Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa Tanaka
Yoshimasa Tanaka 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).
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Publication number: 20100279034Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp, wherein the moisture content of the entire thermal transfer receiving sheet is from 2 to 8 mass % and the moisture permeability of the entire receiving sheet is 400 g/m2·day or less; and a production method thereof. The present invention further provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp and providing a backside layer on another surface of the support, wherein the backside layer mainly comprises an acryl-based resin having a glass transition point (Tg) of 45° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Oji Paper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshikazu Onishi, Toru Nakai, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Kyoko Uchida, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Shinohara, Masato Kawamura, Chikara Tsukada
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Patent number: 7795177Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp, wherein the moisture content of the entire thermal transfer receiving sheet is from 2 to 8 mass % and the moisture permeability of the entire receiving sheet is 400 g/m2·day or less; and a production method thereof. The present invention further provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp and providing a backside layer on another surface of the support, wherein the backside layer mainly comprises an acryl-based resin having a glass transition point (Tg) of 45° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Oji Paper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshikazu Onishi, Toru Nakai, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Kyoko Uchida, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Shinohara, Masato Kawamura, Chikara Tsukada
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Patent number: 7788517Abstract: A cluster system includes a plurality of blade servers including at least one auxiliary blade server, the rest of the blade servers being used for actual operation of the cluster system, a power-supply unit supplying electrical power to each of the blade servers, a power-supply controller which controls on/off in supplying electrical power to each of the blade servers from the power-supply unit, and a blade server monitoring unit which monitors whether there occurs any trouble in each of the blade servers. The power-supply controller, when the blade server monitoring unit finds a trouble in any one of the blade servers, stops power-supply to a blade server in which the trouble was found, and turns the auxiliary blade server into a blade server to be used for actual operation of the cluster system, in place of the blade server in which the blade server monitoring unit found a trouble.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Yoshimasa Tanaka
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Thermal transfer receiving sheet, production method thereof and image forming method using the sheet
Patent number: 7745374Abstract: A thermal transfer receiving sheet comprising a sheet-like support having sequentially formed on at least one surface thereof a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer, wherein the hollow particles have an average particle diameter of 0.2 to 35 ?m and a hollow percentage by volume of 30 to 97% and the printing smoothness (Rp value) on the surface of the thermal transfer receiving sheet, as measured by using a Microtopograph under an applied pressure of 0.1 MPa 10 m-seconds after the initiation of pressure application, is 1.5 ?m or less. A production method of the thermal transfer receiving sheet is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Oji Paper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa Tanaka, Masato Kawamura, Chikara Tsukada, Kyoko Uchida, Toshikazu Onishi, Toru Nakai, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Hideaki Shinohara -
Patent number: 7648600Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus 10 comprises a supporting unit 20 for supporting a columnar workpiece 12 turnably, and an induction-heating coil 30 for induction-heating the workpiece 12 supported turnably by the supporting unit 20. Below the workpiece 12 supported by the supporting unit 20, a cooling tank 50 is provided which contains a liquid coolant. The workpiece 12 is made of steel such as carbon steel for mechanical structure, and spring steel. The workpiece 12 is made of a material which has a magnetic transformation point at 770° C. The material is ferromagnetic below this temperature, and becomes paramagnetic above this temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Neturen Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa Tanaka, Hisaki Koga, Kazuhiro Kawasaki
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Patent number: 7638462Abstract: A thermal transfer receiving sheet having laminated, on one side of its support, an intermediate layer, a barrier layer and an image receiving layer in this order, wherein said intermediate layer comprises hollow particles, and said barrier layer comprises a polyvinyl alcohol derivative, and comprises, as further main components, a resin or a mixture of two or more resins selected from the group consisting of a styrene-maleic acid copolymer, a styrene-acrylic copolymer, an acrylic acid ester polymer and polyester, or wherein said barrier layer comprises, as main components, an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer and polyurethane.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: OJI Paper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Kawamura, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Toshikazu Onishi, Kyoko Uchida, Chikara Tsukada, Toru Nakai, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Yoshio Mizuhara, Hideaki Shinohara, Hisayoshi Mito
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Publication number: 20090305950Abstract: As a substance which pharmacologically regulates the function of a cell surface functional molecule, a substance which has specificity and an activity or efficacy equal or superior to an antibody and does not require an advanced production technique and facility for application thereof to a pharmaceutical product has been demanded. The invention relates to a multimer of an extracellular domain of a cell surface functional molecule, particularly a tetramer of an extracellular domain of PD-1 or PD-L1. Further, the invention relates to an application of such a tetramer as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for cancer, cancer metastasis, immunodeficiency, an infectious disease or the like and an application of PD-1 or PD-L1 as a testing or diagnostic agent or a research agent for such a disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2007Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicants: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Nagahiro Minato, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Shiro Shibayama
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Publication number: 20090159157Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus 10 comprises a supporting unit 20 for supporting a columnar workpiece 12 turnably, and an induction-heating coil 30 for induction-heating the workpiece 12 supported turnably by the supporting unit 20. Below the workpiece 12 supported by the supporting unit 20, a cooling tank 50 is provided which contains a liquid coolant. The workpiece 12 is made of steel such as carbon steel for mechanical structure, and spring steel. The workpiece 12 is made of a material which has a magnetic transformation point at 770° C. The material is ferromagnetic below this temperature, and becomes paramagnetic above this temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: NETUREN CO.,LTD.Inventors: Yoshimasa TANAKA, Hisaki KOGA, Kazuhiro KAWASAKI
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Patent number: 7442906Abstract: In an induction heating coil for heating a shaft member having multiple steps, annular conductors are separately disposed in the axis direction, the annular conductors having inner diameters so as to form predetermined gaps with outer peripheries of heating portions of the shaft member, the lengths of annular conductors (1, 2, and 3) are set so that the areas of the respective heating portions are approximately equal to each other, and the annular conductors are connected to each other in series, so that the respective step shaft portions of the shaft member are uniformly heated. The annular conductors described above may be formed to have shapes in conformity with the shapes of the heating portions of the shaft member and may be formed to have a step shape corresponding to steps of the shaft member having different outer diameters.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Neturen Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa Tanaka, Takeshi Endoh, Yutaka Kiyosawa, Fumiaki Ikuta, Takashi Horino, Masayuki Komatsu, Jun Fujie, Takeshi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20080103043Abstract: A thermal transfer receiving sheet comprising: the sequential formation of an intermediate layer containing hollow particles and an image receiving layer on at least one side of a sheet-form substrate; wherein, the mean particle diameter of the hollow particles is 0.2 to 30 ?m, the volumetric hollow rate is 40 to 95%, the printing smoothness (Rp value) of the surface of the image receiving layer as determined 10 msec after the start of pressurization at a printing pressure of 0.1 MPa using a microtopograph is 1.5 ?m or less, and the 20° gloss in accordance with JIS Z 8741 is 80 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2005Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: OJI PAPER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyoko Uchida, Toshikazu Onishi, Toru Nakai, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Masato Kawamura
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Publication number: 20080085831Abstract: A thermal transfer receiving sheet having laminated, on one side of its support, an intermediate layer, a barrier layer and an image receiving layer in this order, wherein said intermediate layer comprises hollow particles, and said barrier layer comprises a polyvinyl alcohol derivative, and comprises, as further main components, a resin or a mixture of two or more resins selected from the group consisting of a styrene-maleic acid copolymer, a styrene-acrylic copolymer, an acrylic acid ester polymer and polyester, or wherein said barrier layer comprises, as main components, an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer and polyurethane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2005Publication date: April 10, 2008Applicant: OJI PAPER CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Kawamura, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Toshikazu Onishi, Kyoko Uchida, Chikara Tsukada, Toru Nakai, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Yoshio Mizuhara, Hideaki Shinohara, Hisayoshi Mito
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Thermal Transfer Receiving Sheet, Production Method Thereof and Image Forming Method Using the Sheet
Publication number: 20080063817Abstract: A thermal transfer receiving sheet comprising a sheet-like support having sequentially formed on at least one surface thereof a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer, wherein the hollow particles have an average particle diameter of 0.2 to 35 ?m and a hollow percentage by volume of 30 to 97% and the printing smoothness (Rp value) on the surface of the thermal transfer receiving sheet, as measured by using a Microtopograph under an applied pressure of 0.1 MPa 10 m-seconds after the initiation of pressure application, is 1.5 ?m or less. A production method of the thermal transfer receiving sheet is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2004Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Yoshimasa Tanaka, Masato Kawamura, Chikara Tsukada, Kyoko Uchida, Toshikazu Onishi, Toru Nakai, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Hideaki Shinohara -
Publication number: 20080020196Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp, wherein the moisture content of the entire thermal transfer receiving sheet is from 2 to 8 mass % and the moisture permeability of the entire receiving sheet is 400 g/m2·day or less; and a production method thereof. The present invention further provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp and providing a backside layer on another surface of the support, wherein the backside layer mainly comprises an acryl-based resin having a glass transition point (Tg) of 45° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2005Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: OJI Paper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshikazu Onishi, Toru Nakai, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Kyoko Uchida, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Shinohara, Masato Kawamura, Chikara Tsukada
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Publication number: 20070288774Abstract: An apparatus connected to a plurality of units, said units include monitors, respectively, each of which monitors power consumption of the corresponding one of said units, includes a management unit which changes operation statuses of each of said units according to said power consumption obtained from the corresponding one of said monitors, within every operating range of said units.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshimasa TANAKA
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Publication number: 20070252887Abstract: A printing method for a thermal transfer receiving sheet in which an image is formed on an image transfer layer of the receiving sheet by superimposing the sheet onto a dye thermal transfer sheet and applying thereto heat from a thermal head of a thermal transfer printer; wherein, the thermal transfer printer has a thermal head and a platen roller in opposition thereto, and the following requirements (1) and (2) are satisfied simultaneously: (1) the ratio (L/R) of the length of the entire thermal transfer receiving sheet (L) to the radius (R) of the platen roller of the printer is 0.01 to 0.07; and, (2) after a thermal transfer image has been formed on the image receiving layer by the thermal head, the thermal transfer receiving sheet is transported by the back side thereof being wound onto the surface of the platen roller, and the winding angle is 2 to 25°.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2005Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: OJI PAPER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshio Mizuhara, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Hideaki Shinohara
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Publication number: 20070138169Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus 10 comprises a supporting unit 20 for supporting a columnar workpiece 12 turnably, and an induction-heating coil 30 for induction-heating the workpiece 12 supported turnably by the supporting unit 20. Below the workpiece 12 supported by the supporting unit 20, a cooling tank 50 is provided which contains a liquid coolant. The workpiece 12 is made of steel such as carbon steel for mechanical structure, and spring steel. The workpiece 12 is made of a material which has a magnetic transformation point at 770° C. The material is ferromagnetic below this temperature, and becomes paramagnetic above this temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2003Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: NETUREN CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimasa Tanaka, Hisaki Koga, Kazuhiro Kawasaki
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Patent number: 7199182Abstract: An aqueous resin composition is provided which does not use a high boiling point solvent, and yet displays favorable long term stability and excellent film formation, and does not suffer from problems such as skin generation. The aqueous resin composition comprises a water soluble magnesium salt (A) and an aqueous polyurethane (B).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yoshimasa Tanaka, Masato Inoue, Masatoshi Matsuo, Yutaka Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20070000916Abstract: In an induction heating coil for heating a shaft member having multiple steps, annular conductors are separately disposed in the axis direction, the annular conductors having inner diameters so as to form predetermined gaps with outer peripheries of heating portions of the shaft member, the lengths of annular conductors 1, 2, and 3 are set so that the areas of the respective heating portions are approximately equal to each other, and the annular conductors are connected to each other in series, so that the respective step shaft portions of the shaft member are uniformly heated. The annular conductors described above may be formed to have shapes in conformity with the shapes of the heating portions of the shaft member and may be formed to have a step shape corresponding to steps of the shaft member having different outer diameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2005Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: NETUREN CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimasa Tanaka, Takeshi Endoh, Yutaka Kiyosawa, Fumiaki Ikuta, Takashi Horino, Masayuki Komatsu, Jun Fujie, Takeshi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 7147731Abstract: A spacer 44 is inserted between an upper end face 44a of a contact column 40, and a lower face of a flange 14. The flange 14 is supported at plural positions by supporting columns 42. In heating a shoulder portion 16 to a hardening temperature, an electroconductive member 56 is placed close to the shoulder portion 16, and an AC current having a frequency which will cause mutual attraction between the current flowing through the elctroconductive member 56 and the current flowing through the shoulder portion 16 is applied to flow through the electroconductive member 56. The shoulder portion 16 having been heated to the hardening temperature is quenched by ejecting a liquid coolant through ejection outlets of a cooling jacket.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Neturen Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa Tanaka, Katsumi Ohmiya, Yoshiki Seto, Yoichi Mori
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Publication number: 20060236140Abstract: A cluster system includes a plurality of blade servers including at least one auxiliary blade server, the rest of the blade servers being used for actual operation of the cluster system, a power-supply unit supplying electrical power to each of the blade servers, a power-supply controller which controls on/off in supplying electrical power to each of the blade servers from the power-supply unit, and a blade server monitoring unit which monitors whether there occurs any trouble in each of the blade servers. The power-supply controller, when the blade server monitoring unit finds a trouble in any one of the blade servers, stops power-supply to a blade server in which the trouble was found, and turns the auxiliary blade server into a blade server to be used for actual operation of the cluster system, in place of the blade server in which the blade server monitoring unit found a trouble.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Inventor: Yoshimasa Tanaka