Patents by Inventor Shigeru Ayukawa

Shigeru Ayukawa 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: 10405631
    Abstract: Provided is a light illumination system that, when a short-wavelength light curable resin is applied onto a body to be decorated such as an artificial nail or a nail of a fingertip, easily identifies a coating condition and a color of the short-wavelength light curable resin. This light emission system includes a short-wavelength light emission member and a pseudo natural light emission member, wherein the short-wavelength light emission member has a short-wavelength light emitting source in a casing, the casing has inside an opening that allows insertion of the nail therethrough, the short-wavelength light emitting source irradiates a short-wavelength light curable resin with short-wavelength light having a wavelength less than 410 nm to cure the resin, the pseudo natural light emission member has a planar light source, and the planar light source is located outside the casing and is capable of emitting diffusion light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Ayukawa, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Kuniharu Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20190150585
    Abstract: Provided is a light illumination system that, when a short-wavelength light curable resin is applied onto a body to be decorated such as an artificial nail or a nail of a fingertip, easily identifies a coating condition and a color of the short-wavelength light curable resin. This light emission system includes a short-wavelength light emission member and a pseudo natural light emission member, wherein the short-wavelength light emission member has a short-wavelength light emitting source in a casing, the casing has inside an opening that allows insertion of the nail therethrough, the short-wavelength light emitting source irradiates a short-wavelength light curable resin with short-wavelength light having a wavelength less than 410 nm to cure the resin, the pseudo natural light emission member has a planar light source, and the planar light source is located outside the casing and is capable of emitting diffusion light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeru Ayukawa, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Kuniharu Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9281498
    Abstract: An organic EL device that efficiently extracts light includes an organic EL element formed by laminating a first electrode layer, functional layer, and second electrode layer on a substrate and a sealing member sealing the organic EL element. The organic EL device has a first electrode communicating part electrically connected to the first electrode layer at one side of the substrate and a second electrode communicating part electrically connected to the second electrode layer at the other side of the substrate. The organic EL device has first cross grooves crossing the organic EL element from the second electrode layer located at the one side to the second electrode layer that is located at the other side. The first cross groove is formed by removing the first electrode layer, functional layer, and second electrode layer. The sealing member and the substrate are connected outside of the first cross grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Nishikawa, Shigeru Ayukawa, Hideo Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 8921846
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an organic EL device that emits light by an alternating current, has a simple structure and provides little increase of production processes, while downsizing an overall configuration and a simplifying a method for producing said organic EL device. The organic EL device includes a power feeding part and an organic-EL-element forming part. The organic-EL-element forming part includes a plurality of unit EL elements formed on a substrate. There is provided a plurality of series-connected parts each formed by a plurality of the unit EL elements that are electrically connected in series in a forward direction. A plurality of the series-connected parts are electrically connected to the power feeding part in parallel. The series-connected parts that are connected in parallel include a series-connected part that is connected to the power feeding part so as to have a reverse polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nishikawa, Shigeru Ayukawa, Hideo Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20130285033
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an organic EL device that emits light by an alternating current, has a simple structure and provides little increase of production processes, while downsizing an overall configuration and a simplifying a method for producing said organic EL device. The organic EL device includes a power feeding part and an organic-EL-element forming part. The organic-EL-element forming part includes a plurality of unit EL elements formed on a substrate. There is provided a plurality of series-connected parts each formed by a plurality of the unit EL elements that are electrically connected in series in a forward direction. A plurality of the series-connected parts are electrically connected to the power feeding part in parallel. The series-connected parts that are connected in parallel include a series-connected part that is connected to the power feeding part so as to have a reverse polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Nishikawa, Shigeru Ayukawa, Hideo Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20130249390
    Abstract: An organic EL device that efficiently extracts light includes an organic EL element formed by laminating a first electrode layer, functional layer, and second electrode layer on a substrate and a sealing member sealing the organic EL element. The organic EL device has a first electrode communicating part electrically connected to the first electrode layer at one side of the substrate and a second electrode communicating part electrically connected to the second electrode layer at the other side of the substrate. The organic EL device has first cross grooves crossing the organic EL element from the second electrode layer located at the one side to the second electrode layer that is located at the other side. The first cross groove is formed by removing the first electrode layer, functional layer, and second electrode layer. The sealing member and the substrate are connected outside of the first cross grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Nishikawa, Shigeru Ayukawa, Hideo Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 8421347
    Abstract: In a device according to the present invention, a first conductive electrode layer being patterned and light transmissive is formed on a light-transmissive substrate and a laminated layer containing a plurality of organic-compound layers is formed so as to cover at least a part of the first electrode layer. The laminated layer is partly removed so that the first electrode layer is partly exposed. At least one layer containing a second conductive electrode layer is formed on the laminated layer and the exposed part of the first electrode layer. A part of the laminated layer and a part of the second electrode layer are simultaneously removed by application of a laser beam from a side of the substrate, so that a plurality of light-emitting sections are electrically connected in series on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Yamagishi, Akira Nishikawa, Shigeru Ayukawa
  • Publication number: 20120161616
    Abstract: In a device according to the present invention, a first conductive electrode layer being patterned and light transmissive is formed on a light-transmissive substrate and a laminated layer containing a plurality of organic-compound layers is formed so as to cover at least a part of the first electrode layer. The laminated layer is partly removed so that the first electrode layer is partly exposed. At least one layer containing a second conductive electrode layer is formed on the laminated layer and the exposed part of the first electrode layer. A part of the laminated layer and a part of the second electrode layer are simultaneously removed by application of a laser beam from a side of the substrate, so that a plurality of light-emitting sections are electrically connected in series on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Yamagishi, Akira Nishikawa, Shigeru Ayukawa
  • Publication number: 20070254162
    Abstract: An organic EL element with high luminous efficiency is manufactured by fabricating a compound substrate by forming a microscopic unevenness on a transparent substrate of glass or the like using a sol-gel material and a nanoimprinting method, applying a high refractive index material on the microscopic unevenness, and planarizing the surface, and layering a first electrode, an organic solid layer including an organic light-emitting material and a first electrode in that order on the compound substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Kenji Kozaki, Tsutomu Morimoto, Shigeru Ayukawa, Naganori Tsutsui, Nobuhito Miura, Masahiro Katoh