Patents by Inventor Mina Ishida

Mina Ishida 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: 6917495
    Abstract: A magnetic disk drive having a magnetic disk, a spindle motor for rotating the magnetic disk, a magnetic head slider for recording or reproducing data onto or from the magnetic disk and a housing. A control circuit system is provided for controlling the head slider so that the head slider is positioned on the magnetic disk plane when the magnetic disk is rotating, and the head slider is saved to outside the magnetic disk plane when rotation of the magnetic disk is stopped. A lubricant supplier is provided for supplying lubricant to the surface of the magnetic disk. The lubricant supplier contains at least a perfluoropolyether compound having any one of an alcohol group, a cyclic ether group, and an alkyl-ester group at its terminal position as a lubricant, and the lubricant contains the perfluoropolyether compound having a molecular weight sufficient to enable lubrication and no greater than 4000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakakawaji, Mina Ishida, Yutaka Ito, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Tani
  • Patent number: 6869536
    Abstract: A lubricant which does not splash easily and has an improved property of slidableness, and a magnetic disk using the lubricant are provided. A magnetic disk apparatus featuring a prolonged service life of a stable operation and an excellent record reproduction property is provided by installing the above magnetic disk. The lubricant of the invention contains perfluoropolyether expressed by the following general formula, in which a component of its molecular weights less than 1000 is smaller than 10 wt. %, a component of its molecular weights not less than 7000 is smaller than 15 wt. %, a ratio between a weight average molecular weight and a numeric average molecular weight is 1.5 or less, and a substitution ratio of its terminal functional group is not less than 90%: R1—CF2O—[—(CF2CF2O)—m—(CF2O)—n—]—CF2—R2??(1), where R1 and R2 are univalent organic groups, m and n are positive integers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mina Ishida, Takayuki Nakakawaji, Yutaka Ito, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Tani, Heigo Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20040080864
    Abstract: A magnetic disk drive having a magnetic disk, a spindle motor for rotating the magnetic disk, a magnetic head slider for recording or reproducing data onto or from the magnetic disk and a housing. A control circuit system is provided for controlling the head slider so that the head slider is positioned on the magnetic disk plane when the magnetic disk is rotating, and the head slider is saved to outside the magnetic disk plane when rotation of the magnetic disk is stopped. A lubricant supplier is provided for supplying lubricant to the surface of the magnetic disk. The lubricant supplier contains at least a perfluoropolyether compound having any one of an alcohol group, a cyclic ether group, and an alkyl-ester group at its terminal position as a lubricant, and the lubricant contains the perfluoropolyether compound having a molecular weight sufficient to enable lubrication and no greater than 4000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakakawaji, Mina Ishida, Yutaka Ito, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Tani
  • Patent number: 6665147
    Abstract: A magnetic disk drive having a small decrease in lubricant film thickness on the surface of the magnetic disk and a superior sliding reliability between the magnetic head and the magnetic disk surface. Perfluoropolyether is supplied as the lubricant onto the surface of the magnetic disk using heat and air flow by applying perfluoropolyether onto the surface of a suspension, or impregnating perfluoropolyether into a filter. The lubricant contains perfluoropolyether having a molecular weight sufficient to enable lubrication and smaller than 4000 by at least 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakakawaji, Mina Ishida, Yutaka Ito, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Tani
  • Publication number: 20030175470
    Abstract: A lubricant which does not splash easily and has an improved property of slidableness, and a magnetic disk using the lubricant are provided. A magnetic disk apparatus featuring a prolonged service life of a stable operation and an excellent record reproduction property is provided by installing the above magnetic disk. The lubricant of the invention contains perfluoropolyether expressed by the following general formula, in which a component of its molecular weights less than 1000 is smaller than 10 wt. %, a component of its molecular weights not less than 7000 is smaller than 15 wt. %, a ratio between a weight average molecular weight and a numeric average molecular weight is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Mina Ishida, Takayuki Nakakawaji, Yutaka Ito, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Tani, Heigo Ishihara
  • Patent number: 6555197
    Abstract: A lubricant which does not splash easily and has an improved property of slidableness, and a magnetic disk using the lubricant are provided. A magnetic disk apparatus featuring a prolonged service life of a stable operation and an excellent record reproduction property is provided by installing the above magnetic disk. The lubricant of the invention contains perfluoropolyether expressed by the following general formula, in which a component of its molecular weights less than 1000 is smaller than 10 wt. %, a component of its molecular weights not less than 7000 is smaller than 15 wt. %, a ratio between a weight average molecular weight and a numeric average molecular weight is 1.5 or less, and a substitution ratio of its terminal functional group is not less than 90%: R1—CF2O—[—(CF2CF2O )—m—(CF2O)—n—]—CF2—R2  (1), where R1 and R2 are univalent organic groups, m and n are positive integers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mina Ishida, Takayuki Nakakawaji, Yutaka Ito, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Tani, Heigo Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20020021535
    Abstract: A magnetic disk drive having a small decrease in lubricant film thickness on the surface of the magnetic disk and a superior sliding reliability between the magnetic head and the magnetic disk surface is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakakawaji, Mina Ishida, Yutaka Ito, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Tani
  • Patent number: 6323163
    Abstract: The present invention is a fluorine-containing compound having i) a perfluoropolyoxyalkyl or -alkylene chain having an average molecular weight of 800 or more and ii) a cyclic or non-cyclic polyether atomic group. Its use as a low-scattering lubricant or surface modifier (water repellent) brings about an improvement in sliding durability of magnetic recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Mitsuyoshi Shouji, Takayuki Nakakawaji, Tomoe Takamura, Mina Ishida, Yutaka Ito, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 5858584
    Abstract: A highly reliable positive type photosensitive resin composition composed of diamine having a carboxyl group as a structural unit, which can be developed with an alkaline aqueous solution, comprising polyamic acid ester having hydrophobic group, o-quinonediazidesulfonyl amide compound, and/or o-quinonediazidesulfonyl amide sulfonic ester compound, and electronic devices using the same. A polyamide film having preferable positive type relief patterns, of which the unexposed portion is not corroded, can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Okabe, Takao Miwa, Yasunari Maekawa, Takumi Ueno, Geraldine Rames-Langlade, Mina Ishida
  • Patent number: 5633112
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising (a) a polymer having carboxyl groups (b) a photoacid generator which generates an acid when irradiated with light, and (c) an aliphatic amine is capable of development with ease by use of a wide variety of aqueous solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Miwa, Yoshiaki Okabe, Mina Ishida, Akio Takahashi, Shunichi Numata