Patents by Inventor Shinya MIZUTANI
Shinya MIZUTANI 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).
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Publication number: 20230114444Abstract: A charger may include: a casing including an air inlet and an air outlet; an inner wall extending from an inner surface of the casing and defining an accommodating space between the inner surface of the casing and the inner wall; and a centrifugal fan including an air feed port and disposed in the accommodating space. The air outlet may be disposed to face the air feed port. The air inlet may be disposed closer to the centrifugal fan than the inner wall is. In a direction of a rotation axis of the centrifugal fan, a width between the inner wall and the centrifugal fan may be less than or equal to 150% of a width of the centrifugal fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya MIZUTANI, Junichi MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230080587Abstract: A joining device includes: an electrode for transmitting a current to an object to be joined; a current supply section for generating the current supplied to the object due to a voltage being applied thereto; a current measurement section for measuring the current supplied to the object; and a first control unit for correcting the voltage applied to the current supply section based on a current value measured before a last time by the current measurement section such that a current value measured by the current measurement section becomes a target current value. A method for manufacturing a joined object includes: supplying a current, which is generated by applying a voltage to a current supply section, to the object to be joined; measuring the current supplied to the object; and correcting the voltage applied to the current supply section based on a ratio between the measured current value and a desired current value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Toshihiko HAYASHI, Yasuo KADOYA, Shinya MIZUTANI, Hisashi SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230053736Abstract: A joining device includes: a first circuit in which a primary-side winding of a first transformer and a first capacitor are connected; a second circuit in which a primary-side winding of a second transformer and a second capacitor are connected; an electrode connected to secondary-side winding of the first transformer and secondary-side winding of the second transformer; and a charge switch configured to switch between energization/de-energization of the first and second capacitors from a power supply without the transformers being interposed. The first circuit has a first discharge switch and the second circuit has a second discharge switch. A method for manufacturing a joined object includes, by using the joining device, supplying an object to be joined to be sandwiched by the electrode; causing a current to flow through the electrode that sandwiches the object to be joined to join the object to be joined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Yasuo KADOYA, Shinya MIZUTANI, Koji ARAI
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Patent number: 9598591Abstract: Provided is an ink set having excellent curing properties under LED light, providing printed matter that does not fade or discolor due to a photopolymerization initiator, suppressing color bleeding during image forming, exhibiting favorable adhesion towards a polyvinyl chloride sheet, enabling cock ring to be efficiently suppressed, and demonstrating an extremely low viscosity, high flash point and low skin irritation. The present invention pertains to an ink set containing at least two compositions selected from the group consisting of a yellow ink composition, a magenta ink composition, a cyan ink composition, a black ink composition, a white ink composition, and a clear ink composition, the compositions having the predetermined structure as specified in claim 1, wherein the flash point of the ink compositions is 70° C. or higher, and the viscosity (25° C.) is 5 mPa-s or lower.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: SAKATA INX CORP.Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Tadashi Hirose, Takuya Myose
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Patent number: 9587126Abstract: Provided is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing which is favorably cured with light from a light-emitting diode (LED), favorably adheres to a polyvinyl chloride sheet such as a tarpaulin and a vinyl chloride resin sheet, suppresses the occurrence of cockling, and has both safety and favorable ejection stability at room temperature when ejected from an inkjet head for low-viscosity ink, and a printed material. The present invention is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing containing photopolymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable compounds are vinyloxyethoxyethyl acrylate and benzyl acrylate, and contained in specific amounts. The photopolymerization initiator is a compound that expresses an initiator function when irradiated with light having a wavelength within the range of 450 to 300 nm. The photocurable ink composition has a flash point of 70° C. or higher and a viscosity at 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Mizutani, Takuya Myose, Tadashi Hirose
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Patent number: 9546291Abstract: Provided is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing which is favorably cured with light from a light-emitting diode (LED), favorably adheres to a polyvinyl chloride sheet such as a tarpaulin and a vinyl chloride resin sheet, suppresses the occurrence of cockling, and has both safety and favorable ejection stability at room temperature when ejected from an inkjet head for low-viscosity ink, and a printed material. The present invention is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing containing photopolymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable compounds are vinyloxyethoxyethyl acrylate and benzyl acrylate, and contained in specific amounts. The photopolymerization initiator is a compound that expresses an initiator function when irradiated with light having a wavelength within the range of 450 to 300 nm. The photocurable ink composition has a flash point of 70° C. or higher and a viscosity at 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Mizutani, Takuya Myose, Tadashi Hirose
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Publication number: 20150291819Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an ink set which has excellent curability under LED light, provides a printed material without coloration or fading due to a photoinitiator, prevents color mixing in image formation, has good adhesion to polyvinyl chloride-based sheets, sufficiently prevent cockling, and has very low viscosity as well as a high flash point and low skin irritation. An ink set including: at least two selected from the group consisting of a yellow ink composition, a magenta ink composition, a cyan ink composition, a black ink composition, a white ink composition, and a clear ink composition. Each ink composition has a flash point of 70° C. or higher and a viscosity at 25° C. of 5 mPa·s or less. The magenta, cyan, and clear ink compositions each contain 4 to 40% by mass of vinyloxyethoxyethyl acrylate, 10 to 65% by mass of benzyl acrylate, 5 to 35% by mass of N-vinylcaprolactam, and an acylphosphine oxide photoinitiator, and are each free of a thioxanthone photoinitiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Tadashi Hirose, Takuya Myose
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Publication number: 20150284579Abstract: The present invention provides a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing having favorable ejection stability from a low viscosity compatible inkjet head at ambient temperature. The present invention relates to a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing containing at least a photopolymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a surfactant, and a pigment, the photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing having a viscosity at 25° C. of 12 mPa·s or less, the photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing containing, as the surfactant, 0.01 to 0.30% by mass of polyester-modified methylalkylpolysiloxane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Tadashi Hirose, Takuya Myose
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Patent number: 9139748Abstract: A photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing is obtained that has superior curability with respect to light from a light-emitting diode, has favorable adhesion to a polyvinyl chloride-based sheet, and is able to adequately inhibit the occurrence of cockling.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Sakata Inx Corp.Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Tatsuro Tsuchiya, Taichi Ono
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Patent number: 9102839Abstract: A photocurable inkjet printing ink composition includes at least a photopolymerizable compound component and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein in the photopolymerizable compound component, a monofunctional monomer is included in a content of 91.0 to 99.5% by mass and a multifunctional monomer is included in a content of 0.5 to 9.0% by mass; in the monofunctional monomer component, acryloylmorpholine is included in a content of 30.0 to 85.0% by mass; the monofunctional monomer component includes at least one selected from benzyl acrylate, ethyl carbitol acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate in a content of 5.0 to 40.0% by mass in the monofunctional monomer component; and the stretching rate at 180° C. of the cured coating obtained by photopolymerizing the photocurable inkjet printing ink composition is 120% or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Mizutani, Tadashi Hirose, Takuya Myose
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Publication number: 20150210874Abstract: A photocurable inkjet printing ink composition includes at least a photopolymerizable compound component and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein in the photopolymerizable compound component, a monofunctional monomer is included in a content of 91.0 to 99.5% by mass and a multifunctional monomer is included in a content of 0.5 to 9.0% by mass; in the monofunctional monomer component, acryloylmorpholine is included in a content of 30.0 to 85.0% by mass; the monofunctional monomer component includes at least one selected from benzyl acrylate, ethyl carbitol acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate in a content of 5.0 to 40.0% by mass in the monofunctional monomer component; and the stretching rate at 180° C. of the cured coating obtained by photopolymerizing the photocurable inkjet printing ink composition is 120% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: SAKATA INX CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Mizutani, Tadashi Hirose, Takuya Myose
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Publication number: 20150203695Abstract: Provided is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing which is favorably cured with light from a light-emitting diode (LED), favorably adheres to a polyvinyl chloride sheet such as a tarpaulin and a vinyl chloride resin sheet, suppresses the occurrence of cockling, and has both safety and favorable ejection stability at room temperature when ejected from an inkjet head for low-viscosity ink, and a printed material. The present invention is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing containing photopolymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable compounds are vinyloxyethoxyethyl acrylate and benzyl acrylate, and contained in specific amounts. The photopolymerization initiator is a compound that expresses an initiator function when irradiated with light having a wavelength within the range of 450 to 300 nm. The photocurable ink composition has a flash point of 70° C. or higher and a viscosity at 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Takuya Myose, Tadashi Hirose
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Publication number: 20120270018Abstract: A photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing is obtained that has superior curability with respect to light from a light-emitting diode, has favorable adhesion to a polyvinyl chloride-based sheet, and is able to adequately inhibit the occurrence of cockling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: SAKATA INX CORP.Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Tatsuro Tsuchiya, Taichi Ono
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Publication number: 20110236647Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photocurable ink composition for ink-jet printing, which exhibits excellent curing properties in response to light from light emitting diodes (LEDs), is adhered well to a polyvinyl chloride sheet such as tarpaulin or a vinyl chloride resin sheet, can sufficiently reduce cockling, has a low viscosity but a high flash point, and can achieve both of good jetability at a normal temperature and good safety properties owing to these properties. The ink composition for ink-jet printing includes at least: photopolymerizable compounds; a photopolymerization initiator; and a sensitizer, and has a flash point of higher than 60° C. when measured with a SETA closed-cup flash point tester by a method in accordance with JIS K2256. The photopolymerizable compounds include 2-methoxyethyl acrylate and/or 2-ethoxyethyl acrylate, and N-vinyl caprolactam, and an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in the molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: SAKATA INX CORP.Inventors: Tatsuro B. Tsuchiya, Shinya Mizutani, Taichi Ono
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Publication number: 20090124720Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a photocurable ink composition for ink-jet printing having excellent photocurability, favorable adhesiveness to a substrate, and excellent elongation property and flexibility. The present invention relates to a photocurable ink composition for ink-jet printing containing: a ketone resin having a hydroxyl group; as a photopolymerizable compound, (a) aromatic ring-containing acrylate, which is represented by the following formula (I), and isobornyl acrylate and/or (b) trimethylcyclohexane acrylate, (in the formula, “R” represents an aromatic ring in which a hydrogen atom may be substituted by an alkyl group, and “n” represents an integer from 0 to 5); and a photopolymerization initiator, a blending ratio of said aromatic ring-containing acrylate to said isobornyl acrylate being 70/30 to 30/70 by mass, and a content of said ketone resin having a hydroxyl group being 8 to 20% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2007Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: SAKATA INX CORP.Inventors: Tatsuro TSUCHIYA, Shinya MIZUTANI, Okinori NAKASHIMA