Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Hokari

Hirofumi Hokari 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: 11866596
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: at least one dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160:1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of a polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji Kitada, Hiroko Hayashi, Yasunari Ikeda, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Naito, Kazumasa Otsuki, Michio Nakamori, Shinichi Yamamoto, Seiji Kagami, Shigeki Kawada
  • Publication number: 20230317332
    Abstract: A magnetic bead contains: a magnetic metal powder; and a coating layer with which a particle surface of the magnetic metal powder is coated. When the magnetic bead is left to stand in a state of a dispersion obtained by dispersing the magnetic bead in water, a time until an initial absorbance of the dispersion attenuates to 80% of an absorbance when the standing is started is 90 seconds or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yasunari IKEDA, Michio NAKAMORI, Hirofumi HOKARI
  • Publication number: 20230087918
    Abstract: A magnetic bead reagent contains: a magnetic bead containing a Fe-based metal soft magnetic particle and a silica film that has an average thickness of 20 nm or more and that covers the Fe-based metal soft magnetic particle; a surfactant; and a dispersion medium in which the magnetic bead is dispersed. The surfactant may be a nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yasunari IKEDA, Michio NAKAMORI, Hirofumi HOKARI, Masato HANAMURA
  • Patent number: 11591489
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition contains: C.I. Disperse Red 364; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of the ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of the polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi Okamura, Hiroko Hayashi, Kenji Kitada, Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Yamamoto, Michio Nakamori, Shigeki Kawada, Kenta Kikuchi, Kazumasa Otsuki, Seiji Kagami, Shinichi Naito
  • Publication number: 20230025505
    Abstract: A filtration separator for magnetic particles includes a storage tank that stores a liquid in which magnetic particles are dispersed, and that has a bottom portion and a side wall portion, a stirring mechanism having a rotating shaft portion inserted into the storage tank in a direction crossing a face of the bottom portion, and a stirring impeller that is coupled to the rotating shaft portion and that stirs the liquid by rotation of the rotating shaft portion, a magnet mechanism that is provided in at least a part of the side wall portion, and that can switch a magnetic force in the storage tank between an on state and an off state, and that adsorb the magnetic particles in the liquid to the side wall portion when it is in the on state, and a filtration mechanism having a filter provided in the bottom portion of the storage tank, and a discharge port from which the liquid after passing through the filter is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Hirofumi HOKARI, Michio NAKAMORI, Yasunari IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11492506
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition according to the present disclosure includes: C.I. Disperse Red 364 as a first component; a second component which is a dispersant having a chemical structure of at least one of a sulfo group and a salt thereof; and a third component having an indigo skeleton and a chemical structure of at least one of a sulfo group and a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Yamamoto, Shigeki Kawada, Michio Nakamori
  • Patent number: 11447649
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition includes a first component which is at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160: 1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a second component which is a dispersant having at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof; and a third component which has a coumarin skeleton and at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunari Ikeda, Hiroko Hayashi, Kenji Kitada, Hirofumi Hokari, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Shinichi Naito
  • Patent number: 11384249
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition contains at least one disperse dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Disperse Yellow 54, C.I. Disperse Red 60, and C.I. Disperse Blue 359, and a styrene maleic acid-based dispersing agent represented by Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kitada, Hiroko Hayashi, Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Seiji Kagami, Shinichi Naito
  • Publication number: 20220098424
    Abstract: One aspect of the ink jet ink set according to the present disclosure is an ink jet ink set including an anionic ink containing an anionic resin, a pigment, and water, and a cationic ink containing a cationic resin, a pigment, and water, in which the anionic ink and the cationic ink are similar colors to each other, the pigment in the anionic ink is coated with the anionic resin, the pigment in the cationic ink is coated with the cationic resin, and the anionic resin or the cationic resin, or both have a urethane-based skeleton or a polyester-based skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Takeshi YANO, Shinichi NAITO, Kenta KIKUCHI, Hirofumi HOKARI
  • Publication number: 20200239718
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: at least one dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160:1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of a polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Hiroko HAYASHI, Yasunari IKEDA, Hisashi OKAMURA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Hirofumi HOKARI, Shinichi NAITO, Kazumasa OTSUKI, Michio NAKAMORI, Shinichi YAMAMOTO, Seiji KAGAMI, Shigeki KAWADA
  • Publication number: 20200207997
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition according to the present disclosure includes: C.I. Disperse Red 364 as a first component; a second component which is a dispersant having a chemical structure of at least one of a sulfo group and a salt thereof; and a third component having an indigo skeleton and a chemical structure of at least one of a sulfo group and a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yasunari IKEDA, Hirofumi HOKARI, Shinichi YAMAMOTO, Shigeki KAWADA, Michio NAKAMORI
  • Publication number: 20200207999
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition contains: C.I. Disperse Red 364; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of the ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of the polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hisashi OKAMURA, Hiroko HAYASHI, Kenji KITADA, Yasunari IKEDA, Hirofumi HOKARI, Shinichi YAMAMOTO, Michio NAKAMORI, Shigeki KAWADA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Kazumasa OTSUKI, Seiji KAGAMI, Shinichi NAITO
  • Publication number: 20190352525
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition includes a first component which is at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160: 1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a second component which is a dispersant having at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof; and a third component which has a cumarin skeleton and at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yasunari IKEDA, Hiroko HAYASHI, Kenji KITADA, Hirofumi HOKARI, Hisashi OKAMURA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Shinichi NAITO
  • Publication number: 20190300736
    Abstract: An aqueous inkjet composition contains at least one disperse dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Disperse Yellow 54, C.I. Disperse Red 60, and C.I. Disperse Blue 359, and a styrene maleic acid-based dispersing agent represented by Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Hiroko HAYASHI, Yasunari IKEDA, Hirofumi HOKARI, Hisashi OKAMURA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Seiji KAGAMI, Shinichi NAITO
  • Patent number: 10056616
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electrode assembly includes forming an active material molded body which contains lithium double oxide and includes plural voids, forming a solid electrolyte in the plural voids, and attaching a polymer gel film impregnated with an electrolytic solution for conducting lithium ions to the active material molded body in which the solid electrolyte is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Teraoka, Tomofumi Yokoyama, Hirofumi Hokari
  • Patent number: 9350013
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrode assembly includes: obtaining a porous active material molded body by molding a constituent material containing a lithium multiple oxide in the form of particles by compression, and then performing a heat treatment at a temperature of 850° C. or higher and lower than the melting point of the used lithium multiple oxide; forming a solid electrolyte layer by applying a liquid containing a constituent material of an inorganic solid electrolyte to the surface of the active material molded body including the inside of each pore of the active material molded body, and then performing a heat treatment; and bonding a current collector to the active material molded body exposed from the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Teraoka, Sukenori Ichikawa, Hirofumi Hokari, Tomofumi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9287582
    Abstract: A composition for forming a solid electrolyte layer for use in the formation of a solid electrolyte layer of a lithium ion secondary battery contains first particles made of a lanthanum titanate and second particles made of a lithium titanate. It is preferable that the first particles have an average particle size of 50 nm or more and 300 nm or less. It is preferable that the second particles have an average particle size of 10 nm or more and 50 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomofumi Yokoyama, Hirofumi Hokari, Sukenori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20160072153
    Abstract: An electrode body for a lithium battery includes a collector electrode, a negative electrode active material layer which is provided to come into contact with one surface of the collector electrode and contains a Li metal or a Li alloy, a soggy sand electrolyte layer that is provided on a side of the negative electrode active material layer which is opposite to a collector electrode side, and an inorganic solid electrolyte layer that is provided on a side of the soggy sand electrolyte layer which is opposite to a negative electrode active material layer side. In the soggy sand electrolyte layer, a plurality of particles is impregnated with an ordinary temperature molten salt electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Sukenori ICHIKAWA, Hirofumi HOKARI
  • Patent number: 9252423
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrode assembly includes: obtaining a porous active material molded body by molding a constituent material containing a lithium multiple oxide in the form of particles by compression, and then performing a heat treatment at a temperature of 850° C. or higher and lower than the melting point of the used lithium multiple oxide; forming a solid electrolyte layer by applying a liquid containing a constituent material of an inorganic solid electrolyte to the surface of the active material molded body including the inside of each pore of the active material molded body, and then performing a heat treatment; and bonding a current collector to the active material molded body exposed from the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Teraoka, Sukenori Ichikawa, Hirofumi Hokari, Tomofumi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20150228981
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electrode assembly includes forming an active material molded body which contains lithium double oxide and includes plural voids, forming a solid electrolyte in the plural voids, and attaching a polymer gel film impregnated with an electrolytic solution for conducting lithium ions to the active material molded body in which the solid electrolyte is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Tsutomu TERAOKA, Tomofumi YOKOYAMA, Hirofumi HOKARI