Patents by Inventor Toru Saito

Toru Saito 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: 9777172
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording with excellent curability. The photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording includes polymerizable compounds, a photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant, wherein the polymerizable compounds include a vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylate represented by general formula (I): CH2?CR1—COOR2—O—CH?CH—R3??(I) (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms) and phenoxyethyl (meth)acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kida, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Toru Saito, Keitaro Nakano, Hiroki Nakane
  • Publication number: 20170240754
    Abstract: A radiation-curable ink jet composition contains monomer A represented by formula (1), a mono-, bi-, or trifunctional urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, and an N-vinyl compound: CH2?CR1—COOR2—O—CH?CH—R3??(1) where R1 denotes —H or —CH3, R2 denotes an organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R3 denotes a hydrogen atom or an organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Keitaro NAKANO, Toru SAITO, Toshiyuki YODA
  • Patent number: 9738800
    Abstract: A photocurable ink composition includes polymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The polymerizable compounds include vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylic esters represented by the following Formula (I): CH2?CR1—COOR2—O—CH?CH—R3??(I) (wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms), dipropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, and monofunctional (meth)acrylate having an aromatic ring skeleton. The ink composition includes a coloring material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Hiroki Nakane, Hiroaki Kida, Toru Saito, Chigusa Sato
  • Publication number: 20170226359
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes first attaching an ink composition to fabric so as to have an attached amount of 10 mg/inch2 to 30 mg/inch2, and second attaching the ink composition to the fabric so as to have an attached amount of 90 mg/inch2 to 250 mg/inch2, in which the ink composition includes a pigment and a resin dispersion, and a content of a resin included in the resin dispersion is 0.5 parts by mass to 2.5 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of the pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Masakazu OHASHI, Toru SAITO, Tomoki SHINODA
  • Patent number: 9724937
    Abstract: An inkset for ink jet textile printing includes a first ink having a pigment and a resin; and a second ink having a pigment, a resin, and an emulsifier, in which the emulsifier includes at least one kind selected from an anionic emulsifier represented by the following general formula (1) and a nonionic emulsifier represented by the following general formula (2), whose HLB value is 12 or more, R1—O—(CH2—CH2—O)n-A??(1), and R2—O—(CH2—CH2—O)m—H??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Ohashi, Toru Saito, Tomoki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 9701858
    Abstract: Provided are a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 20 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a black pigment (F1); and a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 10 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a yellow pigment (F2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Chigusa Sato, Toshiyuki Miyabayashi, Satoru Miura, Toru Saito, Hiroki Nakane, Jun Ito, Taketoshi Kagose, Hiroaki Kida, Hiroyuki Kajimoto
  • Patent number: 9676191
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method is provided in which an ink jet head having a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array which is arranged along the first nozzle array, in which the distance between the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array is 15 mm or greater and a nozzle density of the first nozzle array and a nozzle density of the second nozzle array are 600 dpi or greater is used, and while varying the relative position of the ink jet head in a direction intersecting an array direction of the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array with respect to a recording medium, an ink composition is adhered to the recording medium by performing a scanning which discharges the ink composition at a frequency of 12 kHz or greater from nozzles in the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Ohashi, Toru Saito, Tomoki Shinoda, Masashi Kamibayashi, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9663672
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes first attaching an ink composition to fabric so as to have an attached amount of 10 mg/inch2 to 30 mg/inch2, and second attaching the ink composition to the fabric so as to have an attached amount of 90 mg/inch2 to 250 mg/inch2, in which the ink composition includes a pigment and a resin dispersion, and a content of a resin included in the resin dispersion is 0.5 parts by mass to 2.5 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of the pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Ohashi, Toru Saito, Tomoki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 9595601
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin-film transistor substrate including a thin-film semiconductor includes: forming a metal film mainly comprising Cu above a substrate; forming a source electrode and a drain electrode by processing the metal film in a predetermined shape; irradiating the source electrode and the drain electrode with nitrogen plasma; exposing surfaces of a top and an end portion of the source electrode and the drain electrode with silane (SiH4) gas; and forming an insulating layer comprising an oxide on the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: JOLED, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Miyamae, Kenichirou Nishida, Toru Saito
  • Publication number: 20170036448
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejector that ejects a liquid, a liquid supply flow path that connects a liquid supply source and the liquid ejector, a plurality of branch flow paths provided in the liquid supply flow path, filters that are disposed separately in each of the branch flow paths, and a flow path opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the branch flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Masato MURAYAMA, Ryoji FUJIMORI, Yuji AOKI, Toru SAITO, Masakazu OHASHI, Keiichiro YOSHINO, Satoru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160336386
    Abstract: A TFT substrate has a thin-film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, and includes: a first wiring line formed in a positionally-higher layer than that of the source electrode and the drain electrode, and connected to at least the source electrode or the drain electrode; and a terminal formed in a higher layer than that of the first wiring line, and connected to the first wiring line. The source electrode or the drain electrode connected to the first wiring line contains copper. The first wiring line is a multilayer film having a first film (transparent conductive film), a second film (copper film), and a third film (copper-manganese alloy film) laminated in this order from the bottom. The terminal comprises an aluminum alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Toru SAITO
  • Publication number: 20160311233
    Abstract: An ink jet printing method includes attaching an ink composition to a cloth by using a printer head which has a nozzle discharging the ink composition, a pressure chamber for imparting pressure to the ink composition to cause the nozzle to discharge the ink composition, and a connection portion connecting the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and in which a distance of the connection portion is 500 ?m or more, the distance of the connection portion being from a portion of the pressure chamber where the ink flows out from a pressure chamber to the nozzle side to the nozzle, in which the ink composition includes the resin as a solid content in the amount of 10% by mass to 26% by mass with respect to the ink composition, the ratio of the total content of the organic solvent to the total content of the solid content of the resin is 0.3 or more, and a sum of the total content of the solid content of the resin and the total content of the organic solvent is 37% by mass or less with respect to the ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki MURAI, Masakazu OHASHI, Toru SAITO
  • Patent number: 9458338
    Abstract: Provided is a UV curable type ink-jet ink composition containing a monomer A which is expressed by the following general formula (I): CH2?CR1—COOR2—O—CH?CH—R3??(I) (in the formula, R1 is a hydrogen atom or methyl radical, R2 is a bivalent organic residue radical having a carbon number in a range of 2 to 20, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a univalent organic residue radical having a carbon number in a range of 1 to 11), a compound B containing five or more (meth)acryloyl radicals per molecule, and a monofunctional (meth)acrylate C having an aromatic ring skeleton, wherein the monofunctional (meth)acrylate C which is in a range of 5 to 35 wt % with respect to the total weight of the ink composition is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taketoshi Kagose, Hiroki Nakane, Chigusa Sato, Hiroaki Kida, Toru Saito
  • Publication number: 20160271946
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method is provided in which an ink jet head having a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array which is arranged along the first nozzle array, in which the distance between the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array is 15 mm or greater and a nozzle density of the first nozzle array and a nozzle density of the second nozzle array are 600 dpi or greater is used, and while varying the relative position of the ink jet head in a direction intersecting an array direction of the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array with respect to a recording medium, an ink composition is adhered to the recording medium by performing a scanning which discharges the ink composition at a frequency of 12 kHz or greater from nozzles in the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Ohashi, Toru Saito, Tomoki Shinoda, Masashi Kamibayashi, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9449517
    Abstract: There is provided a driving support device includes a communication unit configured to perform communication with another vehicle; a storage unit configured to store reference information including information regarding positional relationship of the another vehicle with respect to an own-vehicle, information regarding a direction of relative displacement of the another vehicle with respect to the own-vehicle, and a control threshold value, each associated with one another; and a control unit configured to perform predetermined safety control based on whether or not information derived from running information on the another vehicle received by the communication unit and running information on the own-vehicle correspond to the reference information stored by the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Chiba, Toru Saito
  • Patent number: 9435075
    Abstract: An ink for ink jet textile printing according to the invention which is used for recording on cloth includes a pigment, a resin, and a 2-pyrrolidone-based solvent, in which the pH is in the range of 9.2 to 10.5. Coating elongation of the resin may be in the range of 400% to 1200%, and the resin may be a urethane-based resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Ohashi, Toru Saito, Tomoki Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20160197198
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a thin-film transistor (TFT) which is disposed on a substrate, and includes at least: an oxide semiconductor layer which functions as a channel layer; and a channel protection layer disposed above the oxide semiconductor layer. The method includes: measuring a change in a reflectance of a microwave emitted to the oxide semiconductor layer while the oxide semiconductor layer is irradiated with excitation light by pulse irradiation; calculating a decay period which is a period of time taken for the reflectance to decay to 1/e or 1/e2, based on the change in the reflectance obtained in the measuring; and performing determination related to a threshold voltage of the oxide semiconductor layer, based on the decay period calculated in the calculating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Eiji TAKEDA, Toru SAITO
  • Publication number: 20160193849
    Abstract: There is provided an ink jet recording method for printing a pigment in which a pigment printing ink composition including at least pigment as a colorant is discharged from a nozzle opening as an ink droplet having an amount of the ink of the ink droplet of 9 ng or less with an average discharging speed V of 5 m/s or greater at a distance in the range of 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm in the direction from the nozzle opening to cloth, and whereby the pigment printing ink composition is adhered to the cloth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru SAITO, Tomoki SHINODA, Masakazu OHASHI, Masashi KAMIBAYASHI, Yoshihiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160194824
    Abstract: A recording method including depositing onto a recording region of a recording medium a reaction liquid containing a flocculant capable of aggregating constituents in an ink composition or increasing the viscosity of the ink composition, depositing a first ink composition containing a coloring material, polymer fine particles made of a resin being an acrylic resin, and water on the recording region on which the reaction liquid has been deposited, and depositing a second ink composition containing a coloring material, polymer fine particles made of a resin being a urethane resin, and water on the recording region on which the first ink composition has been deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Masakazu OHASHI, Toru SAITO, Takako SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160163838
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin-film transistor substrate including a thin-film semiconductor includes: forming a metal film mainly comprising Cu above a substrate; forming a source electrode and a drain electrode by processing the metal film in a predetermined shape; irradiating the source electrode and the drain electrode with nitrogen plasma; exposing surfaces of a top and an end portion of the source electrode and the drain electrode with silane (SiH4) gas; and forming an insulating layer comprising an oxide on the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yuichiro MIYAMAE, Kenichirou NISHIDA, Toru SAITO