Patents by Inventor Eiki OZAWA

Eiki OZAWA 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: 20190051325
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape device in which a magnetic tape transportation speed is equal to or lower than 18 m/sec, Ra measured regarding a surface of a magnetic layer of a magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 to 65 atom %, and ?SFD (=SFD25°C.?SFD?190° C.) in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 0.50, with the SFD25° C. being SFD measured in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape at a temperature of 25° C., and the SFD?190° C. being SFD measured at a temperature of ?190° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KASADA, Eiki OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190027180
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, non-magnetic powder, and a binding agent and a back coating layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, an Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, and a logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding a surface of the hack coating layer is equal to or smaller than 0.060.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Toshio Tada, Eiki Ozawa, Takuto Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20190027181
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape in which an Ra measured regarding a surface of a magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, Int(110)/Int(114) of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an XRD analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the back coating layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 10.0 nm, and a difference between the spacings measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the back coating layer before and after performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki OZAWA, Toshio TADA, Norihito KASADA, Takuto KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190027179
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic layer which contains ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder and a binder, in which the magnetic layer contains an abrasive and a fatty acid ester, Int (110)/Int (114) of a crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite, determined by performing XRD analysis on the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method, is equal to or higher than 0.5 and equal to or lower than 4.0, a squareness ratio of the magnetic recording medium in a vertical direction is equal to or higher than 0.65 and equal to or lower than 1.00, FWHMbefore and FWHMafter is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, and a difference between spacings measured within a surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interference method before and after the heating in a vacuum is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki OZAWA, Norihito KASADA, Toshio TADA, Takuto KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190027167
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer, wherein the magnetic layer contains ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder and an abrasive, Int (110)/Int (114) of a crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite determined by performing XRD analysis on the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is equal to or higher than 0.5 and equal to or lower than 4.0, a squareness ratio of the magnetic recording medium in a vertical direction is equal to or higher than 0.65 and equal to or lower than 1.00, one or more kinds of components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide is contained in a magnetic layer side portion on the support, and a C—H-derived C concentration obtained by ESCA within a surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10° is equal to or higher than 45 at %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio TADA, Norihito KASADA, Eiki OZAWA, Takuto KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190027176
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and a binder, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the magnetic layer contains an abrasive, an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of (110) plane of a crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite, determined by performing X-ray diffraction analysis on the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method, to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of (114) plane of the crystal structure is equal to or higher than 0.5 and equal to or lower than 4.0, a squareness ratio of the magnetic recording medium in a vertical direction is equal to or higher than 0.65 and equal to or lower than 1.00, and a contact angle with 1-bromonaphthalene measured within a surface of the magnetic layer is in a range of 50.0° to 55.0°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto KUROKAWA, Norihito KASADA, Toshio TADA, Eiki OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190027175
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, non-magnetic powder, and a binding agent and a back coating layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, a center line average surface roughness measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, and a contact angle with respect to 1-bromonaphthalene measured regarding a surface of the back coating layer is 15.0° to 30.0°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto KUROKAWA, Norihito KASADA, Toshio TADA, Eiki OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190027168
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer which contains ferromagnetic powder and a binder, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the magnetic layer contains an abrasive, Int (110)/Int (114) of a crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite, determined by performing X-ray diffraction analysis on the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method, to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of (114) plane of the crystal structure is equal to or higher than 0.5 and equal to or lower than 4.0, a squareness ratio of the magnetic recording medium in a vertical direction is equal to or higher than 0.65 and equal to or lower than 1.00, and a logarithmic decrement obtained by performing a pendulum viscoelasticity test on a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or lower than 0.050.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KASADA, Toshio TADA, Eiki OZAWA, Takuto KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190027174
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape in which an Ra measured regarding a surface of a magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, Int(110)/Int(114) of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, the back coating layer includes one or more kinds of component selected from the group consisting of fatty acid and fatty acid amide, and a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the back coating layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is equal to or greater than 35 atom %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio TADA, Norihito KASADA, Eiki OZAWA, Takuto KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190027182
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a magnetic recording medium, in which the magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on a non-magnetic support, and the magnetic layer shows a natural ferromagnetic resonance frequency equal to or greater than 30.0 GHz, the method including: forming a servo pattern on the magnetic layer by microwave-assisted recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Eiki OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10186293
    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes a magnetic tape including a magnetic layer, in which an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, and a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 to 65 atom %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Eiki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10170144
    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes a TMR head and a magnetic tape, in which the magnetic tape includes fatty acid ester in a magnetic layer, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is 2.0 nm or smaller, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and 7.0 nm or smaller, a difference between spacings before and after the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and 8.0 nm or smaller, and a ratio of an average area Sdc of a magnetic cluster of the magnetic tape in a DC demagnetization state and an average area Sac of a magnetic cluster thereof in an AC demagnetization state measured with a magnetic force microscope is 0.80 to 1.30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Norihito Kasada
  • Patent number: 10157636
    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes a TMR head (servo head); and a magnetic tape, in which a magnetic layer of the magnetic tape includes fatty acid ester, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, a difference between spacings before and after the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm, and ?SFD (=SFD25° C.?SFD?190° C.) in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 0.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Ozawa, Norihito Kasada
  • Publication number: 20180358042
    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes a magnetic tape; and a servo head, in which the servo head is a TMR head, the magnetic tape includes a servo pattern in the magnetic layer, a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, a logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.050, and a ratio (Sdc/Sac) of an average area Sdc of a magnetic cluster of the magnetic tape in a DC demagnetization state and an average area Sac of a magnetic cluster thereof in an AC demagnetization state measured with a magnetic force microscope is 0.80 to 1.30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito KASADA, Eiki OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10152995
    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes a magnetic tape including a magnetic layer, in which an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, and a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 to 65 atom %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Eiki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20180350400
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a magnetic layer having ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder having an activation volume equal to or smaller than 1,600 nm3, and an edge shape of the timing-based servo pattern specified by a magnetic force microscope observation is a shape in which a difference (l99.9?l0.1) between a value l99.9 of a cumulative frequency function of 99.9% of a position deviation width from an ideal shape in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and a value l0.1 of the cumulative frequency function of 0.1% thereof is equal to or smaller than 180 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya KANEKO, Norihito KASADA, Eiki OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10134433
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape device in which a magnetic tape transportation speed is equal to or lower than 18 m/sec, Ra measured regarding a surface of a magnetic layer of a magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, a C-H derived C concentration calculated from a C-H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 to 65 atom %, and ?SFD (=SFD25° C.?SFD?190° C.) in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 0.50, with the SFD25° C. being SFD measured in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape at a temperature of 25° C., and the SFD?190° C. being SFD measured at a temperature of ?190° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Eiki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20180286447
    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes a magnetic tape and a TMR head (servo head), in which the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, an intensity ratio of a peak intensity Int(110) of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity Int(114) of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, and a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki OZAWA, Norihito KASADA
  • Publication number: 20180286451
    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes a TMR head (servo head); and a magnetic tape, in which a magnetic layer of the magnetic tape includes fatty acid ester, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, a difference between spacings before and after the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm, and ?SFD (=SFD25° C.?SFD?190° C.) in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki OZAWA, Norihito KASADA
  • Publication number: 20180286443
    Abstract: The magnetic tape has the total thickness of a non-magnetic layer and a magnetic layer of 0.60 ?m or smaller, the magnetic layer including an abrasive and fatty acid ester, a percentage of a plan view maximum area of the abrasive confirmed in a region having a size of 4.3 ?m×6.3 ?m of the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the total area of the region, obtained by plane observation performed by using an SEM of 0.02% or greater and less than 0.06%, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape of greater than 0 nm and 7.0 nm or smaller, and a difference between spacings before and after the vacuum heating of greater than 0 nm and 8.0 nm or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki OZAWA, Norihito KASADA