Patents by Inventor Noriki Tachibana

Noriki Tachibana 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: 7751005
    Abstract: An IPS (In Plane Switching) mode type liquid crystal display apparatus having polarizing plates on both sides of a liquid crystal cell, wherein the polarizing plate protective film used between a liquid crystal cell and polarizer on a backlight light-source side is a cellulose ester film having a thickness of 20-50 ?m and a retardation value of 0 nm?Ro?2 nm and ?5 nm?Rt?5 nm, and this cellulose ester film is characterized by temperature variation ?Rt(t) lying in the range 0 nm??Rt(t)?7 nm and humidity variation ?Rt(h) lying in the range 0 nm??Rt(h)?20 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeki Oka, Noriki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20080084523
    Abstract: An IPS (In Plane Switching) mode type liquid crystal display apparatus having polarizing plates on both sides of a liquid crystal cell, wherein the polarizing plate protective film used between a liquid crystal cell and polarizer on a backlight light-source side is a cellulose ester film having a thickness of 20-50 ?m and a retardation value of 0 nm?Ro?2 nm and ?5 nm?Rt?5 nm, and this cellulose ester film is characterized by temperature variation ?Rt(t) lying in the range 0 nm??Rt(t)?7 nm and humidity variation ?Rt(h) lying in the range 0 nm??Rt(h)?20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeki OKA, Noriki TACHIBANA
  • Patent number: 7182981
    Abstract: To provide a cellulose ester film formed by casting, which minimizes degradation of optical properties as well as exhibits sufficient mechanical strength generated by the enhancement of tear strength, and further to provide a production method of the same. A cellulose ester film characterized in comprising flat particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Masahito Takada, Yasuo Shimura, Tadahiro Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 7070719
    Abstract: A film employed in a liquid crystal display member is disclosed. The film has film thickness of 20 to 60 ?m and variation in the film thickness within ±3.0 percent of the standard film thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Kunio Shimizu, Masahito Takada, Isamu Michihata, Koichi Nagayasu
  • Publication number: 20050238820
    Abstract: A film employed in a liquid crystal display member is disclosed. The film has film thickness of 20 to 60 ?m and variation in the film thickness within ±3.0 percent of the standard film thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Kunio Shimizu, Masahito Takada, Isamu Michihata, Koichi Nagayasu
  • Patent number: 6828006
    Abstract: A film for a liquid crystal display. The film is a cellulose ester film with a thickness between 20 and 65 &mgr;m and containing fine particles. The average diameter of fine particles is 0.05 to 3.0 &mgr;m. The number of fine particles per 1,000 &mgr;m2 is 5 to 500 in the cross-section perpendicular to the cellulose ester film in a region of a depth of not more than 10 &mgr;m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Takada, Isamu Michihata, Kouichi Saito, Hiroko Yokouchi, Noriki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20040174474
    Abstract: A film employed in a liquid crystal display member is disclosed. The film has film thickness of 20 to 60 &mgr;m and variation in the film thickness within ±3.0 percent of the standard film thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Kunio Shimizu, Masahito Takada, Isamu Michihata, Koichi Nagayasu
  • Patent number: 6731357
    Abstract: A film employed in a liquid crystal display member is disclosed. The film has film thickness of 20 to 60 &mgr;m and variation in the film thickness within ±3.0 percent of the standard film thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Kunio Shimizu, Masahito Takada, Isamu Michihata, Koichi Nagayasu
  • Patent number: 6652926
    Abstract: A film for a liquid crystal display. The film is a cellulose ester film with a thickness between 20 and 65 &mgr;m and containing fine particles. The average diameter of fine particles is 0.005 to 3.0 &mgr;m. The number of fine particles per 1,000 &mgr;m2 is 5 to 500 in the cross-section perpendicular to the cellulose ester film in a region of a depth of not more than 10 &mgr;m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Takada, Isamu Michihata, Kouichi Saito, Hiroko Yokouchi, Noriki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 6320042
    Abstract: A cellulose triacetate film characterized in being comprised of cellulose triacetate which is prepared by employing cotton liter as the raw material, having a value of weight average molecular weight Mw/number average molecular weight Mn of 3.5 to 4.5, or being comprised of cellulose triacetate which is prepared by employing wood pulp as the raw material, having a value of weight average molecular weight Mw/number average molecular weight Mn of 4.0 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Isamu Michihata, Masahito Takada, Kunio Shimizu, Koichi Nagayasu, Noriki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 5453352
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, which comprises a support and provided thereon, a hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a silver halide emulsion layer wherein the hydrophilic colloid layer contains a compound having a solubility of not less than 1 g based on 100 g of water of 25.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Noriki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 5334457
    Abstract: There are disclosed a plastic resin film which comprises a polyester resin composition comprising at least two components of (A) a polyester copolymer and (B) a polymer having conductivity, preferably having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 5000, being laminated on at least one surface of a plastic film support; a light-sensitive photographic material which comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer being laminated on said film laminate or plastic film; and a method for preparing a plastic film which comprises coating an aqueous solution of the polyester resin composition on at least one surface of a non-oriented plastic film support or uniaxially oriented plastic film support, stretching the coated support to at least monoaxial direction and then completing orientation crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Wada, Tohru Kobayashi, Noriki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 5306606
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biaxially stretched polyester film which comprises a polyester film and a coating layer composed of a resin composition comprising (A) an acrylic polymer and/or (B) a polyester copolymer and at least (C) a polymer containing a monomer having a sulfonic acid group neutralized with an organic amine in its recurring unit or (D) a polymer containing a monomer having a sulfonic acid group neutralized with ammonium on at least one surface of the polyester film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Yoshihiro Wada, Tohru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5286618
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for providing an antistatic layer containing a water-soluble conductive polymer and a curing agent on a plastic film by coating, which comprises coating an aqueous processing solution containing the water-soluble conductive polymer and the curing agent on the plastic film to have a pH of the surface of the antistatic layer after drying the plastic layer of 8.5 or less and 2.5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Yoichi Saito, Kiyokazu Morita
  • Patent number: 5284741
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antistatic layer for a plastic film comprising a reaction product of a polystyrenesulfonic acid type water-soluble conductive polymer, amide group-containing hydrophobic polymer particles and a curing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Yoichi Saito
  • Patent number: 5215879
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion containing silver halide twinned-crystal grains is prepared by the steps of (a) forming silver halide nuclear grains by mixing a water soluble silver salt and a water soluble halide, (b) forming silver halide seed-emulsion grains by carrying out ripening of the nuclear grains formed in (a), and (c) growing the seed-emulsion grains, wherein a water soluble polymer is introduced by (b), having the repetition unit represented by the following formula [P] in an amount of 10 to 100 mol % per each polymer molecule: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tetuya Suzuki, Shin-ichi Yamamoto, Harumi Asakawa, Toshihiko Yagi, Noriki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 5137802
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having a layer containing an electrically conductive material formed on one surface of a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer formed on the other surface of the support is disclosed, wherein the outermost layer on the side where the silver halide emulsion layer is formed contains an organopolysiloxane and a nonionic surfactant having a polyoxyethylene unit, the latter being optionally combined with, or replaced by, a fluorine-containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Ueda, Noriki Tachibana, Nobuaki Kagawa, Minoru Ishikawa, Hideo Ota
  • Patent number: 5098822
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antistatic layer for a plastic film having an antistatic layer comprising a reaction product of a water-soluble conductive polymer, a hydrophobic latex and an epoxy type hardener, characterized in that said hydrophobic latex comprises a hydrophobic polymer having at least one of an alkylene oxide chain and an amide group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Yoichi Saito
  • Patent number: 5094909
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plastic film comprising a support and an antistatic layer, provided thereon, comprising a reaction product of a water-soluble electroconductive polymer, hydrophobic polymer particles and a hardening agent, characterized in that the hydrophobic polymer particles are stabilized by a surfactant having at least five ethylene oxide chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Yoichi Saito, Toshiaki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: H1106
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having a polymer with a cloud point incorporated in at least one layer on a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Inventors: Noriki Tachibana, Masato Nishizeki, Nobuaki Kagawa