Patents by Inventor Takashi Kodama

Takashi Kodama 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: 9529121
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antiglare film having an excellent antiglare property and being capable of suitably preventing an occurrence of scintillation and a decrease in contrast. The film includes a light-transmitting substrate and a diffusion layer. The diffusion layer has a surface roughness and is formed on at least one side of the light-transmitting substrate, wherein the diffusion layer contains organic fine particles (A), organic fine particles (B), and a cured product of a binder component, and satisfies the expressions: (1) rA>rB; (2) ?A<?B; and (3) rB/rA>CB/CA, where CA and CB represent a content ratio of the organic fine particles (A) or the organic fine particles (B) in the diffusion layer, respectively, rA and rB represent an average particle size thereof, respectively, and ?A and ?B represent a refractive index thereof relative to the cured product of the binder component, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Takashi Kodama, Makoto Honda
  • Patent number: 9507057
    Abstract: An anti-glare sheet that exhibits excellent glossy black textures, blackness in dark locations, and anti-glare properties for dynamic images, and that is suited to the implementation of high quality images. The anti-glare sheet has, on at least one surface of a transparent substrate, an anti-glare layer comprising binder resin, diffusion particles, and binder particulates. The transmission intensities of the anti-glare sheet satisfy specific relational equations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Makoto Honda, Takashi Kodama
  • Patent number: 9464281
    Abstract: A method for concentrating viruses includes applying a magnetic force to a mixture containing: sugar chain-immobilized magnetic metal nano-particles each having a structure in which a sugar chain-immobilized metal nano-particle is bound to a first magnetic nano-particle; second magnetic particles with mean particle size larger than that of the sugar chain-immobilized magnetic metal nano-particles; and a specimen. Each sugar chain-immobilized metal nano-particle has a structure where a ligand-conjugate is bound to a metal nano-particle via sulfur atoms. The ligand-conjugate has a structure where a linker compound's amino group is connected to a sugar chain having a reducing terminal. The linker compound includes, in molecules thereof, an amino group, sulfur atoms, and a hydrocarbon chain having carbon-nitrogen bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: SUDx-Biotec Corporation, National University Corporation Kagoshima University, Neat Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Suda, Masahiro Wakao, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20160181949
    Abstract: A multilevel power conversion device includes: N (N?1) direct current voltage sources; a first flying capacitor; a second flying capacitor; and a phase module of a M phase (M?2) being configured to output, from the output terminal, a potential of one of the input terminals, or a potential obtained by adding or subtracting the voltage of the capacitor to or from the potential of the one of the input terminals, by selectively controlling the respective switching elements in an ON/OFF manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isamu HASEGAWA, Takashi KODAMA, Takeshi KONDO, Shota URUSHIBATA, Hiromi SAKO, Kenji KOBORI, Shizunori HAMADA, Keiichi KODACHI
  • Publication number: 20160141870
    Abstract: Basic circuit of U phase includes first to fourth semiconductor elements (SU1.1 to SU1.4) connected between positive and negative ends of DC voltage source (DCC1), fifth semiconductor element (SU1.5) connected to a common connection point of the first and second semiconductor elements (SU1.1, SU1.2), and sixth semiconductor element (SU1.6) connected to a common connection point of the third and fourth semiconductor elements (SU1.3, SU1.4). Flying capacitor (FC1) is inserted between the fifth semiconductor element (SU1.5) and the sixth semiconductor element (SU1.6). Voltage selection circuits have the common connection points of the second and third semiconductor elements (SU1.2, SU1.3) of the respective basic circuits as input terminals, and includes semiconductor elements (SU1 to SU4) between the input terminals and output terminals (U, V, W).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isamu HASEGAWA, Takashi KODAMA, Takeshi KONDO, Shota URUSHIBATA
  • Patent number: 9310522
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical layered body which stably keeps light resistance such as ultraviolet resistance and oxidation resistance while keeping conventional physical properties and optical properties as the outermost surface material of an image display device, which is excellent in an antistatic property and which is capable of providing high image contrast when employed for an image display device. The optical layered body has a light transmitting substrate and a resin layer formed on one surface of the light transmitting substrate and is characterized in that the resin layer contains a binder resin, a polythiophene, an auxiliary conductive agent, and a leveling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Eguchi, Tasuku Kitamura, Yuki Ichikawa, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20160068025
    Abstract: This pneumatic radial tire for agricultural vehicles includes lugs arranged alternately, in the tread circumferential direction, in tread width direction halves, and at least one protrusion on a wall at a trailing edge side of each lug, protruding from the wall in an opposite direction from a designated tire rotation direction, connecting to the bottom of a lug groove, and including an upper face orthogonal to the tire radial direction. A line M connects a tread width direction innermost point P of the wall at the trailing edge side of a first lug and a point Q ? of a peripheral length of the wall away. The protrusion of a second lug positioned on the opposite tread width direction half from the first lug and adjacent to the first lug in the designated tire rotation direction is positioned on the tread width direction inner side of the line M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi KODAMA
  • Patent number: 9164204
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-glare film having excellent anti-glare property, and suppressing white muddiness and scintillation, generation of cracks when attaching the films to polarizing elements and a fabrication process of liquid crystal cells, and changes of an anti-glare property over time. An anti-glare film comprises a light-transmitting substrate; and a diffusion layer having a surface roughness and provided on at least one surface of the light-transmitting substrate, in which the diffusion layer is obtainable by applying, on the at least one surface of the light-transmitting substrate, a coating composition including organic fine particles and a radiation curable binder that includes a (meth)acrylate monomer as an essential component, drying the composition to form a coating, and curing it, the organic fine particles in the diffusion layer have an impregnation layer being impregnated with the radiation curable binder, and the impregnation layer has an average thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kodama, Makoto Honda, Hiroko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9164203
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-glare film having excellent anti-glare property, and suppressing white muddiness and scintillation, generation of cracks when attaching the films to polarizing elements and a fabrication process of liquid crystal cells, and changes of an anti-glare property over time. An anti-glare film comprises a light-transmitting substrate; and a diffusion layer having a surface roughness and provided on at least one surface of the light-transmitting substrate, in which the diffusion layer is obtainable by applying, on the at least one surface of the light-transmitting substrate, a coating composition including organic fine particles and a radiation curable binder that includes a (meth)acrylate monomer as an essential component, drying the composition to form a coating, and curing it, the organic fine particles in the diffusion layer have an impregnation layer being impregnated with the radiation curable binder, and the impregnation layer has an average thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kodama, Makoto Honda, Hiroko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9086520
    Abstract: To provide an anti-glare sheet for a liquid crystal display device with excellent vivid complexion and blackness and excellent image crispness, that is suitable for combination of dynamic images and still images. An anti-glare sheet for a liquid crystal display device having a diffusion factor in the interior on at least one side of a transparent base material and provided with a functional layer with an irregular surface on the side opposite the transparent base material side, and either having or not having a transparent resin layer with a film thickness of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kodama, Gen Furui, Makoto Honda
  • Patent number: 8999463
    Abstract: An anti-dazzling laminate made of an optical laminate including a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape provided on the material. The laminate simultaneously satisfies formulae: 0?G100?15 (I), 0.1?Hs?5.0 (II), 0.3?Rz?1.8 (III) wherein G100 represents a scintillation value which is a standard deviation of a variation in brightness distribution at a resolution of 100 ppi measured on the surface of the laminate; Hs represents the surface haze value of the laminate; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Mikami, Yukimitsu Iwata, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Patent number: 8877104
    Abstract: An optical laminate produced by a process for producing an anti-dazzling laminate comprising a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The process includes providing the light transparent base material and forming the anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape on the light transparent base material, wherein the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer satisfies the following requirements: Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes or profile irregularities in the anti-dazzling layer; ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20140307316
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-glare film having an excellent anti-glare property, and sufficiently suppressing white muddiness and scintillation, generation of cracks in a process for attaching the films to polarizing elements and a fabrication process of liquid crystal cells, and changes of an anti-glare property over time, even if the film is used in a high definition display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi Kodama, Makoto Honda, Hiroko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140254021
    Abstract: An anti-glare sheet that exhibits excellent glossy black textures, blackness in dark locations, and anti-glare properties for dynamic images, and that is suited to the implementation of high quality images. The anti-glare sheet has, on at least one surface of a transparent substrate, an anti-glare layer in which a texturized layer comprising diffusion particles and a first binder, and a smoothing layer comprising a second binder are layered in said order from the transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Makoto Honda, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20140247495
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antiglare film that has a thin antiglare layer and suppresses generation of scintillation and white muddiness at significantly high levels, while maintaining the hard-coating property and antiglare property, thereby providing favorable high-contrast display images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Honda, Hiroko Suzuki, Gen Furui, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20140211316
    Abstract: An anti-glare sheet that exhibits excellent glossy black textures, blackness in dark locations, and anti-glare properties for dynamic images, and that is suited to the implementation of high quality images. The anti-glare sheet has, on at least one surface of a transparent substrate, an anti-glare layer comprising binder resin, diffusion particles, and binder particulates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Makoto Honda, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20140202606
    Abstract: It is an object to reduce tire vibration during high-speed travel on paved roads without lowering traction performance in fields. An agricultural machine tire includes: lug blocks disposed in a tread portion and formed alternately on both sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire circumferential direction; and a central rib extending in the tire circumferential direction and to which end portions of the lug blocks on the tire equatorial plane side are integrally connected, and when a tire width length of the central rib from connecting portions to the tire equatorial plane is taken as a first rib width and a tire width length of the central rib from end edges of the central rib from the connecting portions across the tire equatorial plane to the tire equatorial plane is a second rib width, the width of the first rib is greater than the second rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kodama, Adriano Tedesco, Massimiliano Alberelli
  • Publication number: 20140177052
    Abstract: The claimed invention provides an anti-glare film which has high pencil hardness and high scratch resistance along with crack prevention, and also has high image contrast and excellent anti-glare property. Provided is an anti-glare film including a light transmitting substrate, and an anti-glare layer having surface roughness on at least one surface of the light transmitting substrate. The anti-glare layer includes chain-like inorganic fine particles which have an area ratio of 30 to 94% in the thickness direction cross section of the anti-glare layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Tsujimoto, Aya Naitou, Yukihiro Doumori, Takashi Narikawa, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20140177060
    Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to achieve a video display device antiglare sheet having excellent black glossiness, darkness in dark places, and antiglare properties in video applications, and suited to realizing high image quality. An antiglare layer including a transparent resin and diffusion particles is provided on at least one surface of a transparent substrate. The antiglare layer is uneven on the surface opposite of the transparent substrate, said unevenness being formed mainly by convexities resulting from the diffusion particles which have an impregnation layer in which all or a part of the component constituting the transparent resin is impregnated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Makoto Honda, Takashi Kodama
  • Patent number: D731402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adriano Tedesco, Massimiliano Alberelli, Takashi Kodama