Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kido

Masahiro Kido 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).

  • Publication number: 20240096551
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor component includes preparing an insulating paste that is photosensitive and that includes a filler material composed of quartz, a glass material and a resin material, and a conductive paste, forming a first insulating layer by applying the insulating paste, and exposing the first insulating layer in a state where a first portion of the first insulating layer is shielded by a mask. The method further includes removing the first portion of the first insulating layer to form a groove at a position corresponding to the first portion, applying the conductive paste in the groove to form a coil conductor layer in the groove, and applying the insulating paste on the first insulating layer and the coil conductor layer to form a second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki OOTA, Tomohiro KIDO, Tomonori SAKATA, Masahiro KUBOTA, Kenta KONDO
  • Patent number: 11472977
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a plurality of organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the plurality of organic solvents contain at least one compound having a hydrogen bond term ?H, which is a Hansen solubility parameter, of 4.1 MPa1/2 or higher but 9.5 MPa1/2 or lower and a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and at least one diol compound containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kido, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa, Yuta Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10829655
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including water, organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the ink is used in a printing method including applying the ink onto a substrate including a resin to print, and the organic solvents include a compound, a diol compound including 3 or 4 carbon atoms, and 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, where the compound has a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and an absolute value of a difference between Fh of the compound represented by Mathematical Formula 1 and Fh of the resin in the substrate represented by Mathematical Formula 1 is 5% or less, Fh(%)=[?H/(?D+?P+?H)]×100??<Mathematical Formula 1> where, in Mathematical Formula 1, ?H is a hydrogen bond term of the Hansen solubility parameter, ?D is a dispersion term of the Hansen solubility parameter, and ?P is a polarity term of the Hansen solubility parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kido, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga
  • Publication number: 20200115579
    Abstract: An ink containing water, an organic solvent, at least two kinds of resin particles, and at least one compound selected from application formulae (1) and (2). Ink-jetting recording method, and record thereof. Described inks have high adhesiveness for various substrates, and have one or more of high rub fastness, solvent resistance, and non-transfer properties, and further have high image hardness and high glossiness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Naohiro TODA, Juichi FURUKAWA, Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Noriaki OKADA, Hikaru KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10519331
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a plurality of organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the plurality of organic solvents contain at least one compound having a hydrogen bond term ?H, which is a Hansen solubility parameter, of 4.1 MPa1/2 or higher but 9.5 MPa1/2 or lower and a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and at least one diol compound containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kido, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa, Yuta Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190345356
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a plurality of organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the plurality of organic solvents contain at least one compound having a hydrogen bond term ?H, which is a Hansen solubility parameter, of 4.1 MPa1/2 or higher but 9.5 MPa1/2 or lower and a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and at least one diol compound containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, Juichi FURUKAWA, Yuta NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10449780
    Abstract: A printer includes a liquid discharge head and a processor. The liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles. The plurality of nozzles include a line of first nozzles to discharge first liquid and a line of second nozzles to discharge second liquid. The processor is configured to change a print speed in a print mode in which a preceding image is formed with at least the first liquid and a subsequent image to be superimposed on the preceding image is formed with the second liquid, in accordance with an amount of liquid applied to a recording medium to form the preceding image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Tashiro, Masahiro Kido
  • Patent number: 10435575
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a plurality of organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the plurality of organic solvents contain at least one compound having a hydrogen bond term ?H, which is a Hansen solubility parameter, of 4.1 MPa1/2 or higher but 9.5 MPa1/2 or lower and a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and at least one diol compound containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kido, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa, Yuta Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10399363
    Abstract: A print method includes applying a first ink to a recording medium to form a first ink print layer, drying the first ink print layer to a drying ratio of 30 percent or less, and applying a second ink having a color different from that of the first ink to the first ink print layer to form a second ink print layer thereon, wherein the first ink includes a urethane resin particle and a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of from 100 to 180 degrees C. or ?-alkoxy propionamide of Chemical formula I, where R1 represents a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a butyl group and R2 and R3 each, independently represent alkyl groups having one to six carbon atoms, and the first ink and the second ink includes no organic solvent having a boiling point of 280 degrees C. or higher under 1 atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Juichi Furukawa, Masaaki Tsuda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga, Masahiro Kido, Hikaru Kobayashi, Yuta Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10301487
    Abstract: An inkjet recording device includes an ink, a discharging head to discharge the ink to a recording medium, and a cleaning liquid, wherein the ink comprises water, a urethane resin having a glass transition temperature of 0 degrees C. or lower, a pigment, a compound represented by the following Chemical formula 1, and a surfactant, wherein the cleaning liquid comprises water, a compound represented by the following Chemical formula 1, a glycol ether compound, and a surfactant, where Me represents a methyl group, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Michihiko Namba, Masahiro Kido, Yuta Nakamura, Naoto Shimura, Akiko Bannai, Shizuka Kohzuki
  • Patent number: 10189262
    Abstract: A cleaning liquid for rinsing an ink adhering to an article includes water and a first organic solvent, wherein a liquid mixture of the water and the first organic solvent has a Hansen solubility parameter including a hydrogen bond term of 10.0 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less, wherein the ink includes water, a second organic solvent, a polyurethane resin particle, and a polysiloxane surfactant having an HLB value of 8 or less, wherein the polyurethane resin particle accounts for 5 percent by mass or more of a total amount of the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Nakamura, Michihiko Namba, Masahiro Kido, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hikaru Kobayashi, Naoto Shimura, Akiko Bannai, Shizuka Kohzuki
  • Patent number: 10144213
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid discharge device, a carriage, and a controller. The liquid discharge device includes a first nozzle row to discharge a first liquid to form an image and a second nozzle row to discharge a second liquid of a type different from the first liquid. The carriage is mounted with the liquid discharge device and reciprocally movable in a main scanning direction. The controller is configured to control the liquid discharge device to discharge the second liquid onto a region of a medium including another region onto which the first liquid is discharged. The controller includes a control unit to control the liquid discharge device to discharge the second liquid from the second nozzle row in both of forward movement and backward movement of the carriage and discharge the first liquid from the first nozzle row in one of the forward movement and the backward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiroh Hashimoto, Masahiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20180320011
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including water, organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the ink is used in a printing method including applying the ink onto a substrate including a resin to print, and the organic solvents include a compound, a diol compound including 3 or 4 carbon atoms, and 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, where the compound has a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and an absolute value of a difference between Fh of the compound represented by Mathematical Formula 1 and Fh of the resin in the substrate represented by Mathematical Formula 1 is 5% or less, Fh(%)=[?H/(?D+?P+?H)]×100??<Mathematical Formula 1> where, in Mathematical Formula 1, ?H is a hydrogen bond term of the Hansen solubility parameter, ?D is a dispersion term of the Hansen solubility parameter, and ?P is a polarity term of the Hansen solubility parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga
  • Patent number: 10119042
    Abstract: An ink including: water; at least one organic solvent; a polysiloxane surfactant; and acryl-silicone resin particles, where the polysiloxane surfactant has an HLB value of 8 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kido, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yuta Nakamura, Masaaki Tsuda, Hikaru Kobayashi, Yukihiro Imanaga, Michihiko Namba, Hiroaki Takahashi, Takahiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180257388
    Abstract: A printer includes a liquid discharge head and a processor. The liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles. The plurality of nozzles include a line of first nozzles to discharge first liquid and a line of second nozzles to discharge second liquid. The processor is configured to change a print speed in a print mode in which a preceding image is formed with at least the first liquid and a subsequent image to be superimposed on the preceding image is formed with the second liquid, in accordance with an amount of liquid applied to a recording medium to form the preceding image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ryo TASHIRO, Masahiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20180208783
    Abstract: An inkjet recording device includes an ink, a discharging head to discharge the ink to a recording medium, and a cleaning liquid, wherein the ink comprises water, a urethane resin having a glass transition temperature of 0 degrees C. or lower, a pigment, a compound represented by the following Chemical formula 1, and a surfactant, wherein the cleaning liquid comprises water, a compound represented by the following Chemical formula 1, a glycol ether compound, and a surfactant, where Me represents a methyl group, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Michihiko Namba, Masahiro Kido, Yuta Nakamura, Naoto Shimura, Akiko Bannai, Shizuka Kohzuki
  • Publication number: 20180170061
    Abstract: A cleaning liquid for rinsing an ink adhering to an article includes water and a first organic solvent, wherein a liquid mixture of the water and the first organic solvent has a Hansen solubility parameter including a hydrogen bond term of 10.0 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less, wherein the ink includes water, a second organic solvent, a polyurethane resin particle, and a polysiloxane surfactant having an HLB value of 8 or less, wherein the polyurethane resin particle accounts for 5 percent by mass or more of a total amount of the ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Yuta NAKAMURA, Michihiko Namba, Masahiro Kido, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hikaru Kobayashi, Naoto Shimura, Akiko Bannai, Shizuka Kohzuki
  • Publication number: 20180127610
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a plurality of organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the plurality of organic solvents contain at least one compound having a hydrogen bond term ?H, which is a Hansen solubility parameter, of 4.1 MPa1/2 or higher but 9.5 MPa1/2 or lower and a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and at least one diol compound containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, Juichi FURUKAWA, Yuta NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9868288
    Abstract: A cleaning liquid for an inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The cleaning liquid includes an organic solvent having a boiling point of less than 250° C. and no organic solvent having a boiling point of 250° C. or more. The organic solvent having a boiling point of less than 250° C. includes two or more methoxy-group-containing organic solvents and at least one of 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-butanediol, and 2,3-butanediol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Nagashima, Naohiro Toda, Juichi Furukawa, Masahiro Kido, Takashi Tamai, Ichiroh Fujii, Hisashi Habashi
  • Publication number: 20180001669
    Abstract: A print method includes applying a first ink to a recording medium to form a first ink print layer, drying the first ink print layer to a drying ratio of 30 percent or less, and applying a second ink having a color different from that of the first ink to the first ink print layer to form a second ink print layer thereon, wherein the first ink includes a urethane resin particle and a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of from 100 to 180 degrees C. or ?-alkoxy propionamide of Chemical formula I, where R1 represents a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a butyl group and R2 and R3 each, independently represent alkyl groups having one to six carbon atoms, and the first ink and the second ink includes no organic solvent having a boiling point of 280 degrees C. or higher under 1 atm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Juichi FURUKAWA, Masaaki Tsuda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga, Masahiro Kido, Hikaru Kobayashi, Yuta Nakamura