Patents by Inventor Yukio Hosoya

Yukio Hosoya 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: 7813031
    Abstract: An image display device comprising: (i) a pair of substrates facing each other; and (ii) particles placed in a gap between the substrates, wherein at least one of the substrates is a resin substrate which is transparent and exhibits a light transmittance of 50% or more at a wavelength of 300 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Echnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nagase, Eiichi Sakai, Shigeki Takenouchi, Okushi Okuyama, Yukio Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20100242925
    Abstract: An atmosphere-opening structure is provided for a canister of a vehicle which can prevent invasion of dust and water drops from an atmosphere-opening passage by a simple configuration which is easy to produce. A fuel tray is provided around a fuel filler such that fuel leaking from the fuel filler to the outside upon refueling is received by the fuel tray. The fuel tray is covered with a fuel lid which can open and close the fuel filler from above. A drain hole for discharging fuel to the outside is provided in the fuel tray. An opening hose for communicating the canister and the atmosphere with each other is provided. An opening end of the opening hose is communicated with a position higher than the drain hole in the fuel tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshida, Yukio Hosoya, Kazunori Kawame, Shuhei Hatakeyama
  • Publication number: 20100243355
    Abstract: An arrangement structure is provided for a canister of a saddle type vehicle wherein a canister can be arranged closely to a fuel tank to simplify a pipe arrangement structure. A fuel tank disposed forward of an engine is structured such that a tank upper half and a tank lower half of a concave shape formed by pressing are joined together at joining flanges. The joining flanges are disposed on a vehicle body such that a front portion thereof is positioned on the upper side. A rear inclined wall, which is inclined toward a rear upper direction such that it forms a substantially right angle to the joining flange, is provided at a rear portion of the tank lower half. A canister is disposed in a dead space below the rear inclined wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Hosoya, Yuichiro Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20100208330
    Abstract: An image display apparatus comprising two substrates at least one of which is transparent, ribs for maintaining a distance between the substrates and display particles that are sealed between the substrates in a powder state, and displaying an image by generating an electric field between the substrates so that the display particles are moved, wherein of contact faces to the display particles in the gap between the substrates, at least the contact faces of ribs to the display particles have an arithmetic average roughness Ra in a range from 0.01 to 0.20 ?m and an average interval Sm of irregularities in a range from 0.5 to 2.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi UCHINO, Okushi OKUYAMA, Yukio HOSOYA, Hiroyuki KONNO, Kouji SHIBATA, Tatsuya NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20100207868
    Abstract: Display particles that are used for an image display apparatus in which the display particles are sealed between two substrates at least one of which is transparent, and by generating an electric field between the substrates, the display particles are moved so that an image is displayed, wherein the display particles include positively chargeable display particles and negatively chargeable display particles, and the positively chargeable display particles and the negatively chargeable display particles are formed by allowing inorganic fine particles made of the same constituent materials to be adhered to the surfaces of base particles, and an image display apparatus provided with the display particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KONNO, Okushi OKUYAMA, Yukio HOSOYA, Satoshi UCHINO, Kouji SHIBATA, Tatsuya NAGASE
  • Patent number: 7692846
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display device comprising: (i) a pair of substrates facing each other, provided that one of the substrates is transparent; and (ii) charged particles placed in a gap between the substrates, wherein each of the substrates has a layer containing a compound having a silicone structure in the molecule on a surface of the substrates faced with another electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Okushi Okuyama, Eiichi Sakai, Shigeki Takenouchi, Tatsuya Nagase, Yukio Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20090251764
    Abstract: An image display device 10, having two substrates 11 and 12, at least one of which is transparent; and display particles 21 and 22 enclosed in the powder form between the substrates, the display particles being moved under an electric field generated between the substrates so that an image is displayed, wherein metal oxide fine particles 1 surface-treated with at least one processing agent selected from the group consisting of silane-coupling agents and silicone oils are adhered to at least one substrate surface 20a and/or 20b of the surfaces in contact with the display particles in a gap 18 between the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi UCHINO, Okushi OKUYAMA, Yukio HOSOYA, Hiroyuki KONNO, Tatsuya NAGASE, Shigeki TAKENOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20090242847
    Abstract: Display particles, which are used for an image display apparatus having a structure in which the display particles in a powdered state are sealed between two substrates at least one of which is transparent, and by generating an electric field between the substrates, the display particles are moved so that an image is displayed, comprising: base particles A containing at least a resin and a colorant, and having a volume-average particle size D1 of 1 to 50 ?m; resin fine particles B being externally added to the base particles, and having an average primary particle size D2 of 30 to 250 nm; and inorganic fine particles C being externally added to the base particles, and having an average primary particle size D3 of 5 to 30 nm, wherein the display particles for an image display apparatus are designed so that D1, D2 and D3 satisfy 10?D1/D2?1000 and 2?D2/D3?50, and an image display apparatus provided with such particles for an image display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio HOSOYA, Okushi OKUYAMA, Satoshi UCHINO, Hiroyuki KONNO, Tatsuya NAGASE, Shigeki TAKENOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20090189851
    Abstract: An image display medium is disclosed, which medium includes a pair of substrates each having an electrode and colored particles between the pair of substrates, and the colored particles have an absolute electric charge of 0.5 to 4.0 ?C/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeki Takenouchi, Eiichi Sakai, Tatsuya Nagase, Okushi Okuyama, Yukio Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20090153945
    Abstract: An image display device comprising: (i) a pair of substrates facing each other; and (ii) particles placed in a gap between the substrates, wherein at least one of the substrates is a resin substrate which is transparent and exhibits a light transmittance of 50% or more at a wavelength of 300 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAGASE, Eiichi SAKAI, Shigeki TAKENOUCHI, Okushi OKUYAMA, Yukio HOSOYA
  • Publication number: 20090141337
    Abstract: Disclosed are white particles for an image display device which includes: (i) a pair of substrates facing each other, provided that at least one of the substrates is transparent; and (ii) the white particles enclosed in a gap between the substrates, with which an image is displayed through migration of the white particles by generating an electric field between the substrates, wherein each of the white particles contains: (a) a core particles containing an inorganic oxide having a refractive index of 2.0 or more in an amount of 80 to 99 weight % based on the total weight of the core particle; and (b) a resin layer having a thickness of 10 to 1000 nm on a surface of the core particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yukio HOSOYA, Eiichi SAKAI, Shigeki TAKENOUCHI, Tatsuya NAGASE, Okushi OKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20090142684
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toner which can be charged at a designated level even when a lot of print is carried out with severity of charging by stirring and when the printing is carried out under the low temperature-low humidity or the high temperature-high humidity condition. A toner comprising (a) a particle comprising a resin and a colorant; and (b) a titanate compound on the surface of the particle, in which the titanate compound contains iron in an amount of from 100 ppm to 1,000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Masahiro Anno, Yukio Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20090086308
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display device comprising: (i) a pair of substrates facing each other, provided that one of the substrates is transparent; and (ii) charged particles placed in a gap between the substrates, wherein each of the substrates has a layer containing a compound having a silicone structure in the molecule on a surface of the substrates faced with another electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Okushi OKUYAMA, Eiichi SAKAI, Shigeki TAKENOUCHI, Tatsuya NAGASE, Yukio HOSOYA
  • Publication number: 20090004591
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toner for developing electrostatic image containing toner particles prepared with a method containing a step of: coagulating resin particle A, resin particle B and a colorant, wherein resin particle A and resin particle B respectively have volume average particle diameters Da and Db which are different in value from each other; and Da and Db satisfy the following relationship: 0.05?Db/Da?0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi UCHIDA, Masahiro ANNO, Yukio HOSOYA, Masaharu SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 6347844
    Abstract: A solenoid valve device which reduces noise and still conducts opening and closing operation. The solenoid valve device, installed in a brake fluid channel between a master cylinder and a wheel cylinder, includes a master cylinder port connected to a channel located at the master cylinder side, a wheel cylinder port connected to a channel located at the wheel cylinder side, a hydraulic chamber connected to a high resistance duct and the master cylinder port, a switching valve activated due to a hydraulic pressure difference between the hydraulic chamber and the wheel cylinder port to form an orifice; and a solenoid valve, installed in a channel connecting a switching valve and the wheel cylinder port, which opens or closes the channel by application of an electromagnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Hosoya, Shintaro Kawaishi, Takashi Fujii
  • Patent number: 6293634
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a hydraulic brake control device which has a simple structure for the effective holding of the coil unit, for preventing breakage of the electric connection of the lead wire, and for assuring a long lasting electric connection. The coil holding board 80 has protuberances 83, 84 elastically contacting the bottom portion of the coil unit 52. The board is assembled with the opening side of the cover 60. The coil unit 52 is frictionally engaged with the cover 60 to be held only by the elastic force of the coil holding board 80 or with elastic material 22 inserted between the cover 60 and the top portion of the coil 52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Yukio Hosoya
  • Patent number: 6224170
    Abstract: A hydraulic control valve device which effectively reduces noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) effect. A piston 38 is slidably provided in the smaller diameter portion 32b of the magnet core. A valve seat 38a is formed on the piston 38, A spring 40 is provided between the piston 36 and the bore 31, The deflection of the spring 40 absorbs the operation impact created by closing the valve mechanism of the valve member 35a and the valve seat 38a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Yukio Hosoya
  • Patent number: 6082833
    Abstract: Hydraulic control valve device effectively reducing NVH effect. The hydraulic control valve device comprises the cap member (39) at the distal end of the smaller diameter portion (32b) of the magnet core and a throttled channel (39b) between the cap member (39) and the bottom portion (43a) of the outer piston (43), wherein fluid flow is switched to the throttled channel (39b) when the outer piston slides in the direction to close the communication hole (39a) of the bottom portion (39) of the smaller diameter portion (32b) by the hydraulic pressure difference between the hydraulic pressure at the master cylinder side and the wheel cylinder side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Misshinbo Industries
    Inventor: Yukio Hosoya
  • Patent number: 6079798
    Abstract: A brake pressure control device having a reliable sealing effect which lengthens the life span of the electrical and electronic parts. The solenoid valve cover (30) includes a bowl-shaped cover housing (33) and a valve cover (34). The bottom surface (31) of the cover housing (33 is inserted over the valve assembly (21) of the solenoid valve (20) to attach to the installation surface (11) of the housing (10) of the hydraulic unit. The attaching device (23) of the coil assembly (22) is provided around the valve assembly (21) in the cover housing (33), and is commonly used for also attaching the cover housing (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Yukio Hosoya
  • Patent number: 6042200
    Abstract: A hydraulic brake control device with an effective ease of assembly. The housing of the hydraulic control unit 40 is formed in L-shape when cross-sectioned. The vertical part 41 of the hydraulic control unit 40 and one surface of the master cylinder 30 are affixed and sealed. Plural opening and closing valves 43 are provided in the vertical part 41 of the hydraulic control unit 40. The hydraulic pump 44, the motor 45, and the auxiliary reservoir 49 are provided in the horizontal part 42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Hosoya, Shintaro Kawaishi