Patents by Inventor Akihiro Horii

Akihiro Horii 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: 11452201
    Abstract: To provide an electronic device and a connecting component which have a shield function and which enable downsizing. The electronic device includes: a substrate having a first substrate portion and a second substrate portion that is arranged at a position facing the first substrate portion; a plurality of potential wirings which are connected to the first substrate portion and to the second substrate portion and which have an arbitrary potential; and a plurality of signal wirings which are connected to the first substrate portion and to the second substrate portion and to which a signal is supplied. The first substrate portion has a mounting region of an electronic component on a side of a surface facing the second substrate portion. The plurality of potential wirings are arranged outside of the mounting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Hirano, Akihiro Horii, Yoshiyuki Nomura, Keiji Niina, Kosuke Sakazume
  • Publication number: 20210392740
    Abstract: To provide an electronic device and a connecting component which have a shield function and which enable downsizing. The electronic device includes: a substrate having a first substrate portion and a second substrate portion that is arranged at a position facing the first substrate portion; a plurality of potential wirings which are connected to the first substrate portion and to the second substrate portion and which have an arbitrary potential; and a plurality of signal wirings which are connected to the first substrate portion and to the second substrate portion and to which a signal is supplied. The first substrate portion has a mounting region of an electronic component on a side of a surface facing the second substrate portion. The plurality of potential wirings are arranged outside of the mounting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: KEIICHI HIRANO, AKIHIRO HORII, YOSHIYUKI NOMURA, KEIJI NIINA, KOSUKE SAKAZUME
  • Patent number: 11091623
    Abstract: A cyclic olefin resin composition film having high toughness with less difference in toughness between length and width directions. The cyclic olefin resin composition film contains a cyclic olefin resin, a styrene elastomer and inorganic oxide fine particles having an average particle diameter of 40 nm or smaller, and has a linear expansion coefficient of 40 ppm/° C. to 60 ppm/° C. This film attains high toughness with less difference in toughness between length and width directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Hosoya, Akihiro Horii, Kei Obata, Taku Ishimori, Kazuki Hirata, Hiroshi Sugata
  • Publication number: 20180258273
    Abstract: A cyclic olefin resin composition film having high toughness with less difference in toughness between length and width directions. The cyclic olefin resin composition film contains a cyclic olefin resin, a styrene elastomer and inorganic oxide fine particles having an average particle diameter of 40 nm or smaller, and has a linear expansion coefficient of 40 ppm/° C. to 60 ppm/° C. This film attains high toughness with less difference in toughness between length and width directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Ken HOSOYA, Akihiro HORII, Kei OBATA, Taku ISHIMORI, Kazuki HIRATA, Hiroshi SUGATA
  • Patent number: 9670329
    Abstract: Provided is a cyclic olefin resin composition film having a small in-plane retardation and high toughness. The cyclic olefin resin composition film contains a cyclic olefin resin and a styrene elastomer having a storage modulus of lower than 100 MPa at 0° C. to 100° C. The styrene elastomer is dispersed in the cyclic olefin resin in an amount of 5 to 35 wt %. With this configuration, it is possible to lower the in-plane retardation of the film while ensuring the high toughness of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Hosoya, Akihiro Horii, Kei Obata, Taku Ishimori, Kanako Hashimoto, Kazuki Hirata
  • Publication number: 20170152360
    Abstract: A cyclic olefin resin composition film having excellent anti-blocking properties and toughness. The cyclic olefin resin composition film containing a cyclic olefin resin and a styrene-based elastomer; the cyclic olefin resin composition film having a first surface layer part having a thickness of from 25 to 45% of total thickness, a second surface layer part having a thickness of from 25 to 45% of the total thickness, and an internal part having thickness of from 10 to 50% of the total thickness between the first surface layer part and the second surface layer part; an average value of minor-axis dispersion diameter of the styrene-based elastomer in the first surface layer part or the second surface layer part being from 75 to 125% of an average value of minor-axis dispersion diameter of the styrene-based elastomer of the internal part. As result, it is possible to achieve excellent anti-blocking properties and toughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kanako HASHIMOTO, Akihiro HORII, Kei OBATA, Ken HOSOYA, Taku ISHIMORI, Kazuki HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20170145174
    Abstract: A cyclic olefin resin composition film has excellent anti-blocking properties and toughness. A cyclic olefin resin composition film containing a cyclic olefin resin and a styrene-based elastomer; the cyclic olefin resin composition film having a first surface layer part having a thickness of from 25 to 45% of a total thickness, a second surface layer part having a thickness of from 25 to 45% of the total thickness, and an internal part having a thickness of from 10 to 50% of the total thickness between the first surface layer part and the second surface layer part; an average value of a minor-axis dispersion diameter of the styrene-based elastomer in the first surface layer part or the second surface layer part being from 75 to 125% of an average value of a minor-axis dispersion diameter of the styrene-based elastomer of the internal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku ISHIMORI, Akihiro HORII, Kei OBATA, Ken HOSOYA
  • Patent number: 9589702
    Abstract: A cable including two metal conductor wires, and a coating that is made of a transparent material or a translucent material, covers the two metal conductor wires in a state of being arranged in parallel at an interval, and is shaped in a manner that one of two surfaces existing along a direction substantially parallel to a direction between the two metal conductor wires is a plane and the other surface is a curved surface with a convex cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Horii, Ken Nishida, Kazuki Sano, Masamichi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20160311987
    Abstract: Provided is a cyclic olefin resin composition film having a small in-plane retardation and high toughness. The cyclic olefin resin composition film contains a cyclic olefin resin and a styrene elastomer having a storage modulus of lower than 100 MPa at 0° C. to 100° C. The styrene elastomer is dispersed in the cyclic olefin resin in an amount of 5 to 35 wt %. With this configuration, it is possible to lower the in-plane retardation of the film while ensuring the high toughness of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Hosoya, Akihiro Horii, Kei Obata, Taku Ishimori, Kanako Hashimoto, Kazuki Hirata
  • Patent number: 9429690
    Abstract: A diffusion sheet includes a light-transmissive substrate, a plurality of structures, and a flat portion. The light-transmissive substrate includes a first main surface, and a second main surface. The plurality of structures have convex shapes and are randomly formed on the first main surface. The flat portion is formed among the plurality of structures on the first main surface and has a surface roughness (Ra) of no less than 0.9 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Sasaki, Akihiro Horii
  • Patent number: 9114557
    Abstract: A diffusion sheet includes a light-transmissive base member, a plurality of structures, and a flattened portion. The light-transmissive base member has a first main surface and a second main surface. The plurality of structures have convex shapes, which are randomly formed on the first main surface. The flattened portion is formed among the plurality of structures on the first main surface and has a surface roughness (Ra) equal to or lower than 0.6 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Sasaki, Akihiro Horii, Naoto Sugawara, Kanako Hashimoto, Takeshi Kondou, Makoto Aoki
  • Publication number: 20150170793
    Abstract: There is provided a cable including two metal conductor wires, and a coating that is made of a transparent material or a translucent material, covers the two metal conductor wires in a state of being arranged in parallel at an interval, and is shaped in a manner that one of two surfaces existing along a direction substantially parallel to a direction between the two metal conductor wires is a plane and the other surface is a curved surface with a convex cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Horii, Ken Nishida, Kazuki Sano, Masamichi Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20150153498
    Abstract: A phase difference element that can suppress a change in retardation by tilt in a Z-axis direction has an in-plane retardation R0 and a retardation Rth in a thickness direction that satisfy 0.7×R0?Rth?1.3×R0 (R0: |Nx?Ny|×d, Rth: |((Nx+Ny)/2)?Nz|×d, Nx: refractive index in width direction, Ny: refractive index in longitudinal direction, Nz: refractive index in thickness direction, and d: element thickness).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hayashi, Akihiro Horii, Taku Ishimori, Ken Hosoya, Hiroshi Sugata
  • Patent number: 9036112
    Abstract: An optical sheet includes a sheet body including a single translucent resin material layer having a first surface that light enters and a second surface that the light exits. The sheet body is orientationally crystallized in a first in-plane axis direction and a second in-plane axis direction orthogonal to each other and having a linear expansion coefficient of 1.0*10E?5/° C. or less in all in-plane directions. A structure surface portion that has a geometric configuration and is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hirai, Akihiro Horii, Hiroshi Mizuno, Akiko Kakibe, Tokuhiro Morioka, Shunichi Kajiya
  • Patent number: 8902968
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus which may include an image encoder, a transmitter, and a controller. The apparatus may encode image data, wirelessly transmit the encoded image data, detect a quality of a wireless transmission of the encoded image data and control an image transmission rate based on the detected quality. The image transmission rate may be controlled within a first response time when being lowered and controlled within a second response time longer than the first response time when being raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Nagara, Futoshi Takeuchi, Akihiro Horii, Masanori Sato, Yuji Anami
  • Patent number: 8721933
    Abstract: A manufacture method of an optical sheet made of a transparent thermoplastic resin sheet on whose surface a regular geometric design working is performed, the optical sheet manufacture method comprising steps of performing a geometric design working on the resin sheet at a temperature not lower than a glass transition temperature of the resin sheet, by using a metal endless working belt formed with a geometric design on a surface thereof, rapidly cooling the resin sheet on which the geometric design working is performed to a temperature lower than the glass transition temperature, and detaching the rapidly cooled resin sheet from the metal endless working belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuno, Akihiro Horii, Noriyuki Hirai, Masashi Ogawa, Yuu Miura, Kei Obata, Makoto Aoki
  • Patent number: 8692962
    Abstract: A diffusion sheet includes: a substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; and structures each in a convex shape formed randomly on the first principal surface or the second principal surface of the substrate. The structures have an identical or almost identical height. The structures have an aspect ratio h/r, where r denotes an average radius of the structures and h denotes an average height of the structures, of more than 0.85 and not more than 1.50. The structures have a filling factor of not less than 60% and not more than 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Shibata, Jun Sasaki, Hirofumi Tsuiki, Akihiro Horii, Noriyuki Hirai, Hiroshi Mizuno, Satoko Asaoka, Kanako Hashimoto, Yasuyuki Kudo, Saori Hayashi, Teiichi Miyauchi, Satoshi Sekino, Makoto Aoki
  • Patent number: 8628700
    Abstract: An optical sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a first master including a first three-dimensional structure, a second master including a second three-dimensional structure, a first processing unit to heat a first surface of a resin sheet to a first temperature and transfer the first three-dimensional structure onto the first surface heated, a second processing unit to cool the first surface to a second temperature lower than the first temperature, heat a second surface of the resin sheet to a third temperature higher than the second temperature, and transfer the second three-dimensional structure onto the second surface heated, a third processing unit to cool the second surface to a fourth temperature lower than the third temperature, a first conveyance mechanism to perform conveyance from the first processing unit to the second processing unit, and a second conveyance mechanism to perform conveyance from the second processing unit to the third processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Ito, Akihiro Horii, Hiroshi Mizuno, Noriyuki Hirai, Shunichi Kajiya, Yuu Miura, Mitsuhiro Chida, Masashi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8558970
    Abstract: A display unit in which the view angle in the horizontal direction of emitting light is wider than the view angle in the vertical direction thereof, in which the emitting light has a polarization component in the vertical direction viewable with the use of a polarized sunglass, and which is able to improve display luminance is provided. A luminance enhancement film has a plurality of convex sections which extend toward the horizontal direction and are arranged in the direction crossing the extending direction, and in which the refractive index in the extending direction is larger than the refractive index in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Obata, Akihiro Horii, Hiroshi Mizuno, Noriyuki Hirai, Mitsunari Hoshi
  • Patent number: 8553175
    Abstract: An optical sheet, a backlight device, and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The beam-condensing optical sheet includes a large number of irregularity portions arranged on one main surface of a light-transmissive base, in which a pitch of arrangement of the irregularity portions is 110 ?m or more and 330 ?m or less, and surface roughness (Ra) of the irregularity portion is 0.1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Ohta, Toru Abiko, Masato Ishigaki, Satoshi Sato, Yasuhiro Nishida, Akihiro Horii