Patents by Inventor Kei Yasui

Kei Yasui 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: 11466743
    Abstract: Provided are a bracket for an anti-vibration device, and a method for manufacturing the same, in which increase of weight and peeling of a reinforcing portion are suppressed. A bracket (1) has: a reinforcing portion (20) extending in a surrounding direction of the surrounding portion (10), having ends (21) in both directions of the surrounding direction, and being fixed to an outer surface of the portion (10); and ribs (30) formed on an outer circumference of the portion (10) so as to span the ends (21) of the reinforcing portion (20) in the surrounding direction of the portion (10). The portion (10) and the ribs (30) are made of synthetic resin. A method for manufacturing the bracket (1) includes a step of injecting synthetic resin serving as the portion (10) and the ribs (30) into a mold cavity where a reinforcing member serving as the portion (20) is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Prospira Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Onishi, Yukiko Abe, Kenichirou Iwasaki, Masato Kobayashi, Kei Yasui
  • Patent number: 11408479
    Abstract: A anti-vibration device (1) includes a bracket (4) made of a synthetic resin and cylindrical metal fittings for fastening (5), where the bracket (4) and the metal fittings for fastening (5) are integrally formed. A vibration input position (P) is a position that does not coincide with a virtual line (L1) passing through central axes (O5) of a through holes (5h) of two metal fittings for fastening (5) in a planar view; the metal fitting for fastening (5) has a flange portion (51); and the flange portion 51 has a first outermost peripheral edge (51a) and a second outermost peripheral edge (51b), where a length (L51a) to the first outermost peripheral edge (51a) is longer than a length (L51b) to the second outermost peripheral edge (51b) based on the center axis (O5) of the through hole (5h).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Onishi, Yukiko Abe, Kenichirou Iwasaki, Masato Kobayashi, Kei Yasui
  • Patent number: 11352470
    Abstract: The present invention achieves higher performance (improvement in, for example, heat resistance, durability, and mechanical characteristics) of polyamide resin by a method which is not dependent on a combination with fibers. According to an embodiment of a polyamide resin member of the present invention, the polyamide resin member contains nano-oriented crystals of polyamide 66, and has a high heatproof temperature (Th?278° C.) and a high melting point (Tm?282° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Hikosaka, Kiyoka Okada, Kenichiro Iwasaki, Kei Yasui, Katsuomi Tanahashi, Katsumi Nabeshima, Mai Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11061297
    Abstract: A nonlinear optically active copolymer having satisfactory orientation characteristics and able to allow for reduction in heat-induced orientation relaxation of a nonlinear optical material, and a nonlinear optical material obtained using the copolymer. The copolymer including at least a repeating unit A having adamantyl group and a repeating unit B having a nonlinear optically active moiety in one molecule, and an organic nonlinear optical material including the copolymer as a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shiyoshi Yokoyama, Hiroki Miura, Daisuke Maeda, Kei Yasui, Tsubasa Kashino, Masaaki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20200318703
    Abstract: A anti-vibration device (1) includes a bracket (4) made of a synthetic resin and cylindrical metal fittings for fastening (5), where the bracket (4) and the metal fittings for fastening (5) are integrally formed. A vibration input position (P) is a position that does not coincide with a virtual line (L1) passing through central axes (O5) of a through holes (5h) of two metal fittings for fastening (5) in a planar view; the metal fitting for fastening (5) has a flange portion (51); and the flange portion 51 has a first outermost peripheral edge (51a) and a second outermost peripheral edge (51b), where a length (L51a) to the first outermost peripheral edge (51a) is longer than a length (L51b) to the second outermost peripheral edge (51b) based on the center axis (O5) of the through hole (5h).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi ONISHI, Yukiko ABE, Kenichirou IWASAKI, Masato KOBAYASHI, Kei YASUI
  • Publication number: 20200300326
    Abstract: Provided are a bracket for an anti-vibration device, and a method for manufacturing the same, in which increase of weight and peeling of a reinforcing portion are suppressed. A bracket (1) has: a reinforcing portion (20) extending in a surrounding direction of the surrounding portion (10), having ends (21) in both directions of the surrounding direction, and being fixed to an outer surface of the portion (10); and ribs (30) formed on an outer circumference of the portion (10) so as to span the ends (21) of the reinforcing portion (20) in the surrounding direction of the portion (10). The portion (10) and the ribs (30) are made of synthetic resin. A method for manufacturing the bracket (1) includes a step of injecting synthetic resin serving as the portion (10) and the ribs (30) into a mold cavity where a reinforcing member serving as the portion (20) is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi ONISHI, Yukiko ABE, Kenichirou IWASAKI, Masato KOBAYASHI, Kei YASUI
  • Patent number: 10717818
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain a thin film that can form a minute pattern and that has a high index of refraction by using a polymer containing a triazine ring and containing a repeating unit structure represented for example by formula (22) or (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nishimura, Takahiro Kaseyama, Kei Yasui, Daisuke Maeda
  • Patent number: 10703863
    Abstract: There is provided a polymerizable composition suitable to produce a molded product in which high refractive index is maintained, and dimensional change and a transmittance change further caused by a high-temperature heat history can be suppressed. A polymerizable composition comprising (a) 100 parts by mass of a specific reactive silsesquioxane compound and (b) 10 to 2,000 parts by mass of a specific fluorene compound, and a cured product obtained by curing the polymerizable composition, and a resin lens manufactured from the polymerizable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Yasui, Takehiro Nagasawa, Taku Kato, Keisuke Shuto
  • Publication number: 20200157295
    Abstract: The present invention achieves higher performance (improvement in, for example, heat resistance, durability, and mechanical characteristics) of polyamide resin by a method which is not dependent on a combination with fibers. According to an embodiment of a polyamide resin member of the present invention, the polyamide resin member contains nano-oriented crystals of polyamide 66, and has a high heatproof temperature (Th?278° C.) and a high melting point (Tm?282° C.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi HIKOSAKA, Kiyoka OKADA, Kenichiro IWASAKI, Kei YASUI, Katsuomi TANAHASHI, Katsumi NABESHIMA, Mai ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10498101
    Abstract: A method for producing an organic microdisk structure 40, which is characterized by comprising: a cladding layer formation step 1 wherein a cladding layer 12 is formed by printing a first ink 11 that contains a fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer on a substrate 10 by an inkjet method; a core layer formation step 2 wherein a core layer 22 is formed by printing a second ink 21 that contains a laser dye and a triazine-based hyperbranched polymer containing no fluorine on the cladding layer 12 by an inkjet method; and an etching step 3 wherein the cladding layer 12 is etched using a solvent 31 that dissolves only the fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer. Consequently, an unconventional novel method for producing an organic microdisk structure with use of an inkjet method is able to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Oki, Hiroaki Yoshioka, Kei Yasui, Masaaki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20190085199
    Abstract: A nonlinear optically active copolymer having satisfactory orientation characteristics and able to allow for reduction in heat-induced orientation relaxation of a nonlinear optical material, and a nonlinear optical material obtained using the copolymer. The copolymer including at least a repeating unit A having adamantyl group and a repeating unit B having a nonlinear optically active moiety in one molecule, and an organic nonlinear optical material including the copolymer as a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shiyoshi YOKOYAMA, Hiroki MIURA, Daisuke MAEDA, Kei YASUI, Tsubasa KASHINO, Masaaki OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10174164
    Abstract: Provided is a triazine ring-containing hyperbranched polymer comprising the repeating unit structure represented by formula (1) and having one or more triazine ring terminals, said one or more triazine ring terminals being capped with a compound that differs from the diamine compound serving as the starting material for the polymer and has at least two active hydrogen groups. In addition to the polymer itself exhibiting high heat resistance, high transparency, a high refractive index, high light resistance, high solubility, and low volume shrinkage, it is also possible to use the polymer to provide a composition for film formation capable of yielding a thick film having high hardness. (In formula (1), R and R? each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, and Ar represents a divalent organic group containing an aromatic ring and/or a heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nishimura, Kei Yasui, Masaaki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20180244852
    Abstract: There is provided a polymerizable composition suitable to produce a molded product in which high refractive index is maintained, and dimensional change and a transmittance change further caused by a high-temperature heat history can be suppressed. A polymerizable composition comprising (a) 100 parts by mass of a specific reactive silsesquioxane compound and (b) 10 to 2,000 parts by mass of a specific fluorene compound, and a cured product obtained by curing the polymerizable composition, and a resin lens manufactured from the polymerizable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei YASUI, Takehiro NAGASAWA, Taku KATO, Keisuke SHUTO
  • Publication number: 20180215870
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain a thin film that can form a minute pattern and that has a high index of refraction by using a polymer containing a triazine ring and containing a repeating unit structure represented for example by formula (22) or (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya NISHIMURA, Takahiro KASEYAMA, Kei YASUI, Daisuke MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20170264066
    Abstract: A method for producing an organic microdisk structure 40, which is characterized by comprising: a cladding layer formation step 1 wherein a cladding layer 12 is formed by printing a first ink 11 that contains a fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer on a substrate 10 by an inkjet method; a core layer formation step 2 wherein a core layer 22 is formed by printing a second ink 21 that contains a laser dye and a triazine-based hyperbranched polymer containing no fluorine on the cladding layer 12 by an inkjet method; and an etching step 3 wherein the cladding layer 12 is etched using a solvent 31 that dissolves only the fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer. Consequently, an unconventional novel method for producing an organic microdisk structure with use of an inkjet method is able to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji OKI, Hiroaki YOSHIOKA, Kei YASUI, Masaaki OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170242189
    Abstract: An optical waveguide which has sufficient orientation characteristics and its manufacturing processes are simple to be suitable for the manufacture of electro-optic elements and that can be reduced the power consumption by its large electro-optic characteristics and further can be thinned and stacked, and the material thereof. This material is characterized in a polymer compound that includes an oxazoline structure in a side chain, and an acid generator or a polyvalent carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shiyoshi YOKOYAMA, Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO, Hiromu SATO, Daisuke MAEDA, Masaaki OZAWA, Kei YASUI
  • Patent number: 9594189
    Abstract: There is provided an optical waveguide which has appropriate orientation properties, a production process of which is simple so as to be suitable for producing an electro-optical element, and is able to reduce power consumption of the element due to excellent electro-optical properties, and further can be formed into a thin film and be layered; and a material for the optical waveguide. A cladding material of an optical waveguide, characterized by comprising a polymer compound including a triarylamine structure, and a nonlinear optical compound; and an optical waveguide produced by using the cladding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shiyoshi Yokoyama, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Kei Yasui, Masaaki Ozawa, Keisuke Odoi
  • Patent number: 9502592
    Abstract: A film-forming composition is characterized by containing: a triazine ring-containing hyperbranched polymer containing a repeating unit structure represented by formula (1); and a dissolution-enhancing agent for breaking a hydrogen bond formed at least within the hyperbranched polymer and/or between molecules, between a nitrogen atom in the triazine ring, and a diarylamine-derived NH group. The film-forming composition has excellent dissolvability in organic solvents such as resist solvents, and has good handling and filtration properties at low viscosity. (In the formula, R and R? each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group (however, at least one of R and R? represents a hydrogen atom); and Ar represents a divalent organic group containing an aromatic ring and/or a heterocyclic ring).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Nishimura, Taku Kato, Yasuyuki Koide, Kei Yasui, Hideki Musashi, Masaaki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9382381
    Abstract: An aromatic polyamide, which is obtained by reacting a benzene tricarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof with a diamine compound in the presence of a terminally blocked compound having a crosslinkable group and a functional group that is reactive with a benzene tricarboxylic acid such as 1-amino-2-propanol or a derivative thereof as expressed by scheme (1), and which has a weight average molecular weight of 1,000-100,000 in terms of polystyrene as determined by gel permeation chromatography, has good solubility in organic solvents, while maintaining heat resistance and transparency. A thick film can be formed using a film-forming composition that contains this aromatic polyamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Kei Yasui, Masaaki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20150252147
    Abstract: An aromatic polyamide, which is obtained by reacting a benzene tricarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof with a diamine compound in the presence of a terminally blocked compound having a crosslinkable group and a functional group that is reactive with a benzene tricarboxylic acid such as 1-amino-2-propanol or a derivative thereof as expressed by scheme (1), and which has a weight average molecular weight of 1,000-100,000 in terms of polystyrene as determined by gel permeation chromatography, has good solubility in organic solvents, while maintaining heat resistance and transparency. A thick film can be formed using a film-forming composition that contains this aromatic polyamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Maeda, Kei Yasui, Masaaki Ozawa