Patents by Inventor Toshiro Kondo

Toshiro Kondo 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: 7851547
    Abstract: A curable composition comprises (A) an organic/inorganic composite in which a hydrolyzable silyl group and/or SiOH group-containing polysiloxane is bonded to a vinyl polymer through a Si—C bond, and (B) an organic UV absorber having a molecular weight of at least 500 and a weight retentivity of at least 95% when held at 150° C. for 24 hours in an open state. The curable composition is coated and cured to an article, whereby the article is endowed with satisfactory weathering resistance while minimizing coloration or degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Higuchi, Masaaki Yamaya, Hisashi Muramatsu, Koichi Chigita, Toshio Watanabe, Takayuki Nagai, Toshiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20100047582
    Abstract: A laminated body for resin glass comprising a polymer substrate for resin glass, an inorganic layer formed by causing fine particles of at least one substance selected from the group consisting of aluminum, silicon, titanium, an aluminum compound, a silicon compound and a titanium compound to adhere onto the polymer substrate for resin glass, and an alkoxysilane-containing hard coating layer laminated to the polymer substrate for resin glass having the inorganic layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Toshihisa Shimo, Hisashi Muramatsu, Hiroyasu Hiramatsu, Toshiro Kondo, Makoto Kato, Kenzo Fukumori, Yosihide Katagiri, Takayuki Nagai, Toshio Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7358650
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe obtained by arranging, on a backing 10, a plurality of transducers each of which comprising a piezoelectric transducer 20, an acoustic lens 40, and an acoustic matching layer provided between the piezoelectric transducer 20 and the acoustic lens 40, the acoustic matching layer containing a fibrous material, and the direction of fibers in the fibrous material being perpendicular to the direction of sound waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Kondo, Takaya Osawa
  • Publication number: 20070219298
    Abstract: A curable composition comprises (A) a vinyl polymer having hydrolyzable silyl groups and/or SiOH groups and organic UV absorbing groups bonded to side chains, (B) an organic UV absorber having a molecular weight of at least 500 and a weight retentivity of at least 95% when held at 150° C. for 24 hours in an open state, and (C) an organosilicon compound containing a nitrogen atom and an alkoxysilyl group in the molecule. The curable composition is coated and cured to an article, whereby the article is endowed with satisfactory weathering resistance while minimizing coloration or degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicants: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Higuchi, Masaaki Yamaya, Hisashi Muramatsu, Koichi Chigita, Toshio Watanabe, Takayuki Nagai, Toshiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20070212557
    Abstract: A curable composition comprises (A) an organic/inorganic composite in which a hydrolyzable silyl group and/or SiOH group-containing polysiloxane is bonded to a vinyl polymer through a Si—C bond, and (B) an organic UV absorber having a molecular weight of at least 500 and a weight retentivity of at least 95% when held at 150° C. for 24 hours in an open state. The curable composition is coated and cured to an article, whereby the article is endowed with satisfactory weathering resistance while minimizing coloration or degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicants: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Higuchi, Masaaki Yamaya, Hisashi Muramatsu, Koichi Chigita, Toshio Watanabe, Takayuki Nagai, Toshiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20060232164
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe obtained by arranging, on a backing 10, a plurality of transducers each of which comprising a piezoelectric transducer 20, an acoustic lens 40, and an acoustic matching layer provided between the piezoelectric transducer 20 and the acoustic lens 40, the acoustic matching layer containing a fibrous material, and the direction of fibers in the fibrous material being perpendicular to the direction of sound waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Toshiro Kondo, Takaya Osawa
  • Patent number: 6692365
    Abstract: A propeller shaft 1 comprising a shaft main body 10 and a yoke 20 which is mounted to the shaft main body 10 with a serrated inserting portion 21 thereof being press fitted into an inner circumferential surface of the shaft main body 10 is constructed such that serration fit-in grooves 11 having extending portions 11b into which serration teeth 22 travel when the yoke 20 is allowed to sink into the shaft main body 10 are formed in advance in the inner circumferential surface of the shaft main body 10. A method for producing the propeller shaft 1 comprises a yoke press fitting step and a yoke withdrawing step that is to be performed after the former step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Koya Suzuki, Toshiro Kondo, Yasuki Miyashita, Yoshiharu Yasui
  • Publication number: 20030127016
    Abstract: There is disclosed a dampening composition for lithographic printing which comprises a (poly) propylene glycol alkyl ether and an ethylene oxide adduct of acetylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Toshiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20020041790
    Abstract: A step portion is provided between a serration portion of a metal-made yoke and a leading end portion thereof. During pressure insertion and joining, an FRP-made cylinder is pressure-inserted to the serration portion in a state that the circularity is enhanced by the step portion. Consequently, the pressure insertion and joining is carried out while making the depth of cut grooves uniform, thereby enhancing concentricity (joining accuracy).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Koya Suzuki, Yasuki Miyashita, Yoshiharu Yasui, Masaaki Amano, Toshiro Kondo, Junji Takeuchi, Yasunori Nonogaki
  • Publication number: 20020032065
    Abstract: A propeller shaft 1 comprising a shaft main body 10 and a yoke 20 which is mounted to the shaft main body 10 with a serrated inserting portion 21 thereof being press fitted into an inner circumferential surface of the shaft main body 10 is constructed such that serration fit-in grooves 11 having extending portions 11b into which serration teeth 22 travel when the yoke 20 is allowed to sink into the shaft main body 10 are formed in advance in the inner circumferential surface of the shaft main body 10. A method for producing the propeller shaft 1 comprises a yoke press fitting step and a yoke withdrawing step that is to be performed after the former step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Koya Suzuki, Toshiro Kondo, Yasuki Miyashita, Yoshiharu Yasui
  • Patent number: 6174643
    Abstract: It is disclosed a process for developing a lithographic printing material having physical development nuclei between an aluminum support and a silver halide emulsion layer containing 95 mole % or more of silver chloride based on the total amount of the silver halide, when development of the lithographic printing material is carried out by using a developing solution having a pH of 13.0 at a development temperature of 25° C. and a development time of 40 seconds, a decreased amount of aluminum oxide in the aluminum support is 0.8 g or more per 1 m2 of the support, the improvement wherein the process for developing a lithographic printing plate comprises subjecting to development so as to control the decreased amount of the aluminum oxide being 0.6 g or less per 1 m2 by adjusting at least one of the pH of the developing solution, the development temperature and the developing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Kiyoyama, Kimihisa Hamazoe, Toshiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 6162575
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process for making a lithographic printing plate, which comprises subjecting a lithographic printing material having physical development nuclei between an anodized aluminum support and a silver halide emulsion layer to exposure and then processing the lithographic printing material at least with a developing solution, wherein the developing solution contains an alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Fujioka, Toshiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 6120971
    Abstract: There is disclosed an aluminum lithographic printing plate material which comprises an aluminum substrate, a silver halide emulsion layer and a physical development nuclei layer between the aluminum substrate and the silver halide emulsion layer, said silver halide emulsion layer contains photographic gelatin and gelatin having a weight average molecular weight of about 50,000 or less is contained in said silver halide emulsion layer and/or under said layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Motozo Yamano, Kunihiro Nakagawa, Toshiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 6063540
    Abstract: Provided is a method for making a lithographic printing plate in which the development is carryied out by coating a developer on a photosensitive element comprising a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a physical development nuclei layer, characterized in that coating amount of the developer is 60 ml or less for 1 m.sup.2 of the photosensitive element, and the developer contains at least one thioether compound and at least one alkanolamine compound as silver halide solvents. The resulting lithographic printing plate is high in printing endurance and has no stains in non-image portions. Furthermore, the running development processing can be stably carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Toshiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 6060209
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process for making a lithographic printing plate having physical development nuclei between an aluminum support and a silver halide emulsion layer to which, after exposure, a treatment using at least a developing solution, a washing solution and a finishing solution is applied in this order,the improvement wherein at least one of the above processing solutions contains at least one compound selected from the groups (A) and (B) mentioned below:(A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an amine compound having a propyleneoxy group and an ethyleneoxy group, an aliphatic acid amide compound having a propyleneoxy group and an ethyleneoxy group, and a quaternary ammonium compound having a propyleneoxy group and an ethyleneoxy group; and(B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventors: Toshiro Kondo, Hajime Fujioka, Yoshihito Ohashi
  • Patent number: 5910391
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making a lithographic printing plate, which comprises subjecting a lithographic printing material having physical development nuclei between an aluminum support and a silver halide emulsion layer to exposure and then processing the lithographic printing material at least with a developing solution, a water washing solution and a finishing solution in this order, wherein the processing with the water washing solution is carried out by using a water washing solution containing a compound having a mercapto group or a thione group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Toshiro Kondo, Yutaka Araki, Hajime Fujioka, Makiko Oko
  • Patent number: 5902719
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for processing a lithographic printing plate having a physical development nuclei layer between an aluminum support and a silver halide emulsion layer, which comprises processing the lithographic printing plate in the presence of a monocyclic azole compound having no mercapto group or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Hideaki Baba, Makiko Oko, Toshiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 5853950
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making a lithographic printing plate by subjecting a lithographic printing material having physical development nuclei between an aluminum support and a silver halide emulsion layer to exposure and then processing the lithographic printing material at least with a developing solution and a water washing solution in this order, which comprises performing the processing(s) with the developing solution and/or the water washing solution by using the developing solution and/or the water washing solution containing an organic compound which coagulates gelatin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Toshiro Kondo, Makiko Oko, Yutaka Araki, Hajime Fujioka
  • Patent number: 5851723
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making a lithographic printing plate which utilizes the silver complex diffusion transfer process by subjecting the lithographic printing plate to exposure and then development processing and optionally stabilizing processing, which comprises performing the development processing/the stabilizing processing by using a developing solution/a stabilizing solution each containing a monothioether compound containing succinic acid, a salt thereof or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventor: Toshiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 5756251
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for making a lithographic printing plate from a photographic element according to the silver complex diffusion transfer process employing a coating development process with a small amount of developer, wherein the coating amount of the developer is 60 ml or less per 1 m.sup.2 of the photographic element and the developer contains a mercaptooxadiazole having an alkyl group of 4 or more carbon atoms or aryl group and an alkanolamine and/or a meso-ionic compound. The resulting lithographic printing plate has a high printing endurance and free from stains on the background in spite of carrying out the development by a coating method with a small amount of the developer for a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Toshiro Kondo, Akio Yoshida, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Jun Urasaki, Motozo Yamano, Makiko Oko, Hideaki Baba