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).

  • Patent number: 10164363
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON TANSHI CO., LTD., SUBARU CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Enomoto, Osamu Nishimura, Masaru Fujino, Nobuhiko Ochiai, Yuya Inoue, Makoto Iijima, Koichi Inoue, Yasuaki Ito, Hiroyoshi Nishizaki, Fumiaki Arimai
  • Publication number: 20180034177
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Shinya ENOMOTO, Osamu NISHIMURA, Masaru FUJINO, Nobuhiko OCHIAI, Yuya INOUE, Makoto IIJIMA, Koichi INOUE, Yasuaki ITO, Hiroyoshi NISHIZAKI, Fumiaki ARIMAI
  • Patent number: 9562980
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Keiko Itaya, Makoto Iijima
  • Publication number: 20160116606
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Keiko ITAYA, Makoto Iijima
  • Patent number: 8973245
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Keiko Itaya, Masashi Kondo, Makoto Iijima
  • Patent number: 8870266
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Iinuma, Hideyuki Kawamata, Makoto Iijima
  • Patent number: 8748849
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
  • Patent number: 8669526
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
  • Patent number: 8636812
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Nobuto, Yuki Naoi, Makoto Iijima
  • Patent number: 8476605
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
  • Patent number: 8449627
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Iijima, Naohiro Ando, Takashi Matsuo, Yuko Nobuto
  • Publication number: 20130125918
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuko Nobuto, Yuki Naoi, Makoto Iijima
  • Publication number: 20130062907
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Iinuma, Hideyuki Kawamata, Makoto Iijima
  • Patent number: 8368025
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20130019462
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Keiko Itaya, Masashi Kondo, Makoto Iijima
  • Patent number: 8349022
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Iijima, Naohiro Ando, Takashi Matsuo, Yuko Nobuto
  • Publication number: 20120305021
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto IIJIMA, Naohiro ANDO, Takashi MATSUO, Yuko NOBUTO
  • Publication number: 20120097855
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventors: Shigetami Kasai, Hiroshi Isa, Makoto Iijima, Yasushi Nagata
  • Patent number: 8152858
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujinuma, Takashi Matsuo, Masahiko Ogawa, Takeshi Iizaki, Hiromi Saimiya, Kazuhiro Okada, Tomohito Koshika, Makoto Iijima, Hajime Miyabe
  • Publication number: 20110277782
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Iijima, Naohiro Ando, Takashi Matsuo, Yuko Nobuto