Patents by Inventor Kunio Sakurai

Kunio Sakurai 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: 8467187
    Abstract: A flat-panel display apparatus comprises a display panel, a circuit board, and a cover. The circuit board includes a first and second circuit boards. The first circuit board is arranged above the second circuit board so that, on the back side of the display panel, a mounting surfaces of the first and second circuit boards are approximately in parallel with a display surface of the display panel and do not overlap each other. Each of the first and second circuit boards have a primary mounting surface on which a large number of electrical components are mounted, and a secondary mounting surface that is opposite the primary mounting surface. The primary mounting surface of the first circuit board is arranged in an inverted orientation to the primary mounting surface of the second circuit board. A radiator with fins is provided on the secondary mounting surface side of the first circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Itazawa, Kunio Sakurai, Kiyoshi Kumagai
  • Patent number: 7933541
    Abstract: An image-forming method includes forming a toner image on the surface of an image carrier, transferring the toner image from the surface of the image carrier onto an image-receiving layer of a belt-shaped intermediate transfer film that is provided on a surface of a base material, superimposing the intermediate transfer film on a surface of a recording medium such that the toner image contacts the surface of the recording medium, fixing the toner image by application of heat and pressure, forming a laminate by pressure-bonding the superimposed intermediate transfer film onto the recording medium by application of heat and pressure, and peeling the base material off the image-receiving layer at the interface therebetween, so that the entire image-forming surface of the recording medium is covered with the image-receiving layer and the image is formed between the recording medium and the image-receiving layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kodera, Naoyuki Egusa, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi, Kunio Sakurai
  • Patent number: 7820272
    Abstract: An image transfer sheet for electrophotography comprising a substrate and an image receiving layer provided on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the image receiving layer includes particles having a volume average particle diameter which is greater than a thickness of the image receiving layer, and both surfaces of the image transfer sheet have surface resistivities at 23° C. 55% r.h. which are within the range of 1.0×108 to 1.0×1013?. Also provided are an image recorded medium and a method for manufacturing the image recorded medium which use the image transfer sheet for electrophotography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Torikoshi, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kunio Sakurai, Naoyuki Egusa, Tetsuro Kodera
  • Patent number: 7762819
    Abstract: A substrate connecting member connects two circuit boards connected together while maintaining high reliability of the junctions between itself and the circuit boards even if the circuit boards are warped by temperature change of an impact load. The substrate connecting member includes a frame member made of an insulating resin; slit grooves formed in at least one of the inner and outer surfaces of frame side portions composing the frame member, the slit grooves being formed throughout the entire length of the frame side portions in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the frame side portions; and connection conductor portions having connection terminals provided on the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of the frame side portions in the thickness direction and connecting conductors each connecting connection terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Mori, Yoshihiko Yagi, Masahiro Ono, Yoshihiro Tomura, Kunio Hibino, Yasushi Nakagiri, Akihiro Miyashita, Kunio Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20100177479
    Abstract: A flat-panel display apparatus comprises a display panel, a circuit board, and a cover. The circuit board includes a first and second circuit boards. The first circuit board is arranged above the second circuit board so that, on the back side of the display panel, a mounting surfaces of the first and second circuit boards are approximately in parallel with a display surface of the display panel and do not overlap each other. Each of the first and second circuit boards have a primary mounting surface on which a large number of electrical components are mounted, and a secondary mounting surface that is opposite the primary mounting surface. The primary mounting surface of the first circuit board is arranged in an inverted orientation to the primary mounting surface of the second circuit board. A radiator with fins is provided on the secondary mounting surface side of the first circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Itazawa, Kunio Sakurai, Kiyoshi Kumagai
  • Patent number: 7736725
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate film for electrophotography including a substrate, a laminate layer formed on one surface of the substrate, and a non-laminate layer formed on the other surface of the substrate, wherein the non-laminate layer contains at least a resin and fine particles and satisfies the inequalities (1) 1.5?R?5; (2) 0.1?t<R; and (3) 7/R?n, wherein R represents a volume average particle diameter (?m) of the fine particles; t represents a thickness (?m) of the non-laminate layer; and n represents the number of the fine particles contained in the non-laminate layer per 10,000 square ?m in the substrate plane direction (particles/(100 ?m)2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Sakurai, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi
  • Patent number: 7727603
    Abstract: A transfer member of an image forming material for electrophotography, the transfer member including a substrate and an image receiving layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate. The image receiving layer includes at least a releasing material and has a surface resistivity of 1.0×108 to 3.2×1013?/? at 23° C. and 55% RH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoo Kobayashi, Kunio Sakurai, Kaoru Torikoshi, Tetsuro Kodera, Naoyuki Egusa
  • Publication number: 20090215287
    Abstract: A substrate connecting member connects two circuit boards connected together while maintaining high reliability of the junctions between itself and the circuit boards even if the circuit boards are warped by temperature change of an impact load. The substrate connecting member includes a frame member made of an insulating resin; slit grooves formed in at least one of the inner and outer surfaces of frame side portions composing the frame member, the slit grooves being formed throughout the entire length of the frame side portions in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the frame side portions; and connection conductor portions having connection terminals provided on the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of the frame side portions in the thickness direction and connecting conductors each connecting connection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Masato Mori, Yoshihiko Yagi, Masahiro Ono, Yoshihiro Tomura, Kunio Hibino, Yasushi Nakagiri, Akihiro Miyashita, Kunio Sakurai
  • Patent number: 7579130
    Abstract: An image transfer sheet for electrophotography comprising a substrate and at least one layer including an image receiving layer on one side surface of the substrate, wherein at least one layer of the layers is a curable resin-containing layer which is a layer separable from the substrate or a layer disposed between the curable resin-containing layer and the substrate on the one side surface. Also provided are a method for manufacturing the image recorded medium which use the image transfer sheet for electrophotography and an image recorded medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi, Kunio Sakurai, Tetsuro Kodera, Naoyuki Egusa
  • Publication number: 20080311356
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate film for electrophotography including a substrate, a laminate layer formed on one surface of the substrate, and a non-laminate layer formed on the other surface of the substrate, wherein the non-laminate layer contains at least a resin and fine particles and satisfies the inequalities (1) 1.5?R?5; (2) 0.1?t<R; and (3) 7/R?n, wherein R represents a volume average particle diameter (?m) of the fine particles; t represents a thickness (?m) of the non-laminate layer; and n represents the number of the fine particles contained in the non-laminate layer per 10,000 square ?m in the substrate plane direction (particles/(100 ?m)2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kunio Sakurai, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi
  • Patent number: 7429417
    Abstract: A sheet for forming process including a base material and at least one functional layer provided on a surface of the base material, wherein the functional layer has, at the outermost surface thereof, a surface resistivity of 1.0×108 to 1.0×1013 ?/?, and a surface of the base material, on which surface the functional layer is provided, contains at least one selected from polycarbonate resins and polyarylate resins; a method for manufacturing the sheet for forming process, an image forming method, a method for manufacturing a forming processed product using the sheet for forming process, and the forming processed product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoo Kobayashi, Tetsuro Kodera, Kunio Sakurai, Kaoru Torikoshi
  • Patent number: 7413795
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate film for electrophotography including a substrate, a laminate layer formed on one surface of the substrate, and a non-laminate layer formed on the other surface of the substrate, wherein the non-laminate layer contains at least a resin and fine particles and satisfies the inequalities (1) 1.5?R?5; (2) 0.1?t<R; and (3) 7/R?n, wherein R represents a volume average particle diameter (?m) of the fine particles; t represents a thickness (?m) of the non-laminate layer; and n represents the number of the fine particles contained in the non-laminate layer per 10,000 square ?m in the substrate plane direction (particles/(100 ?m)2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Sakurai, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi
  • Patent number: 7222413
    Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide an apparatus and a method for transferring boards, and a component mounting apparatus whereby a production efficiency can be improved in accordance with types of boards to be produced. For accomplishing this object, there are arranged a shift device capable of moving a mounted board from a process-finished board transfer path to an unprocessed board transfer path, a controller for controlling this moving, and an identifying device. This arrangement enables switching of a method of transferring boards in accordance with types of boards to be produced, and controlling supply of boards to the component mounting apparatus, so that production efficiency is improved in accordance with types of boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kurayasu Hamasaki, Makito Seno, Kunio Sakurai, Hiroshi Ota, Akiko Katsui, Yoshiyuki Nagai
  • Patent number: 7205046
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic lamination film which can be easily laminated by using the film as it is without significantly modifying a conventional electrophotographic device, can be printed with letters of high resolution directly on a surface of the film capable of softening at relatively low temperatures, and can form an image of high quality having sufficient heat resistance and light resistance with good recognizability even in outdoor use, as well as a method of producing the same and a method of forming an image. In the electrophotographic lamination film, a surface resistance of at least one surface of a substrate thereof is in a range of 108 to 1013 ?/?, and a Vicat softening temperature of the substrate is in a range of 70 to 130° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoo Kobayashi, Kunio Sakurai, Kaoru Torikoshi
  • Publication number: 20070065187
    Abstract: An image-forming method including: forming a toner image on the surface of an image carrier; transferring the toner image from the surface of the image carrier onto the image-receiving layer of a belt-shaped intermediate transfer film having the image-receiving layer provided on a surface of a base material; superimposing the intermediate transfer film on a surface of a recording medium such that the toner image contacts the surface of the recording medium; fixing the toner image by application of heat and pressure; forming a laminate by pressure-bonding the superimposed intermediate transfer film onto the recording medium by application of heat and pressure; and peeling the base material off the image-receiving layer at the interface therebetween, so that the entire image-forming surface of the recording medium is covered with the image-receiving layer and so that the image is formed between the recording medium and the image-receiving layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kodera, Naoyuki Egusa, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi, Kunio Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20070031650
    Abstract: An image transfer sheet for electrophotography comprising a substrate and at least one layer including an image receiving layer on one side surface of the substrate, wherein at least one layer of the layers is a curable resin-containing layer which is a layer separable from the substrate or a layer disposed between the curable resin-containing layer and the substrate on the one side surface. Also provided are a method for manufactruing the image recorded medium which use the image transfer sheet for electrophotography and an image recorded medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi, Kunio Sakurai, Tetsuro Kodera, Naoyuki Egusa
  • Patent number: 7165318
    Abstract: A substantial apparatus width along a board carrying direction of an electronic component placing apparatus for placing electronic components on a board having a length L along the board carrying direction is a total dimension 4L+SL. Specifically, 4L denotes a length of the sum of the lengths of a first board retreat position, a first component placement position, a second board retreat position and a second component placement position. Further, SL denotes a length of the sum of the lengths of the spaces for positioning a board stop mechanism provided at each of the first board retreat position, the first component placement position, the second board retreat position and the second component placement position. Finally, the substantial apparatus width is between 450 mm and 1000 mm inclusively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youichi Nakamura, Kunio Sakurai, Kazumasa Okumura, Ken Takano, Minoru Yamamoto, Hirokazu Honkawa, Kentaro Nishiwaki, Yoshihiko Misawa
  • Publication number: 20070003741
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate film for electrophotography including a substrate, a laminate layer formed on one surface of the substrate, and a non-laminate layer formed on the other surface of the substrate, wherein the non-laminate layer contains at least a resin and fine particles and satisfies the inequalities (1) 1.5?R?5; (2) 0.1?t<R; and (3) 7/R?n, wherein R represents a volume average particle diameter (?m) of the fine particles; t represents a thickness (?m) of the non-laminate layer; and n represents the number of the fine particles contained in the non-laminate layer per 10,000 square ?m in the substrate plane direction (particles/(100 ?m)2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kunio Sakurai, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi
  • Publication number: 20060216497
    Abstract: An image transfer sheet for electrophotography comprising a substrate and an image receiving layer provided on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the image receiving layer includes particles having a volume average particle diameter which is greater than a thickness of the image receiving layer, and both surfaces of the image transfer sheet have surface resistivities at 23° C. 55% r.h. which are within the range of 1.0×108 to 1.0×1013?. Also provided are an image recorded medium and a method for manufacturing the image recorded medium which use the image transfer sheet for electrophotography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kaoru Torikoshi, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kunio Sakurai, Naoyuki Egusa, Tetsuro Kodera
  • Patent number: 7070860
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrophotographic laminated film and a method for producing the electrophotographic laminated film. The electrophotographic laminated film comprises a substrate and at least one of a coating layer and a function control means provided on a surface of the substrate. The uppermost layer of the coating layer has a surface resistance in a range of 1.0×108 to 1.0×1013 ?/?. The surface of the substrate preferably comprises at least one of a polycarbonate resin and a polyallylate resin. At least one of the coating layer and the function control means is preferably formed by providing a coating liquid. Further, a solvent contained in the coating liquid is preferably permits at least one of the coating layer and function control means to be formed while dissolving the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoo Kobayashi, Kunio Sakurai, Kaoru Torikoshi