Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Satou
Hiroyuki Satou 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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Publication number: 20120234037Abstract: An oil separator capable of preventing breakage in a float with an extremely simple configuration is provided. An oil separator is to separate oil in a refrigerant that is discharged from a compressor and return the oil to the compressor. The oil separator includes: a tank, into which a refrigerant discharged from the compressor flows; a float having a hollow therein that is held vertically movably in the tank, the float moving up and down with a change of an oil level in the tank; and a needle valve to return oil in the tank to the compressor in accordance with up/down movement of the float. The float includes an equalizing tube having a lower end that opens at a bottom part in the float and an upper end that opens outside of the float and above the oil level in the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Rikio Tadano, Hiroyuki Satou, Susumu Kobayashi, Hiroshi Yamawaki
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Patent number: 8053041Abstract: There has been a need for an overcoat film composition that functions as an overcoat film in terms of high transparency and flatness, and that also functions as an aligning film in terms of liquid crystal molecular alignment. There has also been a need to lower the cost of manufacturing a liquid crystal display element. There is provided an overcoat film composition comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of polyester-polyamic acids (A1) obtained using at least a polyhydric hydroxy compound (a1), a diamine (a2), and a compound having two or more acid anhydride groups (a3), and polyester-polyimides (A2) that are imidization products thereof, and a polyamic acid (B).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: JNC CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Satou, Takahiro Mori
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Patent number: 7999014Abstract: A flame retardant suitable for manufacturing a polymer composition is provided. The polymer composition is used for forming a cured film in which a balance among flame retardancy, adhesion, chemical resistance, heat resistance, and elasticity, and so on, is provided. A flame-retardant polymer composition with an excellent balance among the above properties is also provided. The flame retardant of the invention has a structure of Formula (1), (2), or (3): (in which, R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 is C2-20 alkylene or C2-20 alkylene in which any —CH2— is replaced by —O—, R3 and R4 are C1-20 alkyl, phenyl, and phenyl substituted by C1-5 alkyl or phenyl, R3 and R4 may also be an integrally-formed cyclic group, and p and q are 0 or 1).Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: JNC CorporationInventors: Ryota Mineo, Tomohiro Eto, Yosihiro Deyama, Hiroyuki Satou
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Patent number: 7940122Abstract: There is provided an amplifier circuit having a common-source amplifier, an output load connected to an output terminal of the common-source amplifier, a buffer circuit connected to the output terminal of the common-source amplifier, a feedback circuit connected between an output terminal of the buffer circuit and an input terminal of the common-source amplifier, and a control circuit for controlling an impedance of the feedback circuit in accordance with a gain of the common-source amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Hiroyuki Satou
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Patent number: 7926930Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an inkjet ink including a polyamic acid (A), including a step of at least reacting one or more compounds selected from the group of a monoamine (a3) and a compound having one acid anhydride group (a4) with a compound having two or more acid anhydride groups (a1) and a diamine (a2).Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Satou, Setsuo Itami, Takayuki Hattori
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Patent number: 7785713Abstract: Disclosed is an active energy ray-curable coating composition containing (A) 10 to 70% by mass of a poly(meth)acrylate of a mono- or polypentaerythritol; (B) 5 to 50% by mass of (B-1) a polyester type aliphatic urethanedi(meth)acrylate compound which is obtained by reacting an aliphatic isocyanate compound, a caprolactone-modified polyester diol, and an acrylate having a hydroxyl group, (B-2) a compound represented by formula (2), or (B-3) a polyether type urethane di(meth)acrylate compound having two (meth)acryloyloxy groups in a molecule, wherein, in the case that component (B) is component (B-3), component (A) contains at least one caprolactone-modified (meth)acryloyloxy group; (C) 5 to 70% by mass of a poly[(meth)acryloyloxyalkyl](iso)cyanurate represented by formula (3) or (4); and (D) 0.1 to 10% by mass of a photopolymerization initiator. The active energy ray-curable coating composition can form a cured film excellent in weatherability, mar resistance, and adhesion to a base material.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Odaka, Koji Furukawa, Hiroyuki Satou
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Patent number: 7745506Abstract: A UV-curable ink-jet ink is provided, which has a high sensitivity and allows soft and highly fine patterns to be formed. The UV-curable ink-jet ink includes a mono-functional polymerizable monomer (A) having a hydroxyl group, a di(meth)acrylate ester (B) and a photo-polymerization initiator (C).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Satou, Setsuo Itami, Fumitaka Ooizumi, Toshiyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 7646678Abstract: Provided is a watch capable of performing digital display as well as analog display. The watch can offer digital display without posing disadvantages peculiar to a liquid crystal panel. On the other hand, the watch can reduce the restrictions in design and make the digital display larger and easier to see. The watch includes a light-shielding plate 22 on the rear side of the dial 24. In the light-shielding plate, light-transmitting holes 23 are made piercing from a front of the light-shielding plate to a rear thereof. Thin chip LEDs 17 are inserted in the light-transmitting holes, and mounted on a circuit board 16. The circuit board is placed on the rear side of the light-shielding plate. On the rear side of the circuit board, an analog movement 13 is provided, and an LED drive circuit 33 for driving the LEDs is placed. Thus, the LEDs 17 for digital display are placed on the rear side of the dial.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Elemex CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Imai, Hiroyuki Satou, Masahide Hasegawa, Kazuhisa Tohyama, Keiji Nakagawa, Kentarou Hayashi
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Publication number: 20090111904Abstract: Disclosed is an active energy ray-curable coating composition containing (A) 10 to 70% by mass of a poly(meth)acrylate of a mono- or polypentaerythritol; (B) 5 to 50% by mass of (B-1) a polyester type aliphatic urethanedi(meth)acrylate compound which is obtained by reacting an aliphatic isocyanate compound, a caprolactone-modified polyester diol, and an acrylate having a hydroxyl group, (B-2) a compound represented by formula (2), or (B-3) a polyether type urethane di(meth)acrylate compound having two (meth)acryloyloxy groups in a molecule, wherein, in the case that component (B) is component (B-3), component (A) contains at least one caprolactone-modified (meth)acryloyloxy group; (C) 5 to 70% by mass of a poly[(meth)acryloyloxyalkyl](iso)cyanurate represented by formula (3) or (4); and (D) 0.1 to 10% by mass of a photopolymerization initiator. The active energy ray-curable coating composition can form a cured film excellent in weatherability, mar resistance, and adhesion to a base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Odaka, Koji Furukawa, Hiroyuki Satou
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Publication number: 20090066418Abstract: There is provided an amplifier circuit having a common-source amplifier, an output load connected to an output terminal of the common-source amplifier, a buffer circuit connected to the output terminal of the common-source amplifier, a feedback circuit connected between an output terminal of the buffer circuit and an input terminal of the common-source amplifier, and a control circuit for controlling an impedance of the feedback circuit in accordance with a gain of the common-source amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Hiroyuki SATOU
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Publication number: 20090056993Abstract: The invention provides a method for forming a cured film, comprising discharging an ink-jet ink, which comprises predetermined compounds, whose viscosity at 25° C. is approximately 150 to approximately 3,000 mPa·s, from an ink-jet head at a discharging temperature of approximately 80 to approximately 150° C., which has a low degree of spread of an ink-jet ink after landing, and which is able to form a highly-fine pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: CHISSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Satou, Setsuo Itami
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Publication number: 20090026425Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising a polyester amide acid (A) obtained by reacting a tetracarboxylic dianhydride (a1), a diamine (a2) and a multivalent hydroxy compound (a3); a pigment (B); and an epoxy resin (C), which is most suitable for an ink-jet ink composition for a color filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: CHISSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki SATOU, Yoshihiro DEYAMA, Akira YAMAUCHI
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Publication number: 20080283086Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus has a pressure-reducible reaction chamber, a substrate support provided in the reaction chamber, a gas inlet port provided in a wall portion of the reaction chamber to introduce a gas into the reaction chamber, a first plate provided between the substrate support and the gas inlet port in the reaction chamber and having a plurality of first holes for dispersing the gas introduced from the gas inlet port into the reaction chamber, and a second plate provided between the substrate support and the first plate in the reaction chamber in opposing relation to the first plate and having a plurality of second holes for further dispersing the gas dispersed by the first plate. The first and second plates can be moved relatively to each other such that a spacing between the first and second plates is variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshio Matsubara, Satoshi Ueda, Hiroyuki Satou, Hideto Uchijima
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Publication number: 20080255297Abstract: An ink-jet ink suitable for forming a cured film with a balance of flame resistance, adhesion, chemical resistance, heat resistance, and softness, and a cured film with an excellent balance of the above properties are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: CHISSO CORPORATIONInventors: Setsuo ITAMI, Tomohiro ETO, Hiroyuki SATOU
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Publication number: 20080233307Abstract: There is a need for a photocurable inkjet ink capable of being cured with low light energy and of forming ultrafine patterns. There is also a need for the formation of films having the flexibility to be formed even on flexible boards using photocurable inkjet ink. The invention provides a photocurable inkjet ink including a photopolymerization initiator and a polymerizable monomer having a thermosetting functional group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Hiroyuki Satou, Hisanobu Minamisawa
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Publication number: 20080227884Abstract: A flame retardant suitable for manufacturing a polymer composition is provided. The polymer composition is used for forming a cured film in which a balance among flame retardancy, adhesion, chemical resistance, heat resistance, and elasticity, and so on, is provided. A flame-retardant polymer composition with an excellent balance among the above properties is also provided. The flame retardant of the invention has a structure of Formula (1), (2), or (3): (in which, R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 is C2-20 alkylene or C2-20 alkylene in which any —CH2— is replaced by —O—, R3 and R4 are C1-20 alkyl, phenyl, and phenyl substituted by C1-5 alkyl or phenyl, R3 and R4 may also be an integrally-formed cyclic group, and p and q are 0 or 1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: CHISSO CORPORATIONInventors: RYOTA MINEO, TOMOHIRO ETO, YOSIHIRO DEYAMA, HIROYUKI SATOU
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Publication number: 20080182086Abstract: An ink-jet ink is provided. The ink-jet ink includes a compound of formula (1) to form a cured film with high-flame retardancy.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: CHISSO CORPORATIONInventors: HIROYUKI SATOU, SETSUO ITAMI, YOSIHIRO DEYAMA
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Publication number: 20080167429Abstract: The invention provides a nanoimprinting composition that has good heat resistance and with which a relief pattern that has been formed is not readily eliminated by heating. A relief pattern can be formed easily and efficiently in this nanoimprinting composition. This is accomplished by a nanoimprinting composition including a polyamic acid (B) and an epoxy resin (C), and also accomplished by a nanoimprinting composition including a polyester-polyamic acid (A1) and an epoxy resin (C).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventor: Hiroyuki Satou
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Publication number: 20080124456Abstract: The invention provides an inkjet ink including a compound (A) obtained by polymerizing an acid anhydride group-containing compound (a1), an amino-containing compound (a2), and a hydroxy compound (a3), and provides a method for manufacturing this inkjet ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Hiroyuki Satou, Hisanobu Minamisawa
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Patent number: D569741Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Ricoh Elemex CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Satou, Masahide Hasegawa, Kazuhisa Tohyama, Toshiyuki Imai, Keiji Nakagawa, Kentarou Hayashi