Patents by Inventor Yasuo Kurachi

Yasuo Kurachi 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: 20100144972
    Abstract: A polymer composition containing two kinds of polymers and having a difference in its glass transition temperature of 3° C. or lower between before and after heat-treatment by getting it through a space between two parallel faces in a molten state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuo Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20090189127
    Abstract: An optical resin lens characterized in comprising a polymer prepared employing a production method including a process which polymerizes olefin employing titanium halide and a catalyst comprised of the organic aluminum represented by Formula RnAlX3-n (wherein 1<n?2, R represents a hydrocarbon group, and X represents a halogen atom).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nakamura, Yasuo Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20090074478
    Abstract: A resin composition comprises a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a nylon resin having a ?-parameter of less than 1.3 at 25° C., and has one glass transition temperature, and an image-forming apparatus comprises a latent-image supporting member, and an intermediate transfer member that supports a toner image transferred thereon from the latent-image supporting member, transfers the supported toner image onto an image receiving material, the intermediate transfer member comprising a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a nylon resin having a ?-parameter of less than 1.3 at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuo Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20090016787
    Abstract: A transfer belt for electrophotography comprises at least a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a conductive agent, preferably further a nylon resin, wherein a deviation in surface resistivity is 1 or less; and an image-forming apparatus comprises a latent-image supporting member, and a transfer member that supports a toner image transferred thereon from the latent-image supporting member and transfer the supported toner image onto an image-receiving material, comprising at least a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a conductive agent, and having a deviation in surface resistivity of 1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo KURACHI
  • Publication number: 20080319139
    Abstract: A resin composition comprises a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a nylon resin having a ?-parameter of 1.3 or more at 25° C., and has one glass transition temperature, and an image-forming apparatus comprises: a latent-image supporting member, and an intermediate transfer member that supports a toner image transferred thereon from the latent-image supporting member and transfers the supported toner image onto an image-receiving material, wherein the intermediate transfer member comprises a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a nylon resin having a ?-parameter of 1.3 or more at 25° C., and has one glass transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuo KURACHI
  • Publication number: 20060063058
    Abstract: A fuel supplying system for a fuel cell, may comprise a container having therein a liquid fuel and a carrier for fixing the liquid fuel, wherein the carrier contains solid particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 ?m to 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventor: Yasuo Kurachi
  • Patent number: 6946519
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic-inorganic hybrid film comprising a cellulose derivative and a polycondensation product of a condensation polymerizable reactive metal compound, wherein the film contains a plasticizer in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight and its manufacturing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Okubo, Takahiro Takagi, Yasuo Kurachi, Kaori Ono
  • Publication number: 20040044127
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic-inorganic hybrid film comprising a cellulose derivative and a polycondensation product of a condensation polymerizable reactive metal compound, wherein the film contains a plasticizer in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight and its manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Okubo, Takahiro Takagi, Yasuo Kurachi, Kaori Ono
  • Patent number: 6641989
    Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic imaging material is disclosed, comprising a support provided thereon with a light sensitive layer containing an organic silver salt, a light sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein at least one side of the support is provided with a sublayer containing a metal oxide in an amount of 5 to 50% by volume and the surface of the sublayer exhibiting a maximum height (Ry) of not more than 0.1 &mgr;m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Akihisa Nakajima, Tadashi Arimoto, Kenji Ohnuma, Yasuo Kurachi, Eiichi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20030118958
    Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic imaging material is disclosed, comprising a support provided thereon with a light sensitive layer containing an organic silver salt, a light sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein at least one side of the support is provided with a sublayer containing a metal oxide in an amount of 5 to 50% by volume and the surface of the sublayer exhibiting a maximum height (Ry) of not more than 0.1 &mgr;m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Akihisa Nakajima, Tadashi Arimoto, Kenji Ohnuma, Yasuo Kurachi, Eiichi Ueda
  • Patent number: 6495225
    Abstract: Molding materials comprising a cellulose based fiber, and a thermoplastic resin in an amount of less than said cellulose based resin is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa Nakajima, Hiroshi Kibayashi, Yuji Hosoi, Yasuo Kurachi, Yuichi Atarashi
  • Patent number: 6475697
    Abstract: A photothermographic dry imaging material is disclosed. The imaging material comprises a support, a photosensitive layer containing at least an organic silver salt, photosensitive silver halide, reducing agent and a binder, and a subbing layer containing a water-soluble polymer having a hydroxy group, provided on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Arimoto, Takayuki Sasaki, Yasuo Kurachi, Eiichi Ueda, Akihisa Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6475714
    Abstract: An image forming material comprising a support is disclosed. The support has, on at least one surface, a sublayer comprised of a styrenes-diolefin based copolymer, thereon an antistatic layer comprised of an electrically conductive composition prepared by mixing polymer particles having a functional group on the side chain with a water-soluble polymer, which interacts with said functional group, and thermally treating the resulting mixture at 50 to 90° C., and further having, on said antistatic layer, a layer comprised of a hydrophilic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Arimoto, Takayuki Sasaki, Eiichi Ueda, Yasuo Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20020057323
    Abstract: An ink jet recording material is disclosed. The material comprises a support and an ink absorptive layer wherein the ink jet recording material has continuous ratio of voids of from 20 to 100 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Yasuo Kurachi, Eiichi Ueda, Takayuki Sasaki, Akihisa Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20020015925
    Abstract: An image forming material comprising a support is disclosed. The support has, on at least one surface, a sublayer comprised of a styrenes-diolefin based copolymer, thereon an antistatic layer comprised of an electrically conductive composition prepared by mixing polymer particles having a functional group on the side chain with a water-soluble polymer, which interacts with said functional group, and thermally treating the resulting mixture at 50 to 90° C., and further having, on said antistatic layer, a layer comprised of a hydrophilic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Arimoto, Takayuki Sasaki, Eiichi Ueda, Yasuo Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20010038981
    Abstract: A photothermographic dry imaging material is disclosed. The imaging material comprises a support, a photosensitive layer containing at least an organic silver salt, photosensitive silver halide, reducing agent and a binder, and a subbing layer containing a water-soluble polymer having a hydroxy group, provided on the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Arimoto, Takayuki Sasaki, Yasuo Kurachi, Eiichi Ueda, Akihisa Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6280917
    Abstract: A latex comprising a polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit containing an active methylene group and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit selected from methacrylic acid ester, acrylic acid ester, maleic acid ester and diene derivative, wherein said polymer is produced in the presence of a water soluble polymer through emulsion polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Ueda, Nobuo Kubo, Chiaki Nagaike, Yasuo Kurachi
  • Patent number: 6224988
    Abstract: An adhesive composition is disclosed, comprising an ethylenic copolymer comprising a repeating unit derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an active methylene group and at least a repeating unit derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and a copolyester containing, as a copolymerizing component, a repeating unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid containing a sulfonate group or a repeating unit derived from a diol containing a sulfonate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Ueda, Akihisa Nakajima, Nobuo Kubo, Chiaki Nagaike, Yasuo Kurachi
  • Patent number: 6197487
    Abstract: A support of photographic material is disclosed. The support is composed of plastic film in which polyethylene naphthalate is the major component. The plastic film is thermally treated at a temperature of not less than its Tg of said film to no more than its Tg plus 55° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Ohnuma, Masahito Takada, Hidetoshi Ezure, Yasuo Kurachi
  • Patent number: 6132951
    Abstract: Provided is a photographic support which is excellent in mechanical strength and is less liable to get into roll set curl and which is excellent in cutting property and flatness, and a photographic material using the same. The support for photographic material comprises a polyester film, wherein the polyester film comprises two kinds of polyester resins, each has intrinsic viscosity of 0.2-1.2, and a difference in the intrinsic viscosity between the polyester resins is 0.1-1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ezure, Masahito Takada, Kenji Ohnuma, Yasuo Kurachi