Patents by Inventor Yuzo Fujiki

Yuzo Fujiki 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: 20240111213
    Abstract: A flexographic printing raw plate including at least a support, a photosensitive resin composition layer, an ink absorbing layer, and an infrared ablation layer sequentially stacked, wherein the ink absorbing layer has a film thickness of 5 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less, the ink absorbing layer comprises polymer particles containing a butadiene skeleton and having a carboxyl group and/or a hydroxy group, and/or polymer particles obtained by polymerizing a monobasic or polybasic acid monomer, and a content of the polymer particles is 20% by mass or more and 95% by mass or less based on 100% by mass of the ink absorbing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuzo FUJIKI, Sota TOYOOKA, Shinji MIYAMOTO, Masashi FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11921369
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer having a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. A polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound, a first dichroic material, and a second dichroic material, in which the polarizer has an array structure formed of the first dichroic material and the second dichroic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hoshino, Yoshiaki Takada, Yuzo Fujiki, Kengo Saito, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Takashi Katou, Keisuke Ushirogata
  • Patent number: 11822108
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizing element which has an excellent antireflection function as being applied to an image display device; and a circularly polarizing plate and an image display device, each of which has a polarizing element. The polarizing element has an alignment film and an anisotropic light-absorbing film formed using a dichroic substance, in which a degree S of alignment of the anisotropic light-absorbing film is 0.92 or more, an average refractive index nave at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm of the alignment film is 1.55 or more and less than 1.78, an in-plane refractive index anisotropy ?n at a wavelength of 550 nm of the alignment film is less than 0.10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasukazu Kuwayama, Fumitake Mitobe, Yuzo Fujiki, Jun Takeda
  • Patent number: 11768323
    Abstract: A polarizer with a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound, a first dichroic material, and a second dichroic material, in which the polarizer has an array structure formed of the first dichroic material and an array structure formed of the second dichroic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Hoshino, Yoshiaki Takada, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Yuzo Fujiki, Kengo Saito
  • Patent number: 11543697
    Abstract: Provided are a polarizer having a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer which is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material, in which the liquid crystal compound and the dichroic material are horizontally aligned, and in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the polarizer, at least one of a plurality of peaks observed in a diffraction angle range of 17° or less is a peak A in which an interval of a periodic structure corresponding to the at least one peak does not have an integer multiple relationship with an interval of a periodic structure corresponding to at least one of other peaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Saito, Yuzo Fujiki, Wataru Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11487055
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate in which the coloring of reflected light is reduced. The laminate includes an optical film having a light absorption anisotropic film formed using a composition including a dichroic substance and having a transmittance of more than 50%, a ?/4 plate, and a metal electrode in this order, in which in a case where a degree (%) of polarization at a wavelength of ? of the optical film is defined as P(?) and a reflectance (%) at the wavelength of ? of the metal electrode is defined as R(?), a ratio of a minimum value of R/P to a maximum value of R/P at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm, and 650 nm is more than 85%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Nishimura, Fumitake Mitobe, Yuzo Fujiki, Jun Takeda
  • Publication number: 20220334299
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizing element which has an excellent antireflection function as being applied to an image display device; and a circularly polarizing plate and an image display device, each of which has a polarizing element. The polarizing element has an alignment film and an anisotropic light-absorbing film formed using a dichroic substance, in which a degree S of alignment of the anisotropic light-absorbing film is 0.92 or more, an average refractive index nave at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm of the alignment film is 1.55 or more and less than 1.78, an in-plane refractive index anisotropy ?n at a wavelength of 550 nm of the alignment film is less than 0.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasukazu KUWAYAMA, Fumitake MITOBE, Yuzo FUJIKI, Jun TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11415733
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing element which has an excellent antireflection function as being applied to an image display device; and a circularly polarizing plate and an image display device, each of which has the polarizing element. The polarizing element of an embodiment of the present invention has an alignment film and an anisotropic light-absorbing film formed using a dichroic substance, in which a degree S of alignment of the anisotropic light-absorbing film is 0.92 or more, and an average refractive index nave at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm of the alignment film is 1.55 to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasukazu Kuwayama, Fumitake Mitobe, Yuzo Fujiki, Jun Takeda
  • Patent number: 11378838
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an optical laminate in which an alignment defect is less likely to occur in a light-absorbing anisotropic layer even in a case where a surface of a photo-alignment layer is rubbed; an optical laminate; and an image display device. The method for manufacturing an optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an optical laminate in which an optical laminate including a photo-alignment layer and a light-absorbing anisotropic layer and having a front transmittance of 60% or less is produced and which includes a photo-alignment layer formation step of forming a photo-alignment layer on a polymer film, and a light-absorbing anisotropic layer formation step of applying a liquid crystal composition containing a dichroic substance and a high-molecular liquid crystalline compound onto the photo-alignment layer to form a light-absorbing anisotropic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Shibata, Naoya Nishimura, Wataru Hoshino, Yuzo Fujiki, Takashi Yonemoto
  • Publication number: 20220206202
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizing element which has an excellent antireflection function as being applied to an image display device; and a circularly polarizing plate and an image display device, each of which has the polarizing element. The polarizing element has an alignment film and an anisotropic light-absorbing film formed using a dichroic substance, in which a degree S of alignment of the anisotropic light-absorbing film is 0.92 or more, and an average refractive index nave at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm of the alignment film is 1.55 to 2.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasukazu KUWAYAMA, Fumitake MITOBE, Yuzo FUJIKI, Jun TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220082940
    Abstract: A flexographic printing raw plate comprising at least a support, a photosensitive resin composition layer, an infrared ablation layer, and a cover film sequentially stacked, wherein the infrared ablation layer contains an infrared absorber, a binder polymer, and a dispersant, and a base number of the dispersant is 5 to 100 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sota TOYOOKA, Yuzo FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20220043352
    Abstract: A flexographic printing raw plate comprising at least a support, a photosensitive resin composition layer, an intermediate layer, and an infrared ablation layer sequentially stacked, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a hydrophilic resin (A) and a layered inorganic compound (B), and the intermediate layer has a film thickness of 2 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuzo FUJIKI, Hiroshi OGAWA, Hideo SAITO
  • Patent number: 11173694
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate in which an excellent alignment property of a dichroic substance is maintained and which is excellent in both high-temperature durability and moisture-heat resistance, a manufacturing method of the laminate, and an image display device using the laminate. A laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention is a laminate having a transparent support, a light absorption anisotropic film, and a transparent resin layer in this order, in which the light absorption anisotropic film is a film containing a dichroic substance represented by a predetermined formula, and the transparent resin layer is a layer containing a polymer which has a hydrophilic group and does not have a glass transition temperature in a temperature range of 95° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzo Fujiki, Yasukazu Kuwayama, Jun Takeda
  • Patent number: 11148404
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate in which an excellent alignment property of a dichroic substance is maintained and which is excellent in both high-temperature durability and moisture-heat resistance, a manufacturing method of the laminate, and an image display device using the laminate. A laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention is a laminate having a transparent support, a light absorption anisotropic film, and a transparent resin layer in this order, in which the light absorption anisotropic film is a film containing a dichroic substance represented by a predetermined formula, and the transparent resin layer is a layer containing a polymer which has a hydrophilic group and does not have a glass transition temperature in a temperature range of 95° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzo Fujiki, Yasukazu Kuwayama, Jun Takeda
  • Patent number: 11054691
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizing plate including a polarizer having a high transmittance, which can be suitably applied to a circularly polarizing plate with which a significant decrease in an antireflection ability is suppressed in a case where the circularly polarizing plate is disposed on a display element; a circularly polarizing plate; and a display device. The polarizing plate includes a polarizer and an adjacent layer in contact with the polarizer, in which a transmittance in the absorption axis direction of the polarizer is 4.0% or more, and an in-plane average refractive index of the adjacent layer satisfies a relationship of Formula (X), Formula (X): Refractive index in a transmission axis direction of the polarizer<In-plane average refractive index of the adjacent layer<Refractive index in the absorption axis direction of the polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitake Mitobe, Jun Takeda, Naoya Nishimura, Yuzo Fujiki, Yumi Katou, Yasukazu Kuwayama
  • Publication number: 20210165148
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate having excellent display performance and moisture and heat durability in a case of being used in an image display device, and an image display device including the laminate. The laminate of the present invention is a laminate including a light absorption anisotropic film, and a liquid crystal layer which is adjacent to the light absorption anisotropic film, in which the light absorption anisotropic film is a film formed of a composition containing a dichroic material, the liquid crystal layer is a layer which contains a liquid crystal compound aligned therein and has a thickness of 300 nm or less, and an absorption axis of the light absorption anisotropic film and a slow axis of the liquid crystal layer are parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzo FUJIKI, Fumitake MITOBE, Jun TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20210149247
    Abstract: Provided are a polarizer having a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer which is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material, in which the liquid crystal compound and the dichroic material are horizontally aligned, and in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the polarizer, at least one of a plurality of peaks observed in a diffraction angle range of 17° or less is a peak A in which an interval of a periodic structure corresponding to the at least one peak does not have an integer multiple relationship with an interval of a periodic structure corresponding to at least one of other peaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo SAITO, Yuzo FUJIKI, Wataru HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20210109270
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer with a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer which is formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound, a first dichroic material, and a second dichroic material, in which the polarizer has an array structure formed of the first dichroic material and an array structure formed of the second dichroic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru HOSHINO, Yoshiaki TAKADA, Yasuhiro ISHIWATA, Yuzo FUJIKI, Kengo SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210055604
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer having a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. A polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound, a first dichroic material, and a second dichroic material, in which the polarizer has an array structure formed of the first dichroic material and the second dichroic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru HOSHINO, Yoshiaki TAKADA, Yuzo FUJIKI, Kengo SAITO, Yasuhiro ISHIWATA, Takashi KATOU, Keisuke USHIROGATA
  • Publication number: 20200355847
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate in which the coloring of reflected light is reduced. The laminate includes an optical film having a light absorption anisotropic film formed using a composition including a dichroic substance and having a transmittance of more than 50%, a ?/4 plate, and a metal electrode in this order, in which in a case where a degree (%) of polarization at a wavelength of ? of the optical film is defined as P(?) and a reflectance (%) at the wavelength of ? of the metal electrode is defined as R(?), a ratio of a minimum value of R/P to a maximum value of R/P at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm, and 650 nm is more than 85%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya NISHIMURA, Fumitake MITOBE, Yuzo FUJIKI, Jun TAKEDA