Patents by Inventor Naoharu Kiyoto

Naoharu Kiyoto 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: 20210403769
    Abstract: A transfer foil for a touch sensor includes a temporary support, a conductive layer, and a layer to be bonded to a support. The peel adhesion between the temporary support and the conductive layer is 0.20 N/mm or less. The layer to be bonded to a support has a thickness of 20 ?m or less, and a modulus of elasticity of 0.10 MPa or more at a temperature of 130° C. The conductive layer includes a detection electrode that has a mesh pattern formed of a thin wire consisting of a conductive member and an external connection terminal that consists of a conductive member and is drawn from the detection electrode. The thin wire forming the mesh pattern of the detection electrode has a line width of 1 ?m or more and 4.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Naoharu KIYOTO
  • Patent number: 11091662
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition used for image formation by an ink jet method. The ink composition includes plate-like metal particles that include a metal element having a standard oxidation-reduction potential nobler than ?1.65 V, that have an average equivalent circle diameter of 10 nm or more and less than 500 nm, and that have an average aspect ratio, which is the ratio of the average equivalent circle diameter to an average thickness, of 3 or more. Also provided are an ink set, an image forming method, and a printed matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Watanabe, Yushi Hongo, Kensuke Masui, Naoharu Kiyoto, Toshiyuki Makuta, Kazuhiro Hamada
  • Patent number: 11053401
    Abstract: Provided are a metal dispersion liquid which includes tabular metal particles A having an average aspect ratio of greater than 20, which is a ratio of an average equivalent circle diameter to an average thickness, and an average equivalent circle diameter of 50 nm to 1000 nm, metal particles B having an average aspect ratio of 1 to 15 and an average equivalent circle diameter of 1 nm to 150 nm, and water, in which an average equivalent circle diameter A1 of the tabular metal particles A and an average equivalent circle diameter B1 of the metal particles B satisfy Expression (1), and a content a of the tabular metal particles A and a content b of the metal particles B with respect to a total mass of the metal dispersion liquid satisfy Expression (2); and an application thereof. A1>B1??Expression (1) 0.0001?b/(a+b)?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoi Harada, Naoharu Kiyoto, Akira Ichiki
  • Patent number: 10975257
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition used for image formation by an ink jet method. The ink composition includes plate-like metal particles and an organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or higher and a solubility parameter of 24 MPa1/2 or more. The maximum absorption wavelength of the ink composition in the wavelength range of 300 nm to 2,500 nm is located in the wavelength range of 800 nm to 2,500 nm. Also provided is an image forming method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoharu Kiyoto, Kosuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200181434
    Abstract: Provided are a metal dispersion liquid which includes tabular metal particles A having an average aspect ratio of greater than 20, which is a ratio of an average equivalent circle diameter to an average thickness, and an average equivalent circle diameter of 50 nm to 1000 nm, metal particles B having an average aspect ratio of 1 to 15 and an average equivalent circle diameter of 1 nm to 150 nm, and water, in which an average equivalent circle diameter A1 of the tabular metal particles A and an average equivalent circle diameter B1 of the metal particles B satisfy Expression (1), and a content a of the tabular metal particles A and a content b of the metal particles B with respect to a total mass of the metal dispersion liquid satisfy Expression (2); and an application thereof. A1>B1 ??Expression (1) 0.0001?b/(a+b)?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Motoi HARADA, Naoharu KIYOTO, Akira ICHIKI
  • Publication number: 20200181435
    Abstract: Provided are a metal dispersion liquid including tabular metal particles, a water-soluble resin which contains at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group, an amino group, and a thiol group, a polycarboxylic acid having a partial structure which connects carbon atoms in two carboxy groups to each other and has four or more linearly bonded atoms, or a salt thereof, and water; and applications thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Motoi HARADA, Naoharu KIYOTO, Akira ICHIKI
  • Publication number: 20190359837
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, provided are an ink composition which is used for recording an image using an ink jet method, including tabular metal particles having an average aspect ratio of 3 to 100, a first resin having an anionic moiety, a second resin having at least one cationic moiety selected from an amino group, an amido group, an imino group, a phosphonium group, a salt of the amino group, a salt of the amido group, a salt of the imino group, or a salt of the phosphonium group, and water, in which a content of the first resin is in a range of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Motoi Harada, Naoharu Kiyoto, Toshiyuki Makuta
  • Publication number: 20190359840
    Abstract: Provided are an ink jet ink composition including tabular metal nanoparticles having an average aspect ratio of 3 or greater, which is a ratio of an average equivalent circle diameter to an average thickness, a silicon compound, and water; a recorded material; and an image recording method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Naoharu KIYOTO, Motoi HARADA, Toshiyuki MAKUTA
  • Patent number: 10408980
    Abstract: There is provided a heat insulating window film disposed on the inside of a window, including at least: a support; and a fibrous conductive particles-containing layer disposed on the support, in which the fibrous conductive particles-containing layer is disposed on a surface of the support on a side opposite to the surface of the window side, and the heat insulating window film contains a near infrared shielding material. The heat insulating window film; a heat insulating window glass; an building material; a window; a building; and a vehicle which are manufactured at low cost, easily manufactured to have a large area, and have excellent visible light transmittance, shielding properties for near infrared light, heat insulating properties, and light resistance are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoharu Kiyoto, Kentaro Okazaki
  • Patent number: 10232591
    Abstract: Provided is a heat insulating window film including a flexible support, and a fibrous metal particles-containing layer containing fibrous metal particles, in which the fibrous metal particles contain silver or an alloy of silver, an average short diameter of the fibrous metal particles is equal to or smaller than 35 nm and an average long diameter is equal to or greater than 5 ?m, and a content per unit area of fibrous metal particles of the fibrous metal particles-containing layer is equal to or greater than 10 mg/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Okazaki, Naoharu Kiyoto
  • Patent number: 10215893
    Abstract: An infrared reflective patterned product includes an infrared reflective pattern portion which has an infrared reflective material in a region constituting at least a part of a support. The infrared reflective pattern portion has an uneven structure which includes a plurality of protruding or recessed portions. Metal particles are contained on surfaces of the protruding or recessed portions. The particles include 60 number-percent or greater of tabular metal particles in a hexagonal or circular shape, and the tabular particles which are plane-oriented so that an angle between a principal plane of the particle and a surface of the uneven structure closest to the particle is in a range of 0° to ±30° are adjusted to be 50 number-percent or greater of all tabular metal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoharu Kiyoto, Yuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20180362789
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition used for image formation by an ink jet method. The ink composition includes plate-like metal particles and an organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or higher and a solubility parameter of 24 MPa1/2 or more. The maximum absorption wavelength of the ink composition in the wavelength range of 300 nm to 2,500 nm is located in the wavelength range of 800 nm to 2,500 nm. Also provided is an image forming method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoharu KIYOTO, Kosuke WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180362790
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition used for image formation by an ink jet method. The ink composition includes plate-like metal particles that include a metal element having a standard oxidation-reduction potential nobler than ?1.65 V, that have an average equivalent circle diameter of 10 nm or more and less than 500 nm, and that have an average aspect ratio, which is the ratio of the average equivalent circle diameter to an average thickness, of 3 or more. Also provided are an ink set, an image forming method, and a printed matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke WATANABE, Yushi HONGO, Kensuke MASUI, Naoharu KIYOTO, Toshiyuki MAKUTA, Kazuhiro HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180348406
    Abstract: An antireflection film includes a transparent substrate; and an antireflection layer provided on one surface side of the transparent substrate, in which the antireflection layer is formed by laminating, from the transparent substrate side, a silver nanoparticle layer formed by dispersing a plurality of silver nanoparticles of which an aspect ratio is greater than or equal to 3 in a binder, and a layer of low refractive index having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the transparent substrate, in this order, and the silver nanoparticle layer contains a metal more noble than silver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ryou MATSUNO, Naoharu KIYOTO, Hidemasa HOSODA, Yuki NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10101861
    Abstract: A touch panel module in which a conductive film in which a mesh conductive layer composed of a mesh-like metal electrode is formed on a support, a ?/4 plate, a polarizing plate, and a protective layer are arranged in this order. A ?/4 plate is further arranged on a side of the conductive film opposite to the protective layer. The touch panel module has a visible light diffuse reflectivity of 2% or less, which is measured from the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Naoharu Kiyoto
  • Patent number: 10085346
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a conductive member including: forming a first silver halide emulsion layer, a light absorption layer, and a second silver halide emulsion layer on a transparent support in this order; performing pattern exposure on the first silver halide emulsion layer; and the second silver halide emulsion layer and applying a development treatment thereto to obtain a conductive layer comprising a thin metal wire, in which the light absorption layer absorbs at least some of the wavelengths of light to which the first silver halide emulsion layer or the second silver halide emulsion layer is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamamoto, Naoharu Kiyoto, Kenji Naoi
  • Patent number: 9971077
    Abstract: A multilayer structure including a metal particles-containing layer, a layer A having a refractive index, n1, and a layer B having a refractive index, n2, and satisfying one of the conditions (1-1) and (2-1) is capable of suppressing reflection of light at a wavelength ? intended to prevent reflection. n1<n2 and ?/4+m?/2<n1×d1<?/2+m?/2??Condition (1-1) n1>n2 and 0+m?/2<n1×d1<?/4+m?/2??Condition (2-1) wherein m represents an integer of 0 or greater; ? represents a wavelength with a unit of nm intended to prevent reflection; n1 represents a refractive index of the layer A; and d1 represents a thickness with a unit of nm of the layer A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Hakuta, Ryou Matsuno, Takeharu Tani, Naoharu Kiyoto, Katsuhisa Ohzeki
  • Publication number: 20180079917
    Abstract: A heat insulation paint includes fibrous conductive particles and a binder that would exhibit an average transmittance of 50% or more for far infrared rays having a wavelength of 5 ?m to 25 ?m when the binder is formed into a coated film having a film thickness of 2 ?m, and the content of the fibrous conductive particles with respect to the total solid content is from 2% by mass to 30% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Naoharu KIYOTO
  • Publication number: 20170261661
    Abstract: Provided is an infrared reflective patterned product including: an infrared reflective pattern portion which includes an infrared reflective material in a region constituting at least a part of a support, in which the infrared reflective pattern portion has an uneven structure that includes a plurality of protruding portions and/or recessed portions, metal particles are contained on surfaces of the protruding portions and/or recessed portions of the uneven structure of the infrared reflective pattern portion, the metal particles include 60 number-percent or greater of tabular metal particles in a hexagonal shape or a circular shape, and the tabular metal particles which are plane-oriented so that an angle between a principal plane of the tabular metal particle and a surface of the uneven structure closest to the tabular metal particle is in a range of 0° to ±30° are adjusted to be 50 number-percent or greater of all tabular metal particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoharu KIYOTO, Yuki NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9738559
    Abstract: A heat ray-shielding material including a metal particle-containing layer containing at least one kind of metal particle. The metal particle contains substantially hexagonal or substantially discoidal metallic flat particles in an amount of 60% by number or more. The main planes of the metallic flat particles are oriented at an angle ranging from 0° to ±30° relative to one surface of the metal particle-containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Matsunami, Naoharu Kiyoto, Shinya Hakuta, Takeharu Tani, Masayuki Naya, Koh Kamada