Patents by Inventor Naoki Hashimoto

Naoki 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).

  • Die structure, transfer molding apparatus, transfer molding method, optical member, area light source device, liquid crystal display device, and mobile device
    Patent number: 9162405
    Abstract: A transfer molding method includes an insertion step of inserting a resin sheet between a first die and a second die, which are disposed opposite each other, a sandwiching step of sandwiching the resin sheet between the first and second dies while a transfer surface of a transfer member is brought into contact with at least one of surfaces of the resin sheet, and a transfer molding step of heating at least one of the first and second dies to melt at least a surface portion of the resin sheet with which the transfer surface of the transfer member is brought into contact, and exhausting residual air remaining in a recess through a groove portion connected to the recess when a thick portion is formed by the recess formed in the transfer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Takemura, Tomofusa Shibata, Yoshihisa Yamanaka, Kazutaka Kaneko, Yuzuru Fujie, Naoki Hashimoto, Taichi Suzuki, Masayuki Kojima
  • Printing device having slow discharge process for sequential print jobs
    Patent number: 9150038
    Abstract: A printing device is provided with a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet, a sheet discharge unit having a discharge tray and configured to discharge the sheet from the printing unit to the discharge tray, and a control unit configured to control the sheet discharge unit to execute a slow discharge process between two subsequent print jobs, the slow discharge process being a sheet discharge process in which sheet discharging ability of the sheet discharge unit is impaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Hashimoto
  • Printing apparatus and log recording method
    Patent number: 9110618
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store print data; a printing unit configured to print the print data; and a control device configured to, suspend, when a suspension condition of suspending the printing of the print data by the printing unit is satisfied, the printing of the print data until the suspension condition is not satisfied, and store a log related to the print data in a storage device, wherein, when the suspension condition is satisfied, the control device is configured to store the log in the storage device before the printing of the print data is started, and wherein, when the suspension condition is not satisfied, the control device is configured to store the log in the storage device after the printing of the print data is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Hashimoto
  • Image processing apparatus and image processing system
    Patent number: 9025176
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a receiving unit configured to receive a job from an external apparatus; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the basis of the job received by the receiving unit; and a control device. The control device configured to perform: an establishing process of establishing an allowance status in which the image processing apparatus is allowed to be designated as a job input destination from a user, with respect to the external apparatus; and a restricting process of restricting the image processing apparatus from being in the allowance status in a case where the image processing apparatus is in a restriction status in which the image processing is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Hashimoto
  • Image heating apparatus
    Patent number: 9020407
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a belt member for heating in a nip an image formed on a recording material, an urging portion, contacting an inner surface of the belt member, for forming the nip, a guide portion, contacting the inner surface of the belt member at an end portion, for guiding rotation of the belt member, and a belt unit, including at least the belt member, the urging member and the guide portion, integrally detachably mountable to the image heating apparatus. The belt member is detachably mountable to the belt unit. The apparatus also includes a frame for supporting the belt unit, and a limiting portion, provided on the frame, for limiting the belt member by abutment to an edge of the belt member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Hashimoto
  • Transparent conductive film, electronic device, and touch panel
    Patent number: 9005750
    Abstract: Provided is a transparent conductive film including a hard coat layer having sufficient hardness, a superior abrasion resistance, and a superior soil resistance; also, provided are an electronic device and a touch panel using the transparent conductive film. A transparent conductive film 10 includes a transparent film base 11, a transparent conductive layer 12, and a hard coat layer 13, wherein the hard coat layer 13 is formed of a composition for forming hard coat containing the component (A): a curable compound including at least one of an acrylate group and a methacrylate group; the component (B): a reactive fluorine-containing compound; and the component (C): a reactive silicon-containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Ozawa, Naoki Hashimoto, Atsushi Kishi, Teppei Niinou, Hiroki Kuramoto
  • Electrical Connector
    Publication number: 20150031242
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed having a plurality of contacts. The plurality of contacts includes contact ends positioned in two rows and terminating ends positioned in one row. A first grouping of the plurality of contacts includes units of two differential signal carrying contacts having signal carrying contact ends connected to two signal terminating ends on a one to one ratio. The first grouping also includes grounding contacts positioned adjacent to the signal carrying contacts, and having grounding contact ends connected to grounding terminating ends with a ratio of the number of grounding contact ends being greater than or equal to the number of grounding terminating ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Izumi Hasegawa, Naoki Hashimoto
  • METALLIC MOLD STRUCTURE, TRANSFER MOLDING APPARATUS, TRANSFER MOLDING METHOD, AND OPTICAL MEMBER FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150021797
    Abstract: A transfer molding method includes supplying melted resin to a first metallic mold, conveying the first metallic mold onto which the resin was supplied to a position opposing a second metallic mold, performing transfer molding by sandwiching the resin between the two metallic molds, and cooling the resin after performing transfer molding. The performing transfer molding includes discharging residual air that remains in a recess via a groove portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Koichi Takemura, Tomofusa Shibata, Yoshinori Ito, Yoshikaga Taguchi, Yoshihisa Yamanaka, Kenji Suzuki, Kazutaka Kaneko, Masayuki Kojima, Yuzuru Fujie, Naoki Hashimoto, Taichi Suzuki
  • DOUBLE-SIDED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND TOUCH PANEL
    Publication number: 20140345917
    Abstract: Provided are a double-sided transparent conductive film which is good in appearance even when its transparent conductive layers are patterned, and has anti-blocking property, thereby being producible at low costs; a wound body thereof; and a touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Naoki Hashimoto, Shinya Hiraoka, Kazuhiro Ikai, Hiroki Kuramoto, Hiroyuki Takao, Naoki Tsuno, Toru Umemoto
  • DIE STRUCTURE, TRANSFER MOLDING APPARATUS, TRANSFER MOLDING METHOD, OPTICAL MEMBER, AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140125918
    Abstract: A transfer molding method includes an insertion step of inserting a resin sheet between a first die and a second die, which are disposed opposite each other, a sandwiching step of sandwiching the resin sheet between the first and second dies while a transfer surface of a transfer member is brought into contact with at least one of surfaces of the resin sheet, and a transfer molding step of heating at least one of the first and second dies to melt at least a surface portion of the resin sheet with which the transfer surface of the transfer member is brought into contact, and exhausting residual air remaining in a recess through a groove portion connected to the recess when a thick portion is formed by the recess formed in the transfer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Takemura, Tomofusa Shibata, Yoshihisa Yamanaka, Kazutaka Kaneko, Yuzuru Fujie, Naoki Hashimoto, Taichi Suzuki, Masayuki Kojima
  • ANTI-GLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-GLARE FILM
    Publication number: 20140126064
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-glare film having superior display characteristics of both having anti-glare properties and preventing white blur from occurring as well as having a higher production yield by preventing formation of a projection as a defect in outward appearance. The anti-glare film is an anti-glare film including: a translucent base: and an anti-glare layer on at least one surface of the translucent base, wherein the anti-glare layer is formed using an anti-glare layer-forming material containing a resin, particles, and thixotropy-imparting agents, the anti-glare layer includes a flocculated portion forming a convex portion on a surface of the anti-glare layer by flocculation of the particles and the thixotropy-imparting agents, and in the flocculated portion, the particles are present in the state of being gathered in an in-plane direction of the anti-glare layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kishi, Masaki Ninomiya, Naoki Hashimoto, Hiroki Kuramoto, Hiroyuki Takemoto
  • PRINTING APPARATUS AND LOG RECORDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140092437
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store print data; a printing unit configured to print the print data; and a control device configured to, suspend, when a suspension condition of suspending the printing of the print data by the printing unit is satisfied, the printing of the print data until the suspension condition is not satisfied, and store a log related to the print data in a storage device, wherein, when the suspension condition is satisfied, the control device is configured to store the log in the storage device before the printing of the print data is started, and wherein, when the suspension condition is not satisfied, the control device is configured to store the log in the storage device after the printing of the print data is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki HASHIMOTO
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-GLARE FILM, ANTI-GLARE FILM, COATING SOLUTION, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20140002899
    Abstract: A method for producing an anti-glare film, capable of controlling a flocculation state of particles without depending on flocculation characteristics of the particles and forming an anti-glare layer having desired surface asperities. A coating solution containing resin, particles, thixotropy-imparting agents, and a solvent and satisfying at least one of conditions (I) and (II) is coated on a translucent base and then sheared and cured, (I) a contribution ratio R2 is 0.95 or more in a linear approximate equation of the amount of thixotropy-imparting agents to be added and a Ti value in the range from 1.2 to 3.5, (II) a quadratic coefficient a is a negative value in a quadratic polynomial approximate equation, y=ax2+bx+c of the amount x of thixotropy-imparting agents to be added and a Ti value y in the range from 1.2 to 3.5, Ti value=?1/?2??(A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kishi, Masaki Ninomiya, Naoki Hashimoto, Hiroki Kuramoto, Hiroyuki Takemoto
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-GLARE FILM, ANTI-GLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20140002901
    Abstract: A method for producing an anti-glare film, capable of widely and freely control a surface profile of the anti-glare film. The method including the steps of: coating a coating solution on at least one surface of a translucent base to form a coating layer; and curing the coating solution to form an anti-glare layer, wherein the coating solution contains a resin, particles, and a solvent, the method further includes the step of: shearing the coating solution coated on the translucent base, and a surface profile of the anti-glare film is adjusted by adjusting a shear distance of the coating layer, defined by the following equation (I) in the step of shearing, S=?Vdt??(I) V: shear velocity (m/s) t: shear holding time (s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Atsushi Kishi, Masaki Ninomiya, Naoki Hashimoto, Hiroki Kuramoto, Hiroyuki Takemoto
  • IMAGE DISPLAY, ANTI-GLARE FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-GLARE FILM
    Publication number: 20140002904
    Abstract: An image display having superior anti-glare properties, less glare, and a small reduction in contrast even though surface asperities of an anti-glare film are easily formed by filler flocculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Atsushi Kishi, Masaki Ninomiya, Naoki Hashimoto, Hiroki Kuramoto, Hiroyuki Takemoto
  • Latch for vehicles
    Patent number: D727134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruaki Yamamoto, Itsuo Takegami, Naoki Hashimoto
  • Roof for utility vehicles
    Patent number: D727244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Hashimoto
  • Vehicle wheel
    Patent number: D728439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Hashimoto
  • Front structure of utility vehicles
    Patent number: D734689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Hashimoto
  • Utility vehicle
    Patent number: D736118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Shuichi Miyanishi