Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Aoto

Hiroshi Aoto 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: 7938515
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric film structure having a substrate and a dielectric film provided on the substrate and in which the dielectric film has (001) face orientation with respect to the substrate, and in which a value u in the following equation (1) regarding the dielectric film is a real number greater than 2: u=(Cc/Ca)×(Wa/Wc)??(1) where, Cc is a count number of a peak of a (001?) face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, 1? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); Ca is a count number of a peak of a (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, h? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); Wc is a half-value width of a peak of the (001?) face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement; and Wa is a half-value width of a peak of the (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Kenichi Takeda, Tetsuro Fukui, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Patent number: 7736433
    Abstract: BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal is single-crystallized by heating BaTiO3—PbTiO3 compact powder member or sintered member having a smaller Pb-containing mol number than Ba-containing mol number, while keeping the powder or substance in non-molten condition. In this way, this single crystal can be manufactured at a crystal growing speed faster still and stabilized more, significantly contributing to improving the dielectric loss and electromechanical coupling coefficient for the provision of excellent BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal in various properties, as well as for the provision of piezoelectric material having a small ratio of lead content, which is particularly excellent in piezoelectric property and productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Akira Unno, Tetsuro Fukui, Akio Ikesue
  • Publication number: 20090153626
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric film structure having a substrate and a dielectric film provided on the substrate and in which the dielectric film has (001) face orientation with respect to the substrate, and in which a value u in the following equation (1) regarding the dielectric film is a real number greater than 2: u=(Cc/Ca)×(Wa/Wc)??(1) where, Cc is a count number of a peak of a (001?) face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, 1? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); Ca is a count number of a peak of a (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, h? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); Wc is a half-value width of a peak of the (001?) face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement; and Wa is a half-value width of a peak of the (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi AOTO, Kenichi TAKEDA, Tetsuro FUKUI, Toshihiro IFUKU
  • Patent number: 7513608
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric film structure having a substrate and a dielectric film provided on the substrate and in which the dielectric film has (001) face orientation with respect to the substrate, and in which a value u in the following equation (1) regarding the dielectric film is a real number greater than 2: u=(Cc/Ca)×(Wa/Wc)??(1) where, Cc is a count number of a peak of a (001?)face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, l? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); Ca is a count number of a peak of a (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, h? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); Wc is a half-value width of a peak of the (001?) face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement; and Wa is a half-value width of a peak of the (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Kenichi Takeda, Tetsuro Fukui, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Patent number: 7513599
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided that is capable of stably maintaining image quality by preventing the degradation in image quality due to a rotational body for holding down a recording medium. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a linked-up head having a plurality of short chips arranged in a staggered arrangement in the width direction of the recording medium. The rotational bodies for holding the floating of the recording medium on the downstream side of the linked-up head in the conveying direction are arranged in the width direction of the recording medium within a range of the short chip that ejected ink earlier on the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Wada, Hiroshi Aoto
  • Publication number: 20080227623
    Abstract: BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal is single-crystallized by heating BaTiO3—PbTiO3 compact powder member or sintered member having a smaller Pb-containing mol number than Ba-containing mol number, while keeping the powder or substance in non-molten condition. In this way, this single crystal can be manufactured at a crystal growing speed faster still and stabilized more, significantly contributing to improving the dielectric loss and electromechanical coupling coefficient for the provision of excellent BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal in various properties, as well as for the provision of piezoelectric material having a small ratio of lead content, which is particularly excellent in piezoelectric property and productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Akira Unno, Tetsuro Fukui, Akio Ikesue
  • Publication number: 20070291095
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided that is capable of stably maintaining image quality by preventing the degradation in image quality due to a rotational body for holding down a recording medium. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a linked-up head having a plurality of short chips arranged in a staggered arrangement in the width direction of the recording medium. The rotational bodies for holding the floating of the recording medium on the downstream side of the linked-up head in the conveying direction are arranged in the width direction of the recording medium within a range of the short chip that ejected ink earlier on the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Wada, Hiroshi Aoto
  • Publication number: 20060176342
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric film structure having a substrate and a dielectric film provided on the substrate and in which the dielectric film has (001) face orientation with respect to the substrate, and in which a value u in the following equation (1) regarding the dielectric film is a real number greater than 2: u=(Cc/Ca)×(Wa/Wc)??(1) where, Cc is a count number of a peak of a (001?) face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, l? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); Ca is a count number of a peak of a (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, h? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); WC is a half-value width of a peak of the (001?) face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement; and Wa is a half-value width of a peak of the (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Kenichi Takeda, Tetsuro Fukui, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Patent number: 7059711
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric film structure having a substrate and a dielectric film provided on the substrate and in which the dielectric film has (001) face orientation with respect to the substrate, and in which a value u in the following equation (1) regarding the dielectric film is a real number greater than 2: u=(Cc/Ca)×(Wa/Wc)??(1) where, Cc is a count number of a peak of a (00l?) face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, l? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); Ca is a count number of a peak of a (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane X ray diffraction measurement (here, h? is a natural number selected so that Cc becomes maximum); Wc is a half-value width of a peak of the (00l?) face of the dielectric film in an Out-of-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement; and Wa is a half-value width of a peak of the (h?00) face of the dielectric film in an In-plane rocking curve X ray diffraction measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Kenichi Takeda, Tetsuro Fukui, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Publication number: 20040231581
    Abstract: BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal is single-crystallized by heating BaTiO3—PbTiO3 compact powder member or sintered member having a smaller Pb-containing mol number than Ba-containing mol number, while keeping the powder or substance in non-molten condition. In this way, this single crystal can be manufactured at a crystal growing speed faster still and stabilized more, significantly contributing to improving the dielectric loss and electromechanical coupling coefficient for the provision of excellent BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal in various properties, as well as for the provision of piezoelectric material having a small ratio of lead content, which is particularly excellent in piezoelectric property and productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Akira Unno, Tetsuro Fukui, Akio Ikesue
  • Publication number: 20040207695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric film structure having a substrate and a dielectric film provided on the substrate and in which the dielectric film has (00l) face orientation with respect to the substrate, and in which a value u in the following equation (1) regarding the dielectric film is a real number greater than 2:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Kenichi Takeda, Tetsuro Fukui, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Patent number: 6783588
    Abstract: BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal is single-crystallized by heating BaTiO3—PbTiO3 compact powder member or sintered member having a smaller Pb-containing mol number than Ba-containing mol number, while keeping the powder or substance in non-molten condition. In this way, this single crystal can be manufactured at a crystal growing speed faster still and stabilized more, significantly contributing to improving the dielectric loss and electromechanical coupling coefficient for the provision of excellent BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal in various properties, as well as for the provision of piezoelectric material having a small ratio of lead content, which is particularly excellent in piezoelectric property and productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Akira Unno, Tetsuro Fukui, Akio Ikesue
  • Publication number: 20020158224
    Abstract: BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal is single-crystallized by heating BaTiO3—PbTiO3 compact powder member or sintered member having a smaller Pb-containing mol number than Ba-containing mol number, while keeping the powder or substance in non-molten condition. In this way, this single crystal can be manufactured at a crystal growing speed faster still and stabilized more, significantly contributing to improving the dielectric loss and electromechanical coupling coefficient for the provision of excellent BaTiO3—PbTiO3 series single crystal in various properties, as well as for the provision of piezoelectric material having a small ratio of lead content, which is particularly excellent in piezoelectric property and productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoto, Akira Unno, Tetsuro Fukui, Akio Ikesue
  • Patent number: 6124070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner which forms a high quality image, which is stable in various environments, i.e. under high humidity, or low temperature and low humidity conditions, and has a fine particle diameter as well as a sharp particle size distribution, and to a process for producing the same. The toner contains at least a binder resin and a colorant, and has (i) a number average particle diameter of from 0.5 to 6.0 .mu.m, (ii) the coefficient of variation of number distribution of not more than 20%, and (iii) a methanol-soluble resin component in an amount of 0.01-10% based on the weight of the toner, and the methanol-soluble resin component contains a polymer composition having an organic acid group, and an acid value of from 50 to 600 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Baba, Tetsuro Fukui, Hiroshi Aoto, Hitoshi Itabashi, Yasukazu Ayaki
  • Patent number: 5607751
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a recording medium comprising a base material and an ink-receiving layer provided on the base material, wherein the ink-receiving layer comprises a high-water-absorptive material obtained by grafting, on a water-absorptive polymer, an inorganic oxide formed from an inorganic alkoxide represented by the formula(R.sub.2).sub.n --M--(OR.sub.1).sub.m-nwherein M denotes an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ti, Zr, Ca, Fe, V, Sn, Be, B and P, m is a valence of M, n is an integer of 1 or 2, R.sub.1 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may have a substituent group, and R.sub.2 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, each of which may have a substituent group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teigo Sakakibara, Naoto Fujimura, Kiyoshi Sakai, Hiroshi Aoto, Shunichiro Nishida
  • Patent number: 5573880
    Abstract: A carrier for use in electrophotography has carrier particles. The carrier particles each comprise a carrier core particle and a resin for coating the carrier core particle and having a resistivity of 10.sup.10 .OMEGA..multidot.cm or above under conditions of a temperature of 23.degree. C. and a humidity of 50% RH. The carrier particles have an average particle diameter of not larger than 100 .mu.m and a resistivity of 10.sup.10 .OMEGA..multidot.cm or above. The carrier particles comprise not less than 80% by number of resin-coated carrier particles whose carrier core particles are each coated with a resin in a coverage of not less than 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Mayama, Takeshi Ikeda, Yuko Sato, Yoshinobu Baba, Hiroshi Aoto, Yasuko Hayashi, Hitoshi Itabashi, Yuzo Tokunaga