Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Wako

Hitoshi Wako 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: 11862361
    Abstract: Provided are a conductive laminate capable of achieving both high transmittance and low electric resistance, and various optical devices equipped with the same. A conductive laminate (1) includes a first transparent material layer (3), a metal layer (4) mainly composed of silver, and a second transparent material layer (5) laminated on at least one surface of a transparent substrate (2) in this order from the side of the transparent substrate (2), wherein the first transparent material layer (3) is composed of a zinc-free metal oxide, the second transparent material layer (5) is composed of a zinc-containing metal oxide, and the metal layer (4) has a thickness of 7 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Wako
  • Publication number: 20230282387
    Abstract: A conductive layered product includes: a transparent substrate; a first metal oxide layer; a metal layer; and a second metal oxide layer. The first metal oxide layer, the metal layer, and the second layer are layered directly or indirectly on a surface of the transparent substrate in this order from a transparent substrate side. An arithmetic mean roughness of an interface of the first metal oxide layer on the transparent substrate side is 2.0 nm or less. The interface of the first metal oxide layer on the transparent substrate side preferably contacts the surface of the transparent substrate. The conductive layered product preferably further includes a resin layer between the transparent substrate and the first metal oxide layer, and the interface of the first metal oxide layer on the transparent substrate side contacts a surface of the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke SHIOTA, Yukihiro ONO, Kaori TEZUKA, Hitoshi WAKO
  • Publication number: 20230228913
    Abstract: This optical laminate includes a transparent substrate; an adhesion layer provided on at least one surface of the transparent substrate; and an optical layer provided on a surface of the adhesion layer on a side opposite to the transparent substrate, wherein the adhesion layer is formed of a metal material, and the metal material has a melting point in a range of 100° C. or more and 700° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi WAKO, Izumi KIDA
  • Publication number: 20230119906
    Abstract: Provided are a conductive laminate having low electric resistance and high transmittance over a long period of time, various optical elements provided with the conductive laminate, and a method for manufacturing the conductive laminate. In the conductive laminate 1 according to the present technology, a first transparent material layer 3, a metal layer 4 mainly composed of silver, and a second transparent material layer 5 are laminated on at least one surface of the transparent substrate 2 in this order from the transparent substrate 2 side. The first transparent material layer 3 is composed of a composite metal oxide containing at least zinc and tin and containing 10 atomic % or more and 90 atomic % or less of tin. The second transparent material layer 5 is composed of a metal oxide containing zinc and having a tin content of 10 atom % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi WAKO
  • Publication number: 20220367084
    Abstract: Provided are a conductive laminate capable of achieving both high transmittance and low electric resistance, and various optical devices equipped with the same. A conductive laminate (1) includes a first transparent material layer (3), a metal layer (4) mainly composed of silver, and a second transparent material layer (5) laminated on at least one surface of a transparent substrate (2) in this order from the side of the transparent substrate (2), wherein the first transparent material layer (3) is composed of a zinc-free metal oxide, the second transparent material layer (5) is composed of a zinc-containing metal oxide, and the metal layer (4) has a thickness of 7 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi WAKO
  • Publication number: 20120057237
    Abstract: A laminate includes a high refractive index layer laminated on the base, made of a high refractive index material having an absolute refractive index more than 1.50, and having a thickness of 2 nm or more and 20 nm or less, a low refractive index layer laminated on the high refractive index layer, made of a low refractive index material having an absolute refractive index less than 1.50, and having a thickness of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and a patterned electrode layer laminated on the low refractive index layer, made of a transparent conductive material, and having a surface resistance of 350?/? or less, the laminate having a total luminous transmittance stipulated by JIS K-7105 of 85% or more, and a difference of the total luminous transmittance due to presence/absence of the electrode layer being less than 2%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Wako, Yoshitaka Takahama
  • Publication number: 20110073876
    Abstract: A light-emitting device allowed to obtain polarized light without increasing the number of components or the thickness thereof, and a display including the light-emitting device are provided. The light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element including, on a substrate, a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode in order from the substrate. The substrate has, on a surface facing the first electrode, a first concavo-convex structure including a plurality of strip-shaped protrusion sections with a width equal to or smaller than an upper wavelength limit of visible light, and the first electrode, the light-emitting layer and the second electrode each have, on a surface opposite to a surface facing the substrate, a second concavo-convex structure imitating the protrusion sections of the first concavo-convex structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Yoshida, Masashi Enomoto, Yuichi Arisaka, Hitoshi Wako
  • Publication number: 20100142185
    Abstract: A light emitting device having high light extraction efficiency and a display device having the same are provided. The light emitting device includes a light-emitting element having, on a substrate, a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode in order from the substrate side. The substrate has a first three-dimensional structure including a plurality of projections in nano order on the surface on the first electrode side. At least the first electrode out of the first electrode, the light-emitting layer, and the second electrode has a second three-dimensional structure modeled on the projections in the first three-dimensional structure on the surface on the side opposite to the substrate one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Wako, Masashi Enomoto, Yuichi Arisaka, Hayato Hasegawa, Toru Yatabe
  • Patent number: 7326436
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium capable of forming a protective layer with a stable performance even in a case where a thickness thereof is as thin as 100 nm or less, and a magnetic recording medium fabricated by the method. A magnetic recording medium is fabricated in the following manner, that is, a magnetic layer having a ferromagnetic metal thin film having a thickness as thin as 100 nm or less is formed on one main surface of a long non-magnetic support, and on the magnetic layer, a protective layer containing carbon is formed by the chemical vapor deposition process using an ion source equipped with a hollow cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hitoshi Wako
  • Publication number: 20080026259
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium capable of forming a protective layer with a stable performance even in a case where a thickness thereof is as thin as 100 nm or less, and a magnetic recording medium fabricated by the method. A magnetic recording medium is fabricated in the following manner, that is, a magnetic layer having a ferromagnetic metal thin film having a thickness as thin as 100 nm or less is formed on one main surface of a long non-magnetic support, and on the magnetic layer, a protective layer containing carbon is formed by the chemical vapor deposition process using an ion source equipped with a hollow cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventor: Hitoshi Wako
  • Patent number: 7198861
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having high C/N ratio characteristics particularly in a short wavelength range and capable of attaining a further higher-density recording as a magnetic recording tape produced by forming a magnetic layer by a vapor deposition method and other magnetic recording media of the next generation and a method of producing the same, wherein a magnetic layer is formed by a vapor deposition method on a nonmagnetic supporting body made of a polymer substrate, which has a configuration of comprising a nonmagnetic supporting body, an under layer formed on the nonmagnetic supporting body, containing Co and O and having an atomic ratio of O/Co of 0.4 or more and a magnetic layer containing Co and O, wherein the film thickness of the under layer is made 50 nm or less and the maximum incident angle is made 70° or less in the vapor deposition method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshida, Hitoshi Wako
  • Patent number: 6999278
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning tape capable of attaining sufficient cleaning effects while preventing electrostatic discharge damage to magnetoresistive heads or changes in reproduced output due to excessive head wear. The cleaning tape includes a non-magnetic substrate 1, surface protrusions 6 formed on the non-magnetic substrate 1 with particles 2 having a particle diameter of 10 to 40 nm at a density of 300×104 to 5000×104 mm2, a metal evaporated film 3 (preferably an electrically conductive layer such as an alloy layer containing Co as a primary component, an Al layer or the like) having a thickness of 10 to 200 nm and an inorganic protection film 4 having a thickness of 3 to 50 nm formed on the metal evaporated film 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Honda, Takashi Kanou, Hitoshi Wako, Satoshi Sekino, Ryoichi Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 6969550
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic recording medium which exhibits superior lubricating properties and superior tape-transport properties as well as superior robustness even in a low-temperature environment. A magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic metal is formed on a nonmagnetic support, and a protecting film is formed on the magnetic layer. A lubricant auxiliary coating composition comprising an aromatic alcohol is applied to the protecting film to form a lubricant auxiliary layer, and a lubricant coating composition comprising a compound represented by the formula (1) below is applied to the lubricant auxiliary layer to form a lubricant layer. R1CH(COOR2)CH2COOR3??(1) wherein R1 represents an aliphatic alkyl group, an aliphatic alkenyl group, or a hydrogen atom, and each of R2 and R3 independently represents a fluoroalkyl group, a fluoroalkenyl group, a fluoropolyether group, or a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoe Sato, Tetsuo Samoto, Shinya Yoshida, Hitoshi Wako, Takashi Kanou, Naoki Ikeda, Kazuhiko Suzuki, Seiichi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20050048322
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium capable of forming a protective layer with a stable performance even in a case where a thickness thereof is as thin as 100 nm or less, and a magnetic recording medium fabricated by the method. A magnetic recording medium is fabricated in the following manner, that is, a magnetic layer having a ferromagnetic metal thin film having a thickness as thin as 100 nm or less is formed on one main surface of a long non-magnetic support, and on the magnetic layer, a protective layer containing carbon is formed by the chemical vapor deposition process using an ion source equipped with a hollow cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventor: Hitoshi Wako
  • Publication number: 20040258964
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having high C/N ratio characteristics particularly in a short wavelength range and capable of attaining a further higher-density recording as a magnetic recording tape produced by forming a magnetic layer by a vapor deposition method and other magnetic recording media of the next generation and a method of producing the same, wherein a magnetic layer is formed by a vapor deposition method on a nonmagnetic supporting body made of a polymer substrate, which has a configuration of comprising a nonmagnetic supporting body, an under layer formed on the nonmagnetic supporting body, containing Co and O and having an atomic ratio of O/Co of 0.4 or more and a magnetic layer containing Co and O, wherein the film thickness of the under layer is made 50 nm or less and the maximum incident angle is made 70° or less in the vapor deposition method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshida, Hitoshi Wako
  • Publication number: 20040257703
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning tape capable of attaining sufficient cleaning effects while preventing electrostatic discharge damage to magnetoresistive heads or changes in reproduced output due to excessive head wear. The cleaning tape includes a non-magnetic substrate 1, surface protrusions 6 formed on the non-magnetic substrate 1 with particles 2 having a particle diameter of 10 to 40 nm at a density of 300×104 to 5000×104 mm2, a metal evaporated film 3 (preferably an electrically conductive layer such as an alloy layer containing Co as a primary component, an Al layer or the like) having a thickness of 10 to 200 nm and an inorganic protection film 4 having a thickness of 3 to 50 nm formed on the metal evaporated film 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Honda, Takashi Kanou, Hitoshi Wako, Satoshi Sekino, Ryochi Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 6800374
    Abstract: A cleaning tape comprising a nonmagnetic base film, an evaporated metal layer, specifically a magnetic layer or electroconductive layer, formed on the nonmagnetic base film, an inorganic protective film formed on the evaporated metal layer, and surface projections formed on the nonmagnetic base film by particles having a predetermined diameter and density. The tape has a low electric resistivity, a low head abrasion, and a sufficient cleaning effect suitable for cleaning a magnetoresistive type head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Honda, Takashi Kanou, Hitoshi Wako, Satoshi Sekino, Ryoichi Hiratsuka
  • Publication number: 20040023070
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic recording medium which exhibits superior lubricating properties and superior tape-transport properties as well as superior robustness even in a low-temperature environment. A magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic metal is formed on a nonmagnetic support, and a protecting film is formed on the magnetic layer. A lubricant auxiliary coating composition comprising an aromatic alcohol is applied to the protecting film to form a lubricant auxiliary layer, and a lubricant coating composition comprising a compound represented by the formula (1) below is applied to the lubricant auxiliary layer to form a lubricant layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Tomoe Sato, Tetsuo Samoto, Shinya Yoshida, Hitoshi Wako, Takashi Kanou, Naoki Ikeda, Kazuhiko Suzuki, Seiichi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20030087134
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having high C/N ratio characteristics particularly in a short wavelength range and capable of attaining a further higher-density recording as a magnetic recording tape produced by forming a magnetic layer by a vapor deposition method and other magnetic recording media of the next generation and a method of producing the same, wherein a magnetic layer is formed by a vapor deposition method on a nonmagnetic supporting body made of a polymer substrate, which has a configuration of comprising a nonmagnetic supporting body, an under layer formed on the nonmagnetic supporting body, containing Co and O and having an atomic ratio of O/Co of 0.4 or more and a magnetic layer containing Co and O, wherein the film thickness of the under layer is made 50 nm or less and the maximum incident angle is made 70° or less in the vapor deposition method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshida, Hitoshi Wako
  • Publication number: 20030031884
    Abstract: A cleaning tape comprising a nonmagnetic base film, an evaporated metal layer, specifically a magnetic layer or electroconductive layer, formed on the nonmagnetic base film, an inorganic protective film formed on the evaporated metal layer, and surface projections formed on the nonmagnetic base film by particles having a predetermined diameter and density. The tape has a low electric resistivity, a low head abrasion, and a sufficient cleaning effect suitable for cleaning a magnetoresistive type head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Honda, Takashi Kanou, Hitoshi Wako, Satoshi Sekino, Ryoichi Hiratsuka