Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Aruga

Hiroshi Aruga 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: 20150179850
    Abstract: To provide a resin film having excellent ultraviolet shielding properties, having an excellent outer appearance, further heaving excellent weather resistance, being hardly changeable in optical properties and mechanical properties over a long period of time, and being capable of being formed into a thin film of at most 20 ?m, a backsheet provided with the resin film, and a solar cell module provided with the backsheet. A resin film comprising a resin composition containing a fluororesin (A), particles (B) containing titanium oxide as the main component, a phosphorus compound (C) and a silicone oil (D), wherein the phosphorus compound (C) is at least one member selected from the group consisting of a phosphonite compound (C1), a phosphonate compound (C2) and a phosphate compound (C3) respectively represented by specific formulae and having specific molecular weights, the content of the phosphorus compound (C) is from 0.20 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hiroshi ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20150107656
    Abstract: To provide a resin film having excellent ultraviolet shielding properties, further having excellent weather resistance, being hardly changeable in optical properties and mechanical properties over a long period of time, and being capable of being formed into a thin film of at most 20 ?m; a backsheet provided with the resin film; and a solar cell module provided with the backsheet. A resin film comprising a resin (A) containing a fluororesin; and, contained in the resin (A), composite particles (B) each having a cover layer containing aluminum oxide on the surface of a titanium oxide particle, and composite particles (C) each having a cover layer containing silicon oxide on the surface of a zinc oxide particle, wherein in (A), the proportion of the fluororesin is at least 50 mass %, in (B), the proportion of aluminum oxide is from 0.6 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroshi ARUGA
  • Patent number: 8980400
    Abstract: The present invention provide a light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications which can be used as a covering material for an agricultural house or the like, is excellent in uniformity of color or the like of crops cultivated, can reduce the occurrence of leaf scorch, seedling blight or the like, and can cultivate the crops at high productivity. Specifically, the invention provides a light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications that gives a ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 5.5 to 10° being 5% or higher relative to the total transmitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasuko Shimoi, Hiroshi Aruga
  • Patent number: 8802968
    Abstract: A fluororesin film on which no bubble streaks are formed even when it contains a sufficient amount of titanium oxide, in which deterioration of the fluororesin is suppressed, and which has a low transmittance of ultraviolet light at a wavelength of at most 360 nm and has excellent weather resistance and heat resistance, a method of its use, a backsheet for a solar cell module, and a solar cell module. The fluororesin film may be used for an outermost layer of a backsheet of a solar cell module. The fluororesin film contains an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer as the main component, and also contains specific titanium oxide composite particles. An arithmetic mean roughness Ra of the film surface to be in contact with the air is at most 3 ?m. Further, a backsheet comprising a laminate having a fluororesin film, and a solar cell module comprising the backsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hiroshi Aruga
  • Publication number: 20140161391
    Abstract: To provide an optical module and optical transmission method that reduce tracking errors caused by position shifting of the focal point of light related to the optical axis direction, using a simpler method. A lens 1 causes light emitted from an emission point to be focused at a focal point. A lens cap 2 is provided on a stem 6 and supports the lens 1. A semiconductor laser 3 is provided on the stem 6 and emits light from a position corresponding to the emission point. A control member 7 controls position shifting of the focal point generated by thermal expansion of the lens cap 2, through thermal expansion in the direction of the optical axis of the lens 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo OHATA, Kyosuke KURAMOTO, Hiroshi ARUGA
  • Patent number: 8703858
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agricultural fluororesin film having good optical transparency and good durability to repeated contact with other members and to repeated bending. The present invention relates to an agricultural fluororesin film, in which synthetic mica particles having an average particle size of 3 ?m to 15 ?m are dispersed in a film containing a fluororesin, in which the content of the synthetic mica particles is from 0.5 to 5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the fluororesin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aruga, Yasuko Shimoi
  • Patent number: 8700732
    Abstract: A disc reproducing apparatus includes: program readout means for playing back a disc loaded therein to read a program recorded thereon; disc-content readout means for executing the read program to read a content recorded on the disc; network-content acquisition means for executing the read program to acquire a content stored in a device connected over a network; and display control means for executing the read program to control display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunari Fukuya, Akira Ando, Muneaki Osawa, Hiroshi Aruga, Eriko Matsumura, Fuyuki Matsuyama, Nobuhiro Inoue, Kazuo Yamaoka, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Shinya Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 8685533
    Abstract: Provided is a fluororesin film comprising a fluororesin film body which contains hydrophobized silicon oxide-coated metal oxide particles and a fluororesin. The fluororesin film also contains a coating film in direct contact with the fluororesin film body and made of a coating film-forming composition containing at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyester, acryl polyol, acryl resin, acryl urethane resin, acryl silicone resin, vinyl acetate resin and a fluororesin, formed on one side of the fluororesin film body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Katayama, Hiroshi Aruga
  • Publication number: 20140085856
    Abstract: A terminal portion configured to obtain electrical connection with a printed circuit board includes a first signal pad that is formed in a first conductor layer and is electrically separated from a ground layer, a pair of first ground pads that is formed in the first conductor layer to sandwich the first signal pad and is connected to the ground layer, a second signal pad that is formed in a second conductor layer and is connected to a signal line, a pair of second ground pads that is formed in the second conductor layer to sandwich the second signal pad and is electrically separated from the signal line, a third signal pad formed in a third conductor layer, and a pair of third ground pads formed in the third conductor layer to sandwich the third signal pad. The second signal pad is wider than the third signal pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuki SHIRAO, Nobuo Ohata, Nobuyuki Yasui, Hiroshi Aruga
  • Patent number: 8646958
    Abstract: A light emitting device capable of adjusting height difference between the light emitters and optical waveguides individually and easily with high accuracy is realized. The light emitting device comprises multiple light emitters; an optical multiplexer comprising the openings of multiple optical waveguides at the incidence end for light from the multiple light emitters and the opening of an optical waveguide combining said multiple optical waveguides at the light exit end; and multiple drivers driving said multiple light emitters, respectively, along the tilt direction of a surface tilted at a given angle with respect to the surface on which said optical waveguides are formed, wherein said light emitters are provided at an angle that makes the central axes of light from said light emitters in the light emission direction parallel to the surface on which said optical waveguides are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yasui, Hiroshi Aruga
  • Patent number: 8638486
    Abstract: An optical modulator includes first and second modulation waveguides, a demultiplexer, first and second phase adjustment waveguides that changes phases of a light of the first and second modulation waveguides, a multiplexer that combines light outputs from the first and second phase adjustment waveguides, a gain controller and a modulator bias controller in which voltages of the first and second modulation signals are controlled so that a result of adding light from the first modulation waveguide to light from the second modulation waveguide where light from the first modulation waveguide has a predetermined phase is equal to a result of adding light from the first modulation waveguide to light from the second modulation waveguide where light from the second modulation waveguide has a predetermined phase. A phase-adjustment bias controller that controls phase amounts changed by the first and second phase adjustment waveguides so as to cancel phase errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsuda, Takashi Sugihara, Keita Mochizuki, Hiroshi Aruga
  • Publication number: 20140000702
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition capable of forming an adhesive layer that can maintain a high adhesive force and an excellent ultraviolet absorbing function over a long period of time, a laminate having an adhesive layer formed of the adhesive composition, and a solar cell module having such a laminate. An adhesive composition comprising a polyurethane resin made from a polycarbonate polyol, a curing agent, a triazine-type ultraviolet absorber and a light stabilizer. Further, a laminate 10 having a first substrate 11, an adhesive layer 12 formed of the adhesive composition and a second substrate 13 laminated in this order. A solar cell module having the laminate 10 as at least one of a front surface material or a rear surface material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi ARUGA, Koichi Oda, Tatsuya Miyajima
  • Patent number: 8617701
    Abstract: A fluororesin film usable as the outermost layer of a back sheet for a solar cell module, which is a dark type fluororesin film having a sufficient electric insulation property and weather resistance, and which is particularly excellent in thermal resistance; and a back sheet for a solar cell module employing such a film, which dark type fluororesin film, which is a fluororesin film contains an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer as the main component and contains from 1.0 to 4.5 parts by mass of a carbon black having a pH of from 8 to 10 as measured according to JIS K6221 section 6.4.2 based on 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hiroshi Aruga
  • Patent number: 8611094
    Abstract: Provided is an optical module in which wiring density may be reduced to ensure isolation between lines to reduce crosstalk. A flexible printed circuit includes: dielectric layers; a first pattern facing portion including a first ground conductor pattern and a first wiring pattern electrically connected to an electric terminal, which are facing each other through the dielectric layer; and a second pattern facing portion including a second ground conductor pattern and a second wiring pattern electrically connected to the electric terminal, which are facing each other through the dielectric layer, the second pattern facing portion facing the first pattern facing portion, in which when the dielectric layer is bent along a portion between the first pattern facing portion and the second pattern facing portion, at least one of the first ground conductor pattern and the second ground conductor pattern is located between the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aruga, Hideyuki Ohashi
  • Patent number: 8586174
    Abstract: To provide a laminate excellent in weather resistance, moisture-proof property, adhesion between layers and its long-term stability, and a process for its production. A laminate comprising a substrate sheet containing a fluororesin, an adhesive layer, and a moisture-proof layer containing, as the main component, at least one inorganic compound selected from the group consisting of an inorganic oxide, an inorganic nitride and an inorganic oxynitride, laminated in this order, wherein the adhesive layer contains, as the main component, at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide, tantalum oxide and hafnium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoto Kihara, Takuya Nakao, Hiroshi Aruga, Eiji Shidoji
  • Publication number: 20130258505
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical apparatus having an optical element, a holding member, and a base member includes preparing the holding member and fixing the optical element to the first member. The method further includes fixing a second member of the holding member to the base member and plastically deforming a first member of the holding member and the second member to adjust the position of the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Nobuyuki YASUI, Takehiko Nakahara, Masaya Shimono, Keiichi Fukuda, Keita Mochizuki, Hiroshi Aruga, Kenichi Uto, Tadashi Murao, Hidekazu Kodera
  • Publication number: 20130242594
    Abstract: A light emitting device capable of adjusting height difference between the light emitters and optical waveguides individually and easily with high accuracy is realized. The light emitting device comprises multiple light emitters; an optical multiplexer comprising the openings of multiple optical waveguides at the incidence end for light from the multiple light emitters and the opening of an optical waveguide combining said multiple optical waveguides at the light exit end; and multiple drivers driving said multiple light emitters, respectively, along the tilt direction of a surface tilted at a given angle with respect to the surface on which said optical waveguides are formed, wherein said light emitters are provided at an angle that makes the central axes of light from said light emitters in the light emission direction parallel to the surface on which said optical waveguides are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki YASUI, Hiroshi ARUGA
  • Patent number: 8501313
    Abstract: To provide a wavelength conversion film which is capable of maintaining an optical wavelength converting function for a longer period of time than conventional wavelength conversion films. A wavelength conversion film 10 containing an inorganic ultraviolet blocking material and a wavelength converting material, which consists of one or more layers, at least one of which is a base film layer 12 containing a thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aruga, Yasuko Shimoi
  • Patent number: 8488227
    Abstract: To include a light modulator having an anode electrode, a matching resistor, a first wire that is connected to the anode electrode and transmits to the anode electrode an input electric signal to the light modulator, a first conductor pad having a capacitor connected to the first wire, a second wire that connects the anode electrode and the matching resistor, and a second conductor pad having a capacitor connected to the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitsugu Uesugi, Hiroshi Aruga
  • Patent number: 8481607
    Abstract: A surface treatment method for a fluororesin molded body, which is a method for treating a surface of an ETFE molded body by using a glow discharge generated by a pulsed electric field having a voltage-rising time of at most 10 ?sec in a nitrogen atmosphere under a pressure in the vicinity of atmospheric pressure; which comprises carrying out a plurality of glow discharge treatments at intervals of at least 0.01 sec so that the discharge density of each of the glow discharges is from 40 to 200 W·min/m2, and that the total discharge density of the glow discharges is from 220 to 800 W·min/m2. Further, an ETFE molded body subjected to a surface treatment by the surface treatment method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aruga, Koichi Oda