Patents by Inventor Masahiko Nakazawa

Masahiko Nakazawa 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: 9958753
    Abstract: An electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to the aspect of the invention contains at least one type of electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and, in the electrophoresis dispersion liquid, the content of the electrophoretic particles is 10 weight % or more to 30 weight % or less. Furthermore, the electrophoretic particles have base particles and a polymer (particle surface treatment agent) linked with the base particles and, in the electrophoretic particles, the content of the polymer is 5 weight % or more to 15 weight % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kozo Shitagami, Hiroki Nakahara, Harunobu Komatsu, Takashi Hiraiwa, Masahiko Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 9952461
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a display device that excels in waterproofness against moisture from a display side. A display device is provided with: a display for displaying an image on a display surface; a cover plate located on the display surface side of the display, the cover plate having a light-transmitting section for making the display surface visible; an elastic member provided so as to cover the side circumferential section of the cover plate; and an accommodation body having an open section that is open toward the cover plate side and a protruding section encircling the open section and protruding to the outer circumferential side of the open section. The display is bonded to the cover plate with a photocurable adhesive. The cover plate is secured via the elastic member to the protruding section by a caulked metal frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakazawa, Yusuke Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9804472
    Abstract: An electrophoresis dispersion liquid includes first electrophoretic particle of a scattering system having an ionic group on a surface thereof; second electrophoretic particle of a coloring system having a polarization group on the surface thereof; and a dispersion medium. It is preferable that the ionic group is an acidic group, and further includes a ring structure that forms an acidic group and a salt. It is preferable that the polarization group is an organic group having a main skeleton, and a substituent bonded to the main skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinobu Yokokawa, Keiichi Inoue, Tomoyuki Ushiyama, Masahiko Nakazawa, Kiyoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170235205
    Abstract: An electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to the aspect of the invention contains at least one type of electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and, in the electrophoresis dispersion liquid, the content of the electrophoretic particles is 10 weight % or more to 30 weight % or less. Furthermore, the electrophoretic particles have base particles and a polymer (particle surface treatment agent) linked with the base particles and, in the electrophoretic particles, the content of the polymer is 5 weight % or more to 15 weight % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kozo SHITAGAMI, Hiroki NAKAHARA, Harunobu KOMATSU, Takashi HIRAIWA, Masahiko NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170184939
    Abstract: An electrophoretic particle includes a base particle and a block copolymer (a particle surface treatment agent) which is bonded to the base particle (a particle), in which the block copolymer includes a dispersion portion derived from one first monomer formed of a siloxane-based compound, and a bonding portion derived from two or more second monomers having a functional group, and is bonded to the base particle with the reaction of the functional group in the bonding portion. In addition, a weight-average molecular weight of the dispersion portion is in a range of 15,000 to 150,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakazawa, Takashi Hiraiwa, Hiroki Nakahara, Harunobu Komatsu, Kozo Shitagami
  • Publication number: 20170158822
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrophoretic particle is a method of manufacturing an electrophoretic particle including a particle and a particle surface treatment agent which is bonded to the particle, the method including preparing a mixture containing a plurality of the particles, the particle surface treatment agent, an unreacted product of a raw material used at the time of generating the particle surface treatment agent, and a reaction by-product generated at the time of generating the particle surface treatment agent, the mixture having a content of the particle surface treatment agent which is set to be equal to or greater than 70% by weight in the mixture except for the plurality of particles; and bonding the particle surface treatment agent to a surface of the particle in the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Harunobu Komatsu, Hiroki Nakahara, Masahiko Nakazawa, Takashi Hiraiwa, Kozo Shitagami
  • Patent number: 9645467
    Abstract: Electrophoretic particle include a core particle; a siloxane-based compound that is bonded to a surface of the core particle and contains a connection structure in which a plurality of siloxane bonds are serially connected to each other; and a polarizing group that is an organic group bonded to the surface of the core particle, contains a main skeleton and a substituent bonded to the main skeleton, and has unevenly distributed electrons on the particle side of the main skeleton or the opposing side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Yokokawa, Masahiko Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 9645466
    Abstract: Electrophoretic particle include a core particle (mother particle); a siloxane-based compound that is bonded to a surface of the core particle and contains a connection structure in which a plurality of siloxane bonds are serially connected to each other; and a charging group that is an organic group bonded to the surface of the core particle, contains a main skeleton, and has a positive or negative electric charge. It is preferable that the occupancy rate of an area to which the siloxane-based compound is bonded on the surface of the core particle be in the range of 0.05% to 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Yokokawa, Masahiko Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20170081528
    Abstract: An electrophoretic particle includes a base particle (particle), a first compound, a second compound, and a third compound bonded to the base particle. The first compound is a polymer having a dispersion portion derived from a first monomer, and a bonding portion derived from a second monomer, and is connected to the base particle at the bonding portion. The second compound includes a non-polar group and a second functional group and is connected to the base particle at the second functional group. The third compound includes a charging group and a second functional group and is connected to the base particle at the second functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Keiichi Inoue, Shinobu Yokokawa, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Tomoyuki Ushiyama, Masahiko Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20170003569
    Abstract: According to the invention, an electrophoretic dispersion liquid includes at least one type of an electrophoretic particle, and a dispersion medium, in which the content of transition metal of group 8 elements derived from a catalyst which is used to generate at least one of a block copolymer (a particle surface treatment agent) used to form the electrophoretic particle and the dispersion medium is in a range of greater than 0 ppm to equal to or less than 2 ppm in the electrophoretic dispersion liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Harunobu Komatsu, Masahiko Nakazawa, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Hiroki Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20160334665
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a display device that excels in waterproofness against moisture from a display side. A display device is provided with: a display for displaying an image on a display surface; a cover plate located on the display surface side of the display, the cover plate having a light-transmitting section for making the display surface visible; an elastic member provided so as to cover the side circumferential section of the cover plate; and an accommodation body having an open section that is open toward the cover plate side and a protruding section encircling the open section and protruding to the outer circumferential side of the open section. The display is bonded to the cover plate with a photocurable adhesive. The cover plate is secured via the elastic member to the protruding section by a caulked metal frame body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Yusuke YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20160282696
    Abstract: An electrophoresis dispersion liquid includes first electrophoretic particle of a scattering system having an ionic group on a surface thereof; second electrophoretic particle of a coloring system having a polarization group on the surface thereof; and a dispersion medium. It is preferable that the ionic group is an acidic group, and further includes a ring structure that forms an acidic group and a salt. It is preferable that the polarization group is an organic group having a main skeleton, and a substituent bonded to the main skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shinobu Yokokawa, Keiichi Inoue, Tomoyuki Ushiyama, Masahiko Nakazawa, Kiyoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20160266462
    Abstract: An electrophoretic particle includes a particle and a coating layer, in which the coating layer includes at least one of dispersibility and chargeability, and includes a polymer that connects to the particle, where the polymer includes a first functional group and is connected to the particle via a connected body, the connected body has a molecular weight of 500 or less and includes a second functional group and a third functional group, and the particle, the connected body and the polymer are connected via the chemical bond formed by reacting the first and second functional groups and the chemical bond formed by reacting the hydroxyl group and the third functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kozo Shitagami, Kei Kamakura, Masahiko Nakazawa, Hiroki Nakahara, Harunobu Komatsu
  • Patent number: 9323126
    Abstract: There is provided electrophoretic particle which has core particle, and a siloxane-based compound which includes a connecting structure in which a plurality of siloxane bonds are connected in series, and the surface of the core particle includes a first region to which the siloxane-based compound is bonded, and a second region in which charging characteristic derived from the core particle is expressed by exposure of the surface of the core particle. An occupancy rate of the first region on the surface of the core particle is preferably equal to greater than 0.05% and equal to or less than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakazawa, Shinobu Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20150205180
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a dispersion medium includes bonding a siloxane compound to the surface of core particles by a precursor of the siloxane compound and the surface of the core particles being reacted in the dispersion medium, and removing the precursor not bonded to the core particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Shinobu Yokokawa, Masahiko Nakazawa, Keiichi Inoue, Kei Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20140376080
    Abstract: Electrophoretic particle include a core particle (mother particle); a siloxane-based compound that is bonded to a surface of the core particle and contains a connection structure in which a plurality of siloxane bonds are serially connected to each other; and a charging group that is an organic group bonded to the surface of the core particle, contains a main skeleton, and has a positive or negative electric charge. It is preferable that the occupancy rate of an area to which the siloxane-based compound is bonded on the surface of the core particle be in the range of 0.05% to 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Shinobu YOKOKAWA, Masahiko NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20140376081
    Abstract: Electrophoretic particle include a core particle; a siloxane-based compound that is bonded to a surface of the core particle and contains a connection structure in which a plurality of siloxane bonds are serially connected to each other; and a polarizing group that is an organic group bonded to the surface of the core particle, contains a main skeleton and a substituent bonded to the main skeleton, and has unevenly distributed electrons on the particle side of the main skeleton or the opposing side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Shinobu YOKOKAWA, Masahiko NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20140355104
    Abstract: There is provided electrophoretic particle which has core particle, and a siloxane-based compound which includes a connecting structure in which a plurality of siloxane bonds are connected in series, and the surface of the core particle includes a first region to which the siloxane-based compound is bonded, and a second region in which charging characteristic derived from the core particle is expressed by exposure of the surface of the core particle. An occupancy rate of the first region on the surface of the core particle is preferably equal to greater than 0.05% and equal to or less than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Shinobu YOKOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20070222777
    Abstract: An electrooptic device includes: a first substrate including a first terminal group having a plurality of first terminals and a second terminal group having a plurality of second terminals; a second substrate including a third terminal group having a plurality of third terminals that are conductively connected to the plurality of corresponding first terminals; and a third substrate including a fourth terminal group having a plurality of fourth terminals that are conductively connected to the plurality of corresponding second terminals. The plurality of first terminals extend along a plurality of lines passing through a first common point apart from the first terminal group in a predetermined direction intersecting the direction of the array of the first terminals and are arrayed in line symmetry about an axis passing through the first common point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiko NAKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 7180196
    Abstract: A wiring terminal is formed on a wiring substrate, and an electrode is formed on a semiconductor device. The width of the wiring terminal is smaller than the width of the electrode. When the semiconductor device is mounted on the wiring substrate, the wiring terminal becomes embedded in the electrode due to applied pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamada, Takeshi Ashida, Masahiko Nakazawa, Masanori Yumoto