Patents by Inventor Makoto Uno
Makoto Uno 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: 20210348024Abstract: To provide a composition with which a surface layer excellent in abrasion resistance and sliding resistance can be formed, and an article. The composition of the present invention comprises a compound represented by the formula (1) and a compound represented by the formula (2), wherein the ratio of the number of moles of the group represented by —CF3 in Rf1 in the formula (1) to the total of the number of moles of the group represented by —CF2— closest to Y1 in Rf2 in the formula (1), the number of moles of the group represented by —CF2— closest to Y2 in Rf3 in the formula (2) and the number of moles of the group represented by —CF2— closest to Y3 in Rf3 in the formula (2), is from 0.001 to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Keigo MATSUURA, Taiki HOSHINO, Kiyotaka TAKAO, Makoto UNO, Eiichiro ANRAKU, Motoshi AOYAMA, Naoki KATSUKI, Yusuke TOMIYORI, Toyokazu ENTA, Hiromasa YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11155508Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and light resistance; a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid containing the fluorinated ether compound; an article having a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and light resistance and a method for producing it. A fluorinated ether compound having a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain having a unit (?) which is an oxyperfluoroalkylene unit having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, and a unit (?) which is an oxyperfluoroalkylene unit having at most 4 carbon atoms, and having at least one of a hydrolysable silyl group and a silanol group on at least one terminal of the poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain via a linking group.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Taiki Hoshino, Makoto Uno, Masahiro Ito
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Publication number: 20210269591Abstract: A fluorinated ether compound and a composition capable of forming a light resistant surface layer and an article are provided. The fluorinated ether compound of the present invention has a poly(oxyfluoroalkylene) chain, a reactive silyl group and a group (A) represented by —NR—C(O)— (wherein R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group), wherein the carbonyl carbon in the group (A) is bonded to a carbon atom, and the poly(oxyfluoroalkylene) chain is located at the nitrogen end of the group (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Keigo MATSUURA, Eiichiro ANRAKU, Ryuta TAKASHITA, Koki WATANABE, Makoto UNO, Koichi MURATA, Takafumi KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210062931Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a body, a valve, a motor, and a cover. The body defines a passage, a motor space, and a connecting portion that connects the motor space to the passage. The motor includes a motor yoke made of a magnetic material, a plurality of magnets that are arranged on an inner circumferential surface of the motor yoke. The plurality of magnets are magnetized in a state where the motor yoke is disposed in the motor space of the body. The plurality of magnets are arranged in a circumferential direction in the motor yoke with a space. The connecting portion is aligned with the space between the plurality of magnets in a radial direction of the motor yoke.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Makoto UNO, Yasushi KAWANO, Kenichi ISHIHARA, Tohru SHIMIZU, Yuta FUJINAKA
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Patent number: 10889879Abstract: A steel sheet having a specific chemical composition and structure represented by, by area ratio, ferrite: 5 to 95%, and bainite: 5 to 95%. The proportion of crystal grains having an intragranular misorientation of 5 to 14° to all crystal grains is 20 to 100% by area ratio. Hard crystal grains A in which precipitates or clusters with a maximum diameter of 8 nm or less are dispersed in the crystal grains with a number density of 1×1016 to 1×1019 pieces/cm3. Soft crystal grains B in which precipitates or clusters with a maximum diameter of 8 nm or less are dispersed in the crystal grains with a number density of 1×1015 pieces/cm3 or less are contained. The volume % of the hard crystal grains A/(the volume % of the hard crystal grains A+the volume % of the soft crystal grains B) is 0.1 to 0.9.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohichi Sano, Makoto Uno, Ryoichi Nishiyama, Yuji Yamaguchi, Natsuko Sugiura, Masahiro Nakata
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Publication number: 20200231747Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound capable of forming a surface layer excellent in fingerprint stain removability and abrasion resistance as before and more excellent in light resistance than ever. A fluorinated ether compound represented by A1—O—(Rf1O)m—A2, wherein A1 is a perfluoroalkyl group or the like, A2 is —Q1[—C(R11)b(R12)3?b]a or the like, Rf1 is a fluoroalkylene group, m is from 2 to 500, Q1 is a a+1 valent organic group, R11 is —Q2—Si(R21)c(R22)d(R23)e, R12 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or the like, a is an integer of from 1 to 3, b is 2 or 3, Q2 is a single bond or a bivalent organic group, R21 is —Q3—Si(R31)3?g(R32)g, R22 is an alkyl group, R23 is a hydrolyzable group or a hydroxy group, c, d and e are from 0 to 3, c+d+e is 3, c in at last one R11 among a plurality of R11 is 2 or 3, Q3 is a bivalent organic group, R31 is an alkyl group, R32 is a hydrolyzable group or a hydroxy group, and g is from 1 to 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yutaka Furukawa, Taiki Hoshino, Keigo Matsuura, Makoto Uno, Eiichiro Anraku
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Publication number: 20200165385Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance, light resistance and chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer and a method for producing it. A fluorinated ether compound represented by A-O—(Rf1O)m-Q1(R1)b, wherein A is a C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group, Rf1 is a perfluoroalkylene group, m is an integer of from 2 to 500, (Rf1O)m may consist of two or more types of Rf1O differing in the number of carbon atoms, Q1 is a (b+1) valent perfluorohydrocarbon group which may have a hydroxy group, R1 is a monovalent organic group having at least one hydrolyzable silyl group, b is an integer of at least 2, and the b R1 may be the same or different.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: AGC IncInventors: Makoto UNO, Hiromasa YAMAMOTO, Taiki HOSHINO, Keigo MATSUURA, Eiichiro ANRAKU
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Publication number: 20200165273Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance, light resistance and chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer, and a method for producing it. A fluorinated ether compound represented by A-O—(Rf1O)m—Rf2—SO2N(R1)(R2), wherein A is a C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group, Rf1 is a fluoroalkylene group, m is an integer of from 2 to 500, Rf2 is a fluoroalkylene group, R1 is a monovalent organic group having at least one hydrolyzable silyl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent organic group or a monovalent organic group having at least one hydrolyzable group, and the total number of the hydrolyzable silyl group(s) in R1 and the hydrolyzable group(s) in R2 is at least 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Taiki HOSHINO, Eisuke MUROTANI, Keigo MATSUURA, Makoto UNO
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Publication number: 20200165384Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance, light resistance and chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer, and a method for producing it. A fluorinated ether compound represented by A-O—(Rf1O)m—Rf2—[C(O)N(R1)]p-Q1-C(R2)[-Q2-SiR3nL3-n]2, wherein A is a C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group, Rf1 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, m is an integer of from 2 to 500, Rf2 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, p is 0 or 1, Q1 is a single bond or an alkylene group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like, Q2 is an alkylene group, R3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, L is a hydrolyzable group, and n is an integer of from 0 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Taiki Hoshino, Keigo Matsuura, Makoto Uno, Masahiro Ito, Kenji Ishizeki, Lilin Zhou, Daisuke Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10665184Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of one aspect of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display unit that includes a liquid crystal layer which exhibits vertical alignment and plural picture elements, and a control unit that controls a voltage which is supplied to the liquid crystal display unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasushi Asaoka, Tomoko Ueki, Sho Ochi, Makoto Uno
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Publication number: 20200071251Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and light resistance; a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid containing the fluorinated ether compound; an article having a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and light resistance and a method for producing it. A fluorinated ether compound having a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain having a unit (?) which is an oxyperfluoroalkylene unit having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, and a unit (?) which is an oxyperfluoroalkylene unit having at most 4 carbon atoms, and having at least one of a hydrolysable silyl group and a silanol group on at least one terminal of the poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain via a linking group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Taiki HOSHINO, Makoto UNO, Masahiro ITO
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Publication number: 20190309398Abstract: A steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and has a structure represented by, by area ratio, ferrite: 5 to 60%, and bainite: 40 to 95%. When a region that is surrounded by a grain boundary having a misorientation of 15° or more and has a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 ?m or more is defined as a crystal grain, the proportion of crystal grains each having an intragranular misorientation of 5 to 14° to all crystal grains is 20 to 100% by area ratio. A precipitate density of Ti(C,N) and Nb(C,N) each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 10 nm or less is 1010 precipitates/mm3 or more. A ratio (Hvs/Hvc) of a hardness at 20 ?m in depth from a surface (Hvs) to a hardness of the center of a sheet thickness (Hvc) is 0.85 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohichi SANO, Makoto UNO, Ryoichi NISHIYAMA, Yuji YAMAGUCHI, Natsuko SUGIURA, Masahiro NAKATA
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Publication number: 20190241996Abstract: A steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and has a structure represented by, by area ratio, ferrite: 0 to 30%, and bainite: 70 to 100%. When a region that is surrounded by a grain boundary having a misorientation of 15° or more and has a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 ?m or more is defined as a crystal grain, the proportion of crystal grains each having an intragranular misorientation of 5 to 14° to all crystal grains is 20 to 100% by area ratio. A grain boundary number density of solid-solution C or a grain boundary number density of the total of solid-solution C and solid-solution B is 1 piece/nm2 or more and 4.5 pieces/nm2 or less. An average grain size of cementite precipitated at grain boundaries is 2 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohichi SANO, Makoto UNO, Ryoichi NISHIYAMA, Yuji YAMAGUCHI, Natsuko SUGIURA, Masahiro NAKATA
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Patent number: 10371877Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source array, a wavelength converting member, and a light guide plate. The light source array includes light sources configured to emit primary light rays. The wavelength converting member includes a wavelength converting portion, a holding portion, and non-wavelength converting portions. The wavelength converting portion contains phosphors configured to emit secondary light rays when excited by the primary light rays. The wavelength converting member is disposed between the light guide plate and the light source array. The light guide plate includes a light entering surface, a light exiting surface, an opposite surface that is on an opposite side from the light exiting surface, and a light reflecting and scattering pattern. The light reflecting and scattering pattern includes complementary color dots formed in sections of the opposite surface on non-wavelength converting portion sides. The complementary color dots absorb the primary light rays.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Uno, Akira Gotou, Keitaro Matsui, Masanobu Harada
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Publication number: 20190233926Abstract: A steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and has a structure represented by, by area ratio, ferrite: 5 to 95%, and bainite: 5 to 95%. When a region that is surrounded by a grain boundary having a misorientation of 15° or more and has a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 ?m or more is defined as a crystal grain, the proportion of crystal grains each having an intragranular misorientation of 5 to 14° to all crystal grains is 20 to 100% by area ratio. Hard crystal grains A in which precipitates or clusters with a maximum diameter of 8 nm or less are dispersed in the crystal grains with a number density of 1×1016 to 1×1019 pieces/cm3 and soft crystal grains B in which precipitates or clusters with a maximum diameter of 8 nm or less are dispersed in the crystal grains with a number density of 1×1015 pieces/cm3 or less are contained, and the volume % of the hard crystal grains A/(the volume % of the hard crystal grains A +the volume % of the soft crystal grains B) is 0.1 to 0.9.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohichi SANO, Makoto UNO, Ryoichi NISHIYAMA, Yuji YAMAGUCHI, Natsuko SUGIURA, Masahiro NAKATA
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Publication number: 20190226061Abstract: A steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and has a structure represented by, by area ratio, ferrite: 30 to 95%, and bainite: 5 to 70%. When a region that is surrounded by a grain boundary having a misorientation of 15° or more and has a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.3 ?m or more is defined as a crystal grain, the proportion of crystal grains each having an intragranular misorientation of 5 to 14° to all crystal grains is 20 to 100% by area ratio. An average aspect ratio of ellipses equivalent to the crystal grains is 5 or less. An average distribution density of the total of Ti-based carbides and Nb-based carbides each having a grain size of 20 nm or more on ferrite grain boundaries is 10 carbides/?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohichi SANO, Makoto UNO, Ryoichi NISHIYAMA, Yuji YAMAGUCHI, Natsuko SUGIURA, Masahiro NAKATA
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Publication number: 20190122619Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of one aspect of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display unit that includes a liquid crystal layer which exhibits vertical alignment and plural picture elements, and a control unit that controls a voltage which is supplied to the liquid crystal display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: YASUSHI ASAOKA, TOMOKO UEKI, SHO OCHI, MAKOTO UNO
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Publication number: 20180210129Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source array, a wavelength converting member, and a light guide plate. The light source array includes light sources configured to emit primary light rays. The wavelength converting member includes a wavelength converting portion, a holding portion, and non-wavelength converting portions. The wavelength converting portion contains phosphors configured to emit secondary light rays when excited by the primary light rays. The wavelength converting member is disposed between the light guide plate and the light source array. The light guide plate includes a light entering surface, a light exiting surface, an opposite surface that is on an opposite side from the light exiting surface, and a light reflecting and scattering pattern. The light reflecting and scattering pattern includes complementary color dots formed in sections of the opposite surface on non-wavelength converting portion sides. The complementary color dots absorb the primary light rays.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: MAKOTO UNO, AKIRA GOTOU, KEITARO MATSUI, MASANOBU HARADA
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Patent number: 9964262Abstract: A lighting unite according to an embodiment includes a light source, a light guide plate, and a wavelength converting member. The light source is configured to emit primary light rays. The light guide plate includes a light entering surface through which the primary light rays enter, a light exiting surface through which the primary light rays exit, and a light reflecting and scattering pattern. The light reflecting and scattering pattern includes complementary color dots formed in edge areas of the opposite surface and white dots formed inner than the complementary color dots. The complementary color dots absorb primary light rays and exhibit a color that makes a complementary color pair with a reference color exhibited by the primary light rays. The white dots exhibit white color. The wavelength converting member covers the light exiting surface and passes some of the primary light rays to emit planar light.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Makoto Uno
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Publication number: 20180045384Abstract: A lighting unite according to an embodiment includes a light source, a light guide plate, and a wavelength converting member. The light source is configured to emit primary light rays. The light guide plate includes a light entering surface through which the primary light rays enter, a light exiting surface through which the primary light rays exit, and a light reflecting and scattering pattern. The light reflecting and scattering pattern includes complementary color dots formed in edge areas of the opposite surface and white dots formed inner than the complementary color dots. The complementary color dots absorb primary light rays and exhibit a color that makes a complementary color pair with a reference color exhibited by the primary light rays. The white dots exhibit white color. The wavelength converting member covers the light exiting surface and passes some of the primary light rays to emit planar light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventor: Makoto UNO