Patents by Inventor Akira Sugimoto

Akira Sugimoto 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: 20050099119
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display panel includes more than one organic electroluminescent element having a first display electrode, one or more organic functional layers including a light-emitting layer formed of an organic compound, and a second display electrode, which are sequentially layered in that order. The panel also includes a resin substrate carrying the organic electroluminescent element in contact therewith. The panel is provided with an inorganic barrier film for covering the surfaces of the resin substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Sugimoto, Toshiyuki Miyadera, Ayako Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20040265554
    Abstract: A gas barrier substrate includes a compound gradient layer. The compound gradient layer includes an inorganic material and a resin material. A content of the inorganic material in the resin material varies in a thickness direction. The gas barrier substrate also includes a gas barrier layer. The gas barrier layer is made of an inorganic material and is bonded to the compound gradient layer. The compound gradient layer has a high content of inorganic material in an area near a bonding surface between the compound gradient layer and the gas barrier layer. The compound gradient layer may be bonded to a resin layer and may have a low content of inorganic material in an area near a surface bonded to the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyadera, Akira Sugimoto, Ayako Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6832421
    Abstract: The vehicle seat of the invention includes a cushioning material having a ridge surrounding and defining a seating area on the cushioning material and a skin material covering the cushioning material. The skin material and cushioning material are bonded together only within the seating area. The skin material is a laminate including, in succession, a PVC layer, a knitted fabric and a closed-cell synthetic resin foam. A water proof film may be interposed between the cushioning material and the skin material outside of the seating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobukatsu Ashida, Iwao Miyajima, Akira Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20040208071
    Abstract: A memory cell array includes a memory cell region composed of memory cells and a sample cell region composed of word line sample cells and bit line sample cells. The word line sample cell and the bit line sample cell are formed so that by a voltage applied to word lines and bit lines, charge transfer from the floating gate electrode occurs more easily than the memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Mukunoki, Akira Sugimoto, Takao Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20040169467
    Abstract: A luminescent display device comprises a resin substrate having one and another surfaces, an auxiliary electrode made of metal and disposed on the one surface of the resin substrate, a transparent electrode disposed on the auxiliary electrode in a conductive state to the auxiliary electrode, and a luminescent layer composed of an organic compound and disposed on the transparent electrode. A layer of metal oxide may be further formed between the resin substrate and the auxiliary electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Sugimoto, Kenichi Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20040084351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method in which grades of oil are refined according to their object from a feed oil. This method has a solvent extraction process that obtains an extracted oil, and a hydrogenation process that subjects the obtained extracted oil to hydrogenation process in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst to obtain a hydrorefined oil. The solvent extraction conditions are selected by using the poly-aromatic concentration as an index for calculating the concentration of heptane insolvent components in the residue of the extracted oil obtained by the solvent extraction process that cannot be fractionally distilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshinori Mashiko, Akira Sugimoto, Tsuyoshi Okada
  • Patent number: 6696699
    Abstract: A luminescent display device comprises a resin substrate having one and another surfaces, an auxiliary electrode made of metal and disposed on the one surface of the resin substrate, a transparent electrode disposed on the auxiliary electrode in a conductive state to the auxiliary electrode, and a luminescent layer composed of an organic compound and disposed on the transparent electrode. A layer of metal oxide may be further formed between the resin substrate and the auxiliary electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sugimoto, Kenichi Nagayama
  • Patent number: 6653780
    Abstract: A luminescent display device comprises a resin substrate having one and another surfaces, and a transparent electrode, a metal auxiliary electrode disposed to be conductive to the transparent electrode and a luminescent layer composed of an organic compound so that the transparent electrode, the auxiliary electrode and the luminescent layer are laminated in form of layers on the one surface of the resin substrate. The auxiliary electrode has a total stress of {(inner stress)×(film thickness thereof)} of not more than 1.3×105 dyn/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sugimoto, Kenichi Nagayama, Toshiyuki Miyadera, Ayako Yoshida, Satoshi Miyaguchi
  • Patent number: 6627567
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 35 to 60 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO and from 0.1 to 1.8 wt % of P2O5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 6624101
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 51 to 57.5 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO, and from 0.1 to 6.8 wt % of TiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20030172154
    Abstract: The present invention has a plurality of objects each holding state data as its attribute data, and employs the following steps: an object structure management means searches for an object based on an object identifier; an attribute data input/output means updates attribute data of the object by use of changed state data; and when a remote display system has issued an attribute data retrieval request, the object structure management means searches for an object based on an object identifier included in the attribute data retrieval request, and the attribute data input/output means retrieves attribute data of the object and returns it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Ishihara, Masayo Osaki, Akira Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 6610620
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 48 to 54.8 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO, and from 2.4 to 10 wt % of Li2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20030146133
    Abstract: The process for desulfurizing a gas oil fraction according to the invention comprises a low-boiling gas oil fraction hydrodesulfurization step (I) wherein a low-boiling gas oil fraction is desulsurized under the condition of a H2/Oil ratio of 70 to 200 Nm3/kl to obtain a treated oil, a high-boiling gas oil fraction hydrodesulfurization step (II) wherein a high-boiling gas oil fraction is desulsurized under the condition of a H2Oil ratio of 200 to 800 Nm3/kl to obtain a treated oil, and a step (III) wherein the treated oil obtained in the step (I) is mixed with the treated oil obtained in the step (II), and in this process, at least a part of a gas containing unreacted hydrogen in the step (II) is used for the hydrodesulfurization of the step (I). According to the invention, there can be provided a process and an apparatus for desulfurizing a gas oil fraction, which are capable of using hydrogen and energy efficiently and capable of producing a highly desulfurized gas oil in a small catalytic amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Shigeki Nagamatsu, Jun Abe, Akira Sugimoto, Makoto Inomata, Tetsuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6596659
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 35 to 50 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO, and from 2.6 to 8 wt % of Li2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 6593259
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 54.5 to 59.5 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO, and from 3 to 12 wt % of Li2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 6583077
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 50.5 to 56 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO, and from 4.2 to 10.6 wt % of TiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 6583078
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 47.5 to 58 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO, and from 0.1 to 2.8 wt % of ZrO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 6573206
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 47.5 to 52.5 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO, and from 6.2 to 7.8 wt % of TiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 6569790
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 54 to 60 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO, and from 0.1 to 2.7 wt % of Li2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 6569791
    Abstract: A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate contains, essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, from 52 to 56 wt % of SiO2, from 10 to 30 wt % of Al2O3, from 10 to 30 wt % of MgO, and from 7 to 12 wt % of TiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Toshiharu Mori, Hiroshi Yuki, Hideki Kawai, Akira Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Ishimaru