Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Otaki

Hiroyuki Otaki 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: 20040137334
    Abstract: The volume hologram recording photosensitive composition provided by the present invention contains at least a fluorine-contained photoreactive compound represented by the following formula (1): R1—R3—(CF2)n-R4-R2 wherein R1 and R2 are photoreactive groups which can be bonded to each other by photoreaction, and each of R3 and R4 is independently a single bond or a bivalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 or more. This volume hologram recording photosensitive composition is used to form a recording section of a recording medium, and then the section is exposed to light, whereby a bright volume hologram can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Otaki, Toshio Yoshihara, Yoshihito Maeno
  • Patent number: 6706354
    Abstract: There are provided a volume hologram laminate and a label for the preparation of a volume hologram laminate which, when kept in the pressed state, for example, during storage, is less likely to cause spotty hologram defects in the volume hologram layer. The volume hologram laminate comprises a substrate 2 and, stacked on the substrate 2 in the following order, a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3, a volume hologram layer 5, a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 4, and a surface protective film 6, the volume hologram layer being such that a hologram has been recorded on a recording material comprising a matrix polymer and a photopolymerizable compound, the volume hologram layer having a glass transition point of 30 to 70° C. and a dynamic storage modulus of 5×105 Pa to 5×107 Pa as measured at a measuring frequency of 6.28 rad/sec and a temperature of 50° C., the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a dynamic storage modulus of not less than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Otaki, Kenji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20030124436
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hologram transfer film which can realize easy and good transfer of a hologram and, at the same time, can realize stable transfer of the hologram in a transfer process. The hologram transfer film comprises: a substrate film; and a transfer layer provided on the substrate film, the transfer layer comprising a hologram-forming layer and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer provided in that order on the substrate film, the hologram-forming layer having a breaking strain of 0.5 to 15% at 25° C. and a breaking strain of 0.5 to 30% at 120° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shioda, Mikiko Hojo, Hiroyuki Otaki, Kenji Ueda, Tetsuya Toshine
  • Publication number: 20030087163
    Abstract: The present invention provides a volume type hologram recording photosensitive composition. A type (i) composition comprises one or more photopolymerizable compounds, a heat-curable compound and a heat-curing crosslinking agent, wherein the heat-curing crosslinking agent is a latent heat-curing crosslinking agent which is not reacted in an interference exposure process, is not reacted at the heating temperature used in a refractive index-modulation promoting process and becomes active at the heating temperature used in a heat-curing process. A type (ii) composition further comprises a binder resin beside the type (i) volume type composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Otaki, Toshio Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20030068491
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive for a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a volume hologram laminate is provided which, when kept in the pressed state, for example, during storage, is less likely to cause spotty hologram defects in the volume hologram layer. The pressure-sensitive adhesive for a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a volume hologram laminate is a pressure-sensitive adhesive for a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a volume hologram laminate comprising a substrate 2 and, stacked on the substrate 2 in the following order, a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3, a volume hologram layer 5, a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 4, and a surface protective film 6, the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having been formed from an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising an acrylic copolymer resin, composed mainly of an alkyl acrylate, and a crosslinking agent, the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a dynamic storage modulus of not less than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Otaki, Kenji Ueda, Kazumasa Shinga, Masahiro Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20030059565
    Abstract: There are provided a hologram laminate and a hologram label which do not involve any problem in the production process per se of forging preventive labels using a volume hologram, can provide a reliable process of the attainment of forgery preventive effect, and can make difficult to notice the signs of the forgery preventive processing. In applying a protective film 108 onto a hologram 107 through a second pressure-sensitive adhesive 109, the adhesive strength is partially varied. By virtue of this construction, upon separation of the protective film 108, the second pressure-sensitive adhesive 109 is partially left on the hologram 107, so that the fact of the separation can be found out. Likewise, the adhesive strength of a first pressure-sensitive adhesive 106 can be partially changed. Further, the adhesive strength of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive 106 is larger than 1% tensile strength of the hologram 107.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Otaki, Kenji Ueda, Fumiko Noujima
  • Patent number: 6509076
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive for a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a volume hologram laminate is provided which, when kept in the pressed state, for example, during storage, is less likely to cause spotty hologram defects in the volume hologram layer. The pressure-sensitive adhesive for a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a volume hologram laminate is a pressure-sensitive adhesive for a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in a volume hologram laminate comprising a substrate 2 and, stacked on the substrate 2 in the following order, a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3, a volume hologram layer 5, a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 4, and a surface protective film 6, the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having been formed from an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising an acrylic copolymer resin, composed mainly of an alkyl acrylate, and a crosslinking agent, the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a dynamic storage modulus of not less than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Otaki, Kenji Ueda, Kazumasa Shinga, Masahiro Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 6495295
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hologram transfer film which can realize easy and good transfer of a hologram and, at the same time, can realize stable transfer of the hologram in a transfer process. The hologram transfer film comprises: a substrate film; and a transfer layer provided on the substrate film, the transfer layer comprising a hologram-forming layer and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer provided in that order on the substrate film, the hologram-forming layer having a breaking strain of 0.5 to 15% at 25° C. and a breaking strain of 0.5 to 30% at 120° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shioda, Mikiko Hojo, Hiroyuki Otaki, Kenji Ueda, Tetsuya Toshine
  • Patent number: 6482489
    Abstract: There are provided a hologram laminate and a hologram label which do not involve any problem in the production process per se of forging preventive labels using a volume hologram, can provide a reliable process of the attainment of forgery preventive effect, and can make difficult to notice the signs of the forgery preventive processing. In applying a protective film 108 onto a hologram 107 through a second pressure-sensitive adhesive 109, the adhesive strength is partially varied. By virtue of this construction, upon separation of the protective film 108, the second pressure-sensitive adhesive 109 is partially left on the hologram 107, so that the fact of the separation can be found out. Likewise, the adhesive strength of a first pressure-sensitive adhesive 106 can be partially changed. Further, the adhesive strength of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive 106 is larger than 1% tensile strength of the hologram 107.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Otaki, Kenji Ueda, Fumiko Noujima
  • Patent number: 6476942
    Abstract: In order to prevent decrease in diffraction efficiency that is brought about when the diffraction peak wavelength shifts due to, for example, the shrinkage of a volume-hologram-recording photosensitive material layer 1, the present invention provides an original volume hologram film 10. The original volume hologram film 10 has a volume-hologram-recording photosensitive material layer 1 provided on a film 2, and an adhesive layer 8 provided on a film 9. The films 2 and 9 are affixed to each other with the layer 1 and 8 facing each other. The volume hologram has been recorded in the layer 1. The layer 8 can migrate an ingredient to the layer 1 to shift the diffraction peak wavelength to the opposite side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daijiro Kodama, Masachika Watanabe, Hiroyuki Otaki
  • Publication number: 20020110740
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition and A photosensitive medium for volume hologram recording comprises a photopolymerization reactive compound (a monomer) and any one of the following binder: (a) an organic-inorganic hybrid polymer obtainable by copolymerizing an organometallic compound of the formula 1 “R1m M1 (OR2)” and an ethylenic monomer and/or its hydrolyzed polycondensate; (b) an organic-inorganic hybrid polymer obtainable by copolymerizing an organometallic compound of the formula 3 “R4m Si (OR5)n” and an ethylenic monomer and/or its hydrolyzed polycondensate; and (c) a binder resin bonded to a metal or a combination use of a binder resin containing a hydroxyl group and/or carboxyl group and a metal chelate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Otaki, Toshio Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 4598222
    Abstract: This disclosure depicts a direct current machine having an armature, in which a plurality of coils are opposed to each of a plurality of field poles and coil-wound in a special wave winding. In this special wave winding, each of the coils is divided into two or more divided coil members for the coil-winding, and coil sides associated with each other of each of these divided coil members are wound into slots adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Mitsuba Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuo Matsunaga, Osami Kanbe, Hiroyuki Otaki