Patents by Inventor Shinji Kudo
Shinji Kudo 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: 7122808Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to provide a radiation image conversion panel which can produce radiographic images having an excellent sharpness and having neither image unevenness nor line noise, while having a high scratch resistance property. The radiation image conversion panel is composed of a phosphor sheet having a stimulable phosphor layer coated on a support and a protective film designed to cover the stimulable phosphor layer and its panel having a highly improved scratch resistance property can be obtained by producing mean slope on the surface of a protective film ?a which is 0.014 or more and not more than 0.1. Sharpness of this panel can also be enhanced since a stimulating light which is scattered and reflected at the interface of a protective layer can be absorbed by preparing a stimulating light absorbing layer in the protective layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Shinji Kudo, Takehiko Shoji
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Publication number: 20060065850Abstract: A method for producing a radiation image conversion panel containing the steps of: forming a stimulable phosphor layer on a substrate by a vapor deposition method to prepare a phosphor panel; hydrating the phosphor panel under a relative humidity of 30 to 60%; and sealing the phosphor panel with a moisture-proof protective film to prepare the radiation image conversion panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Osamu Morikawa, Shinji Kudo
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Publication number: 20060061913Abstract: A magnetic read/write system includes a magnetic read/write apparatus containing a magnetoresistive head having at least one flux guide; and a magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer on a nonmagnetic support; the magnetoresistive head including a static charge-removing unit for removing static charges, the thickness of the magnetic layer constituting the magnetic recording medium being 0.3 ?m or less, and the surface electric resistivity of the surface of the magnetic layer being in the range of 1×108 to 1×1013 ?/sq.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Inventors: Noboru Sekiguchi, Shinji Kudo, Kanako Toba
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Publication number: 20060049370Abstract: A method for manufacturing a radiation image conversion panel comprising the steps of: forming a stimulable phosphor layer on a substrate by a vapor deposition method to prepare a phosphor plate; heating the phosphor plate in an organic solvent gas; and sealing the phosphor plate with a moisture-proof protective film to prepare the radiation image conversion panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Osamu Morikawa, Shinji Kudo
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Publication number: 20050274916Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel containing: a stimulable phosphor plate having a stimulable phosphor layer on a substrate; a first protective film provided on a stimulable phosphor layer of the substrate, the first protective film not being adhered to the surface of the stimulable phosphor layer and having a peripheral area extending outside of substrate; and a second protective film provided on the opposite side of the substrate to the stimulable phosphor layer, the second protective film having a peripheral area extending outside of the substrate, wherein the peripheral area of the first protective film and the peripheral area of the second protective film are heat-sealed with each other; and the radiation image conversion panel has a dehydrating function to dehydrate a space surrounded by the first protective film and the second protective film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Osamu Morikawa, Shinji Kudo, Hiroshi Otani
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Publication number: 20050238797Abstract: It is an object to provide a radiation image conversion panel exhibiting excellent properties in luminance and sharpness, and a preparation method thereof. Provided also is a drastically increased amount of stimulated luminescence of a post-manufacture radiation image conversion panel. Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a radiation image conversion panel in which a stimulable phosphor layer having a thickness of not less than 50 ?m is formed on a support vapor deposition and then is heat-treated, wherein a ratio of transmittance T/T0 (T represents transmittance after heat-treating, and T0 before heat-treating) at a stimulated luminescence wavelength of the stimulable phosphor is 0.5?T/T0?10. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a radiation image conversion panel via conducting a process of soaking in a halogenated solvent, as well as a process of heating a phosphor panel possessing a stimulable phosphor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2005Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: Osamu Morikawa, Takehiko Shoji, Shinji Kudo
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Publication number: 20050121621Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to provide a radiation image conversion panel which can produce radiographic images having an excellent sharpness and having neither image unevenness nor line noise, while having a high scratch resistance property. The radiation image conversion panel is composed of a phosphor sheet having a stimulable phosphor layer coated on a support and a protective film designed to cover the stimulable phosphor layer and its panel having a highly improved scratch resistance property can be obtained by producing mean slope on the surface of a protective film ?a which is 0.014 or more and not more than 0.1. Sharpness of this panel can also be enhanced since a stimulating light which is scattered and reflected at the interface of a protective layer can be absorbed by preparing a stimulating light absorbing layer in the protective layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.Inventors: Shinji Kudo, Takehiko Shoji
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Publication number: 20050098739Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel comprising a phosphor sheet having a stimulable phosphor layer and a protective layer provided so as to cover the surface of the phosphor layer, wherein mean slope ?a of an outer surface of the protective layer not adjacent with the phosphor layer is from 0.01 to 0.1 and the surface roughness Ra in ?m of the inner side or the phosphor sheet side of the protective layer is 0.05 ?m to 0.45 ?m, and the stimulable phosphor layer is provided by a coating method.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventors: Shinji Kudo, Takehiko Shoji, Osamu Morikawa
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Publication number: 20050067585Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel comprising a phosphor sheet having a stimulable phosphor layer and a protective layer provided so as to cover the surface of the phosphor layer, wherein the average slant angle ?a of the surface roughness of the outer surface of the protective layer not adjacent with the phosphor layer is from 0.01 to 0.1 and the surface roughness Ra in ?m of the inner side or the phophor sheet side of the protective layer is 0.05 ?m to 0.45 ?m, and the stimulable phosphor layer is provided by a coating method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2004Publication date: March 31, 2005Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Shinji Kudo, Takehiko Shoji, Osamu Morikawa
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Patent number: 6808872Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic material exhibiting enhanced image quality and superior uniformity without causing uneven density is disclosed, comprising on a support a light-sensitive layer comprising a light-sensitive emulsion containing organic silver salt grains and light-sensitive silver halide grains, a reducing agent and a binder and a conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer contains at least one of compounds represented by the following general formulas: (Rf2)—(A2)s LiO3S—(CF2)m—SO3Li MO3S—(CF2)t—SO3M L[O3S—(CF2)u—SO3]Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2003Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Konica CorporationInventor: Shinji Kudo
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Publication number: 20040063049Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material comprising a support having thereon a photosensitive layer and a polymer layer, wherein the polymer layer comprises a copolymer of: (i) a fluorine containing acrylate or a fluorine containing methacrylate; and (ii) a monomer having a hydrophobic group in the molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicant: Konica CorporationInventors: Akihisa Nakajima, Eiichi Ueda, Shinji Kudo, Kenji Ohnuma, Chiaki Nagaike, Miyuki Teranishi
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Publication number: 20040005521Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic material exhibiting enhanced image quality and superior uniformity without causing uneven density is disclosed, comprising on a support a light-sensitive layer comprising a light-sensitive emulsion containing organic silver salt grains and light-sensitive silver halide grains, a reducing agent and a binder and a conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer contains at least one of compounds represented by the following general formulas: 1 (Rf2)—(A2)s LiO3S—(CF2)m—SO3Li MO3S—(CF2)t—SO3M L[O3S—(CF2)u—SO3]Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventor: Shinji Kudo
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Patent number: 6475710Abstract: A photothermographic material is disclosed, comprising a light-sensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a thiuronium salt and a binder, wherein the photothermographic material further contains at least one of compounds represented by formulas such asType: GrantFiled: January 17, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Shinji Kudo, Keiko Chigusa, Hiroshi Kashiwagi
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Publication number: 20010031430Abstract: A photothermographic material is disclose, comprising a light-sensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a thiuronium salt and a binder, wherein the photothermographic material further contains at least one of compounds represented by formulas such as 1Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventors: Shinji Kudo, Keiko Chigusa, Hiroshi Kashiwagi
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Patent number: 6051361Abstract: Disclosed is a light sensitive composition comprising a compound capable of generating an acid on exposure of actinic light, one of a compound having a chemical bond capable of being decomposed by an acid and a compound having a group cross-linking by an acid, an infrared absorber, a polymer obtained by polymerization of a polymerizable composition comprising an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a solubility parameter (SP value) of 13 or more.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 1998Date of Patent: April 18, 2000Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Ryoji Hattori, Shinji Kudo
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Patent number: 5631117Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-heat converting heat mode recording material comprises a first support having thereon a cushion layer, an intermediate layer and an image forming layer in that order, the material comprising a light-heat converting substance, the method comprising the steps of a) providing a first unit comprising a first support; b) providing a second unit comprising a second support having thereon the image forming layer; c) superposing the second unit on the first unit so that the image forming layer is in close contact with the first unit; and d) separating the second support from the image forming layer to form the recording material, wherein the second support has a releasing layer containing a cross-linked compound on the image forming layer side, the releasing layer being insoluble in a coating solvent for both the intermediate layer and the image forming layer, and provided between the second support, or has a releasing layer containing a fluorine-containing compound or a long chain aType: GrantFiled: January 18, 1996Date of Patent: May 20, 1997Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Atsushi Nakajima, Ai Katsuda, Sota Kawakami, Shinji Kudo
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Patent number: 3960639Abstract: This invention relates to a laminated metal-based facing constructed in the manner that a metal sheet as a construction member and a facing veneer of natural wood as a facing member are formed by heating under pressure into one body with nonwoven cloth of nonbinder construction placed therebetween as a medium for an adhesive layer to thereby bond said metal sheet with said facing veneer firmly and to make the sheets thus laminated adapted for bending work, said cloth being impregnated with a thermoplastic resin modified phenol resin adhesive or elastomer modified phenol resin adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1974Date of Patent: June 1, 1976Assignee: Yodogawa Steel Works, LimitedInventor: Shinji Kudo