Patents by Inventor Keiji Kataoka

Keiji Kataoka 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: 11945984
    Abstract: A reinforcing film comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive layer laminated and fixed on a principal surface of a film substrate. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer is formed of a photocurable composition containing a photocurable agent and a base polymer having a crosslinked structure. The gel fraction of the photocurable composition is preferably 60% or more. The shear storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is preferably 1×104 to 1.2×105 Pa. The shear storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer after photocuring is preferably 1.5×105 to 2×106 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakano, Keiji Hayashi, Souya Jo, Shogo Sasaki, Kenichi Kataoka
  • Patent number: 9623447
    Abstract: The conventional washing apparatus has a double-cup washing tank that joins and separates to let work be placed therein, with nozzles set on the inner cup to allow a passage between it and the outer cup for spent liquid and/or air. The work is cleaned by washing detergent spirally flowing along the periphery of the inner cup by suction power within the passage, and then dried. Suction is not generated within the inner cup, so the spiral flow is too weak to make the tornado effect. This invention though resolves the above issues by an encased washing apparatus having a capsule-shaped washing chamber that joins and separates, has nozzles thereon, has a work table within that rotates by a drive device, has a drain at the bottom, and is characterized by washing detergent, cleaning water and/or air swirling by negative pressure within the washing chamber and then discharging into a drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: FINE MACHINE KATAOKA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20120080063
    Abstract: The conventional washing apparatus has a double-cup washing tank that joins and separates to let work be placed therein, with nozzles set on the inner cup to allow a passage between it and the outer cup for spent liquid and/or air. The work is cleaned by washing detergent spirally flowing along the periphery of the inner cup by suction power within the passage, and then dried. Suction is not generated within the inner cup, so the spiral flow is too weak to make the tornado effect. This invention though resolves the above issues by an encased washing apparatus having a capsule-shaped washing chamber that joins and separates, has nozzles thereon, has a work table within that rotates by a drive device, has a drain at the bottom, and is characterized by washing detergent, cleaning water and/or air swirling by negative pressure within the washing chamber and then discharging into a drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: FINE MACHINE KATAOKA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20110005555
    Abstract: A conventional invention has a structure of a washing chamber in which the work is set on a table and the entire surface of the work is consistently washed and dried by rotations in an orbital motion and a planetary motion of the washing and drying nozzles which are respectively provided in all four directions—top, bottom, right and left. The conventional invention effectively washes a greater area of the work or the like, but due to limitations of the structure, it can wash only small-sized works or small components. Also, it does not always sufficiently wash and dry large-sized works, and consequently overhaul such works. To resolve the problems, besides the above structures, the present invention provides an additional structure of a rotary frame to generate rotations in an orbital motion and planetary motion so that the works can be efficiently and entirely washed and dried, and the overhaul of the works can consequently be completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7806987
    Abstract: The present invention resides in a washing device constructed by a conveyer of a carrying-in side arranged in a frame, a reservoir lower portion having plural rails for holding the work and an ultrasonic generator arranged in this frame, each reservoir upper portion united with this reservoir lower portion, a raising-lowering device for raising and lowering each reservoir upper portion, an arm mechanism for work conveyance, a moving device for controlling advancing and retreating movements of the arm mechanism, a movable device for controlling a swinging return of the arm mechanism, and a conveyer of a carrying-out side for conveying a processed work. The conveyer and the rail of each reservoir lower portion are approximately arranged on the same face. The work is horizontally moved through this conveyer and the rail and is washed and dried by utilizing the union of each reservoir lower portion and each reservoir upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Fine Machine Kataoka Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7628867
    Abstract: The present invention resides in a washing device constructed by a conveyer of a carrying-in side arranged in a frame, a reservoir lower portion having plural rails for holding the work and an ultrasonic generator arranged in this frame, each reservoir upper portion united with this reservoir lower portion, a raising-lowering device for raising and lowering each reservoir upper portion, an arm mechanism for work conveyance, a moving device for controlling advancing and retreating movements of the arm mechanism, a movable device for controlling a swinging return of the arm mechanism, and a conveyer of a carrying-out side for conveying a processed work. The conveyer and the rail of each reservoir lower portion are approximately arranged on the same face. The work is horizontally moved through this conveyer and the rail and is washed and dried by utilizing the union of each reservoir lower portion and each reservoir upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Fine Machine Kataoka Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7542642
    Abstract: A multi-beam generating device has plural semiconductor lasers, optical fibers to propagate laser beams generated by the semiconductor lasers, an optical fiber array to propagate the laser beams passed through the optical fibers, and an optical waveguide device provided with waveguides to propagate the laser beams having passed through the optical fiber array. Each of the waveguides has a core layer and a clad layer; a pitch between adjacent waveguides in the arrangement is narrower on the output section side where the laser beams emit than on the input section side where the laser beams enter; a width of the core layer is narrower in the transverse direction that is the direction of the arrangement of the waveguides than in the vertical direction; and a difference in refractive index between the core layer and the clad layer is larger in the transverse direction than in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Monma, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Keiji Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7477813
    Abstract: The invention provides a multi-beam light source including a light guide array by which the yield can be improved. An array pitch P2 of entrance surfaces of light guide pattern is 1/N as wide as an array pitch P1 of exit surfaces of optical fiber arrays. The number of the light guide patterns is N or more times as large as the number of optical fibers. The exit surfaces of a plurality of the optical fibers are coupled with the entrance surfaces of a plurality of the light guide patterns opposed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Monma, Takeshi Mochizuki, Keiji Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20080196741
    Abstract: The present invention resides in a washing device constructed by a conveyer of a carrying-in side arranged in a frame, a reservoir lower portion having plural rails for holding the work and an ultrasonic generator arranged in this frame, each reservoir upper portion united with this reservoir lower portion, a raising-lowering device for raising and lowering each reservoir upper portion, an arm mechanism for work conveyance, a moving device for controlling advancing and retreating movements of the arm mechanism, a movable device for controlling a swinging return of the arm mechanism, and a conveyer of a carrying-out side for conveying a processed work. The conveyer and the rail of each reservoir lower portion are approximately arranged on the same face. The work is horizontally moved through this conveyer and the rail and is washed and dried by utilizing the union of each reservoir lower portion and each reservoir upper portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Fine Machine Kataoka Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20080159703
    Abstract: A multi-beam generating device has plural semiconductor lasers, optical fibers to propagate laser beams generated by the semiconductor lasers, an optical fiber array to propagate the laser beams passed through the optical fibers, and an optical waveguide device provided with waveguides to propagate the laser beams having passed through the optical fiber array. Each of the waveguides has a core layer and a clad layer; a pitch between adjacent waveguides in the arrangement is narrower on the output section side where the laser beams emit than on the input section side where the laser beams enter; a width of the core layer is narrower in the transverse direction that is the direction of the arrangement of the waveguides than in the vertical direction; and a difference in refractive index between the core layer and the clad layer is larger in the transverse direction than in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: SUSUMU MONMA, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Keiji Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7347629
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser module includes a laser holder, a semiconductor laser, a sleeve, an optical fiber, an annular member, and a flexible member. The laser holder has an end portion and is formed with a through-hole opened on the end portion. The semiconductor laser is provided on the laser holder and has a light-emitting portion for emitting a laser beam passing through the through-hole. The sleeve is fixed to the end portion so as to block the through-hole and is formed with an insertion hole. The optical fiber is disposed in the insertion hole and has an incident face. The laser beam is capable of entering the incident face. The annular member is provided on the end portion of the laser holder to encircle outside of the sleeve to be separated from the sleeve with a space between the annular member and the sleeve. The flexible member is affixed to the sleeve and the annular member for covering the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shibayama, Keiji Kataoka, Susumu Monma
  • Patent number: 7327664
    Abstract: An optical fiber array is constructed by using a plurality of laser modules, which guide a laser beam emitted from a semiconductor laser of a blue color wavelength to an optical fiber, such that beam emitting ends of respective optical fibers are aligned in one row at an equal interval, and the laser beam being output from the optical fiber array is used as a multibeam of an optical recording apparatus. A relative refractive index difference of the used optical fiber is set between 0.1% to 0.2%, and a core diameter is set to 4.5 ?m or less, and also a mode field diameter of the optical fiber, i.e., a diameter of a beam spot emitted from the optical fiber is set to 3 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kataoka, Koji Doi, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Susumu Monma, Jyun Ogino, Masaru Hoshina
  • Patent number: 7290551
    Abstract: The present invention resides in a washing device constructed by a conveyer of a carrying-in side arranged in a frame, a reservoir lower portion having plural rails for holding the work and an ultrasonic generator arranged in this frame, each reservoir upper portion united with this reservoir lower portion, a raising-lowering device for raising and lowering each reservoir upper portion, an arm mechanism for work conveyance, a moving device for controlling advancing and retreating movements of the arm mechanism, a movable device for controlling a swinging return of the arm mechanism, and a conveyer of a carrying-out side for conveying a processed work. The conveyer and the rail of each reservoir lower portion are approximately arranged on the same face. The work is horizontally moved through this conveyer and the rail and is washed and dried by utilizing the union of each reservoir lower portion and each reservoir upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Fine Machine Kataoka Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7287535
    Abstract: A work washing apparatus including a transfer unit for controlling forward and rearward movements of a work, a table moved by the transfer unit, carrying out the washing of the work from upper and lower surfaces thereof and provided with water/air pipes, an upper surface washing unit provided on an upper surface of the transfer unit and having upper surface washing nozzles which make planetary movements by utilizing rational movements of the nozzles on their own axes and an orbital movement of the washing unit, side surface washing units provided on both side surfaces of the transfer unit and having side surface nozzles which make planetary movements by utilizing rotational movements of the nozzles on their own axes and an orbital movement of the upper surface washing unit, a lower washing unit provided on a lower surface of the transfer unit and having lower surface washing nozzles which make planetary movements by utilizing rotational movements of the nozzles on their own axes and an orbital movement of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Fine Machine Kataoka Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka
  • Patent number: 7287918
    Abstract: In a semiconductor laser module in which light emitted from a packaged semiconductor laser is incident on an optical fiber via a lens, the semiconductor laser, the lens, the optical fiber, and a holding member which holds the optical fiber are disposed in an integrated module structure, and at least one space in the module has a flow path communicating with an ambient air via an adsorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kataoka, Junichi Matsuno, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Susumu Monma, Koji Doi
  • Publication number: 20070165987
    Abstract: The invention provides a multi-beam light source including a light guide array by which the yield can be improved. An array pitch P2 of entrance surfaces of light guide patterns is 1/N as wide as an array pitch P1 of exit surfaces of optical fiber arrays. The number of the light guide patterns is N or more times as large as the number of optical fibers. The exit surfaces of a plurality of the optical fibers are coupled with the entrance surfaces of a plurality of the light guide patterns opposed thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Monma, Takeshi Mochizuki, Keiji Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20070058908
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser module includes a laser holder, a semiconductor laser, a sleeve, an optical fiber, an annular member, and a flexible member. The laser holder has an end portion and is formed with a through-hole opened on the end portion. The semiconductor laser is provided on the laser holder and has a light-emitting portion for emitting a laser beam passing through the through-hole. The sleeve is fixed to the end portion so as to block the through-hole and is formed with an insertion hole. The optical fiber is disposed in the insertion hole and has an incident face. The laser beam is capable of entering the incident face. The annular member is provided on the end portion of the laser holder to encircle outside of the sleeve to be separated from the sleeve with a space between the annular member and the sleeve. The flexible member is affixed to the sleeve and the annular member for covering the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shibayama, Keiji Kataoka, Susumu Monma
  • Publication number: 20060140555
    Abstract: In a semiconductor laser module in which light emitted from a packaged semiconductor laser is incident on an optical fiber via a lens, the semiconductor laser, the lens, the optical fiber, and a holding member which holds the optical fiber are disposed in an integrated module structure, and at least one space in the module has a flow path communicating with an ambient air via an adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kataoka, Junichi Matsuno, Yasuyuki Shibayama, Susumu Monma, Koji Doi
  • Publication number: 20060054192
    Abstract: The present invention resides in a washing device constructed by a conveyer of a carrying-in side arranged in a frame, a reservoir lower portion having plural rails for holding the work and an ultrasonic generator arranged in this frame, each reservoir upper portion united with this reservoir lower portion, a raising-lowering device for raising and lowering each reservoir upper portion, an arm mechanism for work conveyance, a moving device for controlling advancing and retreating movements of the arm mechanism, a movable device for controlling a swinging return of the arm mechanism, and a conveyer of a carrying-out side for conveying a processed work. The conveyer and the rail of each reservoir lower portion are approximately arranged on the same face. The work is horizontally moved through this conveyer and the rail and is washed and dried by utilizing the union of each reservoir lower portion and each reservoir upper portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20040216773
    Abstract: A work washing apparatus including a transfer unit for controlling forward and rearward movements of a work, a table moved by the transfer unit, carrying out the washing of the work from upper and lower surfaces thereof and provided with water/air pipes, an upper surface washing unit provided on an upper surface of the transfer unit and having upper surface washing nozzles which make planetary movements by utilizing rational movements of the nozzles on their own axes and an orbital movement of the washing unit, side surface washing units provided on both side surfaces of the transfer unit and having side surface nozzles which make planetary movements by utilizing rotational movements of the nozzles on their own axes and an orbital movement of the upper surface washing unit, a lower washing unit provided on a lower surface of the transfer unit and having lower surface washing nozzles which make planetary movements by utilizing rotational movements of the nozzles on their own axes and an orbital movement of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: FINE MACHINE KATAOKA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Kataoka