Patents by Inventor Naoki Kodama

Naoki Kodama 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: 20050070656
    Abstract: As a means to prevent an optical sheet from being warped, a composition for an optical sheet is provided. The composition includes (A) a copolymer containing at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of a repeating unit derived from a (meth) acrylic ester possessing a cycloalkyl group, a repeating unit derived from an iso-butyl (meth) acrylate, and a repeating unit derived from a tert-butyl (meth)acrylate; (B) a light-diffusing agent; and (C) an inorganic particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventor: Naoki Kodama
  • Patent number: 6713551
    Abstract: The present inventors provides polyol-containing resin compositions for coatings which can give cured coating films having high hardness and at the same time high solid compositions to meet the recent resources saving and/or environmental protection requirements, and curable coating compositions having high reactivity at curing, giving the coating film with good appearance and the coatings with prolonged pot life. The invention is directed to a resin composition for coatings comprising a polyol (A1) or (A2), a polyether polyol (B) and a solvent (C), wherein the polyol (A1) comprises a hydroxyl-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer and a ring structure-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer as essential components and the polyol (A2) comprises a hydroxyl-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer and a linear branched structure-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer as essential components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takahashi, Naoki Kodama, Masaya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6643474
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to enable a maintenance work to be executed with appropriate timing. When jam occurrence is detected by jam sensors placed in a plurality of positions in a sheet transporting path, a control section changes a display state such as a shape and a blinking period of a mark in a display section, in accordance with history information which is stored in a storage section. When the display contents of the display section is visually checked, the part where the jam has occurred can be identified from the display position of the mark, and the jam occurrence history in the part can be known from the shape and the blinking period of the mark. Therefore, it is possible to correctly judge the necessity of a maintenance work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Kodama, Takashi Nakagawa, Shinji Kato, Tuyoshi Higaki, Hiroshi Maeda, Kaori Mori
  • Patent number: 6490123
    Abstract: A magnetic disk drive has a housing for a 3.5 inch form factor and disk media of a diameter for a 2.5 inch form factor. The smaller disk media rotate at a high speed while consuming low electric lower and generating less heat while providing for quick access speeds. Usually, when the magnetic disk media are rotated at a higher speed, the electric power consumption and heat generation are increased because of the load increase. This problem is avoided with the use of cooling fins placed about the periphery of the disk media. Further, the smaller size disk media enable a decrease in torque loss during on-load rotation with the media, and a decrease of electric current to the spindle motor during rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Okunaga, Masao Iwakura, Kazuo Nakagoshi, Takuji Ogawa, Chuma Akira, Fumio Kugiya, Tomio Suzuki, Toshiaki Kojima, Kazuo Sakai, Naoki Kodama, Tatsuya Ishigaki
  • Publication number: 20020093758
    Abstract: A magnetic disk drive that shape coefficient is 3.5 inches are provided, which is designed as rotating magnetic media in a high speed in order to consume a low electric power, to generate a less heat, and to access more quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Okunaga, Masao Iwakura, Kazuo Nakagoshi, Takuji Ogawa, Chuma Akira, Fumio Kugiya, Tomio Suzuki, Toshiaki Kojima, Kazuo Sakai, Naoki Kodama, Tatsuya Ishigaki
  • Publication number: 20020093760
    Abstract: A magnetic disk drive that shape coefficient is 3.5 inches are provided, which is designed as rotating magnetic media in a high speed in order to consume a low electric power, to generate a less heat, and to access more quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Okunaga, Masao Iwakura, Kazuo Nakagoshi, Takuji Ogawa, Chuma Akira, Fumio Kugiya, Tomio Suzuki, Toshiaki Kojima, Kazuo Sakai, Naoki Kodama, Tatsuya Ishigaki
  • Publication number: 20020093759
    Abstract: A magnetic disk drive that shape coefficient is 3.5 inches are provided, which is designed as rotating magnetic media in a high speed in order to consume a low electric power, to generate a less heat, and to access more quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Okunaga, Masao Iwakura, Kazuo Nakagoshi, Takuji Ogawa, Chuma Akira, Fumio Kugiya, Tomio Suzuki, Toshiaki Kojima, Kazuo Sakai, Naoki Kodama, Tatsuya Ishigaki
  • Publication number: 20020040094
    Abstract: The present inventors provides polyol-containing resin compositions for coatings which can give cured coating films having high hardness and at the same time high solid compositions to meet the recent resources saving and/or environmental protection requirements, and curable coating compositions having high reactivity at curing, giving the coating film with good appearance and the coatings with prolonged pot life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Kunio Takahashi, Naoki Kodama, Masaya Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20020009302
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to enable a maintenance work to be executed with appropriate timing. When jam occurrence is detected by jam sensors placed in a plurality of positions in a sheet transporting path, a control section changes a display state such as a shape and a blinking period of a mark in a display section, in accordance with history information which is stored in a storage section. When the display contents of the display section is visually checked, the part where the jam has occurred can be identified from the display position of the mark, and the jam occurrence history in the part can be known from the shape and the blinking period of the mark. Therefore, it is possible to correctly judge the necessity of a maintenance work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Kodama, Takashi Nakagawa, Shinji Kato, Tuyoshi Higaki, Hiroshi Maeda, Kaori Mori
  • Patent number: 6168215
    Abstract: The vehicular door lock device includes a casing fixed to a door and having a bulged portion defining an ingress passage receiving a striker on a vehicle body. A latch is supported on the casing for engagement with the striker for turning movement. A ratchet on the casing is for engagement and disengagement with and from the latch. An open lever is turnable on the casing and receives an operating force for releasing a locking state having the ratchet engaged with the latch. An internal operating-force inputting device transmits to the open lever a door opening operation force depending on the door opening operation within the vehicle. A locked-state switch-over device has an open link connected at one end to the open lever and switches over to an unlocked state to operate the ratchet from the engaged position to the disengaged position in response to the open lever turning, and a locked state inhibiting the ratchet from going to the disengaged position, irrespective of the turning movement of the open lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock
    Inventors: Naoki Kodama, Takahiro Kumamoto, Takeshi Taniguchi, Toshihiko Sonoda, Yuichi Usuzaki, Tsutomu Kurita
  • Patent number: 5723198
    Abstract: In a magnetic recording system including magnetic recording media, a rotation driving unit for driving these magnetic recording media, read/write magnetic heads, driving apparatus for driving these read/write magnetic heads, and a read/write signal processing apparatus, a reading portion of the respective magnetic heads is arranged by a magnetoresistive head. The magnetic recording media are constructed of multi-layered magnetic media having a plurality of magnetic layers fabricated directly, or via underlayers on a non-magnetic disk substrate, and of non-magnetic intermediate layers arranged among these non-magnetic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Hosoe, Yoshihiro Shiroishi, Akira Ishikawa, Futoshi Tomiyama, Kazuetsu Yoshida, Tomoo Yamamoto, Yotsuo Yahisa, Akira Osaki, Katsuo Abe, Shinji Narishige, Naoki Kodama, Kiwamu Tanahashi, Emi Mangyo
  • Patent number: 5587235
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording apparatus which can provide a high output level and a low noise level are disclosed. A magnetic recording medium includes a multilayer structure of magnetic alloy thin films containing Co, and at least one paramagnetic intermediate region or oxygen-rich region disposed between the magnetic layers. The intermediate region reduces the magnetic interaction between the magnetic layers without the degradation of crystallinity of the magnetic layers. As a result, a magnetic recording medium having such a structure shows low noise performance and a high recording density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Naoki Kodama, Takao Yonekawa, Tokuho Takagaki, Naoto Endo, Katsuo Abe, Tsuneo Suganuma
  • Patent number: 5443879
    Abstract: A longitudinal magnetic recording medium with a good overwrite property and a small medium noise is identified by a CRP value, which is defined byCRP=[H.sub.c (R).times.H.sub.c (P)]/[H.sub.c (C)].sup.2where H.sub.c (C) is a coercive force in the recording direction, H.sub.c (R) is a coercive force in the medium plane in a direction perpendicular to the recording direction, and H.sub.c (P) is a coercive force in the direction of medium thickness. The magnetic recording medium can be a disk with a magnetic recording layer formed by physical vapor deposition or spin coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kodama, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5180608
    Abstract: A coating type, magnetic disk is produced by applying a magnetic paint containing magnetic powders in a dispersed state to a non-magnetic substrate, thereby forming a magnetic recording film thereon, and applying surface waves to the magnetic recording film in an undried state. By applying the surface waves to the magnetic recording film, dispersibility and orientation of the magnetic powders are improved and a longitudinally oriented, coating type magnetic disk with distinguished electromagnetic properties, such as a high S/N ratio, etc. can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Chiba, Masayuki Katsumoto, Yasutaro Uesaka, Hajime Fukke, Heigo Ishihara, Iwao Matsuyama, Naoki Kodama, Hitoshi Inoue, Yoshiharu Terada
  • Patent number: 5180616
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic paint by mixing a resin composition powder as a dispersing binder for a magnetic powder with the magnetic powder, or together with a filler, and grinding the mixture under a high shear stress is disclosed. A magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic disk, etc., prepared by using the magnetic paint, can have a magnetic coating film having a substantially uniform film thickness of not more than 0.9 .mu.m and a surface roughness of not more than 0.05 .mu.m Ra before surface finishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Fukke, Motoo Akagi, Iwao Matsuyama, Masayuki Katsumoto, Hitoshi Inoue, Naoki Kodama, Yasutaro Uesaka
  • Patent number: 5034243
    Abstract: A method for magnetic orientation of a magnetic recording medium using Meissner effect of a superconductor and a system therefor and a magnetic recording medium produced thereby. The magnetic particles of plate hexagonal barium ferrite in the magnetic coating are allowed to orient in the longitudinal direction thereof so that a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic orientation in such direction with the magnetic particles can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Chiba, Masayuki Katsumoto, Yasutaro Uesaka, Heigo Ishihara, Naoki Kodama, Hajime Fukke, Iwao Matsuyama, Tsuneo Suganuma
  • Patent number: 4917466
    Abstract: The invention provides a very efficient and reliable method for electrically connecting the electrodes of an electronic device, e.g., IC chips, and the electrodes of, for example, a glass-made circuit board substrate with good repairability. Thus, the electrodes of the IC chip are each first coated with an electroconductive thermally meltable adhesive resinous composition to form a resinous bump, the IC chip is mounted on the substrate with the adhesive-coated electrodes contacting with the respective electrodes of the substrate, and remelting and then solidifying the resinous bumps so that the electrodes are bonded and electrically connected together. As compared with the conventional methods in which an electroconductive thermosetting resinous composition is used for the bumps on the electrodes, the electrical connection can be obtained with a smaller thermal effect and good replaceability of the IC chip found unacceptable with an acceptable one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nakamura, Naoki Kodama, Osami Hayashi, Hirofumi Saita
  • Patent number: 4837741
    Abstract: In a magnetic bubble memory device in which a major line and minor loops are constituted by ion-implanted tracks, a gate is constituted having two functions, i.e., having a replicate function and a pseudo swap function using conductor patterns of two layers that overlap on both the major line and on the minor loops. By controlling the pulsed current supplied to the conductor patterns of the two layers, the replicate function divides the bubble in the minor loop into two bubbles, so that one of the bubbles is taken onto the major line and is propagated to the detector. The pseudo swap function annihilates the bubble in the minor loop, divides the bubble on the major line into two bubbles and introduces one of them into the minor loop, thereby to realize the same function as that of the conventional swap gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sato, Takashi Toyooka, Naoki Kodama, Teruaki Takeuchi, Masatoshi Takeshita, Ryo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4769783
    Abstract: In a magnetic bubble memory device employing ion-implanted tracks as minor loops for data storage, there is proposed a magnetic bubble memory element employing a minor loop having a folded structure and a turn composed of three tips formed convexly toward an ion-implanted area and two cusps as an inside turn for accomplishing the folding with a center as the ion-implanted area. In this inside turn, the line connecting between the two cusps of the turn includes a gradient in the range of 90 degrees to 120 degrees in relation to the ion-implanted straight line tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sato, Takashi Toyooka, Teruaki Takeuchi, Masatoshi Takeshita, Naoki Kodama, Tadashi Ikeda, Ryo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4755430
    Abstract: A hybrid magnetic bubble memory device comprising soft magnetic material propagation tracks and ion-implanted propagation tracks. In the soft magnetic material propagation track region, a layer made of a heat-resistant polymer was provided as an interlaminar insulating layer between a conductor and a pattern of a soft magnetic material. An insulator film made of a heat-resistant polymer was provided on the pattern made of a soft magnetic material. A passivation film made of an inorganic material was provided on the ion-implanted propagation tracks and the insulator film made of a heat-resistant polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Takeshita, Hiroshi Umezaki, Ryo Suzuki, Takashi Toyooka, Teruaki Takeuchi, Naoki Kodama