Patents by Inventor Tohru Imai

Tohru Imai 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: 20110293168
    Abstract: A transparent component locally includes one or both of a plurality of thick parts that have a large thickness in the vertical direction, and a plurality of thin parts that have a small thickness in the vertical direction. A component recognition camera captures an image of the transparent component held by a mount head, from above or below the transparent component, while a single spotlight or a plurality of spotlights are being irradiated onto the transparent component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Matsushima, Tadashi Kawakami, Tohru Imai, Montien Thuencharoen
  • Publication number: 20110039069
    Abstract: The present invention provides a self-adhesive film which is a drawn polypropylene-based resin film comprising a laminated body containing an adhesive layer and a release layer which are provided on the surface of a base layer formed of a polypropylene-based resin, wherein an average surface roughness SRa of a surface of the above-described release layer is 0.200 ?m or less, an average surface layer roughness SRa of a surface of the self-adhesive layer of the film is 0.030 ?m or less, the contact area with the adherent, which is defined in the description, is 90% or more and 100% or less, and the film haze ranges from 1 to 40%. The self-adhesive film of the present invention is less likely to cause a blocking after the film is stored in a rolled state, and the processing suitability is excellent, and forming is less likely occur even when the film having been adhered to an adherend is processed at a high temperature, and further transparency is excellent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Igawa, Shinichi Ohno, Akira Matsuda, Tohru Imai, Tadashi Nishi