Patents by Inventor Yoichiro ARA

Yoichiro ARA 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: 10488187
    Abstract: In a member inspection device and a member repairing method, an irradiation device irradiates a surface of a member to be inspected with light, an image pickup device picks up an image of a surface portion irradiated with the light, a failure detection device detects a failure area on the basis of a photographed image picked up by the image pickup device, and a determining device classifies the shape of the failure area detected by the failure detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Koketsu, Yoichiro Ara, Yuuko Ujihara
  • Publication number: 20190041199
    Abstract: In a member inspection device and a member repairing method, an irradiation device irradiates a surface of a member to be inspected with light, an image pickup device picks up an image of a surface portion irradiated with the light, a failure detection device detects a failure area on the basis of a photographed image picked up by the image pickup device, and a determining device classifies the shape of the failure area detected by the failure detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KOKETSU, Yoichiro ARA, Yuuko UJIHARA
  • Patent number: 9223216
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor in a positive-type with an infrared-sensitivity, having a support and an image recording layer provided on the support, the support having a hydrophilic surface, the recording layer having a particular resin, an amphoteric surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant, and an infrared absorbing agent, wherein the particular resin being at least one of resins selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane resin, a poly(vinyl acetal) resin, and maleimide resin A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigekatsu Fujii, Norio Aoshima, Yoshinori Taguchi, Yoichiro Ara, Takashi Aridomi
  • Patent number: 8993216
    Abstract: A method for producing a planographic printing plate is provided, which includes: subjecting a planographic printing plate precursor to image-wise exposure, wherein the precursor includes plural recording layers at least one of which contains (A) an infrared absorbing agent on a support, the upper recording layer contains (B) a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble polymer compound having a repeating unit containing a fluoroalkyl group or a siloxane structure; and developing the precursor using an alkali developer containing (C)an ammonium salt compound of Formulae (C-1) to (C-3), wherein R1 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group, R2 and R3 represent a hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, R4 represents a hydrocarbon group, A represents an atomic group which forms a nitrogen-containing aliphatic ring with N+, B represents an atomic group which forms a nitrogen-containing aromatic ring with N+, and X?represents a counter anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Ara, Shigekatsu Fujii, Norio Aoshima
  • Publication number: 20140272710
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor in a positive-type with an infrared-sensitivity, having a support and an image recording layer provided on the support, the support having a hydrophilic surface, the recording layer having a particular resin, an amphoteric surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant, and an infrared absorbing agent, wherein the particular resin being at least one of resins selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane resin, a poly(vinyl acetal) resin, and maleimide resin A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigekatsu FUJII, Norio AOSHIMA, Yoshinori TAGUCHI, Yoichiro ARA, Takashi ARIDOMI
  • Patent number: 8771920
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor in a positive-type with an infrared-sensitivity, having a support and an image recording layer provided on the support, the support having a hydrophilic surface, the recording layer having a particular resin, an amphoteric surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant, and an infrared absorbing agent, wherein the particular resin being at least one of resins selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane resin, a poly (vinyl acetal) resin, and maleimide resin A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigekatsu Fujii, Norio Aoshima, Yoshinori Taguchi, Yoichiro Ara, Takashi Aridomi
  • Publication number: 20130260317
    Abstract: A method for producing a planographic printing plate is provided, which includes: subjecting a planographic printing plate precursor to image-wise exposure, wherein the precursor includes plural recording layers at least one of which contains (A) an infrared absorbing agent on a support, the upper recording layer contains (B) a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble polymer compound having a repeating unit containing a fluoroalkyl group or a siloxane structure; and developing the precursor using an alkali developer containing (C) an ammonium salt compound represented by Formulae (C-1) to (C-3), wherein R1 represents a methyl group or the like, R2 and R3 represent a hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, R4 represents a hydrocarbon group, A represents an atomic group which forms a nitrogen-containing aliphatic ring with N+, B represents an atomic group which forms a nitrogen-containing aromatic ring with N+, and X? represents a counter anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro ARA, Shigekatsu FUJII, Norio AOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20120251954
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor in a positive-type with an infrared-sensitivity, having a support and an image recording layer provided on the support, the support having a hydrophilic surface, the recording layer having a particular resin, an amphoteric surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant, and an infrared absorbing agent, wherein the particular resin being at least one of resins selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane resin, a poly (vinyl acetal) resin, and maleimide resin A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigekatsu FUJII, Norio Aoshima, Yoshinori Taguchi, Yoichiro Ara, Takashi Aridomi
  • Publication number: 20100242764
    Abstract: A fountain solution composition for lithographic printing characterized by comprising at least one selected from 2,4-diethyl-1,5-pentanediol, 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol and 1,2-octanediol, and at least one selected from compounds represented by the following general formula (I) or (II): wherein R3 to R5 each independently represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a mercapto group, —SO3M1 or —COOM1, and M1 represents hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NH4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yoichiro ARA, Akimitsu Haijima