Patents by Inventor Norihiro Agawa

Norihiro Agawa 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: 6612824
    Abstract: A 3D object molding apparatus has a tank holding an uncolored or white resin as a first material for use in molding an interior of a 3D molded object and other thanks holding colored resins as second materials for use in molding a surface of the 3D molded object. A control unit moves a nozzle head in the XY plane and controls jetting of resins from injection nozzles of the nozzle head. When molding an interior of the 3D molded product, at least the first material is jetted and when molding a surface of the product, at least the second material is jetted. The apparatus has coloring nozzles to jet predetermined coloring agents in molding the 3D molded product to achieve coloring of the 3D molded product in the molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Tochimoto, Fumiya Yagi, Norihiro Agawa, Hisashi Takata, Toshio Norita
  • Publication number: 20020167101
    Abstract: In a 3D object molding apparatus (10), a tank (18d) holds an uncolored or white resin as a first material for use in interior molding, and tanks (18a to 18c) hold colored resins as second materials for use in surface molding. These resin materials are jetted from injection nozzles (15a to 15d) in the direction of a stage (20). A drive control unit (12) serving as control means moves a nozzle head (15) in the XY plane and controls jets of resin materials from the injection nozzles (15a to 15d). In the interior molding of a 3D molded product (21), at least the first material is jetted, while in the surface molding, at least the second materials are jetted. The injection nozzles (15a to 15c) are coloring nozzles to jet colored resins in molding color portions of the 3D molded product, and the injection nozzle (15d) is a molding nozzle to jet an uncolored molding resin in molding the other portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Shigeaki Tochimoto, Fumiya Yagi, Norihiro Agawa, Hisashi Takata, Toshio Norita
  • Patent number: 6476899
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display panel including: a display layer for performing display; a flexible substrate for holding or carrying the display layer; a transparent electrode formed on the flexible substrate; and a metal film formed on the flexible substrate, electrically connected to the transparent electrode and made of a material different from that of the transparent electrode. Also disclosed is a method of producing a display panel including the steps of: forming a transparent electrode of a predetermined form on a flexible substrate; forming a metal film of a predetermined form on the flexible substrate so that the metal film is electrically connected to the transparent electrode, the metal film being made of a material different from that of the transparent electrode; and holding or carrying a display layer with the flexible substrate carrying the transparent electrode and the metal film, the display layer being provided for performing display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Ishida, Norihiro Agawa, Takamitsu Kakinaga
  • Publication number: 20020036746
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display panel including: a display layer for performing display; a flexible substrate for holding or carrying the display layer; a transparent electrode formed on the flexible substrate; and a metal film formed on the flexible substrate, electrically connected to the transparent electrode and made of a material different from that of the transparent electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Ishida, Norihiro Agawa, Takamitsu Kakinaga
  • Publication number: 20020033911
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a first liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of first scanning electrodes and a plurality of first signal electrodes; and a second display panel having a plurality of second scanning electrodes and a plurality of second signal electrodes, wherein the first display panel is stacked on the second display panel such that (i) terminals of the first scanning electrodes oppose to terminal of the second scanning electrodes, and (ii) terminals of the first scanning electrodes are electrically connected to terminals of the second scanning electrodes, respectively, so that the first and second scanning electrodes are connected to a common scanning drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Ishida, Kouichi Sameshima, Norihiro Agawa, Takamitsu Kakinaga
  • Publication number: 20020021323
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inkjet printer comprises: an ink jet head having a first array of a plurality of nozzles from which ink drops are discharged; a scanning unit for scanning said ink jet head in a first direction so that the ink drops are discharged within a predetermined extent with respect to the first direction; and a transporter for reciprocally transporting a recording medium in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, said transporter comprising at least one member brought into contacting with a recording surface of the recording medium, said at least one member being provided at a position that is outside of the predetermined extent with respect to the first direction. Since the transporter is brought into contact with the recording surface of the recording medium only at the position outside of the predetermined extent, the recorded ink that have not been dry is prevented from contacting with the member of the transporter, e.g., a roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Masaharu Kanazawa, Koji Yamamoto, Norihiro Agawa