Patents by Inventor Masaaki Yamanaka

Masaaki Yamanaka 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: 7259560
    Abstract: A method of controlling a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is provided with generating a gradient magnetic field in a predetermined space, calculating a duration time period of a rate of a change of the gradient magnetic field, and determining whether the rate of the change of the gradient magnetic field is within a permitted time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Masaaki Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 7218106
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus of the invention comprises a static magnetic field generation unit which generates a static magnetic field in a gantry, a gradient magnetic field generation unit which applies a gradient magnetic field to a object in the static magnetic field, a radio frequency coil which receives a magnetic resonance signal from the object to which the gradient magnetic field is applied, a contour detection unit which detects a contour of the object, a coil movement unit which moves the radio frequency coil on the basis of the detected contour while the radio frequency coil is placed near and far relative to the object, and an image generation unit which generates a magnetic resonance image on the basis of the received magnetic resonance signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutake Yasuhara, Kazuya Okamoto, Masaaki Yamanaka, Manabu Ishii, Tsutomu Igarashi, Shigehide Kuhara
  • Publication number: 20070054111
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayered-stretched resin film characterized in that on the back surface of a printable front layer (A) comprising a thermoplastic resin, an inorganic finepowder, and/or an organic filler is laminated a back layer (B) comprising a surface-treated inorganic finepowder and a thermoplastic resin comprising a hydrophilic thermoplastic resin, and in that the peel strength of back layer (B) is from 10 to 200 g/cm. The multilayered-stretched resin film affords good suitability for printing and embossing, that can be directly adhered to a wall or the like using a water-soluble adhesive without necessitating a backing of natural paper required by conventional wallpapers, and that can be readily peeled off the wall in a manner permitting recycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamanaka, Kazuyuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20070023027
    Abstract: A superabrasive wire saw-wound structure includes a superabrasive wire saw (10) formed with an average diameter D and a reel (1). The superabrasive wire saw (10) includes a core wire (11), a bonding material (12) surrounding a surface of the core wire (11), and a plurality of superabrasive grains (13) bonded to the surface of the core wire (11) with the bonding material (12). The reel (1) includes a peripheral surface (2) having one end (3) and the other end (4). The superabrasive wire saw (10) which is to be unreeled successively toward a workpiece is wound around the peripheral surface (2) reciprocatingly between the one end (3) and the other end (4) to be multi-layered. A pitch P for winding the superabrasive wire saw (10) around the peripheral surface (2) between the one end (3) and the other end (4) satisfies a relation of D<P<2D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Masanori Nakai, Masaaki Yamanaka, Yoshizumi Ishitobi
  • Patent number: 7101826
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide recording paper and label paper with excellent waterproof properties, reduced curling from heat when used as recording paper in a heat-fixing type electrophotographic printer, a heat-fixing type electrophotographic copier or a direct heat-sensitive printer, excellent paper delivery properties, and capable of providing continuous printing of multiple sheets. A further object of the invention is to provide recording paper and label paper with excellent waterproof properties as the base materials of masking seals and re-covering-preventing labels, and requiring no special process to start peeling. The present invention provides recording paper comprising resin film (A) containing a thermoplastic resin, and at least one of inorganic fine powder and an organic filler, wherein the heat of crystallization is 60 J/cm3 or lower, and label paper using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Masaaki Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20060014004
    Abstract: An electrophotographic film with excellent water resistance, which is more reduced in heat curling than before when used as a recording paper for thermal fixing-type electrophotographic printers or a copying machines and prevents stains of the toner-fixing unit if it jams in the printer or copying machine and which can provide continuous printing of a large number of sheets, is provided by an electrophotographic film comprising a resin film (A) formed of a resin composition containing an inorganic fine powder and/or an organic filler, the resin composition having a melt tension of 5 g or more at 210° C., a crystallization temperature of 120° C. or more and a crystallization heat of 60 J/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Masaaki Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 6977501
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a calculator that calculates the quantity of heat generated (or to be generated) in a gradient magnetic field coil as a function of current supplied (or to be supplied) to the gradient magnetic field coil and at least one other factor such as eddy currents induced in a shield body used for shielding gradient field leakage flux from the imaged volume and/or delayed measurement of actual coil temperature. Such improved more timely temperature prediction and/or measurement is used to effect protective actions to better prevent permanent coil damage due to overheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshimori Kassai, Masaaki Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20050186371
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stretched resin film having a liquid absorption coefficient of at least 5 ml/(m2·ms1/2). The stretched resin film has good liquid absorbability with good seepage resistance. When stuck to objects with a water-base adhesive, it dries within a short period of time and attains good adhesiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kimura, Masaaki Yamanaka, Hiroshi Koike, Seiichiro Iida, Takatoshi Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20050134273
    Abstract: A method of controlling a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is provided with generating a gradient magnetic field in a predetermined space, calculating a duration time period of a rate of a change of the gradient magnetic field, and determining whether the rate of the change of the gradient magnetic field is within a permitted time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Masaaki Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20050122108
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus of the invention comprises a static magnetic field generation unit which generates a static magnetic field in a gantry, a gradient magnetic field generation unit which applies a gradient magnetic field to a object in the static magnetic field, a radio frequency coil which receives a magnetic resonance signal from the object to which the gradient magnetic field is applied, a contour detection unit which detects a contour of the object, a coil movement unit which moves the radio frequency coil on the basis of the detected contour while the radio frequency coil is placed near and far relative to the object, and an image generation unit which generates a magnetic resonance image on the basis of the received magnetic resonance signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasutake Yasuhara, Kazuya Okamoto, Masaaki Yamanaka, Manabu Ishii, Tsutomu Igarashi, Shigehide Kuhara
  • Publication number: 20050048271
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide recording paper and label paper with excellent waterproof properties, reduced curling from heat when used as recording paper in a heat-fixing type electrophotographic printer, a heat-fixing type electrophotographic copier or a direct heat-sensitive printer, excellent paper delivery properties, and capable of providing continuous printing of multiple sheets. A further object of the invention is to provide recording paper and label paper with excellent waterproof properties as the base materials of masking seals and re-covering-preventing labels, and requiring no special process to start peeling. The present invention provides recording paper comprising resin film (A) containing a thermoplastic resin, and at least one of inorganic fine powder and an organic filler, wherein the heat of crystallization is 60 J/cm3 or lower, and label paper using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Masaaki Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20040258938
    Abstract: A stretched resin film comprises a uniaxially stretched film comprising a propylene-base polymer (A) in an amount of 30 to 79 wt %, polybutene-1 (B) in an amount of 3 to 25 wt %, a petroleum resin (C) and/or hydrogenated terpene resin (D) in an amount of 3 to 25 wt %, and an organic and/or inorganic fine powder (E) in an amount of 10 to 65 wt %. The stretched resin film is a white, opaque film having excellent heat shrinking properties, printability and stiffness, and does not contribute to environmental pollution when burned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamanaka, Kazuyuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20040121176
    Abstract: The problem of the invention is to provide a multilayered resin stretched film made of a polypropylene based resin as a material, which is excellent in sheet fed offset printing properties, low-temperature heat sealing properties with a container, and unsealing properties, and a blister pack having excellent recycle properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamanaka, Kazuyuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20040017195
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a calculator that calculates the quantity of heat generated (or to be generated) in a gradient magnetic field coil as a function of current supplied (or to be supplied) to the gradient magnetic field coil and at least one other factor such as eddy currents induced in a shield body used for shielding gradient field leakage flux from the imaged volume and/or delayed measurement of actual coil temperature. Such improved more timely temperature prediction and/or measurement is used to effect protective actions to better prevent permanent coil damage due to overheating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshimori Kassai, Masaaki Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20030219585
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayered-stretched resin film characterized in that on the back surface of a printable front layer (A) comprising a thermoplastic resin, an inorganic finepowder, and/or an organic filler is laminated a back layer (B) comprising a surface-treated inorganic finepowder and a thermoplastic resin comprising a hydrophilic thermoplastic resin, and in that the peel strength of back layer (B) is from 10 to 200 g/cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamanaka, Kazuyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 6576325
    Abstract: Disclosed is a label having a base layer (A) of a uniaxially stretched film containing 55 to 95 wt % of a thermoplastic resin and an inorganic or organic fine powder having an average grain size of 0.2 to 2 &mgr;m in an amount more than 5 wt % and not more than 45 wt %; a surface layer (B) of a uniaxially stretched film provided on one surface of the base layer (A), containing 35 to 85 wt % of a thermoplastic resin and 15 to 65 wt % of an inorganic fine powder having an average grain size of 0.2 to 2 &mgr;m; and an adhesive layer (C) of a uniaxially stretched film provided on the opposite surface of the base layer (A), containing 90 to 99 wt % of a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 80 to 140° C., and 1 to 10 wt % of an inorganic or organic fine powder having an average grain size of 0.7 to 3 &mgr;m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Oji-Yuka Synthetic Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamanaka, Kazumasa Hirano
  • Patent number: 6567685
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus generates an MR signal from an object by applying a gradient field pulse generated by a gradient field coil and a high-frequency magnetic field pulse generated by a high-frequency coil to the object in a static field, and reconstructs an image on the basis of the MR signal. The gradient field coil is housed in a sealed vessel. The internal air in the sealed vessel is exhausted by the pump to prevent noise. By controlling the operation of the pump using a control circuit, noise in imaging operation can be reduced more effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Takamori, Ayumi Katsunuma, Hitoshi Kanazawa, Takeshiro Suzuki, Seiji Nozaki, Masatoshi Hanawa, Yoshio Machida, Masaaki Yamanaka, Masao Yui
  • Publication number: 20030077432
    Abstract: A synthetic paper, having excellent printability, obtained by oxidizing a film obtained by stretching a resin film comprising as the base material a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of resin components comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: MASAAKI YAMANAKA, HIROSHI KOYAMA, YASUHIRO UEDA
  • Publication number: 20030054165
    Abstract: A stretched resin film comprises a uniaxially stretched film comprising a propylene-base polymer (A) in an amount of 30 to 79 wt %, polybutene-1 (B) in an amount of 3 to 25 wt %, a petroleum resin (C) and/or hydrogenated terpene resin (D) in an amount of 3 to 25 wt %, and an organic and/or inorganic fine powder (E) in an amount of 10 to 65 wt %. The stretched resin film is a white, opaque film having excellent heat shrinking properties, printability and stiffness, and does not contribute to environmental pollution when burned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamanaka, Kazuyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 6534150
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stretched film of a thermoplastic resin comprising a stretched film base layer (A) containing 40 to 85 wt % of a thermoplastic resin and 60 to 15 wt % of an inorganic or organic fine powder; and a stretched film surface layer(B), being provided at least on one surface of said stretched film base layer (A), containing 30 to 90 wt % of a thermoplastic resin and 70 to 10 wt % of inorganic or organic fine powder having an average particle size smaller than that of the inorganic or organic fine powder contained in the stretched film base layer (A), and has a porosity of 5 to 60%. The stretched film of the thermoplastic resin has a high surface hardness, excellent processability in embossing and desirable ink adhesiveness, and can effectively be used in a variety of applications including building decorative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Oji-Yuka Synthetic Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamanaka, Tokumi Chiba