Patents by Inventor Kazushige Nakagawa
Kazushige Nakagawa 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: 11966008Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film having a liquid crystal layer having excellent durability, and a liquid crystal film. The optical film of the present invention has an organic base material and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the organic base material, the liquid crystal layer contains a photo-alignment compound, and in the liquid crystal layer, the photo-alignment compound is unevenly distributed on a side of the organic base material.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazushige Nakagawa, Hideyuki Nishikawa, Masato Nakao, Shunya Katoh, Hiroyuki Hagio, Yutaka Nozoe, Kunihiro Kasezawa, Yuki Nakamura
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Patent number: 11914248Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a photo-alignment copolymer which makes it possible to produce a photo-alignment film having excellent solvent resistance and liquid crystal aligning properties, and a photo-alignment film and an optical laminate produced using the photo-alignment copolymer. A photo-alignment copolymer of the invention is a photo-alignment copolymer having a repeating unit A including a photo-alignment group represented by Formula (A) and a repeating unit B including a crosslinkable group represented by Formula (B).Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yutaka Nozoe, Takashi Iizumi, Kazushige Nakagawa, Takahiro Kato, Miho Asahi, Hirofumi Omura, Yuki Hirai
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Publication number: 20230228928Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical laminate in which optically anisotropic layers exhibiting reverse wavelength dispersibility have excellent moisture-heat resistance, and the adhesiveness between a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer is excellent; and a polarizing plate and an image display device, each using the optical laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazushige NAKAGAWA, Miho ASAHI, Daiki WAKIZAKA
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Patent number: 11692050Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a photo-alignment copolymer capable of improving upper layer coatability after layer formation, a binder composition, a binder layer, an optical laminate, and an image display device. A photo-alignment copolymer according to the embodiment of the invention has a repeating unit A including a photo-alignment group, a repeating unit B including a crosslinkable group which causes a crosslinking reaction by the action of at least one selected from the group consisting of light, heat, an acid, and a base, and a repeating unit C including a cleaving group which decomposes by the action of at least one selected from the group consisting of light, heat, an acid, and a base to produce a polar group, and the repeating unit C has the cleaving group on a side chain, and has a group of atoms which is provided on a side closer to a terminal than the cleaving group on the side chain to be able to unevenly distribute the photo-alignment copolymer on an air interface side.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yutaka Nozoe, Takashi Iizumi, Soichiro Watanabe, Hideyuki Nishikawa, Kazushige Nakagawa, Kunihiro Atsumi
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Publication number: 20230138456Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a binder composition in which air unevenness is suppressed and which has excellent upper layer coating properties after being formed as a layer, a compound, a binder layer, an optical laminate, an optical laminate manufacturing method, and an image display device. The binder composition of the present invention is a binder composition containing a binder and a compound having a group represented by Formula (B1) or (B2). In Formulae (B1) and (B2), Z represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a fluorine atom or an organosiloxane group.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takashi IIZUMI, Soichiro WATANABE, Yutaka NOZOE, Kazushige NAKAGAWA, Kunihiro ATSUMI
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Publication number: 20230088847Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical laminate in which an optically anisotropic layer provided as an upper layer has good liquid crystal alignment properties, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the optical laminate. An optical laminate of the present invention is an optical laminate including: a first optically anisotropic layer; and a second optically anisotropic layer, in which the first and second optically anisotropic layers are directly laminated, each of the first and second optically anisotropic layers consists of a liquid crystal layer, and a photo-alignment polymer having a photo-alignment group and at least one type of polar group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group and a ketone group is present in a surface of the second optically anisotropic layer on a side in contact with the first optically anisotropic layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kunihiro ATSUMI, Kazushige NAKAGAWA, Yutaka NOZOE, Takashi IIZUMI, Soichiro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220381953Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film having a liquid crystal layer having excellent durability, and a liquid crystal film. The optical film of the present invention has an organic base material and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the organic base material, the liquid crystal layer contains a photo-alignment compound, and in the liquid crystal layer, the photo-alignment compound is unevenly distributed on a side of the organic base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazushige NAKAGAWA, Hideyuki NISHIKAWA, Masato NAKAO, Shunya KATOH, Hiroyuki HAGIO, Yutaka NOZOE, Kunihiro KASEZAWA, Yuki NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11319393Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photo-alignable polymer which has excellent coating properties, is capable of suppressing film thickness unevenness, and has excellent upper layer coating properties and good liquid crystal alignment properties after being formed as a layer; a binder composition; a binder layer; an optical laminate; a method for producing an optical laminate; and an image display device. The photo-alignable polymer of an embodiment of the present invention is a photo-alignable polymer having a repeating unit A including a cleavage group capable of decomposing by an action of at least one selected from the group consisting of light, heat, an acid, and a base to generate a polar group, in which the repeating unit A has the cleavage group in a side chain, has a fluorine atom or a silicon atom on a side closer to a terminal than the cleavage group in the side chain, and the photo-alignable polymer satisfies Condition 1 or Condition 2 shown below.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akio Tamura, Reiko Inushima, Takashi Iizumi, Yutaka Nozoe, Hideyuki Nishikawa, Kazushige Nakagawa, Kunihiro Atsumi
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Publication number: 20210292456Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a photo-alignment copolymer capable of improving upper layer coatability after layer formation, a binder composition, a binder layer, an optical laminate, and an image display device. A photo-alignment copolymer according to the embodiment of the invention has a repeating unit A including a photo-alignment group, a repeating unit B including a crosslinkable group which causes a crosslinking reaction by the action of at least one selected from the group consisting of light, heat, an acid, and a base, and a repeating unit C including a cleaving group which decomposes by the action of at least one selected from the group consisting of light, heat, an acid, and a base to produce a polar group, and the repeating unit C has the cleaving group on a side chain, and has a group of atoms which is provided on a side closer to a terminal than the cleaving group on the side chain to be able to unevenly distribute the photo-alignment copolymer on an air interface side.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yutaka NOZOE, Takashi IIZUMI, Soichiro WATANABE, Hideyuki NISHIKAWA, Kazushige NAKAGAWA, Kunihiro ATSUMI
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Publication number: 20210063825Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a photo-alignment copolymer which makes it possible to produce a photo-alignment film having excellent solvent resistance and liquid crystal aligning properties, and a photo-alignment film and an optical laminate produced using the photo-alignment copolymer. A photo-alignment copolymer of the invention is a photo-alignment copolymer having a repeating unit A including a photo-alignment group represented by Formula (A) and a repeating unit B including a crosslinkable group represented by Formula (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yutaka NOZOE, Takashi IIZUMI, Kazushige NAKAGAWA, Takahiro KATO, Miho ASAHI, Hirofumi OMURA, Yuki HIRAI
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Publication number: 20200079885Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photo-alignable polymer which has excellent coating properties, is capable of suppressing film thickness unevenness, and has excellent upper layer coating properties and good liquid crystal alignment properties after being formed as a layer; a binder composition; a binder layer; an optical laminate; a method for producing an optical laminate; and an image display device. The photo-alignable polymer of an embodiment of the present invention is a photo-alignable polymer having a repeating unit A including a cleavage group capable of decomposing by an action of at least one selected from the group consisting of light, heat, an acid, and a base to generate a polar group, in which the repeating unit A has the cleavage group in a side chain, has a fluorine atom or a silicon atom on a side closer to a terminal than the cleavage group in the side chain, and the photo-alignable polymer satisfies Condition 1 or Condition 2 shown below.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akio TAMURA, Reiko INUSHIMA, Takashi IIZUMI, Yutaka NOZOE, Hideyuki NISHIKAWA, Kazushige NAKAGAWA, Kunihiro ATSUMI
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Publication number: 20160291205Abstract: There is provided an optical film including: a Layer A containing a cyclic olefin-based resin; and a Layer B disposed on at least one surface of the Layer A and containing a cyclic olefin-based resin, wherein the Layer B contains a rubber elastomer having a carbon-carbon double bond that forms no aromatic ring in an amount of 2.5 mass % or more based on a total mass of the Layer B, and a thickness of the Layer B is less than 10 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shusuke ARITA, Shinya WATANABE, Kazushige NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 8927931Abstract: In conventional electron microscopes, orthogonality has been defined for each electron microscope individually in such a manner that a lattice sample is observed, and correction is applied to a control circuit so that the sample is observed as being orthogonal on a screen. Further, the correction has been determined by visual observation on a screen, and manually performed by a human operator. However, in this method, due to manufacturing variation of a lattice sample, the orthogonality may vary between devices. Further, there has been a problem in that the accuracy of correction varies by manually performing the correction. In order to solve the above problems, a particulate sample is used instead of a lattice sample for defining orthogonality, and adjustment is performed so that an image that should be a circle is observed as a circle, thereby making it possible to define the orthogonality.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Masanori Seoka, Kazushige Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20130306864Abstract: In conventional electron microscopes, orthogonality has been defined for each electron microscope individually in such a manner that a lattice sample is observed, and correction is applied to a control circuit so that the sample is observed as being orthogonal on a screen. Further, the correction has been determined by visual observation on a screen, and manually performed by a human operator. However, in this method, due to manufacturing variation of a lattice sample, the orthogonality may vary between devices. Further, there has been a problem in that the accuracy of correction varies by manually performing the correction. In order to solve the above problems, a particulate sample is used instead of a lattice sample for defining orthogonality, and adjustment is performed so that an image that should be a circle is observed as a circle, thereby making it possible to define the orthogonality.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Seoka, Kazushige Nakagawa
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Patent number: 8146454Abstract: A vehicle range switching device including a motor that is controlled according to operation of a shift range selecting portion, a driving portion that is driven by the motor, and a detecting portion for detecting a pivot position of a range control shaft for transmitting driving force from the driving portion to a shift range operating portion for switching a shift range, comprising: a case member accommodating the driving portion and the detecting portion; a support portion pivotally supported by the case member and having a recess for mounting one end of the range control shaft therein, wherein the support portion and the case member are sealed; and a removing unit disposed in the recess of the support portion for removing a play between the one end of the range control shaft and the recess of the support portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinobu Ito, Kazushige Nakagawa, Naotaka Murakami
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Publication number: 20090241713Abstract: A vehicle range switching device including a motor that is controlled according to operation of a shift range selecting portion, a driving portion that is driven by the motor, and a detecting portion for detecting a pivot position of a range control shaft for transmitting driving force from the driving portion to a shift range operating portion for switching a shift range, comprising: a case member accommodating the driving portion and the detecting portion; a support portion pivotally supported by the case member and having a recess for mounting one end of the range control shaft therein, wherein the support portion and the case member are sealed; and a removing unit disposed in the recess of the support portion for removing a play between the one end of the range control shaft and the recess of the support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinobu Ito, Kazushige Nakagawa, Naotaka Murakami
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Patent number: 4872394Abstract: A bent axis type axial piston pump or motor wherein the cylinder block is rotatable in synchronizm with the torque plate about an axis inclined relative to the axis of rotation of the torque plate. The shaft of the torque plate passes through the inclined cylinder block without mutual mechanical interference and is supported by bearings at the opposite sides of the casing. The torque plate and the cylinder block are connected by a mechanism which ensures exact synchronization of rotation of the two members. A static pressure balance is established between the working fluid acting on the opposite sides of the torque plate, the cylinder block and the pistons, respectively. The angle of inclination of the cylinder block with respect to the shaft can be changed thereby to change the capacity of the pump or motor. The pump or motor of this invention may be provided in a tandem type.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1988Date of Patent: October 10, 1989Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventors: Kazushige Nakagawa, Makoto Koh, Kyoji Sera, Tadashi Ozeki, Masahiro Iwasaki