Patents by Inventor Norihiro Arai

Norihiro Arai 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: 20230408861
    Abstract: An optical member including a polarizing plate having an absorption axis and a transmission axis which are orthogonal to each other, a reflective polarizing plate having a reflection axis and a transmission axis which are orthogonal to each other, and an optical anisotropic diffusion layer which is provided between the polarizing plate and the reflective polarizing plate and whose linear transmittance varies according to an incident light angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: TOPPAN INC., Tomoegawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumu SATO, Kunpei KOBAYASHI, Norihiro ARAI, Kazuhiko OOSAWA, Hiroto KATAGIRI, Masahide SUGIYAMA, Masao KATO
  • Publication number: 20230282423
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body, which includes an electrode-stacking portion in which internal electrodes are stacked, and cover portions facing each other in a first axis direction across the electrode-stacking portion, and external electrodes each including a covering portion that covers the ceramic body from a second axis direction, and an extending portion that extends over the cover portions along the second axis direction. The ceramic body includes crystal grains of ceramic and segregated small grains located between the crystal grains. In a cross section of an end section located between the extending portion of the cover portion and the electrode-stacking portion, the number of the segregated small grains having a grain size of 0.5% or greater and 10% or less of an average grain size of the crystal grains is 40% or greater and 95% or less of the number of the crystal grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro ARAI, Kazumichi HIROI, Hirokazu SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11714582
    Abstract: A virtual printer A generated in a virtual printer service included in a host computer including an OS uses a search request receiver to receive a device search request from the OS, and uses a search request responder to respond to the received device search request. Further, a print job receiver receives a print job from the OS, which has registered the virtual printer A as a transmission destination of the print job based on the response, in accordance with a specific protocol. Then, a print job converter converts the received print job, and a print job transmitter transmits the converted print job to a printer AY, which does not support the specific protocol, via a job generator in accordance with a protocol different from the specific protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiro Arai
  • Patent number: 11367575
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body including ceramic layers laminated along one axial direction, first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed between the ceramic layers, first and second end surfaces to which the first and second internal electrodes are respectively drawn, a first end margin that forms an interval between the first end surface and the second internal electrodes, and a second end margin that forms an interval between the second end surface and the first internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes that respectively cover the first and second end surfaces and are respectively connected to the first and second internal electrodes, the multi-layer ceramic capacitor satisfying the following relationship: SE?S/400+300, where S (?m) represents an area of the ceramic body and SE (?m) represents a total area of the first and second internal electrodes in cross sections of the first and second end margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jyouji Ariga, Katsuo Sakatsume, Masumi Ishii, Takeshi Nosaki, Norihiro Arai, Yasushi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220107765
    Abstract: A virtual printer A generated in a virtual printer service included in a host computer including an OS uses a search request receiver to receive a device search request from the OS, and uses a search request responder to respond to the received device search request. Further, a print job receiver receives a print job from the OS, which has registered the virtual printer A as a transmission destination of the print job based on the response, in accordance with a specific protocol. Then, a print job converter converts the received print job, and a print job transmitter transmits the converted print job to a printer AY, which does not support the specific protocol, via a job generator in accordance with a protocol different from the specific protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: Norihiro Arai
  • Patent number: 11227718
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: forming a multilayer body by alternately stacking a green sheet and a conductive paste for forming an internal electrode layer, the green sheet being mainly composed of a ceramic material having a perovskite structure that includes Ca and Zr and is expressed by a general expression ABO3 and containing an alkali metal, the conductive paste being mainly composed of Cu, containing a ceramic co-material and no alkali metal; and baking the multilayer body to obtain a ceramic multilayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyouji Ariga, Takeshi Nosaki, Masumi Ishii, Norihiro Arai, Hiroyuki Moteki, Manabu Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11221805
    Abstract: A virtual printer A generated in a virtual printer service included in a host computer including an OS uses a search request receiver to receive a device search request from the OS, and uses a search request responder to respond to the received device search request. Further, a print job receiver receives a print job from the OS, which has registered the virtual printer A as a transmission destination of the print job based on the response, in accordance with a specific protocol. Then, a print job converter converts the received print job, and a print job transmitter transmits the converted print job to a printer AY, which does not support the specific protocol, via a job generator in accordance with a protocol different from the specific protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiro Arai
  • Patent number: 10984956
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer chip having a first and a second internal electrode layers; a first and a second external electrodes covering a first a second regions of a surface of the multilayer chip, wherein: a mark is shifted on a side of one of two end faces on an upper face; the first internal electrode layer is exposed to the first region and connected to the first external electrode; the second internal electrode layer is exposed to the second region and connected to the second external electrode; the second internal electrode is shifted further on a side of the lower face than on a side of the upper face; the second internal electrode layer is shifted further on a side of the lower face than the upper face; the second region is a region of a half of the surface on the lower face side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Arai, Takeshi Nosaki, Jyouji Ariga, Kazuya Maekawa, Manabu Ozawa, Hiroyuki Moteki
  • Publication number: 20210090813
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body including ceramic layers laminated along one axial direction, first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed between the ceramic layers, first and second end surfaces to which the first and second internal electrodes are respectively drawn, a first end margin that forms an interval between the first end surface and the second internal electrodes, and a second end margin that forms an interval between the second end surface and the first internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes that respectively cover the first and second end surfaces and are respectively connected to the first and second internal electrodes, the multi-layer ceramic capacitor satisfying the following relationship: SE?S/400+300, where S (?m) represents an area of the ceramic body and SE (?m) represents a total area of the first and second internal electrodes in cross sections of the first and second end margins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jyouji ARIGA, Katsuo SAKATSUME, Masumi ISHII, Takeshi NOSAKI, Norihiro ARAI, Yasushi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10930436
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic multilayer structure designated to have ceramic dielectric layers and internal electrode layers alternately stacked, the internal electrode layers being mainly composed of a transition metal other than an iron group, end edges of the internal electrode layers being alternately exposed to a first end face and a second end face; and a pair of external electrodes provided on the first end face and the second end face, wherein: the external electrodes have a base conductive layer and a first plated layer; the base conductive layer directly contacts the ceramic multilayer structure; a main component of the base conductive layer is a noble metal or a transition metal other than an iron group; and a total concentration of Si and B in a second-phase not contacting the ceramic multilayer structure is 0.3 wt % or less, in the base conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Arai, Takeshi Nosaki, Masumi Ishii, Jyouji Ariga, Hiroyuki Moteki, Manabu Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10895779
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pixel comprising first to fourth sub-pixels capable of respectively displaying red, green, blue, and white. Each of the sub-pixels comprises a reflective area and a transmissive area. The liquid crystal display includes a first laminated member provided on a first substrate and a second laminated member provided on a second substrate. The first laminated member comprises a first retardation plate and a first polarizer. The second laminated member comprises a second retardation plate, a diffusion member for diffusing light, and a second polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Arai, Kunpei Kobayashi, Ryota Mizusako
  • Patent number: 10892102
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body including ceramic layers laminated along one axial direction, first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed between the ceramic layers, first and second end surfaces to which the first and second internal electrodes are respectively drawn, a first end margin that forms an interval between the first end surface and the second internal electrodes, and a second end margin that forms an interval between the second end surface and the first internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes that respectively cover the first and second end surfaces and are respectively connected to the first and second internal electrodes, the multi-layer ceramic capacitor satisfying the following relationship: SE?S/400+300, where S (?m) represents an area of the ceramic body and SE (?m) represents a total area of the first and second internal electrodes in cross sections of the first and second end margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jyouji Ariga, Katsuo Sakatsume, Masumi Ishii, Takeshi Nosaki, Norihiro Arai, Yasushi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200379689
    Abstract: A virtual printer A generated in a virtual printer service included in a host computer including an OS uses a search request receiver to receive a device search request from the OS, and uses a search request responder to respond to the received device search request. Further, a print job receiver receives a print job from the OS, which has registered the virtual printer A as a transmission destination of the print job based on the response, in accordance with a specific protocol. Then, a print job converter converts the received print job, and a print job transmitter transmits the converted print job to a printer AY, which does not support the specific protocol, via a job generator in accordance with a protocol different from the specific protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Norihiro Arai
  • Patent number: 10593475
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body that includes a plurality of ceramic layers laminated in one axial direction and includes polycrystal having a Perovskite structure as a main phase, the Perovskite structure containing calcium and zirconium and being expressed by a general expression ABO3, the polycrystal containing silicon, boron, and lithium; first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed between the ceramic layers; a first external electrode provided on an outer surface of the ceramic body and connected to the first internal electrodes; and a second external electrode provided on the outer surface of the ceramic body and connected to the second internal electrodes, the multi-layer ceramic capacitor satisfying 0.2858V+0.4371?CLi?0.1306V+3.0391, where V (mm3) represents a volume of the ceramic body, and CLi (atm %) represents a concentration of the lithium when a concentration of a B-site element of the main phase of the polycrystal is 100 atm %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Arai, Katsuo Sakatsume, Takeshi Nosaki, Masumi Ishii, Joji Ariga
  • Publication number: 20200082988
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer chip having a first and a second internal electrode layers; a first and a second external electrodes covering a first a second regions of a surface of the multilayer chip, wherein: a mark is shifted on a side of one of two end faces on an upper face; the first internal electrode layer is exposed to the first region and connected to the first external electrode; the second internal electrode layer is exposed to the second region and connected to the second external electrode; the second internal electrode is shifted further on a side of the lower face than on a side of the upper face; the second internal electrode layer is shifted further on a side of the lower face than the upper face; the second region is a region of a half of the surface on the lower face side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Norihiro ARAI, Takeshi NOSAKI, Jyouji ARIGA, Kazuya MAEKAWA, Manabu OZAWA, Hiroyuki MOTEKI
  • Patent number: 10522291
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic multilayer structure having ceramic dielectric layers and internal electrode layers alternately stacked, the internal electrode layers being mainly composed of a transition metal other than an iron group, end edges of the internal electrode layers being alternately exposed to a first end face and a second end face; and a pair of external electrodes provided on the first end face and the second end face, wherein the external electrode includes a base conductive layer that includes glass of less than 7 weight % and is mainly composed of a transition metal other than an iron group or a noble metal, and a first plated film that covers the base conductive layer, has a thickness that is half of a thickness of the base conductive layer or more and is mainly composed of a transition metal other than an iron group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuo Sakatsume, Masumi Ishii, Takeshi Nosaki, Norihiro Arai, Jyouji Ariga, Yasushi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190348006
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pixel comprising first to fourth sub-pixels capable of respectively displaying red, green, blue, and white. Each of the sub-pixels comprises a reflective area and a transmissive area. The liquid crystal display includes a first laminated member provided on a first substrate and a second laminated member provided on a second substrate. The first laminated member comprises a first retardation plate and a first polarizer. The second laminated member comprises a second retardation plate, a diffusion member for diffusing light, and a second polarizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Arai, Kunpei Kobayashi, Ryota Mizusako
  • Patent number: 10416488
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged to face each other; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and having a vertical alignment (VA) mode; a first electrode provided on the first substrate and extending in a first direction; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode which are provided in one pixel region and above the first electrode, with an insulating layer interposed, and which are arrayed in the first direction; a first contact member which connects the first electrode and the first pixel electrode to each other; a second contact member which connects the first electrode and the second pixel electrode to each other; and a common electrode provided on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Arai, Hiromitsu Ishii, Ryota Mizusako, Kunpei Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190272954
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: forming a multilayer body by alternately stacking a green sheet and a conductive paste for forming an internal electrode layer, the green sheet being mainly composed of a ceramic material having a perovskite structure that includes Ca and Zr and is expressed by a general expression ABO3 and containing an alkali metal, the conductive paste being mainly composed of Cu, containing a ceramic co-material and no alkali metal; and baking the multilayer body to obtain a ceramic multilayer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jyouji ARIGA, Takeshi NOSAKI, Masumi ISHII, Norihiro ARAI, Hiroyuki MOTEKI, Manabu OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10381160
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes a multi-layer unit and an external electrode. The multi-layer unit includes an end surface oriented in a first direction, a side surface oriented in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a ridge connecting the end surface and the side surface, ceramic layers, and internal electrodes. The multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfies the following relationships: A/L?0.0142*ln(L)+0.0256, A/T?0.0274*ln(T)+0.0719, B/L?0.0103*ln(L)+0.0281, and B/T?0.0189*ln(T)+0.0707, where A represents a thickness of the external electrode in the second direction at a position adjacent to the ridge on the side surface, B represents a thickness of the external electrode in the first direction at a position adjacent to the ridge on the end surface, L represents a dimension of the multi-layer ceramic electronic component in the first direction, and T represents a dimension of the multi-layer ceramic electronic component in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuo Sakatsume, Masumi Ishii, Takeshi Nosaki, Norihiro Arai, Jyouji Ariga, Yasushi Inoue