Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Sawada
Hirokazu Sawada 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).
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Patent number: 11527758Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum foil and an aluminum member for electrodes having good adhesiveness to an electrode material and high conductivity with the electrode material. Provided is an aluminum foil having through holes including an aluminum oxide film having a thickness of 25 nm or less on a surface of the aluminum foil, and further a hydrophilic layer on a part of a surface of the aluminum oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hirokazu Sawada
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Publication number: 20220173407Abstract: Provided is a long aluminum foil capable of suppressing, in a case where the aluminum foil is provided with a region where through-holes are not formed, occurrence of deformation at a boundary portion between a region where through-holes are formed and the region where through-holes are not formed. The long aluminum foil includes, in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction, a perforated portion, a non-perforated portion, and a boundary portion between the perforated portion and the non-perforated portion, in which the perforated portion has a plurality of through-holes penetrating therethrough in a thickness direction, the non-perforated portion does not have a through-hole, the boundary portion has a plurality of through-holes penetrating therethrough in the thickness direction and a plurality of non-through-holes, and an opening ratio of the through-hole in the boundary portion gradually decreases from a perforated portion side to a non-perforated portion side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hirokazu SAWADA
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Publication number: 20200243865Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum foil and an aluminum member for electrodes having good adhesiveness to an electrode material and high conductivity with the electrode material. Provided is an aluminum foil having through holes including an aluminum oxide film having a thickness of 25 nm or less on a surface of the aluminum foil, and further a hydrophilic layer on a part of a surface of the aluminum oxide film.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hirokazu SAWADA
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Patent number: 10593989Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an aluminum plate which is simple, is high in productiveness, allows the use of arbitrary aluminum materials, and can be suitably used for collectors having excellent adhesiveness to active material layers, a collector for a storage device, and a storage device. The method for manufacturing an aluminum plate of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an aluminum plate having an aluminum substrate having a plurality of through holes in a thickness direction, including an oxidized film-forming step of forming an oxidized film by carrying out an oxidized film-forming treatment on a surface of the aluminum substrate having a thickness in a range of 5 ?m to 1,000 ?m and a through hole-forming step of forming through holes by carrying out an electrochemical dissolution treatment after the oxidized film-forming step.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Atsushi Matsuura, Yuichi Kasuya, Junji Kawaguchi, Hisashi Hotta, Yoshinori Hotta, Hiroshi Komatsu, Hirokazu Sawada
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Publication number: 20200082998Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a perforated metal foil which enables performing pre-doping with high efficiency and has high strength, a negative electrode for a secondary battery, and a positive electrode for a secondary battery. A perforated metal foil has a plurality of through-holes in a thickness direction of a metal foil, in which an average opening ratio by the through-holes is 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hirokazu SAWADA, Junji Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20200078765Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum composite material having excellent adhesiveness between a support and a supported substance. The aluminum composite material of an embodiment of the present invention is an aluminum composite material having an oxide film-including aluminum base material having an oxide film on at least a part of a surface of an aluminum base material and a supported substance supported on the surface of the oxide film-including aluminum base material, in which an average film thickness of the oxide film is 1 nm or more and less than 100 nm, and the oxide film-side surface of the aluminum base material has at least one roughened structure selected from the group consisting of a roughened structure including concave portions having an average opening diameter of more than 5 ?m and 100 ?m or less, a roughened structure including concave portions having an average opening diameter of more than 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hirokazu SAWADA
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Publication number: 20180013148Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum plate which is excellent in terms of both step suitability and working characteristics and a collector for a storage device using the same. The aluminum plate of the present invention is an aluminum plate having a plurality of through-holes formed in a thickness direction, in which a thickness of the aluminum plate is 40 ?m or less, an average opening diameter of the through-holes is 0.1 to 100 ?m, an average opening ratio by the through-holes is 2% to 30%, a content of Fe is 0.03% by mass or more, and a ratio of the content of Fe to a content of Si is 1.0 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Atsushi MATSUURA, Hiroshi KOMATSU, Junji KAWAGUCHI, Hirokazu SAWADA
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Patent number: 9690875Abstract: Search results are provided for mobile computing devices. Search results are retrieved based on a search term. Each of the search results is assigned to one or more categories. The categories and the assigned search results are provided to the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device is adapted to display each of the categories and a partial list of the search results for each of the categories.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tuan Huynh, Hiromi Kobayashi, Takeshi Tanaka, Hirokazu Sawada, Tsutomu Kagoshima
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Publication number: 20160294002Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an aluminum plate which is simple, is high in productiveness, allows the use of arbitrary aluminum materials, and can be suitably used for collectors having excellent adhesiveness to active material layers, a collector for a storage device, and a storage device. The method for manufacturing an aluminum plate of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an aluminum plate having an aluminum substrate having a plurality of through holes in a thickness direction, including an oxidized film-forming step of forming an oxidized film by carrying out an oxidized film-forming treatment on a surface of the aluminum substrate having a thickness in a range of 5 ?m to 1,000 ?m and a through hole-forming step of forming through holes by carrying out an electrochemical dissolution treatment after the oxidized film-forming step.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Atsushi MATSUURA, Yuichi KASUYA, Junji KAWAGUCHI, Hisashi HOTTA, Yoshinori HOTTA, Hiroshi KOMATSU, Hirokazu SAWADA
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Patent number: 9259954Abstract: A lithographic printing plate support of the invention includes an aluminum plate and an anodized aluminum film which has micropores extending from a surface of the anodized film opposite from the aluminum plate in a depth direction of the anodized film; the micropores each have a large-diameter portion extending from the anodized film surface to an average depth (depth A) of 75 to 120 nm and a small-diameter portion which communicates with the bottom of the large-diameter portion; the average diameter of the large-diameter portion at the anodized film surface is at least 10 nm but less than 30 nm; a ratio of the depth A to the average diameter (depth A/average diameter) of the large-diameter portion is more than 4.0 but up to 12.0; and an average diameter of the small-diameter portion at the communication level is more than 0 but less than 10 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yoshiharu Tagawa, Shinya Kurokawa, Atsushi Matsuura, Yuya Miyagawa, Hirokazu Sawada, Atsuo Nishino
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Publication number: 20160026081Abstract: A presensitized plate having a long press life and excellent resistance to scum and corrosive micro-stains and capable of on-press development is provided. The presensitized plate includes a photosensitive layer containing (A) a sensitizing dye, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) a binder polymer; and a protective layer which are formed on a support in this order. The support is prepared from an aluminum alloy plate containing intermetallic compound particles with a circle equivalent diameter of 0.2 ?m or more at a surface density of 35,000 pcs/mm2 or more and aluminum carbide particles with a maximum length of 1 ?m or more in an amount of up to 30,000 pcs/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi MATSUURA, Hirokazu SAWADA, Akio UESUGI
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Patent number: 9207537Abstract: A presensitized plate having a long press life and excellent resistance to scum and corrosive micro-stains and capable of on-press development is provided. The presensitized plate includes a photosensitive layer containing (A) a sensitizing dye, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) a binder polymer; and a protective layer which are formed on a support in this order. The support is prepared from an aluminum alloy plate containing intermetallic compound particles with a circle equivalent diameter of 0.2 ?m or more at a surface density of 35,000 pcs/mm2 or more and aluminum carbide particles with a maximum length of 1 ?m or more in an amount of up to 30,000 pcs/g.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Atsushi Matsuura, Hirokazu Sawada, Akio Uesugi
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Publication number: 20150135979Abstract: A lithographic printing plate support of the invention includes an aluminum plate and an anodized aluminum film which has micropores extending from a surface of the anodized film opposite from the aluminum plate in a depth direction of the anodized film; the micropores each have a large-diameter portion extending from the anodized film surface to an average depth (depth A) of 75 to 120 nm and a small-diameter portion which communicates with the bottom of the large-diameter portion; the average diameter of the large-diameter portion at the anodized film surface is at least 10 nm but less than 30 nm; a ratio of the depth A to the average diameter (depth A/average diameter) of the large-diameter portion is more than 4.0 but up to 12.0; and an average diameter of the small-diameter portion at the communication level is more than 0 but less than 10 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu TAGAWA, Shinya KUROKAWA, Atsushi MATSUURA, Yuya MIYAGAWA, Hirokazu SAWADA, Atsuo NISHINO
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Publication number: 20150135137Abstract: A user experience for processing and cropping images is provided. A menu of image processing modes may be displayed by a computing device. A selection of one of the image processing modes from the menu may then be received. An image may then be received by the computing device. The computing device may then process the received image based on the selected image processing mode. The computing device may then display user controls overlaying the processed image. A selection of one or more of the user controls may then be received to re-frame one or more boundaries of the processed image. The computing device may then send the processed and re-framed image to a productivity application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nobuko Miwa, Junko Kyomasu, Hirokazu Sawada, Sze Vin Julius Ang, Koji Watanabe, Dan Ito, Tsutomu Yanagida, Enrique Moreno Daniel, Tsutomu Kagoshima
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Patent number: 8978555Abstract: A lithographic printing plate support includes an aluminum plate and an anodized film formed at a surface of the aluminum plate and having micropores which extend in a depth direction of the anodized aluminum film from a surface of the anodized film opposite from the aluminum plate. Each of the micropores includes a large-diameter portion and a dendritic small-diameter portion. The lithographic printing plate support has excellent scratch resistance and is capable of obtaining a presensitized plate which exhibits excellent on-press developability and enables a lithographic printing plate formed therefrom to have a long press life and excellent deinking ability after suspended printing.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinya Kurokawa, Yuya Miyagawa, Yoshiharu Tagawa, Atsuo Nishino, Hirokazu Sawada
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Publication number: 20150024325Abstract: A presensitized plate having a long press life and excellent resistance to scum and corrosive micro-stains and capable of on-press development is provided. The presensitized plate includes a photosensitive layer containing (A) a sensitizing dye, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) a binder polymer; and a protective layer which are formed on a support in this order. The support is prepared from an aluminum alloy plate containing intermetallic compound particles with a circle equivalent diameter of 0.2 ?m or more at a surface density of 35,000 pcs/mm2 or more and aluminum carbide particles with a maximum length of 1 ?m or more in an amount of up to 30,000 pcs/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Atsushi MATSUURA, Hirokazu SAWADA, Akio UESUGI
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Patent number: 8898178Abstract: A solution monitoring system is provided for gathering, filtering, and analyzing information associated with solutions for managing monitoring, upgrades, and migrations. Telemetry may be recorded for various types of solution events and various properties of solutions as part of an add-in intelligence. Furthermore, add-in management tools are provided for administrators and end users.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Junko Kyomasu, Yu Kuratake, Jin Ho Jeon, Makoto Yamagishi, Daniel Moffitt, Fumiyuki Maeyama, Ryogo Kanatani, Hirokazu Sawada, Nobuko Miwa, Junko Tanaka, Yasufumo Shiraishi, Sachio Kono
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Patent number: 8883401Abstract: A presensitized plate having a long press life and excellent resistance to scum and corrosive micro-stains and capable of on-press development is provided. The presensitized plate includes a photosensitive layer containing (A) a sensitizing dye, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) a binder polymer; and a protective layer which are formed on a support in this order. The support is prepared from an aluminum alloy plate containing intermetallic compound particles with a circle equivalent diameter of 0.2 ?m or more at a surface density of 35,000 pcs/mm2 or more and aluminum carbide particles with a maximum length of 1 ?m or more in an amount of up to 30,000 pcs/g.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Atsushi Matsuura, Hirokazu Sawada, Akio Uesugi
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Publication number: 20140326151Abstract: The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate support, comprising an aluminum plate and an anodized film of aluminum formed on the aluminum plate and having micropores extending in the anodized film from a surface of the anodized film opposite from the aluminum plate in a depth direction, wherein each of the micropores has a large-diameter portion having a specific shape and a small-diameter portion having a specific shape and communicating with a bottom of the large-diameter portion; at least a part of an inside of the small-diameter portion is sealed with protrusions made of boehmite; and a ratio of an average height of protrusions made of boehmite inside the large-diameter portion to an average diameter of the large-diameter portion at the surface of the anodized film is up to a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yusuke NAMBA, Keio OKANO, Shinya KUROKAWA, Hirokazu SAWADA
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Patent number: 8828156Abstract: An aluminum sheet material for lithographic printing plates wherein the number of aluminum carbide particles having a circle equivalent diameter, measured by the PoDFA method, of 3 ?m or more is four or less, the number of aluminum carbide particles having a circle equivalent diameter, measured by the PoDFA method, of 3 ?m or more.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignees: Fujifilm Corporation, Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Kurokawa, Hirokazu Sawada, Akio Uesugi, Masanori Tsunekawa, Kazuaki Hatano, Hiroshi Ougi, Koushi Nagae