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).
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Patent number: 11452201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichi Hirano, Akihiro Horii, Yoshiyuki Nomura, Keiji Niina, Kosuke Sakazume
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Publication number: 20210392740Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: KEIICHI HIRANO, AKIHIRO HORII, YOSHIYUKI NOMURA, KEIJI NIINA, KOSUKE SAKAZUME
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Patent number: 11091623Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Hosoya, Akihiro Horii, Kei Obata, Taku Ishimori, Kazuki Hirata, Hiroshi Sugata
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Publication number: 20180258273Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: Dexerials CorporationInventors: Ken HOSOYA, Akihiro HORII, Kei OBATA, Taku ISHIMORI, Kazuki HIRATA, Hiroshi SUGATA
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Patent number: 9670329Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Hosoya, Akihiro Horii, Kei Obata, Taku Ishimori, Kanako Hashimoto, Kazuki Hirata
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Publication number: 20170152360Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Kanako HASHIMOTO, Akihiro HORII, Kei OBATA, Ken HOSOYA, Taku ISHIMORI, Kazuki HIRATA
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Publication number: 20170145174Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Taku ISHIMORI, Akihiro HORII, Kei OBATA, Ken HOSOYA
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Patent number: 9589702Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akihiro Horii, Ken Nishida, Kazuki Sano, Masamichi Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20160311987Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Hosoya, Akihiro Horii, Kei Obata, Taku Ishimori, Kanako Hashimoto, Kazuki Hirata
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Patent number: 9429690Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Jun Sasaki, Akihiro Horii
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Patent number: 9114557Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Jun Sasaki, Akihiro Horii, Naoto Sugawara, Kanako Hashimoto, Takeshi Kondou, Makoto Aoki
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Publication number: 20150170793Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Horii, Ken Nishida, Kazuki Sano, Masamichi Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20150153498Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Hiroshi Hayashi, Akihiro Horii, Taku Ishimori, Ken Hosoya, Hiroshi Sugata
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Patent number: 9036112Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriyuki Hirai, Akihiro Horii, Hiroshi Mizuno, Akiko Kakibe, Tokuhiro Morioka, Shunichi Kajiya
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Patent number: 8902968Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Nagara, Futoshi Takeuchi, Akihiro Horii, Masanori Sato, Yuji Anami
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Patent number: 8721933Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Dexerials CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Mizuno, Akihiro Horii, Noriyuki Hirai, Masashi Ogawa, Yuu Miura, Kei Obata, Makoto Aoki
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Patent number: 8692962Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8628700Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Dexerials CorporationInventors: Daisuke Ito, Akihiro Horii, Hiroshi Mizuno, Noriyuki Hirai, Shunichi Kajiya, Yuu Miura, Mitsuhiro Chida, Masashi Ogawa
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Patent number: 8558970Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kei Obata, Akihiro Horii, Hiroshi Mizuno, Noriyuki Hirai, Mitsunari Hoshi
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Patent number: 8553175Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Eiji Ohta, Toru Abiko, Masato Ishigaki, Satoshi Sato, Yasuhiro Nishida, Akihiro Horii