Patents by Inventor Kouji Yamada
Kouji Yamada 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: 11940347Abstract: A pressure sensor has a stem in which a pressure introduction hole into which a pressure medium is introduced and a diaphragm deformable according to the pressure of the pressure medium are formed, and a strain detecting element which is arranged on the diaphragm via an insulating film and being configured to output a detection signal according to the deformation of the diaphragm. The strain detecting element is configured to have a portion made of polysilicon. A low doping layer having a higher electrical resistivity than polysilicon and a higher crystallinity than the insulating film is arranged between the insulating film and the strain detecting element.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Kodama, Naoki Yoshida, Kaori Miyashita, Eiji Takeda, Nobuaki Yamada, Yoshihiro Tomomatsu, Yasushi Yanagisawa, Yusuke Midorikawa, Shirou Kamanaru, Kenichi Yokoyama, Inao Toyoda, Hisayuki Takeuchi, Naohisa Niimi, Masao Takahashi, Yasutake Ura, Kouji Asano, Yukihiro Kamada
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Patent number: 11827416Abstract: A metallic bottle can including a metallic base material of the bottle shape that has a mouth portion having a threaded portion, a shoulder portion, a body portion and a bottom portion, wherein, on the outer surface of said mouth portion, a finishing varnish layer is provided directly on said metallic base material, and said finishing varnish layer has an MEK extractability of 2 to 8% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuusaku Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Kouji Yamada
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Publication number: 20230347676Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of printing a high-resolution inkjet image on an article to be printed made of a metal or a resin by adjusting wet-spreading of an ink. The problem is solved by a method for producing a printed article which is an inkjet-printed product of an article to be printed made of a metal or a resin, the method including: an underlying layer forming step of forming an underlying layer containing a crosslinkable resin on at least a part of a surface of the article to be printed; a semi-crosslinking step of semi-crosslinking the crosslinkable resin contained in the underlying layer; and a printing step of performing inkjet printing on at least a part of a surface of the underlying layer after the semi-crosslinking step to form an inkjet-printed layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Shigenobu Murakami, Yukiko Saito, Kouji Yamada
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Publication number: 20230330968Abstract: A laminated structure includes a first member, a second member that faces the first member, and a filling member that is disposed between the first member and the second member, and a difference between a value of a relative permittivity of a member with a largest relative permittivity and a value of a relative permittivity of a member with a lowest relative permittivity among the first member, the second member and the filling member is 1.0 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: RESONAC CORPORATIONInventors: Naoko MITSUISHI, Takao SHIMOJYO, Hiroaki FUJINO, Shingo NAKANO, Hirofumi SHIOKAWA, Kouji YAMADA, Masumi MORIHARA, Masahiro IWANAGA
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Patent number: 11718116Abstract: Easy reading of a read code is enabled without matching a read range with a specific print section, and without impairing designability of a cylindrical container and clarity of a display print. A cylindrical container has, on the outer surface thereof, a print layer. The print layer has an electronic watermark layer including an electronic watermark image printed thereon, and a blindfold layer that renders the electronic watermark image difficult to be visually recognized. The print area of the blindfold layer matches a part or entirety of the print area of the electronic watermark layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., TOYO SEIHAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouji Yamada, Zen Kanayama, Kenichirou Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Okamura
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Publication number: 20230235135Abstract: Provided is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that has high stiffness and can easily retain a bag shape when made into a packaging bag even if the film is made thinner, and at the same time, that can maintain water vapor barrier properties even if the film is made thinner, and has few wrinkles in and around the sealed portion when heat-sealed to make a packaging body. The biaxially oriented polypropylene film satisfies the following (1) and (2): (1) a half width of a peak derived from an oriented crystal in a width direction in angular dependency of a (110) plane of polypropylene?-type crystal obtained by wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement is 26° or smaller; (2) the ratio of (III) to the total of a crystalline component (I), a restrained amorphous component (II), and an unrestrained amorphous component (III) classified by pulse NMR according to solid-echo method is 7% or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhito HORINOUCHI, Kouji YAMADA, Kensuke TANEKI, Toru IMAI
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Publication number: 20230203257Abstract: The present invention provides a biaxially-oriented polypropylene film having high stiffness, excellent heat resistance to high temperature as high as 150° C., easiness of maintaining its bag shape when made into a packaging bag, less printing pitch shift at the time of printing, and less wrinkles of heat sealed part when heat sealed. The biaxially-oriented polypropylene film satisfies the following formulae (1) to (3): (1) a half width of a peak derived from an oriented crystal in a width direction of the film in an azimuth dependence of a (110) plane of polypropylene ?-type crystal through measurement with wide-angle X rays diffraction is 25° or less; (2) the film has a heat-shrinkage ratio at 150° C. of 10% or less in a longitudinal direction and 24% or less in a width direction; and (3) the film has a tensile elongation at break at 23° C. of 195% or more in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kensuke TANEKI, Toru IMAI, Kouji YAMADA, Kazuhito HORINOUCHI, Mahiro NAKANO
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Publication number: 20230167255Abstract: Provided is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that has high stiffness and can easily retain a bag shape when made into a packaging bag even if made thinner, and at the same time, that can maintain water vapor barrier properties even if made thinner, and has few wrinkles in and around the sealed portion when heat-sealed to make a packaging bag. The biaxially oriented polypropylene film satisfies the following (1), (2), and (3): (1) the heat shrinkage ratio at 150° C. is 10% or lower in the longitudinal direction and 30% or lower in the width direction; (2) the tensile elastic modulus at 23° C. in the width direction is 6.0 GPa or more; (3) the heat shrinkage ratio (%) at 150° C. and the tensile elastic modulus (GPa) at 23° C. in the width direction satisfy the following formula. Tensile elastic modulus (GPa)?Heat shrinkage ratio (%)×0.1+6.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhito HORINOUCHI, Kouji YAMADA, Kensuke TANEKI, Toru IMAI
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Publication number: 20230043919Abstract: A printing apparatus configured to print a can body includes: a plurality of printing plates; a blanket; a blanket transfer device configured to transfer inks on the plurality of printing plates to the blanket; and a can body transfer device configured to transfer the inks transferred to the blanket to the can body. The blanket transfer device transfers the inks such that at least part of an ink transferred from one printing plate is superimposed onto at least part of inks in other colors transferred from other printing plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Hisaaki MORIKAWA, Kouji YAMADA
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Publication number: 20230024477Abstract: A printing apparatus configured to print an image on a can body includes: a blanket transfer device configured to transfer ink on a plurality of printing plates to a blanket; and a can body transfer device configured to transfer the ink having been transferred on the blanket to the can body to print the image on the can body. The plurality of printing plates include a first printing plate and a second printing plate to print a specified image of the image. The first printing plate is configured to print a border image which is a border part of the specified image, and the second printing plate is configured to print a vicinity of the border image in the specified image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Hisaaki MORIKAWA, Kouji YAMADA
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Publication number: 20230025703Abstract: A foam-molded product including a foam layer, and a skin layer covering the foam layer, in which the maximum diameter of bubbles in the foam layer is 0.90 mm or less; and a method for manufacturing a foam-molded product and a method for suppressing an appearance defect of a foam-molded product, including an injection process and a foaming process, wherein the foam-molded product after molding includes a foam layer and a skin layer covering the foam layer, the skin layer having an average thickness of from 0.3 mm to 0.7 mm, and wherein expanding of the volume of the cavity includes performing a core-back process of the mold such that a thickness of the foam-molded product after molding is within ±0.2 mm of a predetermined target thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoko MITSUISHI, Shingo NAKANO, Kouji YAMADA, Hiroaki FUJINO, Hirofumi SHIOKAWA, Yoji HIRAI
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Publication number: 20230025993Abstract: An injection molded product includes a main body portion having a design surface and an opposite surface; and a projecting portion provided at a peripheral edge portion of the main body portion, and projecting out toward a side opposite from the design surface in a thickness direction of the main body portion, wherein a thickness A of the main body portion and a thickness B of the projecting portion satisfy a relationship of A?B.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi FUNATSU, Shingo NAKANO, Naoko MITSUISHI, Kouji YAMADA, Hiroaki FUJINO, Hirofumi SHIOKAWA, Yoji HIRAI
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Publication number: 20220402656Abstract: A first aspect of the present invention provides a can container including: a can body of a cylindrical shape, and at least a surface coating layer, in which the surface coating layer is formed on at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of the can body, the surface coating layer has a resin component, and surface free energy of a surface of the surface coating layer is 30 mJ/m2 or more and 50 mJ/m2 or less at a temperature of 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Yukiko SAITO, Shigenobu MURAKAMI, Kouji YAMADA
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Patent number: 11487729Abstract: A data management device is provided, which includes an interpreting unit that interprets an input record, and convert the input record to abstract expression by which a correspondence relation between a data item and data itself is recognizable; and a converting unit that stores, in a storage unit, a data set, in which the data itself and index information capable of identifying the record are associated, as column data for each of the data items.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Shuichi Suzuki, Kouji Yamada
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Publication number: 20220339833Abstract: A resin molded article includes: a main body portion having a design face and an opposite face thereto, and having a first foamed layer formed inside the main body portion; a protruding portion that is provided at an edge portion of the main body portion, and that protrudes toward a side opposite from the design face in a thickness direction of the main body portion; and a concavity that is recessed from a surface of the opposite face toward a thickness direction side of the main body portion at a root portion of the protruding portion at the opposite face.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Shingo NAKANO, Naoko MITSUISHI, Seigo MORISHITA, Hiroyuki ANDO, Yoji HIRAI
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Publication number: 20220089822Abstract: Provided is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that has high stiffness, has excellent heat resistance at a high temperature of 150° C., easily maintains a bag shape when being made into a packaging bag, and has less pitch shift during printing or fewer wrinkles in a sealed portion when being heat-sealed. A biaxially oriented polypropylene film, wherein a half width of a peak derived from an oriented crystal in a width direction in azimuth dependence of a (110) plane of polypropylene ?-type crystal obtained by wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement is not larger than 27°, and a tan ? area in the width direction obtained from a ratio (E?E?) of a storage elastic modulus (E?) to a loss elastic modulus (E?) obtained by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is not smaller than 0.2 and not larger than 0.4.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Kazuhito HORINOUCHI, Mahiro NAKANO, Toru IMAI
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Publication number: 20220081521Abstract: The invention provides a biaxially oriented polypropylene film, wherein a relationship between a loop stiffness stress (S [mN]) in a longitudinal direction and a thickness (t [?m]) satisfies the formula S?0.00020×t3, a relationship between a loop stiffness stress (S [mN]) in a width direction and the thickness (t [?m]) satisfies the formula S?0.0010×t3, and a heat shrinkage rate of the biaxially oriented polypropylene film at 150° C. is not higher than 10% in the longitudinal direction and not higher than 30% in the width direction, a heat shrinkage rate of the biaxially oriented polypropylene film at 120° C. is not higher than 2.0% in the longitudinal direction and not higher than 5.0% in the width direction, and the heat shrinkage rate at 120° C. in the longitudinal direction is lower than the heat shrinkage rate at 120° C. in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Kazuhito HORINOUCHI, Mahiro NAKANO, Toru IMAI
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Publication number: 20220073690Abstract: Provided is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that has high stiffness, has excellent heat resistance at a high temperature of 150° C., easily maintains a bag shape when being made into a packaging bag, and has less pitch shift during printing or fewer wrinkles in a sealed portion when being heat-sealed. A biaxially oriented polypropylene film, wherein a stress at 5% elongation (F5) of the biaxially oriented polypropylene film at 23° C. is not lower than 40 MPa in a longitudinal direction and not lower than 160 MPa in a width direction, and a heat shrinkage rate of the biaxially oriented polypropylene film at 150° C. is not higher than 10% in the longitudinal direction and not higher than 30% in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Kazuhito HORINOUCHI, Mahiro NAKANO, Toru IMAI
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Publication number: 20220064388Abstract: Provided is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that has high stiffness, has excellent heat resistance at a high temperature of 150° C., easily maintains a bag shape when being made into a packaging bag, and has less pitch shift during printing or fewer wrinkles in a sealed portion when being heat-sealed. A biaxially oriented polypropylene film, wherein a maximum elongation of the biaxially oriented polypropylene film at 150° C. or lower measured by a thermomechanical analyzer (TMA) is not larger than 1.5 mm in a longitudinal direction and not larger than 0.1 mm in a width direction, and a heat shrinkage rate of the biaxially oriented polypropylene film at 150° C. is not higher than 10% in the longitudinal direction and not higher than 30% in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Kazuhito HORINOUCHI, Mahiro NAKANO, Toru IMAI
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Publication number: 20220032670Abstract: Easy reading of a read code is enabled without matching a read range with a specific print section, and without impairing designability of a cylindrical container and clarity of a display print. A cylindrical container has, on the outer surface thereof, a print layer. The print layer has an electronic watermark layer including an electronic watermark image printed thereon, and a blindfold layer that renders the electronic watermark image difficult to be visually recognized. The print area of the blindfold layer matches a part or entirety of the print area of the electronic watermark layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicants: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., TOYO SEIHAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouji YAMADA, Zen KANAYAMA, Kenichirou YAMAMOTO, Kazuhiro OKAMURA