Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Hashimoto
Masatoshi Hashimoto 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).
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Publication number: 20110221082Abstract: Provided is a liposome manufacturing device which is a relatively small, multipurpose liposome manufacturing device that uses a motor, and that can reliably manufacture various types of liposomes and reconfigured liposomes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Hashimoto Electronic Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuro Yoshimura, Kanta Tsumoto, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Toshihiko Yamagata, Kunitate Aoki
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Publication number: 20110187012Abstract: Provided is a device for formulating a large quantity of many kinds of liposomes quickly and efficiently using a small amount of organic solvent through computer-based automatic control. To this end, an automatic multifunctional liposome manufacturing device (1) is equipped with a cylindrical reaction vessel (2), an eccentric motor (3), a heater (4), a vacuum pump (10), a syringe pump (SP3) for supplying an organic solvent into a reaction space, a syringe pump (SP4) for supplying an aqueous solution into the reaction space, an ultrasonic processor (6), and a computer (15) for automatic control of the individual mechanisms in accordance with a program.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: Hashimoto Electronic Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuro Yoshimura, Masatoshi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20110183071Abstract: It is disclosed an over-coating agent for forming fine patterns which is applied to cover a substrate having photoresist patterns thereon and allowed to shrink under heat so that the spacing between adjacent photoresist patterns is lessened, with the applied film of the over-coating agent being removed to form fine patterns, further characterized by comprising a water-soluble polymer which contains a monomeric component and a dimeric component, wherein the total content of the monomeric component and the dimeric component in the water-soluble polymer is reduced to 10 mass % or less, and a method of forming fine patterns using the same. By the present invention, even in reducing the pattern size on a substrate having thereon patterns having different pitches, the heat shrinkage of the over-coating agent can be controlled, irrespective whether the pitch is dense or isolate, thus achieving the pattern size reduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventors: Tsunehiro Watanabe, Toshiki Takedutsumi, Masanori Yagishita, Kiyofumi Mitome, Takahito Imai, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masaji Uetsuka
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Patent number: 7960028Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester type film has a dynamic friction coefficient of at least one face with one face of another film of ?d?0.27 and range R?0.05 and a weight loss of less than 0.24 g/m2 after 10 reciprocation times with 400 g load using a color fastness rubbing tester comprising a friction element bearing a sand paper with #1000 particle diameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kyoko Inagaki, Satoshi Hayakawa, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Norimi Tabota, Naonobu Oda
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Publication number: 20110063739Abstract: To implement the alignment of lenses with a simple configuration or by a simple method. A lens unit includes a plurality of lenses each including a lens portion and a flange portion surrounding the lens portion, and a tube portion that holds the plurality of lenses successively arranged along an optical axis. The holder body includes first and second receive portions successively formed along the optical axis. The first receive portion holds the lenses by pressing the side of the flange portion that extends along the optical axis. The second receive portion receives the lens such that the lens can be moved in a direction crossing the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirata, Haruo Arai, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masahiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110042237Abstract: Provided is an electrochemical sensor device capable of micromachining a channel while maintaining its measurement sensitivity and of reliably quantitating an analyte in a trace amount of a sample. An electrochemical sensor device includes: a channel portion formed in a substrate; and working electrodes for subjecting an analyte in a solution flowing in the channel portion to electrochemical measurement, the electrochemical sensor device includes a plurality of measuring portions individually provided with the working electrodes, and each of the working electrodes has a plurality of conductive protrusion portions formed to protrude from a bottom surface of each of the measuring portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2008Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA, KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Junji Fukuda, Hiroaki Suzuki, Kentaro Okamura, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Takahisa Anada, Hideki Kuramitsu, Go Tazaki
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Publication number: 20110008607Abstract: A heat-shrinkable white polyester film is provided which has extremely satisfactory cuttability along a perforation and has light-shielding properties. Also provided are: a label; and a process for producing the film with high productivity. The heat-shrinkable white polyester film comprises a polyester resin constituted of ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent component and containing at least 13 mol % one or more monomer ingredients capable of serving as an amorphous component among all components of the polyester resin. This film has specific heat shrinkability, specific light-shielding properties, and specific mechanical properties. The process is excellent in the productivity of the film. The label is obtained from the heat-shrinkable white polyester film.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Katsuhiko Nose
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Publication number: 20100260951Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester film is obtained which is extremely satisfactory in openability along a perforation, has exceedingly high productivity, and is less apt to split in the lengthwise direction in processing, e.g., printing. Provided is a label which is formed from the heat-shrinkable film and is satisfactorily tearable. The label is one formed from a tubular material which comprises as a base a heat-shrinkable film thermally shrinking mainly in the film width direction and which has been cut according to an object to be packaged, both edges in the film width direction having been bonded to each other. The tubular material has been thermally shrunk to constitute the label, with which at least part of the periphery of the object to be packaged is covered. The label has an angle tear strength in the direction perpendicular to the main shrinkage direction (i.e., in the film length direction) of 100-310 N/mm and a tensile break strength in the direction perpendicular to the main shrinkage direction (i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masakazu Iwasaki, Katsuhiko Nose
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Publication number: 20100256309Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester film is provided which exhibits a high shrinkability in a high-temperature range with a main shrinking direction oriented in a longitudinal direction thereof, though not shrinking in the longitudinal direction in a low-temperature range, possesses an extremely high mechanical strength in a transverse direction orthogonal to the main shrinking direction, and, in particular, can be utilized suitably as a film for forming a jacket label of a battery or in similar applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicants: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Takuro Endo, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Nose
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Publication number: 20100247845Abstract: The invention aims at providing a heat-shrinkable polyester film which is excellent in tearability along perforations and in break resistance after storage when used as labels of beverage bottles. The invention relates to a heat-shrinkable polyester film which is made of a polyester resin comprising ethylene terephthalate as the main constituent and containing at least 13 mol % of at least one monomer capable of forming an amorphous component in the whole polyester resin component and which has specific heat shrinkage characteristics and exhibits specific mechanical characteristics after heat shrinking treatment. The film can be produced by a sequential biaxial orientation process comprising longitudinal orientation step, intermediate heat treatment step, positive cooling step, transverse orientation step, and final heat treatment step.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masakazu Iwasaki, Katsuhiko Nose
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Publication number: 20100093965Abstract: The inventive heat-shrinkable polyolefin film is high in shrinkability in the longitudinal direction that is its main shrinkage direction and excellent in finish properties after shrinkage, perforated line openability, and thermal blocking resistance. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin film is characterized by particular values with respect to hot-water heat shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal and width directions, right angle tear strength in the width direction, and heat-resistant peel strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigetomo Yamamoto, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Kyoko Inagaki, Kenji Kawai, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Nose
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Patent number: 7419315Abstract: In a lens device, plastic lenses having circular outer periphery are placed in a plastic lens-barrel having an octagonal or more complex polygonal inner surface in such a way that the outer peripheral surfaces of the lenses are press contacted to the inner surface of the polygonal shape. This lens device has press contact portions that are pressed by the lens outer peripheral surface and the lens-barrel inner surface in the vicinity and in both sides of gate traces where optical axis displacement is large so as to suppress the displacement of the gate trace by the press contact portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2006Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, LtdInventors: Hiroyuki Hirata, Masatoshi Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7303812Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a heat-shrinkable polyester film having a good light blocking property even when the label is not auxiliary processed by printing. The present invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film mainly made of a polyester resin, wherein the film has a total luminous transmittance of not more than 40%, a haze of not less than 90%, a sample film has a heat shrinkage percentage of not less than 50% in the maximum shrinkage direction and a heat shrinkage percentage of not more than 10% in a direction orthogonal to the maximum shrinkage direction, the sample film being in a size of 10 cm×10 cm cut off from the film and obtained by immerse in hot water at 95° C. for 10 seconds, subsequently in water at 25° C. for 10 seconds, and withdrawing.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2003Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masatoshi Hashimoto, Norimi Tabota, Hiroshi Nagano
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Publication number: 20060158748Abstract: In a lens device, plastic lenses having circular outer periphery are placed in a plastic lens-barrel having an octagonal or more complex polygonal inner surface in such a way that the outer peripheral surfaces of the lenses are press contacted to the inner surface of the polygonal shape. This lens device has press contact portions that are pressed by the lens outer peripheral surface and the lens-barrel inner surface in the vicinity and in both sides of gate traces where optical axis displacement is large so as to suppress the displacement of the gate trace by the press contact portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Applicant: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirata, Masatoshi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20060063008Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester type film has a dynamic friction coefficient of at least one face with one face of another film of ?d?0.27 and range R?0.05 and a weight loss of less than 0.24 g/m2 after 10 reciprocation times with 400 g load using a color fastness rubbing tester comprising a friction element bearing a sand paper with #1000 particle diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2003Publication date: March 23, 2006Inventors: Kyoko Inagaki, Satoshi Hayakawa, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Norimi Tabota, Naonobu Oda
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Publication number: 20030165671Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a heat-shrinkable polyester film having a good light blocking property even when the label is not auxiliary processed by printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masatoshi Hashimoto, Norimi Tabota, Hiroshi Nagano
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Patent number: 6447925Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester film having a shrinkability in hot water (hereinafter referred to as a hot-water shrinkability) at 95° C. for 10 seconds ranging from 30% to 50% in at least one direction (hereinafter referred to as direction (A)) and ranging from 25% to 45% in a direction (hereinafter referred to as direction (B)) perpendicular to said at least one direction, wherein a difference &Dgr;HS between the hot-water shrinkability in direction (A) and the hot-water shrinkability in direction (B) (ie., &Dgr;HS=|hot-water shrinkability in direction (A)—hot-water shrinkability in direction (B)|) is 10% or smaller, is useful as a wrapping material, mainly as a covering material for the openings of vessels used for packing noodles, puddings, salads, and other foods.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2000Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norimi Tabota, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Seizo Takabayashi, Hiroshi Nagano, Atsuhiko Ohtsuka
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Patent number: 6383627Abstract: Heat-shrinkable polyester films which exhibit a total light transmittance of 80% to 90% and a haze of 15% to 60%, both in a thickness of 50 &mgr;m and further exhibit a 45-degrees specular gloss of 70% or lower, so that they have frosted glass appearances without being printed or processed. Heat-shrinkable polyester films which exhibit a light transmittance of 0% to 20% at a wavelength of 380 nm and of 0% to 60% at a wavelength of 400 nm and further exhibit a haze of 15% or lower, so that they can prevent the contents of a vessel fitted therewith from being deteriorated by ultraviolet light and they have good shrinkage finish and particularly cause only rare occurrence of wrinkles, shrinkage spots, or other defects. These films are suitable for labels, particularly for labels of great product value.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2001Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masatoshi Hashimoto, Tetsuya Anami, Norimi Tabota, Hiroshi Nagano
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Publication number: 20010038920Abstract: Heat-shrinkable polyester films which exhibit a total light transmittance of 80% to 90% and a haze of 15% to 60%, both in a thickness of 50 &mgr;m and further exhibit a 45-degrees specular gloss of 70% or lower, so that they have frosted glass appearances without being printed or processed. Heat-shrinkable polyester films which exhibit a light transmittance of 0% to 20% at a wavelength of 380 nm and of 0% to 60% at a wavelength of 400 nm and further exhibit a haze of 15% or lower, so that they can prevent the contents of a vessel fitted therewith from being deteriorated by ultraviolet light and they have good shrinkage finish and particularly cause only rare occurrence of wrinkles, shrinkage spots, or other defects. These films are suitable for labels, particularly for labels of great product value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Masatoshi Hashimoto, Tetsuya Anami, Norimi Tabota, Hiroshi Nagano
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Patent number: 5985387Abstract: In a thermo-shrinkable polyester film, the thermal shrinkage ratio in a main shrinking direction is about 20% or more after being treated in water of about 70.degree. C. for about seconds, about 35 to about 55% after treated in water of about 75.degree. C. for about 5 seconds, and about 50 to about 60% after being treated in water of about 80.degree. C. for about 5 seconds. After the film is shrunk by about 5% by treatment in water of about 75.degree. C. for about 10 seconds, the probability of the elongation at rupture of the film in the direction perpendicular to the main shrinking direction being about 20% or less, is about 10% or less. The ratio of .tau..sub.1 /.tau..sub.2 is about 0.05 to about 0.45, where .tau..sub.2 is the stress of shrinkage in a main shrinking direction of the film at about 90.degree. C., and .tau..sub.1 is the stress of shrinkage in a direction perpendicular to the main shrinking direction of the film at about 90.degree. C. The sealing strength of the film is about 1.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1999Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kuniharu Mori, Mitsuo Inoue, Shinichiro Okumura, Tsutomu Oko, Norimi Tabota, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Hideki Ito, Seizo Takabayashi, Tsutomu Isaka