Patents by Inventor Kenji Hirai
Kenji Hirai 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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Publication number: 20080154045Abstract: In a process for producing 1-substituted-3-fluoroalkyl-pyrazole-4-carboxylate (3) by a reaction of 2-alkoxymethylenefluoroacylacetate (1) and hydrazine (2), the reaction is conducted in the presence of a base and water, to produce 1-substituted-3-fluoroalkylpyrazole-4-carboxylate (3) with high selectivity and yield. This novel process enables to produce 1-substituted-3-fluoroalkylpyrazole-4-carboxylate (3), which is useful as an intermediate for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, with high selectivity and yield by simple and safe operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicants: Sagami Chemical researckh Center, Japan Finechem Company, INC.Inventors: Hidenori Aihara, Wakako Yokota, Tetsu Yamakawa, Kenji Hirai
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Patent number: 7387984Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording medium whose luster of printed part is excellent can be provided by a thermally sensitive recording medium of single layer or multi layers having at least a thermally sensitive recording layer that contains a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent on a substrate comprising, containing a pigment whose aspect ratio is 30 or more in at least one layer formed on a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiki Yoneshige, Akihito Ogino, Mizuho Shimoyama, Kenji Hirai, Junpei Natsui
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Publication number: 20080076663Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording medium whose luster of printed part is excellent can be provided by a thermally sensitive recording medium of single layer or multi layers having at least a thermally sensitive recording layer that contains a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent on a substrate comprising, containing a pigment whose aspect ratio is 30 or more in at least one layer formed on a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2005Publication date: March 27, 2008Inventors: Seiki Yoneshige, Akihito Ogino, Mizuho Shimoyama, Kenji Hirai, Junpei Natsui
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Patent number: 7312176Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording medium including on a support a thermally sensitive color development layer containing: a compound represented by the following general formula (1) as an organic color developing agent; and an oxalate compound represented by the following general formula (2) as a sensitizer. (In the formula (1): M represents CO or NRCO; when M is CO, m1 is 1; and when m1 is 0 and M is NRCO, B is not 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaoru Hamada, Kenji Hirai, Takanori Otsuhata, Takashi Date, Junpei Natsui, Yoshihide Kimura, Aya Katoh
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Publication number: 20070265163Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording medium comprising, single or multi layers, wherein, at least one layer on a substrate is a thermally sensitive recording layer that contains a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent, further, at least one layer on the substrate contains hydrated silicic acid compound which is treated by wet grinding treatment in deposition process of the hydrated silicic acid compound, thus, obtain a thermally sensitive recording medium of high brightness, which is superior in color developing sensitivity and coating layer strength, further excellent in head abrasion resistance, less debris adhering and sticking resistanceType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: November 15, 2007Inventors: Takashi Date, Mizuho Shimoyama, Koichi Yanai, Kenji Hirai
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Publication number: 20070231513Abstract: Provision of a thermally sensitive recording medium comprising an undercoating layer containing a pigment and a binder as main components and a thermally sensitive color developing layer containing colorless or pale colored basic leuco dye and a color developing agent which develops color by reacting with said basic leuco dye as main components on a substrate, wherein said undercoating layer contains a water-retention agent and a pigment whose oil absorbing capacity prescribed by JIS K 5105 is from 80 cc/100 g to 120 cc/100 g as a pigment, further solid concentration of a coating for the undercoating layer is from 25% to 45% and dynamic water-retention capacity, which is Water retention measured with AA-GWR, is 350 g/m2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2004Publication date: October 4, 2007Inventors: Mizuho Shimoyama, Kaoru Hamada, Seiki Yoneshige, Kenji Hirai
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Patent number: 7139735Abstract: A system for preparing an administration plan using a computer, includes an inputting function, a risk calculating function, an optimizing function, and an outputting function. The optimizing function prepares the administration plan by optimizing and adjusting distribution between investment levels in investment items and the risk levels for a planning term.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Ohno, Kenji Hirai, Isao Shiromaru
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Publication number: 20060125909Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording medium including on a support a thermally sensitive color development layer containing: a compound represented by the following general formula (1) as an organic color developing agent; and an oxalate compound represented by the following general formula (2) as a sensitizer. (In the formula (1): M represents CO or NRCO; when M is CO, m1 is 1; and when m1 is 0 and M is NRCO, B is not 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2003Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Kaoru Hamada, Kenji Hirai, Takanori Otsuhata, Takashi Date, Junpei Natsui, Yoshihide Kimura, Aya Katoh
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Patent number: 6977462Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluorescent lamp including: a hermetically sealed lamp vessel; and a phosphor layer attached to a part of an inner surface of the lamp vessel, where a thickness of the phosphor layer near an edge thereof gradually and smoothly decreases towards the edge.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2003Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Kenji Hirai, Shingo Matsuda, Shinichiro Ishitsuka
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Publication number: 20050070441Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrazole derivative of the general formula (1), which has an excellent efficacy as an active component for a herbicide, an intermediate for the production thereof, processes for the production thereof, and a herbicide containing the derivative as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2002Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventors: Kenji Hirai, Atsushi Uchida, Atsuko Watanabe, Taeko Abe, Takuya Ueda, Hiroshi Sakurai
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Publication number: 20040135487Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluorescent lamp including: a hermetically sealed lamp vessel; and a phosphor layer attached to a part of an inner surface of the lamp vessel, where a thickness of the phosphor layer near an edge thereof gradually and smoothly decreases towards the edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Kenji Hirai, Shingo Matsuda, Shinichiro Ishitsuka
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Publication number: 20030225664Abstract: A production plan and a planning work to run resources for productions are so independent as to make it difficult to make an optimum administration plan as the entire enterprise activities. In a system for making an administration plan by a computer, an administration planning system comprises an inputting function, a risk calculating function, an optimizing function and an outputting function. The optimizing function makes the administration plan by optimizing and adjusting the distribution between the investment levels to plural investment item and the risk levels for a planning term.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicants: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Ohno, Kenji Hirai, Isao Shiromaru
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Patent number: 6609048Abstract: A power amount control method includes inputting for storage both a customer's contracted power amount and the customer's actually consumed power amount, visually displaying via network links a power amount difference between the contracted power amount and the consumed power amount, and obtaining such power amount difference between the contracted power amount and the consumed power amount for execution of either price setting of the contracted power amount or a contract breach process in accordance with the power amount difference.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoko Matsuo, Tadaaki Sakamoto, Naotaka Terashita, Yoshihiko Ozaki, Tadashi Ohi, Kenji Hirai, Takashi Nakagawa, Makoto Tanaka
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Patent number: 6568216Abstract: A method for manufacturing a discharge tube, including heating a quartz tube by irradiation and closing it shut, is presented, in which variation of the heating temperature of the quartz tube can be reduced. Laser light is irradiated on a portion of the quartz tube, and in the step of sealing the portion of the quartz tube onto which laser light has been irradiated, the laser light is scanned while oscillating back and forth. The intensity of the laser light is controlled such that the intensity of the laser light when the size of a displacement of the laser light is maximal is smaller than the intensity of the laser light when the size of the displacement of the laser light is minimal.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2002Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Meguro, Masaji Sakamoto, Kenji Hirai, Motomi Sakoda
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Patent number: 6548511Abstract: This invention provides an insecticidal and acaricidal agent which can control various insanitary insects and insects, mites and eggs thereof which are harmful to the agricultural and horticultural products, at a low chemical concentration. The insecticidal and acaricidal agent of this invention contains an anilinopyrimidinone derivative represented by the following general formula (I) as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2000Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignees: Sagami Chemical Research Center, Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Kenji Hirai, Takeshi Yoshizawa, Sachiko Itoh, Natsuko Okano, Yuriko Nagata, Chikako Ota, Toshiki Fukuchi, Keiko Yoshiya
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Publication number: 20030045969Abstract: A power amount control method in accordance with this invention includes the steps of inputting for storage both a customer's contracted power amount and the customer's actually consumed power amount, visually displaying via network links the information concerning a power amount difference between the contracted power amount and the consumed power amount, and obtaining such power amount difference between the contracted power amount and the consumed power amount for execution of either price setting of the contracted power amount or contract breach processing in accordance with this power amount difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2001Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventors: Satoko Matsuo, Tadaaki Sakamoto, Naotaka Terashita, Yoshihiko Ozaki, Tadashi Ohi, Kenji Hirai, Takashi Nakagawa, Makoto Tanaka
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Patent number: 6515412Abstract: A fluorescent lamp includes a light-emitting tube having a pair of electrodes therein, a base in which the light-emitting tube is fixed, and a base contact pin terminal supported by the base with one end thereof projecting from the base. The base contact pin terminal is electrically connected to an electrode lead wire drawn from the light-emitting tube. The base is provided with a first power-conducting member including the base contact pin terminal having a lead plate, a connecting terminal having a lead plate and connected to the electrode lead wire, and a thermal protection element connected to the lead plate of the base contact pin terminal and the lead plate of the connecting terminal. The manufacturing processes of a fluorescent lamp provided with a thermal fuse are simplified and can be performed easily.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2000Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Ishitsuka, Seido Tani, Yasuo Kuboki, Hiroaki Higashino, Kenji Hirai
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Publication number: 20020178752Abstract: A method for manufacturing a discharge tube, including heating a quartz tube by irradiation and closing it shut, is presented, in which variation of the heating temperature of the quartz tube can be reduced. Laser light is irradiated on a portion of the quartz tube, and in the step of sealing the portion of the quartz tube onto which laser light has been irradiated, the laser light is scanned while oscillating back and forth. The intensity of the laser light is controlled such that the intensity of the laser light when the size of a displacement of the laser light is maximal is smaller than the intensity of the laser light when the size of the displacement of the laser light is minimal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Meguro, Masaji Sakamoto, Kenji Hirai, Motomi Sakoda
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Patent number: 6487878Abstract: A method for manufacturing a discharge tube, including heating a quartz tube by irradiation and closing it shut, is presented, in which variation of the heating temperature of the quartz tube can be reduced. Laser light is irradiated on a portion of the quartz tube, and in the step of sealing the portion of the quartz tube onto which laser light has been irradiated, the laser light is scanned while oscillating back and forth. The intensity of the laser light is controlled such that the intensity of the laser light when the size of a displacement of the laser light is maximal is smaller than the intensity of the laser light when the size of the displacement of the laser light is minimal.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2000Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Meguro, Masaji Sakamoto, Kenji Hirai, Motomi Sakoda
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Publication number: 20020019740Abstract: An electric power marketing method using a computer system in accordance with this invention includes the steps of displaying a marketing menu screen via a network to solicit plural electric power buyers; gathering information relating to electric power purchases by the plural electric power buyers; an electric power purchase compiling for combining electric power purchases by the plural electric power buyers based on information relating to their individual electric power purchases to compile an aggregated electric power purchase with high added value for a marketer; and contracting with the marketer to complete the aggregated electric power purchase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventors: Satoko Matsuo, Tadaaki Sakamoto, Naotaka Terashita, Yoshihiko Ozaki, Tadashi Ohi, Kenji Hirai, Takashi Nakagawa, Makoto Tanaka, Masashi Kitayama, Chie Takahashi