Patents by Inventor Motohito Nakashima

Motohito Nakashima 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).

  • Reproduced image product and a method of forming a reproduced image layer
    Patent number: 6149754
    Abstract: A method of forming reproduced in images on the surface of cured coating, the method including the steps of treating a surface of a cured coating with an organic solvent which does not dissolve the cured coating, but slightly dissolves a reproduced image layer and has a solubility parameter of about 7.5 to about 8.2, superposing, over the cured coating, a copying sheet which comprises a copy support having a reproduced image layer formed thereon to bring the reproduced image layer of the copying sheet into contact with the organic solvent-treated surface of cured coating, heat-transferring the reproduced image to the treated surface of cured coating, releasing the copy support to provide a transfer product on the cured coating, and forming a clear coating on the surface of the transfer product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kansai Paint Company Limited
    Inventors: Kentaro Ogata, Motohito Nakashima, Akira Suzuki, Kyoji Inoue, Hideo Haga, Keiji Miyatake, Tsutomu Nagasao, Takeshi Tomiyama