Patents by Inventor Tadashi Kuriki

Tadashi Kuriki 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: 9280185
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a conductive sheet and a touch panel. A first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern are both configured from the combination of a plurality of first lattices and a plurality of second lattices having a size that is larger than that of the first lattices. Of the first conductive pattern, the portion facing the second conductive pattern is configured from a plurality of second lattices, of the second conductive pattern, the portion facing the first conductive pattern is configured from a plurality of second lattices, and when seen from the top surface, the portions at which the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are facing have a form that combines a plurality of first lattices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20150237723
    Abstract: Disclosed are a conductive sheet, a usage method of the conductive sheet and a capacitive type touch panel. For a first conductive sheet, two or more conductive first large grids are formed atop a first transparent base, wherein each first large grid is constituted by combining two or more small grids, and the shapes of facing sides of each first large grid are formed to alternate. For example, rectangular waveshapes of a first side portion of the first large grid and of a fourth side portion facing the first side portion are made to alternate, and rectangular waveshapes of a second side portion of the first large grid and of a third side portion facing the second side portion are made to alternate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi KURIKI
  • Patent number: 9095010
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive film, which is suitably used in a heating element of a transparent property (a transparent heating element) excellent in visibility and a heating power. The conductive portion of a first conductive film includes mesh patterns having multiple intersecting points (intersecting portions), which are constituted of a plurality of first metal filaments and a plurality of second metal filaments, and the conductive portion between the intersecting portions is formed into an undulating shape having at least one curve. The first conductive film is shaped such that the curves are arcuate and two arcs are formed continuously between the intersecting portions, wherein the protrusion-recess directions of the arcs are opposite to each other. Each arc has a center angle of about 90 degrees. Moreover, the conductive portion has a crossing angle of about 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Patent number: 9052786
    Abstract: Disclosed are a conductive sheet, a usage method of the conductive sheet and a capacitive type touch panel. For a first conductive sheet, two or more conductive first large grids are formed atop a first transparent base, wherein each first large grid is constituted by combining two or more small grids, and the shapes of facing sides of each first large grid are formed to alternate. For example, rectangular waveshapes of a first side portion of the first large grid and of a fourth side portion facing the first side portion are made to alternate, and rectangular waveshapes of a second side portion of the first large grid and of a third side portion facing the second side portion are made to alternate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20150068884
    Abstract: A conductive sheet, method for using conductive sheet and touch panel, having a base substance and conductive parts formed on one of the principal surfaces of the base substance. The conductive parts respectively extend in primary directions, and have two or more conductive patterns made from metal wires arranged in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The conductive pattern is constituted by serially connecting two or more large gratings in the first direction, and each of the large gratings is constituted by combining two or more small gratings. Around the edges of the large grating, non-connective patterns are formed from metal wires which are not connected with the large gratings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi KURIKI
  • Patent number: 8940386
    Abstract: A formed body having a curved surface, a method of producing the formed body, a front cover for a vehicle lighting device, and a method of producing the front cover. A front cover for a vehicle lighting device, mounted to a front opening in a vehicle lighting device having a lamp body and a light source which is provided in the lamp body, wherein a heat generating body is provided in a substantially rectangular region of that surface of the front cover which faces the light source. The heat generating body maintains the relationship of Ra =(2 R0), where R0 is the electric resistance value (initial value) of the heat generating body before the heat generating body is elongated and Ra is the electric resistance value of the heat generating body after the heat generating body is elongated 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Sumio Ohtani, Tadashi Kuriki, Tsukasa Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 8937268
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive film suitable for use in a transparent heating element having superior visibility and heat generation properties. A conductor of a first conductive film has a mesh pattern which has a plurality of lattice cross points (intersections) formed by a plurality of first metal nanowires and a plurality of second metal nanowires. The conductor between intersections is formed in a wave-like shape having at least one curve. The array period of an arc of one first metal nanowire from among parallel adjacent first metal nanowires is one period. The array period of an arc of another first metal nanowire constitutes two periods. Similarly, the array period of an arc of one second metal nanowire is one period. The array period of an arc of another second metal nanowire constitutes two periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Patent number: 8917252
    Abstract: A conductive sheet, method for using conductive sheet and touch panel, having a base substance and conductive parts formed on one of the principal surfaces of the base substance. The conductive parts respectively extend in primary directions, and have two or more conductive patterns made from metal wires arranged in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The conductive pattern is constituted by serially connecting two or more large gratings in the first direction, and each of the large gratings is constituted by combining two or more small gratings. Around the edges of the large grating, non-connective patterns are formed from metal wires which are not connected with the large gratings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20140299361
    Abstract: A conductive sheet includes: a substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface; and a first electrode pattern placed on the first main surface of the substrate. The first electrode pattern is made of metal thin wires, and includes a plurality of first conductive patterns that extend in a first direction. Each first conductive pattern includes, at least, inside thereof, a sub-nonconduction pattern that is electrically separated from the first conductive pattern. An area A of each first conductive pattern and an area B of each sub-nonconduction patterns satisfy a relation of 5%<B/(A+B)<97%. Accordingly, a conductive sheet and a touch panel having a high detection accuracy can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshige NAKAMURA, Tadashi KURIKI
  • Patent number: 8816256
    Abstract: A heat generating body has a first electrode and a second electrode arranged opposed to each other, and also has a mesh-like electrically conductive membrane (mesh-like pattern) mounted in a curved surface shape between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged so as to satisfy the relationship of (Lmax?Lmin)/((Lmax+Lmin)/2)=0.375, where Lmin is a minimum value of the distance between two opposite points which are on the first and second electrodes and on the electrically conductive membrane and Lmax is a maximum value of the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Sumio Ohtani, Tadashi Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20140232959
    Abstract: A first conductive unit of a first conductive film has two or more first conductive patterns made from fine metal wires and including multiple first pads connected through a first connection part. The first pad units are provided with a first spiral unit which extends from one of the first connection units, a second spiral unit which extends from the other first connection unit, and a first connection unit which connects the first spiral unit and the second spiral unit. The first spiral unit and the second spiral unit are configured such that the grids thereof combine, and the first connection unit is configured from multiple conducting wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi KURIKI
  • Patent number: 8766105
    Abstract: A conductive Sheet, a method for using conductive sheet, and a capacitive touch panel are provided. A first conductive sheet contains two or more conductive first sense pads and a first connection for electrically connecting the adjacent first sense pads on a first transparent substrate. The first sense pads each contain a combination of two or more small lattices, the first connection contains one or more medium lattices (a first medium lattice to a fourth medium lattice), and the pitch of the medium lattices is n times larger than that of the small lattices (in which n is a real number larger than 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Patent number: 8722314
    Abstract: A first exposure treatment for irradiating a first photosensitive layer formed on one main surface of a transparent support with a first light thereby to expose the first photosensitive layer and a second exposure treatment for irradiating a second photosensitive layer formed on the other main surface of the transparent support with a second light to expose the second photosensitive layer are performed such that the first light incident on the first photosensitive layer does not substantially reach the second photosensitive layer and the second light incident on the second photosensitive layer does not substantially reach the first photosensitive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Patent number: 8686308
    Abstract: First conductive patterns, which each contain two or more first large lattices electrically connected by a first connection in series in a first direction, are formed on a first transparent substrate, and second conductive patterns, which each contain two or more second large lattices electrically connected by a second connection in series in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, are formed on a second transparent substrate. As viewed from above, the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns are arranged adjacent to each other, and the first connection and the second connection are arranged facing each other. The first large lattices are electrically connected via three or more connection paths in the first connection, and the second large lattices are electrically connected via three or more connection paths in the second connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20140076612
    Abstract: In this conductive sheet and touch panel, a laminated conductive sheet is configured by laminating: a first conductive sheet having a first conductive pattern configured from a plurality of first sensor units; and a second conductive sheet having a second conductive pattern configured from a plurality of second sensor units. The first sensor units have: a band-shaped section extending in a direction approximately perpendicular to one direction; and a jutting section that juts from both sides of the band-shaped section in the one direction. The second sensor units are formed in a manner so as to approximately fill the regions demarcated by the band-shaped section and the jutting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi KURIKI
  • Publication number: 20140071358
    Abstract: In this conductive sheet and touch panel, a first conductive pattern has a band-shaped section extending in the y-direction; a second conductive pattern has a plurality of electrode sections that are each connected in the x-direction by a connection section; the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are both configured combining a first lattice and a second lattice (having a size larger than that of the first lattice); the facing portions of each of the band-shaped section of the first conductive pattern and the connection section of the second conductive pattern are configured from a plurality of second lattices; and when seen from the upper surface, the facing portions of the band-shaped section and the connection section have a form combining a plurality of first lattices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi KURIKI
  • Publication number: 20140063374
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a counductive sheet and a touch panel. A first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern are both configured from the combination of a plurality of first lattices and a plurality of second lattices having a size that is larger than that of the first lattices. Of the first conductive pattern, the portion facing the second conductive pattern is configured from a plurality of second lattices, of the second conductive pattern, the portion facing the first conductive pattern is configured from a plurality of second lattices, and when seen from the top surface, the portions at which the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are facing have a form that combines a plurality of first lattices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi KURIKI
  • Publication number: 20140063375
    Abstract: This conductive sheet and touch panel have a plurality of first conductive patterns arrayed in the x-direction. The first conductive patterns have: a band-shaped section extending in the y-direction; and a plurality of jutting sections that jut from the band-shaped section in both directions and are arrayed at a predetermined spacing along the y-direction. The width of the band-shaped section is at least three times the width of the jutting sections. Also, the first conductive pattern is configured by combining: a plurality of first lattices comprising fine metal wires; and a plurality of second lattices comprising fine metal wires that are larger in size than those of the first lattices. At least the jutting sections are configured from a plurality of first lattices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi KURIKI
  • Patent number: 8586874
    Abstract: A conductive Sheet, a method for using conductive sheet, and a capacitive touch panel are provided. A first conductive sheet contains two or more conductive first large lattices and a first connection for electrically connecting the adjacent first large lattices on a first transparent substrate. The first large lattices each contain a combination of two or more small lattices, the first connection contains one or more medium lattices (a first medium lattice to a fourth medium lattice), and the pitch of the medium lattices is n times larger than that of the small lattices (in which n is a real number larger than 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Publication number: 20130294037
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a conductive film and a display apparatus provided with the conductive film. A conductive film is disposed on a display panel of a display apparatus, and has a base body, and a conductive section formed on one of the main surfaces of the base body. The conductive section has a mesh pattern composed of fine metal lines, and the fine metal lines have a tilt of 30-44° with respect to the alignment direction of pixels of the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Tadashi KURIKI, Kazuchika IWAMI