Patents by Inventor Kenjiro Kuroda

Kenjiro Kuroda 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: 7553059
    Abstract: In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing surface side, an adhesion layer or an adhesive layer, a light reflection layer which reflects light scattered by the light scattering layer toward the light scattering layer side, and a lens sheet whose flat rear face is fixed to the other side of the light reflection layer, and in which a plurality of unit lenses are disposed on the surface. Opening portions corresponding to the respective unit lenses one-to-one are provided to the light reflection layer, and thickness of the adhesion layer or the adhesive layer is thinner than that of the light reflection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenjiro Kuroda, Mitsuru Endo, Natsuka Sakai, Godai Fukunaga, Tomohiro Nakagome, Yoshiaki Shiina, Luis Manuel Murillo-Mora
  • Patent number: 7374328
    Abstract: In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing surface side, an adhesion layer or an adhesive layer, a light reflection layer which reflects light scattered by the light scattering layer toward the light scattering layer side, and a lens sheet whose flat rear face is fixed to the other side of the light reflection layer, and in which a plurality of unit lenses are disposed on the surface. Opening portions corresponding to the respective unit lenses one-to-one are provided to the light reflection layer, and thickness of the adhesion layer or the adhesive layer is thinner than that of the light reflection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenjiro Kuroda, Mitsuru Endo, Natsuka Sakai, Godai Fukunaga, Tomohiro Nakagome, Yoshiaki Shiina, Luis Manuel Murillo-Mora
  • Publication number: 20080055929
    Abstract: In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing surface side, an adhesion layer or an adhesive layer, a light reflection layer which reflects light scattered by the light scattering layer toward the light scattering layer side, and a lens sheet whose flat rear face is fixed to the other side of the light reflection layer, and in which a plurality of unit lenses are disposed on the surface. Opening portions corresponding to the respective unit lenses one-to-one are provided to the light reflection layer, and thickness of the adhesion layer or the adhesive layer is thinner than that of the light reflection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenjiro Kuroda, Mitsuru Endo, Natsuka Sakai, Godai Fukunaga, Tomohiro Nakagome, Yoshiaki Shiina, Luis Murillo-Mora
  • Publication number: 20070236940
    Abstract: In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing surface side, an adhesion layer or an adhesive layer, a light reflection layer which reflects light scattered by the light scattering layer toward the light scattering layer side, and a lens sheet whose flat rear face is fixed to the other side of the light reflection layer, and in which a plurality of unit lenses are disposed on the surface. Opening portions corresponding to the respective unit lenses one-to-one are provided to the light reflection layer, and thickness of the adhesion layer or the adhesive layer is thinner than that of the light reflection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenjiro Kuroda, Mitsuru Endo, Natsuka Sakai, Godai Fukunaga, Tomohiro Nakagome, Yoshiaki Shiina, Luis Murillo-Mora
  • Patent number: 5916842
    Abstract: A thermal dye transfer sheet having a dye layer provided on at least one side of a substrate, which is used for thermal dye transfer recording system carrying out recording by transferring a dye or dyes in the dye layer to a dye-receiving material by heating means, wherein the dye layer contains a pyrazolonemethine type dye of the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 can be respectively independently selected and are a lower alkyl group which may be substituted, a lower alkenyl group which may be substituted or an aryl group which may be substituted; andR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 can be respectively independently selected and are a lower alkyl group which may be substituted, a dialkylamino group, a --COOR.sup.5 group or a --CONR.sup.6 R.sup.7 group, in which R.sup.5 is a lower alkyl group which may be substituted, a lower alkenyl group which may be substituted or an aryl group which may be substituted and R.sup.6 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Morimitsu, Kenjiro Kuroda, Osamu Ito, Takashi Morishima
  • Patent number: 5697715
    Abstract: A transfer foil for use in marking a golf ball has an ink layer on a base film. The ink layer is constructed by a urethane resin having a hydroxyl value of 0.2 to 15. The ink layer is transferred from the foil to the golf ball to form a marking by pressing the foil against the ball by means of a flat rubber pad. A two-part urethane resin composition is then spray coated onto the golf ball so as to cover the marking, dried and cured thereto. During the process, hydroxyl groups of the ink layer urethane resin react with isocyanate groups available from the urethane resin coating composition whereby the marking is durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignees: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenjiro Kuroda, Susumu Muta