Patents by Inventor Akihiro Endo

Akihiro Endo 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).

  • Publication number: 20070149834
    Abstract: Provided is a heat conductive silicone grease composition, including: (A) 100 parts by volume of an organopolysiloxane with a specific structure and with a kinematic viscosity at 25° C. of 10 to 10,000 mm2/s, (B) 0.1 to 50 parts by volume of an alkoxysilane with a specific structure, and (C) 100 to 2,500 parts by volume of a heat conductive filler. The composition exhibits high thermal conductivity, retains excellent fluidity meaning the composition exhibits favorable workability, and is capable of filling fine indentations, thereby reducing contact resistance and providing excellent heat radiation performance. Also, the durability, under conditions of high temperature and high humidity, of the composition is improved, thereby improving the reliability of the composition during actual use. Heat generated by a heat-generating body can be dissipated into a heat-radiating body by sandwiching the composition between the heat-generating body and the heat-radiating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Endo, Kei Miyoshi, Kunihiro Yamada, Hiroaki Kizaki
  • Patent number: 7226717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising: an alkali-soluble resin (A); an infrared absorbing agent (B); and a thiol compound (C), wherein a solubility thereof in an alkaline aqueous solution is changed by exposure with a infrared laser ray, and a positive or negative-type image recording layer containing the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Nakamura, Akihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20070072116
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic support, an undercoat layer and a laser-sensitive photopolymerizable layer, wherein the undercoat layer contains a copolymer containing (a1) a repeating unit having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond and (a2) a repeating unit having at least one functional group capable of interacting with a surface of the support, and the repeating unit (a1) is a repeating unit represented by the formula (A1) as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Sumiaki Yamasaki, Akihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20070042533
    Abstract: Provided is a heat conductive silicone grease composition including (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane containing 2 or more alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing 2 or more hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, in sufficient quantity to provide from 0.1 to 5.0 hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within the component (B) for each alkenyl group within the component (A), (C) 100 to 2,200 parts by mass of a heat conductive filler, (D) an effective quantity of a platinum-based catalyst, and (E) an effective quantity of an addition reaction retarder, in which the component (C) includes more than 90% by mass and no more than 100% by mass of an indium powder with an average particle size of 0.1 to 100 ?m. Also provided is a heat conductive silicone cured product obtained by curing the above composition by heating at a temperature equal to, or greater than, the melting point of the indium powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Endo, Kunihiro Yamada, Hiroaki Kizaki, Kei Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20070042293
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor, which comprises: a support; an image-recording layer; and a protective layer, in this order, wherein at least one of the image-recording layer and the protective layer comprises a phosphonium salt having a specific structure, and a lithographic printing process, which comprises: exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor; supplying an oil-based ink and a fountain solution comprising a phosphonium salt having a specific structure to the exposed lithographic printing plate precursor on a printing machine to remove an unexposed area of an image-recording layer; and conducting printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Hidekazu Oohashi, Akihiro Endo
  • Patent number: 7141273
    Abstract: Provided is a curable organopolysiloxane composition which includes (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least 2 alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least 2 hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, (C) gallium and/or an alloy thereof, with a melting point within a range from 0 to 70° C., optionally (D) a heat conductive filler with an average particle size within a range from 0.1 to 100 ?m, (E) a platinum based catalyst, and (F) an addition reaction control agent. The composition is useful as a material capable of forming a layer with excellent thermal conductivity that is sandwiched between a heat generating electronic component and a heat radiating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Endo, Kunihiko Mita, Akio Nakano, Kunihiro Yamada, Hiroaki Kizaki, Hiroaki Tetsuka
  • Publication number: 20060194149
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor capable of forming an image without alkali development, comprising a hydrophilic support and a laser-sensitive photopolymerizable layer, wherein the photopolymerizable layer or other layer included in the lithographic printing plate precursor contains a copolymer containing at least a repeating unit having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond and a repeating unit having at least two functional groups capable of interacting with a surface of the support or a copolymer containing at least a repeating unit having at least two ethylenically unsaturated bonds and a repeating unit having at least one functional group capable of interacting with a surface of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Sumiaki Yamasaki, Akihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20060194150
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a support; an image-recording layer; and a protective layer containing an inorganic stratiform compound, provided in this order, wherein the inorganic stratiform compound contains an organic cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Mitsumoto, Akihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20060127810
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor is provided and has a porous aluminum support, (1) a layer containing a water-soluble polymer resin having a hydrophilic substituent adsorbable to a surface of the porous aluminum support and a sulfonic acid, and (2) an image recording layer from which unexposed areas can be removed by supplying an oil-based ink and an aqueous component thereonto on a printing machine without being subjected to development after exposure. The layer containing the water-soluble polymer resin, which has come in contact with the oil-based ink and the aqueous component, has a sulfonic acid group left therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Akihiro Endo, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Seiji Uno
  • Patent number: 7018774
    Abstract: An infrared sensitive composition and a lithographic printing plate precursor having a large difference in alkali solubility between the exposed portions and unexposed portions (dissolution discrimination), an excellent latitude in development, and a high sensitivity can be provided when the composition is used for the image-forming layer of a lithographic printing plate precursor, which is an infrared sensitive composition comprising an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group (A), a light-heat converting substance (B) and a leucohydroxy dye (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Aoai, Akihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20060024612
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and an image-recording layer containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a spiropyran compound and a spirooxazine compound, and an acid generator, and a lithographic printing method including a process of removing the unexposed area of the image-recording layer on a printing press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Yasuhito Oshima, Hidekazu Oohashi, Akihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20050261140
    Abstract: A silicone grease composition is provided comprising (A) 2-40% by weight of an organopolysiloxane having a kinematic viscosity of 50-500,000 mm2/s at 25° C., and (B) 60-98% by weight of at least one heat conductive filler selected from among metal powders, metal oxide powders and ceramic powders having a thermal conductivity of at least 10 W/m° C. and an average particle size of 0.1-15.0 ?m. Coarse particles are removed such that a 500-mesh oversize fraction is not more than 50 ppm and a 325-mesh oversize fraction is substantially zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Yamada, Akihiro Endo, Kunihiko Mita
  • Patent number: 6958206
    Abstract: An image recording material comprising (a) an infrared ray absorber and (b) a polymer to lower a dynamic coefficient of friction to from 0.38 to 0.60, which can undergo image formation upon exposure with infrared laser; or a long-chain alkyl group-containing polymer having a reduction rate of coefficient of friction to a base polymer of from 0.5 to 0.97, the polymer being a copolymer of a long-chain alkyl group-containing monomer having 6 or more carbon atoms and a hydrophilic monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomotaka Tsuchimura, Ippei Nakamura, Tadahiro Sorori, Akihiro Endo, Tomoo Murakami
  • Publication number: 20050084691
    Abstract: Provided is a curable organopolysiloxane composition which includes (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least 2 alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least 2 hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, (C) gallium and/or an alloy thereof, with a melting point within a range from 0 to 70° C., optionally (D) a heat conductive filler with an average particle size within a range from 0.1 to 100 ?m, (E) a platinum based catalyst, and (F) an addition reaction control agent. The composition is useful as a material capable of forming a layer with excellent thermal conductivity that is sandwiched between a heat generating electronic component and a heat radiating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Endo, Kunihiko Mita, Akio Nakano, Kunihiro Yamada, Hiroaki Kizaki, Hiroaki Tetsuka
  • Patent number: 6852469
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor comprises a support and a hydrophilic layer capable of hydrophobicizing by heat, wherein the hydrophilic layer comprises: a particulate hydrophobicizing precursor; a photo-heat converting agent; a hydrophilic polymer having a silane coupling group, and a metal complex catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Endo
  • Patent number: 6818378
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having provided thereon an image-recording layer containing a substance that absorbs light to generate heat, an aqueous alkali solution-soluble resin having phenolic hydroxy group and a polyvinyl acetal resin including an acid group having a pKa of not more than 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Endo
  • Patent number: 6725698
    Abstract: At the time of spinning a tip reduced portion 3, an angle of inclination of the outer periphery of the tip reduced portion 3 with respect to an axis of a tube stock 2 is increased on a center side of the tube stock 2 and reduced on an end edge side thereof. By this, a generating line of an outer peripheral surface of the tip reduced portion 3 is made into a form like a center recessed curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sakamoto Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20040063029
    Abstract: An infrared sensitive composition and a lithographic printing plate precursor having a large difference in alkali solubility between the exposed portions and unexposed portions (dissolution discrimination), an excellent latitude in development, and a high sensitivity can be provided when the composition is used for the image-forming layer of a lithographic printing plate precursor, which is an infrared sensitive composition comprising an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group (A), a light-heat converting substance (B) and a leucohydroxy dye (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Aoai, Akihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20040014831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising: an alkali-soluble resin (A); an infrared absorbing agent (B); and a thiol compound (C), wherein a solubility thereof in an alkaline aqueous solution is changed by exposure with a infrared laser ray, and a positive or negative-type image recording layer containing the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ippei Nakamura, Akihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20030207203
    Abstract: An image recording material comprising (a) an infrared ray absorber and (b) a polymer to lower a dynamic coefficient of friction to from 0.38 to 0.60, which can undergo image formation upon exposure with infrared laser; or a long-chain alkyl group-containing polymer having a reduction rate of coefficient of friction to a base polymer of from 0.5 to 0.97, the polymer being a copolymer of a long-chain alkyl group-containing monomer having 6 or more carbon atoms and a hydrophilic monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotaka Tsuchimura, Ippei Nakamura, Tadahiro Sorori, Akihiro Endo, Tomoo Murakami