Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Okada

Katsuhiro Okada 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: 7405365
    Abstract: A wiring substrate of the present invention includes a short ring (SR) formed along a periphery of the substrate, an independent line pattern (e.g., a gate terminal) that is coplanar with and independent of SR, a continuous line pattern (e.g., a storage capacitor stem) that is located closest to the independent line pattern and is coplanar and continuous with SR, and an insulating film covering the independent line pattern and the continuous line pattern. The insulating film includes a first through hole reaching the independent line pattern and a second through hole reaching the continuous line pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Imai, Osamu Sugimoto, Katsuhiro Okada, Isao Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20080172015
    Abstract: The present invention provides a patch package structure, which includes: a package including a first sheet material which is planar and a second sheet material which has been molded, the first and second sheet materials being sealed together in peripheral parts thereof, and a patch disposed in the package, in which the patch contains a backing, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on at least one side of the backing, and a release liner which protects a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; the second sheet material has been molded so as to have a protrudent part in at least a substantially central area thereof, the protrudent part having a planar outer shape larger than a planar outer shape of the release liner and having at least one recessed part; d is not smaller than T, in which d is the minimum gap distance between the inner surface of the first sheet material and the inner surface of the second sheet material at the recessed part and T is a thickness of
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro OKADA, Yoshihiro IWAO, Kensuke MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20080149277
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a transdermal absorption preparation, comprising an adhesive sheet supplying part A to feed out a band-like first adhesive sheet 3 into a runway, wherein the adhesive sheet has at least an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive and a liquid component compatible with the adhesive, a drug liquid application part B to apply a given amount of a drug liquid to an adhesive face 2b, and a traveling section C for impregnation which is set in the runway after the drug liquid application part B, during which the adhesive sheet is run for a period necessary for the applied drug liquid to soak into the adhesive layer without contact of the drug liquid coated face of the adhesive layer with other members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Shiro Satoda, Shunetsu Kikuchi, Kazuhisa Ninomiya, Katsuhiro Okada, Hitoshi Akemi
  • Publication number: 20080118725
    Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive preparation including a backing, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which contains a drug and is disposed on at least one side of the backing; in which the backing includes a polyester film having a thickness of 0.5 to 6.0 ?m, and a polyester nonwoven fabric directly bound to the film. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer preferably is directly or indirectly laminated on the nonwoven-fabric side of the backing. The adhesive preparation of the invention is flexible enough to comply to the skin and has reduced skin irritation and high stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro IWAO, Katsuyuki OKUBO, Katsuhiro OKADA, Kensuke MATSUOKA
  • Patent number: 7223468
    Abstract: Medical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one side of a support so as to have an appropriate tack strength and acceptable processability. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed with a pressure-sensitive adhesive composed mainly of an acrylic polymer and a compatible component that is compatible with the acrylic polymer. The support layer contains a compatible component that is compatible with the acrylic polymer. The amount of the compatible component contained in the support layer is 70% or less of the amount of the compatible component contained in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the support layer has an elongation of 200% or more without containing any compatible component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Yamamoto, Kenji Furumori, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 6998432
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive tape or sheet for application to skin, which is made of an adhesive composition containing an acrylic copolymer having a specific composition and a specific carboxylic acid ester, wherein the acrylic copolymer has a gel fraction adjusted to a specific range. The adhesive tape or sheet for skin of the present invention can be used for first aid adhesive plasters, surgical tapes, large adhesive plasters with a pad, dressing materials and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Murakami, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20050169975
    Abstract: To have acceptable moisture permeability and enable prevention of deformation due to swelling, the film base material for an adhesive skin patch includes an ether-based urethane resin obtained from at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyoxytetramethylene glycol, butanediol, polyethylene glycol, and polypropylene glycol as a diol component, and methylene diphenyl-diisocyanate as an isocyanate component. The film base material for an adhesive skin patch has a moisture permeability of preferably 800 to 4,000 g/m2·24 hrs. The adhesive skin patch can be produced by forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one side of the film base material for an adhesive skin patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seishi Suzuki, Katsuhiro Okada, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Toshiyuki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20050112367
    Abstract: Medical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one side of a support so as to have an appropriate tack strength and acceptable processability. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed with a pressure-sensitive adhesive composed mainly of an acrylic polymer and a compatible component that is compatible with the acrylic polymer. The support layer contains a compatible component that is compatible with the acrylic polymer. The amount of the compatible component contained in the support layer is 70% or less of the amount of the compatible component contained in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the support layer has an elongation of 200% or more without containing any compatible component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuko Yamamoto, Kenji Furumori, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20050084521
    Abstract: An antimicrobial adhesive sheet containing an antimicrobial agent which exerts the antimicrobial activity not only on an attached site but also in the space in the vicinity of the attached site, and an antimicrobial method using the sheet. The antimicrobial adhesive sheet has a moisture permeability of at least 1,000 g/m2·24 hrs as the whole sheet, where a non-aqueous adhesive layer containing a vaporizable antimicrobial agent is formed on one side of the support. As the support, non-woven fabric and porous plastic sheet are preferable. In case of non-porous plastic sheet, polyurethane resins and polyamide resins are preferably used. As the vaporizable antimicrobial agent, hinokitiol is preferable and inclusion compounds thereof may also be used. As the adhesive, an acrylic adhesive prepared by polymerizing a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester as the main component is preferably used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Atsushi Hamada, Katsuhiro Okada, Takashi Kinoshita, Tokuji Nakanishi, Yukimasa Sawada
  • Publication number: 20050031860
    Abstract: To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that is free of swelling or deformation of a substrate due to migration of a liquid component from the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and has acceptable processability, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet includes a carrier film; an elastomer film provided on one surface of the carrier film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the elastomer film, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a composition that contains an acrylic polymer as a main component and a compatible component being compatible with the acrylic polymer and liquid or paste-like at room temperature, and in which the carrier film has a heat shrinkage of 3.0% or more and 4.5% or less in the longitudinal direction and 1.2% or more and 4.2% or less in the transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Okada, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Seishi Suzuki, Masayoshi Kuniya
  • Patent number: 6787681
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet for application on skin contains a supporting film, an elastomer film and an adhesive layer laminated in this order, wherein the adhesive layer mainly contains an acrylic polymer and both the adhesive layer and the supporting film contain a component compatible with the acrylic polymer and liquid or pasty at ordinary temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Murakami, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20040066637
    Abstract: A wiring substrate of the present invention includes a short ring (SR) formed along a periphery of the substrate, an independent line pattern (e.g., a gate terminal) that is coplanar with and independent of SR, a continuous line pattern (e.g., a storage capacitor stem) that is located closest to the independent line pattern and is coplanar and continuous with SR, and an insulating film covering the independent line pattern and the continuous line pattern. The insulating film includes a first through hole reaching the independent line pattern and a second through hole reaching the continuous line pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Hajime Imai, Osamu Sugimoto, Katsuhiro Okada, Isao Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20030224160
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet which has a moderate adhesive strength, does hardly add physical stimuli to the adherend at the time of peeling and also has such a good processing suitability that the support does not generate swelling deformation by transfer of a liquid component from the adhesive layer. The pressure sensitive adhesive sheet has an adhesive layer formed from a resin composition comprising an acrylic acid ester polymer, a carboxylic acid ester having 16 or more carbon atoms which is compatible with the acrylic acid ester polymer and is liquid or paste at ordinary temperature, and a crosslinking component, and a film supporting the adhesive layer, comprising a polyether urethane resin obtained by allowing a polyol component to react with a polyisocyanate component, wherein the polyol component constituting the urethane resin contains at least one kind of polyether polyol having a polyoxyalkylene backbone represented by a specified repeating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihide Murakami, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20030124343
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet for application on skin contains a supporting film, an elastomer film and an adhesive layer laminated in this order, wherein the adhesive layer mainly contains an acrylic polymer and both the adhesive layer and the supporting film contain a component compatible with the acrylic polymer and liquid or pasty at ordinary temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihide Murakami, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20020155284
    Abstract: A substrate film for an adhesive sheet containing an elastomer resin and a hydrophilic polymer having a tensile modulus of elasticity higher than that of the elastomer resin and/or 8 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the elastomer of inorganic fine particles having an average diameter size of 15 &mgr;n or less are added. An adhesive sheet is formed by providing an adhesive layer on the film. The adhesive sheet prepared using the film containing the hydrophilic polymer as a substrate has sufficient flexibility and sufficient skin follow-up property after its application, while sufficiently satisfying processability in producing the adhesive sheet and handling property in adhering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihide Murakami, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 6448863
    Abstract: The differential transmission cable comprises a cable having at least one pair of differential transmission lines, one or more transmission transformers, and connectors at both ends, the transmission transformer having an integrally sintered laminate structure and a coupling coefficient of 0.65 to 0.98 at 100 MHz, the distance between a center of the transmission transformer and a tip end of the closest connector being within 0.1 m, and the distance between a center of the transmission transformer and a tip end of the farthest connector or between a center of the transmission transformer and a center of the other transmission transformer being 0.5 to 4 m. The transmission transformer is mounted onto a substrate, which is inserted into the connector or a housing of the connector having lands or a positioning holder. After wiring, the connector including the substrate is integrally resin-molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Ogawa, Toshikazu Nishiyama, Hirokazu Araki, Katsuhiro Okada, Yasuo Tani, Osamu Ikemoto
  • Publication number: 20020061948
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive tape or sheet for application to skin, which is made of an adhesive composition containing an acrylic copolymer having a specific composition and a specific carboxylic acid ester, wherein the acrylic copolymer has a gel fraction adjusted to a specific range. The adhesive tape or sheet for skin of the present invention can be used for first aid adhesive plasters, surgical tapes, large adhesive plasters with a pad, dressing materials and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Murakami, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 6372339
    Abstract: A substrate film for an adhesive sheet containing an elastomer resin and a hydrophilic polymer having a tensile modulus of elasticity higher than that of the elastomer resin and/or 8 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the elastomer of inorganic fine particles having an average diameter size of 15 &mgr;m or less are added. An adhesive sheet is formed by providing an adhesive layer on the film. The adhesive sheet prepared using the film containing the hydrophilic polymer as a substrate has sufficient flexibility and sufficient skin follow-up property after its application, while sufficiently satisfying processability in producing the adhesive sheet and handling property in adhering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Murakami, Katsuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 6074575
    Abstract: A thin film electro-luminescence composition comprising an alkaline earth metal thiogallate represented by the following compositional formula: ##EQU1## wherein M.sup.1 is Sr or Ba; RE is a lanthanoid element; a and b are integers which are different from each other; and wherein x is 0.001 to 0.1 with the proviso that ##EQU2## is excluded or comprising an alkaline earth metal thioaluminate represented by the following compositional formula: ##EQU3## wherein M.sup.2 is Ca, Sr or Ba; RE is a lanthanoid element; c and d are integers which may be different from each other; and wherein y is 0.001 to 0.1,and a thin film electro-luminescence device comprising said thin film electro-luminescence composition as a luminescence layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiko Sugioka, Noriyuki Takahashi, Isamu Yashima, Makoto Higuchi, Akiyoshi Mikami, Kousuke Terada, Katsuhiro Okada