Patents by Inventor Kunio Hayakawa

Kunio Hayakawa 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: 9828938
    Abstract: A resin coat film 39 formed on a skirt portion 10 of a piston 7 has a four-sided outer peripheral region knurled at upper and lower regions thereof corresponding in a rear view of the piston 7 to an upper skirt part 36 and a lower skirt part 38 of the skirt portion 10 extending in parallel with an axial direction of left and right piston pin boss portions 15 and 14, with a combination of short vertical grooves 43A and 43B and medium-length vertical grooves 42A and 42B extending in parallel with a central axis C of a piston crow portion 9, and at left and right edge regions thereof, with long vertical grooves 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Naoyuki Suda, Kunio Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20160348611
    Abstract: A resin coat film 39 formed on a skirt portion 10 of a piston 7 has a four-sided outer peripheral region knurled at upper and lower regions thereof corresponding in a rear view of the piston 7 to an upper skirt part 36 and a lower skirt part 38 of the skirt portion 10 extending in parallel with an axial direction of left and right piston pin boss portions 15 and 14, with a combination of short vertical grooves 43A and 43B and medium-length vertical grooves 42A and 42B extending in parallel with a central axis C of a piston crow portion 9, and at left and right edge regions thereof, with long vertical grooves 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicants: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, National University Corporation Shizuoka University
    Inventors: Naoyuki SUDA, Kunio HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160136722
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an innovative method for surface-treating a forging member, the method exhibiting unprecedented operations and effects. The present invention is a method for surface-treating a forging member (1), wherein a slurry (4) comprising a mixture of a liquid (2) and an abrasive (3) is mixed with pressurized air and sprayed on a surface (1a) of the forging member (1), and innumerable recesses (5) measuring 0.5-2.00 ?m in depth and 75-150 ?m in opening width are provided on the surface (1a) of the forging member (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicants: MACOHO CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sachito MATSUBARA, Tamotsu NAKAMURA, Kunio HAYAKAWA
  • Patent number: 8088712
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including: a support, and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer laid on the support, the recording layer containing a reversible thermosensitive composition, wherein the reversible thermosensitive composition forms a relatively color-developed state and a colorless state depending on a difference in a heating temperature and/or a cooling rate after heating by the use of an electron-donating color-forming compound and an electron-accepting compound; a resin component contained in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is a resin in which a polyol resin having a hydroxyl value within the range of 100 KOHmg/g to 250 KOHmg/g is crosslinked; and as the electron-accepting compound, a urea compound represented by the following General Formula (1) is used, where “n” is an integer of 23 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Kunio Hayakawa, Jun Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7993732
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive which contains at least a thermoplastic resin and a thermofusible material, wherein the thermoplastic resin has a glass transition temperature of ?70° C. to ?30° C., and the thermofusible material comprises triphenylphosphine, and at least any one of tris(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl)phosphite and tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate]methane, or a heat-sensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive which contains at least a thermoplastic resin, a thermofusible material and a non-thermofusible material, wherein the thermofusible material contains triphenylphosphine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Mitsunobu Morita, Takehito Yamaguchi, Kunio Hayakawa, Hitoshi Shimbo, Yutaka Kuga
  • Patent number: 7989529
    Abstract: A thermosensitive adhesive composition including a thermosensitive plastic resin, a dispersing agent, a solid plasticizing agent and a eutectic agent represented by the following chemical structure (1): wherein X1 and X2 independently represent any one of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom and an alkyl group, p and q independently represent an integer of from 1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehito Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Matsui, Mitsunobu Morita, Takayuki Sasaki, Kunio Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 7585813
    Abstract: The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to the present invention comprises a support, a thermosensitive layer and a protective layer in order, the thermosensitive layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound and reversibly changes the color depending on temperatures, and the protective layer comprises a reactive heterocyclic compound, and inorganic fine particles of which surface is at least partially treated into hydrophobic, alternatively the protective layer comprises inorganic fine particles of which number-average particle size is 100 nm or less and of which surface is at least partially coated with organic silane compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Shin Yamamoto, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20090048106
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including: a support, and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer laid on the support, the recording layer containing a reversible thermosensitive composition, wherein the reversible thermosensitive composition forms a relatively color-developed state and a colorless state depending on a difference in a heating temperature and/or a cooling rate after heating by the use of an electron-donating color-forming compound and an electron-accepting compound; a resin component contained in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is a resin in which a polyol resin having a hydroxyl value within the range of 100 KOHmg/g to 250 KOHmg/g is crosslinked; and as the electron-accepting compound, a urea compound represented by the following General Formula (1) is used, where “n” is an integer of 23 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Kunio Hayakawa, Jun Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7456132
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a support and a thermosensitive recording layer thereon, in which the thermosensitive recording layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound, and the thermosensitive recording layer is capable of forming a relatively developed condition and a relatively erased condition depending on at least one of the difference of heating temperatures and the difference of cooling rates following to heating, and in which the electron-accepting compound comprises a phenol compound represented by the General Formula (1): where, in the General Formula (1) “l” represents an integer of 1 to 3, “m” represents an integer of 1 or more, and “n” represents an integer of 7 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Kyoji Tsutsui, Hiromi Furuya, Kyohji Okada, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara, Hitoshi Shimbo
  • Patent number: 7432223
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a substrate, a reversible thermosensitive recording layer and an intermediate layer. The reversible thermosensitive recording layer is configured to reversibly record and erase an image therein and disposed overlying the substrate and includes a binder resin and a reversible thermosensitive coloring composition. The reversible thermosensitive coloring composition includes an electron donating coloring compound and an electron accepting compound. The intermediate layer includes another binder resin and a content of hollow particles having a hollow ratio not less than 70% and a ratio of a maximum particle diameter thereof to a 50% cumulative particle diameter of from 2.0 to 3.0. The reversible thermosensitive recording layer achieves a colored state when heated to a temperature not lower than a melting point thereof, and achieves a discolorization state when heated to a temperature lower than the melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara, Hitoshi Shimbo
  • Patent number: 7422996
    Abstract: There is provided a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a support, an intermediate layer, and a thermosensitive recording layer which reversibly changes a color thereof depending on a temperature, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains an electron-donating coloring compound, and an electron-accepting compound represented by the following general formula 1: where, n is an integer of 23 or more, and wherein the intermediate layer is disposed between the support and the thermosensitive recording layer, and contains hollow particles having a void ratio of 70% or more, a maximum diameter D100 of 5.0 ?m to 10.0 ?m, and a ratio D100/D50 of 2.0 to 3.0 where the ratio D100/D50 is a ratio of the maximum diameter D100 to a 50% cumulative particle diameter D50 of the hollow particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Patent number: 7338919
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a substrate; and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer located on the substrate and reversibly achieving a relatively colored state and a relatively discolored state depending on the temperature to which the recording layer is heated or the cooling speed at which the recording layer is cooled after heating, wherein the reversible thermosensitive recording layer comprises a polyalkylene glycol compound having a number average molecular weight not less than 2,000 exclusive of polypropylene glycol having a number average molecular weight not greater than 5,000. A reversible thermosensitive recording device, and an image processing method and apparatus using the reversible thermosensitive recording medium are also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Kawahara, Kunio Hayakawa, Hitoshi Shimbo
  • Publication number: 20080026205
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive which contains at least a thermoplastic resin and a thermofusible material, wherein the thermoplastic resin has a glass transition temperature of ?70° C. to ?30° C., and the thermofusible material comprises triphenylphosphine, and at least any one of tris(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl)phosphite and tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate]methane, or a heat-sensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive which contains at least a thermoplastic resin, a thermofusible material and a non-thermofusible material, wherein the thermofusible material contains triphenylphosphine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Mitsunobu Morita, Takehito Yamaguchi, Kunio Hayakawa, Hitoshi Shimbo, Yutaka Kuga
  • Publication number: 20070225163
    Abstract: The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to the present invention comprises a support, a thermosensitive layer and a protective layer in order, the thermosensitive layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound and reversibly changes the color depending on temperatures, and the protective layer comprises a reactive heterocyclic compound, and inorganic fine particles of which surface is at least partially treated into hydrophobic, alternatively the protective layer comprises inorganic fine particles of which number-average particle size is 100 nm or less and of which surface is at least partially coated with organic silane compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Shin Yamamoto, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20070225161
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a support and a thermosensitive recording layer thereon, in which the thermosensitive recording layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound, and the thermosensitive recording layer is capable of forming a relatively developed condition and a relatively erased condition depending on at least one of the difference of heating temperatures and the difference of cooling rates following to heating, and in which the electron-accepting compound comprises a phenol compound represented by the General Formula (1): where, in the General Formula (1) “l” represents an integer of 1 to 3, m represents an integer of 1 or more, and n represents an integer of 7 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Kyoji Tsutsui, Hiromi Furuya, Kyohji Okada, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara, Hitoshi Shimbo
  • Publication number: 20070219093
    Abstract: There is provided a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a support, an intermediate layer, and a thermosensitive recording layer which reversibly changes a color thereof depending on a temperature, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains an electron-donating coloring compound, and an electron-accepting compound represented by the following general formula 1: where, n is an integer of 23 or more, and wherein the intermediate layer is disposed between the support and the thermosensitive recording layer, and contains hollow particles having a void ratio of 70% or more, a maximum diameter D100 of 5.0 ?m to 10.0 ?m, and a ratio D100/D50 of 2.0 to 3.0 where the ratio D100/D50 is a ratio of the maximum diameter D100 to a 50% cumulative particle diameter D50 of the hollow particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Patent number: 7238642
    Abstract: The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to the present invention comprises a support, a thermosensitive layer and a protective layer in order, the thermosensitive layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound and reversibly changes the color depending on temperatures, and the protective layer comprises a reactive heterocyclic compound, and inorganic fine particles of which surface is at least partially treated into hydrophobic, alternatively the protective layer comprises inorganic fine particles of which number-average particle size is 100 nm or less and of which surface is at least partially coated with organic silane compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Shin Yamamoto, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20070112113
    Abstract: A thermosensitive adhesive composition including a thermosensitive plastic resin, a dispersing agent, a solid plasticizing agent and a eutectic agent represented by the following chemical structure (1): wherein X1 and X2 independently represent any one of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom and an alkyl group, p and q independently represent an integer of from 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Takehito Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Matsui, Mitsunobu Morita, Takayuki Sasaki, Kunio Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 7071145
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material comprising a thermosensitive layer provided on a substrate, and the thermosensitive layer comprises as main ingredients a leuco dye and a developer to make colored state of said leuco dye when heated, wherein the developer is an oligomer composition obtained from the reaction of a polyvalent isocyanate compound represented by following Formula (I) with an aromatic amine represented by following Formula (II); where X represents a try- or more-valent group, a represents an integer numeral of 3 or more, b and c represent respectively integer numerals in the range of 0 to 5 and they satisfy a relation of b+c=1 to 5, Z represents hydrogen atom, alkyl group, allyl group or aryl group, and the aryl group may include condensed ling structure thereof, and d represents an integer numeral in the range of 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Morita, Kunio Hayakawa, Masafumi Torii, Mitsuru Naruse
  • Patent number: 7071142
    Abstract: A thermal recording material including a substrate; a thermal coloring layer which is located overlying the substrate and which includes a leuco dye and a developer for coloring the leuco dye upon application of heat; and a protective layer which is located overlying the thermal coloring layer and which includes a binder resin, a crosslinking agent and a filler, wherein the binder resin in the protective layer includes a polyvinyl alcohol having a silanol group, and the crosslinking agent includes a zirconium compound of lactic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Naruse, Mitsunobu Morita, Kunio Hayakawa