Patents by Inventor Kazuo Ashikaga

Kazuo Ashikaga 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: 10273316
    Abstract: A technology for curing a photocurable resin composition by ultraviolet ray/infrared ray hybrid irradiation is provided. An infrared ray irradiation is applied at least one of before or after the application of ultraviolet ray irradiation to a photocurable resin composition, to have the photocurable resin composition cured. It becomes possible to relax the ultraviolet ray irradiation conditions for photo curing by applying an infrared ray irradiation as compared with the case in which the infrared ray irradiation is not applied, and, in particular, the scratch resistance characteristics of a cured film are significantly enhanced. Moreover, because of a combination of ultraviolet ray irradiation and infrared ray irradiation, the curing time period of a cured film can be reduced and/or stress relaxation effects can be produced. Besides, it becomes possible to control the reflectance of a cured film by varying an irradiation amount of infrared ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: HERAEUS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo Ashikaga, Kiyoko Kawamura, Teruo Orikasa
  • Patent number: 10144787
    Abstract: A technology for curing a photocurable resin composition by ultraviolet ray/infrared ray hybrid irradiation is provided. An infrared ray irradiation is applied at least one of before or after the application of ultraviolet ray irradiation to a photocurable resin composition, to have the photocurable resin composition cured. It becomes possible to relax the ultraviolet ray irradiation conditions for photo curing by applying an infrared ray irradiation as compared with the case in which the infrared ray irradiation is not applied, and, in particular, the scratch resistance characteristics of a cured film are significantly enhanced. Moreover, because of a combination of ultraviolet ray irradiation and infrared ray irradiation, the curing time period of a cured film can be reduced and/or stress relaxation effects can be produced. Besides, it becomes possible to control the reflectance of a cured film by varying an irradiation amount of infrared ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HERAEUS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo Ashikaga, Kiyoko Kawamura, Teruo Orikasa
  • Publication number: 20180171036
    Abstract: A technology for curing a photocurable resin composition by ultraviolet ray/infrared ray hybrid irradiation is provided. An infrared ray irradiation is applied at least one of before or after the application of ultraviolet ray irradiation to a photocurable resin composition, from which volatile components have been removed by a heating process, to have the photocurable resin composition cured. It becomes possible to relax the ultraviolet ray irradiation conditions for photo curing by applying an infrared ray irradiation as compared with the case in which the infrared ray irradiation is not applied, and, in particular, the scratch resistance characteristics of a cured film are significantly enhanced. Moreover, because of a combination of ultraviolet ray irradiation and infrared ray irradiation, the curing time period of a cured film can be reduced and/or stress relaxation effects can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuo ASHIKAGA, Kiyoko KAWAMURA, Teruo ORIKASA
  • Patent number: 9868796
    Abstract: A technology for curing a photocurable resin composition by ultraviolet ray/infrared ray hybrid irradiation is provided. An infrared ray irradiation is applied at least one of before or after the application of ultraviolet ray irradiation to a photocurable resin composition, from which volatile components have been removed by a heating process, to have the photocurable resin composition cured. It becomes possible to relax the ultraviolet ray irradiation conditions for photo curing by applying an infrared ray irradiation as compared with the case in which the infrared ray irradiation is not applied, and, in particular, the scratch resistance characteristics of a cured film are significantly enhanced. Moreover, because of a combination of ultraviolet ray irradiation and infrared ray irradiation, the curing time period of a cured film can be reduced and/or stress relaxation effects can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Heraeus Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Ashikaga, Kiyoko Kawamura, Teruo Orikasa
  • Publication number: 20160326275
    Abstract: A technology for curing a photocurable resin composition by ultraviolet ray/infrared ray hybrid irradiation is provided. An infrared ray irradiation is applied at least one of before or after the application of ultraviolet ray irradiation to a photocurable resin composition, from which volatile components have been removed by a heating process, to have the photocurable resin composition cured. It becomes possible to relax the ultraviolet ray irradiation conditions for photo curing by applying an infrared ray irradiation as compared with the case in which the infrared ray irradiation is not applied, and, in particular, the scratch resistance characteristics of a cured film are significantly enhanced. Moreover, because of a combination of ultraviolet ray irradiation and infrared ray irradiation, the curing time period of a cured film can be reduced and/or stress relaxation effects can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuo ASHIKAGA, Kiyoko KAWAMURA, Teruo ORIKASA
  • Publication number: 20080108760
    Abstract: There is provided an active energy curable composition which is suitable as an ink composition for multicoat printing such as multi-color coating. The active energy curable ink composition for multicoat printing comprises (A) a urethane compound comprising a reaction product of a polyol component with a polyisocyanate component having no aromatic ring structure, (B) a resin having an acid value of 5 to 100 mgKOH/g and (C) a reactive diluent having radically polymerizable double bond, in which at least one of the compound (A) and the resin (B) has a radically polymerizable double bond, and only a compound having 1 to 3 radically polymerizable double bonds and having a surface tension of not more than 39 mN/m (at 20° C.) is used as the reactive diluent (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Mano, Takato Yahisa, Satohisa Higashi, Naoko Okuno, Takashi Ogita, Kazuo Ashikaga