Patents by Inventor Koichi Yanai

Koichi Yanai 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).

  • Publication number: 20100310796
    Abstract: An inkjet recording paper for use in a roll paper feed type printer having a printing speed of 100 m/min or more, comprising a base paper containing pulp, rosette type precipitated calcium carbonate as a filler, and a neutral rosin sizing agent as an internal sizing agent, wherein the base paper is coated with a coating mixture containing a cationic resin, an anionic fluorescent dye and a binder but no pigment; the inkjet recording paper having a Stockigt size degree according to JIS-P8122 of 10 to 25 seconds and an ash content according to JIS-P8251 of 13% to 25%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Sei Nishiiri, Yuji Sawa, Koichi Yanai, Nobuo Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20100272984
    Abstract: A vinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding of the present invention includes: 100 parts by mass of vinyl chloride resin particles made of vinyl chloride resin whose average degree of polymerization is 1500 or more, the vinyl chloride resin particles having an average particle size ranging from 50 to 500 ?m; and 110 to 150 parts by mass of a particular trimellitate plasticizer. The vinyl chloride resin composition has excellent powder flowability and results in a molded object having excellent heat aging resistance and low-temperature resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hada, Koichi Yanai
  • Patent number: 7645489
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inkjet recording medium comprising the steps of: applying a coating color containing a pigment and a binder as major components to at least one side of a base material using a transfer roll coater, subsequently drying coating layer to form an ink absorbing layer, wherein Hercules viscosity of coating color is 5 m Pa·s to 30 m Pa·s and pigment contains a synthetic silica having an oil absorption of 90 ml/10 g to 200 ml/100 g, a BET specific surface area of 45 m2/g to 200 m2/g and an average particle diameter of 1.0 ?m to 3.0 ?m and/or a precipitated calcium carbonate-silica composite having an oil absorption of 100 ml/10 g to 250 ml/100 g, a BET specific surface area of 5 m2/g to 150 m2/g and an average particle diameter of 1.0 ?m to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Ozawa, Akinobu Chatani, Kunio Takebayashi, Takashi Ochi, Dai Nagahara, Koichi Yanai
  • Patent number: 7465694
    Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording medium has at least one layer on a substrate which is a thermally sensitive recording layer that contains a colorless or pale colored electron-donating leuco dye and an electron-accepting color-developing agent. At least one layer on the substrate contains a hydrated silicic acid compound which is treated by wet grinding treatment in a deposition process of the hydrated silicic acid compound. A thermally sensitive recording medium of high brightness, which is superior in color-developing sensitivity and coating layer strength and, further, has excellent head abrasion resistance, less debris adhering and sticking resistance is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Date, Mizuho Shimoyama, Koichi Yanai, Kenji Hirai
  • Publication number: 20080254239
    Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording medium characterized to be superior in writing aptitude, printing aptitude, causes less head debris, possesses good water resistance, causes less sticking and is excellent in preservative stability of developed color in nature environment such as heat, water, humid or light, to sebum when handled with hand, oils, plasticizers and solvents can be obtained by following method, that is, a method for preparation of a thermally sensitive recording medium possessing a coating layer formed by applying a coating (A) containing a binder and a coating (B) containing a crosslinking agent on a thermally sensitive recording layer, which is formed on a substrate, and said thermally sensitive recording layer contains a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent comprising, forming an over coating layer by applying said coating (A) and coating (B) separately in accordance with a curtain coating method, wherein the formation of the ove
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Negishi, Mizuho Shimoyama, Akiharu Fujii, Koichi Yanai, Katsuto Ohse
  • Publication number: 20070265163
    Abstract: 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 resistance
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Takashi Date, Mizuho Shimoyama, Koichi Yanai, Kenji Hirai
  • Publication number: 20060168811
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inkjet recording medium comprising the steps of: applying a coating color containing a pigment and a binder as major components to at least one side of a base material using a transfer roll coater, subsequently drying coating layer to form an ink absorbing layer, wherein Hercules viscosity of coating color is 5 m Pa·s to 30 m Pa·s and pigment contains a synthetic silica having an oil absorption of 90 ml/10 g to 200 ml/100 g, a BET specific surface area of 45 m2/g to 200 m2/g and an average particle diameter of 1.0 ?m to 3.0 ?m and/or a precipitated calcium carbonate-silica composite having an oil absorption of 100 ml/10 g to 250 ml/100 g, a BET specific surface area of 5 m2/g to 150 m2/g and an average particle diameter of 1.0 ?m to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Yuji Ozawa, Akinobu Chatani, Kunio Takebayashi, Takashi Ochi, Dai Nagahara, Koichi Yanai
  • Patent number: 6603521
    Abstract: A normally white reflection type liquid crystal display includes a polarization plate; a quarter wavelength plate; a transparent substrate; a transparent electrode; and a twisted nematic liquid crystal layer. The polarization plate, the quarter wavelength plate, the transparent substrate, the transparent electrode, and the twisted nematic liquid crystal layer are layered in sequence from a light inputting side, and the angle between the optical axis of the quarter wavelength plate and the transmission axis of the polarization plate is below 65 degrees and above 45 degrees, or below 45 degrees and above 25 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Teruaki Suzuki, Koichi Yanai
  • Publication number: 20020159007
    Abstract: The normally white reflection type liquid crystal display of the present invention comprises: a polarization plate; a quarter wavelength plate; a transparent substrate; a transparent electrode; and a twisted nematic liquid crystal layer, wherein said polarization plate, said quarter wavelength plate, said transparent substrate, said transparent electrode, and said twisted nematic liquid crystal layer are layered in sequence from a light inputting side, and the angle between the optical axis of said quarter wavelength plate and the transmission axis of said polarization plate is below 65 degrees and above 45 degrees, or below 45 degrees and above 25 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruaki Suzuki, Koichi Yanai
  • Patent number: 6433845
    Abstract: The normally white reflection type liquid crystal display of the present invention comprises: a polarization plate; a quarter wavelength plate; a transparent substrate; a transparent electrode; and a twisted nematic liquid crystal layer, wherein said polarization plate, said quarter wavelength plate, said transparent substrate, said transparent electrode, and said twisted nematic liquid crystal layer are layered in sequence from a light inputting side, and the angle between the optical axis of said quarter wavelength plate and the transmission axis of said polarization plate is below 65 degrees and above 45 degrees, or below 45 degrees and above 25 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Teruaki Suzuki, Koichi Yanai
  • Patent number: 6028030
    Abstract: A thermal sensitive recording medium which further contains poly urea compound in the thermal color developing layer containing dye precursor and color developer, which displays an excellent image preservative stability. Said poly urea compound contains units of a structure represented by general formula (1), and further contains a repeating unit represented by general formulae (2).about.(7). ##STR1## In these formulae A.sup.1 .about.A.sup.7 are a divalent group, R.sup.1 .about.R.sup.5 are an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or an electron accepting group, o, p, and q are an integer from 0 to 4, r is an integer from 2 to 12 and s and t are an integer from 0 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industrie Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nakano, Koichi Yanai, Junko Seki, Reiji Ohashi, Hidetoshi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 5844646
    Abstract: An optical shielding structure comprises both organic optical shielding films provided over a thin film transistor substrate and metal optical shielding films provided over an opposite substrate. Each of the organic optical shielding films comprises a straight stripe portion which both extends over the signal line and has a width at least equal to a distance between the pixel electrodes in the second direction, and expanding portions extending from the straight stripe portion to cover the thin film transistors, the expanding portions being tapered so that the each organic optical shielding film is shaped to be free of any acute angle corners and the right angle corner. Each of the metal optical shielding films both extends over the scanning line and has a width at least equal to a distance between the pixel electrodes in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Yanai
  • Patent number: 5723878
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film transistor substrate for a liquid crystal display panel. The thin film transistor substrate comprises the following elements. A pixel electrode is provided on a first predetermined region of the transparent insulative substrate. A first optical shielding film being is made of a metal and is provided on a peripheral region of the pixel electrode. A thin film transistor is provided on a second predetermined region of the transparent insulative substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Yanai
  • Patent number: 5302181
    Abstract: An oxide-dispersion-strengthened sintered alloy improved in oxidation resistance and compressive strength for use at high temperatures of at least 1350.degree. C. The alloy includes a matrix of a metal consisting substantially or predominantly of Cr, and 0.2 to 2.0% by weight of Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 uniformly dispersed in the matrix. The Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 as uniformly dispersed is up to 0.1 .mu.m in mean particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Morichika, Takashi Onishi, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Koichi Yanai, Hiroyuki Araragi