Patents by Inventor Kazuya HONDA

Kazuya HONDA 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: 20240133573
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes configured to, when a cooling operation mode is changed into one of multiple dehumidifying operation modes, select the one of the multiple dehumidifying operation modes on the basis of a value of a sensible heat ratio difference ?SHF that is a difference between a target sensible heat ratio acquired from an indoor temperature detected by an indoor temperature sensor, a target indoor temperature, and target indoor humidity and a theoretical minimum possible sensible heat ratio acquired from enthalpy of an indoor air, enthalpy of blown air from the indoor unit when relative humidity is 100%, and enthalpy of sensible heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya HONDA, Naofumi TAKENAKA, Jumpei TAKAGI, Masafumi TOMITA, Mizuo SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11906191
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a primary-side circuit in which a compressor, a first flow switching device, an outdoor heat exchanger, a second flow switching device, a first expansion device, and a relay heat exchanger are connected by pipes and in which refrigerant circulates; a secondary-side circuit in which the relay heat exchanger, a pump, a plurality of indoor heat exchangers, and heat medium flow control devices are connected by pipes and in which a heat medium circulates; and a controller configured to control the first and second flow switching devices such that in cooling and heating operations, the refrigerant and a heat-source-side fluid flow through the outdoor heat exchanger in opposite directions and the refrigerant flows through the relay heat exchanger in a constant direction. The pump is installed such that the heat medium, the refrigerant flow, and air for an air-conditioning target space flow in particular directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soshi Ikeda, Kazuya Honda, Jun Nishio, Yuki Mizuno, Katsuhiro Ishimura, Yuji Motomura, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230380089
    Abstract: A display device includes a body that displays an image and a base that supports the body in a state where the base is placed on a floor surface. The base includes a plurality of casters that roll on the floor surface. The plurality of casters include at least one first caster and at least one second caster having a hardness lower than a hardness of the first caster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuya HONDA, Tatsuro UENO, Senri NAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11768434
    Abstract: The present invention is a polymer having a polyamide structural unit, a polyamide-imide structural unit, or a polyimide structural unit, selected from a polyamide, a polyamide-imide, a polyimide, a polyimide precursor, a polybenzoxazole, and a polybenzoxazole precursor, including a reaction product of a diamine containing at least one of a diamine shown by the following general formula (1) and a diamine shown by the following general formula (2), together with at least one of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride shown by the following general formula (3) as well as a dicarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic halide shown by the following general formula (4). This provides a polymer which is soluble in a safe organic solvent used widely, and is usable as a base resin of a positive photosensitive resin composition that is soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution and capable of forming a fine pattern to give higher resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Takemura, Masashi Iio, Hiroyuki Urano, Kazuya Honda
  • Patent number: 11672090
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a device body and a stand supporting the device body. The stand includes: a base; a suction member facing the lower surface of base, including a suction surface that adheres to the placement surface by negative pressure generated in a gap between the placement surface and the suction surface, and including a ventilation hole in fluid communication with the gap; and a slide valve, located between the base and the suction member, that slides along the lower surface of the base between opened and closed positions where the ventilation hole is opened and closed to let and interrupt air into the gap, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Genichi Yamada, Yohei Kodera, Kazuya Honda, Naohiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11572442
    Abstract: Provided is a compound that can be used as a base resin for a photosensitive resin composition. The photosensitive resin can form a fine pattern and can achieve high resolution without impairing mechanical strength and solubility. The compound is represented by the general formula (1): wherein Z represents a linear, branched or cyclic divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms; X1 to X3 represent any of —CO2—, —CONRX1—, —O—, —NRX1—, —S—, —SO2—, —SO3— and —SO2NRX1— and may be the same as or different from each other, provided that RX1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; Ar represents a divalent aromatic group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms; L1 and L2 independently represent a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and x and y are each independently 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dmitry Zubarev, Hiroyuki Urano, Katsuya Takemura, Masashi Iio, Kazuya Honda, Yoshio Kawai
  • Publication number: 20230016838
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a resin layer 10 used for an image displaying device, wherein a shear storage elastic modulus G? of the resin layer 10, at 25° C. and frequency range of 500 Hz or more and 1000 Hz or less, is 30 MPa or more and 200 MPa or less, and a glass transition temperature of the resin layer 10 is 50° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Atsuhiro KOBAYASHI, Yousuke KOUSAKA, Takayuki FUKUDA, Kazuya HONDA, Kana YAMAMOTO, Yoshimasa OGAWA, Jun SATO, Gen FURUI, Keisuke YAMADA, Saori KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220404061
    Abstract: The heat-medium cycle circuit includes a discharge mechanism including a discharge valve, the discharge mechanism being configured to, when the discharge valve is open, discharge air present inside the heat-medium cycle circuit to the outside of the heat-medium cycle circuit. The air-conditioning apparatus is configured to execute an air discharge operation mode in which the air present inside the heat-medium cycle circuit is discharged to the outside of the heat-medium cycle circuit. The air discharge operation mode includes a first operation mode, and a second operation mode performed after the first operation mode. The first operation mode is an operation mode in which, with the discharge valve being closed, an operation similar to a cooling operation is performed. The second operation mode is an operation mode in which, with the discharge valve being open, an operation similar to a heating operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya HONDA, Naofumi TAKENAKA, Yuji MOTOMURA, Kimitaka KADOWAKI, Koji FURUYA, Hiroki WASHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220367832
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a front panel for a display device comprising a substrate layer, an A layer, an impact absorbing layer, and a B layer, in this order, wherein a shear storage elastic modulus of the A layer and the B layer, at frequency of 950 Hz and temperature of 23° C., is 20 MPa or less, and in the impact absorbing layer, a tensile storage elastic modulus at frequency of 950 Hz and temperature of 23° C. is 200 MPa or more and 5000 MPa or less, and a glass transition temperature is 50° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Atsuhiro KOBAYASHI, Yousuke KOUSAKA, Takayuki FUKUDA, Kazuya HONDA, Kana YAMAMOTO, Yoshimasa OGAWA, Jun SATO, Gen FURUI, Keisuke YAMADA, Saori KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11333975
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer that can be used as a base resin for a positive photosensitive resin composition and a negative photosensitive resin composition, wherein the positive photosensitive resin composition and the negative photosensitive resin composition are soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution, can form a fine pattern, can achieve high resolution, and have good mechanical properties even when they are cured at low temperature. Also provided are a positive photosensitive resin composition and a negative photosensitive resin composition using the polymer. The polymer is represented by general formulas (1) and/or (2): wherein T1 and T2 may be the same as, or different from, each other and represent any of —CO— and —SO2—; X1 is a tetravalent organic group; and l is 0 or 1; and X2 is a divalent organic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dmitry Zubarev, Hiroyuki Urano, Katsuya Takemura, Masashi Iio, Kazuya Honda, Yoshio Kawai
  • Publication number: 20220137266
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a light-transmitting resin layer used in an image display device is provided, in which the layer is divided into three equal parts in the film thickness direction of the layer, which are referred to as first region, second region, and third region, respectively, in the order from a first surface of the layer to a second surface opposite to the first surface. Upon an indentation test in which a Berkovich indenter is pressed into the first region, the second region, and the third region at a certain load on the cross-section of the layer in the film thickness direction, and in which the displacement amount in the first region, in the second region, and in the third region are determined as d1, d2, and d3, respectively, the layer satisfies the relationship of d1<d2<d3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Keisuke EBISU, Yoshimasa OGAWA, Jun SATO, Kana HORII, Keisuke YAMADA, Kazuya HONDA, Atsuhiro KOBAYASHI, Yousuke KOUSAKA, Takayuki FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11312794
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a base material-less protective film used in a polarizing plate is provided, wherein the protective film comprises a core layer containing a resin made of a cured product, and an adhesion-improving layer provided on one surface of the core layer, and wherein a surface of the adhesion-improving layer forms one surface of the protective film, and the thickness of the protective film is less than 40 ?m, and the tensile break strength of the protective film is 30 N/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Iwasaki, Kazuya Honda, Yukimitsu Iwata
  • Publication number: 20220124927
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a device body and a stand supporting the device body. The stand includes: a base; a suction member facing the lower surface of base, including a suction surface that adheres to the placement surface by negative pressure generated in a gap between the placement surface and the suction surface, and including a ventilation hole in fluid communication with the gap; and a slide valve, located between the base and the suction member, that slides along the lower surface of the base between opened and closed positions where the ventilation hole is opened and closed to let and interrupt air into the gap, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Genichi YAMADA, Yohei KODERA, Kazuya HONDA, Naohiro MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220090815
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a heat source unit that generates a heating energy or a cooling energy that is transferred to refrigerant; a heat-use unit that causes the refrigerant to transfer the heating energy or the cooling energy to a heat load through heat exchange between the refrigerant and the heat load; a plurality of return pipes arranged parallel to each other and connecting the heat source unit and the heat-use unit to allow the refrigerant to flow therein from the heat-use unit to the heat source unit; an opening and closing device provided at at least one of the return pipes to control a flow rate of refrigerant; and a controller that opens the opening and closing device in a cooling operation, and closes the opening and closing device in a heating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya HONDA, Soshi IKEDA, Jun NISHIO, Yuki MIZUNO, Katsuhiro ISHIMURA, Yuji MOTOMURA, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220057100
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a primary-side circuit in which a compressor, a first flow switching device, an outdoor heat exchanger, a second flow switching device, a first expansion device, and a relay heat exchanger are connected by pipes and in which refrigerant circulates; a secondary-side circuit in which the relay heat exchanger, a pump, a plurality of indoor heat exchangers, and heat medium flow control devices are connected by pipes and in which a heat medium circulates; and a controller configured to control the first and second flow switching devices such that in cooling and heating operations, the refrigerant and a heat-source-side fluid flow through the outdoor heat exchanger in opposite directions and the refrigerant flows through the relay heat exchanger in a constant direction. The pump is installed such that the heat medium, the refrigerant flow, and air for an air-conditioning target space flow in particular directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soshi IKEDA, Kazuya HONDA, Jun NISHIO, Yuki MIZUNO, Katsuhiro ISHIMURA, Yuji MOTOMURA, Kosuke TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210317268
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer that can be used as a base resin for a positive photosensitive resin composition and a negative photosensitive resin composition, wherein the positive photosensitive resin composition and the negative photosensitive resin composition are soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution, can form a fine pattern, can achieve high resolution, and have good mechanical properties even when they are cured at low temperature. Also provided are a positive photosensitive resin composition and a negative photosensitive resin composition using the polymer. The polymer is represented by general formulas (1) and/or (2): wherein T1 and T2 may be the same as, or different from, each other and represent any of —CO— and —SO2—; X1 is a tetravalent organic group; and l is 0 or 1; and X2 is a divalent organic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dmitry Zubarev, Hiroyuki Urano, Katsuya Takemura, Masashi Iio, Kazuya Honda, Yoshio Kawai
  • Publication number: 20210317270
    Abstract: Provided is a compound that can be used as a base resin for a photosensitive resin composition. The photosensitive resin can form a fine pattern and can achieve high resolution without impairing mechanical strength and solubility. The compound is represented by the general formula (1): wherein Z represents a linear, branched or cyclic divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms; X1 to X3 represent any of —CO2—, —CONRX1—, —O—, —NRX1—, —S—, —SO2—, —SO3— and —SO2NRX1— and may be the same as or different from each other, provided that RX1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; Ar represents a divalent aromatic group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms; L1 and L2 independently represent a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and x and y are each independently 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dmitry Zubarev, Hiroyuki Urano, Katsuya Takemura, Masashi Iio, Kazuya Honda, Yoshio Kawai
  • Patent number: 11092831
    Abstract: A liquid crystal module includes a display panel, a back frame, a bezel, and a molded frame. The bezel includes an R_cover component and a B_cover component that are separate from each other. The R_cover component and the B_cover component each include a first conductor disposed on a surface of a front surface region facing the display panel; and a first extension section that extends to a position at which the first extension section is in contact with the back frame. A second conductor that overlaps a joint of the R_cover component and the B_cover component in a front view is disposed on molded frame; and a second extension section that extends to a position at which the second extension section is in contact with the back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Kazama, Kazuya Honda, Yoshirou Kawasoe, Taizou Takeuchi, Takafumi Umitani
  • Patent number: 11022881
    Abstract: A photoacid generator having formula (1a) is provided. A chemically amplified resist composition comprising the PAG forms a pattern of rectangular profile with a good balance of sensitivity and LWR when processed by photolithography using ArF excimer laser, EB or EUV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Honda, Takayuki Fujiwara, Masaki Ohashi, Kazuhiro Katayama
  • Patent number: 10919918
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a tetracarboxylic dianhydride which can lead to a polyimide usable as a base resin of a photosensitive resin composition capable of forming a fine pattern and obtaining high resolution without impairing excellent characteristics such as mechanical strength and adhesiveness; a polyimide resin obtained by using the tetracarboxylic dianhydride; and a method for producing the polyimide resin. The tetracarboxylic dianhydride is shown by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Urano, Hiroki Takano, Masashi Iio, Katsuya Takemura, Kazuya Honda