Patents by Inventor Koichi Mizuno
Koichi Mizuno 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: 11810692Abstract: A composite cable includes a sheath surrounding an outer surface of a core at least including a plurality of thick electric wires each having a resin layer on an outer circumference of a conductor, and a plurality of thin electric wires each having a resin layer on an outer circumference of a conductor, in which the sheath includes a resin composition including base resin containing at least one type of ethylene rubber and styrene elastomer at 10 to 50 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Yamazaki, Arifumi Matsumura, Koichi Mizuno, Masaki Nishiguchi
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Publication number: 20220013252Abstract: A composite cable includes a sheath surrounding an outer surface of a core at least including a plurality of thick electric wires each having a resin layer on an outer circumference of a conductor, and a plurality of thin electric wires each having a resin layer on an outer circumference of a conductor, in which the sheath includes a resin composition including base resin containing at least one type of ethylene rubber and styrene elastomer at 10 to 50 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori YAMAZAKI, Arifumi MATSUMURA, Koichi MIZUNO, Masaki NISHIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180269168Abstract: A module substrate includes a surface layer to which a rectangular waveguide structure having a waveguide aperture is to be connected; metal layers stacked with a dielectric layer between each pair thereof and including a first metal layer that includes a transmission line and a coupling element at a portion of the transmission line and a second metal layer positioned further than the first metal layer from the rectangular waveguide structure; and vias connecting the adjacent metal layers. The surface layer has a first opening facing the waveguide aperture. The first opening surrounds the coupling element in plan view from the surface layer. A dielectric layer region surrounded by some of the vias is formed within a projection area of the first opening between the first and second metal layers. The region has a size smaller than the waveguide aperture in the plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventor: KOICHI MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20170349737Abstract: A silane crosslinkable rubber composition containing a silane crosslinkable rubber in which a silane coupling agent is grafted onto a base rubber containing 61 to 100 mass % of ethylene-?-olefin rubber having a diene content of 5 mass % or less, and with respect to 100 parts by mass of the base rubber, 0.3 to 400 parts by mass of inorganic filler, and 0.0001 to 0.5 parts by mass of silanol condensation catalyst; a silane crosslinked rubber molded body obtained by bringing the rubber composition into contact with water after molding; a silane crosslinked rubber molded article including the rubber molded body; and a method of producing a silane crosslinkable rubber composition and a silane crosslinked rubber molded body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki CHIBA, Masaki NISHIGUCHI, Arifumi MATSUMURA, Koichi MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20170349738Abstract: A silane crosslinkable rubber composition having a silane crosslinkable rubber in which a silane coupling agent is grafted onto a base rubber containing 61 to 99 mass % of ethylene-?-olefin rubber and 1 to 39 mass % of polypropylene-based resin, and with respect to 100 parts by mass of the base rubber, 0.3 to 400 parts by mass of inorganic filler, and 0.0001 to 0.5 parts by mass of silanol condensation catalyst; a silane crosslinked rubber molded body obtained by bringing the rubber composition into contact with water after molding; a silane crosslinked rubber molded article including the rubber molded body; and a method of producing a silane crosslinkable rubber composition and a silane crosslinked rubber molded body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki CHIBA, Masaki Nishiguchi, Arifumi Matsumura, Koichi Mizuno
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Patent number: 9324778Abstract: A variable inductor includes a spiral inductor, a loop conductor, and a switch for opening or short-circuiting an end of the loop conductor. The loop conductor is formed in a direction perpendicular to the spiral inductor and is used for adjusting the inductance value of the spiral inductor by opening or short-circuiting the end of the loop conductor by the switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Junji Sato, Koichi Mizuno, Suguru Fujita
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Publication number: 20160009908Abstract: Solved is the following problem: a PE based resin including a film grade ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is excellent in economic efficiency, but has a narrow molecular weight distribution in consideration for strength and heat sealability, and therefore causes surface roughening to occur when applied to a covering material for an insulated electric wire or cable. Applied is a polyolefin based resin composition including at least one polyethylene (PE) based resin, in which, when a ratio (I10/I0.5) of an MFR (I10) measured at 190° C. and a load of 10 kg to an MFR (I0.5) measured at 190° C. and a load of 0.5 kg is defined as MFRR, a difference between the MFRR of the polyolefin based resin composition including at least one PE based resin and the MFRR of the PE based resin is 5 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki CHIBA, Koichi MIZUNO, Tomoyuki SHIRAI
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Publication number: 20160002450Abstract: Solved is the following problem: a polyolefin resin including a film grade ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is excellent in economic efficiency, but has a narrow molecular weight distribution in consideration for strength and heat sealability, and therefore causes surface roughening to occur when applied to a covering material for an insulated electric wire or cable. Used is a polyolefin based resin composition in which, when the ratio (I10/I0.5 ) of the melt flow rate (MFR) (I10) measured at 190° C. and a load of 10 kg to the MFR (I0.5) measured at 190° C. and a load of 0.5 kg is defined as MFRR, MFRR?43 is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Hiroki CHIBA, Koichi MIZUNO, Tomoyuki SHIRAI
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Publication number: 20150357081Abstract: Solved is the following problem in terms of outer appearance: a covered electric wire obtained by extrusion of a low cost linear polyethylene resin (LLDPE) has irregularities formed on the surface thereof because processing suitability of LLDPE is poor. As a solution to the problem, a resin composition including 50 to 97 parts by weight of LLDPE and 3 to 50 parts by weight of a polypropylene (PP) based resin can be used to thereby produce a covered electric wire excellent in surface smoothness at a high speed and a low cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO.,LTD.Inventors: Koichi MIZUNO, Hiroki CHIBA, Tomoyuki SHIRAI
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Patent number: 8837886Abstract: An optical fiber cable which is suitably set in a conduit by pushing the optical fiber cable into the conduit so as to insert the optical fiber cable through the conduit and which does not reduce the ease of manufacture and the mechanical characteristics of the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber cable core wire and a sheath covering the optical fiber cable core wire, wherein a dynamic friction coefficient between a surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheath of another optical fiber cable is 0.17 to 0.34, and a dynamic friction coefficient between the surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheet composed of polyvinyl chloride is 0.30 to 0.40.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Yutaka Hoshino, Masayoshi Tsukamoto, Koichi Mizuno, Eiji Konda, Keiichiro Sugimoto, Shinichi Niwa
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Publication number: 20130187838Abstract: A rear plate has a display region, and a non-display region provided around the display region. The rear plate further has a plurality of connection terminal parts, a plurality of middle connection wiring groups, a plurality of electrodes, an insulating layer, and a barrier rib. The plurality of connection terminal parts is provided in the non-display region so as to be spaced out each other. The plurality of middle connection wiring groups is provided in the non-display region so as to be spaced out each other. The middle connection wiring group includes a plurality of middle connection wirings. A dummy part is provided between the plurality of middle connection wiring groups. A lower layer of the barrier rib has the electrode and at least one part of the middle connection wiring group and at least one part of the dummy part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Inventors: Kenji Kiriyama, Koichi Mizuno, Koichi Matsumoto, Masanori Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130140672Abstract: A variable inductor includes a spiral inductor, a loop conductor, and a switch for opening or short-circuiting an end of the loop conductor. The loop conductor is formed in a direction perpendicular to the spiral inductor and is used for adjusting the inductance value of the spiral inductor by opening or short-circuiting the end of the loop conductor by the switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Sato, Koichi Mizuno, Suguru Fujita
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Patent number: 8410693Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a rear plate and a front plate arranged as opposed to the rear plate. The rear plate has a vertical barrier rib and a horizontal barrier rib orthogonal to the vertical barrier rib. The front plate has a first transparent electrode in parallel with the horizontal barrier rib and a plurality of second transparent electrodes in parallel with the vertical barrier rib. The front plate further has a plurality of bus electrodes having the same width and arranged with the same interval. The plurality of bus electrodes includes a first bus electrode electrically connected with the first transparent electrode, and a second bus electrode electrically connected with the plurality of second transparent electrodes. The second bus electrode is formed in a position opposed to the horizontal barrier rib.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Koichi Mizuno, Shinichiro Hori, Eishiro Otani
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Publication number: 20120305081Abstract: A high-efficiency triple-junction thin-film photovoltaic device in which the haze ratio is high and the short-circuit current values obtained from each of the photovoltaic layers are equalized. A thin-film photovoltaic device comprises a transparent electrode layer and three silicon-based photovoltaic layers stacked in sequence on a substrate. The transparent electrode layer has at least one opening formed by an etching treatment that exposes the surface of the substrate, and the haze ratio of the transparent electrode layer relative to light of a broad wavelength region is at least 60%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koichi Mizuno, Yoshiaki Takeuchi, Satoshi Sakai, Shigenori Tsuruga, Takuya Matsui, Michio Kondo, Haijun Jia
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Publication number: 20120293065Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a rear plate and a front plate arranged as opposed to the rear plate. The rear plate has a vertical barrier rib and a horizontal barrier rib orthogonal to the vertical barrier rib. The front plate has a first transparent electrode in parallel with the horizontal barrier rib and a plurality of second transparent electrodes in parallel with the vertical barrier rib. The front plate further has a plurality of bus electrodes having the same width and arranged with the same interval. The plurality of bus electrodes includes a first bus electrode electrically connected with the first transparent electrode, and a second bus electrode electrically connected with the plurality of second transparent electrodes. The second bus electrode is formed in a position opposed to the horizontal barrier rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Koichi Mizuno, Shinichiro Hori, Eishiro Otani
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Publication number: 20120176030Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front plate, and a rear plate disposed oppositely to the front plate and having barrier ribs to partition a discharge cell between the front plate and the rear plate. The front plate has a first electrode and a second electrode in parallel with the first electrode inside the discharge cell. The first electrode includes a first bus electrode, and a plurality of first transparent electrodes electrically connected to the first bus electrode and protruding toward a second-electrode side. The second electrode includes a second bus electrode, and a plurality of second transparent electrodes electrically connected to the second bus electrode and protruding toward a first-electrode side. A discharge gap is provided between tips of the plurality of first transparent electrodes and tips of the plurality of second transparent electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Shinichiro Hori, Koichi Mizuno, Kimio Amemiya
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Publication number: 20110204239Abstract: A radiation detection device, which includes an imaging board for detecting radiation transmitted through a subject to obtain a radiographic image of the subject, is provided with a heat dissipating member disposed on a radiation receiving side of the imaging board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Futoshi Yoshida, Yuusuke Kitagawa, Toshiharu Kuwae, Koichi Mizuno
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Publication number: 20110150402Abstract: An optical fiber cable which is suitably set in a conduit by pushing the optical fiber cable into the conduit so as to insert the optical fiber cable through the conduit and which does not reduce the ease of manufacture and the mechanical characteristics of the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber cable core wire and a sheath covering the optical fiber cable core wire, wherein a dynamic friction coefficient between a surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheath of another optical fiber cable is 0.17 to 0.34, and a dynamic friction coefficient between the surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheet composed of polyvinyl chloride is 0.30 to 0.40.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Yutaka Hoshino, Masayoshi Tsukamoto, Koichi Mizuno, Eiji Konda, Keiichiro Sugimoto, Shinichi Niwa
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Patent number: 7557504Abstract: A plasma display panel can reduce a discharge delay in address discharge, thereby performing high-speed addressing in a stable manner. A front substrate (1) and a back substrate (2) are disposed to face each other, and a discharge space (3) is formed and partitioned by barrier ribs (10) so as to form priming discharge cells (17) and main discharge cells (11). A clearance (19) is provided between the barrier ribs (10) of the priming discharge cells (17) and the front substrate (1), and priming particles generated in the priming discharge cells (17) are supplied to the main discharge cells (11) through the clearance (19), whereby a PDP performing high-speed addressing is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2004Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Tachibana, Morio Fujitani, Tsuyoshi Nishio, Toru Ando, Koichi Mizuno
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Patent number: 7434799Abstract: A film sheet feeding mechanism which can be reduced in size, and which can stably conduct a feeding operation, and a thermal development recording apparatus having such a mechanism are provided. A film sheet feeding mechanism that, from a tray on which plural film sheets are stacked, takes out one by one a uppermost film sheet, and that feeds the film sheet toward a downstream side in a direction of transporting the film sheet, includes: a feeding arm having film sucking unit for taking out the film sheet in the tray; arm moving unit for, while supporting the feeding arm, moving the feeding arm between a film taking out position of the tray and a film supplying position on the downstream side in the transportation direction; and a lifting and lowering amplification mechanism which is disposed in the feeding arm, and which lifts and lowers the film sucking unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Koichi Mizuno