Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Imai

Naoyuki Imai 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).

  • Patent number: 9099598
    Abstract: A light-emitting device (10) is provided with: a substrate (11); a light-emitting region including a light-emitting portion (17) formed to contact a first electrode layer (12) and a second electrode layer (14); and plural concave portions (16). The light-emitting portion contacting at least the first electrode layer and the dielectric layer in the concave portion. The light-emitting device further comprises a terminal (anode terminal) (15) formed outside the light-emitting region, and connecting one of the first electrode layer (12) and the second electrode layer (14) having larger sheet resistance to a power supply. In the light-emitting region, the plural concave portions (16) are formed such that the sum, per unit area, of a contour length of the planar shapes of the concave portions (16) on an upper face of the dielectric layer (13) increases from a region near the terminal (15) towards a region far from the terminal (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Imai, Takashi Terashima
  • Publication number: 20150162494
    Abstract: A light-emitting device (10) is provided with: a substrate (11); a light-emitting region including a light-emitting portion (17) formed to contact a first electrode layer (12) and a second electrode layer (14); and plural concave portions (16). The light-emitting portion contacting at least the first electrode layer and the dielectric layer in the concave portion. The light-emitting device further comprises a terminal (anode terminal) (15) formed outside the light-emitting region, and connecting one of the first electrode layer (12) and the second electrode layer (14) having larger sheet resistance to a power supply. In the light-emitting region, the plural concave portions (16) are formed such that the sum, per unit area, of a contour length of the planar shapes of the concave portions (16) on an upper face of the dielectric layer (13) increases from a region near the terminal (15) towards a region far from the terminal (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Imai, Takashi Terashima
  • Publication number: 20150037910
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescent element including: a first manufacturing process of stacking at least a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer, and a second electrode layer on a substrate in this order, the organic electroluminescent element having a light-emitting portion that is in contact with an inner surface of a concave portion formed to penetrate the dielectric layer; measuring a brightness distribution of the organic electroluminescent element while causing the light-emitting portion to emit light by applying a voltage to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer of the organic electroluminescent element manufactured in the first manufacturing process, and obtaining uneven brightness information of the organic electroluminescent element; and a second manufacturing process of adjusting concave portion density on the basis of the uneven brightness information obtained in the brightness distribution measurement process, and reducing uneven brightness of the organ
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Imai, Kyousuke Masuya, Masaru Tajima
  • Patent number: 8637225
    Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic recording medium comprising at least a recording layer and a protective film provided on top of a non-magnetic substrate, the method comprising, in the following order, forming a continuous recording layer on the substrate, forming a patterned resist layer, partially removing the recording layer based on a resist pattern, applying an organosilicon compound having an active energy beam-curable functional group onto the recording layer and regions from which the recording layer has been removed, curing the organosilicon compound with an active energy beam, etching the organosilicon compound to expose a magnetic layer, and forming a protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Arai, Hiroshi Uchida, Naoyuki Imai, Masato Fukushima
  • Patent number: 8007860
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium which can easily produce a magnetic recording medium, the magnetic recording medium having a plurality of magnetically separated recording layers suitable as the recording layers in a discrete track medium or patterned medium, and also having excellent surface flatness, in which spaces between the adjacent recording layers are filled in with a non-magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishibashi, Yoshiko Takahashi, Naoyuki Imai, Masato Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20110027478
    Abstract: Provided is a double-side coating apparatus which can uniformly coat both surfaces of a substrate to be processed with a coating solution and form uniform coating films on both the surfaces of the substrate to be processed. A double-side coating apparatus (1) includes a holding mechanism (3a) which holds a substrate (2) to be processed so that the thickness direction of the substrate (2) to be processed is a horizontal direction; a rotational driving mechanism which rotates the substrate (2) to be processed in a circumferential direction; a first coating solution nozzle (18a) which jets a coating solution onto one main surface (2a) of the substrate (2) to be processed; and a second coating solution nozzle which jets the coating solution onto the other main surface (2b) of the substrate (2) to be processed. The first coating solution nozzle (18a) and the second coating solution nozzle are symmetrically arranged with respect to a thickness center surface of the substrate (2) to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Masato Fukushima, Tsubasa Okada, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Naoyuki Imai
  • Publication number: 20110019307
    Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic recording medium comprising at least a recording layer and a protective film provided on top of a non-magnetic substrate, the method comprising, in the following order, forming a continuous recording layer on the substrate, forming a patterned resist layer, partially removing the recording layer based on a resist pattern, applying an organosilicon compound having an active energy beam-curable functional group onto the recording layer and regions from which the recording layer has been removed, curing the organosilicon compound with an active energy beam, etching the organosilicon compound to expose a magnetic layer, and forming a protective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Arai, Hiroshi Uchida, Naoyuki Imai, Masato Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20110003176
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for forming concavo-convex patterns which uses a resist-forming material having excellent oxygen etching resistance and long working life and which enables to carry out the imprinting (mold pressing) with good rectangular shape properties at normal temperature. The process for forming a concavo-convex pattern of the present invention comprises a step (1) of applying a solution containing a silsesquioxane compound of Composition Formula (A) below to a surface of a workpiece to form a thin film, a step (2) of pressing a stamper having a concavo-convex pattern to the thin film; and a step (3) of separating the stamper from the thin film; R1R2Si2O3??(A) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a specific group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Imai, Katsutoshi Morinaka, Hiroshi Uchida, Akira Sakawaki, Masato Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20100118441
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium which can easily produce a magnetic recording medium, the magnetic recording medium having a plurality of magnetically separated recording layers suitable as the recording layers in a discrete track medium or patterned medium, and also having excellent surface flatness, in which spaces between the adjacent recording layers are filled in with a non-magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Shinichi ISHIBASHI, Yoshiko TAKAHASHI, Naoyuki IMAI, Masato FUKUSHIMA