat panel detector such that the surface on the side of a fluorescent body layer of a scintillator panel which has the fluorescent body layer comprising a column crystal on the supporting body, is coupled to the planar light receiving element surface of a light-receiving element, comprising: a step of manufacturing the scintillator panel which has a larger area than that of the planar light receiving element surface; a step of trimming the edges of the scintillator panel, obtained by the step of manufacturing the scintillator panel, to correspond to the area of the planar light receiving element surface; and a step of coupling the edge-trimmed scintillator panel to the planar light receiving element surface, thus providing a flat panel detector which has an excellent productivity and that can be made small in size without non-image area.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Keiko Itaya, Masashi Kondo, Makoto Iijima
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Patent number: 8870266Abstract: A vehicle rear outlet structure includes: an outer member constituting an outer surface of a rear vehicle body and defining a flow path space inside of the vehicle body; and a protrusion portion provided on an outer surface of the outer member to protrude in an outboard direction. The outer member is provided with an air outlet opening through which the flow path space and a space outside of the vehicle body communicate with each other. The protrusion portion is arranged forward of the air outlet opening in the vehicle longitudinal direction and continuously in a vertical direction of the vehicle, such that the flow of air flowing along the outer surface of the outer member sucks out air in the flow path space through the air outlet opening to an outboard side thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Iinuma, Hideyuki Kawamata, Makoto Iijima
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Patent number: 8748849Abstract: A scintillator panel which is capable of obtaining a radiation image exhibiting enhanced luminance and sharpness and achieving improved storage stability is disclosed, comprising on a support a base layer and a phosphor layer provided sequentially in this order, wherein the phosphor layer comprises (columnar) phosphor crystals formed of a phosphor parent compound and an activator by a process of vapor phase deposition and the base layer comprises crystals formed of the phosphor parent compound and an activator, and a relative density of the base layer is lower than a relative density of the phosphor layer and a relative content of an activator of the base layer is lower than a relative content of an activator of the phosphor layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
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Patent number: 8669526Abstract: Provided are a scintillator panel and a radiation detector which give a radiation image reduced in sensitivity unevenness and sharpness unevenness. Also provided are processes for producing the scintillator and the detector. The scintillator panel comprises a support and, deposited thereon, a phosphor layer comprising columnar crystals of a phosphor which have been formed by the vapor deposition method. The panel is characterized in that the columnar crystals of a phosphor comprise cesium iodide (CsI) as a base ingredient and thallium (Tl) as an activator ingredient and have, in a root part thereof, a layer containing no thallium, and that the coefficient of variation in thallium concentration in the plane of the phosphor layer is 40% or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2009Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
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Patent number: 8636812Abstract: A two-part foam hair dye which comprises a first part comprising an alkali agent, a second part comprising hydrogen peroxide, and a non-aerosol foamer container, wherein the first part comprises the components (A) to (D), an equivalent ratio of a anion site of the component (A) to a cation site of the component (B) (anion/cation) is more than 1, a mass ratio of a content of the component (C) to content of the component (D) ((C)/(D)) is 5 or less, and the liquid mixture has a viscosity (25° C.) of 1 to 300 mPa·s: (A) a carboxylic acid anion surfactant, (B) a polymer or copolymer having a mole fraction of diallyldimethyl quaternary ammonium salt monomer of 70% or more, (C) 0.5 to 1.5% by mass of an oxidation dye having a meta-dihydroxybenzene structure, and (D) 0.1 to 9% by mass of polypropyleneglycol of Mw 200 to 1200.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yuko Nobuto, Yuki Naoi, Makoto Iijima
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Patent number: 8476605Abstract: A scintillator panel which has achieved enhanced sharpness and sensitivity is disclosed, comprising on a first support a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals formed by a process of vapor phase deposition and containing a parent component of cesium iodide (CsI) and an activator of thallium (Tl), and the phosphor layer comprising a first layer of a CsI layer which is in the bottom portion of the phosphor layer and does not contain any activator of thallium, and on the first layer, a second layer of a CsI—Tl layer which contains the activator of thallium and exhibits not more than 32% of a coefficient of variation of concentration of thallium in the direction of thickness.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
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Patent number: 8449627Abstract: A two-part hair dye composed of a first part containing an alkali agent, a second part containing hydrogen peroxide, and a non-aerosol foamer container for discharging a liquid mixture of the first part and the second part in the form of a foam, the liquid mixture containing the following components (A) and (B): (A) a polymer or copolymer containing 70% or more mole fraction of diallyldimethyl quaternary ammonium salt monomer, and (B) an N-acylamino acid salt, an N-acyl-N-alkylamino acid salt, or an ether carboxylic acid salt, wherein, an equivalent ratio of the anion site of the component (B) to the cation site of the component (A) (anion/cation) is more than 1.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Makoto Iijima, Naohiro Ando, Takashi Matsuo, Yuko Nobuto
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Publication number: 20130125918Abstract: A two-part foam hair dye which comprises a first part comprising an alkali agent, a second part comprising hydrogen peroxide, and a non-aerosol foamer container, wherein the first part comprises the components (A) to (D), an equivalent ratio of a anion site of the component (A) to a cation site of the component (B) (anion/cation) is more than 1, a mass ratio of a content of the component (C) to the content of the component (D) ((C)/(D)) is 5 or less, and the liquid mixture has a viscosity (25° C.) of 1 to 300 mPa·s: (A) a carboxylic acid anionic surfactant, (B) a polymer or copolymer having a mole fraction of diallyldimethyl quaternary ammonium salt monomer of 70% or more, (C) 0.5 to 1.5% by mass of an oxidation dye having a meta-dihydroxybenzene structure, and (D) 0.1 to 9% by mass of polypropyleneglycol of Mw 200 to 1200.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuko Nobuto, Yuki Naoi, Makoto Iijima
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Publication number: 20130062907Abstract: A vehicle rear outlet structure includes: an outer member constituting an outer surface of a rear vehicle body and defining a flow path space inside of the vehicle body; and a protrusion portion provided on an outer surface of the outer member to protrude in an outboard direction. The outer member is provided with an air outlet opening through which the flow path space and a space outside of the vehicle body communicate with each other. The protrusion portion is arranged forward of the air outlet opening in the vehicle longitudinal direction and continuously in a vertical direction of the vehicle, such that the flow of air flowing along the outer surface of the outer member sucks out air in the flow path space through the air outlet opening to an outboard side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Iinuma, Hideyuki Kawamata, Makoto Iijima
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Patent number: 8368025Abstract: Disclosed are a radiation image conversion panel which has achieved a radiation image with enhanced sharpness and improved moisture resistance and shock resistance, and a production method thereof. The radiation image conversion panel comprises, on a support, a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals, each composed mainly of cesium iodide (CsI) and formed by a process of gas phase deposition, wherein a coefficient of variation of crystal diameter of the phosphor columnar crystals is not more than 50% and a coefficient of variation of phosphor filling factor of the phosphor layer is not more than 20%.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
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Publication number: 20130019462Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a flat panel detector such that the surface on the sale of a fluorescent body layer of a scintillator panel which has the fluorescent body layer comprising a column crystal on the supporting body, is coupled to the planar light receiving element surface of a light-receiving element, comprising: a step of manufacturing the scintillator panel which has a larger area than that of the planar light receiving element surface; a step of trimming the edges of the scintillator panel, obtained by the step of manufacturing the scintillator panel, to correspond to the area of the planar light receiving element surface; and a step of coupling the edge-trimmed scintillator panel to the planar light receiving element surface, thus providing a flat panel detector which has an excellent productivity and that can be made small in size without non-image area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Keiko Itaya, Masashi Kondo, Makoto Iijima
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Patent number: 8349022Abstract: A two-part hair dye composed of a first part containing an alkali agent, a second part containing hydrogen peroxide, and a non-aerosol foamer container for discharging a liquid mixture of the first part and the second part in the form of a foam, the liquid mixture containing the following components (A) and (B): (A) a polymer or copolymer containing 70% or more mole fraction of diallyldimethyl quaternary ammonium salt monomer, and (B) an N-acylamino acid salt, an N-acyl-N-alkylamino acid salt, or an ether carboxylic acid salt, wherein, an equivalent ratio of the anion site of the component (B) to the cation site of the component (A) (anion/cation) is more than 1, and a viscosity of the liquid mixture at 25° C. is 1 to 300 mPa·s.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Makoto Iijima, Naohiro Ando, Takashi Matsuo, Yuko Nobuto
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Publication number: 20120305021Abstract: A two-part hair dye which is composed of a first part containing an alkali agent, a second part containing hydrogen peroxide, and a non-aerosol foamer container for discharging a liquid mixture of the first part and the second part in the form of a foam, the liquid mixture containing the following components (A) and (B): (A) a polymer or copolymer containing 70% or more mole fraction of diallyldimethyl quaternary ammonium salt monomer, and (B) an N-acylamino acid salt, an N-acyl-N-alkylamino acid salt, or an ether carboxylic acid salt, wherein, an equivalent ratio of the anion site of the component (B) to the cation site of the component (A) (anion/cation) is more than 1, and a viscosity of the liquid mixture at 25° C. is 1 to 300 mPa·s.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto IIJIMA, Naohiro ANDO, Takashi MATSUO, Yuko NOBUTO
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Publication number: 20120097855Abstract: A scintillator panel which has achieved enhanced sharpness and sensitivity is disclosed, comprising on a first support a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals formed by a process of vapor phase deposition and containing a parent component of cesium iodide (CsI) and an activator of thallium (Tl), and the phosphor layer comprising a first layer of a CsI layer which is in the bottom portion of the phosphor layer and does not contain any activator of thallium, and on the first layer, a second layer of a CsI—Tl layer which contains the activator of thallium and exhibits not more than 32% of a coefficient of variation of concentration of thallium in the direction of thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
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Patent number: 8152858Abstract: There is provided a head hair dyeing method using a two-part hair dye composition which contains: a first part containing a first part stock solution and a propellant, the first part stock solution containing an alkali agent and a surfactant; a second part containing a second part stock solution and a propellant, the second part stock solution containing hydrogen peroxide and a surfactant; and two aerosol containers for respectively discharging the first part and the second part as foam, the method including respectively discharging the first part and the second part as foam from the containers, applying the foam mixture to the head hair, and then re-foaming the mixture on the head hair.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Fujinuma, Takashi Matsuo, Masahiko Ogawa, Takeshi Iizaki, Hiromi Saimiya, Kazuhiro Okada, Tomohito Koshika, Makoto Iijima, Hajime Miyabe
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Publication number: 20110277782Abstract: A two-part hair dye which is composed of a first part containing an alkali agent, a second part containing hydrogen peroxide, and a non-aerosol foamer container for discharging a liquid mixture of the first part and the second part in the form of a foam, the liquid mixture containing the following components (A) and (B): (A) a polymer or copolymer containing 70% or more mole fraction of diallyldimethyl quaternary ammonium salt monomer, and (B) an N-acylamino acid salt, an N-acyl-N-alkylamino acid salt, or an ether carboxylic acid salt, wherein, an equivalent ratio of the anion site of the component (B) to the cation site of the component (A) (anion/cation) is more than 1, and a viscosity of the liquid mixture at 25° C. is 1 to 300 mPa·s.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Iijima, Naohiro Ando, Takashi Matsuo, Yuko Nobuto