Patents by Inventor Koji Fujisawa
Koji Fujisawa 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: 12197075Abstract: In a backlight that includes a plurality of LEDs and a prism sheet disposed opposite to the LEDs, the prism sheet has a first surface opposite to the LEDs and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, a first prism having a first base and a first pitch L1 is formed on the first surface, a second prism having a cross section that is scalene triangular in shape having a second base having a length L2, a first base angle ?1, and a second base angle ?2 smaller than the first base angle is formed on the second surface, and L2<L1.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Koji Fujisawa, Michihide Shibata, Masafumi Okada
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Publication number: 20240255801Abstract: In a backlight that includes a plurality of LEDs and a prism sheet disposed opposite to the LEDs, the prism sheet has a first surface opposite to the LEDs and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, a first prism having a first base and a first pitch L1 is formed on the first surface, a second prism having a cross section that is scalene triangular in shape having a second base having a length L2, a first base angle ?1, and a second base angle ?2 smaller than the first base angle is formed on the second surface, and L2<L1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Koji FUJISAWA, Michihide SHIBATA, Masafumi OKADA
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Patent number: 12025827Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first light guide, a second light guide and a plurality of light sources. The first light guide includes a first main surface, a second main surface facing the first main surface, and a first side surface connected to the second light guide. The first side surface further includes a first connection surface and a second connection surface. The first connection surface extends from an end portion of the first main surface to the second main surface and obliquely extends so as to move away from the second side surface. The second connection surface perpendicularly extends from an end portion of the first connection surface to an end portion of the second main surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Koji Fujisawa, Ken Kagabu, Hiroaki Kijima, Ken Onoda
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Publication number: 20240045133Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device, in which a plurality of light guides include a plurality of light guide pairs, each of the plurality of light guide pairs includes a first light guide and a second light guide, the plurality of light guide pairs are connected with their long sides opposed to each other, a plurality of laser light source elements include a plurality of first light source elements arranged to be opposed to a first side surface on a short side of the first light guide of the light guide pair, and a plurality of second light source elements arranged to be opposed to a second side surface of the second light guide of the light guide pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Koji FUJISAWA, Ken KAGABU, Hiroaki KIJIMA, Ken ONODA
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Patent number: 11860402Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device, in which a plurality of light guides include a plurality of light guide pairs, each of the plurality of light guide pairs includes a first light guide and a second light guide, the plurality of light guide pairs are connected with their long sides opposed to each other, a plurality of laser light source elements include a plurality of first light source elements arranged to be opposed to a first side surface on a short side of the first light guide of the light guide pair, and a plurality of second light source elements arranged to be opposed to a second side surface of the second light guide of the light guide pair.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Koji Fujisawa, Ken Kagabu, Hiroaki Kijima, Ken Onoda
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Publication number: 20230408751Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first light guide, a second light guide and a plurality of light sources. The first light guide includes a first main surface, a second main surface facing the first main surface, and a first side surface connected to the second light guide. The first side surface further includes a first connection surface and a second connection surface. The first connection surface extends from an end portion of the first main surface to the second main surface and obliquely extends so as to move away from the second side surface. The second connection surface perpendicularly extends from an end portion of the first connection surface to an end portion of the second main surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Koji FUJISAWA, Ken KAGABU, Hiroaki KIJIMA, Ken ONODA
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Patent number: 11780266Abstract: A plurality of belt layers 7 are superimposed in a radial direction. The belt layers 7 include a plurality of steel cords 10 arranged in parallel in a row and rubber 11. The steel cords 10 have a 1×4 structure in which four filaments 20 are twisted, and when a center-to-center distance between the steel cords 10 in at least two of the belt layers 7 adjacent in the radial direction is T, and an average diameter of virtual circumscribed circles of the steel cords 10 having the 1×4 structure is D, 1.25?T/D?2.25.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOCHIGI CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akifumi Matsuoka, Kazuhiko Saito, Shinei Takamura, Masumi Suzuki, Koji Fujisawa
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Publication number: 20230010210Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device, in which a plurality of light guides include a plurality of light guide pairs, each of the plurality of light guide pairs includes a first light guide and a second light guide, the plurality of light guide pairs are connected with their long sides opposed to each other, a plurality of laser light source elements include a plurality of first light source elements arranged to be opposed to a first side surface on a short side of the first light guide of the light guide pair, and a plurality of second light source elements arranged to be opposed to a second side surface of the second light guide of the light guide pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Koji FUJISAWA, Ken KAGABU, Hiroaki KIJIMA, Ken ONODA
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Patent number: 11433706Abstract: The present invention provides a composite that has good initial adhesion and good adhesion after high temperature and high humidity aging. Provided is a composite including: a topping rubber composition having a fatty acid content of 0.8% by mass or less; and an adherend plated with a copper-containing layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Natsuki Maekawa, Koji Fujisawa, Hiroshi Ito, Ryosuke Harada, Daiko Fujimori
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Publication number: 20210155041Abstract: The present invention provides a composite that has good initial adhesion and good adhesion after high temperature and high humidity aging. Provided is a composite including: a topping rubber composition having a fatty acid content of 0.8% by mass or less; and an adherend plated with a copper-containing layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Natsuki MAEKAWA, Koji FUJISAWA, Hiroshi ITO, Ryosuke HARADA, Daiko FUJIMORI
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Patent number: 10940718Abstract: The present invention provides a composite that has good initial adhesion and good adhesion after high temperature and high humidity aging. Provided is a composite including: a topping rubber composition having a fatty acid content of 0.8% by mass or less; and an adherend plated with a copper-containing layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Natsuki Maekawa, Koji Fujisawa, Hiroshi Ito, Ryosuke Harada, Daiko Fujimori
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Patent number: 10914015Abstract: There is provided a steel cord including a steel wire and a plating layer that covers the steel wire and has Cu, Zn, and Co, wherein Cu and Zn are alloyed and a region covered with Co and a region not covered with Co are mixed on the outermost surface of the plating layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Tochigi Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Nakajima, Kenichi Yamashita, Takashi Tokuyama, Shinei Takamura, Masumi Suzuki, Koji Fujisawa, Junichi Kodama
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Publication number: 20200361241Abstract: A plurality of belt layers are laminated in a radial direction. The belt layer includes a plurality of steel cords arranged in parallel and aligned in a row, and rubber. The steel cords have a 1×4 structure in which 4 filaments are stranded. [Tensile rigidity]×[number of ends] is 10,000 N/% or greater and 20,000 N/% or less, and an interface rigidity is 2.5 MPa or higher and 5.0 MPa or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Akifumi MATSUOKA, Masumi SUZUKI, Koji FUJISAWA
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Publication number: 20200338928Abstract: A tire includes a steel cord having a plated coating layer, rubber covering the steel cord, the plated coating layer including Cu and Zn, and a bonding layer including Cu2S and CuS provided closer to the rubber than an interface between the steel cord and the rubber, wherein a molar ratio Cu2S/CuS of Cu2S and CuS included in the bonding layer is 1.0 or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Tetsuya NAKAJIMA, Hiroyuki FUJIOKA, Akifumi MATSUOKA, Kenichi YAMASHITA, Shinei TAKAMURA, Masumi SUZUKI, Koji FUJISAWA
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Patent number: 10632791Abstract: A tire having a rubber body in which a steel cord is embedded, wherein a layer composed of ZnxCoyO is formed at the interface between the steel cord and the rubber body and x+y is 5/6 or more and 1 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Tochigi Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Nakajima, Kenichi Yamashita, Takashi Tokuyama, Shinei Takamura, Masumi Suzuki, Koji Fujisawa
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Publication number: 20190299715Abstract: A tire that includes a band and a belt, the band is layered outward of the belt in a radial direction of the tire, the belt includes two or more layers layered in the radial direction of the tire, the band includes a rubber composition and a polyester cord, each of the two or more layers of the belt includes a rubber composition and a cord, and a gauge between the cords of two adjacent layers is not greater than 0.40 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noboru OKABE, Masumi SUZUKI, Koji FUJISAWA
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Publication number: 20190111735Abstract: Provided is a tire that is lightweight and excellent in riding characteristics while suppressing an increase in cost. A plurality of belt layers 7 are superimposed in a radial direction. The belt layers 7 include a plurality of steel cords 10 arranged in parallel in a row and rubber 11. The steel cords 10 have a 1×4 structure in which four filaments 20 are twisted, and when a center-to-center distance between the steel cords 10 in at least two of the belt layers 7 adjacent in the radial direction is T, and an average diameter of virtual circumscribed circles of the steel cords 10 having the 1×4 structure is D, 1.25?T/D?2.25.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Akifumi MATSUOKA, Kazuhiko SAITO, Shinei TAKAMURA, Masumi SUZUKI, Koji FUJISAWA
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Publication number: 20180304687Abstract: The present invention provides a composite that has good initial adhesion and good adhesion after high temperature and high humidity aging. Provided is a composite including: a topping rubber composition having a fatty acid content of 0.8% by mass or less; and an adherend plated with a copper-containing layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Natsuki MAEKAWA, Koji FUJISAWA, Hiroshi ITO, Ryosuke HARADA, Daiko FUJIMORI
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Publication number: 20180304689Abstract: A tire having a rubber body in which a steel cord is embedded, wherein a layer composed of ZnxCoyO is formed at the interface between the steel cord and the rubber body and x+y is 5/6 or more and 1 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Tetsuya Nakajima, Kenichi Yamashita, Takashi Tokuyama, Shinei Takamura, Masumi Suzuki, Koji Fujisawa
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Patent number: 10086651Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition that shows a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance while having good processability, and a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a copolymer synthesized by copolymerization of a conjugated diene monomer and a compound represented by the formula (1) below; and carbon black and/or silica, wherein R11 and R12 are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshifumi Haba, Koji Fujisawa, Gen Higa, Satoko Kitamura, Takahiro Mabuchi, Kazuya Torita